🏙 Towns & cities
Tangier
city in and capital of Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
🇲🇦 Morocco · 35.7696, -5.8034
Tangier is recorded as a filming location for 4 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Tangier, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 7 more.
1 production was filmed at 1 place inside Tangier rather than at Tangier itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“Tangier, Morocco, doubled as Mombasa, where Cobb hires Eames and Yusuf.”
Movies filmed in Tangier
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Tangier 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.
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Spectre
2015
“After wrapping up in England, production travelled to Morocco in June, with filming taking place in Oujda, Tangier and Erfoud, after preliminary work was completed by the production's second unit.” Wikipedia
- Black Widow 2021
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Allied
2016
“Freeman stated that filming in the Canary Islands happened as finding locations in Morocco proved a challenge due to the architecture of cities like Casablanca and Tangiers changing significantly since the time period the film is set in.” Wikipedia
- Only Lovers Left Alive 2013
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Legionnaire
1998
“The film was filmed in Morocco at Tangier and Ouarzazate.” Wikipedia
- Omar 2012–
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La unidad
2020–
“While some outdoor shots were filmed in Nigeria, France and Tangiers, most of the filming (about 85%) took place in Galicia.” Wikipedia
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Tangier
1 production shot at 1 place inside Tangier, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Tangier itself.
- The Living Daylights Forbes Museum of Tangier per Wikipedia 1987
Filming locations nearby
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Forbes Museum of Tangier
🇲🇦 Morocco
Former official residence in Tangier, Morocco
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🏙 Towns & cities
Tarifa
🇪🇸 Spain
municipality and town in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain
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🏙 Towns & cities
Tétouan
🇲🇦 Morocco
Moroccan city located in the Western Rif
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Tangier?
12 productions are recorded as filmed in Tangier, 1 of them at places inside it, including Inception (2010), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and The Black Crown (1951). 7 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Tangier?
Inception (2010), covered by 97 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Tangier?
Tangier is in Morocco, at 35.7696, -5.8034.
What other filming locations are near Tangier?
Forbes Museum of Tangier, Tarifa and Tétouan, 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 Mike McBey, CC BY 2.0.