Movies, Television Shows and Sitcoms that were filmed or based in Washington DC and surrounding areas? (crime rate, to buy)

[HurricaneDC]

Originally Posted by terrence81

Looks like a lot of stuff set in DC is actually filmed in Baltimore. So says the Post.

Filming movies in Washington just got harder - The Washington Post

Also saw this article about how 24 got facts wrong when a season was set in DC.

Hit TV show 24 set in Washington D.C. or alternate reality? - Washington DC Film Industry | Examiner.com

lol yeah, season 7 had me scratching my head at their "knowledge" of DC

and that Metro rule is stupid. this city needs to stop sucking at getting movies filmed here.

[po-boy]

My all time favorite show set in DC was The X-Files, but it was actually filmed in Canada (then later LA). I also enjoyed The West Wing.

A few movies that I don't think anyone has mentioned:
All The President's Men
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Clear and Present Danger
Burn After Reading

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Anybody recognize this mall?

[rsh56]

No.



I don't know how or why I know this but apparently the setting of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movie and book took place in Bethesda despite the film being done in Canada.

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227 Intro / Opening Credits - YouTube

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[yamota]

Diehard 2 was filmed mostly in LA, one dead giveaway happens early on in the movie when John McClain is supposedly at Dulles airport and he uses a payphone, the payphone has a sign on it that says "PACIFIC BELL"

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Originally Posted by yamota

Diehard 2 was filmed mostly in LA, one dead giveaway happens early on in the movie when John McClain is supposedly at Dulles airport and he uses a payphone, the payphone has a sign on it that says "PACIFIC BELL"

I havent seen the movie since 1990 but you are probably right.

[HurricaneDC]

Live Free or Die Hard (Die Hard 4) took place in DC too, no?

[pgtvatitans]

Originally Posted by The Dissenter

Smart Kid with Taj Mowry I think is based in DC.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought this.

Found the confirmation: Smart Guy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The show (which is set in Washington, D.C.) centers on the misadventures of boy genius T.J. Henderson (Tahj Mowry), who at the age of 10 moves from elementary school and gets transferred to Piedmont High School, where he ends up becoming a high school sophomore with 15-year-olds as his classmates. He must adjust to the life with older but not necessarily wiser high school teenagers — his brother Marcus (Jason Weaver) and Marcus's best friend Mo (Omar Gooding). He often deals with the usual missteps of trying to fit in as a kid genius, while being a small kid in high school.