Towns & cities
Drumheller
town of east-central Alberta, Canada
Canada · 51.4636, -112.7194
Drumheller is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Drumheller, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 12 more.
1 place inside Drumheller has a page of its own: listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Drumheller as well.
“Desert scenes were shot in the Canadian town of Drumheller.”
Movies filmed in Drumheller
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Drumheller 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.
- Superman 1978
- Shanghai Noon 2000
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2021
- Rat Race 2001
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Alpha
2018
“Filming took place in Drumheller, Burnaby, and Vancouver, where a large set was built in Boundary Road near East Kent Avenue.” Wikipedia
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Ararat
2002
“The battle scenes depicting the Defense of Van were shot in Drumheller, Alberta, with some of the soldiers actually being computer generated.” Wikipedia
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Dead Bang
1989
“Shooting locations included Calgary, Drumheller, and High River.” Wikipedia
- Hold the Dark 2018
- Death Hunt 1980
- The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting 2003
- Into the West 2005–
- One Week 2008
Filming locations inside Drumheller
1 place inside Drumheller, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Drumheller too.
Filming locations nearby
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Landscapes & nature
Horseshoe Canyon
Canada·12 km west
valley in Alberta, Canada
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Towns & cities
Beynon
Canada·15 km south
community in Alberta, Canada
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Towns & cities
East Coulee
Canada·21 km south-east
community in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
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Landmarks & buildings
The Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site
Canada·22 km south-east
Inactive coal mine in Alberta, Canada
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Drumheller?
14 productions are recorded as filmed in Drumheller, including Unforgiven (1992), Babel (2006) and Superman (1978). 12 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Drumheller?
Unforgiven (1992), covered by 64 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Drumheller?
Drumheller is in Canada. Its coordinates are 51.4636, -112.7194.
What other filming locations are near Drumheller?
Horseshoe Canyon (12 km west), Beynon (15 km south), East Coulee (21 km south-east) and The Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site (22 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 Ken Eckert, CC BY-SA 4.0.