Book Club

The Best Romantic Comedies Actually Shot in Seattle

Our book club pick Storybook Ending is inspired by the genre.

10/22/2025 By Moira Macdonald

Adaptations

The Boys in the Boat Reminds Us How Much Seattle Has Changed

And how much we’ve stayed the same.

12/15/2023 By Eric Olson

Seattle Film

Is The Hand That Rocks the Cradle the Most Unhinged Seattle Film? We Think So.

And we’re giving Julianne Moore her flowers.

10/27/2023 By Dalila Brent

Spinster Chic

Practical Magic Is a Washington Movie

Witches and '90s fashions: The movie was Pacific Northwest at its heart.

10/09/2023 By Allison Williams

SCARE SHOW

Washington State's Most Horrific Film Achievements

Some are horrific in a good way, some are horrific in a bad way—and we're not telling you which is which.

10/17/2022 By Sophie Grossman and Sophia Struna

Seattle in the Movies

Steven Soderbergh’s Kimi Holds a Mirror Up to Seattle

And it ain’t always pretty.

02/18/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Seattle in the Movies

Sleepless in Seattle Makes Me Deeply Grateful That I Don’t Remember the '90s

New York is the city that never sleeps, Seattle is the city that never processes its feelings.

12/31/2021 By Sophie Grossman

Seattle in the Movies

10 Things I Hate About You Shows Us the Real Seattle

Leave it to an angsty teen to give us a nuanced look at our city.

12/30/2021 By Zoe Sayler

Seattle in the Movies

Fifty Shades of Grey: Is It 50 Shades of Terrible?

Floggers, pencil skirts, and that oh-so-sexy I-5 and I-90 Interchange.

12/29/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

Seattle in the Movies

Why Does Where'd You Go, Bernadette Hate Seattle?

The film version of Maria Semple's blockbuster novel misses the chance to truly skewer the city.

12/28/2021 By Allison Williams

Seattle in the Movies

Is Singles the Ultimate Seattle Movie?

Much of what the Cameron Crowe classic says about our city still holds true.

12/27/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

One-Click Mind

5 Awful Amazon Movie Remake Ideas

In May, the company agreed to acquire MGM. What would happen if it got its paws on some classic films?

10/04/2021 By Seattle Met Staff

Hey Watch This

A Big Seattle Movie Guide: What to Watch and What to Skip

Old, new, major, minor—here’s our city, and sometimes our state, on the screen.

04/28/2021 By Stefan Milne and Seattle Met Staff

Legacies

The Paper Tigers Plays with Seattle's Martial Arts Lore

The new action comedy movie was shot in Chinatown–International District.

04/26/2021 By Stefan Milne

Just Let Me Know

Does Hollywood Think Seattle Is Sexy?

Why is a city famously bad for dating most associated with romance movies?

02/01/2021 By Stefan Milne

Binge-Worthy

Stream These 21 Shows and Movies with Seattle Connections

Been in your house so long you forget what the city looks like? These local-ish stories will remind you.

04/01/2020 By Seattle Met Staff

Film Letters

Where'd You Go, Bernadette Is Not Quite a Wreck

Maria Semple's novel is now a movie starring Cate Blanchett, and we have qualms.

08/16/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Quote Unquote

Film Director Lynn Shelton Will Always Pick Seattle Over Hollywood

"I love Seattle so much. I much prefer the green here, the gray, the skies, the clouds, the water, a new vista. Seattle sort of ruined me for anywhere else."

07/23/2019 By Allison Williams

Seattle Cinema

SIFF 2019 Review Roundup May 29–June 5

This week in PNW premieres: all-male burlesque, a recovered silent film, and a documentary on homelessness.

05/29/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Seattle Cinema

SIFF 2019 Review Roundup May 22–28

Four more locally grown movies premiere this week—plus a suite of short films.

05/22/2019 By Seattle Met Staff