🏙 Towns & cities
Paterson
city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 40.9167, -74.1722
Paterson is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Paterson, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 5 more.
“The controversial arrest and conviction of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, whose conviction was overturned in 1985, was dramatized in the 1999 Denzel Washington film, The Hurricane, and was partially shot in the city.”
Movies filmed in Paterson
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Paterson 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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The Irishman
2019
“Additional scenes were filmed in the Hudson Valley in Salisbury Mills and Suffern, among other sites, including Paterson, New Jersey.” Wikipedia
- West Side Story 2021
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Paterson
2016
“The 2016 film Paterson, directed by Jim Jarmusch, is set in Paterson and was largely filmed there.” Wikipedia
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The Many Saints of Newark
2021
“Satriale's Pork Store was featured in The Sopranos and was recreated in Paterson.” Wikipedia
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The Preacher's Wife
1996
“Severe snowstorms in New Jersey (where scenes were shot in Paterson) and New York (where scenes were shot throughout New York City) cost the production several shooting days.” Wikipedia
Named here by Paterson’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Paterson, 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.
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Far from Heaven 2002
“Its sequel, State Property 2, and Far from Heaven, The Preacher's Wife and Purple Rose of Cairo are among other films that were partially shot in Paterson.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Hempstead House
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Paterson?
6 productions are recorded as filmed in Paterson, including The Hurricane (1999), The Irishman (2019) and West Side Story (2021). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Paterson?
The Hurricane (1999), covered by 35 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Paterson?
Paterson is in the United States, at 40.9167, -74.1722.
What other filming locations are near Paterson?
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 BJT11091, CC BY-SA 3.0.