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Washington, D.C.

capital city of the United States of America

🇺🇸 United States · 38.8950, -77.0367

Washington, D.C. is recorded as a filming location for 26 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Washington, D.C., rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 36 more. 33 video games and 1 anime are also set here.

21 productions were filmed at 58 places inside Washington, D.C. rather than at Washington, D.C. itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Although a large part of the film was set in and around Washington, D.C., the real DC appears only in aerial establishing shots.”
The Bourne Legacy (2012) · Wikipedia

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Washington, D.C.
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Movies and TV series filmed in Washington, D.C.

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Washington, D.C. 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.

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Washington, D.C.

21 productions shot at 58 places inside Washington, D.C., each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Washington, D.C. itself.

46 more places are inside Washington, D.C. — see them on the map.

Set here

Video games and Anime that take place here. None of them is filmed anywhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood — a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason. The rows marked per its source work are placed by the book they adapt rather than by a statement of their own.

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Washington, D.C., 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.

Drawn from this place

Video games whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Washington, D.C. as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Washington, D.C.?

83 productions are recorded as filmed in Washington, D.C., 21 of them at places inside it, including Transformers (2007), Argo (2012) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). 36 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Washington, D.C.?

Transformers (2007), covered by 68 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Washington, D.C.?

Washington, D.C. is in the United States, at 38.8950, -77.0367.

What other filming locations are near Washington, D.C.?

Oval Office, George Washington University, National Mall, Dupont Circle 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 Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.