Towns & cities

Bakersfield

city and county seat of Kern County, California, United States

United States · 35.3733, -119.0189

Bakersfield is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Bakersfield, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 19 more.

“Principal photography for the film began on November 7, 2007, and wrapped on March 27, 2008; however second unit filming occurred in Bakersfield, California, in April 2008, which stood in for Kirk's childhood home in Iowa.”

Star Trek (2009) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed in Bakersfield

Star Trek 2009

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Bakersfield as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Psycho 1960
North by Northwest 1959
Thelma & Louise 1991
“The primary filming locations were rural areas around Bakersfield, California and Moab, Utah.” Wikipedia
Letters from Iwo Jima 2006
“Although the film is set in Japan, it was filmed primarily in Barstow and Bakersfield in California.” Wikipedia
Cimarron 1931
San Andreas 2015
Five Easy Pieces 1970
Scarecrow 1973
The Rocketeer 1991
The Cell 2000
“Other filming locations included in Africa at Deadvlei in the Namib-Naukluft National Park, as well as several locations in California, including the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, California; Bakersfield; and at Linda Vista Community Hospital in Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
Psycho II 1983
The X-Files 1998
Any Which Way You Can 1980
“The movie was filmed in the California communities of Sun Valley, North Hollywood, and Bakersfield, and in Jackson, Wyoming.” Wikipedia
Every Which Way but Loose 1978
The Wind 1928
“The film was shot partially near Bakersfield and the Mojave Desert, California.” Wikipedia
Boom Town 1940
Highwaymen 2004
Hard Country 1981
“Though set in Texas, the film was largely shot on location in Bakersfield, California, while some second unit photography occurred in Midland, Texas.” Wikipedia
Cheerleader Camp 1988

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Bakersfield, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

Fallout 1997

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Bakersfield?

20 productions are recorded as filmed in Bakersfield, including Star Trek (2009), Psycho (1960) and North by Northwest (1959). 19 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Bakersfield?

Star Trek (2009), covered by 61 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Bakersfield?

Bakersfield is in the United States. Its coordinates are 35.3733, -119.0189.

What other filming locations are near Bakersfield?

Lamont (16 km south-east), Arvin (25 km south-east), Shafter (27 km north-west), Kern County (27 km east) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Robert Hale, CC BY-SA 2.0.