Towns & cities
Wellesley
town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
United States · 42.2964, -71.2931
Wellesley is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 7 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
1 production was filmed at 2 places inside Wellesley rather than at Wellesley itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“Elsewhere in Greater Boston, scenes were filmed near an MBTA passenger rail station in downtown Natick; a private, mid-century modern estate in Lincoln, Canton, Wellesley, Waltham, Medfield; and an unoccupied, state-owned facility in Marlborough that was chosen for its round shape.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Wellesley as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Knives Out 2019
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The Company Men
2010
“Partial filming for the production occurred in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston and also in the Boston suburbs of Burlington, Wellesley, Framingham, Marblehead, and the Quincy shipyard.” Wikipedia
- I Care a Lot 2020
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Boston Strangler
2023
“Filming also took place in Jamaica Plain, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Roxbury, and Wellesley, Massachusetts.” Wikipedia
- Thoroughbreds 2017
- Monument Ave. 1998
- We Don't Belong Here 2016
Movies filmed elsewhere in Wellesley
1 production shot at 2 places inside Wellesley, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Wellesley itself.
- Mona Lisa Smile Wellesley College per Wikipedia 2003
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Wellesley College
United States·1 km west
private women's liberal arts college in Massachusetts
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Landscapes & nature
Elm Bank Horticulture Center
United States·2 km south
botanical garden
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Landmarks & buildings
Natick Center station
United States·5 km west
railway station in Natick, Massachusetts
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Towns & cities
Natick
United States·5 km west
town in Massachusetts, United States
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Towns & cities
Needham
United States·5 km east
town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Lasell University
United States·6 km north-east
private university in Auburndale, Massachusetts, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Wellesley?
8 productions are recorded as filmed in Wellesley, 1 of them at places inside it, including Knives Out (2019), The Company Men (2010) and I Care a Lot (2020). 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 Wellesley?
Knives Out (2019), covered by 50 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Wellesley?
Wellesley is in the United States. Its coordinates are 42.2964, -71.2931.
What other filming locations are near Wellesley?
Wellesley College (1 km west), Elm Bank Horticulture Center (2 km south), Natick Center station (5 km west), Natick (5 km west) 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 John Phelan, CC BY 3.0.