Goodfellas (1990), Green Book (2018), Warrior (2011), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), Groundhog Day (1993), Sullivan's Travels (1941), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Pittsburgh Pennsylvania movies.
Storyline: Troy Maxson makes his living as a sanitation worker in 1950s Pittsburgh. Maxson once dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player, but was deemed too old when the major leagues began admitting black athletes. Bitter over his missed opportunity, Troy creates further tension in his family when he squashes his son's chance to meet a college football recruiter.
Plot Keywords: adopted child, cemetery, grave, baby, father son conflict, daughter, singing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When a young boy's family's killed by the mob, their tough neighbor, Gloria - a former girlfriend of a founder mobster, she becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book which his father - the family's bookkeeper gave him, and the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: child in jeopardy, gangster, new york city, action heroine, mob hit, taxi, stairwell ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away. His brother Dennis, meanwhile, is equally determined to track down their long lost father, a revolutionary who has been in hiding for 20 years. For different reasons, both leave New York and head for Long Island, out of money, and short on ideas. D:"Long Island is a a terminal moraine." B:"What's that?" D:"It's the material left behind when a glacier recedes." D:"Gee, then what the hell are we waiting for?"—Stuart Criley <scriley@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
Plot Keywords: gunshot, death threat, sleeplessness, pain, government, law, fire ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Will Smith stars in Concussion, a dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.
Plot Keywords: concussion, football player, football, based on true story, doctor, pregnancy, pregnant woman ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
Plot Keywords: zombie, palestine, walled city, severed arm, south korea, helicopter, vaccine ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In an innocent heartland city, five are shot dead by an expert sniper. The police quickly identify and arrest the culprit, and build a slam-dunk case. But instead of confessing, the accused man writes the words, "Get Jack Reacher." Reacher himself sees the news report and turns up in the city. The defense is immensely relieved, but Reacher has come to bury the guy. Shocked at the accused's request, Reacher sets out to confirm for himself the absolute certainty of the man's guilt, but comes up with more than he bargained for.
Plot Keywords: pittsburgh pennsylvania, sniper, coma, quarry, construction site, kicked in the crotch, defense attorney ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1763, felon Abby Hale is sentenced to slavery in America. In Virginia, heroic Capt. Holden buys her, intending to free her, but villain Garth foils this plan, and Abby toils at Dave Bone's tavern. Garth is fomenting an Indian uprising to clear the wilderness of settlers, giving him a monopoly of the fur trade. Holden discovers Garth's treachery, but cannot prove anything against him. Can Holden and Abby save Fort Pitt from the Senecas? Many hairbreadth escapes.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: based on novel, compass, canoe, blacksmith, colonial america, epic, bondage ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The Muppets graduate from college and decide to take their senior revue on the road. They hit the streets of Manhattan trying to sell their show to producers, finally finding one young and idealistic enough to take their show. After several mishaps and much confusion, things begin to come together for them.
Plot Keywords: penguin, nursery, new job, multiple cameos, movie theater, mouth to mouth resuscitation, missing person ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Using his own terminology, Billy Pilgrim is "unstuck in time", which means he is moving between different points in his life uncontrollably, although he is aware of it at certain of those points as witnessed by the letter to the editor he writes to the Ilium Daily News about his situation. Primarily, he is moving between three general time periods and locations. The first is his stint as a GI during WWII, when, as a pacifist, he was acting as a Chaplain's assistant for his unit. This time is largely as a POW, where he was in Dresden the day of the bombing, spending it with among others an older compassionate GI named Edgar Derby, and a brash loudmouth GI named Paul Lazzaro. The second is his life as an optometrist in Ilium in upstate New York, eventually married to the wealthy and overbearing Valencia Merble, and having two offspring, Robert, who would spend his teen-aged years as a semi-delinquent, and Barbara, who would end up much like her mother. And the third is as an abductee on...
Plot Keywords: prisoner of war camp, number in title, title spoken by character, based on novel, world war two, 1940s, time travel ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A remake of George Romero's 1968 black-and-white classic that begins in a cemetery, as the recently-dead return to life - from an unknown cause - and attack the living as their prey. One woman escapes the frightening zombies to take refuge with others in a farmhouse, as every cadaver for miles around hungers for their flesh. Will they make it through the night...that the dead came back to life?
Plot Keywords: biker, camera shot of feet, foot closeup, female stockinged feet, pantyhose, cult film, zombie ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1987, James Brennan's dreams of a summer European tour before studying at an Ivy League school in New York City are ruined after his parents have a severe career setback. As a result, James must get a summer job to cover his upcoming expenses at the decrepit local amusement park, Adventureland, where he falls in love with a witty co-worker, Emily Lewin. In that bizarrely shady workplace, the young carnies have unforgettable and painful learning experiences about life, love and trust while James discovers what he truly values.
Plot Keywords: friendship, summer job, romantic rivalry, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother son relationship, infidelity, horse racing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Te Ata (TAY' AH-TAH) is based on the inspiring, true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, a woman who traversed cultural barriers to become one of the greatest Native American performers of all time. Born in Indian Territory, and raised on the songs and stories of her Chickasaw tribe, Te Ata's journey to find her true calling led her through isolation, discovery, love and a stage career that culminated in performances for a United States president, European royalty and audiences across the world. Yet of all the stories she shared, none are more inspiring than her own.
Plot Keywords: title spoken by character, legend, story telling, storytelling, theater, fire, interracial romance ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline in Newark. Dizzy is flirting with the girlfriend of a younger pilot and, due to this, he feigns illness to get Texas to take his flight assignment to Cleveland. Returning from Cleveland to Newark, Texas' plane crashes attempting to land on the airfield under extremely bad weather circumstances and he dies from this accident. Dizzy feels guilty for his friend's death and takes the next flight to Cleveland under even worse circumstances, testing a new anti-ice device on the plane.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
Plot Keywords: biplane, airplane, pilot, lightning, limousine, lobster, loudspeaker ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals puts an engineer and his conductor in a race against time. They're chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will decimate a town.
Plot Keywords: train, based on true story, train movie, freight train, train engineer, novice, cell phone ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Brian Kessler, a journalist researching serial killers, and his photographer girlfriend Carrie set out on a cross-country tour of the sites of the killings. Sharing the ride and their expenses are Early Grayce, a paroled white trash criminal, and his girlfriend Adele. As the trip progresses, Early begins to appear more and more unstable, and Brian and Carrie begin to fear that they may have a real-life killer in the back seat of their car.
Plot Keywords: journalist, black bra and panties, one word title, urination, abusive boyfriend, male rear nudity, physical abuse ...
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