List of films set in Washington, D.C.
This is a list of feature films set in Washington, D.C.
Released | Title | Director | Comments | Filmed in DC |
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2022 | The 355 | Simon Kinberg | ![]() | |
2009 | 2012 | Roland Emmerich | [1] | ![]() |
1997 | Absolute Power | Clint Eastwood | ![]() | |
2015 | Accidental Love | David O. Russell | ![]() | |
2016 | The Accountant | Gavin O'Connor | ||
1962 | Advise & Consent | Otto Preminger | Main Setting [2] | ![]() |
2018 | Affairs of State | Eric Bross | ||
1997 | Air Force One | Wolfgang Petersen | [1] | ![]() |
1976 | All the President's Men | Alan J. Pakula | Main Setting, National Film Registry[3] | ![]() |
2016 | All the Way | Jay Roach | Main Setting | |
2001 | Along Came a Spider | Lee Tamahori | ||
1995 | The American President | Rob Reiner | Main Setting [4] | ![]() |
1997 | Amistad | Steven Spielberg | ||
2019 | Angel Has Fallen | Ric Roman Waugh | ||
1982 | Annie | John Huston | ||
2015 | Ant-Man | Peyton Reed | ||
2012 | Argo | Ben Affleck | [5] | ![]() |
1999 | Arlington Road | Mark Pellington | Main Setting [1] | ![]() |
1998 | Armageddon | Michael Bay | ![]() | |
1992 | Article 99 | Howard Deutch | ||
1987 | Assassination | Peter R. Hunt | ||
2020 | The Banker | George Nolfi | ||
2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Zack Snyder | ![]() | |
2012 | Battleship | Peter Berg | ||
1996 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Mike Judge | ||
1979 | Being There | Hal Ashby | Main Setting, National Film Registry[6] | ![]() |
1999 | Bicentennial Man | Chris Columbus | ||
1977 | Billy Jack Goes to Washington | Tom Laughlin | Main Setting | |
2009 | Black Dynamite | Scott Sanders | ||
1977 | Black Sunday | John Frankenheimer | ||
2022 | Blacklight | Mark Williams | ![]() | |
2013 | Blue Caprice | Alexandre Moors | ||
2008 | Body of Lies | Ridley Scott | ![]() | |
1992 | Boomerang | Reginald Hudlin | ||
2008 | Borat | Larry Charles | ![]() | |
1950 | Born Yesterday | George Cukor | National Film Registry | ![]() |
1993 | Born Yesterday | Luis Mandoki | ||
2012 | The Bourne Legacy | Tony Gilroy | ||
2007 | Breach | Billy Ray | Main Setting [5] | ![]() |
2015 | Bridge of Spies | Steven Spielberg | ||
1987 | Broadcast News | James L. Brooks | Main Setting National Film Registry[3] | ![]() |
2008 | Burn After Reading | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | [3] | ![]() |
2013 | The Butler | Lee Daniels | Main Setting | |
1995 | Canadian Bacon | Michael Moore | ||
1972 | The Candidate | Michael Ritchie | ||
2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Main Setting [3] | ![]() |
2010 | Casino Jack | George Hickenlooper | ||
1996 | Chain Reaction | Andrew Davis | ![]() | |
1989 | Chances Are | Emile Ardolino | Main Setting [4] | ![]() |
2007 | Charlie Wilson's War | Mike Nichols | ||
2004 | Chasing Liberty | Andy Cadiff | ![]() | |
2024 | Civil War | Alex Garland | Main setting | |
1994 | Clear and Present Danger | Phillip Noyce | [1] | ![]() |
2002 | Collateral Damage | Andrew Davis | ![]() | |
2015 | Concussion | Peter Landesman | ||
1997 | Contact | Robert Zemeckis | ![]() | |
2000 | The Contender | Rod Lurie | Main Setting | |
2003 | The Core | Jon Amiel | ||
1996 | Courage Under Fire | Edward Zwick | ![]() | |
1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Otto Preminger | ||
1947 | Crossfire | Edward Dmytryk | ||
1983 | D.C. Cab | Joel Schumacher | Main Setting | ![]() |
1958 | Damn Yankees | George Abbott, Stanley Donen | ![]() | |
1983 | Daniel | Sidney Lumet | ||
1993 | Dave | Ivan Reitman | Main Setting [4] | ![]() |
2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Roland Emmerich | [1] | ![]() |
1951 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Robert Wise | National Film Registry[1] | ![]() |
