This articles lists various works of fiction that take place in Boston, Massachusetts:
The Scout, a character in the video game Team Fortress 2 is from Boston and speaks with a Boston accent.In Tony Hawk's Underground 2, one of the levels is set in Boston.Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven the City of Lost Heaven bears a slight resemblance to Boston.In Rock Band and Rock Band 2, Boston is a featured city that one's fictional band can play gigs in.In Assassin's Creed III, Boston features as a main city during the course of the game.In The Last of Us, some of the game is set in post-apocalyptic Boston.Fallout 4 is set in Boston, as well as surrounding areas such as Concord, Quincy, and Lexington.Alone by Lisa GardnerAltered States by Paddy ChayefskyAs I was Crossing Boston Common by Norma FarberBack Bay by William MartinThe Big Dig by Linda BarnesBlaze by Richard BachmanThe "Bloody Jack" historical-fiction series, by L. A. Meyer, first mentioned in The Curse of the Blue Tattoo, when Jacky is put off in Boston to attend Lawson Peabody's School for Young GirlsBoston Adventure by Jean StaffordThe Bostonians by Henry James; life in aristocratic Boston during the late nineteenth centuryCarlotta Carlyle Mysteries by Linda Barnes; featuring a taxi-driving detective in BostonA Case of Need by Michael CrichtonA Catch of Consequence by Diana NormanCaucasia, by Danzy Senna, a coming of age novel of Birdie, a biracial girlCell by Stephen King; a traditional zombie story set in present-day BostonThe Chippendales by Robert Grant, novel, old Boston society confronted by the emerging new in the 1880sCombat Boy by James Vance Elliott, a novel featuring both the Boston crime world of the 70s and the Massachusetts high-tech world of the 90sCrisis by Robin Cook, novel, early 21st century; begins with a tale of two doctors, one practicing in NYC and one in Boston, with the former's trial for malpractice taking place in Boston; most of the action occurs in BostonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown; Boston is the home of protagonist Robert LangdonThe Dandy Vigilante by Kevin Daley, a hard-boiled mystery about a Boston news reporter, crime, and city hall corruptionThe Dante Club, a murder mystery featuring Harvard personalities Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, as well as publisher James Thomas Fields; takes place in Boston and Cambridge, by Matthew Pearl (2003)Dead Heat by Linda BarnesThe Europeans by Henry JamesFind Me by Laura van den BergFirmin by Sam Savage, a magical-realist account of the destruction of Scollay SquareFlashpoint by Linda BarnesFlynn's World by Gregory McdonaldFuture Boston a shared universe novel by the Cambridge Science Fiction Writers WorkshopThe Given Day, novel by Dennis Lehane, takes place in post-World War I BostonGone, Baby, Gone by Dennis LehaneThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood; post-nuclear Cambridge and Boston are the setting of this dystopian novelHome Before Dark by Eileen BassingInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, set in a partly fictionalized BostonInnocence by David Hosp; Boston is the main setting of this thriller/courtroom novelIntuition by Allegra GoodmanJohnny Tremain by Esther Forbes takes place in Boston in the early 1770sKane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer's novel about rivalry; William Kane is from BostonKarma and Other Stories, short stories by Rishi ReddiLast Dance by Lee GroveThe Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor; O'Connor's 1956 account of big-city politics, inspired by the career of longtime Boston Mayor James Michael CurleyLast Night in Twisted River by John Irving (2009), partly set in the North EndThe Late George Apley by John P. Marquand; tragicomic satire of the life of an upper-class Bostonian from the mid-19th century to the Great Depression; winner of the Pulitzer PrizeLittle House by Boston Bay by Melissa WileyLooking Backward, utopian novel written in 1887 and set in Boston in 2000Love Story by Erich SegalMake Way for Ducklings, iconic children's picture book set in Boston Public GardenA Modern Instance by William Dean HowellsMurder at Fenway Park by Troy SoosMystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, set largely in Cambridge and Boston, explores the difficulties of Indian-Americans making their homes in AmericaOh Boy, Boston by Patricia Reilly Giff; the Polk Street Kids take a trip to BostonOn Beauty, novel by Zadie Smith (2005), takes place partly in a fictional town outside Boston; parts of Boston center are visitedThe Paper Chase, novel by John Jay