History Main / CaliforniaDoubling

* ''Film/ColdMountain'' was filmed in Romania but set in Western North Carolina. The director stated that the reason for shooting there was a lack of old growth forests and period buildings in WNC. It could also have been the prevalence of cell towers in the area.

* ''Film/{{Defiance}}'' (the Creator/DanielCraig Holocaust movie) is mostly shot in Eastern Europe relatively close to the area of Belarus where its set. However parts of the movie are also set in rural Manitoba, Canada and local plant life like red willow and Manitoba hardy roses are visible in many shots. Interestingly one of the reason the region was initially settled by a lot of Eastern European immigrants is that it apparently looked a lot like home to them as well.

** Dubuque, Iowa filled in for most of non-Fenway Park Boston. The gas station where Ray get's Terrence Mann's address was located at 3rd and Locust Streets [[note]] (the gas station was torn down years ago and is now a parking lot)[[/note]], and Terrence's neighborhood was located around 17th Street and Central Avenue in Dubuque.

* Like two out of the first three movies in the series, ''Film/HomeAlone4'' was set in Chicago, but unlike them, it was filmed in Cape Town.

* The 2023 Hong Kong TV series ''Dead Ringer'' (2023) (no relation to Series/DeadRingers2023) of the film setting at Singapore and Hong Kong, but all Singapore sequence episodes are filmed in Hong Kong due to [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID19Pandemic-related restriction]].

* The 2023 Hong Kong TV series ''Dead Ringer'' (2023) (no relation to Series/DeadRingers2023) of the film setting at Singapore and Hong Kong, but all episodes are filmed in Hong Kong due to [[UsefulNote/COVID19Pandemic COVID19Pandemic-related restriction]].

* Slightly inverted with the first two ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' films, as many scenes were shot in both New York ''and'' North Carolina, though both films take place in much of New York, anyway.

* ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' is set in the fictional town of Bomont in a unspecified Middle America state, but was shot in Utah County, Utah, with filming done in American Fork, Payson, Vineyard, Provo and Lehi.

* ''Series/TheReallyLoudHouse'' and its Halloween special, ''A Really Haunted Loud House'', have Albuquerque double for the fictional Royal Woods, Michigan.

This will end up happening in any film production hub. The reasons why vary greatly depending on what the production is looking for, the tax incentives and maybe some CreatorProvidentialism. State and national governments know this, and the combination [[TheRedStapler of advertising]] and economic boon for production (employ local crews, recruit local actors for extra parts and supporting roles, hire local caterers, increased traffic to local sites, etc) make them frequently offer generous tax credits to lure film and television productions to their locales, to the point where even California itself has started [[http://deadline.com/2017/05/california-film-production-report-2016-tax-incentives-la-la-land-1202100575/ offering its own tax incentives]] to keep Hollywood filming near, well, Hollywood. Some sites were once hugely popular areas but became more restricted because ''everyone'' wanted to film there, and may take an especially powerful [[AuteurLicense artist]], [[CashCowFranchise popular franchise]] or BigNameFan to get permission. A breakdown of different locations and the reasons why can be seen in the [[Analysis/CaliforniaDoubling California Doubling Analysis Tab]].

This will end up happening in any film production hub. The Canadian province of British Columbia, between the metropolis of UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}} and its vast mountain forests and oceans nearby, has become the third-largest film production center in North America thanks partly to tax incentives, and its ability to stand in for [[UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest the Pacific Northwest]] (usually UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} or UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}) or any small, rural town in the northern half of the US. You could describe the city as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU "one giant backlot, a bunch of anonymous buildings that can stand in for anywhere else."]]

