The 150 most famous scenes ever filmed on location
Every row is a real place and the most widely covered production filmed there. The order comes from one number, the count of Wikipedia languages that production is written up in, so the ranking is something you can check rather than an opinion you have to take on trust. A different film in every row, 34 countries, 1922 to 2021.
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What counts as a scene here
Wikidata records that a production filmed at a place. It never records which scene, so a row claims a pairing and nothing more. Five rules keep those pairings to places you could stand in:
- Only places pinned to one spot. Shoots Wikidata records loosely, somewhere in Prague rather than at an address, are on the map but not in this ranking.
- Only places Wikipedia describes in 8 languages or more, which is the difference between a cathedral and an office block that once hosted a camera.
- No sound stages or backlots. A studio is where a production was made, not somewhere it went.
- Nothing used by more than 20 productions. A spot that busy is a working facility, and it belongs to none of them.
- One scene per production, its best documented place, so that every row is a different film.
Every row also says what the place is, in Wikidata's own words. Where English Wikipedia records what was actually shot there, that sentence is quoted under the row and linked to the article it came from: 78 of the 150 rows carry one. The rest stop at the pairing, because the honest answer to a scene nobody wrote down is an empty space.
Wikipedia coverage measures how widely something is written about, which is not the same as how good it is or how memorable the scene was. It is simply the fame this atlas can count.
The ranking
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1 139 languages
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2107 languages
in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
one of the main islands of the Virgin Islands of the United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“Just as a prison in Ohio stood in for a fictional one in Maine, the beach scene showing Andy and Red's reunion in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, was actually shot in the Caribbean on the island of Saint Croix, one of the U.S. Virgin Islands.” Wikipedia
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3101 languages
Pittsburgh International Airport
in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
airport in Pennsylvania, United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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4100 languages
in Breaking Bad
monument at the quadripoint in the Southwestern United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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599 languages
in Doctor Who
public park at the center of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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699 languages
in Jurassic Park (1993)
northernmost populated island of the Hawaiian archipelago
🇺🇸 United States ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“The three-week Kauaʻi shoot was focused on exterior scenes, many of them set on Isla Nublar during daytime.” Wikipedia
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799 languages
in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
cathedral in Durham, England, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“Other Hogwarts scenes were filmed in Durham Cathedral over a two-week period; these included shots of the corridors and some classroom scenes.” Wikipedia
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898 languages
in V for Vendetta (2005)
public space and tourist attraction in central London
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🛣 streets & squares
“To film the final scene at Westminster, the area from Trafalgar Square and Whitehall up to Parliament and Big Ben had to be closed for three nights from midnight until 5 am.” Wikipedia
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9 98 languages
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1097 languages
in Inception (2010)
public research university in London, England, United Kingdom
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“On July 15, 2009, filming took place at University College London for the sequences occurring inside a Paris college of architecture in the story, including the library, Flaxman Gallery and Gustave Tuck Theatre.” Wikipedia
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1194 languages
in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
national park on South Island of New Zealand
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“Milford Sound and areas of Fiordland National Park were used to depict the Misty Mountains during filming of The Lord of the Rings.” Wikipedia
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1390 languages
in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
basin of the Colorado Plateau on the Arizona–Utah border in the western United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“The live-action landscape shots were filmed in the Hebridean islands, the mountains of northern Scotland, and Monument Valley.” Wikipedia
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1490 languages
in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
Grade I listed country house in Hever, Kent, England, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏰 castles & palaces
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1590 languages
in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“Harry's confrontation with Malfoy, who is later turned into a ferret by Moody, was shot in the courtyard quadrangle of the New College Cloister.” Wikipedia
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16 89 languages
“Footage of the prison is used for the exterior shots for the Illinois "state prison" in the 1949 film White Heat, and for the location of the first and second season of the series Prison Break, and the 2006 film Let's Go to Prison.” Wikipedia
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1786 languages
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
in Saving Private Ryan (1998)
cemetery located in Calvados, in France
🇫🇷 France ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“Scenes featuring the elderly Ryan were filmed at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, adjacent to Omaha Beach.” Wikipedia
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1885 languages
in A Beautiful Mind (2001)
private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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1985 languages
in Batman Begins (2005)
largest and most voluminous Icelandic glacier
🇮🇸 Iceland ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“Filming began in March 2004 in the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland (standing in for Bhutan).” Wikipedia
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2085 languages
in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Villa in Lenno, Italy
🇮🇹 Italy ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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2184 languages
in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“The crew spent the first shooting days at Walt Disney Studios in Los Angeles, including the interiors of the Black Pearl and the Edinburgh Trader which Elizabeth stows away on, before moving to St. Vincent to shoot the scenes in Port Royal and Tortuga.” Wikipedia
