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Salt Lake City

capital city of the U.S. state of Utah and seat of Salt Lake County

🇺🇸 United States · 40.7500, -111.8833

Salt Lake City is recorded as a filming location for 12 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Salt Lake City, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 8 more. 3 video games are also set here.

7 places inside Salt Lake City have a page of their own — listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Salt Lake City as well.

“Some of the external street scenes were filmed in Salt Lake City, and the airport scene was filmed at Salt Lake City International Airport.”

Dumb and Dumber (1994) · Wikipedia

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Movies and TV series filmed in Salt Lake City

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Salt Lake City 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.

Con Air 1997
This Boy's Life 1993
“Additional scenes were shot in the La Sal Mountains, and Moab and Salt Lake City, Utah.” Wikipedia
Hereditary 2018
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 1988
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers 1995
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde 2003
“Although the story is set in Washington, D.C., the film was shot in the offices at the Delta Center and the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois.” Wikipedia
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 1989
“Filmed in Salt Lake City in mid-1989, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers was released theatrically in North America in October of that year by the independent studio Galaxy Releasing.” Wikipedia
Big Love 2006–
“Other exterior shots were filmed in Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, and Sandy, Utah, as well as northeast Los Angeles, California.” Wikipedia

Filming locations inside Salt Lake City

7 places inside Salt Lake City, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Salt Lake City too.

Set here

Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood — a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Salt Lake City?

20 productions are recorded as filmed in Salt Lake City, including High School Musical (2006), 127 Hours (2010) and High School Musical 2 (2007). 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 Salt Lake City?

High School Musical (2006), covered by 61 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Salt Lake City?

Salt Lake City is in the United States, at 40.7500, -111.8833.

What other filming locations are near Salt Lake City?

East High School, Murray High School, Park City, Snowbird 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, Public domain.