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Santa Monica

beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States

United States · 34.0219, -118.4814

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Santa Monica is recorded as a filming location for 123 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Santa Monica, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 58 more.

5 productions were filmed at 11 places inside Santa Monica rather than at Santa Monica itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“The theatre marquee was shot at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.”
Donnie Darko (2001) · Wikipedia

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Santa Monica
Photo: Mike Gonzalez (TheCoffee) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies and TV series filmed in Santa Monica

The 60 most widely covered are above. The other 63 filmed in Santa Monica:

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Santa Monica 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.

And 6 more, per Wikipedia:

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Santa Monica

5 productions shot at 11 places inside Santa Monica, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Santa Monica itself.

Named here by Santa Monica’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Santa Monica, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Santa Monica, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Santa Monica?

192 productions are recorded as filmed in Santa Monica, 5 of them at places inside it, including Forrest Gump (1994), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and The Social Network (2010). 64 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Santa Monica?

Forrest Gump (1994), covered by 137 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Santa Monica?

Santa Monica is in the United States. Its coordinates are 34.0219, -118.4814.

What other filming locations are near Santa Monica?

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (under 1 km), Providence Saint John's Health Center (under 1 km), Santa Monica High School (1 km south), Santa Monica Place (1 km south-west) 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 Mike Gonzalez (TheCoffee), CC BY-SA 3.0.