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2284 languages
in Iron Man (2008)
US Air Force base near Lancaster, California, United States (founded 1935)
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“During three days of filming at the Edwards Air Force Base in mid-April, around 150 servicemembers were cast as extras.” Wikipedia
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2382 languages
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
in Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
state park in California, USA
🇺🇸 United States ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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2481 languages
in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏰 castles & palaces
“That June, scenes were shot at the University of East Anglia in Norwich and at Dover Castle in Kent, with Dover Castle used for interior shots of Strucker's Hydra base in Sokovia.” Wikipedia
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2581 languages
in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
square in Madrid, Spain
🇪🇸 Spain ·🛣 streets & squares
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2680 languages
in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
city hall for the City and County of San Francisco, California, USA
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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27 78 languages
“The meeting between Q and Bond was filmed when the National Gallery was closed at night.” Wikipedia
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2878 languages
in Die Hard (1988)
skyscraper in Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“Its most famous appearance was in the 1988 action film Die Hard, where while still under construction, it portrayed the fictional Nakatomi Plaza (also known as Nakatomi Tower), a building owned by a fictional Japanese keiretsu corporation.” Wikipedia
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29 78 languages
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3077 languages
in The King's Speech (2010)
football stadium in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“The opening scene, set at the closing ceremony of the 1925 British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Stadium, was filmed on location at Elland Road, home of Leeds United, and Odsal Stadium, home of Bradford RLFC.” Wikipedia
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3177 languages
in Sherlock
former HQ of Greater London Council and County of London
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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3277 languages
building complex in Vilnius, Lithuania
🇱🇹 Lithuania ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“Some filming for the fourth season took place at Lukiškės Prison and nearby in Vilnius, Lithuania.” Wikipedia
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3376 languages
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
in Black Panther (2018)
national park in Uganda
🇺🇬 Uganda ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“Filming in the country wrapped on March 27, with additional location shooting also taking place at the Rwenzori Mountains and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda.” Wikipedia
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34 76 languages
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35 75 languages
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36 75 languages
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37 74 languages
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3873 languages
in Léon: The Professional (1994)
street in Manhattan, New York, USA
🇺🇸 United States ·🛣 streets & squares
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3973 languages
in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
historic royal palace in Richmond, Greater London
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏰 castles & palaces
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4073 languages
in The Revenant (2015)
Mountain range along the Pacific coast of Mexico
🇲🇽 Mexico ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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4173 languages
in Doctor Strange (2016)
constituent college of the University of Oxford
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“In 2016 scenes were filmed in the college chapel for the Marvel movie Doctor Strange starring Benedict Cumberbatch.” Wikipedia
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4272 languages
in Dr. Strangelove (1964)
major mountain range in western North America
🇨🇦 Canada ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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43 72 languages
“External scenes depicting Mars were filmed in Wadi Rum, a UNESCO world heritage site in Jordan, over eight days in March 2015.” Wikipedia
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4472 languages
in Jaws (1975)
island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“Shot mostly on location at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts from May to October 1974, Jaws was the first major motion picture to be shot on the ocean and consequently had a troubled production, going over budget and schedule.” Wikipedia
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45 72 languages
“On August 11, 2013, filming began at London's Millennium Bridge, which was selected as a double for Xandar.” Wikipedia
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46 72 languages
“It has appeared in several films, most famously in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, large parts of which were filmed on campus, particularly in the Grade II listed lecture centre and the John Crank Building (demolished July 2019).” Wikipedia
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47 72 languages
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4872 languages
in Amadeus (1984)
theatre and opera house in Prague, Czech Republic, operated by the National Theatre company
🇨🇿 Czech Republic ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“Forman was able to shoot scenes in the Estates Theatre in Prague, where Don Giovanni and La clemenza di Tito debuted two centuries before.” Wikipedia
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49 71 languages
“The airport stood in for Miami International Airport in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale.” Wikipedia
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5071 languages
in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
island on coast of Gascoyne region of Western Australia
🇦🇺 Australia ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“Second unit filming took place on Dirk Hartog Island off the coast of Western Australia, and in the South Island of New Zealand.” Wikipedia
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5171 languages
in Independence Day (1996)
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“The production team moved to the Bonneville Salt Flats to film three scenes, then returned to California to film in various places around Los Angeles, including Hughes Aircraft where sets for the cable company and Area 51 interiors were constructed at a former aircraft plant.” Wikipedia
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5369 languages
in The Da Vinci Code (2006)
art and archeology museum in Paris, France
