Towns & cities
Rabat
capital city of Morocco
Morocco · 34.0211, -6.8414
Rabat is recorded as a filming location for 4 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Rabat, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 12 more.
2 places inside Rabat have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Rabat as well.
“After finishing one and a half weeks of filming in Austria, on August 30, Cruise arrived in the Moroccan capital city of Rabat for filming more scenes.”
Movies and TV series filmed in Rabat
- Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation 2015
- L'Maktoub 2022–
- The Unwilling Doctor 1953
- Tabor 1954
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Rabat 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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Patton
1970
“The early scene, where Patton and Muhammed V are reviewing Moroccan troops including the Goumiers, was shot at the Royal Palace in Rabat.” Wikipedia
- American Sniper 2014
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Black Hawk Down
2001
“Most of the film was photographed in the cities of Rabat and Salé; the Task Force Ranger base sequences were filmed at Kénitra and Mehdya.” Wikipedia
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Body of Lies
2008
“In the climactic torture scene, filmed in an ancient, windowless prison cell outside of Rabat, they used only diegetic light: two strong torches carried by the actors playing the torturers.” Wikipedia
- 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 2016
- OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies 2006
- Green Zone 2010
- A Hologram for the King 2016
- The Spy 2019–
- Absolutely Fabulous 1992–2012
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Vigil
2021–
“Scenes were filmed in Casablanca and Rabat in Morocco to portray the country of Wudyan.” Wikipedia
- Baghdad Central 2020–
Filming locations inside Rabat
2 places inside Rabat, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Rabat too.
Filming locations nearby
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Landscapes & nature
Oudaya Garden
Morocco·1 km north-east
Moroccan cultural heritage site
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Castles & palaces
Dar al-Makhzen
Morocco·2 km south
official residence of the king of Morocco
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Towns & cities
Salé
Morocco·4 km north-east
city in Morocco
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Towns & cities
Mehdya
Morocco·30 km north-east
urban commune of Morocco
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Towns & cities
Kenitra
Morocco·35 km north-east
city in Morocco
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Rabat?
16 productions are recorded as filmed in Rabat, including Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), L'Maktoub (2022–) and The Unwilling Doctor (1953). 12 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Rabat?
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), covered by 53 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Rabat?
Rabat is in Morocco. Its coordinates are 34.0211, -6.8414.
What other filming locations are near Rabat?
Oudaya Garden (1 km north-east), Dar al-Makhzen (2 km south), Salé (4 km north-east), Mehdya (30 km north-east) and 1 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 Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0.