Harvard but turns down that offer Johnny Tremain, 1957 Disney film based on the novel of the same name Knight and Day, starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz Knowing The Last Detail, about two United States Navy policemen who decide to take out a young sailor for one last night on the town (through Boston's Combat Zone) before he goes to jail The Last Hurrah Legally Blonde, about a UCLA Valley Girl who attempts to get her boyfriend back by entering Harvard Law School Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, takes place in Boston, as seen on the envelope at the end of the movie; "28 Prospero Place, Boston, Massachusetts, USA" Little Children, set in a fictional suburb of Boston Looking Good by Keith Maillard set in 1969/70 with vivid account of Harvard Square riot Love Story Malcolm X, Malcolm's Boston years are chronicled in this film, including his prison years, which led to his eventual conversion to Islam The Matchmaker Mona Lisa Smile, featuring Julia Roberts as a nonconformist Wellesley College professor Moneyball, featuring Brad Pitt, has a scene at Fenway Park in Boston Monument Ave., about low level Charlestown gangsters dealing with the repercussions that arise due to the code of silence Motet by Keith Maillard My Best Friend's Girl Mystery Street Mystic River, Oscar-winning drama about three childhood friends who later reunite after the murder of one of their daughters; set in a fictional area of Boston called "Buckingham Flats"; filmed in East Boston and South Boston The Next Karate Kid, primary scenes are set in the Boston area; filmed partly in Newton Next Stop Wonderland, takes place in Boston; the MBTA station Wonderland takes special significance Night School Now, Voyager Once Around The Paper Chase, about a student struggling through Harvard Law School, based on the 1970 novel; John Houseman won an Oscar for his role as Professor Kingsfield The Proposal Prozac Nation, about a young woman who struggles with depression during her first year at Harvard Sacco and Vanzetti, about the famous anarchists convicted of murder Shutter Island, thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio, takes place on an island in Boston Harbor A Small Circle of Friends, about Harvard in the 1960s and three students bonding together The Social Network, drama about the creation of Facebook; many scenes are set on the Harvard campus Soul Man, comedy about a man who poses as a black scholarship