Towns & cities

Paramus

borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States

United States · 40.9400, -74.0711

Paramus is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 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.

“Other scenes were filmed in Paramus, New Jersey, Westchester County, New York, and Washington, D.C., particularly in the Georgetown neighborhood.”

Burn After Reading (2008) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Paramus 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.

Named here by Paramus’s own Wikipedia article

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

Sesame Street 1969–

“The 2005 Sesame Street direct-to-video All Star Alphabet, featuring Stephen Colbert and Nicole Sullivan, was filmed on location at Garden State Plaza.” Wikipedia
Saturday Night Live 1975–

“The exterior of the Chuck E. Cheese's location at The Shoppes on IV shopping center was seen briefly in an opening shot for a segment about Chuck E. Cheese's on the May 7, 2022 episode of Saturday Night Live.” Wikipedia
Burn After Reading 2008

“Scenes from the 2008 film Burn After Reading by the Coen Brothers were filmed in Paramus at the site of the old Tower Records annex building located on Route 17S that had been transformed into Hardbodies Fitness Center.” Wikipedia
Ransom 1996

“A scene from the 1996 film Ransom was filmed on Route 4 in Paramus where Mullen is driving to Stone Quarry.” Wikipedia
Something Wild 1986

“Paramus was one of the filming locations in the 1986 film Something Wild.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Paramus?

3 productions are recorded as filmed in Paramus, including Burn After Reading (2008), Ransom (1996) and Coneheads (1993). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Paramus?

Burn After Reading (2008), covered by 47 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Paramus?

Paramus is in the United States. Its coordinates are 40.9400, -74.0711.

What other filming locations are near Paramus?

Bergen County (2 km north), Bergen Community College (2 km north-west), River Edge (3 km south-east), Fair Lawn (4 km west) 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 TMBLover, CC BY-SA 3.0.