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St. Louis

independent city in Missouri, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 38.6264, -90.1994

St. Louis is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 4 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.

3 productions were filmed at 5 places inside St. Louis rather than at St. Louis itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Up in the Air was primarily filmed in St. Louis with additional scenes shot in Detroit, Omaha, Las Vegas, and Miami.”

Up in the Air (2009) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names St. Louis 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.

Up in the Air 2009
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 2014
“On November 24, 2014, it was reported that in relation to the Ferguson unrest following the shooting of Michael Brown, a protester had scrawled graffiti reading "If we burn, you burn with us" on an arch in St. Louis, Missouri.” Wikipedia
Escape from New York 1981
“After the success of Halloween (1978), he had enough influence to begin production and filmed it mainly in St. Louis, Missouri, on an estimated budget of $6 million.” Wikipedia
National Lampoon's Vacation 1983
“Parts of the film were shot in Monument Valley, Utah; Flagstaff, Sedona, and the Grand Canyon in Arizona; Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia and Magic Mountain in California; Southern Colorado, and St. Louis, Missouri.” Wikipedia

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in St. Louis

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

Koyaanisqatsi Pruitt–Igoe per Wikipedia 1982
42 Sportsman's Park per Wikipedia 2013
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Gateway Arch per Wikipedia 2023–

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in St. Louis, 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 St. Louis?

7 productions are recorded as filmed in St. Louis, 3 of them at places inside it, including Up in the Air (2009), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014) and Escape from New York (1981). 4 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in St. Louis?

Up in the Air (2009), covered by 51 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is St. Louis?

St. Louis is in the United States, at 38.6264, -90.1994.

What other filming locations are near St. Louis?

St. Charles, Missouri River, Freeburg, St. Louis Lambert International Airport 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, by Sam valadi, CC BY 2.0.