List of Films Set in New Jersey

This is list of movies set or partially set in the U.S. state of New Jersey:

  • 13 Going on 30 (2004)
  • 13th Child (2002)The story is based on The Jersey Devil by James F. McCloy and Ray Miller Jr. The film was shot in New Jersey at Wharton State Forest, Batsto Village, and Hammonton in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.
  • 29th Street (1991)
  • 54 (1998)
  • (500) Days of Summer (2009) The main character Tom Hansen grew up in Margate City
  • According to Greta (2009)
  • Across the Universe (2007) - Some parts are shot at Princeton University Campus
  • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
  • Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
  • American Gangster (2007)
  • Analyze That (2002)
  • Analyze This (1999) Partially Filmed in Hoboken, Jersey City, Montclair NJ
  • Annie (1982)
  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007)
  • Artie Lange's Beer League (2006)
  • Atlantic City (1980)
  • Baby It's You (1983)
  • Bad Company (2002)
  • Ball of Fire (1941)
  • Bathing Beauty (1944)
  • A Beautiful Mind (2001)
  • Be Kind Rewind (2008)
  • Being John Malkovich (1999) - ("You see the world through John Malkovich's eyes. Then after about 15 minutes, you're spit out into a ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike!")
  • Big (1988) - (parts of movie filmed in Cliffside Park)
  • Bogus (1996)
  • The Bounty Hunter (2010) - Filmed partially in Atlantic City
  • Brewster's Millions (1985 film)
  • Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
  • Burn After Reading (2008) Partially Filmed in Paramus, NJ (Gym Scenes - Route 17)
  • The Cartel (2010)
  • Caught (1996) - Jersey City, NJ
  • Chasing Amy (1997)
  • Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
  • Cinderella Man (2005)
  • City of Hope (1991) Takes place in fictitious Hudson City, New Jersey
  • Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
  • Clean and Sober (1988) Stars Michael Keaton & Kathy Baker. Directed by Ron Howard. Partially filmed in Gloucester City, NJ.
  • Clerks (1994)
  • Clerks II (2006)
  • Coneheads (1993)
  • Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
  • The Cookout (2004) - his hometown team - NJ NETS
  • Cop Land (1997)
  • Cosmopolitan (2003)
  • Coyote Ugly (2000) - (was given the name 'Jersey' because she was originally from South Amboy)
  • Dan in Real Life (2007)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - Newark, NJ
  • Dark Ride (film) (2006) - Took place in Asbury Park
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
  • Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
  • Dogma (1999)
  • Duane Hopwood (2005)
  • Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
  • Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989)
  • Elizabethtown
  • Empire Records (1995)
  • Escape From New York (1981) Opening scene is supposed to be Bayonne, NJ
  • The Family Stone (2005) Madison New Jersey
  • The Family Man (2000)
  • Firstborn (1984)
  • Flight 93 (2006)
  • Forget About It (2006) Primarily Filmed in Hoboken
  • Freedomland (2006)
  • The Freshman (1990) Ending of movie is supposed to take place in Cherry Hill
  • Friday the 13th (1980) - (Setting in fictional Crystal Lake Camp,NJ,. filmed in Blairstown,NJ at No-Be-Bo-Sco camp)
  • Friday the 13th (2009)
  • Funny Money (2006)
  • Garden State (2004)
  • The Godfather: Part III (1990)
  • Gone Fishin' (1997)
  • Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
  • Gracie (2007)
  • Greetings from the Shore (2007) Based and shot in Lavallette, New Jersey
  • Guess Who (2005)
  • Gunshy (1998)
  • Gypsy 83 (2004)
  • Happiness (1998) - ("You know, people are always putting New Jersey down. None of my friends can believe I live here. But that's because they don't get it: I'm living in a state of irony.")
  • Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
  • Hellboy (2004)
  • Hudson Hawk (1991)
  • The Amityville Horror (1979) Partially filmed in Toms River, NJ
  • The Hurricane (1999)
  • Hysterical Blindness 2002 Takes place in Bayonne, New Jersey
  • Imaginary Heroes (2004)
  • The In-Laws (1979)
  • In & Out (1997) - Clinton, Montclair, and North Jersey locations

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