I'm still a bit ticked that Kingpin received no love from the Academy. It's the best movie about an Amish bowler ever.

The Deer Hunter was set in Clairton but was filmed in Weirton WVA.

Portions of Hoffa were filmed on Hilltop Road in Nevillewood.

This is a list of where the Deer Hunter was filmed.

Filming locations for
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993 N. 7th Street, Steubenville, Ohio, USA
(scene outside Central Blast Furnance)

Bangkok, Thailand
(Saigon, Vietnam)

Bowladrome Lanes - 56 State Street, Struthers, Ohio, USA
(bowling alley)

Clairton, Pennsylvania, USA
(Steel Town of Clairton)

Cleveland, Ohio, USA
(hospital, the Eagle Supermarket, steel works factory)

Commercial Street, Mingo Junction, Ohio, USA
(Welsh's bar)

Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
(US airfield)

Duquesne Heights, Pennsylvania, USA

Follansbee, West Virginia, USA
(Steel Town of Clairton)

Heather Meadows, Mount Baker, Washington, USA
(Allegheny Mountains deer hunt)

Katchanburi, Thailand
(Saigon, Vietnam)

Lake Chelan, Washington, USA

Lemko Hall - 2335 W. Eleventh Street, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
(wedding reception)

Louis Stokes VA Medical Center - 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
(hospital)

McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery - 1608 Fifth Avenue, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
(funeral)

McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
(Steel Town of Clairton) (funeral)

Mill Creek Park, Youngstown, Ohio, USA

Mingo Junction, Ohio, USA
(Steel Town of Clairton, Welsh's Bar)

Mount Baker, Washington, USA
(Allegheny Mountains deer hunt)

Nooksack Falls, Mount Baker, Washington, USA
(Michael releases the deer)

Part I

Part 2

Ohio, USA

Pennsylvania, USA

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
(Steel Town of Clairton)

River Kwai, Thailand
(prison camp - russian roulette)

St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Church - 733 Starkweather Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
(wedding)

St.Gabriel's College - 565 Samsen Road, Bangkok, Thailand
(U.S. Embassy, Saigon)

Starkweather Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
(Linda's work - the Eagle Supermarket)

Steubenville, Ohio, USA
(Steel Town of Clairton)

Struthers, Ohio, USA
(Steel Town of Clairton, bowling alley)

Throng Wad Road, Bangkok, Thailand
(1973 Saigon evacuation)

US Steel Widowmaker Central Blast Furnace, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
(opening sequence - steel works factory)

Washington, USA

Weirton, West Virginia, USA
(Steel Town of Clairton)

West Virginia, USA

Whatcom County, Washington, USA

Youngstown, Ohio, USA
(near)

The Deer Hunter & Silence of the Lambs would be my top picks.
But for lighter fare there's
That Thing You Do! & Independence Day, both of which I'd watch again (and have)
and then I'd place Wonder Boys in a special notable class (and the book was good, too).

For me, it HAS to be "The Deer Hunter", a flawed, but great film, IMHO. Growing up not far from Clairton in the 50's & 60's, and actually working two summers in a steel mill, it really resonated with me.
I'm surprised that "Dominick & Eugene", a fine 1988 film, set and filmed in Pittsburgh,, especially the South Side, has not been mentioned. It had a fine cast of Ray Liotta, Tom Hulce, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
I was working downtown when "Hoffa" was filming here, and I distinctly remember looking out my office window onto Ft. Duquesne Blvd., where they replaced the signs to read " to Idlewild Airport" for the movie.

I would have to go with the Deer Hunter. I think it is a great film and really shows what it was like during that era. What parts of Independence Day were filmed in Pittsburgh? I see the location is listed on IMDB.com, but I can't remember anything in the film related to the Burgh! Silence of the Lambs is another favorite. I know a lot of people that played extras or small parts in that film.