North Shore Movies vs. South Shore Movies

From Ted to Black Mass, many box-office hits begin in the Bay State, which offers major production tax incentives for filmmakers. Here, a cut of both shores’ most famous flicks.
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RELEASE DATE: 30 June 2000. MOVIE TITLE: The Perfect Storm - STUDIO: Radiant Productions. PLOT: An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger. PICTURED: WILLIAM FICHTNER as David 'Sully' Sullivan with JOHN C. REILLY as Dale 'Murph' Murphy, MARK WAHLBERG as Bobby Shatford, GEORGE CLOONEY as Billy Tyne, ALLEN PAYNE as Alfred Pierre and JOHN HAWKES as Michael 'Bugsy' Moran.

The Perfect Storm. / Warner Bros.

NORTH SHORE

Bride Wars
Salem

The Crucible
Essex, Ipswich, Beverly

The Game Plan
Gloucester

Glory
Ipswich

Good Will Hunting
Revere

Grown Ups
Essex

Hocus Pocus
Salem, Marblehead

The Next Karate Kid
Ipswich, Rockport

The Perfect Storm
Gloucester

The Proposal
Gloucester, Manchester, Rockport, South Hamilton

Sex Tape
Burlington, Woburn

 

SOUTH SHORE

A Civil Action
Quincy

The Departed
Quincy

The Finest Hours
Cohasset, Duxbury, Marshfield, Norwell, Quincy

Ghostbusters 3
South Weymouth

The Judge
Plymouth, Milton

Osmosis Jones
Plymouth

The Way Way Back
Marshfield, Pembroke, Plymouth

 

Source: The Massachusetts Film Office. Movies may have had additional filming locations.

 

*** WINNER ***

North Shore. At least three times as many movies have been shot there.

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