Towns & cities

Minneapolis

city in and seat of Hennepin County, and largest city in State of Minnesota, United States

United States · 44.9819, -93.2692

Minneapolis is recorded as a filming location for 4 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Minneapolis, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 26 more.

2 productions were filmed at 9 places inside Minneapolis rather than at Minneapolis itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Jingle All the Way was set and filmed in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota at locations such as Bloomington's Mall of America, Mickey's Diner, downtown Minneapolis, Linden Hills, residential areas of Edina and primarily downtown Saint Paul.”

Jingle All the Way (1996) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed in Minneapolis

A Serious Man 2009
Jingle All the Way 1996
The Mighty Ducks 1992
Trauma 1993
“Shot in and around Minneapolis, United States in August and September 1992 on a budget of $7 million, Trauma is notable as Italian director Dario Argento's first feature-length American production, following his collaboration with George A. Romero in making Two Evil Eyes in 1990.” Wikipedia

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Minneapolis 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.

Fargo 1996
“Wade's car dealership was filmed at Wally McCarthy Oldsmobile in Richfield, Minnesota, a southern suburb of Minneapolis, a site now occupied by Best Buy's national corporate headquarters.” Wikipedia
North Country 2005
“Parts were also shot in Minneapolis; as well as Silver City and Santa Fe in New Mexico.” Wikipedia
Airport 1970
The Bishop's Wife 1947
“Location filming was in Minneapolis, Minnesota.” Wikipedia
Mallrats 1995
America's Got Talent 2006
A Prairie Home Companion 2006
Beautiful Girls 1996
Purple Rain 1984
Young Adult 2011
Grumpier Old Men 1995
The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970–
“The fictitious address was 119 North Weatherly, but the exterior establishing shots were of a real house in Minneapolis at 2104 Kenwood Parkway.” Wikipedia
D2: The Mighty Ducks 1994
Twenty Bucks 1993
The End of the Tour 2015
“Around March 21, some scenes were filmed at the Mall of America and near the Third Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis.” Wikipedia
Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence 1998
“The film was shot on location in Minneapolis, at Stansted Airport in Essex, and at various London locations, including Battersea Park, Blakes Hotel in South Kensington, and South Bank.” Wikipedia
Overnight Delivery 1998
“Exterior scenes were filmed in Minneapolis, Saint Paul and rural Minnesota.” Wikipedia
Graffiti Bridge 1990
Joe Somebody 2001
Wilson 2017
Drop Dead Fred 1991
“Filmed in Minneapolis, a large part of the film was filmed at Prince's Paisley Park Studios in the suburb of Chanhassen.” Wikipedia
Untamed Heart 1993
Ice Castles 1978
Dear White People 2014
Life Partners 2014
Love Is Blind 2020–

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Minneapolis

2 productions shot at 9 places inside Minneapolis, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Minneapolis itself.

Factotum Hennepin Avenue per Wikipedia 2005
The Cure Minnehaha Creek per Wikipedia 1995

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Minneapolis, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Minneapolis?

32 productions are recorded as filmed in Minneapolis, 2 of them at places inside it, including A Serious Man (2009), Jingle All the Way (1996) and The Mighty Ducks (1992). 26 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Minneapolis?

A Serious Man (2009), covered by 41 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Minneapolis?

Minneapolis is in the United States. Its coordinates are 44.9819, -93.2692.

What other filming locations are near Minneapolis?

Hennepin Avenue (under 1 km), First Avenue (under 1 km), IDS Center (under 1 km), Third Avenue Bridge (under 1 km) 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 Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0.