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Queenstown

resort town in Otago Region, New Zealand

🇳🇿 New Zealand · -45.0311, 168.6625

Queenstown is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Queenstown, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 8 more.

“The Kashmir sequences were filmed in Queenstown.”

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed in Queenstown

Mission: Impossible – Fallout 2018

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Queenstown 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.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
“The Return of the King was shot during 2000, though Astin's coverage from Gollum's attempt to separate Frodo and Sam was filmed on 24 November 1999, when floods in Queenstown interrupted the focus on The Fellowship of the Ring.” Wikipedia
X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2009
“Controversy arose as the Queenstown Lakes District Council disputed the Department of Labour's decision to allow Fox to store explosives in the local ice skating rink.” Wikipedia
Vertical Limit 2000
Wolf Man 2025
“Forest scenes were shot in the South Island's Queenstown, while sets for the farmstead—the house, barn, and greenhouse—were built inside Wellington's Lane Street Studios in the North Island, with Upper Hutt as the production's base camp.” Wikipedia
Legend of the Seeker 2008–
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai 2000
“Portions of the song "Na Tum Jano Na Hum" and additional scenes were filmed across locations in New Zealand, particularly Christchurch and Queenstown.” Wikipedia
Top of the Lake 2013–2017
“Filming took 18 weeks and was shot entirely on location in Queenstown and Glenorchy, in Otago, on the South Island of New Zealand.” Wikipedia

Named here by Queenstown’s own Wikipedia article

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

Willow 1988

“Queenstown was the base for filming the 1988 film Willow.” Wikipedia
Top of the Lake 2013–2017

“Jane Campion's six-part drama mystery Top of the Lake was shot during 2012 for pay TV release in 2013.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Queenstown?

9 productions are recorded as filmed in Queenstown, including Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). 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 Queenstown?

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), covered by 55 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Queenstown?

Queenstown is in New Zealand, at -45.0311, 168.6625.

What other filming locations are near Queenstown?

Glenorchy, Paradise, The Remarkables, Arrow River 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 Lawrence Murray from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0.