🏙 Towns & cities
Evanston
suburban city in Cook County, Illinois, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 42.0472, -87.6850
Evanston is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Evanston, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 6 more.
“A colonial-style house in Evanston was chosen for the exterior of the Russell house.”
Movies filmed in Evanston
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Evanston 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.
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American Beauty
1999
“Production designer Naomi Shohan likened the locale to Evanston, Illinois, but said, "it's not about a place, it's about an archetype...” Wikipedia
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992
- Mean Girls 2004
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Home Alone 3
1997
“Much of the 1984 film Sixteen Candles was filmed in and around Evanston, the 1988 film She's Having a Baby, as was the 1989 film Uncle Buck, the 1993 film Dennis the Menace, and the 1997 film Home Alone 3.” Wikipedia
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Road to Perdition
2002
“Mendes chose to film Road to Perdition on location in Chicago, IL, including downtown at the University Club of Chicago, the Chicago neighborhood of Pullman, the Charles G. Dawes House in Evanston, Illinois, as well as the far west Chicago suburb of Geneva, Illinois.” Wikipedia
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Sixteen Candles
1984
“The Baker house is located at 3022 Payne Street in Evanston.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Chicago
🇺🇸 United States
city and county seat of Cook County, and largest city in State of Illinois, United States of America
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🛣 Streets & squares
LaSalle Street
🇺🇸 United States
street in Chicago
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🛣 Streets & squares
Wacker Drive
🇺🇸 United States
major multilevel street in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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🛣 Streets & squares
Navy Pier
🇺🇸 United States
amusement pier in Chicago
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Willis Tower
🇺🇸 United States
skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Chicago Theatre
🇺🇸 United States
theater and former movie theater in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Evanston?
7 productions are recorded as filmed in Evanston, including Uncle Buck (1989), American Beauty (1999) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). 6 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Evanston?
Uncle Buck (1989), covered by 26 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Evanston?
Evanston is in the United States, at 42.0472, -87.6850.
What other filming locations are near Evanston?
Chicago, LaSalle Street, Wacker Drive, Navy Pier 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 Madcoverboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.