🏙 Towns & cities

Gold Coast

city in Queensland, Australia

🇦🇺 Australia · -28.0167, 153.4000

Gold Coast is recorded as a filming location for 5 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Gold Coast, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 28 more.

5 productions were filmed at 4 places inside Gold Coast rather than at Gold Coast itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“The show was filmed on location at the Gold Coast and Byron Bay in 2011.”

Lightning Point (2012–) · Wikipedia

Open on the map → Wikipedia Source data

Movies and TV series filmed in Gold Coast

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire 2024
Unbroken 2014
Lightning Point 2012–
Rock Island Mysteries 2022–2024
“The twenty-part series was filmed on the Gold Coast and Port Douglas, Queensland in 2021 for season 1, and on the Gold Coast and in Helensvale, Queensland from 2022–2023 for season 2.” Wikipedia
Swinging Safari 2018

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Gold Coast 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.

Thor: Ragnarok 2017
“Also in October, Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop announced that filming would take place in the country, exclusively throughout the state of Queensland, including at Village Roadshow Studios in Oxenford, Gold Coast.” Wikipedia
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell no Tales 2017
“After much speculation about whether Orlando Bloom would return, Bloom arrived at the Gold Coast in late May to reprise his role as Will Turner.” Wikipedia
Aquaman 2018
“A majority of the film was shot at Village Roadshow Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland, with additional production in Newfoundland, Sicily and Morocco.” Wikipedia
Kong: Skull Island 2017
San Andreas 2015
“On December 17, 2013, Variety reported that the film would be shot at Village Roadshow Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.” Wikipedia
Godzilla vs. Kong 2021
House of Wax 2005
H₂O: Just Add Water 2006–
Peter Pan 2003
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter 2016
Terra Nova 2011–
Mortal Kombat II 2026
Neighbours 1985–
“Further Australian filming locations have included Port Douglas and the Great Barrier Reef region, Geelong, the Gold Coast, and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, where the serial also had its own float during the parade.” Wikipedia
Street Fighter 1994
“Street Fighter was filmed mostly in Queensland, Australia along the famous Gold Coast during the second and third quarters of 1994 with most of the interiors and exteriors filmed on soundstages in Brisbane.” Wikipedia
The Marine 2006
“Filming was done at Movie World Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.” Wikipedia
Dora and the Lost City of Gold 2019
Daybreakers 2009
Ticket to Paradise 2022
“Filming locations included the Whitsunday Islands, the HOTA gallery at the Gold Coast, Brisbane Airport, cane fields near Norwell, Tamborine National Park, Queen's Wharf, Brisbane, Hamilton Island Airport, Carrara Markets, Tangalooma Island Resort on Moreton Island, and the Palm Bay Resort on Long Island.” Wikipedia
Jungle 2017
The Phantom 1996
“In December, the crew traveled to Australia, where production occupied eight sound stages at the Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast, Queensland.” Wikipedia
Fool's Gold 2008
Muriel's Wedding 1994
“Other filming locations included Moreton Island, Darlinghurst, the Gold Coast, Elanora, Tugun, Parramatta, Kensington, Surfers Paradise and Sydney.” Wikipedia
Sanctum 2011
“Even though the film's plot takes place in Esa'ala Cave Papua New Guinea, most of the film was shot in Australia (Gold Coast, Queensland).” Wikipedia
Love and Monsters 2020
Spiderhead 2022
“Locations for filming included the Gold Coast, Darlington, as well as popular tourist destination the Whitsundays.” Wikipedia
Triangle 2009
“Although set in the American city of Miami, Florida, it was filmed in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, in the Australian state of Queensland, with a cast of mostly Australian actors.” Wikipedia
The Bureau of Magical Things 2018–2021
Gundam

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Gold Coast

5 productions shot at 4 places inside Gold Coast, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Gold Coast itself.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Village Roadshow Studios per Wikipedia 2010
Scooby-Doo Village Roadshow Studios 2002
Pitch Black Village Roadshow Studios per Wikipedia 2000
Ghost Ship Village Roadshow Studios per Wikipedia 2002
The Shallows Village Roadshow Studios per Wikipedia 2016

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Gold Coast?

38 productions are recorded as filmed in Gold Coast, 5 of them at places inside it, including Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024), Unbroken (2014) and Lightning Point (2012–). 28 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Gold Coast?

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024), covered by 38 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Gold Coast?

Gold Coast is in Australia, at -28.0167, 153.4000. The day trip guide for Gold Coast lists 53 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Gold Coast?

Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Tamborine National Park, Warner Bros. Movie World 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 E-CBD, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Planning a visit? Filming locations near Gold Coast — 53 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.