film-locations

The question where in New Zealand was lord of the rings filmed is one of the most common queries for travelers and film fans alike. Peter Jackson’s adaptations used a wide net...

The Strangers: Chapter 1 filming locations center on rural Georgia, where the production used small towns and isolated backroads to build the movie’s tense, agrarian setting....

The Last Jedi was filmed across multiple countries to realize its mix of intimate character beats and large-scale space opera. Principal photography took place on location in Ir...

High Plains Drifter (1973) was filmed primarily in California and Utah, using remote desert and town sets to create its stark, mythic Western atmosphere. The production emphasiz...

The 2006 psychological horror film The End was shot across a handful of atmospheric locations that emphasize isolation and tension. Primary filming took place in California, wit...

Place Beyond the Pines (2012) was filmed across upstate New York and nearby regions, using real towns, highways, and rural landscapes to anchor its story of fathers, choices, an...

Only the Brave is set in and around Yarnell, Arizona, with the central firefighting sequence taking place on the slopes of Granite Mountain in the Prescott National Forest. The...

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) was filmed primarily across British Columbia, Canada, with Vancouver Island, Vancouver, and surrounding areas serving as evergreen locations t...

The Princess Diaries is set in contemporary San Francisco, where Mia Thermopolis lives with her mother, Helen. Scenes at school, the beach, and the city streets anchor the story...

The film Nonna is framed by intimate domestic scenes and city streets that feel lived-in, drawing much of its atmosphere from specific neighborhoods and buildings. While the sto...