List of fictional towns in film
Appearance
This is alist of fictional towns and villages in filmlimited to notable examples.
City Name | Film Name | Distributor(s) | Notes |
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Agrabah | Aladdin | Walt Disney Pictures | An Arabian city, whereAladdin,Princess Jasmine,Genie,Abu,JafarandIagoreside. It has amarketplaceand the iconic palace where the Sultan, Jasmine and Rajah live. It also has a parade where lots of people come to watch the elephants, people dancing and a marching band too. |
Ambrose, Louisiana | House of Wax | Warner Bros.andVillage Roadshow PicturesandDark Castle Entertainment | Ambrose is a town whose population consists mostly of wax figures. |
Amity Island | Jaws | Universal Pictures | The main setting of the film, located in New York on the beach |
Antonio Bay, California | The Fog | AVCO Embassy Pictures | |
Antonio Island, Oregon | The Fog | Columbia Pictures | |
Alphaville | Alphaville | Athos Films | Alphaville is a dystopian city where secret agent (posing as a journalist) Lemmy Caution arrives on a mission to first find out what happened to his precursor and then, how to destroy the computer Alpha 60 as it controls the whole city. |
Asteroid City | Asteroid City | American Empirical Pictures | Asteroid Cty is a desert town. |
Atlantica | The Little Mermaid | Walt Disney Pictures | An underwater city whereAriel,King Triton and her mermaid siblings live. It is located inDenmark.It is also the hometown of Melody, Ariel and Prince Eric’s daughter. |
Autobot City | The Transformers: The Movie | Sunbow Productions,Marvel Productions,Toei Animation,andDe Laurentiis Entertainment Group | |
Belleville, USA | The Triplets of Belleville | Les Armateursand Champion and Vivi Film andFrance 3 Cinémaand RGP France andBBC BristolandBBC Worldwide | Belleville is a city in the United States which is based onNew York City. |
Bedford Falls, New York | It's a Wonderful Life | RKO Radio Pictures | |
Brahms, West Virginia | Silent Hill | Silent Hill DCP Inc.,Davis Films,Konami | Brahms is a town in Toluca County, West Virginia. |
Brigadoon | Brigadoon | MGM | A miraculously blessed village that rises out of the mists every hundred years for only a day. This is based on a Broadway musical of the same name. |
Brightburn, Kansas | Brightburn | Sony Pictures Releasing | Brightburn is a town in Kansas the main setting ofBrightburn. |
Bismuth, USA | Brimstone | N279 Entertainment and X-Filme and Backup Media and Filmwave and Prime Time and The Jokers Films | Bismuth is a former-mining town in the Wild West. |
Bristo Camino, California | Hostage | Miramax Films | Located inVentura County, California;based onOjaiandMoorpark.[1] |
Castle Rock,Oregon | Stand by Me | Columbia Pictures | |
Catsville | Cat City | Mokép | |
Chesterford, Massachusetts | 211 | Momentum Pictures | A fictional town in New England. Its zip code is 02452, placing it in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. |
Cloud City | The Empire Strikes Back | 20th Century-Fox | |
Colverdale, Massachusetts | Deck the Halls | 20th Century Fox | |
Creek Falls | Art of Falling in Love | Brain Power Studio | The entire love story takes place in this town. |
Crystal Lake,New Jersey | Friday the 13th | Paramount Pictures | A city where Camp Crystal Lake is located. |
Damon, Washington | Short Circuit (1986 film) | Tri-Star Pictures | The small town in Washington State where NOVA Laboratories that built Johnny 5 is located. |
Deer Meadow, Washington | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me | New Line Cinema | A small town in Washington State. In 1988, a body of a teenage girl, Teresa Banks is found in the river, and two FBI agents are sent to investigate the case. Deer Meadow seems to be not so far from Twin Peaks, Washington, the main place in the series (both the1990 seriesand2017 continuation) and the film. |
Dillford, Ohio | Freaks of Nature | Columbia Pictures,LStar CapitalandSony Pictures Releasing | Located in thestate of Ohio,Dillford is a city known for its population being composed of three different species:humans,zombiesandvampires,who initially hate each other, but end up coming together whenaliens invade the cityand all end up having to face theinvaderstogether. |
Dinsford, England | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | Walt Disney Pictures | |
