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Stories Set in Michigan
Detroit's rise-fall-rise, Motown grooves and lonely Great Lakes shores — Michigan mixes industrial epic with northern quiet. Its stories drive from assembly lines to lake cabins.
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Browse 132 books, 200 movies, 9 TV shows and 28 games set in Michigan.

Gran Torino
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor Thao Lor a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.

Beverly Hills Cop
Fast-talking quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time but when his best friend is murdered he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.

8 Mile
For Jimmy Smith Jr. life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world…

A Dog's Journey
A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.

The Crow
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals Draven—watched over by a hypnotic crow—returns from the grave to exact revenge.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Forty years after his unforgettable first case in Beverly Hills Detroit cop Axel Foley returns to do what he does best: solve crimes and cause chaos.

RoboCop
In a violent near-apocalyptic Detroit evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs the company leads street cop…

Don't Breathe
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.

True Romance
Clarence marries hooker Alabama steals cocaine from her pimp and tries to sell it in Hollywood while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

The Virgin Suicides
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict religious parents.
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