Towns & cities

San Antonio

city in Bexar, Comal, and Medina counties in Texas, United States; seat of Bexar County

United States · 29.4250, -98.4939

San Antonio is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 53 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

9 places inside San Antonio have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against San Antonio as well.

“Wings was shot and completed on a budget of $2 million at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas between September 7, 1926, and April 7, 1927.”

Wings (1927) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names San Antonio as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Wings 1927
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls 1995
Miss Congeniality 2000
Battleship 2012
Syriana 2005
Spy Kids 2001
The Getaway 1972
“Other shooting locations included the Texas towns San Marcos, San Antonio and El Paso.” Wikipedia
Lolita 1997
The Sugarland Express 1974
“Other scenes were filmed in San Antonio, Live Oak, Floresville, Pleasanton, Converse and Del Rio, Texas.” Wikipedia
The Big Parade 1925
Selena 1997
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 2002
America's Got Talent 2006
“Auditions held in the cities of New York, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Antonio were filmed for the new season.” Wikipedia
General Hospital 1963–
“Location shooting at sites including Mount Rushmore in South Dakota; Niagara Falls; Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Big Bear and Avalon (Catalina Island), California; and San Antonio, Texas are some that propelled the story.” Wikipedia
Everybody Wants Some!! 2016
“Other shooting locations included San Marcos, Texas, Bastrop, Texas, Elgin, Texas and San Antonio.” Wikipedia
Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985
Toy Soldiers 1991
“Petrie and crew left Virginia for four days in San Antonio, Texas, starting on November 4.” Wikipedia
The Big Brawl 1980
All the Pretty Horses 2000
Stop-Loss 2008
Powder 1995
Hard Times 1975
Rolling Thunder 1977
“The movie was shot in San Antonio, Pearsall, and Del Rio, Texas in 31 days.” Wikipedia
Blank Check 1994
“Blank Check was filmed in Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas.” Wikipedia
I Wanted Wings 1941
Wrong Is Right 1982
“Filming locations include El Paso, New York, Washington, D.C., Texas, New Mexico, France, Italy, the Alamo in San Antonio, White Sands National Park, Alamogordo and Albuquerque, and others.” Wikipedia
Father Hood 1993
Elvis on Tour 1972
Nadine 1987
Johnny Be Good 1988
“Filming mainly took place in San Antonio, Texas.” Wikipedia
The Newton Boys 1998
True Women 1997
“Filmed in Austin, San Antonio, and McDade, Texas, the series covers five decades, from the Texas Revolution through Native American uprisings and the Civil War to the early stages of the women's suffrage movement.” Wikipedia
Knight Rider 2000 1991
The Immortal Alamo 1911
“The film was shot in San Antonio, Texas and on location at the Alamo.” Wikipedia
8 Seconds 1994
American Ninja Warrior 2009–
“The season format is similar to the previous season, but the filming of qualifying episodes was moved to the Alamodome in San Antonio.” Wikipedia
Race with the Devil 1975
“Race with the Devil was shot on location in Bandera, San Antonio, Castroville, Tarpley, and Leakey, Texas.” Wikipedia
Kevin (Probably) Saves the World 2017–
Cloak & Dagger 1984
My All-American 2015
“Scenes were shot in 7 different cities ranging from San Antonio to Austin.” Wikipedia
Amor dividido 2022–
The Warrens of Virginia 1924
The Masked Rider 1919
“Scenes were filmed in Mission San Jose in San Antonio, Castroville and Bandera, Texas, and in Coahuíla, Mexico.” Wikipedia
Air Cadet 1951
Lost Angels 1989
“Despite being set in Los Angeles, Lost Angels was primarily filmed in and around San Antonio, Texas.” Wikipedia
The Walking Deceased 2015
Butcher Boys 2012
“Production took place in both Austin and San Antonio.” Wikipedia
Dungeons of Horror 1964
“Shot in and near San Antonio, Texas, it was directed by, co-edited and co-written by San Antonio television anchorman and future comic book artist Pat Boyette who also scored the film with public domain music and drew the film poster.” Wikipedia
De sangre chicana 1974
“The film was shot on location in San Antonio, with David E. Wilt of The Mexican Film Bulletin reporting that some interiors were filmed at the Estudios América as well.” Wikipedia
Sanitarium 2013
My Two Loves 1986
“My Two Loves was filmed on location in San Antonio, Texas.” Wikipedia
The Weird Ones 1962
“A low-budget production, the film was shot in and around San Antonio as most of Boyette's films.” Wikipedia
No Man's Land 1964
“No Man's Land was filmed in and around San Antonio, Texas in 1962, partly on the ranch of Major General Harry H. Johnson on the S. Flores Road.” Wikipedia

Filming locations inside San Antonio

9 places inside San Antonio, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against San Antonio too.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in San Antonio?

53 productions are recorded as filmed in San Antonio, including Wings (1927), Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) and Miss Congeniality (2000). 53 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in San Antonio?

Wings (1927), covered by 56 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is San Antonio?

San Antonio is in the United States. Its coordinates are 29.4250, -98.4939.

What other filming locations are near San Antonio?

San Antonio River Walk (under 1 km), Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and United States Courthouse (under 1 km), Alamo Mission (under 1 km), Shops at Rivercenter (under 1 km) 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 Jouaienttoi, CC BY-SA 4.0.