Hundreds of major motion picture and television projects have been shot in Washington, DC. Here is a small sampling of some of the productions that were filmed in the District, by year.
2012
America’s Most Wanted (Lifetime)
Chris Matthews Hardball (MSNBC/NBC)
Fast Foods Gone Global (Travel Channel)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Heat Seekers 2 (Food Network)
How the States Got Their Shapes (History Channel)
Jeopardy Game Show (SONY/CBS)
Life After Top Chef (Bravo)
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (Lionsgate/The Tyler Perry Company)
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight (HBO)
Mysteries at the Museum (Travel Channel)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
R&B Divas (TV One)
Restaurant Impossible (Food Network)
White House Down (Columbia Pictures)
Who Do You Think You Are? (NBC)
Veep (HBO)
Olympus Has Fallen (Millennium Films)
2011
Argo (Warner Bros.)
Bourne Identity 4: The Bourne Legacy (Universal)
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (Travel Channel)
Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss “Obese” Season 2 (ABC)
G.I. Joe (Paramount)
Homeland (Showtime)
In Performance at the White House: Motown Sound (WETA TV and PBS)
J. Edgar (Warner Bros.)
Safe House (Universal)
The BET Honors (BET)
The Dr. Oz Show (CBS)
The Firm (NBC)
The 64th Annual Horatio Alger Awards (PBS)
Too Big to Fail (HBO)
2010
America’s Most Wanted (Fox)
Covert Affairs (USA Network)
DC Cupcakes (TLC)
Outlaw (NBC)
The BET Honors (BET)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
The Real Housewives of DC (Bravo)
Top Chef Season 7 (Bravo)
Transformers: The Dark of the Moon (Paramount)
2009
18 Kids and Counting (TLC)
Adams Morgan: The Movie
Below the Beltway
Big Love (HBO)
Dinner: Impossible (Food Network)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
Fair Game
How Do You Know
Iron Chef America (Food Network)
Man vs. Food (Travel Channel)
No Reservations (Travel Channel)
Prison Wives (Discovery Channel)
Salt
The BET Honors (BET)
The Biggest Loser (NBC)
The Real World: D.C. (MTV)
2008
24
Blonde Charity Mafia
Bones
Eagle Eye
GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
In The Loop
Jazz in the Diamond District
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Recount
State of Play
2007
Bones
Boy of Pigs
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Transformers
Burn After Reading
24
Supreme Courtships
Joe Louis Documentary
Rendition
Shooter
Stop Loss
Christmas in Washington
Lions for Lambs
Definitely Maybe
The Bourne Ultimatum
Body of Lies
Get Smart
No End in Sight
2006
Capitol Law
Sex, Power, Love & Politics
Blue Collar Comedy Tour
Transformers
Talk to Me
Rachael Ray’s Tasty Travels
Capitol Hill Girls
Mission Impossible III
The Walker
This Old House
The Hoax
20 Questions
Sixty Minute Man
Live Free or Die Hard
Bones
The Kingdom
Breach
Evan Almighty
Man of the Year
The Good Shepherd
The West Wing
2005
Untitled - Albert Brooks Project
Bones
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
Rayful Edmond Documentary
The Simple Life
Ambush Makeover
FATWA
E-Ring
Commander-in-Chief
Thank You for Smoking
Mission Impossible III
The Sentinel
The Good Shepherd
50 States/50 Days
The Visiting
2004
Syriana
xXx: State of the Union
The Simple Life 3: Interns
Wedding Crashers
Jeopardy
Missing in America
The Service
The Wire
American Idol
Trading Spaces
2003
The District
The West Wing
Mr. Sterling
K Street
The Manchurian Candidate
National Treasure
Legally Blonde II
Chasing Liberty
The Street Lawyer
NCIS
The Woodcutter
America’s Most Wanted
Shattered Glass
Christmas in Washington 2003
Ambush Makeover
2004 Volvo S80 PR Commercial
2002
Igby Goes Down
Runteldat - Martin Lawrence Live
America’s Most Wanted
Georgetown
The West Wing
The Recruit
Fiona
The Court
Red Dragon
Unsolved Mysteries
Mr. Sterling
The Core
Winter Wheat
The District
Head of State
Hanssen
The Day After Tomorrow
2001
Sum of All Fears
Spy Game
Minority Report
Collateral Damage
The Bench
The Agency
The West Wing
The District
2000
Along Came A Spider
Traffic
Hannibal
The West Wing
Spin City
Wheel of Fortune