🏙 Towns & cities
Downtown Los Angeles
central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 34.0570, -118.2380
Downtown Los Angeles is recorded as a filming location for 3 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Downtown Los Angeles, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 22 more.
5 productions were filmed at 1 place inside Downtown Los Angeles rather than at Downtown Los Angeles itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“The production staged a multi-vehicle car chase on the streets of downtown Los Angeles, which involved a freight train crashing down the middle of a street.”
Movies and TV series filmed in Downtown Los Angeles
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Downtown Los Angeles 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.
- Inception 2010
- Oppenheimer 2023
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La La Land
2016
“The opening pre-credits sequence was the first to be shot, and was filmed on a closed-off portion of two carpool direct connector ramps of the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, connecting the I-105 Carpool Lane to the I-110 Express Lanes, leading to Downtown Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
“The producers wanted to have the Bogotá scenes filmed in Guanajuato, Mexico, but due to budget limitations they decided to settle for shooting it in downtown Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
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Jurassic Park III
2001
“Other filming locations in California included a rock quarry in Irwindale, while the interior of the InGen compound was filmed in a warehouse located east of downtown Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
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Drive
2011
“As downtown Los Angeles had been rejuvenated, Refn avoided certain areas to maintain the novel's gloomy atmosphere.” Wikipedia
- Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn 2020
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Daredevil
2003
“Johnson shot the film primarily in Downtown Los Angeles despite the Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan setting of the film and comics.” Wikipedia
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Hail, Caesar!
2016
“Union Station in downtown Los Angeles was used for some studio exteriors.” Wikipedia
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The Eye
2008
“Exteriors were shot to look like the Downtown Los Angeles area.” Wikipedia
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Crank: High Voltage
2009
“Locations that were used include the Port of Los Angeles, Inglewood, East and Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood Park and the Los Alamitos Race Course where the sex scene between Chev and Eve was filmed.” Wikipedia
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Don't Worry Darling
2022
“Other filming locations include the Cicada Club in Downtown Los Angeles during the Victory party sequence and the Volcano House, in Newberry Springs, which served as Victory Headquarters and was once owned by TV host Huell Howser.” Wikipedia
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The Omega Man
1971
“Without CGI, this was accomplished by filming on Sunday mornings in the center of the Los Angeles' business district, which in late 1970 was quiet on early weekend mornings.” Wikipedia
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Den of Thieves
2018
“Aerial shots of Los Angeles included the Vincent Thomas Bridge, the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island and the skyline of Downtown Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
- Christmas with the Kranks 2004
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A Night at the Roxbury
1998
“The Mayan Theater in downtown Los Angeles served as the Roxbury's interior in the film.” Wikipedia
- Ambulance 2022
- Nick of Time 1995
- Death Wish II 1982
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The Return of the Living Dead
1985
“Although the movie is set in Louisville, Kentucky, it was filmed in Burbank, Sylmar, and Downtown Los Angeles in California.” Wikipedia
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The Lincoln Lawyer
2022–
“Notable filming locations included Admiralty Way in Marina del Rey, Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles, Grand Avenue, the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, and Wilshire Boulevard.” Wikipedia
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Choose Me
1984
“Rudolph found a deserted street on the edge of downtown Los Angeles and created a neon-lit set for the film's fictional location, Eve's Lounge.” Wikipedia
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Downtown Los Angeles
5 productions shot at 1 place inside Downtown Los Angeles, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Downtown Los Angeles itself.
- Blade Runner Bradbury Building per Wikipedia 1982
- The Artist Bradbury Building per Wikipedia 2011
- Her Bradbury Building per Wikipedia 2013
- (500) Days of Summer Bradbury Building per Wikipedia 2009
- Mission: Impossible Bradbury Building per Wikipedia 1966–
Set here, per Wikipedia
Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Downtown Los Angeles, 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.
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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
“Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines takes place in four areas of 21st-century Los Angeles: Santa Monica, Hollywood, Downtown Los Angeles, and Chinatown.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🇺🇸 United States
seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Ambassador Hotel
🇺🇸 United States
defunct hotel in Los Angeles, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
University of Southern California
🇺🇸 United States
private university in Los Angeles, California, United States
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Bovard Administration Building
🇺🇸 United States
building on the campus of the University of Southern California
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Downtown Los Angeles?
30 productions are recorded as filmed in Downtown Los Angeles, 5 of them at places inside it, including The Jungle Book (2016), The Heirs (2013–) and Cellular (2004). 22 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Downtown Los Angeles?
The Jungle Book (2016), covered by 62 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Downtown Los Angeles?
Downtown Los Angeles is in the United States, at 34.0570, -118.2380.
What other filming locations are near Downtown Los Angeles?
Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Ambassador Hotel and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
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 The original uploader was Bobak at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.