Where was The Silence of the Lambs filmed?
1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) was filmed in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh International Airport, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, FBI Academy, South Bimini Airport, Old Allegheny County Jail and 1 more place — 7 recorded filming locations in the United States, The Bahamas. 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
Pittsburgh
🇺🇸 United States
city and county seat in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
“Filming primarily took place in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Pittsburgh International Airport
🇺🇸 United States
airport in Pennsylvania, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
🇺🇸 United States
natural history museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
South Bimini Airport
🇧🇸 The Bahamas
airport in South Bimini on Bimini in The Bahamas
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
FBI Academy
🇺🇸 United States
academy located in Quantico, Virginia
“A scene set in the FBI Director's office was filmed in the office of United States Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole in Washington, D.C. In what was a rare act of cooperation at the time, the FBI allowed scenes to be filmed at the FBI Academy in Quantico; some FBI staff members even acted in bit parts.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Old Allegheny County Jail
🇺🇸 United States
building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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🏙 Towns & cities
Layton
🇺🇸 United States
unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 4 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
Washington, D.C.
🇺🇸 United States
capital city of the United States of America
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🏙 Towns & cities
Perryopolis
🇺🇸 United States
borough of Pennsylvania
“The Victorian home in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, used as Buffalo Bill's home in the film went up for sale in August 2015 for $300,000.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Western Center
🇺🇸 United States
former hospital in Pennsylvania, United States
“The exterior of the Western Center near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, served as the setting for Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Canonsburg
🇺🇸 United States
borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
Places whose own article says it was shot there
3 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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Western Center United States
“The exterior of Western Center's administration building was used as the setting for the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where Hannibal Lecter was incarcerated, in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs and its 2002 prequel Red Dragon.” Wikipedia
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Bellaire United States
“The Bellaire Bridge (now abandoned and closed) was filmed in the 1991 motion picture The Silence of the Lambs. The curved railroad viaduct and bridge over the Ohio, the B & O Railroad Viaduct, were featured in the 2010 film Unstoppable and is a registered historic structure.” Wikipedia
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Moon Township United States
“Parts of the movie The Silence of the Lambs were filmed in Moon Township.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Bimini, 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
- The Avengers 2012
- Independence Day 1996
- The Dark Knight Rises 2012
- The Deer Hunter 1978
- Pretty Woman 1990
- RoboCop 1987
- Night of the Living Dead 1968
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012
- Jack Reacher 2012
- Dogma 1999
- Warrior 2011
- Foxcatcher 2014
Set in the same places
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- The Last of Us Part I
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Fallout 3
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II per its source work 2022
- Payday 2
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
- Eden of the East
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2
- Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Silence of the Lambs have?
7 places recorded on Wikidata, and 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 2 countries.
In which countries was The Silence of the Lambs filmed?
the United States and The Bahamas.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
The Avengers (2012), Independence Day (1996), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), The Deer Hunter (1978) 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.