🇫🇷 France ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“As the Louvre became a point of interest in the book The Da Vinci Code and the 2006 film based on the book, the museum earned $2.5 million by allowing filming in its galleries.” Wikipedia
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54 69 languages
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“Scenes featuring the rock formations functioning as the Fremens' heat shelters were filmed at the Rub' al Khali desert.” Wikipedia
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56 68 languages
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5768 languages
in GoldenEye (1995)
gambling and entertainment complex in Monte Carlo, Monaco
🇲🇨 Monaco ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“The casino scenes and the Tiger helicopter's demonstration were shot in Monte Carlo.” Wikipedia
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58 68 languages
“The Glenfinnan Viaduct has attracted increased fame beyond Scotland as a filming location for the Harry Potter film series, featuring in four of the films.” Wikipedia
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59 67 languages
“Cast Away was filmed on Monuriki, one of the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.” Wikipedia
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60 65 languages
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“The waterfall is featured in the opening scene of the science-fiction film Prometheus (2012), standing in as a landscape on a primordial Earth.” Wikipedia
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62 65 languages
“The scenes of the university where Banks teaches were shot on the main campus of Université de Montréal, including HEC Montréal's auditorium and cafeteria.” Wikipedia
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6365 languages
in The Theory of Everything (2014)
constituent college of the University of Cambridge
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“On 24 September 2013, scenes were filmed at St John's College, The Backs in Queen's Road, and Queen's Green.” Wikipedia
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6465 languages
San Bernardino International Airport
in The Aviator (2004)
airport in California, United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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6564 languages
in Midnight in Paris (2011)
palace in Versailles, France and location of the Museum of the History of France
🇫🇷 France ·🏰 castles & palaces
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6664 languages
in From Russia with Love (1963)
historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey, also known as Blue Mosque
🇹🇷 Turkey ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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6764 languages
in Chicago (2002)
public research university in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada
🇨🇦 Canada ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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68 64 languages
“First, the scene where James Edwards was chasing a disguised alien was to be filmed at Lincoln Center, but the New York Philharmonic decided to charge the filmmakers for using their buildings, prompting Sonnenfeld to film the scene at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum instead.” Wikipedia
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69 64 languages
“The bridge features in the closing scene of the 1996 film Trainspotting.” Wikipedia
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70 64 languages
“Casa Loma, Roy Thomson Hall and Metro Hall were used for X-Mansion interiors, while Parkwood Estate was used for exteriors.” Wikipedia
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7264 languages
in The Last Samurai (2003)
Buddhist temple in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
🇯🇵 Japan ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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73 64 languages
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74 63 languages
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7563 languages
London King's Cross railway station
in The Imitation Game (2014)
railway station in the London Borough of Camden, England, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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7663 languages
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
in Jurassic World (2015)
airport near New Orleans, LA, USA
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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7763 languages
in The Incredible Hulk (2008)
road from shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto to Lake Simcoe
🇨🇦 Canada ·🛣 streets & squares
“Shooting primarily took place in Toronto, because mayor David Miller was a Hulk fan and promised to be helpful to the crew when closing Yonge Street for four nights in September to shoot Hulk and Blonsky's climactic fight.” Wikipedia
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7862 languages
in Aquaman (2018)
island portion of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
🇨🇦 Canada ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“A majority of the film was shot at Village Roadshow Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland, with additional production in Newfoundland, Sicily and Morocco.” Wikipedia
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7962 languages
in I Am Legend (2007)
art museum in New York City, United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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8062 languages
in Lucy (2014)
skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan
🇹🇼 Taiwan ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“Eleven days of filming began in Taipei, Taiwan, on 21 October; locations included Taipei 101, one of the world's tallest skyscrapers.” Wikipedia
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81 62 languages
“The final scene of The Bourne Identity (2002) is set in a scooter rental shop on Mykonos, depicted as a "hard to find" place in the film.” Wikipedia
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8262 languages
in Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)
salt flat in Bolivia
🇧🇴 Bolivia ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“Location filming for the battle scenes on the planet Crait took place at the Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia.” Wikipedia
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8362 languages
Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg
in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
cathedral located in Bas-Rhin, in France
🇫🇷 France ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“Shooting took place on, around, and inside Strasbourg Cathedral.” Wikipedia
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8462 languages
in The World Is Not Enough (1999)
highest mountain in Wales
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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8562 languages
in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
central London railway terminus; interchange with the London Underground station of the same name
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“The station features prominently in the action film The Bourne Ultimatum, with a complex chase sequence and assassination.” Wikipedia
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8662 languages