Dogville, Colorado | Dogville | Zentropa Entertainmentand Isabella Films B.V. and Something Else B.V. and Memfis Film | Dogville is a small town located inRocky Mountains. |
Duloc | Shrek | DreamWorks Pictures | Duloc is a city-state. |
Ebbing, Missouri | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Fox Searchlight Picturesand20th Century StudiosandNetflix | |
Emerald City | The Wizard of Oz | MGM | The Emerald City is the capital city of theLand of Ozbased onL. Frank Baum'sOz books,first described inThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz.The city is sometimes called the City of Emeralds due to its extensively green architecture. |
Flagstone, Arizona | Once Upon a Time in the West | Paramount Pictures | |
Fly Creek, Georgia | Squirm | American International Pictures | A small rural town attacked by worms. |
Greenbow, Alabama | Forrest Gump | Paramount Pictures | Greenbow, Alabama is a fictional town in Greenbow County which is fictional as well. |
Green Hills, Montana | Sonic the Hedgehog | Paramount Pictures | The town in which bothSonicand Tom Wachowski live.[2][3]The name is a reference to the iconicSonic the HedgehoglevelGreen Hill Zone.[4] |
Groom LakeCity | Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 | A Frontier city at the location of the laterUnited States Air ForcefacilityArea 51 | |
Grouchland | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Columbia Pictures | The main location of the film based on the Sesame Street franchise. Elmo goes to that location where grouches live there, including Grizzy, the founder. The park can be seen in the songTake the First Stepwhere Stuckweed and some woodland creatures sing for Elmo about taking your very first step as a child. When Elmo gets woken up by theAlarm Clock Birdat the beginning of the film, he realizes that he lost his blanket after his friendship with it and has to go to Grouchland to find it. The main location can be seen insideOscar’s trash can inSesame Street |
Haddonfield, Illinois | Halloween franchise | Compass International Picturesand Falcon International Productions | Haddonfield is the main setting of the Halloween franchise. The town located inLivingston County,Illinois. |
Harper, Connecticut | The Stranger | International Pictures | |
Hilltop, USA | Wrongfully Accused | Morgan Creek ProductionsandConstantin Film | |
Hill Valley,California | Back to the Future,Back to the Future Part II,andBack to the Future Part III | Universal | Hill Valley,California,is atownthat serves as the setting of theBack to the Futuretrilogyand itsanimated spin-off series.In the trilogy, Hill Valley is seen in four different time periods (1885, 1955, 1985 and 2015) as well as in adystopianalternate 1985.The films contain manysight gags,verbal innuendos and detailed set design elements, from which a detailed and consistent history of the area can be derived.
The name "Hill Valley" is itself a joke, being anoxymoron.However, an early script forBack to the Future Part IImentioned that Hill Valley was named after its founder, William "Bill" Hill. |
Hope, Washington | First Blood | Orion Pictures | |
Inferno, California | Inferno | Columbia TriStar Home Video | Inferno is a desert town. |
Jonathanland | Madison Park | Mason Ewing Corporation | Created byMason Ewing,Jonathanland is the city where Baby Madison lives. |
Karatas, Kazakhstan | Goliath Assault Ulbolsyn A Dark, Dark Man Plague at the Karatas Village |
Various | A fictional village (aul) in Kazakhstan that is used as a setting in numerous Adilkhan Yerzhanov's films. InA Dark, Dark Man,according to the license plates, the village is located in theAlmaty Region. |
Khansaar, India | Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire | Hombale Films | An autonomous dystopiancity-statein India ruled by three tribes. |
Lillian,Ohio | Super 8 | Paramount Pictures | A town in Ohio, where local children find an alien while filming their movie, and where people start experiencing problems with electricity, as well as strange disappearances of some people and electronic items. |
Loganville,Maryland | Senior Year | Netflix | |
Madison,Delaware | Goosebumps | Columbia Pictures | |
Mantua | Romeo + Juliet | 20th Century Fox | Mantua is a desert trailer park. It based onMantua. |
Mega City | The Matrix | Warner Brothers | Mega City is the sprawling, virtual city in which Neo lives to begin the film franchise. |
