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Towns & cities

Riyadh

capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia · 24.6500, 46.7100

Official site

Riyadh is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Riyadh, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 5 more.

1 place inside Riyadh has a page of its own: listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Riyadh as well.

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Riyadh
Photo: B.alotaby · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies filmed in Riyadh

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Riyadh 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.

Filming locations inside Riyadh

1 place inside Riyadh, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Riyadh too.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Riyadh?

7 productions are recorded as filmed in Riyadh, including The Tambour of Retribution (2020), Zero Distance (2019) and Wadjda (2012). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Riyadh?

The Tambour of Retribution (2020), covered by 7 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Riyadh?

Riyadh is in Saudi Arabia. Its coordinates are 24.6500, 46.7100.

What other filming locations are near Riyadh?

Palace of Government (2 km south) and Al Rajhi Mosque (8 km north-east), 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 B.alotaby, CC BY-SA 4.0.