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Madrid
capital of Spain
🇪🇸 Spain · 40.4169, -3.7033
Madrid is recorded as a filming location for 202 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Madrid, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 16 more. 1 video game is also set here.
8 productions were filmed at 28 places inside Madrid rather than at Madrid itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“Wallach and Eastwood flew to Madrid together, and between shooting scenes, Eastwood would relax and practice his golf swing.”
Movies and TV series filmed in Madrid
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
- Money Heist 2017–2021
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Quantum of Solace
2008
“Other places used for location shooting were Madrid in August 2007; Baja California, Mexico in early 2008, for shots of the aerial battle; Malcesine, Limone sul Garda and Tremosine in Italy during March, and at Talamone during the end of April.” Wikipedia
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Spartacus
1960
“The battle scenes were filmed on a vast plain outside Madrid.” Wikipedia
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A Fistful of Dollars
1964
“A Fistful of Dollars was shot in Spain, mostly near Hoyo de Manzanares close to Madrid, but also (like its two sequels) in the Tabernas Desert and in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, both in the Province of Almería.” Wikipedia
- From Russia with Love 1963
- For a Few Dollars More 1965
- The Bourne Ultimatum 2007
- Doctor Zhivago 1965
- Moulin Rouge! 2001
- Pan's Labyrinth 2006
- All About My Mother 1999
- Around the World in 80 Days 1956
- The Others 2001
- Volver 2006
- Talk to Her 2002
- The Sea Inside 2004
- Bad Education 2004
- The Skin I Live In 2011
- Viridiana 1961
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988
- Broken Embraces 2009
- The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964
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Django
1966
“Filming restarted in January, with several exteriors being filmed in Colmenar Viejo and La Pedriza of Manzanares el Real, near Madrid.” Wikipedia
- That Obscure Object of Desire 1977
- Tristana 1970
- I'm So Excited 2013
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958
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The Three Musketeers
1973
“Locations included Segovia, where Lester had made A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Aranjuez, Toledo and Madrid.” Wikipedia
- The Spirit of the Beehive 1973
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Battle of the Bulge
1965
“The film was shot on location in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range and Madrid, Spain, which bear no resemblance to the rugged, heavily wooded Ardennes of Belgium, Luxembourg, and western Germany.” Wikipedia
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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973
“Schneer and Harryhausen based in Spain their production, in Madrid and on the island of Mallorca—to take advantage of the region's rugged scenery.” Wikipedia
- Open Your Eyes 1997
- Goya's Ghosts 2006
- The Cold Light of Day 2012
- Parallel Mothers 2021
- El Cid 1961
- The Room Next Door 2024
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Solomon and Sheba
1959
“The film was shot in Madrid and Zaragoza, Spain.” Wikipedia
- Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 1989
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Armour of God II: Operation Condor
1991
“Armour of God II: Operation Condor was filmed primarily in Madrid, Spain, and Morocco.” Wikipedia
- King of Kings 1961
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Horror Express
1972
“Horror Express was filmed in Madrid between 1971 and 1972.” Wikipedia
- The Four Musketeers 1974
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Law of Desire
1987
“The Law of Desire was shot in Madrid and Cádiz in the latter part of 1986.” Wikipedia
- High Heels 1991
- Live Flesh 1997
- The Devil's Backbone 2001
