Even before Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed the Michigan Film and Digital Media Incentive program into law in 2008, filmmakers saw Detroit as a great place to make movies, WWJ notes.
Michael Ferro, a freelancer for WWJ, compiles the best films made in Detroit -- though Deadline reader Matt Maul notes that the '87 version of "Robocop" was just set in Detroit, not filmed here.
Ferro takes a leap of faith with the Batman film being released next year, but how bad could it be?
- "Gran Torino" (2008)
- "8 Mile" (2002)
- "Narc" (2002)
- "Robocop" (1987)
- "Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice" (2016)