Landscapes & nature
Iguaçu Falls
waterfalls on the Igazú River on the border of Misiones, Argentina and Paraná, Brazil
Argentina · -25.6953, -54.4367
Iguaçu Falls is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 10 more.
“Because of an approaching hurricane, Spielberg was unable to shoot a fight at a waterfall, so he sent the second unit to film shots of Brazil's and Argentina's Iguazu Waterfalls.”
Movies filmed at Iguaçu Falls
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Iguaçu Falls 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.
- Black Panther 2018
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008
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Moonraker
1979
“The Iguaçu Falls, in the south of Brazil, was used in the film, although as Q notes, the falls were supposedly somewhere in the upper basin of the River Amazon.” Wikipedia
- The Mission 1986
- Miami Vice 2006
- Baraka 1992
- Muñeca brava 1998–
- Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117 1965
- The Life of Birds 1998–
- Vale Tudo (2025) 2025–
Filming locations nearby
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Landscapes & nature
Iguaçu National Park
Brazil·1 km north
national park in Brazil
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Towns & cities
Puerto Iguazú
Argentina·17 km north-west
human settlement
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Landscapes & nature
Iguazú National Park
Argentina·19 km east
national park in Misiones Province, Argentina
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Towns & cities
Foz do Iguaçu
Brazil·23 km north-west
municipality of Paraná state, Brazil
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Towns & cities
Ciudad del Este
Paraguay·27 km north-west
city and departmental capital of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
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Towns & cities
Puerto Libertad
Argentina·29 km south-west
human settlement in Argentina
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Iguaçu Falls?
11 productions are recorded as filmed at Iguaçu Falls, including Happy Together (1997), Black Panther (2018) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). 10 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Iguaçu Falls?
Happy Together (1997), covered by 24 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Iguaçu Falls?
Iguaçu Falls is in Argentina. Its coordinates are -25.6953, -54.4367.
What other filming locations are near Iguaçu Falls?
Iguaçu National Park (1 km north), Puerto Iguazú (17 km north-west), Iguazú National Park (19 km east), Foz do Iguaçu (23 km north-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 Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 4.0.