Another Canadian city, UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, has doubled for cities such as UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} more times than it has actually represented itself. Yet another Canadian city, UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}}, has usually played Francophone cities like UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} as well as American cities like UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, UsefulNotes/StLouis, and (again) UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. UsefulNotes/{{Utah}} has been Vulcan, Mars, and most famously the Old West. UsefulNotes/{{Georgia|USA}} and Louisiana have represented not just the Old South, but also modern Midwestern suburbia, northern industrial cities, and the jungles of Africa and South America. UsefulNotes/NewMexico has represented NewOldWest settings, modern Southwestern cities, midwestern suburbia, and the Middle East. UsefulNotes/NorthCarolina also is known for this trope - the larger cities like Charlotte and Raleigh have portrayed Midwestern and East Coast cities while Wilmington and the surrounding Cape Fear region has stood in for almost everything under the sun. UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} is also a place that does this - UsefulNotes/{{Brisbane}} and UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}} have played various American cities, the grassier rural areas of New South Wales and Queensland have doubled for the English countryside, and the Aussie outback is often used as a stunt double for locales such as the Middle East, various alien planets, and the desert parts of California. In addition, UsefulNotes/NewZealand has been used as a stand-in for, among other places, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} and UsefulNotes/NewYorkState. UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica's varied natural and cultural landscape and multi-racial population has allowed cities such as Johannesburg and Cape Town to double for small and big U.S. cities and various European cities, and other locales there to play everything from the American DeepSouth to alien planets.

In Europe, filmmakers of the '70s and '80s working on a low budget loved to film in Spain or Italy. This was a major factor in the rise of the SpaghettiWestern genre, as the deserts of Spain and the easy availability of Spanish-speaking actors made filming your Mexican-set westerns easy. In the 2000s and '10s, Eastern Europe became popular with action and horror film producers working on a budget, with liberalising governments offering nice tax incentives for foreign film productions and plenty of actors who can play [[FakeRussian vaguely-Russian sounding]] bad guys.

State and national governments know this, and the combination [[TheRedStapler of advertising]] and economic boon for production (employ local crews, recruit local actors for extra parts and supporting roles, hire local caterers, increased traffic to local sites, etc) make them frequently offer generous tax credits to lure film and television productions to their locales, to the point where even California itself has started [[http://deadline.com/2017/05/california-film-production-report-2016-tax-incentives-la-la-land-1202100575/ offering its own tax incentives]] to keep Hollywood filming near, well, Hollywood.

* ''Series/{{Secret Invasion}}'' has all of the episode one location filming in the UK (Leeds, Huddersfield and Halifax in West Yorkshire) to double for Moscow. Specifically, the location of the climax is a notable building called the Piece Hall[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piece_Hall]] in Halifax.

*** Averted in ''Film/RedHeat'' - Budapest played Moscow for most of the movie, but the footage behind the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf_3QeDwDS0 opening (contains nudity and violence; credits start at 4:39)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oYAuJlS-vM closing credits (from the 4:21 mark)]] really was shot there.

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'': Every season from ''[[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]'' to ''[[Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury Cosmic Fury]]'' was filmed in New Zealand, in spite of being set in various U.S. localities, including California, [[Series/PowerRangersRPM a domed city]] and a [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive worldwide treasure hunt]]. Aside from some amusing locational irregularities (such as using footage of New Zealand's lush grassy landscapes and identifying it as being the Everglades]], this resulted, especially in the Disney seasons, in [[FakeAmerican Australian and New Zealander actors playing Americans]]. They've thrown in a few gags, like [[Series/PowerRangersSPD Piggy]] getting teleported there and landing in the middle of a herd of sheep.
* Neither ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' or ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' were filmed anywhere near UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}. New Zealand, particularly West Auckland, made a passable substitute.
** New Zealand also doubled for UsefulNotes/{{China}} and Japan in ''Xena''. Not to be mention present-day America in both series ("Yes, Virginia, There Is A Hercules" and "Deja Vu All Over Again").

