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Washington, D.C.

capital city of the United States of America

United States · 38.8950, -77.0367

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Washington, D.C. is recorded as a filming location for 27 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Washington, D.C., rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 60 more. 30 video games and 1 anime are also set here.

13 productions were filmed at 65 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.

The 29 most widely covered are above. The other 1 filmed in Washington, D.C.:

  • America's Most Wanted 1988–

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.

And 132 more, per Wikipedia:

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

13 productions shot at 65 places inside Washington, D.C., each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Washington, D.C. itself.

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.

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.?

232 productions are recorded as filmed in Washington, D.C., 13 of them at places inside it, including Transformers (2007), Argo (2012) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). 192 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. Its coordinates are 38.8950, -77.0367.

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

White House (under 1 km), Treasury Building (under 1 km), DAR Constitution Hall (under 1 km), Willard InterContinental Washington (under 1 km) and 2 more, 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 Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.