Where independent movies and shows were filmed
37 independent films and TV shows are in our library. The places that turn up most often are New York City, Los Angeles, Portland and Nova Scotia.
Type to narrow the list, then select a genre.
Independent titles
Select a title to see where it was filmed.
- 127 Hours Salt Lake City
- American History X Los Angeles
- Animal Factory Philadelphia
- Bruiser Toronto
- Buffalo '66 New York City
- Control Cheshire
- Daughters of the Dust South Carolina
- Dead Man Niagara Falls
- Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart San Francisco
- Do the Right Thing New York City
- Down by Law New Orleans
- Elephant Portland
- Eraserhead California
- The GoodTimesKid Los Angeles
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Chicago
- The Hurt Locker British Columbia
- I Used to Be Darker Baltimore
- Keane New York City
- Kiss of the Spider Woman São Paulo
- Little Children Maine
- Lost in Translation Tokyo
- Manhunter Georgia
- Margaret's Museum Nova Scotia
- Midnight Express Malta
- Music of the Heart New York City
- My Life Without Me Vancouver
- My Own Private Idaho Rome
- Paranoid Park Portland
- Phenomena Switzerland
- Pulp Fiction Tennessee
- Rachel Getting Married Connecticut
- Restaurant New Jersey
- Rubber Los Angeles
- Smithereens New York City
- Sunshine Cleaning New Mexico
- Trainspotting London
- Wilby Wonderful Nova Scotia
Where independent gets filmed most
- New York City5
- Los Angeles3
- Portland2
- Nova Scotia2
- Salt Lake City1
- Philadelphia1