Where was Spotlight filmed?
2015 film directed by Tom McCarthy
Spotlight (2015) was filmed in Toronto, Boston and Hamilton: 3 recorded filming locations in Canada, the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Filming locations
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Towns & cities
Toronto
Canada
capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
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Towns & cities
Boston
United States
capital city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and seat of Suffolk County
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Towns & cities
Hamilton
Canada
city in Ontario, Canada
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 6 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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Landmarks & buildings
University of Toronto
Canada
public research university in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada
“The brief scene in which Rezendes watches a children's church choir perform "Silent Night" was filmed in St. Basil's Church (Toronto), a Roman Catholic church on the University of Toronto campus.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Fenway Park
United States
ballpark in Boston, Massachusetts; home of the Boston Red Sox
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Towns & cities
Dorchester
United States
neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts
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Landmarks & buildings
McMaster University
Canada
public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Landmarks & buildings
Boston Public Library
United States
library system in Boston, Massachusetts
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Landmarks & buildings
St. Basil's Church
Canada
church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada affiliated with St. Michael's College
Also shot in these places
- Good Will Hunting 1997
- The Day After Tomorrow 2004
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997
- Black Mirror 2011–
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016
- X-Men 2000
- Chicago 2002
- The Incredible Hulk 2008
- X2 2003
- American Psycho 2000
- Mean Girls 2004
- Resident Evil 2002
Set in the same places
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off 2023
- The Last of Us 2013
- Fallout 4 2015
- Assassin's Creed III 2012
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 2015
- SimCity 1989
- The Last of Us: Left Behind 2014
- The Last of Us Part I 2022
More filmed in Canada
Every filming location in Canada →
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Spotlight have?
3 places recorded on Wikidata, and 6 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 2 countries.
In which countries was Spotlight filmed?
Canada and the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Good Will Hunting (1997), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Black Mirror (2011–) 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.