🏙 Towns & cities
Needles
city in San Bernardino County, California, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 34.8383, -114.6111
Needles is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Needles, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
“Scenes were filmed at the Valley of Fire State Park, as well as Hoover Dam and Needles, California.”
Movies filmed in Needles
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Needles 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.
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Convoy
1978
“The famous scene where the tanker truck goes off a bridge and explodes was filmed in Needles, California, on a one-way bridge over the Colorado River between Arizona and California.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Havasu
🇺🇸 United States
reservoir on the Colorado River in California and Arizona, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Lake Havasu City
🇺🇸 United States
city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Laughlin
🇺🇸 United States
census designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino
🇺🇸 United States
casino hotel in Nevada, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Needles?
2 productions are recorded as filmed in Needles, including Domino (2005) and Convoy (1978). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Needles?
Domino (2005), covered by 31 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Needles?
Needles is in the United States, at 34.8383, -114.6111.
What other filming locations are near Needles?
Lake Havasu, Lake Havasu City, Laughlin and Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino, 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 Ken Lund at, CC BY-SA 2.0.