- Mr. Arkadin 1955
- Alexander the Great 1956
- Alatriste 2006
- Cría Cuervos 1976
- Pepi, Luci, Bom 1980
- Goal II: Living the Dream 2007
- Chimes at Midnight 1965
- Matador 1986
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Sex and Lucia
2001
“Shooting locations included Fuerteventura and Madrid.” Wikipedia
- Labyrinth of Passion 1982
- Kika 1993
The 59 most widely covered are above. The other 143 filmed in Madrid:
- La Tulipe noire 1964
- Lost Command 1966
- ¡Ay, Carmela! 1990
- The Day of the Beast 1995
- The Flower of My Secret 1995
- The Good Boss 2021
- Dark Habits 1983
- What Have I Done to Deserve This? 1984
- Tesis 1996
- Lovers of the Arctic Circle 1998
- The Secret Life of Words 2005
- The Last Circus 2010
- Not on Your Life 1963
- Mad Love 2001
- Take My Eyes 2003
- Delusions of Grandeur 1971
- Running Out of Time 1994
- The Apartment 1996
- Diary of a Nymphomaniac 2008
- Return of the Seven 1966
- Ana and the Wolves 1973
- Crimen Ferpecto 2004
- Azuloscurocasinegro 2006
- Velvet 2014–2016
- Open Windows 2014
- The Grandfather 1998
- Imagining Argentina 2002
- Princesses 2005
- The Method 2005
- Camino 2008
- Memories of the Alhambra 2019–
- Bitter Christmas 2026
- Compañeros 1970
- The Scarlet Letter 1973
- Torrente, the dumb arm of the law 1998
- La comunidad 2000
- Cachorro 2004
- The Monk 2011
- The House of Flowers 2018–2020
- The Blood of Fu Manchu 1968
- La colmena 1982
- Golden Balls 1993
- Cuéntame cómo pasó 2001–2023
- Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure 2003
- 20 centímetros 2005
- Let Sleeping Corpses Lie 1974
- The Red Squirrel 1993
- The Turkish Passion 1994
- The Dancer Upstairs 2002
- My Mother Likes Women 2002
- Secret Agents 2004
- Tirant lo Blanc 2006
- The Blind 2008
- The Invisible Guardian 2017
- The Hellbenders 1967
- Lovers 1991
- ¡Dispara! 1993
- The Other Side of the Bed 2002
- Soldiers of Salamina 2003
- Torrente 3: El protector 2005
- Open Graves 2009
- No Rest for the Wicked 2011
- Madame 1961
- Martín (Hache) 1997
- El Bola 2000
- Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella 2001
- Warriors 2002
- The Weakness of the Bolshevik 2003
- Manolete 2007
- Atraco a las tres 1962
- The Case of the Scorpion's Tail 1971
- El diputado 1978
- Pieces 1982
- Intacto 2001
- Bulgarian Lovers 2003
- Queens 2005
- The Kovak Box 2006
- Hierro 2009
- Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis 2011
- Madrid, 1987 2011
- Verbo 2011
- Lisa and the Devil 1974
- Rowing with the Wind 1988
- Taxi 1996
- Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health 1997
- The Shanghai Spell 2002
- 7:35 in the Morning 2003
- The Anarchist's Wife 2008
- Family United 2013
- 7 Años 2016
- Abracadabra 2017
- Sky High 2020
- Bunker 2026
- Love and Chatter 1958
- The Delinquents 1960
- La ciudad no es para mí 1966
- La Noche de Walpurgis 1971
- Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing 1973
- Nightmare City 1980
- The Pod People 1983
- The Rift 1989
- All Men Are the Same 1994
- Roma 2004
- Elsa & Fred 2005
- Beneath Still Waters 2005
- Un franco, 14 pesetas 2006
- Alpha Males 2022–
- Love, Divided 2024
- The Vampire of Düsseldorf 1965
- Night of the Seagulls 1975
- Ninette 2005
- The Dark Hour 2007
- La Conjura de El Escorial 2008
- José and Pilar 2010
- 10,000 Nights Nowhere 2013
- La víctima número 8 2018–
- Veneciafrenia 2021
- Maxima 2024–
- Red Cross Girls 1958
- Tres de la Cruz Roja 1961
- El Retorno de Walpurgis 1973
- La otra alcoba 1976
- Los gozos y las sombras 1982–
- Slugs 1988
- Km. 0 2000
- Dot.Com 2007
- Theresa: The Body of Christ 2007
- 8 Dates 2008
- 17 Hours 2011
- Yucatán 2018
- A quién te llevarías a una isla desierta 2019
- The Wedding Unplanner 2020
- Agustina of Aragon 1950
- Los tramposos 1959
- Agent 3S3: Massacre in the Sun 1966
- Growing Leg, Diminishing Skirt 1970
- Don Erre que erre 1970
- Count Dracula's Great Love 1974
- They're Watching Us 2002
- ¿Y tú quién eres? 2007
- Dying 2017
- HIT 2020–2021
- Las abogadas 2024–
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Madrid 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.
