Towns & cities
Skokie
village in Cook County, Illinois, United States
United States · 42.0336, -87.7328
Skokie is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 8 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.
1 place inside Skokie has a page of its own: listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Skokie as well.
“The exteriors and practical locations were shot in Chicago, Cicero, Skokie, Northbrook, Wilmette, Winnetka, Glencoe, and Riverwoods.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Skokie 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.
- Home Alone 3 1997
- Weird Science 1985
- Sixteen Candles 1984
- The Weather Man 2005
- Uncle Buck 1989
- She's Having a Baby 1988
- Running Scared 1986
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The Lucky Ones
2008
“Much of the film was shot on location in Illinois at sites including Alsip, Arlington Heights, Barrington, Bolingbrook, Chicago, Edwardsville, Naperville, Niles, O' Fallon and Park Ridge and Skokie.” Wikipedia
Filming locations inside Skokie
1 place inside Skokie, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Skokie too.
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Niles East High School
United States·2 km south-west
high school in Skokie, Cook County, Illinois
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Towns & cities
Lincolnwood
United States·3 km south
village in Cook County, Illinois, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Niles North High School
United States·3 km north-west
high school in Illinois, United States
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Towns & cities
Evanston
United States·4 km east
suburban city in Cook County, Illinois, United States
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Towns & cities
Morton Grove
United States·5 km west
village in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
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Towns & cities
Wilmette
United States·5 km north
village in Cook County, Illinois, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Skokie?
8 productions are recorded as filmed in Skokie, including Home Alone 3 (1997), Weird Science (1985) and Sixteen Candles (1984). 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 Skokie?
Home Alone 3 (1997), covered by 50 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Skokie?
Skokie is in the United States. Its coordinates are 42.0336, -87.7328.
What other filming locations are near Skokie?
Niles East High School (2 km south-west), Lincolnwood (3 km south), Niles North High School (3 km north-west), Evanston (4 km east) 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 Dougtone, CC BY-SA 2.0.