Towns & cities

Charleston

largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina

United States · 32.7833, -79.9319

Charleston is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Charleston, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 21 more. 1 video game is also set here.

4 places inside Charleston have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Charleston as well.

“The film was shot entirely on location in South Carolina, including Charleston, Rock Hill—for many of the battle scenes, and Lowrys—for the farm of Benjamin Martin, as well as nearby Fort Lawn.”

The Patriot (2000) · Wikipedia

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Movies and TV series filmed in Charleston

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Charleston 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.

The Notebook 2004
Die Hard with a Vengeance 1995
The Patriot 2000
Cold Mountain 2003
Dear John 2010
Halloween 2018
“Halloween was filmed from January to February 2018 in Charleston, South Carolina, before reshoots took place that June.” Wikipedia
Let's Be Cops 2014
The Legend of Bagger Vance 2000
Swamp Thing 1982
The Philadelphia Experiment 1984
“Parts of the film were shot in Salt Lake City and Wendover, Utah, Denver, Colorado, Santa Paula, California, and Charleston, South Carolina.” Wikipedia
Reap the Wild Wind 1942
Megan Leavey 2017
Devotion 2022
“Filming also took place in Charleston, South Carolina, East Wenatchee and Pasco, Washington, Statesboro, Georgia, and from March 17 to April 13, 2021, at the Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport, where a full-size recreation of the USS Leyte was built.” Wikipedia
Army Wives 2007–
“Some scenes have been shot in and around the City of Charleston.” Wikipedia
Mr. Mercedes 2017–
The New Daughter 2009
“The exterior of the house in which John James finds Roger Wayne was shot at 67 Moultrie St., Charleston, South Carolina.” Wikipedia
Consenting Adults 1992
O 2001
Made in Heaven 1987
The Righteous Gemstones 2019–
Reckless 2014–
“Shooting for the pilot began on March 22, 2013, in Charleston, South Carolina.” Wikipedia

Filming locations inside Charleston

4 places inside Charleston, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Charleston too.

Set here

Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, 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.

SimCity 2000 1993

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Charleston?

23 productions are recorded as filmed in Charleston, including Outer Banks (2020–2026), Suncoast (2024) and The Notebook (2004). 21 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Charleston?

Outer Banks (2020–2026), covered by 24 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Charleston?

Charleston is in the United States. Its coordinates are 32.7833, -79.9319.

What other filming locations are near Charleston?

College of Charleston (under 1 km), Gov. William Aiken House (under 1 km), Unitarian Church in Charleston (1 km south), Silas N. Pearman Bridge (2 km north) 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 Khanrak, CC BY-SA 3.0.