Filming locations near Los Angeles

672 places within 100 km of the city centre where films and television series were shot — every one on the interactive map, with photographs, distances and what was filmed there. The closest is Times Mirror Square, 1 km north-west; the most filmed is Long Beach with 113 recorded productions.

Everything recorded against Los Angeles itself — rather than at a named spot near it — is on its own page.

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Within 100 km · 672 329 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 194 towns & cities · 69 landscapes, coasts & wilderness · 49 studios, backlots & standing sets Closest · Times Mirror Square · 1 km Most famous · Hollywood

Within 25 km of Los Angeles

1. 🏛 Times Mirror Square · 1 km north-west · Landmarks & buildings

   2 productions, per Wikipedia — Argo, Ambulance. Complex of buildings in Los Angeles

2. 🏛 Los Angeles City Hall · 1 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production — Chinatown. 1928 building housing the government of the city of Los Angeles, California

3. 🏛 Cathedral of Saint Vibiana · 1 km south · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Burlesque. Former Catholic church, now exhibit hall, in Los Angeles, California

4. 🏞 Los Angeles Basin · 1 km south-east · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Mission: Impossible. Geographic region in Southern California, USA

5. 🛣 Los Angeles Street · 1 km north-east · Streets & squares

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Flashdance. Street in downtown Los Angeles, California

6. 🏛 Bradbury Building · 1 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   5 productions, per Wikipedia — Blade Runner, The Artist. Building

7. 🏛 Grand Central Market · 1 km west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — La La Land. Public market in Downtown Los Angeles

8. 🏛 Metropolitan Detention Center, Los Angeles · 1 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Demolition Man. Federal prison in downtown Los Angeles, California, USA

9. 🏛 Barclay Hotel · 1 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Booth at the End. Historic hotel in Los Angeles, California

10. 🏛 Continental Building · 1 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia — (500) Days of Summer. Building in California, United States

11. 🛣 Grand Avenue · 1 km north-west · Streets & squares

    1 production — Star Trek Into Darkness. Major north–south thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California

12. 🛣 Angels Flight · 1 km west · Streets & squares

    1 production, per Wikipedia — La La Land. Funicular in Downtown Los Angeles

+ 417 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

1. 🏙 Redondo Beach · 25 km south-west · Towns & cities

   3 productions, per Wikipedia — CSI: Miami, The O.C.. City in Los Angeles County, California, United States

2. 🏙 Los Cerritos, Long Beach, California · 25 km south · Towns & cities

   2 productions, per Wikipedia — Donnie Darko, American Pie. Neighborhood of Long Beach in Los Angeles, California, United States

3. 🏙 Hermosa Beach · 25 km south-west · Towns & cities

   3 productions, per Wikipedia — La La Land, The O.C.. City in Los Angeles County, California, United States

4. 🛣 Interstate 405 · 25 km south · Streets & squares

   1 production, per Wikipedia — American Beauty. Interstate highway in California, USA

5. 🏛 Cadillac Jack's · 25 km north-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production — The Booth at the End. Former diner and current video recording set

6. 🏙 Baldwin Park · 25 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Starship Troopers. City in Los Angeles County, California, United States

7. 🏛 Lighthouse Café · 26 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — La La Land. Nightclub located at 30 Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach, California, USA

8. 🏙 Torrance · 26 km south · Towns & cities

   8 productions, per Wikipedia — American Beauty, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. City in Los Angeles County, California, United States

9. 🏛 Mount Wilson Observatory · 26 km north-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Prestige. Astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California

10. 🏛 Torrance High School · 26 km south · Landmarks & buildings

    2 productions — Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Beverly Hills, 90210. High school in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California

11. 🏙 Pacific Palisades · 26 km west · Towns & cities

    1 production — The Last Boy Scout. Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States

12. 🏛 Tillman Water Reclamation Plant · 26 km north-west · Landmarks & buildings

    3 productions — Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager. A water reclamation plant located in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, USA

+ 179 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. 🏙 Thousand Oaks · 60 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production — Little Big Man. City in Ventura County, California, United States

2. 🏙 Orange County · 60 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production — Marmaduke. County in California, United States

3. 🏞 San Gabriel Mountains · 61 km north-east · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Fear and Desire. Mountain range in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, California

4. 🏞 Mount San Antonio · 61 km north-east · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Commando. Mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains of California

5. 🏛 California Lutheran University · 62 km west · Landmarks & buildings

   3 productions, per Wikipedia — Spartacus, Wuthering Heights. Private university in Thousand Oaks, California

6. 🏛 Ontario Motor Speedway · 62 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Death Race 2000. Motorsport track in the United States

7. 🏙 Big Pines · 63 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — A Midsummer Night's Dream. Unincorporated community in California

8. 🏞 Santa Monica Mountains · 64 km west · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Everest. Mountain range in Southern California, United States

9. 🏞 Wildwood Regional Park · 64 km west · Landscapes & nature

   8 productions, per Wikipedia — Spartacus, Wuthering Heights. Regional park in Ventura County, California, United States

10. 🏞 Leo Carrillo State Park · 64 km west · Landscapes & nature

    3 productions — Furious 7, The Mentalist. State park in California, United States

11. 🏞 Wild Rivers · 65 km south-east · Landscapes & nature

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Malcolm in the Middle. Water park

12. 🏙 Piru · 65 km north-west · Towns & cities

    2 productions, per Wikipedia — Water for Elephants, Hero. Census-designated place in Ventura County, California

+ 40 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

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