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Countries & regions

California

state of the United States of America

United States · 37.0000, -120.0000

California is on this map as a whole region rather than as a place, because Wikidata records 25 video games and 3 anime as set here and nothing finer. The dot sits at its centre, which is not where anything happens: it stands in for the whole area. Nothing is claimed to have been filmed at this point, and no film or series is placed this way anywhere on the atlas.

5,023 productions were filmed at 1,618 places inside California rather than at California itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

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California
Photo: Christian Mehlführer, User:Chmehl · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies and TV series filmed in California

5,023 productions shot at 1,618 places inside California, each named beside it. No statement names California itself, so everything here is recorded against somewhere inside it.

The 60 most widely covered are above. The other 4,963, each with the place inside California it was shot at:

The 120 most notable are above. Every place inside California, A to Z, with how many productions each carries:

Set here

Video games and Animated films that take place here. None of them is filmed anywhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood: a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in California, 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.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in California?

5,022 productions are recorded as filmed in California, 5,023 of them at places inside it.

Which is the best known production filmed in California?

Game of Thrones (2011–2019), covered by 139 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is California?

California is on the map as a whole region. The dot marks its centre, at 37.0000, -120.0000, and stands for the whole area.

What other filming locations are near California?

Madera (7 km south-west), Fresno (31 km south-east), Millerton Lake (31 km east) and Fresno Chandler Executive Airport (34 km south-east), 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 Christian Mehlführer, User:Chmehl, CC BY 3.0.