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Hip-hop, hustle and humidity: Atlanta became Black America's cultural capital while its suburbs sprawled in every direction. Film tax credits then turned it into Hollywood's southern backlot. Baby Driver burned rubber through it; The Resident keeps a hospital running. Open Atlanta on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 91 books, 105 movies, 13 TV shows and 5 games set in Atlanta.
Baby Driver
After being coerced into working for a crime boss a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Flight
Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling…
Richard Jewell
Richard Jewell thinks quick works fast and saves hundreds perhaps thousands of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert only to be falsely suspected of the crime by…
The Resident
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.
Contagion
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Life As We Know It
After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all…
Gone with the Wind
Scarlett O'Hara, the beautiful, spoiled daughter of a well-to-do Georgia plantation owner, must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea.
Driving Miss Daisy
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different…
Constantine
A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.
The Mark of Athena
Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy—after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera—it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo…
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