Towns & cities

Princeton

municipality in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States

United States · 40.3522, -74.6569

Princeton is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 11 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.

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

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Princeton 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.

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Princeton

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

House M.D. Princeton University per Wikipedia 2004–
Admission Princeton University per Wikipedia 2013
Last Embrace Princeton University per Wikipedia 1979

Named here by Princeton’s own Wikipedia article

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

House M.D. 2004–

“Princeton University's Frist Campus Center was used for the aerial views of the fictional Princeton‑Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, as seen in the television series House.” Wikipedia
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009

“Parts of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen were filmed in Princeton.” Wikipedia
The Happening 2008

“Scenes from the 2008 movie The Happening were filmed in Princeton.” Wikipedia
Across the Universe 2007

“Scenes from the beginning of Across the Universe (2007) were filmed on the Princeton University campus.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Princeton?

14 productions are recorded as filmed in Princeton, 3 of them at places inside it, including A Beautiful Mind (2001), Oppenheimer (2023) and Scent of a Woman (1992). 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 Princeton?

A Beautiful Mind (2001), covered by 86 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Princeton?

Princeton is in the United States. Its coordinates are 40.3522, -74.6569.

What other filming locations are near Princeton?

Princeton Public Library (under 1 km), Rockefeller College (under 1 km), Frist Campus Center (under 1 km), Princeton University (under 1 km) 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 Djkeddie, CC BY-SA 4.0.