Towns & cities

Mobile

county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States

United States · 30.7277, -88.0527

Mobile is recorded as a filming location for 17 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Mobile, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 17 more.

5 places inside Mobile have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Mobile as well.

“Much of the Mobile footage shot by Malmuth was scrapped, although a few local landmarks remain visible in the finished film, such as the Bankhead Tunnel.”

Stone Cold (1991) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed in Mobile

Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
Executive Decision 1996
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood 1988
Heist 2015
Rage 2014
Vice 2015
Stone Cold 1991
About My Father 2023
Jesus Revolution 2023
Mississippi Grind 2015
“On March 11, 2014, the crews were spotted filming scenes at Mobile Greyhound Park in Mobile.” Wikipedia
Arkansas 2020
Love Liza 2002
“Love Liza was filmed in Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans in early 2001.” Wikipedia
Dead Birds 2004
Soultaker 1990
“Soultaker was shot in Mobile, Alabama, in five weeks with a budget of $250,000.” Wikipedia
Raw Justice 1994
“Parts of the movie were filmed in Mobile, Alabama, including the motorcycle chase between Mace and McCallum through Springdale Mall, which has since been mostly demolished or shuttered.” Wikipedia
Firehead 1991
The Night Shift 2011
“The film was shot in Mobile, Alabama from May to June 2010.” Wikipedia

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Mobile 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.

Filming locations inside Mobile

5 places inside Mobile, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Mobile too.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Mobile?

34 productions are recorded as filmed in Mobile, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Executive Decision (1996) and Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988). 17 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Mobile?

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), covered by 53 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Mobile?

Mobile is in the United States. Its coordinates are 30.7277, -88.0527.

What other filming locations are near Mobile?

The Battle House Hotel (4 km south), RSA Battle House Tower (4 km south), Bienville Square (4 km south), Scottish Rite Temple (4 km south) 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 Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0.