Where was War of the Worlds filmed?
2005 film directed by Steven Spielberg
War of the Worlds (2005) was filmed in New York City — 1 recorded filming location in the United States. It is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Filming locations
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 10 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
Staten Island
🇺🇸 United States
borough of New York City, New York, United States of America
“Some filming was shot on the Korean War Veterans Parkway in Staten Island, New York.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Brooklyn
🇺🇸 United States
borough of New York City, New York, United States
“The ferry scene was filmed in the New York town of Athens, and Mary Ann's parents' house was located in Brooklyn (but was featured in the film as Boston).” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Newark
🇺🇸 United States
city in Essex County, and largest city in New Jersey, United States
“The scene depicting the first appearance of the Tripods was filmed at the intersection of Ferry Street, Merchant Street, and Wilson Avenue, in Newark, New Jersey.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bayonne
🇺🇸 United States
city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States
“Ferrier's house was filmed in Bayonne, New Jersey (with a soundstage doubling the interior); meanwhile, the valley war sequence was filmed in Lexington, Virginia and Mystery Mesa in California.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Athens
🇺🇸 United States
town in Greene County, New York, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Lexington
🇺🇸 United States
independent city in Virginia, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Naugatuck
🇺🇸 United States
town in Connecticut, United States
“The scene where the tripod is shot down and crashes through a factory was filmed in Naugatuck, Connecticut at an abandoned chemical plant.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Farmington River
🇺🇸 United States
river in Connecticut, United States
“The scene of the bodies floating down the river was filmed on the Farmington River in Windsor, Connecticut by a second unit directed by Vic Armstrong using a stand in for Dakota Fanning shot from behind with the portion showing the faces of the credited actors cut in later.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Windsor
🇺🇸 United States
town in Connecticut, United States
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🛣 Streets & squares
Bayonne Bridge
🇺🇸 United States
arch bridge connecting Staten Island, NY with Bayonne, NJ
“The IL&M crew admitted that the destruction of the Bayonne Bridge was the toughest scene to be made with heavy usage mix of CGI effects and live action elements, and a four-week deadline so the shot could be used in a Super Bowl trailer.” 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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Bayonne Bridge United States
“The Bayonne Bridge appears in the 2005 science fiction film War of the Worlds, being shown in the background several times in the scenes set in the lead character's Bayonne home; it is then destroyed in an attack by aliens.” Wikipedia
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Lexington United States
“In Fall 2004, the director Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise filmed scenes for War of the Worlds here, with Dakota Fanning and Tim Robbins.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Connecticut, New Jersey, 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 Godfather 1972
- The Avengers 2012
- Batman Begins 2005
- The Godfather Part II 1974
- Spider-Man 2002
- Taxi Driver 1976
- Captain America: The First Avenger 2011
- Catch Me If You Can 2002
- The Wolf of Wall Street 2013
- Spider-Man: Homecoming 2017
- Joker 2019
- The Godfather Part III 1990
Set in the same places
- Max Payne 2001
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2011
- Call of Duty: Ghosts 2013
- Assassin's Creed III 2012
- Max Payne 3 2012
- Need for Speed: The Run 2011
- Mario Bros. 1984
- Deus Ex 2000
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne 2003
- Prototype 2009
- Assassin's Creed Rogue 2014
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 2001
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does War of the Worlds have?
1 place recorded on Wikidata, and 10 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
The Godfather (1972), The Avengers (2012), Batman Begins (2005), The Godfather Part II (1974) 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.