1980s
- Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)
- A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
- The Children (1980)
- The Incubus (1981) -- Fictional New England town of Galen
- Dead & Buried (1981)
- On Golden Pond (1981)
- Superstition (1982)
- The Flight of Dragons (1982)
- The Verdict (1982)
- The World According to Garp (1982)
- Reuben, Reuben (1983)
- The Dead Zone (1983)
- The Devonsville Terror (1983)
- The Bostonians (1983)
- The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) -- New Hampshire
- Clue (1985) -- Set in a New England mansion
- Death of a Salesman (1985)
- Re-Animator (1985) -- set in fictional Arkham, MA
- Real Genius (1985) -- Fictional college that's sort of Caltech or MIT in Cambridge, MA
- The Sure Thing (1985)
- Highlander (1986) -- "The famous duel on Boston Common"
- One Crazy Summer (1986)
- The Devil's Disciple (1987) -- Websterbridge, NH
- Baby Boom: (1987) -- Set in Vermont
- The Witches of Eastwick (1987) -- Set in fictional Eastwick, RI
- Beetlejuice (1988) -- Set in fictional Winter River, CT
- Funny Farm (1988)
- Mystic Pizza (1988) -- Set in Mystic, CT
- Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
- The Nest (1988)
- Witchery (1988)
- Second Sight (1989) -- Fictional comedy Set in Boston, MA
- Dead Poets Society (1989) -- Set at a fictional academy in Vermont
- Field of Dreams (1989) -- They visit Fenway Park in Boston
- Glory (1989) -- The 54th Massachusetts Infantry form and train in Readville, now a suburb of Boston, and march through Boston
- Pet Sematary (1989)
- War of the Roses (1989)
- Warlock (1989)
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