🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Headquarters of the United Nations
group of buildings in New York City
🇺🇸 United States · 40.7496, -73.9674
Headquarters of the United Nations is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 4 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“Several films have been set at the headquarters, including The Glass Wall (1953) and North by Northwest (1959).”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Headquarters of the United Nations as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- North by Northwest 1959
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
2025
“The Baxter Building, headquarters and residence of the Fantastic Four, is located at the site of the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) in Midtown Manhattan, and the base of the building also serves as the headquarters of the Future Foundation.” Wikipedia
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The Interpreter
2005
“The UN did not give producers permission to film at its headquarters until 2005, when The Interpreter was filmed there.” Wikipedia
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
“According to Rosenthal, Reeve and Furie begged to be able to film that sequence in New York in front of the real headquarters of the United Nations because everyone knew how they looked and the Milton Keynes setting looked nothing like them, but Cannon refused.” Wikipedia
Named here by Headquarters of the United Nations’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Headquarters of the United Nations, 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.
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“Due to the headquarters' symbolism, several works of fiction have depicted the building under threat, including the films The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), and The Peacemaker (1997).” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
New York City
🇺🇸 United States
most populous city in the United States
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Manhattan
🇺🇸 United States
borough of New York City, New York, United States
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Staten Island
🇺🇸 United States
borough of New York City, New York, United States of America
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East Harlem
🇺🇸 United States
neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
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Foley Square
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street intersection in Manhattan, New York
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Hempstead House
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Estate in Sands Point, New York, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Headquarters of the United Nations?
4 productions are recorded as filmed at Headquarters of the United Nations, including North by Northwest (1959), The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) and The Interpreter (2005). 4 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Headquarters of the United Nations?
North by Northwest (1959), covered by 60 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Headquarters of the United Nations?
Headquarters of the United Nations is in the United States, at 40.7496, -73.9674.
What other filming locations are near Headquarters of the United Nations?
New York City, Manhattan, Staten Island, East Harlem 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 Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0.