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Roses, rain and aggressively local coffee: Portland turned progressive quirk into a civic brand. Television loved the joke enough to film it, with fairy-tale cops in the forests and teen romances in the suburbs. Grimm and To All the Boys I've Loved Before. Open Portland on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 54 books, 42 movies and 4 TV shows set in Portland.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.
Grimm
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new…
The Nightingale
In love we find out who we want to be.In war we find out who we are.FRANCE, 1939In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says good-bye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe…
My Own Private Idaho
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV" Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together the two travel from Portland Oregon to Idaho and…
The Son of Neptune
PERCY IS CONFUSED. When he awoke from his long sleep, he didn't know much more than his name. His brain fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight with the pen/sword in…
Leave No Trace
A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park a beautiful nature reserve near Portland Oregon rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities…
Pig
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.
Drugstore Cowboy
Portland Oregon 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet formed by his wife Dianne and another couple Rick and Nadine who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order…
Bad Samaritan
A thief makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime things are no longer how he expected.
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident John Callahan discovers the healing power of art willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious often controversial cartoons which bring him a new lease on…
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