Towns & cities

Rancho Palos Verdes

city in Los Angeles County, California, United States

United States · 33.7583, -118.3642

Rancho Palos Verdes is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Rancho Palos Verdes, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 10 more.

2 places inside Rancho Palos Verdes have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Rancho Palos Verdes as well.

“In October, the crew was shooting scenes at Rancho Palos Verdes.”

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed in Rancho Palos Verdes

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Rancho Palos Verdes 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.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003
Dunkirk 2017
The O.C. 2003–
“Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes was used three times on the show—twice for a wedding and once for a funeral.” Wikipedia
Lethal Weapon 2 1989
“The scenes in which Riggs and Rika are ambushed by helicopters at night on the beach were filmed at Marineland of the Pacific in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on "Cobble Beach".” Wikipedia
Twins 1988
Hot Shots! 1991
Murder by Numbers 2002
2010: The Year We Make Contact 1984
“The majority of the film was shot on MGM's soundstages in Culver City, California, with the exception of a week of location work in Washington, DC, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and at the Very Large Array in New Mexico.” Wikipedia
Step Brothers 2008
“Parts of the shoot took place at Sony Pictures Studios' sound stages in Culver City, California, as well as Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, which stood in for Catalina Island to film the Catalina Wine Mixer.” Wikipedia
Life as a House 2001

Filming locations inside Rancho Palos Verdes

2 places inside Rancho Palos Verdes, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Rancho Palos Verdes too.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Rancho Palos Verdes?

12 productions are recorded as filmed in Rancho Palos Verdes, including Chinatown (1974), Innerspace (1987) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). 10 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Rancho Palos Verdes?

Chinatown (1974), covered by 61 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Rancho Palos Verdes?

Rancho Palos Verdes is in the United States. Its coordinates are 33.7583, -118.3642.

What other filming locations are near Rancho Palos Verdes?

Palos Verdes Peninsula (2 km east), Chadwick School (2 km north), Wayfarers Chapel (2 km south-west), Portuguese Bend (3 km south) 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 Cardinalngold at English Wikipedia, Public domain.