Everyone loves a good movie. It’s even better when you are watching one and notice that it was filmed in your own backyard. Brooklyn, NY is so huge and has so many beautiful places that it always is the perfect scenery for a great movie.

Here are five movies that you may not have known were filmed in Brooklyn.

 

1. Super Mario Bros.

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Super Mario Bros. was released on May 28, 1993 in the United States. The movie was based on the highly acclaimed video game. Mario and Luigi are two Italian American plumbers living in Brooklyn.

 

2. Godzilla (1998)

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Godzilla premiered in theaters nationwide in the United States on May 20, 1998. Production began in May 1997, in New York City including Brooklyn and moved to Los Angeles in June.

 

3. Saturday Night Fever

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All of the filming locations of this 1977 film are in Brooklyn, New York. Mainly in the southwestern Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and Bensonhurst.

 

4. The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

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This film was released last year on October 11, 2013. The movie starred Jordin Sparks and Jennifer Hudson amongst others. The movie takes place in the summer in New York City where 13-year-old Mister’s (Brooks) hard-living mother (Hudson) is apprehended by the police, leaving the boy and nine-year-old Pete (Dizon) alone to forage for food while dodging child protective services and the destructive scenarios of the Brooklyn projects.

 

5. Above The Rim

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Many of this 1994 Movie staring Tupac Shakur and Marlon Wayans was filmed at Samuel J. Tilden high school in Brooklyn, NY.

 

It’s good to see Brooklyn being used as film locations. What are some movie you noticed were filmed in Brooklyn?