1998 | Deep Impact | Mimi Leder | [5] | ![]() |
2004 | The Defender | Dolph Lundgren | ||
1999 | Dick | Andrew Fleming | Main Setting [5] | ![]() |
1990 | Die Hard 2 | Renny Harlin | [1] | |
1992 | The Distinguished Gentleman | Jonathan Lynn | ||
1991 | Doc Hollywood | Michael Caton-Jones | ||
2021 | Don't Look Up | Adam McKay | ![]() | |
2011 | The Double | Michael Brandt | ![]() | |
1944 | The Doughgirls | James V. Kern | ||
1964 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Stanley Kubrick | Main Setting National Film Registry | |
1994 | Drop Zone | John Badham | ||
2004 | Eagle Eye | D. J. Caruso | ![]() | |
1956 | Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Fred F. Sears | [1] | |
2013 | The East | Zal Batmanglij | ![]() | |
2006 | Eight Below | Frank Marshall | ||
1999 | Election | Alexander Payne | ![]() | |
2016 | Elvis & Nixon | Liza Johnson | ||
2002 | The Emperor's Club | Michael Hoffman | ||
2006 | End Game | Andy Cheng | ||
1998 | Enemy of the State | Tony Scott | [3] | ![]() |
1996 | Eraser | Chuck Russell | ![]() | |
2007 | Evan Almighty | Tom Shadyac | ![]() | |
1973 | Executive Action | David Miller | ||
1996 | Executive Decision | Stuart Baird | ||
1973 | The Exorcist | William Friedkin | Main Setting, National Film Registry, see Exorcist steps[3] | ![]() |
1990 | The Exorcist III | William Peter Blatty | ![]() | |
1964 | Fail Safe | Sidney Lumet | ||
2010 | Fair Game | Doug Liman | ![]() | |
2011 | Fast Five | Justin Lin | ||
1951 | FBI Girl | William A. Berke | ||
1959 | The FBI Story | Mervyn LeRoy | ||
1992 | A Few Good Men | Rob Reiner | [3] | ![]() |
1980 | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Piers Haggard | ||
2013 | The Fifth Estate | Bill Condon | ||
1993 | The Firm | Sydney Pollack | ![]() | |
2004 | First Daughter | Forest Whitaker | ||
1980 | First Family | Buck Henry | ||
1996 | First Kid | David M. Evans | ![]() | |
1948 | For the Love of Mary | Frederick de Cordova | ||
1994 | Forrest Gump | Robert Zemeckis | National Film Registry[3] | ![]() |
1971 | The French Connection | William Friedkin | National Film Registry | ![]() |
2008 | Frost/Nixon | Ron Howard | ||
1997 | G.I. Jane | Ridley Scott | ![]() | |
2013 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Jon M. Chu | [1] | ![]() |
2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Stephen Sommers | ||
1933 | Gabriel Over the White House | Gregory La Cava | ||
2019 | Georgetown | Christoph Waltz | Main Setting | |
2017 | Geostorm | Dean Devlin | ||
1996 | Get on the Bus | Spike Lee | ||
2008 | Get Smart | Peter Segal | Main Setting | ![]() |
2023 | Ghosted | Dexter Fletcher | Main Setting | ![]() |
2012 | Goats | Christopher Neil | ||
1974 | The Godfather Part II | Francis Ford Coppola | National Film Registry | ![]() |
2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Michael Dougherty | ||
2013 | A Good Day to Die Hard | John Moore | ||
2006 | The Good Shepherd | Robert De Niro | ![]() | |
1986 | Good to Go | Blaine Novak | ||
1943 | Government Girl | Dudley Nichols | ||
2022 | The Gray Man | Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | ||
1978 | The Greek Tycoon | J. Lee Thompson | ||
1979 | Hair | Miloš Forman | ||
2001 | Hannibal | Ridley Scott | ![]() | |
2011 | Haywire | Steven Soderbergh | ||
2003 | Head of State | Chris Rock | ![]() | |
1986 | Heartburn | Mike Nichols | ||
2000 | Hollow Man | Paul Verhoeven | ![]() | |
1980 | Hopscotch | Ronald Neame | ||
1997 | The House of Yes | Mark Waters | ||
1958 | Houseboat | Melville Shavelson | ![]() | |
2010 | How Do You Know | James L. Brooks | ![]() | |
2018 | Hunter Killer | Donovan Marsh | ||
1997 | I Think I Do | Brian Sloan | ||
2016 | I.T. | Melville Shavelson | ||