Osborn, Jr. (1970)The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America, in which Michelle Tea charts the turbulent adventures in Boston's teenage goth worldPickman's Model by H. P. Lovecraft; takes place in BostonProfessor Romeo by Anne BernaysThe Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor LipmanRare Objects by Kathleen TessaroRent Girl, Michelle Tea's graphic memoir of sex work in Boston, illustrated by Laurenn McCubbinThe Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean HowellsRun by Ann Patchett is set in modern Cambridge and Boston; a novel exploring family and race relationsRunning Man by Richard Bachman takes place partly in BostonThe "Sarah Kelling / Max Bittersohn" mystery series by Charlotte MacLeodThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneShutter Island, novel by Dennis Lehane, takes place on a fictional Island on the Boston HarborSmall Vices by Robert B. ParkerThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner; part of the story occurs in BostonThe Southern Victory Series by Harry Turtledove; has many characters who live in or are from the Boston areaThe "Spenser" detective novels, by Robert B. ParkerThe Technologists by Matthew Pearl (2012); alternative history about the founding of MITThin Air by Robert B. ParkerThe Tucker Mysteries, by Ray Daniel (author)*Under Copp's Hill by Katherine Ayres; children's story set in 1908Unleavened Bread by Judge Robert Grant, set partly in BostonThe Vanished Child by Sarah Smith (writer), set partly in BostonThe Virgin Knows by Christine Palamidessi Moore; sibling rivalry and art theft (from the basements of Harvard's Fogg); set in Boston's Italian North EndVital Signs by Robin Cook; Boston is the home of protagonist Marissa BlumenthalYou Can't Take a Balloon into the Museum of Fine Arts by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman; a children's picture book about a girl's lost balloon floating past landmarks in BostonZodiac by Neal Stephenson; an eco-thriller focusing on industrial pollution in Boston HarborA number of popular television series are set in Boston, four of which were notably created by David E. Kelley, who grew up in suburban Boston.
Ally McBeal, romantic comedy popular in the late 90s, created by David E. Kelley of Belmont, MassachusettsBanacek, detective series starring George Peppard as Thomas BanacekBeing Human, a werewolf, a ghost and a vampire share a house in BostonThe Best Years, Canadian TV show set at a fictional Boston CollegeBetween the Lines, short-lived TV series based on the movie of the same titleBoston Common, comedy about attending a fictional Boston college, featuring Anthony ClarkBoston Legal, centered on a Boston law firm, created by David E. KelleyBoston Public, centered on a Boston public school, also created by David E. KelleyChasing Life, about a journalist in Boston who is diagnosed with leukemiaCheers, by Charles-Burrow-Charles Productions and Paramount Pictures; centered on a Boston bar, which in reality is the Bull & Finch Pub. In the sequel to Cheers, Frasier, Dr. Frasier Crane frequently refers to Boston.Crossing Jordan, crime drama, follows the lives of Boston Medical Examiner Jordan Cavanaugh and her co-workersDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, in the episodes "Where the Heart is", Parts 1 and 2.Dawson's Creek, teen drama 1998-2003; in Season 5 the main characters go to college in BostonFalling Skies, sci-fi drama set in Boston and the surrounding areasFringe, set in Boston and surrounding areaGoodnight Beantown, sitcom dating to 1983How High, set at HarvardLeverage, set in BostonThe Paper Chase, based on the 1970 novel and the 1973 film of the same titlePark Street UnderPaul Sand in Friends and Lovers, a short-lived 1974-1975 situation comedy featuring Paul Sand as a double bass player for the Boston Symphony OrchestraThe Practice, centered on a Boston law firm, also created by David E. KelleyRizzoli & Isles, drama starring Angie Harmon as Police Detective Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as Medical Examiner Dr. Maura IslesSabrina, the Teenage WitchSt. Elsewhere, drama set in the fictional St. Eligius Hospital in BostonSpenser: For Hire, featuring Robert Urich playing the Robert B. Parker characterThe Suite Life of Zack & Cody, comedy made for the younger audience; takes place in a fictional hotel in BostonTwo Guys and a GirlUnhitched, about a group of newly single friends learning the lessons of starting over in their 30sThe X-Files, in "Medusa" (Episode 12 of Season 8), Agents Doggett and Scully investigate suspicious deaths on the Boston subway systemA number of films have been set in Boston or Greater Boston.
