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Newark

city in Essex County, and largest city in New Jersey, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 40.7356, -74.1722

Newark is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Newark, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 14 more.

6 productions were filmed at 8 places inside Newark rather than at Newark itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Filming in Newark began on October 13 and lasted until October 16.”

Joker (2019) · Wikipedia

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Movies and TV series filmed in Newark

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Newark 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.

Joker 2019
The Dark Knight Rises 2012
Spider-Man: Far From Home 2019
“Filming moved to New York City and Newark, New Jersey in October, where it used the working title Bosco.” Wikipedia
War of the Worlds 2005
“The scene depicting the first appearance of the Tripods was filmed at the intersection of Ferry Street, Merchant Street, and Wilson Avenue, in Newark, New Jersey.” Wikipedia
West Side Story 2021
“Filming also took place in Newark and other parts of Essex County, New Jersey.” Wikipedia
Disclosure Day 2026
“The New Jersey Innovation Institute at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey was used as the KCXE television studio.” Wikipedia
The Devil's Own 1997
“The Devil's Own was filmed on location in New York City, and in Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City, Bayonne, Sandy Hook and Montclair, New Jersey and Greenport, New York on Long Island.” Wikipedia
The Devil Wears Prada 2 2026
“An important airport scene was shot at Newark on September 10.” Wikipedia
Smile 2022
“Some filming locations included the Murphy Varnish Lofts, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark and Lewis Morris Park in Morristown.” Wikipedia
The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020
The Bonfire of the Vanities 1990
“Another courthouse scene showing a riot in slow-motion had been shot at the Essex County Courthouse in Newark, New Jersey but was omitted from the film following negative reactions from test screenings.” Wikipedia
Presumed Innocent 1990
“The production then moved to Newark, New Jersey.” Wikipedia
Garden State 2004
“Most of the film was shot on location in Braff's hometown of South Orange, New Jersey, with filming also taking place at Cranford, Livingston, Maplewood, Newark, Tenafly, Mahwah, and Wallington as well as New York City and Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
The Many Saints of Newark 2021
“The Many Saints of Newark is a Sopranos prequel by David Chase set in the late 1960s and early 1970s.” Wikipedia

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Newark

6 productions shot at 8 places inside Newark, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Newark itself.

Scent of a Woman Newark Liberty International Airport per Wikipedia 1992
Crocodile Dundee Newark Liberty International Airport 1986
United 93 Newark Liberty International Airport per Wikipedia 2006
Exorcist II: The Heretic Newark Penn Station per Wikipedia 1977
The Walking Dead: Dead City National Newark Building per Wikipedia 2023–
An Autumn's Tale Newark Liberty International Airport per Wikipedia 1987

Named here by Newark’s own Wikipedia article

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

The Sopranos 1999–2007

“The HBO television series The Sopranos filmed many of its scenes in Newark.” Wikipedia
Joker 2019

“Among the films shot in Newark are Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989), Joker (depicting the abandoned movie palace known as the Newark Paramount Theatre), Cat Person, and the 2022 horror movie, Smile, with several locations, including Murphy Varnish Lofts and Rutgers Medical School.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Newark?

22 productions are recorded as filmed in Newark, 6 of them at places inside it, including Pushing Tin (1999), The Angry Video Game Nerd (2014–) and Joker (2019). 14 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Newark?

Pushing Tin (1999), covered by 29 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Newark?

Newark is in the United States, at 40.7356, -74.1722.

What other filming locations are near Newark?

New York City, Manhattan, Staten Island, East Harlem and 2 more, 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 Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.