🏙 Towns & cities
Valletta
capital of Malta
🇲🇹 Malta · 35.8978, 14.5125
Valletta is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Valletta, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 5 more.
1 place inside Valletta has a page of its own — listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Valletta as well.
“Filming in Malta included Valletta, its capital.”
Movies filmed in Valletta
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Valletta 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.
- World War Z 2013
- Jurassic World Dominion 2022
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Midnight Express
1978
“Although the story is set largely in Turkey, production took place almost entirely at Fort Saint Elmo in the Maltese capital Valletta, after permission to film in Istanbul was denied.” Wikipedia
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The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
“Most of filming took place on the island of Malta, where the capital, Valletta, stood in for Marseilles.” Wikipedia
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Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
2010
“Scenes were shot in places including Valletta, Mdina, Gozo and Comino, as well as in lanes, alleys, eight churches and during the time of a village feast.” Wikipedia
Filming locations inside Valletta
1 place inside Valletta, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Valletta too.
Filming locations nearby
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Gozo
🇲🇹 Malta
island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Fort Ricasoli
🇲🇹 Malta
fort in Malta
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🏙 Towns & cities
Mdina
🇲🇹 Malta
City and Local council in Western Region, Malta
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Azure Window
🇲🇹 Malta
former natural limestone arch in the Maltese island of Gozo
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Fort Manoel
🇲🇹 Malta
Star fort in Gzira, Malta
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Fort St Angelo
🇲🇹 Malta
fortification on Malta
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Valletta?
7 productions are recorded as filmed in Valletta, including By the Sea (2015), American Assassin (2017) and World War Z (2013). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Valletta?
By the Sea (2015), covered by 28 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Valletta?
Valletta is in Malta, at 35.8978, 14.5125.
What other filming locations are near Valletta?
Gozo, Fort Ricasoli, Mdina, Azure Window 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 Bengt Nyman, CC BY 3.0.