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Malibu

city in Los Angeles County, California, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 34.0350, -118.6950

Malibu is recorded as a filming location for 73 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Malibu, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 14 more.

4 productions were filmed at 4 places inside Malibu rather than at Malibu itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Elysian Park serves as the site of Sarah's apocalyptic dream, and scenes at the Dyson home were captured at a private property in Malibu.”
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) · Wikipedia

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Movies and TV series filmed in Malibu

The 60 most widely covered are above. The other 13 filmed in Malibu:

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Malibu 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.

  • Iron Man 2008
    “Exterior shots of Stark's home were digitally added to footage of Point Dume in Malibu, while the interior was built at Playa Vista, where Favreau and Riva aimed to make Stark's home look less futuristic and more "grease monkey".” Wikipedia
  • Twin Peaks 1990–1991
    “Many exterior scenes were filmed in wooded areas of Malibu, California.” Wikipedia
  • Scream 2 1997
    “The fictional Stab film was filmed in Malibu, California.” Wikipedia
  • The O.C. 2003–
    “For the first episode, "Premiere", the Cohen family home was shot on location in Malibu.” 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
  • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 2023
    “Filming then moved to Los Angeles, and officially wrapped on January 12, 2022, in Malibu.” Wikipedia
  • Inherent Vice 2014
    “Shooting permits in California covered a San Fernando Valley warehouse, a storefront on Slauson Boulevard, driving shots in the Canoga Park area, driving shots in canyon roads above Malibu and a warehouse in Chinatown.” Wikipedia
  • The Fabelmans 2022
  • Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter 1984
    “The only time Paramount helped with the film's production, they rented a house in Malibu for the filmmakers to stay and conduct editing sessions, with food brought to them by the studio.” Wikipedia
  • Dante's Peak 1997
    “Exterior shots of the Point Dume Post Office in Malibu, California, were used as the USGS's David A. Johnston Cascades Volcano Observatory headquarters in Vancouver, Washington.” Wikipedia
  • Bad Times at the El Royale 2018
    “Additional filming in Los Angeles and north of Malibu, California, took place for three days when scenes involving a flower walk and a beach were shot.” Wikipedia
  • Orca 1977
  • The Hard Way 1991
    “Fox's Malibu house was in fact located in nearby Deal, New Jersey.” Wikipedia

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Malibu

4 productions shot at 4 places inside Malibu, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Malibu itself.

Named here by Malibu’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Malibu, 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 Malibu?

91 productions are recorded as filmed in Malibu, 4 of them at places inside it, including Inception (2010), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Citizen Kane (1941). 14 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Malibu?

Inception (2010), covered by 97 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Malibu?

Malibu is in the United States, at 34.0350, -118.6950.

What other filming locations are near Malibu?

Santa Monica, Universal Pictures, 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 The original uploader was Tillman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.