national park in the southwest corner of Alberta, Canada
🇨🇦 Canada ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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8761 languages
in No Time to Die (2021)
national park in Scotland, United Kingdom
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“In July 2019, filming took place in the town of Aviemore and in the surrounding Cairngorms National Park area.” Wikipedia
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88 61 languages
“A parking lot outside Dodger Stadium was used for the ice planet of Delta Vega and the Romulan drilling rig on Vulcan.” Wikipedia
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8961 languages
in Twin Peaks
municipal park in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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90 61 languages
“Exterior shots of Cantacuzino Castle were supplemented with computer-generated imagery.” Wikipedia
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91 60 languages
“The scene in the Trevi Fountain was shot over a week in winter: in March according to the BBC, in late January according to Anita Ekberg.” Wikipedia
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9260 languages
in Ocean's Eleven (2001)
luxury hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“As producer Jerry Weintraub was friends with the Bellagio's owner, Kirk Kerkorian, the production team was granted permission to film there; also, the cast stayed at the hotel during the shoot.” Wikipedia
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93 60 languages
“The exteriors of the film set in Transylvania were actually shot on location in northern Slovakia, including the High Tatras, Vrátna dolina, Orava Castle, the Váh River, and Starý Castle.” Wikipedia
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9460 languages
in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
former casino hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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95 60 languages
“The Millennium Biltmore Hotel stood in for the scenes set at the fictional Sedgewick Hotel.” Wikipedia
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9660 languages
in North by Northwest (1959)
Metra train station in Chicago, Illinois, USA
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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97 59 languages
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9859 languages
in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust in Los Angeles
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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“Other locations included Kells Priory, County Kilkenny (the English Redcoat encampment); Huntington Castle, County Carlow (exterior) and Dublin Castle, County Dublin (the chevalier's home).” Wikipedia
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10059 languages
in District 9 (2009)
skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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10159 languages
in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
protected area in Czech Republic
🇨🇿 Czech Republic ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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10259 languages
Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan Field
in Speed (1994)
facility located in Mojave, California
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“The film's final scenes were shot at Mojave Airport (MHV/KMHV), which stood in for Los Angeles International Airport.” Wikipedia
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103 58 languages
“The prisoner exchange scene was filmed on the Glienicke Bridge (the so-called "Bridge of Spies"), where the historical exchange actually took place in 1962.” Wikipedia
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104 58 languages
“In Iceland, the crew shot in Reynisfjara, and around the mountains of Hjörleifshöfði and Hafursey at Mýrdalssandur, which were used to represent the Erso homestead on Lah'mu and the Imperial research facility on Eadu respectively.” Wikipedia
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10557 languages
in Pearl Harbor (2001)
harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
🇺🇸 United States ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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10657 languages
in The Crown
17th-century bastion fort in Cape Town, South African
🇿🇦 South Africa ·🏰 castles & palaces
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10757 languages
in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
restaurant in Switzerland
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“The scenes were shot at the revolving restaurant Piz Gloria, located atop the Schilthorn near the village of Mürren.” Wikipedia
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108 57 languages
“Scenes for the zombie movie World War Z were filmed in the square in August 2011, using the resemblance of buildings to Philadelphia's financial district.” Wikipedia
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10957 languages
in Sex Education (2019)
National Landscape and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales and England
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“Filming for the first series took place at several locations in the Wye Valley in both Wales and England, including Llandogo, Tintern, Symonds Yat, Monmouth, and Redbrook.” Wikipedia
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11056 languages
in Mission: Impossible (1996)
bascule and suspension bridge in London
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🛣 streets & squares
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11156 languages
in Philadelphia (1993)
private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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11256 languages
in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
place of burial in north London, England, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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11356 languages
in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
castle in Stirling, Scotland, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏰 castles & palaces
“The many castles seen throughout the film were mainly either Doune Castle shot from different angles or hanging miniatures.” Wikipedia
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114 56 languages
“The studio expressed concern about the safety of filming Cruise's entrance scene, in which he is free solo climbing at Dead Horse Point State Park in Moab, Utah.” Wikipedia
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11556 languages
in The Thin Red Line (1998)
rainforest in the region of the Daintree River, Queensland, Australia
🇦🇺 Australia ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“The Thin Red Line was filmed predominantly in the Daintree Rainforest and on Bramston Beach, both in north Queensland, Australia.” Wikipedia
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116 56 languages
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11755 languages
in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
One of the main islands of the Canary archipelago
🇪🇸 Spain ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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118 55 languages
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11955 languages
