Towns & cities
Veracruz
town in Veracruz Municipality, State of Veracruz, Mexico
Mexico · 19.1903, -96.1533
Veracruz is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Veracruz, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 16 more.
1 place inside Veracruz has a page of its own: listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Veracruz as well.
“Filming locations included Veracruz (Fort of San Juan de Ulúa), Huasca de Ocampo, Xalapa, El Arenal, Tonaya, Xico, Barraca Grande, the Valle de Silencio, New York City, and Snow Canyon, Utah.”
Movies filmed in Veracruz
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Veracruz 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.
- Apocalypto 2006
- Sicario 2015
- Romeo + Juliet 1996
- Romancing the Stone 1984
- Before Night Falls 2000
- Collateral Damage 2002
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Sorcerer
1977
“To create four prologues for the characters' respective backstories, Friedkin shot each of the vignettes on location, respectively in Paris for Victor Manzon, Jerusalem for Kassem, Elizabeth, New Jersey, for Jackie Scanlon, and Veracruz, Mexico, for Nilo.” Wikipedia
- Get the Gringo 2012
- No One Writes to the Colonel 1999
- Mariana de la Noche 2003–
- The Big Steal 1950
- Boulevard du Rhum 1971
- Enamorándome de Ramón 2017–
- Ángela 1998–
- Voyager 1991
- El Dragón: Return of a Warrior 2019–
Filming locations inside Veracruz
1 place inside Veracruz, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Veracruz too.
Filming locations nearby
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Castles & palaces
Castle of San Juan de Ulúa
Mexico·3 km north-east
colonial Spanish group of defensive military settlements in Veracruz, Mexico
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Towns & cities
Boca del Río
Mexico·11 km south-east
municipal seat of Boca del Río, State of Veracruz, Mexico
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Towns & cities
Paso de Ovejas
Mexico·32 km west
municipal seat of Paso de Ovejas, State of Veracruz, Mexico
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Veracruz?
17 productions are recorded as filmed in Veracruz, including 499 (2020), Apocalypto (2006) and Sicario (2015). 16 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Veracruz?
499 (2020), covered by 5 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Veracruz?
Veracruz is in Mexico. Its coordinates are 19.1903, -96.1533.
What other filming locations are near Veracruz?
Castle of San Juan de Ulúa (3 km north-east), Boca del Río (11 km south-east) and Paso de Ovejas (32 km west), 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 Ralf Roletschek, GFDL 1.2.