Mega-City One | Judge Dredd | Various | Mega City 1 is an enormousmegacityin which the inhabitants of the Judge Dredd universe live. The City is a conglomeration of many cities, fused into one large city with a gigantic downtown and an impressive skyline. It stretches most of the length of the US East coast. |
Metropolis | Metropolis | Parufamet | Megacity with a widegap between rich and poor |
Metroville, California | The Incredibles | Walt Disney PicturesandPixar Animation Studios | |
Middleton, USA | 11:14 | Firm Films andMedia 8 Entertainment | Middleton is a town. The population is 14,483. |
Midlothia, USA | Midlothia | Intentional Films | |
Millbrook, New York | A Quiet Place 2 | Paramount Pictures | Small town inupstate New York. |
Mill Valley,Pennsylvania | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Lionsgate | |
Moesko Island, Washington | The Ring | DreamWorks Pictures | |
Monstropolis | Monsters, Inc. | Disney/Pixar | The town where the titular Monsters, Inc. is located and Mike and Sulley’s hometown |
Mos Eisley | Star Wars | 20th Century-Fox | Mos Eisley is aspaceporton the planetTatooinein theStar Warsuniverse. Described as a "hive of scum and villainy". |
Mos Espa | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 20th Century-Fox | Mos Espa is a spaceport on the Northern hemisphere of the planetTatooinein the Star Wars universe. It is the former home ofAnakin Skywalkerand the venue of apod race |
Mt. Abraham, New York | Final Destination | New Line Cinema | Mount Abraham, New York is a fictional town located in the U.S. state of New York. Final Destination is set in Mt. Abraham. |
Newton Haven, UK | The World's End | Universal PicturesandFocus Features | |
Nickeltown, Tennessee | Silent Hill | Silent Hill DCP Inc. and Davis Films and Konami | |
Nilbog | Troll 2 | Epic Productions | |
Oak Ridge | Acceptable Risks | 1986 ABC made-for television movie | Oak Ridge is a small American town with a major chemical plant. The plant manager has financial pressure from HQ in Chicago. Shortages and other factors lead to an accident that kills hundreds of people in the town. |
Ogden Marsh,Iowa | The Crazies | Overture Films | Ogden Marsh is a small Iowa town with a population of 1,260 people, not so far fromCedar Rapids, Iowa.A military plane, that was carrying the samples of aRhabdoviruscalled "Trixie", has crashed in the Hopman Bog, contaminating the town's water supply and infecting its citizens, causing them to turn into homicidal killers. Presumably all the population of Ogden Marsh was destroyed by the military, both infected and non-infected; at the end of the film, Ogden Marsh is destroyed by a nuclear explosion, carried out by the military to contain the virus and the truth about it. |
Old Stump, Arizona | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Universal Pictures | |
Peacock, Nebraska | Peacock | Cornfield Productions and Mandate Pictures | |
Perfection, Nevada | Tremors (franchise) | Universal Pictures | Perfection is a town the population is 14. |
Pleasantville | Pleasantville | Warner Bros. | Pleasantville is a black and white 1950s town that is the setting of the in-movie television sitcomPleasantville. |
Pokyo | Cat City | Mokép | Pokyo is a city which is based onTokyo. |
Portoroso | Luca | Walt Disney PicturesandPixar | The city of Italy that was based on the seaside towns in theItalian Rivieraand the main setting of the film. |
Pozharnov, Russia | DC Extended Universe | Warner Bros. Studios | Located nearMoscow,Pozharnov is aghost citythat has suffered from anuclear disastersimilar to theChernobyl disaster. |
Pribrezhny, Russia | Leviathan | A Company Russia | Pribrezhny is a town in Northern Russia, located on the coast of a small bay where whales can sometimes be seen. |
Raccoon City | Resident Evil | Screen Gems | Raccoon City is a small, industrialized city located in the Midwestern United States. It was home to the Umbrella corporation, and main character of the film series,Alice.As in the video game series, it is the birthplace of the infection that eventually consumes the city. Raccoon city is destroyed in thesecond installmentof the films. |
Radiator Springs | Cars | Walt Disney Pictures,Pixar | Radiator Springs is a composite of multiple places in various states onU.S. Route 66.InCars (film)its geographic position (as displayed on a map during a flashback) resembles that ofPeach Springs, Arizona. |
