Massachusetts isn’t always Massachusetts on the screen. Here are some films shot in Massachusetts where we doubled for other locations.
| Title | Location | Actual location used in Mass |
| Castle Rock | Maine | Billerica, Boston, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Devens, Everett, Fitchburg, Harvard, Lancaster, Malden, Orange, Royalston, Shirley, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough and Worcester |
| I Feel Pretty | New York | Boston, Dedham, Lynn, Salisbury, Worcester |
| American Woman (The Burning Woman) | Pennsylvania | Abington, Ashland, Avon, Brockton, Canton, Dover, Framingham, Norfolk, Stoughton, West Bridgewater and Westwood |
| Thoroughbreds | Suburban Connecticut | Cohasset, Scituate, Tewksbury, Wellesley and Westwood |
| Detroit | Detroit, Michigan | Boston, Brockton, Dedham, Duxbury, Lawrence, Lynn, Malden and Tewksbury |
| Super Troopers 2 | Vermont | Central and western Massachusetts |
| Ghostbusters | New York | Boston |
| Joy | New York | Canton, Framingham, Haverhill, Lynn, Manchester, Newbury, North Reading, Reading, Rochester, Salem, Wilmington, Winchester |
| Sea of Trees | Mt. Fuji, Japan | Filmed in four state forests/parks- Purgatory Chasm, Gilbert Hills State Forest, Blackstone State Park and Windsor State Park |
| Black Mass | Miami Beach, Florida | Revere Beach, Revere, MA |
| Olive Kitteridge | Maine | North Shore of MA |
| The Proposal | Sitka, Alaska | Bearskin Neck, Rockport, MA. A seacoast village on Cape Ann |
| The Judge | Illinois, Indiana | Shelburne Falls |
| The Pink Panther 2 | Rome and Paris | Boston and surrounding Massachusetts towns doubled as Paris at some point during the movie. Locations include: The Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Winthrop Square, The State House, The Crane Estate in Ipswich, and the Citi Wang Theater |
| Labor Day | New Hampshire | Shelburne, Falls, Acton, Erikson’s Dairy, Maynard |
| The Love Guide | Middle America | Boston, Cohasset, Hingham, Scituate, MA |
| Olive Kitteridge | Maine, New York | Boston, Saugus, Topsfield, Crane Estate in Ipswich, Danvers |
| Furry Vengeance | Oregon | Movie set in Oregon, where family is relocated, but it is entirely filmed in Massachusetts: Boston, Saugus, Topsfield, Crane Beach: Ipswich, Danvers, MA |
| American Hustle | New Jersey, Washington D.C. | Boston; Citi Wang Theater, Union Station, Worcester; Worcester Art Museum |
| Bride Wars | New York | The department store scenes where shot at The Mall at Chestnut Hill in Chestnut Hill. The wedding day scenes were filmed at Fairmont Copley Plaza, a sister hotel to The Plaza. |
| Four Single Fathers | New York and Rome | Boston doubles as NYC in this film. |
| Shutter Island | Dachau Concentration camp , Germany (WWII flashback scenes) | Taunton, MA – Whittenton Mills Complex |
| Paul Blart Mall Cop | West Orange Pavilion Mall, New Jersey | Burlington Mall – Burlington, MA and Braintree Mall – Braintree, MA |
| The Women | New York City, NY | Boston, Gloucester (lighthouse beach, Annisquam), Dover, Medfield, Georgetown, Sudbury (Bosse Sports), MA |
| Shuttle | Los Angeles and Mexico | Boston, Worcester (Worcester Regional Airport), MA |
| State and Main | Waterford, VT | Beverly, Dedham, Gloucester, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Waltham, MA |
| Dog Days | Vienna Suburb | Massachusetts |
| Cider House Rules | Maine | Great Barrington, Lenox, Northampton (State Hospital/Orphanage), Northfield (Drive-in Movie theater), MA |
| The Good Son | Maine | Beverly, Cape Ann, Annisquam (Lobster Cove), Rockport (Pagleg Inn), Marblehead ( Old Burial Hill), MA |
| School Ties | Pennsylvania | Leominster, Gardner, Lowell |
| Run | Boston to Atlanta, GA | Boston, MA |
| Screamplay | Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA | Boston, MA |
| Where Are The Children? | San Franciscon, CA and Cape Cod | Bourne, Cape Cod, Falmouth, MA |
| Hanky Panky | From New York City to the Grand Canyon | Boston, MA is one of filming locations among, NYC, and Arizona |
| Oliver’s Story | New York Office | Scenes in Massachusetts: Uxbridge (The Stanley Woolen Mill), Cambridge |
| International Velvet | England and Canada | Parts filmed in Mass (no setting of Mass, but comes back to America with husband) |