2006 | Idiocracy | Mike Judge | Main Setting | |
1993 | In the Line of Fire | Wolfgang Petersen | ![]() | |
2009 | In the Loop | Armando Iannucci | Main Setting | ![]() |
1996 | Independence Day | Roland Emmerich | [1] | ![]() |
2016 | Independence Day: Resurgence | Roland Emmerich | ||
2007 | The Invasion | Oliver Hirschbiegel | ![]() | |
2019 | The Irishman | Martin Scorsese | ||
2010 | Iron Man 2 | Jon Favreau | ||
2013 | Iron Man 3 | Shane Black | ||
2020 | Irresistible | Jon Stewart | ||
2011 | J. Edgar | Clint Eastwood | Main Setting | ![]() |
2016 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | Edward Zwick | ![]() | |
2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Kenneth Branagh | ||
1997 | The Jackal | Michael Caton-Jones | ![]() | |
2016 | Jackie | Pablo Larraín | Main Setting | ![]() |
2016 | Jason Bourne | Paul Greengrass | ![]() | |
1991 | JFK | Oliver Stone | [2] | ![]() |
2010 | Jonah Hex | Jimmy Hayward | [1] | |
1938 | Judge Hardy's Children | George B. Seitz | ||
2014 | Kill the Messenger | Michael Cuesta | ![]() | |
2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Martin Scorsese | ||
2014 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Matthew Vaughn | ||
2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Matthew Vaughn | ||
1997 | Kiss the Girls | Gary Fleder | ||
1964 | Kisses for My President | Curtis Bernhardt | ||
2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | ||
1944 | Ladies of Washington | Louis King | ||
1973 | The Last Detail | Hal Ashby | ![]() | |
2019 | The Last Full Measure | Todd Robinson | ![]() | |
2016 | LBJ | Rob Reiner | ![]() | |
2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Charles Herman-Wurmfeld | Main Setting | |
2013 | Life of a King | Jake Goldberger | ||
2012 | Lincoln | Steven Spielberg | Main Setting | |
2007 | Lions for Lambs | Robert Redford | Main Setting | ![]() |
2007 | Live Free or Die Hard | Len Wiseman | [1] | ![]() |
1992 | Live Wire | Christian Duguay | ||
2012 | Lockout | James Mather, Stephen Saint Leger | ||
1976 | Logan's Run | Michael Anderson | [1] | |
2016 | London Has Fallen | Babak Najafi | ||
1939 | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Peter Godfrey | ||
2019 | Long Shot | Jonathan Levine | ||
2010 | Lost Boys: The Thirst | Dario Piana | ||
2016 | Loving | Jeff Nichols | ||
2010 | MacGruber | Jorma Taccone | ||
1946 | Magnificent Doll | Frank Borzage | ||
1955 | A Man Called Peter | Henry Koster | ||
1983 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Bruce Malmuth | ||
1985 | The Man with One Red Shoe | Stan Dragoti | ||
1972 | The Man | Joseph Sargent | ||
1986 | Manhunter | Michael Mann | ![]() | |
1962 | The Manchurian Candidate | John Frankenheimer | ![]() | |
2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Jonathan Demme | [5] | ![]() |
1996 | Mars Attacks! | Tim Burton | [1] | ![]() |
2002 | The Master of Disguise | Perry Andelin Blake | ||
2021 | The Mauritanian | Kevin Macdonald | ![]() | |
2007 | Max 2: White House Hero | Brian Levant | ||
1936 | A Message to Garcia | George Marshall | ||
1979 | Meteor | Ronald Neame | ||
1993 | The Meteor Man | Robert Townsend | ||
2002 | Minority Report | Steven Spielberg | Main Setting [3] | ![]() |
2016 | Miss Sloane | John Madden | ||
1943 | Mission to Moscow | Michael Curtiz | ||
2015 | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Christopher McQuarrie | ||
1943 | The More the Merrier | George Stevens | ||
1987 | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home | Alan Smithee | ||
2002 | The Mothman Prophecies | Mark Pellington | ![]() | |
1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Frank Capra | Main Setting, National Film Registry | ![]() |
1997 | Murder at 1600 | Dwight H. Little | Main Setting | ![]() |
