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Long Beach

city in Los Angeles County, California, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 33.7681, -118.1955

Long Beach is recorded as a filming location for 113 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Long Beach, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 25 more.

3 productions were filmed at 7 places inside Long Beach rather than at Long Beach itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“La La Land features both a Long Beach apartment house and bar.”
La La Land (2016) · Wikipedia

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Long Beach
Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies filmed in Long Beach

The 60 most widely covered are above. The other 53 filmed in Long Beach:

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Long Beach 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.

  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
  • Memento 2000
    “An oil refinery near Long Beach was used instead, and the scene where Leonard burns his wife's possessions was filmed on the other side of the refinery.” Wikipedia
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014
    “Scenes taking place on the Lemurian Star were filmed on the Sea Launch Commander, docked in Long Beach, California.” Wikipedia
  • Dexter 2007–2013
    “Although the series is set in Miami, Florida, many of the exterior scenes are filmed in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California.” Wikipedia
  • Star Trek 2009
    “Filming was also done at the City Hall of Long Beach, California; the San Rafael Swell in Utah; and the California State University, Northridge in Los Angeles (which was used for establishing shots of students at Starfleet Academy).” Wikipedia
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009
    “Shooting for the Shanghai battle later continued in Long Beach, California.” Wikipedia
  • RoboCop 1987
    “The scene was filmed at an abandoned auto-assembly plant in Long Beach, California, on a raised stage that allowed operators to control the effects from below.” Wikipedia
  • X-Men: First Class 2011
    “Additional filming, primarily on Los Angeles and Long Beach soundstages, continued into April 2011, leaving only three-to-four weeks for post-production before the film's scheduled premiere in June.” Wikipedia
  • CSI: Miami 2002–
    “Most outdoor scenes were filmed in Long Beach, as well as portions of Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach.” Wikipedia
  • Baywatch 1989–2001
    “Will Rogers State Beach served as the predominant beach location for Baywatch, although some scenes were filmed at Long Beach, California, and in Malibu, California.” Wikipedia
  • NCIS: Los Angeles 2009–
    “Exterior filming regularly took place in Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Pedro, Malibu, and other surrounding communities, allowing the production to showcase recognizable landmarks, beaches, ports, military facilities, and urban neighborhoods.” Wikipedia
  • Inherent Vice 2014
  • Foreign Correspondent 1940
  • The Poseidon Adventure 1972
    “Parts of the movie were filmed aboard the Queen Mary, permanently berthed in Long Beach, California, while sets replicating various parts of the ship were built at the Fox Studio Lot.” Wikipedia
  • The Call 2013
    “Car chase scenes were shot at Long Beach and a Westlake Village office building was modeled as the emergency dispatch center.” Wikipedia
  • The Gray Man 2022
    “Filming was to commence on January 18, 2021, in Long Beach, California, but was pushed back to March 1.” Wikipedia
  • Silent Running 1972
    “The interiors were filmed aboard the decommissioned Korean War aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge (LPH-8), which was docked at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard in Long Beach, California.” Wikipedia
  • National Security 2003
  • Cleopatra 1917
    “The picture was filmed on the Dominquez slough just outside Long Beach, California.” Wikipedia
  • Sweet Bird of Youth 1962
    “According to Brooks, MGM executives said "We’ll let you shoot it after we’ve had the preview, and, of course, they never did." Hank Mojeen says an alternative ending was shot, at Long Beach, involving Paige and Sherwood, but was scrapped.” Wikipedia
  • Body Double 1984
    “Several locations in and around the area were used, including: Tail o' the Pup, the Beverly Center, Barney's Beanery, the LA Farmer's Market, the Rodeo Collection mall on Rodeo Drive, the Spruce Goose dome, the Beach Terrace Motel in Long Beach, the Hollywood Tower and adjacent Hollywood Freeway, Tower Records and the Chemosphere house.” Wikipedia
  • Jeepers Creepers 2 2003
    “Produced by Myriad Pictures and American Zoetrope, filming for Jeepers Creepers 2 took place in Tejon Ranch, and Long Beach, California, in 2002.” Wikipedia
  • Nancy Drew 2007
    “The movie was filmed in several California cities, including South Pasadena, Los Angeles, Santa Clarita, Long Beach, La Canada Flintridge and Burbank.” Wikipedia
  • Titanic II 2010
    “The RMS Queen Mary, which is permanently docked as a hotel ship and tourist attraction in Long Beach, California, was used as a stand-in for Titanic II during the departure scenes and some of its interiors.” Wikipedia
  • Akkare Akkare Akkare 1990

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Long Beach

3 productions shot at 7 places inside Long Beach, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Long Beach itself.

Named here by Long Beach’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Long Beach, 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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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Long Beach?

141 productions are recorded as filmed in Long Beach, 3 of them at places inside it, including Titanic (1997), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and Iron Man (2008). 25 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Long Beach?

Titanic (1997), covered by 137 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Long Beach?

Long Beach is in the United States, at 33.7681, -118.1955. The day trip guide for Long Beach lists 660 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Long Beach?

Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Ambassador Hotel, University of Southern California 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 Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5.

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