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Rocky steps, steel-town elegies and Lancaster County calm — Pennsylvania spans loud and hushed Americas. Its stories forge from Gettysburg to Genovia-on-screen Pittsburgh.
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Browse 340 books, 350 movies, 22 TV shows and 18 games set in Pennsylvania.

Prisoners
Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter Anna is missing together with her young friend Joy and as minutes turn to hours panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had…

Creed
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

The Sixth Sense
Following an unexpected tragedy a child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe meets an nine year old boy named Cole Sear who is hiding a dark secret.

Split
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist Dr. Fletcher there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led…

Rocky
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.

Warrior
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged…

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower always watching life from the sidelines until two senior students Sam and her stepbrother Patrick become his mentors helping him discover the…

Black Adam
Nearly 5000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern…

Creed II
Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family's past Adonis Creed is up against the challenge of his life.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Billy Batson and his foster siblings who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!" are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy the…
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