Top 20 Movies Filmed in New Jersey

Over the years, New Jersey has become quite the backdrop for some of Hollywood's greatest films.

There are movies like War of the Worlds that have aliens falling from the sky at a neighborhood in Howell. Then, there are movies like The Wrestler that have you on the edge of your seat watching a fight at Convention Hall in Asbury Park. If you're not from New Jersey, you'd have no idea that these two completely different movies were filmed in the Garden State.

With that said, let's take a look at the top 20 movies filmed in New Jersey...

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1
Goodfellas (1990)
Filmed in: Marlboro, Fort Lee, and the Palisades Parkway
2
The Godfather Part III (1990)
Filmed in: Atlantic City
3
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Filmed in: Rahway and Atlantic City
4
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Filmed in: East Rutherford
5
The Wrestler (2008)
Filmed in: Carlstadt, Asbury Park, Linden, Roselle Park, Garfield, Hasbrouck Heights, Clifton, Hazlet, Rahway, Bayonne, Elizabeth, and Dover
6
Annie (1982)
FIlmed in: West Long Branch (Monmouth University) and Newark
7
Jersey Boys (2014)
Filmed in: Kearny
8
Big (1988)
Filmed in: Cliffside Park and Fort Lee
9
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Filmed in: Newark
10
Friday the 13th (1980)
Filmed in: Blairstown, Freehold, Hardwick, and Hope
11
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Filmed in: Toms River, Point Pleasant, and Scotch Plains
12
American Gangster (2007)
Filmed in: Morristown
13
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Filmed in: Orange
14
War of the Worlds (2005)
Filmed in: Bayonne, Howell, Newark, and Elizabeth
15
Chasing Amy (1997)
Filmed in: Leonardo, Asbury Park, Brick, Keansburg, Middletown, Rumson, and Red Bank
16
Warrior (2011)
Filmed in: Atlantic City
17
School of Rock (2003)
Filmed in: Edison, Rahway, and Franklin Lakes
18
Guess Who (2005)
Filmed in: Cranford and Madison
19
Clerks (1994)
Filmed in: Atlanic Highlands, Mount Holly, Leonardo, Middletown, and Red Bank
20
In & Out (1997)
Filmed in: Sparta, Riverdale, Pompton Lakes, Clinton, and Montclair

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