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Kansas City

city in Missouri, United States, that is one of two county seats of Jackson County and the largest city in Missouri

🇺🇸 United States · 39.0500, -94.5833

Kansas City is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 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.

1 production was filmed at 4 places inside Kansas City rather than at Kansas City itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Paramount executives wanted the movie to be set in contemporary Kansas City and shot in the studio backlot to cut down on costs.”

The Godfather (1972) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Kansas City 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.

The Godfather 1972
In Cold Blood 1967
“The bus station scene was shot at the Union Bus Terminal at 917 McGee in Kansas City, Missouri.” Wikipedia
Switched at Birth 2011–2017
“Establishing shots used in several episodes feature video of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, including: a shot of the Liberty Memorial in the first episode; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; and Loose Park.” Wikipedia

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Kansas City

1 production shot at 4 places inside Kansas City, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Kansas City itself.

Ted Lasso Country Club Plaza per Wikipedia 2020–2023

Named here by Kansas City’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Kansas City, 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.

Brüno 2009

“More recently, a scene in the controversial film Brüno was filmed in downtown Kansas City's historic Hotel Phillips.” Wikipedia
Paper Moon 1973

“Other films shot in or around Kansas City include Article 99, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge, Kansas City, Paper Moon, In Cold Blood, Ninth Street, and Sometimes They Come Back (in and around nearby Liberty, Missouri).” Wikipedia
The Day After 1983

“The 1983 television movie The Day After was filmed in Kansas City and Lawrence, Kansas.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Kansas City?

4 productions are recorded as filmed in Kansas City, 1 of them at places inside it, including The Godfather (1972), In Cold Blood (1967) and Switched at Birth (2011–2017). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Kansas City?

The Godfather (1972), covered by 129 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Kansas City?

Kansas City is in the United States, at 39.0500, -94.5833.

What other filming locations are near Kansas City?

National Airline History Museum, Kansas City, Country Club Plaza, CPKC Stadium 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 Stephen Edmonds, CC BY-SA 3.0.