🏙 Towns & cities
Wilmette
village in Cook County, Illinois, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 42.0772, -87.7236
Wilmette is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Wilmette, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
1 place inside Wilmette has a page of its own — listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Wilmette as well.
“The exteriors and practical locations were shot in Chicago, Cicero, Skokie, Northbrook, Wilmette, Winnetka, Glencoe, and Riverwoods.”
Movies filmed in Wilmette
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Wilmette 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.
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Home Alone
1990
“The church exteriors were shot at Trinity United Methodist Church in Wilmette, Illinois, while the interiors were shot at Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park, Illinois.” Wikipedia
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Contagion
2011
“Production also took place at Sherman Hospital in Elgin and Central Elementary School in Wilmette, and also in Downtown Western Springs, where the grocery store scene was filmed.” Wikipedia
Filming locations inside Wilmette
1 place inside Wilmette, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Wilmette too.
Named here by Wilmette’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Wilmette, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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Home Alone 1990
“The church was used as a filming location for Home Alone.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Chicago
🇺🇸 United States
city and county seat of Cook County, and largest city in State of Illinois, United States of America
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🛣 Streets & squares
LaSalle Street
🇺🇸 United States
street in Chicago
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🛣 Streets & squares
Wacker Drive
🇺🇸 United States
major multilevel street in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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🛣 Streets & squares
Navy Pier
🇺🇸 United States
amusement pier in Chicago
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Willis Tower
🇺🇸 United States
skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Chicago Theatre
🇺🇸 United States
theater and former movie theater in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Wilmette?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Wilmette, including Uncle Buck (1989), Home Alone (1990) and Contagion (2011). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Wilmette?
Uncle Buck (1989), covered by 26 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Wilmette?
Wilmette is in the United States, at 42.0772, -87.7236.
What other filming locations are near Wilmette?
Chicago, LaSalle Street, Wacker Drive, Navy Pier 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 myself, CC BY-SA 3.0.