GLOBAL Canada 14 29 49 72 Germany United Kingdom 42 55 CINEMA 4 14 31 58 70 Poland Two of the lowest-budgeted lms on this 60 64 77 73 100 6 42 Top 100 list were lmed in Spain, and both 79 87 92 Czech Republic exploring the shooting locations of 88 were collaborations between director Sergio 93 94 France 14 36 Italy Japan United States Leone and actors Clint Eastwood and Lee Van 38 70 2 3 26 Korea imdb.com’s 100 highest-rated movies Spain The real-life locations of Tattooine in A 14 20 99 (see inset below) Cleef. Talk about an economical team! 74 100 47 56 67 8 97 72 91 New Hope and Cairo in Raiders of the Lost China Ark are actually just a couple miles away 4 Tunisia 19 36 from one another in Tunisia, Africa. Morocco 47 84
Mexico 64 out of the 100 movies on this list were lmed at least India 28 The highest-budgeted movie on this 60 Under $5 million average budget of partially in the United States. It’s worth keeping in mind, list, The Dark Knight Rises; used Rajasthan, though, that the movies shown on this map are the ones India for the scenes outside the dreaded $5 - $15 million the movies in an rated highly by imdb’s primarily American user base. prison called The Pit. Philippines area that make 48 $15 - $50 million Although Apocalypse Now is set within the thick of the imdb’s Top 100 Vietnam War, it was lmed in the Philippines because of $50 - $100 million tension between Vietnam and the US government. Greater than $100 million Brazil 21
1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 62 American Beauty (1999) 2 The Godfather (1972) 63 Grave of the Fire ies (1988) 3 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 64 Aliens (1986) 4 The Dark Knight (2008) 65 Citizen Kane (1941) 5 12 Angry Men (1957) 66 North by Northwest (1959) 6 Schindler's List (1993) 67 Oldboy (2003) 7 Pulp Fiction (1994) 68 Princess Mononoke (1997) Australia 18 8 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 69 Vertigo (1958) 9 The Lord of the Rings: 70 Das Boot (1981) The Return of the King (2003) 71 Star Wars: Episode VI - 10 Fight Club (1999) Return of the Jedi (1983) The #1 movie on this list, The Shawshank 11 The Lord of the Rings: 72 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 73 M (1931) Oregon Redemption, was lmed in the humble state of 12 Star Wars: Episode V - 74 Amélie (2001) 12 15 57 Ohio where the Manseld Reformatory serves as New York The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 75 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 2 3 5 17 27 44 Massachusetts backdrop to the action in Shawshank Prison. 13 Forrest Gump (1994) 38 The Intouchables (2011) 76 Resevoir Dogs (1992) New Zealand 66 72 80 82 85 44 Wyoming 14 Inception (2010) 39 Modern Times (1936) 77 Braveheart (1995) 9 11 16 59 Pennsylvania 15 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 40 The Green Mile (1999) 78 Toy Story 3 (2010) 16 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 41 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 79 A Clockwork Orange (1971) Nevada 23 60 Ohio 17 Goodfellas (1990) 42 The Pianist (2002) 80 Requiem for a Dream (2000) California 46 Utah Illinois 1 18 Matrix (1999) 43 Whiplash (2014) 81 YOU SHALL NOT PASS! 7 10 14 22 24 92 Colorado 4 89 Double Indemnity (1944) 44 25 32 35 36 39 51 62 19 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) The Departed (2006) 82 Taxi Driver (1976) Animated Films 20 Seven Samurai (1954) 45 Back to the Future (1985) 83 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 41 43 45 46 50 30 53 61 21 City of God (2002) 46 Memento (2000) 84 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 51 54 59 62 65 63 68 78 Tennessee 22 Se7en (1995) 47 Gladiator (2000) 85 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 66 69 71 76 81 86 96 Arizona 40 23 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 48 Apocalypse Now (1979) 86 Inside Out (2015) 83 89 90 95 98 In-Studio Films 28 33 24 The Usual Suspects (1995) 49 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop 87 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 34 37 35 71 25 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 88 Amadeus (1984) Georgia 52 75 Alabama 13 26 Life is Beautiful (1997) 50 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 89 The Sting (1973) World Map 83 27 Léon: The Professional (1994) 51 The Prestige (2006) 90 Singin' In the Rain (1952) (1:80,000,000) If you guessed that a good number of these lms Winkel Tripel 52 Louisiana 28 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Alien (1979) 91 Bicycle Thieves (1948) sp 50.467; cm 0.0 were shot in or around Hollywood, you’d be correct! 53 59 29 Interstellar (2014) The Lion King (1994) 92 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) California clocks in as the most-used setting with 30 30 Spirited Away (2001) 54 The Great Dictator (1940) 93 Snatch. (2000) US Inset Map Florida Though almost all lms have some (1:30,000,000) movies that use it as a primary lming location. 49 31 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 55 The Lives of Others (2006) 94 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) work done in sound stages or studios, it Albers Equal Area Conic 32 American History X (1998) 56 Cinema Paradiso (1988) 95 The Kid (1921) sp 29.5, 45.5; cm -96.0 was common in the 50s and earlier to 33 Casablanca (1942) 57 The Shining (1980) 96 Toy Story (1995) shoot an entire lm on a faux set. 34 City Lights (1931) 58 Paths of Glory (1957) 97 For a Few Dollars More (1965) Most recent data accessed from 35 Psycho (1960) 59 Django Unchained (2012) 98 L.A. Condential (1997) imdb.com on December 4, 2015. 36 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 60 The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 99 Rashomon (1950) Map designed by Trevor Clementi, whose 37 Rear Window (1954) 61 WALL-E (2008) 100 Inglourious Basterds (2009) favorite movie is One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.