U.S.A.

California

Los Angeles:
The 52 Pick-up (1986)
Absolute Power (1997)
American Gigolo (1980)
Annie Hall (1977)
Blade Runner (1982)
Chinatown (1974)
Crash (2004)
Dave (1993)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Ed Wood (1994)
Family Plot (1976)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Final Analysis (1992)
The Game (1997)
Get Shorty (1995)
Hero (1992)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
L.A. Story (1991)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Marathon Man (1976)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Miracle Mile (1988)
The Outside Man (1972)
The Player (1992)
Point Blank (1967)
The Rock (1996)
State of Play (2009)
The Sting (1973)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
True Lies (1994)
The Zero Effect (1998)

San Francisco:
Basic Instinct (1992)
Bullitt (1968)
Dark Passage (1947)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Family Plot (1976)
Final Analysis (1992)
The Game (1997)
One on Top of the Other (1969)
Out of the Past (1947)
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Point Blank (1967)
The Rock (1996)
Sudden Impact (1983)
Vertigo (1958)
A View to a Kill (1985)

Colorado

In the Line of Fire (1993)

Florida

True Lies (1994)

Georgia

Cape Fear (1962)
Glory (1989)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Longest Yard (1974)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

Idaho

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Illinois

The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Fugitive (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Hero (1992)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
The Sting (1973)
The Untouchables (1987)

Louisiana

Obsession (1976)
The Pelican Brief (1993)

Maryland

12 Monkeys (1995)
Absolute Power (1997)
All the President's Men (1976)
Broadcast News (1987)
Chances Are (1989)
Dave (1993)
No Way Out (1987)
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
True Lies (1994)

Massachusetts

The Spanish Prisoner (1997)

Nevada

One on Top of the Other (1969)

New Jersey

12 Monkeys (1995)
Annie Hall (1977)
Manhattan (1979)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
The Pelican Brief (1993)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Trading Places (1983)

New York

All About Eve (1950)
Annie Hall (1977)
The Apartment (1960)
Deception (2008)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Fisher King (1991)
The Great Gatsby (1974)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Joy House (1964)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Manhattan (1979)
Marathon Man (1976)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
One on Top of the Other (1969)
The Pelican Brief (1993)
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Trading Places (1983)

North Carolina

Being There (1979)
The Fugitive (1993)
Hannibal (2001)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

Oregon

My Own Private Idaho (1991)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Shining (1980)
The Zero Effect (1998)

Pennsylvania

12 Monkeys (1995)
Blow Out (1981)
Philadelphia (1993)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Trading Places (1983)

Rhode Island

The Great Gatsby (1974)
True Lies (1994)

Texas

Arlington Road (1999)

Virginia

All the President's Men (1976)
Broadcast News (1987)
Chances Are (1989)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Dave (1993)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Hannibal (2001)
Minority Report (2002)
No Way Out (1987)
The Pelican Brief (1993)
Scorpio (1973)
State of Play (2009)

Washington

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Washington, D.C.

Absolute Power (1997)
All the President's Men (1976)
The American President (1995)
Arlington Road (1999)
Being There (1979)
Broadcast News (1987)
Chances Are (1989)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Dave (1993)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Exorcist (1973)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Hannibal (2001)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Mercury Rising (1998)
Minority Report (2002)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Murder at 1600 (1997)
No Way Out (1987)
The Pelican Brief (1993)
Scorpio (1973)
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
State of Play (2009)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
True Lies (1994)

There are plenty of movies set in Washington, D.C. but not that many were actually shot there. The nation's capital imposes numerous restrictions on film crews which means that, after a few establishing shots of the White House and the Capitol, filmmakers often take their cameras elsewhere. There haven’t been any major films extensively shot on location in D.C. since 2009. Check out the 10 movies that showcased the real District over the years.