Landscapes & nature

Griffith Park

municipal park in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States

United States · 34.1333, -118.3000

Griffith Park is recorded as a filming location for 5 productions. Wikipedia names it for 31 more.

“The Walking Dead was filmed at Griffith Park, California, as well as at the Warner Bros. Studios and Burbank First National–Warner Bros. Studios between November 23 and December 1935.”

The Walking Dead (1936) · Wikipedia

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Movies and TV series filmed at Griffith Park

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Griffith Park 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.

Back to the Future 1985
“Other locations include the basement of the Hollywood United Methodist Church where the school dance was filmed, and Griffith Park, where Marty begins his drive to the courthouse to return to 1985, passing by a lamp post outside the Greek Theatre.” Wikipedia
La La Land 2016
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2003
The Blues Brothers 1980
The Searchers 1956
“Additional scenes were filmed in Mexican Hat, Utah, in Bronson Canyon in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, and in Elk Island National Park.” Wikipedia
Ed Wood 1994
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991
“The underground prison was shot in real caves left by mining at Griffith Park, in the Bronson Canyon, previously used as the Batcave and in the 1930s Flash Gordon serial.” Wikipedia
Lost Highway 1997
“Some of the film's exterior and driving scenes were shot in Griffith Park, while the scenes of the Lost Highway Hotel were filmed at the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel in Death Valley.” Wikipedia
Outbreak 1995
Alias 2001–
“Studio shooting primarily took place at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, along with some outdoor shots around Los Angeles, including in Griffith Park.” Wikipedia
Hail, Caesar! 2016
“The well of Jehoshaphat sequence was shot at Bronson Canyon, formerly a quarry, in Griffith Park.” Wikipedia
Lost Horizon 1937
Batman 1966
Eraser 1996
The Majestic 2001
The Parallax View 1974
The Phantom 1996
“The Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park doubled for New York City's Central Park Zoo, the setting for a chase sequence.” Wikipedia
Under the Silver Lake 2018
House on Haunted Hill 1999
Three's Company 1977–
The Giant Claw 1957
Earth vs. the Spider 1958
The End of Violence 1997
“Like many other of Wenders' American films, the film was shot in multiple locations, for instance the Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park and the Santa Monica Pier.” Wikipedia
Abominable 2006
“The scene was conceived of during post-production and was filmed in Griffith Park.” Wikipedia
San Quentin 1937
Karate kid leyends 2023–
“The majority of the exterior shots were filmed in Los Angeles County, California, with well-known landmarks such as Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Griffith Park, the La Brea Tar Pits, the Los Angeles Zoo, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the Arboretum of Los Angeles featured in sequences.” Wikipedia
A Girl of Yesterday 1915
“The flying scene in A Girl of Yesterday where Mary Pickford is taken away by an aircraft, was filmed in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California.” Wikipedia
The Steel Helmet 1951
“Exteriors were shot in Griffith Park, with 25 UCLA students hired as extras.” Wikipedia
Carson City 1952
The Nude Bomb 1980
Life Partners 2014
“Some scenes were shot at Griffith Park and at Long Beach, California, during the Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride.” Wikipedia

Named here by Griffith Park’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Griffith Park, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.

Back to the Future 1985

“It was used as a location in the first two Back to the Future movies.” Wikipedia
Sunset Boulevard 1950

“It was used for the road scenes in Sunset Boulevard (1950).” Wikipedia
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988

“The same tunnel was used as the entrance to Toontown in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).” Wikipedia
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956

“Bronson Canyon, also called Bronson Caves, is a popular location for motion picture and television filming, especially of western and science fiction low-budget films, including Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).” Wikipedia
WarGames 1983

“The tunnel was used as the entrance to the NORAD complex in WarGames (1983).” Wikipedia
The Majestic 2001

“Roads within the park were used to stand in for Pacific coastal roads in The Majestic (2001).” Wikipedia

Set here, per Griffith Park’s own Wikipedia article

Works this page’s own Wikipedia article places here. Nothing was filmed — each of these is drawn or rendered — and as above, no pin and no download entry.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2004

“The area of the park around the Observatory also appears as a location in the role-playing video game Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines (2004), which is set in Los Angeles.” Wikipedia

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Griffith Park?

36 productions are recorded as filmed at Griffith Park, including Twin Peaks (1990–1991), North by Northwest (1959) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994). 31 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Griffith Park?

Twin Peaks (1990–1991), covered by 61 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Griffith Park?

Griffith Park is in the United States. Its coordinates are 34.1333, -118.3000.

What other filming locations are near Griffith Park?

Griffith Park Zoo (1 km east), Greek Theatre (2 km south), Griffith Observatory (2 km south), Bronson Canyon (2 km south-west) 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 Coolcaesar at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.