List of films set in Washington, D.C. explained

See also: List of television shows set in Washington, D.C..

This is a list of feature films set in Washington, D.C.

Released Title DirectorComments Filmed in DC
2022 The 355
2009 2012 [1]
1997 Absolute Power
2015 Accidental Love
2016 The Accountant
1962 Advise & Consent Main Setting [2]
2018 Affairs of State
1997 Air Force One
1976 All the President's Men Main Setting, National Film Registry[3]
2016 All the Way Main Setting
2001 Along Came a Spider
1995 The American President Main Setting [4]
1997 Amistad
2019 Angel Has Fallen
1982 Annie
2015 Ant-Man
2012 Argo [5]
1999 Arlington Road Main Setting
1998 Armageddon
1992 Article 99
1987 Assassination
2020 The Banker
2016
2012 Battleship
1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1979 Being There Main Setting, National Film Registry[6]
1999 Bicentennial Man
1977 Billy Jack Goes to Washington Main Setting
2009 Black Dynamite
1977 Black Sunday
2022 Blacklight
2013 Blue Caprice
2008 Body of Lies
1992 Boomerang
2008 Borat
1950 Born Yesterday National Film Registry
1993 Born Yesterday
2012 The Bourne Legacy Tony Gilroy
2007Breach Main Setting
2015Bridge of Spies
1987Broadcast News Main Setting National Film Registry
2008Burn After Reading
2013The Butler Main Setting
1995Canadian Bacon
1972The Candidate
2014 Main Setting
2010Casino Jack
1996Chain Reaction
1989Chances Are Main Setting
2007Charlie Wilson's War
2004Chasing Liberty Andy Cadiff
2024 Civil WarAlex GarlandMain setting
1994Clear and Present Danger
2002Collateral Damage
2015Concussion
1997Contact
2000The Contender Main Setting
2003The Core
1996Courage Under Fire
1955The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1947Crossfire
1983D.C. Cab Main Setting
1958Damn Yankees George Abbott, Stanley Donen
1983Daniel
1993Dave Main Setting
2004The Day After Tomorrow
1951The Day the Earth Stood Still National Film Registry
1998Deep Impact
2004The Defender
1999Dick Main Setting
1990Die Hard 2
1992The Distinguished Gentleman
1991Doc Hollywood
2021Don't Look Up
2011The Double
1944The Doughgirls
1964 Main Setting National Film Registry
1994Drop Zone
2004Eagle Eye
1956Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
2013The East
2006Eight Below
1999Election
2016Elvis & Nixon
2002The Emperor's Club
2006End Game
1998Enemy of the State
1996Eraser
2007Evan Almighty
1973Executive Action
1996Executive Decision
1973The Exorcist Main Setting, National Film Registry, see Exorcist steps
1990The Exorcist III
1964Fail Safe
2010Fair Game
2011Fast Five
1951FBI Girl
1959The FBI Story
1992A Few Good Men
1980The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
2013The Fifth Estate
1993The Firm
2004First Daughter
1980First Family
1996First Kid
1948For the Love of Mary
1994Forrest Gump
1971The French Connection National Film Registry
2008Frost/Nixon
1997G.I. Jane
2013
2009
1933Gabriel Over the White House
2019Georgetown Main Setting
2017Geostorm
1996Get on the Bus
2008Get Smart Main Setting
2023Ghosted Dexter FletcherMain Setting
2012Goats Christopher Neil
1974The Godfather Part II National Film Registry
2019Godzilla: King of the Monsters Michael Dougherty
2013A Good Day to Die Hard
2006The Good Shepherd
1986Good to Go Blaine Novak
1943Government Girl
2022The Gray Man
1978The Greek Tycoon
1979Hair
2001Hannibal
2011Haywire
2003Head of State
1986Heartburn
2000Hollow Man
1980Hopscotch
1997The House of Yes
1958Houseboat
2010How Do You Know
2018Hunter Killer Donovan Marsh
1997I Think I Do
2016I.T.
2006Idiocracy Main Setting
1993In the Line of Fire
2009In the Loop Main Setting
1996Independence Day
2016
2007The Invasion
2019The Irishman
2010Iron Man 2
2013Iron Man 3
2020Irresistible
2011J. Edgar Main Setting
2016
2014
1997The Jackal Michael Caton-Jones
2016Jackie Pablo LarraínMain Setting
2016Jason Bourne Paul Greengrass
1991JFK Oliver Stone
2010Jonah Hex Jimmy Hayward
1938Judge Hardy's Children
2014Kill the Messenger
2023 Killers of the Flower MoonMartin Scorsese
2014
2017
1997Kiss the Girls
1964Kisses for My President
2017
1944Ladies of Washington
1973The Last Detail
2019The Last Full Measure
2016LBJ
2003 Main Setting
2013Life of a King Jake Goldberger
2012Lincoln Main Setting
2007Lions for Lambs Main Setting
2007Live Free or Die Hard
1992Live Wire
2012Lockout James Mather, Stephen Saint Leger
1976Logan's Run
2016London Has Fallen
1939The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
