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Stories Set in Philadelphia
Boxers run up museum steps here because a movie told them to: Philadelphia turned Rocky's training montage into civic ritual. The city's working-class blocks and twist-ending directors keep it on screen. Creed carries the torch; The Sixth Sense hid its ghosts in plain sight. Open Philadelphia on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Philadelphia on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Philadelphia
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Browse 96 books, 158 movies, 8 TV shows and 11 games set in Philadelphia.

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…

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…

Twelve Monkeys
In the year 2035 convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground…

Silver Linings Playbook
After spending eight months in a mental institution a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
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