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** Every season since ''Ninja Storm'' has been filmed in New Zealand. Despite the fact that the setting is still California, or in [[Series/PowerRangersRPM one season]], a renamed UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} and [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive in another]] a worldwide treasure hunt. Aside from some amusing locational irregularities (ah, the rolling grassy mountains of... the Everglades) it has the side-effect of producing a cast of actors who [[OohMeAccentsSlipping try their darnedest not to sound Australian or New Zealander]].
** They've thrown in a few gags, like [[Series/PowerRangersSPD Piggy]] getting teleported there and landing in the middle of a herd of sheep.

* ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'' was partly filmed in Auckland, specifically the Railway Station as a military court and King's College as a British boarding school.

* ''Film/MerryChristmasMisterLawrence'' was partly filmed in Auckland, specifically the Railway Station as a military court and King's College as a British boarding school.

* ''Film/PercyJacksonSeaOfMonsters'' was filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada doubling for various locations, with the long-abandoned Six Flags New Orleans portraying an amusement park.

* ''Franchise/WalkingWith'': Because the various series intended to show the natural environments that existed in prehistoric times, rather obviously few of the locations were actually filmed where they're set. The "Making Of" chronicles the difficulty of finding suitable modern locales in exotic spots around the world that resembled the Earth during the Mesozoic Era (mostly to the omnipresence of grass, a flora which, [[ScienceMarchesOn at the time]], was not known to have existed during the time period).

* New Zealand doubled for Japan in ''Film/TheLastSamurai''; the reason being is that there wasn't any wide spaces for the battles in Japan, plus the availability of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Taranaki stunt double]] for Mt Fuji. It's particularly jarring for anyone watching the first battle scene in the forest if they have lived in NZ for some time. There were just too many silver ferns around that have been taught since primary school were ''native'' to New Zealand.
* New Zealand doubled for ''Oregon'' in ''Film/WithoutAPaddle'' (they even had the same costumer from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''!), which had forests that were simply not thick enough to be [[UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest Pacific Northwest]].

* ''Boogeyman'' had the US be played by New Zealand.
* ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' was mostly shot in New Zealand.
* ''Film/GhostInTheShell2017'' was partly filmed in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, which doubled as Hong Kong.
* The [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Channel Original Movies]] ''Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off'', ''Literature/AvalonHigh'' and ''Film/WendyWuHomecomingWarrior'' were filmed in New Zealand. This is particularly odd for ''Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off'' as it has a focus on baseball and you'd be hard-pressed to find anybody in New Zealand who's interested in baseball, while ''Avalon High'' is notable for being the only non-''Power Rangers'' work for Ranger Productions Ltd.

* [=TV=] film ''Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America'' takes place around the world (mainly in [[AliensInCardiff Richmond, Virginia]]), but was filmed in New Zealand.

* ''Film/BlackChristmas2019'' takes place in an un-named American college town, but was filmed in Dunedin and Oamaru in the Otago region of New Zealand.

* Neither ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' or ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' were filmed anywhere near UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}. New Zealand, particularly West Auckland, made a passable substitute.
** New Zealand also doubled for UsefulNotes/{{China}} and Japan in ''Xena''. Not to be mention present-day America in both series ("Yes, Virginia, There Is A Hercules" and "Deja Vu All Over Again").

* Following in the footsteps of the movies, ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' was also shot in New Zeeland. Season 2 is filmed in both NZ and UK.

* ''Equus'' was filmed in Toronto, despite being set in England. It was made during the era of the UK/Canada tax shelter co-production, plus Richard Burton was a tax refugee from the Inland Revenue. The extras look quite Canadian, and the locations look not quite right, especially the farm and the streets. They're not completely unconvincing, but they're not quite perfect matches either. This odd feel actually adds to the film's discomforting feel. Plus extras have audible Canadian accents.
* ''Film/MeanGirls'' is set in the UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} suburb of Evanston, Illinois, but was mostly shot in Toronto.

* ''Film/ShootEmUp'' is also clearly shot in Toronto: They don't even try to hide the CN tower
* Some films shot in the Toronto area: ''Film/CinderellaMan'', ''Film/ThePacifier'', ''Film/BulletproofMonk'', ''Film/KickAss'', ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004''. Ironically, a belated coda for ''Dawn'' was shot in California.

