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by Tri-State_Skater | created - 03 Jun 2021 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicMovies or shows that spend some time in Connecticut.
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1. American Housewife (2016–2021)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A family comedy narrated by Katie, a strong-willed mother, raising her flawed family in a wealthy town filled with perfect wives and their perfect offspring.
Stars: Katy Mixon Greer, Diedrich Bader, Daniel DiMaggio, Ali Wong
Votes: 11,561
Westport, CT
2. The Girl Next Door (2004)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenager's dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door and they fall in love.
Director: Luke Greenfield | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Downs, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant
Votes: 239,924 | Gross: $14.59M
Westport, CT. Apparently the high school is based on Staples.
3. Mystic Pizza (1988)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 32,491 | Gross: $12.79M
Mystic
4. The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, and uncover a sinister history.
Director: Peter Cornwell | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas, Kyle Gallner
Votes: 65,165 | Gross: $55.39M
Southington, CT
5. Take a Giant Step (1959)
Approved | 100 min | Drama
A black high school senior struggles with becoming a man, and living in a middle class white neighborhood in the late 1950s U.S. In protest of the paternalistic views of the Civil War ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Johnny Nash, Estelle Hemsley, Ruby Dee, Frederick O'Neal
Votes: 489
A town is never said, but the writer grew up in Hartford, ad based on the way the story's told you can tell this is set in Hartford.
6. Homecoming (1996 TV Movie)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Family
Tales of a group of siblings who are forced to fend for themselves when they are abandoned by their mother in the parking lot of a shopping mall. They eventually meet their grandmother, a loner who is reluctant to take them in.
Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Kimberlee Peterson, Trever O'Brien, Hanna Hall
Votes: 1,076
Some scenes take place in New Haven and Bridgeport. There's also a scene that's set in a place called Pewauket, that I think is a fake town.
7. Abducted: The Carlina White Story (2012 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child, reconnects with her birth parents, and struggles with choosing between her two identities.
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall | Stars: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Keke Palmer, Sherri Shepherd, Roger Cross
Votes: 1,291
Bridgeport, CT.
8. Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A widowed Coast Guard Admiral and a widowed handbag designer fall in love and marry, much to the dismay of his 8 and her 10 children.
Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Jerry O'Connell, Sean Faris
Votes: 30,311 | Gross: $53.41M
It's based in New London, CT but they got it all wrong.
9. Bristol Boys (2006)
88 min | Crime, Drama
The true story about the rise and fall of a group of suburban marijuana dealers from Bristol, Connecticut who were arrested by the State Police and DEA in 2001.
Director: Brandon David Cole | Stars: Will Janowitz, Adrian Martinez, Kevin A. Drainville, Brandon David Cole
Votes: 393
Bristol
10. The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Seven junior-high-school girls organize a daycare camp for children while at the same time experiencing classic adolescent growing pains.
Director: Melanie Mayron | Stars: Schuyler Fisk, Bre Blair, Rachael Leigh Cook, Larisa Oleynik
Votes: 6,211 | Gross: $9.69M
11. The Baby-Sitters Club (2020–2021)
TV-G | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Based on the book series of the same name focusing on a group of young girls who start their own babysitting service.
Stars: Sophie Grace, Momona Tamada, Shay Rudolph, Malia Baker
Votes: 4,850
12. The Baby-Sitters Club (1990)
TV-Y | 366 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Based on the popular series of children's books, this show follows the ups and downs of a young teen business club for babysitters.
Stars: Meghan Andrews, Melissa Chasse, Avriel Hillman, Meghan Lahey
Votes: 746
13. A Death in Canaan (1978 TV Movie)
125 min | Drama
When a teenager is accused of his mother's murder, the community of Canaan rallies to his defense.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Stefanie Powers, Paul Clemens, Tom Atkins, Jacqueline Brookes
Votes: 214
14. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 12,028
15. Christmas in Connecticut (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
Elizabeth, the star of a successful cooking show, is set to do a live show on Christmas, where she'll cook a Christmas dinner. But what no one knows is that she can't cook.
Director: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Stars: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree
Votes: 1,600
16. The Two Mr. Kissels (2008 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Drama
Drama based on a true story. Rich, high-flying brothers Robert and Andrew Kissel seemingly have everything: beautiful wives who love them, great jobs and huge houses. But beneath the ... See full summary »
Director: Ed Bianchi | Stars: John Stamos, Robin Tunney, Anson Mount, Gretchen Egolf
Votes: 617
17. Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
PG-13 | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Adam Garcia, Brittany Murphy
Votes: 30,558 | Gross: $30.17M
18. The Stepford Wives (2004)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The secret to a Stepford wife lies behind the doors of the Men's Association.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close
Votes: 69,842 | Gross: $59.48M
19. The Stepford Wives (1975)
PG | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman
Votes: 19,580 | Gross: $8.72M
20. To All My Friends on Shore (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama
An airport redcap works hard to get his family out of the ghetto, only to discover that his son has sickle-cell anemia.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Bill Cosby, Gloria Foster, Dennis Hines, Bo Enivel
Votes: 184
21. Rocky (1976)
PG | 120 min | Drama, Sport
A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers
Votes: 628,692 | Gross: $117.24M
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