Detroit, Michigan in the United States, has been used as a setting and/or filming location for many Hollywood feature films, as well as several television series:

  • 17000 Block, Curtis Franklin. 2005. Theo Williamson, Walter Harris, Rebecca Dawn.
  • 61*, Billy Crystal. 2001. Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane, Anthony Michael Hall This baseball film was set in New York but largely filmed in Detroit, with a digitally altered Tiger Stadium used to simulate Yankee Stadium.
  • 8 Mile, Curtis Hanson. 2002. Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer.
  • 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (TV). 2002–2005.
  • Action Jackson, Craig R. Baxley. 1988. Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Sharon Stone.
  • Assault on Precinct 13 2005 Set in Detroit but filmed in Toronto.
  • Barbarian, Zach Cregger, 2022. Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long.
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Zack Snyder, 2016. Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams.
  • The Betsy, Daniel Petrie. 1978. Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones.
  • Beverly Hills Cop, Martin Brest. 1984. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Ronny Cox. (#1 film in U.S)
  • Bird on a Wire, 1990.
  • Blue Collar, Paul Schrader. 1978. Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto.
  • Brother Future, 1991.
  • The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations, Seth Grossman. 2009. Chris Carmack, Rachel Miner. Set and filmed mostly in Detroit.
  • Chameleon Street, Wendell B. Harris. 1989.
  • Collision Course, Lewis Teague. 1989. Jay Leno, Pat Morita.
  • CornerStore, Joseph Doughrity. 2011.
  • Crossing the Bridge, Mike Binder. 1992. Josh Charles, Jason Gedrick, Stephen Baldwin.
  • The Crow, Alex Proyas. 1994. Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson. Although story is set in Detroit, production took place in North Carolina.
  • Darkman, Sam Raimi, 1990.
  • Detroit 1-8-7 (TV). Michael Imperioli. 2010. David Zabel, Executive Producer.
  • Detroit 9000, Arthur Marks. 1973. Hari Rhodes, Alex Rocco.
  • Detroit (film), Kathryn Bigelow. 2017. Although set in Detroit principal photography took place in Boston, Massachusetts with later scenes shot at the Fox Theater (Detroit).
  • Detroit Rock City. Shot mostly in Toronto, only part of the movie was shot in Detroit, the Fox Theatre and a few other areas of Woodward Ave were shot in Detroit. The skyline of Detroit was shot from Windsor, Canada. 1999.
  • Don't Breathe. 2016 (#1 film in U.S.)
  • Dreamgirls, Bill Condon. 2006.