* In the remake of ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' the movie was set in Baltimore, but was filmed in Toronto. Vintage Toronto streetcars were prominent in the "Good Morning, Baltimore" opening sequence.
* You'd think a movie named ''Film/{{Chicago}}'' would be shot in the eponymous city, wouldn't you? Nope, it's mostly Ontario. Naturally, this annoyed many UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} viewers. When asked what he thought of the movie ''Chicago,'' Mayor Daley replied, "I would have liked it better [[TakeThat if it had been filmed in Chicago]]!" To a Toronto viewer who didn't see it as a big deal, Chicago film critic Creator/RogerEbert retorted, "If a musical named '[[CanadaEh O Canada]]' were currently being filmed in Chicago, how would that make you feel?"

* An interesting side-effect of Toronto doubling is that there's a certain amount of spill-over to Hamilton, a city that has a certain level of industrial grunge that Toronto proper lacks. Various scenes in, for example, ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'' movie mentioned above, were actually filmed there instead of Toronto. Basically, Hamilton is doubling (tripling?) for Toronto in these cases.

* Likewise, the Santiago Calatrava-designed galleria at BCE place appears in a number of science fiction films, notably ''Film/{{Gattaca}}''.
* ...and the distinctive curved City Hall buildings that appear in Toronto's flag appear time and again as futuristic government, military, or corporate buildings in a host of different science fiction films.

* The movie ''Film/DontSayAWord'' was filmed in an abandoned subway station in Toronto filling in for a UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity station. The station (Lower Bay) has filled in for NYC and Chicago stations so many times that the Toronto Transit Commission asked that the movie set be donated to them, giving them a selling point for future location shoots.
* In ''Film/ScoreAHockeyMusical'', the establishing shot of the Brampton Blades' home arena is actually a shot of the Port Credit Arena in Mississauga, Ontario (which makes this a case of California Doubling between two Canadian municipalities!).
* ''Film/TheBoondockSaints'': Both films were made in Toronto, with the exception of overhead establishing shots in Boston. The CN Tower can be seen, as well as a Toronto Dominion bank.
* ''Film/KickAss'' had both Hamilton and Toronto double for New York. Badly (as many instances of Canadian road signs, flags and trademarks still appear often).
** When Kick-Ass and Red Mist first meet, as they drive along in the Mist Mobile it is clearly Yonge Street. They drive past HMV's Flagship store, the Eaton Centre, a ''Toronto Sun'' newspaper box and Sam the Record Man (unlike in the above mentioned Hulk, however, the records are not lit).
** This is again obvious in the sequel: when Kick-Ass and Dr. Gravity are ambushed the first time they go on patrol together, they are across the street from a Mr. Sub, a submarine sandwich shop found solely in Canada.
** In the scene where The Motherfucker robs the convenience store the street sign reads "Grosvenor St", the actual scene taking place at the intersection of Yonge and Grosvenor.
* ''Film/Red2010'' had Toronto double for many major cities (such as New York, Chicago, UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC and UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}) while UsefulNotes/NewOrleans doubled for several cities as well (such as Kansas City).
** Stanton's speech and the [[spoiler:ensuing raid]] are all shot in various parts of the Royal York Hotel in Toronto; Victoria's limo even lets her out in front of Toronto's Union Station.
** In the 2003 Bollywood film ''Film/{{Kal Ho Na Ho}}'' the majority of the film is set in New York, specifically in Brooklyn. But the majority of the sequences were filmed in Toronto, poorly albeit, since Canadian flags, signs, and Ontario license plates can be visible. It might annoy New Yorkers, eagle eyed film enthusiasts and those who expect doubling to be done correctly. However, the Indian audiences did not notice this as California Doubling is not a commonly used concept in Indian film and media.
* ''Film/{{Suck}}'' had Toronto doubling for Buffalo, Chicago and New York.
* ''Film/SilverStreak'' has Toronto standing in for Los Angeles, Kansas City (though the Calgary skyline was used for an establishing shot), and Chicago (because the producers weren't able to find an American train line amenable to [[spoiler: having one of their trains going out of control and crashing into a station for the climax]]). Remarkably, most of this was accomplished in one building - Union Station.
* Creator/DavidCronenberg - who shoots the vast majority of his films in his native Toronto - actually averted this trope in ''Film/MapsToTheStars'' by filming some scenes in Hollywood proper.
* ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight'' was in part shot in Toronto - you can see the Honest Ed's sign in the background in one scene.
* The adaptation of ''Literature/{{Room}}'' was shot in Toronto, which stood in for Akron, Ohio. The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Viaduct Prince Edward Viaduct]] and the Don Valley Parkway can be seen out of a hospital window, and the brief skating scene near the end was shot at the rink at Nathan Phillips Square, with the concrete arches over the rink visible.
* For the Steven Seagal film ''Film/ExitWounds'', not only did Toronto and nearby Hamilton double for UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}...so did Calgary.
* ''Film/Fahrenheit4512018'' was filmed in Toronto and Hamilton while set in UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}. One ''might'' forgive the city's skyline being completely different given the movie's dystopian setting, except Lake Erie is completely absent. On the other hand, a FreezeFrameBonus reveals that Cleveland's subway map is based on the city's actual light rail system.
* Most of ''Film/Shazam2019'' had Toronto doubling for Philadelphia.
* Lampshaded in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' (which has Toronto play itself) during Scott's fight with Lucas Lee, when at one point, Scott is sent flying through an Empire State Building backdrop, which tears, revealing the CN Tower behind it.
* ''Film/Poltergeist2015'' is set in Illinois but was filmed in Hamilton and Toronto with the exterior shots of the house being filmed at the former and in interior in the latter.
* In ''Film/DownInTheDelta'', the crime-ridden Chicago neighborhood where Rosa lives with her daughter and grandkids is played by Toronto.