Ratropolis, England | Flushed Away | DreamWorks Animation,Aardman Animations | Ratropolis is a city in the sewers ofLondon.It is based on the city. |
Redemption, USA | The Quick and the Dead | Sony Pictures Releasing | |
Red Hill, USA | Red Hill | Sony Pictures Releasing International | |
Rockbridge, California | Christine | Columbia Pictures | |
Rock Ridge | Blazing Saddles | Warner Bros. Pictures | |
Rock Vegas | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | Universal Pictures | Rock Vegas is a city in the stone age. The city is based onLas Vegas. |
San Angeles, California | Demolition Man | Warner Bros. | San Angeles is a utopian agglomeration that was created by mergingSan Diego,Los AngelesandSanta Barbara. |
San Miguel Arcángel, Mexico | Hell | Bandidos Films | This Mexican city is the main setting of the 2010 filmHelland this city is notoriously known for itsdrug trafficking. |
Sandford, UK | Hot Fuzz | Universal PicturesandRogue Pictures | |
Santa Cecilia, Mexico | Cars 3andCoco | Walt Disney PicturesandPixar | This Mexican city was inspired byOaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexicoand first appeared inCars 3as the birthplace of Gabriel, one of the secondary characters of this movie. It is also the main setting of the 2017 filmCoco. |
Seabrook | Zombies | Disney Channel | The main setting of the movie franchise; has a strict law where everything must be alike and perfect, and anything different is unacceptable. |
Sexville | Sexville | IFG | Sexville is a town. The population is 169. |
Silent Hill, West Virginia | Silent Hill | Silent Hill DCP Inc.,Davis Films,Konami | Silent Hill is a town in Toluca County, West Virginia. |
Silver Creek, Colorado | Misery | MGM,Castle Rock Entertainment | |
Smalltown | The Muppets | Disney | The town where Gary, Mary and Walter live. |
Springwood, Ohio | A Nightmare on Elm Street | New Line Cinema | |
Suburbicon | Suburbicon | Paramount Pictures | |
Sweetwater, Arizona | Once Upon a Time in the West | Paramount Pictures | |
Sylvane, Illinois | Silent Hill | Silent Hill DCP Inc. and Davis Films and Konami | |
Tenderville, Oregon | Rampage | Event Film Distribution | Located in (also fictional) Mallet County, Oregon. |
Theed | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 20th Century-Fox | Theed is the capital city of the planetNabooand its seat of government. |
Tipoca City | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | 20th Century-Fox | Tipoca City is the capital city of the watery planetKaminoand the location of the Kaminoan cloning facilities. |
Twin Peaks,Washington | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | New Line Cinema | Twin Peaks, Washington, is the town inDavid Lynch's 1992 film, a prequel to the television serial dramaof the same title. |
Two-Bit, California | The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound | Hanna-Barbera Productions | A small desert town inCalifornia Gold Rushera whereHuckleberry Houndis unexpectedly appointed as its sheriff to defend against theDalton Gang. |
Verona Beach | Romeo + Juliet | 20th Century Fox | Verona Beach is the main setting of the film. It's based onVerona. |
Victory, California | Don't Worry Darling | Warner Bros. Pictures | |
Waaji City | Saaho | T-Series | A fictional city ruled by gangsters, inspired byAbu DhabiandMumbai.[5] |
Wardenclyffe,New York | Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | Columbia Pictures | A fictional city in New York. It was named after theWardenclyffe Towerin Shoreham, New York. |
Warren Valley, Ohio | Trick 'r Treat | Warner Bros. Pictures | |
Westview | WandaVision | Walt Disney PicturesandMarvel | Westview is based on the town of Leonia, New Jersey and the main place of the entire series. |
Woodsboro, California | Scream,Scream 4,Scream (2022) | Dimension Films | |
Woop Woop, Australia | Welcome to Woop Woop | Film Finance Corporation Australia | |
Zion | The Matrix | Warner Brothers | Zion is a city inThe Matrixfilms. It is the last human city on Earth after a cataclysmic nuclear war between humankind and sentient machines, which resulted in artificial lifeforms dominating the world. |
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Regarding the fictional town of Springwood, U.S.A. of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" films and TV series, there actually exists a Springwood located in New South Wales, Australia. Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springwood,_New_South_Wales