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Oakland

city in and county seat of Alameda County, California, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 37.8000, -122.2500

Oakland is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 8 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on. 1 video game is also set here.

3 productions were filmed at 5 places inside Oakland rather than at Oakland itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Fincher wanted to film in Oakland, California, because of its aesthetically pleasing clapboard houses, but the schedule would not allow for this.”

Seven (1995) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Oakland as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Seven 1995
The Matrix Reloaded 2003
“Some portions of the chase were also filmed in Oakland, California, and the tunnel shown briefly is the Webster Tube, which connects Oakland and Alameda.” Wikipedia
Mrs. Doubtfire 1993
“Parts were filmed at the studios of television station KTVU in Oakland.” Wikipedia
Hulk 2003
“Locations included Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Oakland, Treasure Island military base, and the sequoia forests of Porterville, before several weeks in the Utah and California deserts.” Wikipedia
Sneakers 1992
Phantasm 1979
“The exteriors of the Morningside Mortuary were shot at Oakland's Dunsmuir House in Northern California.” Wikipedia
Made in America 1993
Nine Months 1995

Movies filmed elsewhere in Oakland

3 productions shot at 5 places inside Oakland, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Oakland itself.

A View to a Kill Dunsmuir House per Wikipedia 1985
Moneyball Oakland Coliseum per Wikipedia 2011
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport per Wikipedia 1986

Set here

Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood — a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.

Watch Dogs 2 2016

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Oakland?

11 productions are recorded as filmed in Oakland, 3 of them at places inside it, including Seven (1995), The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and Mrs. Doubtfire (1993). 8 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Oakland?

Seven (1995), covered by 73 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Oakland?

Oakland is in the United States, at 37.8000, -122.2500.

What other filming locations are near Oakland?

San Francisco, San Francisco Zoo, San Fierro, San Rafael 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 Basil D Soufi, CC BY-SA 3.0.