* ''Series/{{Nikita}}'' was mainly filmed in Toronto and the surrounding Ontario area, which doubled for a very wide variety of locales, including UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, rural UsefulNotes/NewJersey, UsefulNotes/{{Pennsylvania}}, UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}}, UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Belarus}}, UsefulNotes/{{China}}, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}, UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands, and many more.
* Cop procedural ''Night Heat'' filmed in Toronto and took place in a generic American city.
* The short-lived action show ''FX: The Series'' doubled for New York.

* ''Tracker'' was filmed in Toronto while being set in Chicago.
* LampshadeHanging: The North American version of ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' (which was filmed entirely in Toronto, especially in the city's {{Gayborhood}}: Church-Wellesley Village) once had its characters point out the similarity of a Toronto street to a street in their hometown UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}.

* ''Sue Thomas F. B. Eye'' was set in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC but filmed in Toronto.
* The art deco facade of the R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant has appeared in several movies and TV series, usually as either the villains' lair (''Series/ThePretender'', ''Series/MutantX'', ''Film/UndercoverBrother'') or an insane asylum (''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'', ''Series/RoboCopTheSeries'').

* The pilot for ''Series/AgainstTheWall'' opened with loads of footage of some of the most famous Chicago landmarks (with "Sweet Home Chicago" playing in the background). But once the music stopped, it quickly became clear that most of the show was filmed in Toronto (aside from occasional uses of stock footage). During the pilot, the crew took the trouble of replicating Chicago Tribune newspaper boxes but didn't bother to disguise the street signs. Streetcar tracks are visible in a few downtown scenes, and the 'L' train tracks are noticeably absent (save for aforementioned stock footage).

