Editing Boarding house (section)

==In popular culture==
===Literature===
*In ''[[Little Women]]'', Jo March moves to New York City to pursue her literary career and lives in a boarding house where she meets a variety of boarders. She develops a relationship with one of them, Professor Bhaer.
*[[Sherlock Holmes]] lived in a boarding house at [[221B Baker Street]], whose landlady, Mrs. Hudson, provided some domestic service.
*In ''[[Look Homeward, Angel]]'', author [[Thomas Wolfe]] richly chronicles his life growing up in his mother's boarding house "Dixieland" in early-20th-century [[Asheville]].
* Addy Walker is a character in the [[American Girl]] historical collection. Her story takes place in the mid-1860s, and the majority of the books in her series feature her and her family living in a boarding house in [[Philadelphia]]. Similarly, the character Claudie Wells lives in a boarding house in [[Harlem]] in 1922, and the [[Great Depression]]-era character Kit Kittredge's family turns their home into a boarding house as a source of extra income.
*[[Mary Roberts Rinehart]] wrote the now-classic boarding-house mystery, ''[[The Case of Jennie Brice]]'', in 1913.
*[[H. G. Wells]] satirized boarding houses of the [[Edwardian era]] in his novel ''[[The Dream (novel)|The Dream]]'' (1924).
*[[E. Phillips Oppenheim]] set his espionage novel ''[[The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent]]'' (1934) in a [[London]] boarding house.
*The climax of [[Patrick Hamilton (writer)|Patrick Hamilton]]'s 1941 novel ''[[Hangover Square]]'' occurs in a dingy [[Maidenhead]] boarding house.
*[[Lynne Reid Banks]]'s 1960 novel ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' is set in a run-down boarding house.
*Ben Mears, the main character in the 1975 horror novel ''[[Salem's Lot]]'' by [[Stephen King]], stays at Eva Miller's boarding house.
*In ''[[True Grit (novel)|True Grit]]'', the main protagonist, Mattie Ross, stays at the Monarch Boarding House where she is forced to share a bed with Grandma Turner, one of the long-term residents and where a robust communal meal takes place.
*The young heroes in [[Horatio Alger]]'s 19th-century rags-to-riches tales often experience life in boarding houses and single works often depict both unscrupulous and kindly boarding house proprietors as the characters make their way upward (or downward) in the world.
*In [[Terry Pratchett|Terry Pratchett's]] [[Discworld]] novel ''[[The Truth (novel)|The Truth]]'', the protagonist, [[William de Worde]], lives in Mrs Arcanum's Lodging House for Respectable Working Men (2000).