2019Long Shot
2010 Dario Piana
2016Loving
2010MacGruber
1946Magnificent Doll
1955A Man Called Peter
1983The Man Who Wasn't There
1985The Man with One Red Shoe
1972The Man
1986Manhunter
1962The Manchurian Candidate
2004The Manchurian Candidate
1996Mars Attacks!
2002The Master of Disguise Perry Andelin Blake
2021The Mauritanian Kevin Macdonald
2007
1936A Message to Garcia
1979Meteor Ronald Neame
1993The Meteor Man Robert Townsend
2002Minority Report Main Setting
2016Miss Sloane
1943Mission to Moscow
2015
1943The More the Merrier
1987Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
2002The Mothman Prophecies
1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Main Setting, National Film Registry
1997Murder at 1600 Main Setting
1996My Fellow Americans
2020My Spy
1991
1995National Lampoon's Senior Trip
2004National Treasure Main Setting,
2007
1990Navy SEALs
1995The Net
2009 Main Setting,
1995Nixon Main Setting
1987No Way Out Main Setting
2014Non-Stop
2008Nothing but the Truth
2013Olympus Has Fallen Main Setting
1976The Omen
2023Oppenheimer
2013Parkland
1992Patriot Games
2001Pearl Harbor
1993The Pelican Brief
1996The People vs. Larry Flynt
2013Philomena
2015Pixels
1959Plan 9 from Outer Space
2001Planet of the Apes
1993Point of No Return
2017The Post Main Setting
1986Power
1934The President Vanishes
1967The President's Analyst
1998Primary Colors
1977The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1997Private Parts
1984Protocol
2016
1994Quiz Show
1981Raiders of the Lost Ark National Film Registry
2002Red Dragon
1935Red Salute
2007Rendition
2019The Report Main Setting
2012
2023The Retirement Plan Tim Brown
1983The Right Stuff National Film Registry
2014RoboCop
1996The Rock
1992Running Mates
2023Rustin Main Setting
2010Salt
1940Santa Fe Trail
2003Scary Movie 3
1973Scorpio
1946The Searching Wind
1979The Seduction of Joe Tynan
2006The Sentinel
1918The Service Star
1964Seven Days in May
1985Seven Minutes in Heaven Linda Feferman
1997Shadow Conspiracy
2003Shattered Glass Main Setting
1943Sherlock Holmes in Washington
2024Shirley
1998The Siege
1991The Silence of the Lambs
2007The Simpsons Movie
1998Slam
1943So This Is Washington
1956The Solid Gold Cadillac
2020Sonic the Hedgehog
2017
2019Spies in Disguise
2001Spy Game
1985St. Elmo's Fire Main Setting
2009State of Play Main Setting
2005Stealth
1999Storm Catcher
1951Strangers on a Train
1998Streetwise Bruce Brown
2016Suicide Squad
2002The Sum of All Fears
1980Superman II
1987Suspect
2005Syriana
2007Talk to Me
2004
2013
1927A Texas Steer
2005Thank You for Smoking Main Setting
1943They Got Me Covered
1952The Thief
2000Thirteen Days Main Setting
1975Three Days of the Condor Main Setting
1992Thunderheart
1994Timecop
1972Top of the Heap
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!
2000Traffic
2007Transformers
2011
2009
2017
1994True Lies Main Setting
2015Trumbo
2018Uncle Drew
2024Unfrosted
1916The Velvet Paw
2018Vice Main Setting
2008W. Main Setting
1997Wag the Dog Main Setting
2007The Walker
1942The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1932Washington Merry-Go-Round
1943Watch on the Rhine
2009Watchmen
2005Wedding Crashers Main Setting
1973The Werewolf of Washington
1964What a Way to Go!
1951When Worlds Collide
2013White House Down Main Setting
1967Who's Minding the Mint?
1999Wild Wild West
1945Without Love
2021Without Remorse
2020Wonder Woman 1984 Main Setting
2021Worth
1998The X-Files
2008
2000X-Men
2016
2014
2011
2003X2
2005
1942Yankee Doodle Dandy National Film Registry
2012Zero Dark Thirty
2009Zombieland
2019

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DC's Biggest Landmarks, Ranked by How Frequently They're Destroyed in Hollywood Movies . Thrillist . Williams, Julien . 1 September 2016. 17 April 2021.
  2. Web site: DC Cinema Scene: 10 Best Movies Filmed in Town . DC Post . Blanchard, Quentin . 25 May 2020. 17 April 2021.
  3. Web site: 20+ Films & TV Shows to Watch Featuring DC . Washington.org . 17 April 2021.
  4. Web site: Georgetown Movie Sites . Georgetowndc.com . 17 April 2021.
  5. Web site: When You Want to Film in Washington, She Makes It Happen. Washington Post . Goldstein, Jessica . 3 January 2022. 6 January 2022.
  6. Web site: District of Cinema: From ‘Mr. Smith’ to ‘Exorcist,’ must-see movies set in DC . WTOP . Basch, Michelle . 4 October 2017. 17 April 2021.

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