* Toronto doubles for Los Angeles in ''Series/TheLAComplex'' with a mix of location-shot establishing shots and yellow filters to make the sun look brighter.
* Many of the exterior shots in the first season of ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' were filmed in Unionville, Ontario, which can be weird during a rewatch of the series as the Stars Hollow scenes were filmed in Burbank for the rest of the series.
* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' is set in New York but is filmed exclusively in Toronto.
* ''Series/TheStrain'' is filmed in the Toronto area; one of the most blatantly obvious examples is a scene in Season 1 that clearly has the interior of Toronto's Union Station doubling for New York City's Grand Central Station. In season 2, the exterior is used to double for the streets of Washington D.C. [[note]]This time, however, the doubling is really only obvious if you are intimately familiar with the geography with one or both of the involved cities.[[/note]]
* ''Series/DesignatedSurvivor'' is set in Washington, D.C. but filmed in Toronto.
* ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'': The story is set in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but filmed in Toronto and Cambridge. In the scene of the pre-Gilead protest, the demonstrators march past the distinctive [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_City_Hall Toronto City Hall]].
* ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' are both set in the United States, but were both filmed in Canada.
* ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' was set in the fictitious town of Melonville, but in the early seasons, was filmed/taped in Toronto. By the time Creator/{{NBC}} picked up the show in 1981, they had moved to Edmonton, Alberta.
* ''Series/OctoberFaction'': The series was filmed in Cambridge and Toronto, Ontario. It takes place in New York state, USA.
* ''Series/GinnyAndGeorgia'': Set in New England, it's filming locations are Coburg and Toronto, Ontario.
* ''Series/HollyHobbie'' is set in the fictional midwestern American town of Collinsville, but was filmed in the Toronto area.
* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'', set in the Muskoka area of Ontario, was shot in the Greater Toronto Area (the rural areas near Hamilton certainly don't look like northern Ontario). Averted for a few scenes between the third and sixth seasons that were actually filmed in the Muskokas.
* ''Series/TheFamousJettJackson'' is set in the fictitious town of Wilsted, North Carolina, but was filmed in the Greater Toronto Area.
* ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' is set primarily in New York, but filmed in and around Greater Toronto.
* An episode of ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' lampshades this when two characters get sent back in time to the 21st century. One misidentifies their location as New York City until the other corrects him by pointing out a big sign that says "Toronto" on it, because Toronto is ''actually'' Toronto this time.

* ''Film/HighlanderIIITheSorcerer'' has a scene set in a New York airport. One of the signs visible in the background reads "Bienvenue à [[UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} Montréal]]".

* ''Film/BarneysGreatAdventure'' was filmed in the Montreal area but takes place in a generic EverytownAmerica setting.
* ''Film/CityOnFire'' takes place in an unnamed Midwestern American city, but was shot entirely in Montreal. As a result, some French language signs can be seen in the city.
* The Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie ''Bad Hair Day'', presumably set in Boston (although the city's never named, Creator/LauraMarano's character is stated as being accepted by [=MIT=]), was shot in Montreal.
* ''[[Film/Cyberbully2011 Cyberbully]]'' takes place in St. Louis, Missouri but was shot in Montreal.
* Major portions of ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'' were filmed in Montreal despite taking place in multiple locations around the world. Some portions were shot in Toronto and Los Angeles, though.
* ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' was filmed in Montreal, doubling for a generic Sci-Fi setting.
* Some of the New York scenes in ''Film/JohnWickChapter2'' were filmed in Montreal, including the opening vehicle chase as well as parts of the subway fights.
* Despite ''Film/ThreeHundred'' being set in Ancient Greece, the movie itself was filmed inside what was the Icestorm Studios in Montreal.
* ''Film/{{Moonfall}}'' is primarily set across many United States locations, but the COVID-19 pandemic prevented location shooting, so all was done in Montreal, mostly in soundstages.
* ''Film/ScreamVI'' is set in New York and filmed in Montreal.

* ''Series/BeingHumanUS'' is set in Boston, but filmed in Montreal.