Where was Fast Times at Ridgemont High filmed?
1982 film directed by Amy Heckerling
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) was filmed in Los Angeles and Santa Monica — 2 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Filming locations
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🏙 Towns & cities
Los Angeles
🇺🇸 United States
seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Santa Monica
🇺🇸 United States
beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 3 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Orange County
🇺🇸 United States
county in California, United States
“Universal test-screened an early cut of the film in Orange County, California.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Sherman Oaks Galleria
🇺🇸 United States
Shopping mall in Los Angeles, California, United States
“Mall scenes were filmed at the Sherman Oaks Galleria after hours.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Van Nuys High School
🇺🇸 United States
high school in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, United States
“Scenes at Ridgemont High School were filmed at Van Nuys High School.” Wikipedia
Places whose own article says it was shot there
2 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Sherman Oaks Galleria United States
“The mall has been a shooting location for many films, most notably the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High as well as the 1983 film Valley Girl, both of which focused on the early 1980s San Fernando Valley youth culture.” Wikipedia
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Van Nuys High School United States
“The campus was used as a location for the 1982 movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in California, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- Pulp Fiction 1994
- The Dark Knight 2008
- Back to the Future 1985
- Fight Club 1999
- The Terminator 1984
- Interstellar 2014
- The Avengers 2012
- The X-Files 1993–2018
- How I Met Your Mother 2005–2014
- Blade Runner 1982
- Spider-Man 2002
- Iron Man 2008
Set in the same places
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
- L.A. Noire
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Battlefield Hardline
- 24: The Game
- Duke Nukem
- Mario Kart Tour
- Hotel Dusk: Room 215
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction per its source work 2022
- Track & Field
- Wasteland 2
- Great Pretender
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Fast Times at Ridgemont High have?
2 places recorded on Wikidata, and 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Pulp Fiction (1994), The Dark Knight (2008), Back to the Future (1985), Fight Club (1999) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.