I got tired of searching “where was this filmed” and landing on listicles, so I built the map instead. Search a title to see where it was shot, or search a place to see what was made there.
2,538 locations, 4,214 films and series. It is all built from Wikidata, one statement per pin, so every card links back to the source and you can check me.
It is honest about what it does not know, which no listicle is. 938 productions are recorded only at country level and the page says so. Gladiator is Malta and Morocco and nothing finer. Casablanca resolves to California. It also never claims which scene was shot where, because filming records do not carry that.
430 video games are on there too, placed by where they are set rather than shot, because a game is filmed nowhere.
I will see if I can find a solution for it. It is started with wikidata because it is the easiest solution, but I will have to sooner parse because to get a more complete map. I hope to make the map more complete.
Yeah don’t get me wrong. I love the idea and project and that’s exactly why I’m suggesting more sources. I want to see it succeed. I totally get having to start somewhere though and coding the easiest start.