===Films===
*The 1914 film, ''[[The Star Boarder (1914 film)|The Star Boarder]]'', has a boarding house as its setting.
*The 1922 film, ''[[The Light in the Dark]]'', has a boarding house as its setting.
*The 1927 film, ''[[The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog|The Lodger]]'', has a boarding house as its setting.
*The 1931 film, ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'', shows a boarding house.
*In the 1933 film, ''[[Son of Kong]]'', [[Carl Denham]] ([[Robert Armstrong (actor)|Robert Armstrong]]) stays in a boarding house.
*In the 1936 film, ''[[A Pain in the Pullman]]'', [[the Three Stooges]] stay in a boarding house.
*In the 1937 film, ''[[Stage Door]]'', has a boarding house for its setting.
*In the 1939 film, ''[[The Story of Alexander Graham Bell]]'', [[Alexander Graham Bell]] ([[Don Ameche]]) stays in a boarding house.
*In the 1941 film, ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', [[Charles Foster Kane|Kane]]'s parents own a boarding house.
*In the 1942 film, ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'', [[George M. Cohan]] ([[James Cagney]]) stays in a boarding house.
*In the 1942 film, ''[[The Magnificent Ambersons (film)|The Magnificent Ambersons]]'', the original ending took place in a boarding house.
*The 1945 film, ''[[The Woman in Green]]'', shows a boarding house.
*In the 1946 film, ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'', Mrs. Bailey owns a boarding house in the alternate universe known as Pottersville.
*The 1950 film, ''[[Riding High (1950 film)|Riding High]]'', briefly shows a boarding house.
*In the 1950 film, ''[[Mystery Street]]'', Mrs. Smerrling ([[Elsa Lanchester]]) owns a boarding house.
*Much of the plot in the 1951 film ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', takes place in a Washington, DC boarding house.
*In the 1952 film, ''[[The Story of Will Rogers]]'', [[Will Rogers]] ([[Will Rogers Jr.]]) stays in a boarding house.
*In the 1957 film, ''[[The Buster Keaton Story]]'', The Keatons stay in a boarding house.
*In the 1966 film, ''[[The Ghost and Mr. Chicken]]'', the main character and aspiring reporter, Luther Heggs ([[Don Knotts]]), lives in a boarding house. 
*In ''[[The Shootist]]'' (1976), J. B. Books ([[John Wayne]]) rents a room at a Carson City, Nevada boarding house. Dying of cancer, Books wishes to end his days in peace and quiet. But old enemies with scores to settle converge.
*In the 1982 film ''[[Liar's Moon]]'', Jack Duncan and Ginny Peterson run away from their parents in Texas to marry each other and stay in a boarding house in Louisiana.
* The film ''[[Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight]],'' takes place in a boarding house. It was once a church until it was turned into a boarding house. Brayker and the residents battle the demons in this boarding house.
* Sandy Brooks and Nick Snowden the main characters in ''[[Snow (2004 film)|Snow]]'' lived in a boarding house.
*In ''[[Brooklyn (film)|Brooklyn]]'', the main protagonist, Eilis Lacey, stays at a boarding house.
*In the 2011 animated Film ''[[From Up On Poppy Hill]]'', the main character whose name is Umi, lives and helps her grandmother run a boarding house throughout the movie while her mother is abroad studying medicine in the USA.

===Television===
*Several episodes of [[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]] feature and take place in boarding houses, such as "The Landlady" and "The Dusty Drawer".
*A pair of puppet shows released on home video feature an older woman called Bubbie who runs a boarding house. Bubbie hosts her grandchildren and their friend for Hanukkah and Passover celebrations with her boarders; she takes a little time to explain to the young man delivering the Hanukkah groceries how a boarding house works. 
*Mr Bean lives in a boarding house in the early episodes.
*In the cartoon ''[[Groovie Goolies]]'', the characters of that show reside at a boarding house called Horrible Hall that is located on Horrible Drive.
*In the 1981 CBS [[made-for-television]] [[horror film]], [[Dark Night of the Scarecrow]], the town's postman, Otis P. Hazelrigg, lives in Mrs. Bunch's boarding house.
*The titular protagonist of the [[Nickelodeon]] television show ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' lives in a boarding house (called "Sunset Arms") that's owned and operated by his paternal grandparents, Phillip "Phil" and Gertrude "Gertie" Shortman.
*In ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'', Stefan and Damon Salvatore live in the old Salvatore Boarding house when they return to Mystic Falls.
*In ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', Barney Fife is a long-term resident of a boarding house run by Mrs. Mendelbright. When she catches Barney cooking in his room with a hot plate, she asks him to leave.
*The South Korean television series Reply 1994 is set in a nineties boarding house.
*In the ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day|Torchwood]]'' episode "[[Immortal Sins]]", [[Jack Harkness]], and his companion [[List of Torchwood characters#Angelo Colasanto|Angelo Colasanto]] stay in a boarding house.
*The Canadian historical drama ''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]'', set in [[Toronto]] at the turn of the 20th century, features boarding houses in several episodes.

===Podcasts===
*Unwell: A Midwestern Gothic Mystery features a struggling boarding house run by Dot Harper.

===Comics===
*Many of the scenes in the comic strip ''[[Bloom County]]'' took place at the Bloom Boarding House (based on the real-life [[Linsay House]]) owned by the family of main character [[Milo Bloom]].
*''[[Our Boarding House]]'' (1921–1984) was an American single-panel cartoon and comic strip set in a boarding house run by the sensible Mrs. Hoople.

=== Board games ===
* In [[Fantasy Flight Games]]' board game ''[[Arkham Horror]]'', numerous encounters occur at Ma's Boarding house.