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Philadelphia: Rocky
No list of movies set in Philadelphia would be complete without this 1977 Best Picture Oscar Winner, whose story of a small-time boxer with a big heart has become ingrained in the culture and character of the City of Brotherly Love. The movie not only serves up one of the film's most enduring heroes in Rocky Balboa but offers an iconic scene, forever etched in the city's identity, when the boxer races up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and looks back at rest of the city with his arms raised in triumph. — Bret
No list of movies set in Philadelphia would be complete without this 1977 Best Picture Oscar Winner, whose story of a small-time boxer with a big heart has become ingrained in the culture and character of the City of Brotherly Love. The movie not only serves up one of the film's most enduring heroes in Rocky Balboa but offers an iconic scene, forever etched in the city's identity, when the boxer races up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and looks back at rest of the city with his arms raised in triumph. — Bret
PeopleSylvester Stallone, Talia Shire
TitlesRocky
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