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Stories Set in Washington, D.C.
Behind the monuments, Washington is a company town whose company is power itself: leaks, hearings and cover-ups supply half the thrillers made in America. No city gets destroyed on screen more often, usually so someone can save it. The Exorcist and Captain America: The Winter Soldier both keep offices here. Open Washington, D.C. on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 294 books, 319 movies, 36 TV shows and 28 games set in Washington, D.C..
The Exorcist
When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others doctors say there is nothing they can do. As people begin to die the girl's mother realizes her daughter has been possessed by the…
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers Steve Rogers aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under…
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
In this instant New York Times bestselling account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up…
Minority Report
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Spies in Disguise
Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention…
Die Hard 2
Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital terrorists seize a major international airport holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage.…
Wonder Woman 1984
A botched store robbery places Wonder Woman in a global battle against a powerful and mysterious ancient force that puts her powers in jeopardy.
Bones
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the…
Contact
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action she must make some difficult decisions…
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor…
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