Landscapes & nature
Mojave Desert
desert in southwestern United States
United States · 35.0083, -115.4750
Mojave Desert is recorded as a filming location for 3 productions. Wikipedia names it for 59 more.
“Trial runs of the stunt with the Land Rover, during which Bond escapes by parachute from the tumbling vehicle, were filmed in the Mojave Desert in the southwestern United States, although the final cut of the film uses a shot achieved using a dummy.”
Movies filmed at Mojave Desert
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Mojave Desert 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.
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
- Seven 1995
- The Living Daylights 1987
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 2003
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X-Men: First Class
2011
“Washington, D.C., the Mojave Desert and Fox's soundstages in Los Angeles also served as locations.” Wikipedia
- Die Hard 2 1990
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
- Planet of the Apes 2001
- MythBusters 2003–
- Lost Highway 1997
- Star Trek: Nemesis 2002
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
“Production problems plagued the film on set and during location shooting in Yosemite National Park and the Mojave Desert.” Wikipedia
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The Right Stuff
1983
“No location could substitute for the distinctive Edwards Air Force Base landscape and so the entire production crew moved to the Mojave Desert to shoot the opening sequences that framed the story of the test pilots at Muroc Army Air Field, later Edwards AFB.” Wikipedia
- Paris, Texas 1984
- Army of Darkness 1992
- The Mummy 1932
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Lost Horizon
1937
“Many exteriors were filmed on location in Palm Springs, Lucerne Valley, the Ojai Valley, the Mojave Desert, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and in what is now Westlake Village, adding the cost of transporting cast, crew, and equipment to the swelling budget.” Wikipedia
- Hot Shots! 1991
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The Big Country
1958
“The Blanco Canyon scenes were filmed in California's Red Rock Canyon State Park in the Mojave Desert.” Wikipedia
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Broken Arrow
1996
“The desert sequences were shot in the Mojave Desert near Barstow, California, and in Coconino County near Page, Arizona.” Wikipedia
- Flightplan 2005
- Nocturnal Animals 2016
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Zabriskie Point
1970
“Location shooting also took place in the Mojave Desert.” Wikipedia
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Westworld
1973
“Westworld was filmed in several locations, including the Mojave Desert, the gardens of the Harold Lloyd Estate, several MGM sound stages and on the MGM backlot, one of the final films to be shot there before the backlot was sold to real estate developers and demolished.” Wikipedia
- Bugsy 1991
- The Doors 1991
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Hair
1979
“Scenes were also shot at the Fort Irwin National Training Center, in the Mojave Desert in northern San Bernardino County, California, and in Barstow, California; as well as in Washington, D.C., at the Lincoln Memorial, in the National Mall.” Wikipedia
- The Neon Demon 2016
- Fall 2022
- Three Kings 1999
- In Old Arizona 1928
- Domino 2005
- Death Race 2000 1975
- Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959
- Bagdad Café 1987
- 3 Godfathers 1948
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The Hills Have Eyes
1977
“The film was shot in Victorville, California, in the Mojave Desert using 16 mm film on cameras that were borrowed from a Californian pornographic filmmaker.” Wikipedia
- Act of Valor 2012
- Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1965
- The Hitcher 1986
- Blue Thunder 1983
- The Rookie 1990
- Holes 2003
- Land of the Lost 2009
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Them!
1954
“The scenes set in the Chihuahuan Desert of southern New Mexico were actually filmed in the Mojave Desert near Palmdale, California.” Wikipedia
- Inferno 1999
- The Great Lie 1941
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Man of the West
1958
“The Red Rock Canyon State Park, Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, Newhall and the Mojave Desert all served as filming locations for the film.” Wikipedia
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The Wind
1928
“The film was shot partially near Bakersfield and the Mojave Desert, California.” Wikipedia
- It Came from Outer Space 1953
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A Boy and His Dog
1975
“The film was shot on location in the Mojave Desert outside of Barstow, California and at Arroyo Verde Park in Ventura, California.” Wikipedia
- Silver Streak 1976
- 3 Bad Men 1926
- Rubber 2010
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Damnation Alley
1977
“Filming began on June 21, 1976, east of the town of Borrego Springs, California, where a missile base set was constructed, as well as locations in Meteor Crater, Arizona, Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Mojave Desert in California.” Wikipedia
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Sunchaser
1996
“Parts of the film were shot in Downtown Los Angeles, the Mojave Desert, Arizona, Zion National Park, Utah and Colorado.” Wikipedia
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Zyzzyx Road
2006
“The film was shot entirely on location in the Mojave Desert, in and around local mines.” Wikipedia
- Rocketship X-M 1950
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Punishment Park
1971
“Punishment Park was filmed over the course of August and September 1970 at El Mirage Lake in the Mojave Desert, California.” Wikipedia
And 8 more, per Wikipedia:
- Lord of Illusions 1995
- The Rare Breed 1966
- Key & Peele 2012–
- Split Second 1953
- Like Father Like Son 1987
- Over There 2005–
- Video Game High School 2012–
- Mars et Avril 2012
Set here, per Wikipedia
Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Mojave Desert, 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.
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Fallout: New Vegas
2010
“The game, which was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, is set in the Mojave Desert 204 years after a devastating nuclear war.” Wikipedia
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Mojave Desert?
70 productions are recorded as filmed at Mojave Desert, including Chinatown (1974), Volcano (1997) and Venus as a Boy (2021). 67 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Mojave Desert?
Chinatown (1974), covered by 61 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Mojave Desert?
Mojave Desert is in the United States. Its coordinates are 35.0083, -115.4750.
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 Fred Morledge, CC BY-SA 2.5.