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Chicago

city and county seat of Cook County, and largest city in State of Illinois, United States of America

United States · 41.8819, -87.6278

Chicago is recorded as a filming location for 198 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Chicago, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 55 more. 1 video game is also set here. Published sources name it for more, each listed below with its publisher.

10 productions were filmed at 116 places inside Chicago rather than at Chicago itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Man of Steel filmed in the Chicago area, California, and Burnaby's Mammoth Studios in Vancouver, which was used as a set for Krypton and the extraterrestrial aircraft portrayed in the film.”
Man of Steel (2013) · Wikipedia

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Chicago
Photo: J. Crocker · Attribution · Wikimedia Commons

Movies and TV series filmed in Chicago

The 59 most widely covered are above. The other 140 filmed in Chicago:

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Chicago 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.

And 126 more, per Wikipedia:

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Chicago

10 productions shot at 116 places inside Chicago, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Chicago itself.

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.

  • Watch Dogs 2014
    “The game is set in a fictionalized version of Chicago ("Windy City"), an open world environment which permits free-roaming.” Wikipedia

And 8 more set here:

Set here, per Wikipedia

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

And 33 more, per Wikipedia:

From published sources

Productions a newspaper, a film office, a broadcaster or the production itself says were filmed at Chicago, where no wiki records it. Each sentence below was found on its page and read before it was added, and its publisher is linked beside it.

Drawn from this place

Video games whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Chicago as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Chicago?

389 productions are recorded as filmed in Chicago, 10 of them at places inside it, including The Dark Knight (2008), Batman Begins (2005) and Spider-Man 2 (2004). 181 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Chicago?

The Dark Knight (2008), covered by 107 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Chicago?

Chicago is in the United States. Its coordinates are 41.8819, -87.6278. The day trip guide for Chicago lists 276 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Chicago?

Sullivan Center (under 1 km), Chicago Loop (under 1 km), Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel (under 1 km), Richard J. Daley Center (under 1 km) 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 J. Crocker, Attribution.

Planning a visit? Filming locations near Chicago: 276 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.