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Movies Set in San Francisco

Name these movies or TV shows that were set in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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First submittedSeptember 16, 2010
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Summary
Movie
Man reconnects with his children by dressing up as a female British nanny
Mrs. Doubtfire
Maverick cop catches a sadistic serial killer, asks him if he feels lucky
Dirty Harry
Openly gay man is first to win election
Milk
Mob witness hides in the last place anyone would ever expect - a convent
Sister Act
Mercenaries seize Alcatraz, threaten to gas San Francisco
The Rock
Aging crew of a spaceship travel back in time to kidnap a pair humpback whales
Star Trek IV:
The Voyage Home
Detective investigates a murder, but is seduced by a
beautiful psychopath who shuns underwear
Basic Instinct
Beat poet finds true love, but his fiancée might have killed her previous husbands
So I Married an
Axe Murderer
Single dad beats the odds, gets job as a stockbroker
The Pursuit of Happyness
Tough-talking private detective solves a murder that involves a bird statue
The Maltese Falcon
Police detective has a fear of heights, as illustrated by the
camera zooming in and out
Vertigo
 
 
Summary
TV Show
House full of nerds develops new compression software named Pied Piper
Silicon Valley
Widowed man raises 3 daughters with the help of uncles
Full House
Five siblings become orphans
Party of Five
Detective suffers from phobias and OCD
Monk
Three sisters are powerful witches, but try to blend in as normal people
Charmed
Uptight man is married to free-spirited woman
Dharma & Greg
34 Comments
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Level 81
Aug 10, 2013
got everything except happiness. er.. happyness.
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Level 67
Aug 10, 2013
Of course you could have mentioned "The Streets of San Francisco" among the tv shows. It's not as obvious as it sounds. Or the movie "San Francisco" with Gable and Tracy, which is also not too obvious because it's older than most people's parents.
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Level 51
Aug 10, 2013
Should add "Blue Jasmine."
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Level 76
Aug 10, 2013
Uptight man married to free-spirited woman makes me think of Bewitched (wrong city, I know). Lighten up, Derwood!
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Level 59
Aug 12, 2013
Technically "Full House" only had one uncle. Joey was not their uncle!
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Level 50
Aug 12, 2013
Don't know if it was ever clearly stated i the film, but there is no doubt Mrs. Doubtfire was in SF.
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Level 87
Aug 12, 2013
Does anyone else remember "Ironside," with Raymond Burr in a wheelchair? Also in San Francisco.
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Level 78
Sep 6, 2013
Never seen it...but I imagine being in a wheelchair in San Francisco must SUCK!
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Level 72
Aug 27, 2015
I remember that show! It showed in the afternoons way back before basic cable.
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Level 75
Nov 29, 2016
I remember watching that show in prime time, but I didn't realize it was set in SF.
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Level 72
Sep 10, 2018
I sadly also saw it in prime time. And a very young Michael Douglas in "The Streets of San Francisco".
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Level 28
Aug 12, 2013
Def need Mrs Doubtfire on the movie list!
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Level 40
Apr 19, 2014
Why would you want to kidnap whales?
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Level 85
Jan 8, 2015
To transport them to the future so they could communicate with the alien probe that was angrily making it rain really hard because they found out we killed all the whales since the whales were really communicating with a far off civilization on another planet that stopped receiving their signal so the probe had to come check it out... duh...
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Level 89
Mar 6, 2020
To give away the secret to transparent aluminum and alter history.
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Level 84
May 27, 2014
Finallyl! after years of typing "So I Married an Axe Murderer" in answer to every movie I ddn't know, it pays off!!
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Level 81
Nov 29, 2016
Trying this approach with Ernest Goes to Camp has yet to pay off for me.
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Level 48
May 28, 2014
"Aging crew." Ha ha
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Level 45
Jan 15, 2015
Dude, Bullit really needs to be here. Zodiac, 48 hrs, Woman in Red, Escape From Alcatraz, Final Analysis... maybe, but in "Bullit" the city itself is a character
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Level 72
Aug 27, 2015
If you expand this again, you should add that seventies sitcom Too Close for Comfort. Oh, and the movie Zodiac.
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Level 43
Feb 20, 2016
Could add The Princess Diaries
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Level 54
Mar 10, 2016
As long as Vertigo is in, i'm happy, though 43% is not enough.

Bullitt and Zodiac would make nice additions

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Level 54
Mar 10, 2016
and Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City
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Level 85
Nov 29, 2016
A View To A Kill - San Francisco's city hall goes up in flames and the climax takes place on the bridge!
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Level 74
Nov 29, 2016
That's the best 007 movie
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Level 65
Nov 29, 2016
"Harriet. Harr-i-et. Hard-hearted harbinger of haggus"
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Level 86
Sep 20, 2022
Wo-man. Whoaaa-Man!
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Level 72
Nov 29, 2016
Technically Full House was terrible
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Level 25
Nov 29, 2016
What about bullet the great Steve Mcqueen film. Great car chase through San Francisco very iconic
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Level 66
Nov 29, 2016
No Dirty Harry?
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Level 60
Nov 29, 2016
It's the second answer...?
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Level 50
Nov 29, 2016
Disappointed to not see The Conversation as an answer
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Level 57
Nov 29, 2016
The Room, guys... YOU'RE TEARING ME APART, JETPUNK!
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Level 83
May 23, 2022
* pair of humpback whales