1996 | My Fellow Americans | Peter Segal | ![]() | |
2020 | My Spy | Peter Segal | ||
1991 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | David Zucker | ![]() | |
1995 | National Lampoon's Senior Trip | Kelly Makin | ||
2004 | National Treasure | Jon Turteltaub | Main Setting,[3] | ![]() |
2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Jon Turteltaub | ![]() | |
1990 | Navy SEALs | Lewis Teague | ||
1995 | The Net | Irwin Winkler | ![]() | |
2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Shawn Levy | Main Setting,[3] | ![]() |
1995 | Nixon | Oliver Stone | Main Setting | ![]() |
1987 | No Way Out | Roger Donaldson | Main Setting[3] | ![]() |
2014 | Non-Stop | Jaume Collet-Serra | ||
2008 | Nothing but the Truth | Rod Lurie | ||
2013 | Olympus Has Fallen | Antoine Fuqua | Main Setting[1] | |
1976 | The Omen | Richard Donner | ||
2023 | Oppenheimer | Christopher Nolan | ![]() | |
2013 | Parkland | Peter Landesman | ||
1992 | Patriot Games | Phillip Noyce | ![]() | |
2001 | Pearl Harbor | Michael Bay | ||
1993 | The Pelican Brief | Alan J. Pakula | [4] | ![]() |
1996 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Miloš Forman | ||
2013 | Philomena | Stephen Frears | ![]() | |
2015 | Pixels | Chris Columbus | ![]() | |
1959 | Plan 9 from Outer Space | Ed Wood | ![]() | |
2001 | Planet of the Apes | Tim Burton | [1] | ![]() |
1993 | Point of No Return | John Badham | ||
2017 | The Post | Steven Spielberg | Main Setting | ![]() |
1986 | Power | Sidney Lumet | ||
1934 | The President Vanishes | William A. Wellman | ||
1967 | The President's Analyst | Theodore J. Flicker | ||
1998 | Primary Colors | Mike Nichols | ||
1977 | The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | Larry Cohen | ||
1997 | Private Parts | Betty Thomas | ![]() | |
1984 | Protocol | Herbert Ross | ||
2016 | The Purge: Election Year | James DeMonaco | ||
1994 | Quiz Show | Robert Redford | ![]() | |
1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Steven Spielberg | National Film Registry | ![]() |
2002 | Red Dragon | Brett Ratner | ![]() | |
1935 | Red Salute | Sidney Lanfield | ||
2007 | Rendition | Gavin Hood | ![]() | |
2019 | The Report | Scott Z. Burns | Main Setting | |
2012 | Resident Evil: Retribution | Paul W. S. Anderson | ||
2023 | The Retirement Plan | Tim Brown | ||
1983 | The Right Stuff | Philip Kaufman | National Film Registry | |
2014 | RoboCop | José Padilha | ||
1996 | The Rock | Michael Bay | ||
1992 | Running Mates | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | ||
2023 | Rustin | George C. Wolfe | Main Setting | ![]() |
2010 | Salt | Phillip Noyce | ![]() | |
1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Michael Curtiz | ||
2003 | Scary Movie 3 | David Zucker | ![]() | |
1973 | Scorpio | Michael Winner | ||
1946 | The Searching Wind | William Dieterle | ||
1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Jerry Schatzberg | ||
2006 | The Sentinel | Clark Johnson | ![]() | |
1918 | The Service Star | Charles Miller | ||
1964 | Seven Days in May | John Frankenheimer | [6] | ![]() |
1985 | Seven Minutes in Heaven | Linda Feferman | ||
1997 | Shadow Conspiracy | George P. Cosmatos | ![]() | |
2003 | Shattered Glass | Billy Ray | Main Setting | ![]() |
1943 | Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Roy William Neill | ||
2024 | Shirley | John Ridley | ![]() | |
1998 | The Siege | Edward Zwick | [1] | |
1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | National Film Registry | ![]() |
2007 | The Simpsons Movie | David Silverman | ||
1998 | Slam | Marc Levin | [6] | |
1943 | So This Is Washington | Ray McCarey | ||
1956 | The Solid Gold Cadillac | Richard Quine | ||
2020 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Jeff Fowler | ||