- Conan the Barbarian 1982
- Uncharted 2022
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Julieta
2016
“Filming was due to begin on 6 May 2015, but actually commenced on 18 May 2015; Madrid, the Galician Rías Altas, La Sierra in Huelva, the Pyrenees in Aragón, Panticosa and Fanlo were among the locations used for filming.” Wikipedia
- Room in Rome 2010
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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
1977
“Most interior sequences were shot on a soundstage of Verona Studios near Madrid (Spain).” Wikipedia
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon 2023–
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Kaos
2024–
“Filming also took place at locations in Almería, Madrid, and Cádiz.” Wikipedia
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Chaotic Ana
2007
“Shooting locations included Arizona, New York, Madrid, and Fuerteventura.” Wikipedia
- Mindscape 2013
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Mute
2023–
“Shooting locations included Bilbao and Madrid.” Wikipedia
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30 Coins
2020–
“Other brief shooting locations include New York, Jerusalem, Paris, Geneva, Rome, Campo Real, Madrid, and Alcalá de Henares (including outdoor shots).” Wikipedia
- To Hell With The Ugly 2010
- Di Di Hollywood 2010
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The House of Bernarda Alba
1987
“Filming locations included Madrid and Antequera.” Wikipedia
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The Things of Love
1989
“Shooting locations included the 'Teatro Ideal Cinema' in Úbeda, as well as Madrid and the province of Almería.” Wikipedia
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La unidad
2020–
“Some scenes were filmed in Melilla and a complex terrorist attack scene was shot in Callao, Preciados and Sol in Madrid.” Wikipedia
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Madrid
8 productions shot at 28 places inside Madrid, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Madrid itself.
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones plaza de España 2002
- Terminator: Dark Fate Lavapiés per Wikipedia 2019
- Telediario Paseo de La Habana, Madrid 1957
- El hormiguero Alcalá Street 2006
- Medico de familia Fuencarral-El Pardo 1995–1999
- El intermedio Fuencarral-El Pardo 2006
- Extraterrestrial Lavapiés per Wikipedia 2012
- Informativos Telecinco Fuencarral-El Pardo 1990–
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🛣 Streets & squares
plaza de España
🇪🇸 Spain
square in Madrid, Spain
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🛣 Streets & squares
Plaza del Callao
🇪🇸 Spain
square in Madrid
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
CSIC central building, Madrid
🇪🇸 Spain
building in Madrid
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Aeronáuticos
🇪🇸 Spain
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Nuevos Ministerios
🇪🇸 Spain
building complex of Madrid
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Technical University of Madrid
🇪🇸 Spain
university in Spain
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🏙 Towns & cities
Barajas
🇪🇸 Spain
21th city district of Madrid, Spain
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🏙 Towns & cities
Lavapiés
🇪🇸 Spain
neighborhood in Madrid, Spain
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🏙 Towns & cities
Pueblo Nuevo
🇪🇸 Spain
neighborhood in Madrid
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Royal Palace of Madrid
🇪🇸 Spain
official residence of the Spanish Royal Family
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Casa de Campo Park
🇪🇸 Spain
cultural property in Madrid y Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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🛣 Streets & squares
Madrid Ring Road
🇪🇸 Spain
street in Madrid, Spain
16 more places are inside Madrid — see them on the map.
Set here
Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood — a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Colmenar Viejo
🇪🇸 Spain
municipality of Spain
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🏙 Towns & cities
Hoyo de Manzanares
🇪🇸 Spain
municipality of Spain
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🛣 Streets & squares
plaza de España
🇪🇸 Spain
square in Madrid, Spain
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🏙 Towns & cities
Torrelodones
🇪🇸 Spain
municipality of Spain
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🛣 Streets & squares
Plaza del Callao
🇪🇸 Spain
square in Madrid
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
CSIC central building, Madrid
🇪🇸 Spain
building in Madrid
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Madrid?
226 productions are recorded as filmed in Madrid, 8 of them at places inside it, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Money Heist (2017–2021) and Quantum of Solace (2008). 16 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Madrid?
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), covered by 95 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Madrid?
Madrid is in Spain, at 40.4169, -3.7033. The day trip guide for Madrid lists 86 filming locations within 100 km.
What other filming locations are near Madrid?
Colmenar Viejo, Hoyo de Manzanares, plaza de España, Torrelodones 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 Dmitry Dzhus from London, CC BY 2.0.
Planning a visit? Filming locations near Madrid — 86 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.