Landmarks & buildings

World Trade Center

former skyscraper complex in Manhattan, New York (1968-2001)

United States · 40.7114, -74.0125

World Trade Center is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 18 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.

“Some films such as King Kong (1976) used the World Trade Center's Twin Towers as a setting for lengthy scenes, while others such as Independence Day (1996) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) depicted the complex only briefly.”

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names World Trade Center 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.

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992
Live and Let Die 1973
Three Days of the Condor 1975
“The film was shot on location in New York City (including the World Trade Center, 55 East 77th Street, Brooklyn Heights, The Ansonia, and Central Park), New Jersey (including Hoboken Terminal), and Washington, D.C. (including the National Mall).” Wikipedia
Trading Places 1983
Zoolander 2001
Succession 2018–2023
Working Girl 1988
Koyaanisqatsi 1982
King Kong 1976
“On one of the nights of filming Kong's death at the World Trade Center, over 30,000 people showed up at the site to be extras for the scene.” Wikipedia
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990
“Much of the production took place in North Carolina, with a couple of location shoots in New York City during the summer of 1989 to capture famous landmark areas, such as the World Trade Center, Times Square, the Empire State Building, and the Hudson River.” Wikipedia
The Wiz 1978
“Astroland at Coney Island was used for the Tin Man scene, with The Cyclone as a backdrop, while the World Trade Center served as the Emerald City.” Wikipedia
Baraka 1992
Bad Company 2002
The Guru 2002
“Locations in New York City included Times Square, Manhattan's Chinatown, Central Park, Hunts Point, Queens, Brooklyn, the George Washington Bridge, and close to the World Trade Center (the shot was not removed after the September 11 attacks).” Wikipedia
The Brain 1969
Mazes and Monsters 1982
Jeans 1998
“Shankar also filmed in New Jersey and New York City at the World Trade Center when co-producer Michael Salomon and his wife, Luciana Paluzzi visited the sets of Jeans.” Wikipedia
People I Know 2002

Named here by World Trade Center’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at World Trade Center, 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.

The Walk 2015

“French high wire acrobatic performer Philippe Petit walked between the two towers on a tightrope, as shown in the documentary film Man on Wire (2008) and depicted in the feature film The Walk (2015).” Wikipedia
The Wiz 1978

“In 1999, one writer noted: "Nearly every guidebook in New York City lists the Twin Towers among the city's top ten attractions." Among the films that used the complex as a filming location was Sidney Lumet's The Wiz (1978), where the World Trade Center was used to represent Emerald City.” Wikipedia

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at World Trade Center?

18 productions are recorded as filmed at World Trade Center, including Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Live and Let Die (1973) and Three Days of the Condor (1975). 18 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at World Trade Center?

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), covered by 67 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is World Trade Center?

World Trade Center is in the United States. Its coordinates are 40.7114, -74.0125.

What other filming locations are near World Trade Center?

World Trade Center (rebuilt) (under 1 km), 4 World Trade Center (1975) (under 1 km), 4 World Trade Center (under 1 km), Liberty Street (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 Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 3.0.