Towns & cities

Milwaukee

city in and county seat of Milwaukee County, and largest city in State of Wisconsin, United States

United States · 43.0500, -87.9500

Milwaukee is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 7 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 Milwaukee rather than at Milwaukee itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Two further locations announced were the Milwaukee Art Museum and the former Tower Automotive complex on Milwaukee's north side, then under redevelopment for mixed use also the city's equipment yard.”

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Milwaukee 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.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011
Public Enemies 2009
“A bank robbery scene was shot inside the Milwaukee County Historical Society, a former bank in Milwaukee that still has much of the original period architecture.” Wikipedia
The Blues Brothers 1980
“The shot leading up to the car drop, where the Illinois Nazis drive off a freeway ramp, was shot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, near the Hoan Bridge on Interstate 794.” Wikipedia
Bridesmaids 2011
Major League 1989
The Hindenburg 1975
Dahmer 2002

Movies filmed elsewhere in Milwaukee

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

Madonna: Truth or Dare Calvary Cemetery per Wikipedia 1991

Named here by Milwaukee’s own Wikipedia article

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

Bridesmaids 2011

“The 2011 comedy film Bridesmaids starring Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Rebel Wilson had multiple scenes set in Milwaukee, though it was filmed in California.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Milwaukee?

8 productions are recorded as filmed in Milwaukee, 1 of them at places inside it, including Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Public Enemies (2009) and The Blues Brothers (1980). 7 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Milwaukee?

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), covered by 62 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Milwaukee?

Milwaukee is in the United States. Its coordinates are 43.0500, -87.9500.

What other filming locations are near Milwaukee?

Milwaukee County Stadium (3 km south-west), Calvary Cemetery (3 km south-west), Milwaukee Art Museum (4 km east), Hoan Bridge (5 km south-east) 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 Bfkenney, CC BY-SA 4.0.