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Where was The Usual Suspects filmed?

1995 film, directed by Bryan Singer.

  • New York City

The story is set in New York City, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

Red pins: where it was filmed. Amber pins: where the story is set. Select a pin to see its name.

Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New York City; Los Angeles; San Pedro
Filmed in
New York City
Distance
About 2,446 miles (3,936 km) between Los Angeles and the nearest filming location.

About The Usual Suspects

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Released
1995
Director
Bryan Singer
Cast
Stephen BaldwinGabriel ByrneBenicio del ToroChazz PalminteriKevin PollakPete PostlethwaiteKevin SpaceyPeter GreeneSuzy Amis CameronClark Gregg
Genre
HeistNeo-noirMysteryFlashbackThriller
Awards
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Academy Award for Best Writing; Original Screenplay; National Board of Review Award for Best Cast and 1 more

The story

Customs agent Dave Kujan arrives in Los Angeles to interrogate Verbal in a borrowed office belonging to LAPD police sergeant Jeff Rabin.

None of them admits to participating in the truck hijacking they're accused of and are returned to a holding cell, where McManus proposes a heist to get revenge on the NYPD.

The heist goes badly, and they're forced to kill their target, who is carrying synthetic heroin.

Famous lines from The Usual Suspects

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Excuse me?Fenster
  • In English.Cop
  • In English, please?Cop
  • How you doin', Keaton?Keyser Söze
  • Number two, step forward.Cop

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