France
13 films and 37 exactly located places in France.
Where it was shot · 37 places mapped
Films (13)
- Hugo (2011)
2 exact places
Hugo's Paris station was built in England, while the library and the cinema are the real Paris. - Lucy (2014)
4 exact places
Taipei hotel and Paris university used as real places for a film whose finale leaves Earth behind - Moonraker (1979)
3 exact places
A villain's California estate is a French chateau, his jungle pyramid a Guatemalan ruin, and Rio is the only place that is what it says - Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
1 exact places
Almost none of the New York in this film is in New York: a Venice hotel, a Paris station, a Montreal prison and a Rome studio stand in for it - The Bourne Identity (2002)
7 exact places
Zurich on screen is Prague on the ground, the opening sea is Italy, and a Paris built from stitched-together streets - The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
2 exact places
The Moscow in the opening chase was never filmed: Berlin stood in for it, and Madrid played Turin - The Day of the Jackal (1973)
6 exact places
The Élysée courtyard in the opening is not the Élysée, and the Paris square of the finale is one the police closed for a weekend - The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
2 exact places
Paris fashion week was shot in two days of exteriors; the Paris hotel interiors are a Manhattan hotel. - The French Connection (1971)
1 exact places
A Marseille harbour lunch, a Santa suit in Brooklyn, and a car racing an elevated train under the tracks of Bensonhurst. - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
2 exact places
Panem's districts were built from a Georgia textile mill, a Berlin power station and a Paris housing complex. - The Ninth Gate (1999)
3 exact places
A rare-book hunt across Europe: a Portuguese palace, French castles, and a Toledo street that looks nothing like a Hollywood set - The Substance (2024)
2 exact places
A story set in Los Angeles, shot almost entirely in France: a Paris-area studio and the Côte d'Azur stand in for the city - The Tourist (2010)
2 exact places
A Paris café note sends a stranger on a train to Venice, and half of the Venice you see was shot in other palaces.
Set in vs. shot in
| Film | Story setting | Shot in |
|---|---|---|
| The Devil Wears Prada Set here and shot here | New York, Paris | New York, Paris |
| Hugo Set here and shot here | Paris | Chertsey, London, Paris, Peterborough |
| Lucy Set here and shot here | Paris, Taipei | Paris, Saint-Denis, Taipei, Taoyuan |
| The Bourne Identity Set here and shot here | Mediterranean, On the road, Paris | Central Bohemia, Imperia, Mykonos, Paris |
| The Bourne Ultimatum Set here and shot here | London, Madrid, Moscow | Berlin, London, Madrid, New York City |
| The Day of the Jackal Set here and shot here | Ballancourt-sur-Essonne, Genoa, London | Ballancourt-sur-Essonne, Genoa, London, Nice |
| The French Connection Set here and shot here | Marseille, New York, Washington, D.C. | Cassis, Marseille, New York, Washington, D.C. |
| The Ninth Gate Set here and shot here | New York City, Paris, Sintra | Ferrières-en-Brie, Paris, Puivert, Sintra |
| The Tourist Set here and shot here | Paris, Venice | Paris, Venice |
| Moonraker Set elsewhere, shot here | Rio de Janeiro, Venice | Foz do Iguaçu, Guermantes, Maincy, Merritt Island, Florida |
| Once Upon a Time in America Set elsewhere, shot here | New York | Hoboken, Louiseville, Montreal, New York |
| The Substance Set elsewhere, shot here | Los Angeles | Antibes, Cannes, Carros, Los Angeles |
Walkable clusters of filming places
- 12 places within about 1.5 km, around Île de la Cité · Pont Neuf (7 films)
- 4 places within about 1.5 km, around 9th arrondissement (3 films)
- 3 places within about 1.5 km, around 10th arrondissement (3 films)