Landscapes & nature
Rub' al Khali
desert
Saudi Arabia · 20.0000, 50.0000
Rub' al Khali is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
“Scenes featuring the rock formations functioning as the Fremens' heat shelters were filmed at the Rub' al Khali desert.”
Movies filmed at Rub' al Khali
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Rub' al Khali 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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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Rub' al Khali?
4 productions are recorded as filmed at Rub' al Khali, including Dune (2021), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Rub' al Khali?
Dune (2021), covered by 70 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Rub' al Khali?
Rub' al Khali is in Saudi Arabia. Its coordinates are 20.0000, 50.0000.
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 Nepenthes, CC BY-SA 3.0.