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
in Star Trek: The Next Generation
library and art museum in San Marino, California
🇺🇸 United States ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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120 55 languages
“The James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me was partially shot in the museum, in the ceremonial reception hall and the rooftop terrace.” Wikipedia
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12155 languages
in Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
hospital in Paris, France
🇫🇷 France ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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122 55 languages
“Filming in Tomonoura, a port in the Ichichi ward of Fukuyama, concluded on September 11, 2012.” Wikipedia
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12354 languages
in John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
mixed-use building complex in New York City, New York, USA
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“The Continental Hotel seen in the film was in reality the Beaver Building in Manhattan and its rooftop was filmed separately on the roof garden of the Rockefeller Plaza building.” Wikipedia
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12454 languages
country house in Hampshire, England, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏰 castles & palaces
“Highclere Castle in north Hampshire is used for exterior shots of Downton Abbey and most of the interior filming.” Wikipedia
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12554 languages
in Sleepy Hollow (1999)
one of the four Inns of Court in London, England
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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12654 languages
in Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
main railway station in Los Angeles, California, United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“The last location shoot was at an art deco restaurant in Los Angeles' Union Station, which stood in for the Dixon Hill holonovel; Frakes wanted a sharp contrast with the dark, mechanical Borg scenes.” Wikipedia
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12754 languages
heathland area in the county of East Sussex
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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12953 languages
in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
railway station in the London Borough of Westminster, England, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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13053 languages
in Superman Returns (2006)
public park in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
🇺🇸 United States ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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13153 languages
in Run Lola Run (1998)
city hall of the Berlin district of Tempelhof-Schöneberg
🇩🇪 Germany ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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132 53 languages
“The fight was originally scripted to appear in a train station and focus heavily on interaction with props, though was eventually shot in an open space outside Toronto City Hall after Witt decided to give the fight less screen time.” Wikipedia
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133 53 languages
“The Ministry hesitated to grant permission for filming scenes of the Tom Cruise-starred movie Valkyrie about the 20 July Plot, especially a re-enactment of the execution on the original location.” Wikipedia
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134 53 languages
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13652 languages
in For Your Eyes Only (1981)
rock formation with cluster of Greek Orthodox monasteries
🇬🇷 Greece ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“For the Meteora shoots, a Greek bishop was paid to allow filming in the monasteries, but the uninformed Eastern Orthodox monks were mostly critical of production rolling in their installations.” Wikipedia
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137 52 languages
“In Star Trek: Voyager, the building is used as the exterior of Starfleet Communications Research Center.” Wikipedia
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13851 languages
National Museum of Natural History
in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
natural history museum in Washington, D.C.
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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13951 languages
in Les Misérables (2012)
boarding school in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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14051 languages
in Hannibal (2001)
main railway station in Washington, D.C.
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“After leaving Italy on 5 June 2000, the production moved to Washington, D.C. Filming took place over six days at Washington Union Station.” Wikipedia
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“In 2004, the building and grounds were used as a filming location for the movie Ocean's Twelve, serving as the villa of a gentleman thief named François Toulour.” Wikipedia
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14250 languages
in Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao, Spain
🇪🇸 Spain ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“The opening scenes show the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and Dancing House in Prague, both of which were designed by Frank Gehry.” Wikipedia
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14350 languages
in Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Royal Park in London, England, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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14450 languages
in 28 Days Later (2002)
mountainous region in North West England, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“Boyle said Fox funded the Lake District ending, and that the final rural sequence was shot on 35mm to make the film "feel like [it] had opened up".” Wikipedia
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14550 languages
in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
international airport serving Oslo, Norway
🇳🇴 Norway ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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14650 languages
in Rocky IV (1985)
United States National Park in northwestern Wyoming
🇺🇸 United States ·🏞 landscapes & nature
“The small farm where Rocky lived and trained was in Jackson Hole, and Grand Teton National Park was used for filming many of the outdoor sequences in the Soviet Union.” Wikipedia
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in Cold Mountain (2003)
group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania
🇷🇴 Romania ·🏞 landscapes & nature
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University of North Carolina Wilmington
public research university
🇺🇸 United States ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
“Many of the scenes were shot near the battleship USS North Carolina and on the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus.” Wikipedia
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in The Conjuring 2 (2016)
railway terminus in Westminster, central London, England, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·🏛 landmarks & buildings
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