21, a fictionalized account of the very-unofficial MIT Blackjack TeamAltered States, Ken Russell film based on Paddy Chayefsky's novelBetween the LinesBlack Mass, about the criminal career of infamous Irish-American mobster Whitey BulgerBlown Away, depicts the Boston Bomb Squad dealing with a mad bomberBlue Hill Avenue, about four childhood friends from Dorchester who grow up to become drug dealersThe Boondock Saints, about two Irish immigrant brothers in Boston who become vigilantesThe Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, sequel to The Boondock Saints, in which the brothers are forced to return to BostonThe Boston Strangler, depicting a famous serial killer, played by Tony CurtisThe BostoniansThe Brink's Job, about the famous robbery of the Brinks security transport in the North EndCeltic Pride, about two diehard Boston Celtics fansCharly, based on Flowers for Algernon, about a mentally challenged man who receives treatment for his disabilityA Civil Action, about several families who attempt to sue a company for dumping toxic waste that gave their children leukemia; filmed all over Boston, ironically not in Woburn, where it takes place, but in PalmerComa is set at the fictional Boston Memorial HospitalThe Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones and Kevin CostnerThe Core, in an early scene, people with pacemakers mysteriously drop dead during Green World Day; it is later known that the core stopped rotatingThe Departed, Martin Scorsese's 2006 hit film, takes place in Boston, with prominent use of Boston landmarks and culture; winner of the Academy Award for Best PictureDirty Tricks, 1981 film starring Elliott Gould as a Harvard professor involved in an historical crime caperEdge of Darkness, 2010 crime thriller starring Mel GibsonThe 2005 remake of Fever Pitch, about a man's obsession with the Boston Red SoxField of Dreams, Ray Kinsella's journey takes him through Boston to fetch Terence Mann and attend a game at Fenway Park.The Firm, film's opening takes place at HarvardThe Forbidden Kingdom, martial arts comedy-drama about a Boston boy who enters a Chinese fantasy world, with Jet Li and Jackie ChanThe Friends of Eddie Coyle, drama about an aging mob gun runner from Quincy who has to choose whether or not to inform on his Irish Mob friends to avoid jail timeFuzz, detectives from Boston's 87th Precinct's investigate a murder-extortion racket run by a mysterious deaf manGone Baby Gone, directed by Ben Affleck, takes place and was filmed in BostonGood Will Hunting, takes place in Boston: the characters live in South Boston, and some other action is set at Harvard and M.I.T.The Handmaid's Tale, set in the Harvard Square areaHarvard Man, a basketball player strikes a deal with the mob to fix a basketball gameHeaven's Gate, exterior Harvard scenes filmed at Oxford UniversityHollow Point (1996)Home Before Dark (1958), set in Boston and Cape Cod; adapted from the novel by Eileen Bassing; original negative is lostHouse of the Damned, all of the interior shots were done in the house of the director, Sean Weathers, in Brooklyn, New York; however, Weathers wanted a different feel for the exteriors so he and his cinematographer drove to Boston to reshoot the exteriors months later without the actorsHousesitterIce Princess, takes place in Worcester, MA around the Greater Boston area, about a physics geek who dreams of becoming a professional ice skater and gets an offer to go to Harvard but turns down that offerJohnny Tremain, 1957 Disney film based on the novel of the same nameKnight and Day, starring Tom Cruise and Cameron DiazKnowingThe Last Detail, about two United States Navy policemen who decide to take out a young sailor for one last night on the town (through Boston's Combat Zone) before he goes to jailThe Last HurrahLegally Blonde, about a UCLA Valley Girl who attempts to get her boyfriend back by entering Harvard Law SchoolLemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, takes place in Boston, as seen on the envelope at the end of the movie; "28 Prospero