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Stories Set in Montréal — top stories

French on the street, English in the boardrooms, festivals all summer to survive the winter: Montreal is North America's most European city without trying. Its film scene punches far above its size. Glass Houses and Laurence Anyways show the range. Open Montréal on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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10 famous stories set in Montréal

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 22 books, 93 movies and 5 games set in Montréal.

Glass Houses

Glass Houses

by Louise Penny
book

When a mysterious figure appears in Three Pines one cold November day, Armand Gamache and the rest of the villagers are at first curious. Then wary. Through rain and sleet, the figure stands unmoving, staring ahead.From…

Setting: Quebec, Canada; Montreal, CanadaTime Period: 2017
Laurence Anyways

Laurence Anyways

MK2 Films-Lyla Films
movie

The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.

Setting: Montreal, CanadaTime Period: 1990s
The Voyeurs

The Voyeurs

Divide / Conquer
movie

When Pippa and Thomas move into their dream apartment they notice that their windows look directly into the apartment opposite – inviting them to witness the volatile relationship of the attractive couple across the…

Setting: Montreal, CanadaTime Period: 2021
Heartbeats

Heartbeats

Téléfilm Canada-Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)-SODEC-Ici RDI-Mifilifilms
movie

Francis is a young gay man Marie is a young straight woman and the two of them are best friends -- until the day the gorgeous Nicolas walks into a Montreal coffee shop. The two friends instantly and equally infatuated…

Setting: Montreal, CanadaTime Period: 2010s
The Score

The Score

Horseshoe Bay Productions-Paramount-Mandalay Pictures-Lions Gate Films-StudioCanal-CP Medien AG-MP Film Management
movie

An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

Setting: Montreal, CanadaTime Period: Contemporary
Taking Lives

Taking Lives

Village Roadshow Pictures-Atmosphere Entertainment MM-Warner Bros. Pictures
movie

Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again.…

Setting: Montreal, Canada; USATime Period: 2000s
Polytechnique

Polytechnique

Téléfilm Canada-Don Carmody Productions-Remstar Productions-Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)-SODEC-Super Écran-Remstar Media Partners-Ici RDI
movie

A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.

Setting: Montreal, CanadaTime Period: 1989
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen

Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen

Peacock Alley Entertainment
movie

A star-studded musical celebration in tribute to Leonard Cohen—the Montreal-born writer composer performer and man of letters—that took place in November 2017 at the Bell Centre.

Setting: Montreal, CanadaTime Period: 2017
The Barbarian Invasions

The Barbarian Invasions

Canal+-Pyramide Productions-Cinémaginaire-CNC-Alliance Atlantis-Téléfilm Canada-Astral Films-Société Radio-Canada-SODEC
movie

In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire' 50-something Montreal college professor Remy learns that he is dying of liver cancer. He decides to make amends meet to his friends and family before he…

Setting: Montreal, Canada; London, UKTime Period: 2000s
Starbuck

Starbuck

Caramel Films
movie

David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that as a sperm donor he has fathered 533 children. He is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true…

Setting: Montreal, CanadaTime Period: 2011

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