🏙 Towns & cities
Pittsburgh
city and county seat in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 40.4417, -80.0000
Pittsburgh is recorded as a filming location for 47 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Pittsburgh, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 11 more. 2 video games are also set here.
3 productions were filmed at 39 places inside Pittsburgh rather than at Pittsburgh itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“Filming primarily took place in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.”
Movies and TV series filmed in Pittsburgh
- The Silence of the Lambs 1991
- The Avengers 2012
- Independence Day 1996
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The Dark Knight Rises
2012
“Pittsburgh became "Gotham City" in 2011 during filming of The Dark Knight Rises.” Wikipedia
- The Deer Hunter 1978
- Pretty Woman 1990
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RoboCop
1987
“RoboCop was filmed primarily on location in Dallas, with additional filming in Las Colinas and Pittsburgh.” Wikipedia
- Night of the Living Dead 1968
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012
“The film was shot in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area from May 9 to June 29, 2011.” Wikipedia
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Jack Reacher
2012
“The film's premiere screening in Pittsburgh was postponed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting; the movie was released in North America one week later on December 21, 2012, where it received generally positive reviews and was successful at the box office.” Wikipedia
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Dogma
1999
“The triplets' attack on John Doe Jersey was filmed on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, New Jersey; all other scenes were shot in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.” Wikipedia
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Warrior
2011
“Mogul Minds Studios, (now 31st Street Studios), located in Pittsburgh, was used during the filming, as well as the University of Pittsburgh's Petersen Events Center and the Twin Hi-Way Drive-In.” Wikipedia
- Foxcatcher 2014
- Mindhunter 2017–2019
- The Road 2009
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Unstoppable
2010
“Production was headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the fictional "Allegheny and West Virginia Railroad" depicted in the movie is headquartered.” Wikipedia
- Love and Other Drugs 2010
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Fences
2016
“On April 25, 2016, it was reported that Fences had begun filming in the Hill District of Pittsburgh.” Wikipedia
- Abduction 2011
- Timecop 1994
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I Am Number Four
2011
“The film studio also had a positive experience shooting She's Out of My League in Pittsburgh in 2008.” Wikipedia
- Dawn of the Dead 1978
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The Next Three Days
2010
“Filmed on location in Pittsburgh in late 2009, the film was theatrically released in the United States on November 19, 2010 by Lionsgate.” Wikipedia
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Flashdance
1983
“The film was shot between October 18, 1982, and December 30, 1982, in Pittsburgh and Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
- A Man Called Otto 2022
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Adventureland
2009
“The story takes place during the summer, but since it was shot in the winter months in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, crews had to often hide snowfall.” Wikipedia
- Day of the Dead 1985
- Wonder Boys 2000
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno
2008
“However, for budgetary reasons, Smith opted to shoot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and re-wrote the script to take place in the suburb of Monroeville.” Wikipedia
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Lorenzo's Oil
1992
“The film was shot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, primarily from September 1991 to February 1992.” Wikipedia
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The Mothman Prophecies
2002
“Aside from a few opening scenes filmed in Washington, D.C., most of the motion picture was filmed in the areas of Pittsburgh and Kittanning in Pennsylvania.” Wikipedia
- Inspector Gadget 1999
- She's Out of My League 2010
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Southpaw
2015
“The film is set in New York City, but it was filmed in Pittsburgh and the nearby town of Indiana, Pennsylvania.” Wikipedia
- Concussion 2015
- Creepshow 1982
- Hoffa 1992
- Sudden Death 1995
- Fire Down Below 1997
- Land of the Dead 2005
- All the Right Moves 1983
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Striking Distance
1993
“The film was shot on location throughout Pittsburgh; its early title was Three Rivers.” Wikipedia
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Only You
1994
“Filming locations in the United States included Chicago Studio City in Austin, Chicago, and Pittsburgh and West Mifflin in Pennsylvania.” Wikipedia
- Kingpin 1996
- Stigmata 1999
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The Clearing
2004
“The film was shot in and around Asheville, North Carolina and in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.” Wikipedia
- Eye of the Beholder 1999
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Pittsburgh 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.
- Groundhog Day 1993
- The Fault in Our Stars 2014
- Banshee 2013–2016
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2020
- Me & Earl & the Dying Girl 2015
- The Last Witch Hunter 2015
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 2019
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The Young and the Restless
1973–
“Exteriors used in the late 1980s and early 1990s (and reused years later) included locations in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including Allegheny General Hospital, One Oxford Centre, the Duquesne Club, Hampton Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the state correctional institution - Pittsburgh.” Wikipedia
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Justified
2010–
“While the pilot was shot in Pittsburgh and suburban Kittanning and Washington, Pennsylvania, the subsequent 38 episodes were shot in California.” Wikipedia
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My Bloody Valentine 3D
2009
“The production spent 13 days filming scenes in the Tour-Ed Mines in the Pittsburgh suburb of Tarentum, a mine that has been out of production since the 1960s and now operates as a museum.” Wikipedia
- I Am Not Okay With This 2020–
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Pittsburgh
3 productions shot at 39 places inside Pittsburgh, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Pittsburgh itself.
- Margin Call Carnegie Mellon University per Wikipedia 2011
- Grudge Match Downtown Pittsburgh per Wikipedia 2013
- The Pitt Allegheny General Hospital per Wikipedia 2025–
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
🇺🇸 United States
natural history museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Old Allegheny County Jail
🇺🇸 United States
building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Carnegie Mellon University
🇺🇸 United States
private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Acrisure Stadium
🇺🇸 United States
American football stadium that is home to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Panthers
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Fifth Avenue Place
🇺🇸 United States
skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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🛣 Streets & squares
Wabash Tunnel
🇺🇸 United States
tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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🛣 Streets & squares
Fort Pitt Bridge
🇺🇸 United States
bridge over the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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🛣 Streets & squares
Fort Pitt Tunnel
🇺🇸 United States
road tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
🇺🇸 United States
hospital in Pennsylvania, United States
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🛣 Streets & squares
Fort Duquesne Bridge
🇺🇸 United States
bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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🏙 Towns & cities
Strip District
🇺🇸 United States
neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
University of Pittsburgh
🇺🇸 United States
state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
27 more places are inside Pittsburgh — see them on the map.
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.
Set here, per Wikipedia
Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Pittsburgh, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement — two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.
Drawn from this place
Video games whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Pittsburgh as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.
Filming locations nearby
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Pittsburgh International Airport
🇺🇸 United States
airport in Pennsylvania, United States
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Canonsburg
🇺🇸 United States
borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
🇺🇸 United States
natural history museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Layton
🇺🇸 United States
unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Old Allegheny County Jail
🇺🇸 United States
building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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🏙 Towns & cities
Perryopolis
🇺🇸 United States
borough of Pennsylvania
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Pittsburgh?
61 productions are recorded as filmed in Pittsburgh, 3 of them at places inside it, including The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Avengers (2012) and Independence Day (1996). 11 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Pittsburgh?
The Silence of the Lambs (1991), covered by 102 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh is in the United States, at 40.4417, -80.0000.
What other filming locations are near Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh International Airport, Canonsburg, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Layton 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 Russell Sekeet, CC BY 2.0.