Place, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"Little Children, set in a fictional suburb of BostonLove StoryMalcolm X, Malcolm's Boston years are chronicled in this film, including his prison years, which led to his eventual conversion to IslamThe MatchmakerMona Lisa Smile, featuring Julia Roberts as a nonconformist Wellesley College professorMoneyball, featuring Brad Pitt, has a scene at Fenway Park in BostonMonument Ave., about low level Charlestown gangsters dealing with the repercussions that arise due to the code of silenceMy Best Friend's GirlMystery StreetMystic River, Oscar-winning drama about three childhood friends who later reunite after the murder of one of their daughters; set in a fictional area of Boston called "Buckingham Flats"; filmed in East Boston and South BostonThe Next Karate Kid, primary scenes are set in the Boston area; filmed partly in NewtonNext Stop Wonderland, takes place in Boston; the MBTA station Wonderland takes special significanceNight SchoolNow, VoyagerOnce AroundThe Paper Chase, about a student struggling through Harvard Law School, based on the 1970 novel; John Houseman won an Oscar for his role as Professor KingsfieldThe ProposalProzac Nation, about a young woman who struggles with depression during her first year at HarvardSacco and Vanzetti, about the famous anarchists convicted of murderShutter Island, thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio, takes place on an island in Boston HarborA Small Circle of Friends, about Harvard in the 1960s and three students bonding togetherThe Social Network, drama about the creation of Facebook; many scenes are set on the Harvard campusSoul Man, comedy about a man who poses as a black scholarship winner in order to attend Harvard Law SchoolSouthie, drama about a man who returns to Southie after leaving for several years to get away from the violence of the gangster life"Spotlight (2015 film)" Fact based drama about the Boston Globe's investigation of the abuses of the Catholic Church.The Spanish PrisonerStarting Over, romantic comedy starring Burt Reynolds about a recent divorcee who relocates to Boston to restart his lifeStill We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie, a documentary chronicling the 2003 baseball season of the Boston Red SoxStonados, a Sci-Fi Channel television movie about Boston being ravaged by a rain of exploding rocks (starting with Plymouth Rock) from a freak meteorological eventThe Story of Alexander Graham BellSurrogates, futuristic police thriller starring Bruce WillisTed (2012) and Ted 2 (2015), starring Mark WahlbergThe Thomas Crown Affair (1968), about a wealthy businessman who robs banks for excitementTiticut Follies, documentary about Bridgewater State Hospital near Boston, and the lives of its mental patientsThe Town, starring Ben AffleckThe Verdict, legal drama about an alcoholic Boston lawyerVig (Money Kings), about an honest man who has to become a bookieWalk East on Beacon!War of the Worlds, film adaptation of the novel; the film ends with Tom Cruise and his kids finally reaching Boston where his ex-wife livesWhat Doesn't Kill You (2008) South Boston Irish mob crime drama.What's the Worst That Could Happen?, about a rich man who catches a thief burglarizing his Boston home and steals the thief's lucky ring, which the thief then tries to get backWhat's Your Number?, starring Chris Evans and Anna FarisWith Honors (1994), with Brendan Fraser and Joe Pesci, about a Harvard student who loses the only copy of his thesis and traces it to a basement where it has been found by a homeless man who trades pages of the thesis for food and shelterX2: X-Men United, X-Men sequel, in which two scenes take place in Boston, the home of Bobby Drake, alias IcemanYellow Lights, college drama that takes place at Wellesley College as well as a fictional college set in NewtonZookeeper, shot at Boston's Franklin Park ZooAn unaired episode of the Adult Swim animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, "Boston", makes reference to Boston, as it satires the 2007 Boston bomb scare. 