2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Jon Watts | [3] | ![]() |
2019 | Spies in Disguise | Troy Quane, Nick Bruno | ||
2001 | Spy Game | Tony Scott | ![]() | |
1985 | St. Elmo's Fire | Joel Schumacher | Main Setting [4] | ![]() |
2009 | State of Play | Kevin Macdonald | Main Setting [3] | ![]() |
2005 | Stealth | Rob Cohen | ||
1999 | Storm Catcher | Tony Hickox | ||
1951 | Strangers on a Train | Alfred Hitchcock | [2] | ![]() |
1998 | Streetwise | Bruce Brown | ||
2016 | Suicide Squad | David Ayer | ||
2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Phil Alden Robinson | ![]() | |
1980 | Superman II | Richard Lester | [1] | |
1987 | Suspect | Peter Yates | ![]() | |
2005 | Syriana | Stephen Gaghan | ![]() | |
2007 | Talk to Me | Kasi Lemmons | ||
2004 | Team America: World Police | Trey Parker | ||
2013 | Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor | Tyler Perry | ||
1927 | A Texas Steer | Richard Wallace | ||
2005 | Thank You for Smoking | Jason Reitman | Main Setting [2] | ![]() |
1943 | They Got Me Covered | David Butler | ||
1952 | The Thief | Russell Rouse | ||
2000 | Thirteen Days | Roger Donaldson | Main Setting | ![]() |
1975 | Three Days of the Condor | Sydney Pollack | Main Setting [3] | ![]() |
1992 | Thunderheart | Michael Apted | ||
1994 | Timecop | Peter Hyams | ||
1972 | Top of the Heap | Christopher St. John | ||
1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku | ![]() | |
2000 | Traffic | Steven Soderbergh | ![]() | |
2007 | Transformers | Michael Bay | ![]() | |
2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Michael Bay | ![]() | |
2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Michael Bay | ![]() | |
2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Michael Bay | ||
1994 | True Lies | James Cameron | Main Setting [4] | ![]() |
2015 | Trumbo | Jay Roach | ||
2018 | Uncle Drew | Charles Stone III | ||
2024 | Unfrosted | Jerry Seinfeld | ||
1916 | The Velvet Paw | Maurice Tourneur | ||
2018 | Vice | Adam McKay | Main Setting | ![]() |
2008 | W. | Oliver Stone | Main Setting | |
1997 | Wag the Dog | Barry Levinson | Main Setting [3] | ![]() |
2007 | The Walker | Paul Schrader | ||
1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Harold S. Bucquet | ||
1932 | Washington Merry-Go-Round | James Cruze | ||
1943 | Watch on the Rhine | Herman Shumlin | ||
2009 | Watchmen | Zack Snyder | ||
2005 | Wedding Crashers | David Dobkin | Main Setting [3] | ![]() |
1973 | The Werewolf of Washington | Milton Moses Ginsberg | ||
1964 | What a Way to Go! | J. Lee Thompson | ||
1951 | When Worlds Collide | Rudolph Maté | ||
2013 | White House Down | Roland Emmerich | Main Setting [1] | ![]() |
1967 | Who's Minding the Mint? | Howard Morris | ||
1999 | Wild Wild West | Barry Sonnenfeld | ||
1945 | Without Love | Harold S. Bucquet | ||
2021 | Without Remorse | Stefano Sollima | ![]() | |
2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 | Patty Jenkins | Main Setting [3] | ![]() |
2021 | Worth | Sara Colangelo | ||
1998 | The X-Files | Rob Bowman | ||
2008 | The X-Files: I Want to Believe | Chris Carter | ||
2000 | X-Men | Bryan Singer | ||
2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | Bryan Singer | ||
2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Bryan Singer | [1] | |
2011 | X-Men: First Class | Matthew Vaughn | ![]() | |
2003 | X2 | Bryan Singer | ||
2005 | XXX: State of the Union | Lee Tamahori | ![]() | |
1942 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Michael Curtiz | National Film Registry | ![]() |
2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | Kathryn Bigelow | ||
2009 | Zombieland | Ruben Fleischer | ||
2019 | Zombieland: Double Tap | Ruben Fleischer |
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