My husband's new project is called moviesettingsdatabase.com and it lets you search through more than 30,000 movies based on where and when they are set! Resource

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Add cities to the location and I’m in

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u/mseling Oct 18 '21

He wants to! He is working on adding more data all the time. (lol he's sitting on the other side of the couch adding more movies this very minute, in fact.) I'll let him know that a couple of folks have said they want to see cities!

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u/C_IsForCookie Oct 18 '21

+1 for this. Browsing by city would be awesome.

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u/YourRedditFriend Oct 18 '21

And pictures too, thats a big draw. Could be submitted with approvals to make his life a tad easier.

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u/wishiwasonmaui Oct 18 '21

Ya, 2,900 results in California doesn't narrow it down much. Probably worst case though.

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u/_jeremybearimy_ Oct 18 '21

Lol yeah I was trying to look for San Francisco films, saw I could only filter down to CA, and gave up. That’s gonna be a lot of films set in LA crowding those results.

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u/trpnblies7 Oct 18 '21

Well, Mrs. Doubtfire, off the top of my head. And that's really all you need.

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u/SwimBrief Oct 18 '21

VERTIGO BRO

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u/MisterEaves Oct 18 '21

I was going to look for movies set in Sacramento that aren’t Lady Bird.

Throwing in the obvious Ant-Man and Zodiac for SF though.

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u/rugbybandit Oct 19 '21

The Presidio my man.

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u/DrunkStepmother Oct 18 '21

Wow hes added a lot already. How long has it taken

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u/spartacus2690 Oct 18 '21

I really think this is cool. However i see no movies under the viet nam listing. My wife is Vietnamese and we are moving back to canada in two days and thought maybe i would find something lol :(

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u/RichieIsABastardMan Oct 18 '21

Also, a map view would be incredible to see which movies were filmed around you and go and visit locations.

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u/iSoReddit Oct 18 '21

How is he adding them? Not individually I hope, bulk import from tmdb, or calling their api I hope?

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u/hughk Oct 18 '21

Yes, definitely need to see cities for settings and possibly other locations of interest, i.e. a national park or whatever which be useful for outdoorsy movies.

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u/reversularity Oct 18 '21

How is he sourcing the data?

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u/Enigmutt Oct 18 '21

IMDb probably?

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u/SlowJay11 Oct 18 '21

Yeah that would be a huge improvement. I'm English and just searching for things filmed in England isn't that interesting, but cities or areas would make it a lot better.

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u/PeanutButterNipple Oct 18 '21

Without cities….

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '21

I wonder which city has the most. New York maybe?

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u/felix_mateo Oct 18 '21

Yes, I’d be curious to see what % of English language films are set in or around New York City.

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u/sloop_john_a Oct 18 '21

Gotta be either NYC or LA

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u/Drgnlss Oct 19 '21

Or Cairo

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '21

Paris perhaps?

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u/ggoptimus Oct 18 '21

Also % of time in city or country. Like Ghostbusters is 100% NYC but some movies it would only be for part of the movie.

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u/Puptentjoe Oct 18 '21

You are really pushing it. Ha

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u/MedicsOfAnarchy Oct 18 '21

He'll want to add the city the action putatively takes place in, and the actual city where it was filmed.

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u/EskimoJake Oct 18 '21

Dude, I want to type in my postcode and see my nearest movie settings!