Maxxxine | 2024 | Ti West | |
Six Points Texas, Psycho House, Bates Motel and many other front lot locations. |
Candy Cane Lane | 2023 | Reginald Hudlin | |
Colonial Street |
The Comeback Trail | 2020 | George Gallo | |
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw | 2019 | David Leitch | |
Stage 25, New York Street (motorcycle chase), Bud Westmore Building |
Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood | 2019 | Quentin Tarantino | |
The Lancer sequence was shot on the Western backlot sets known as Six Points Texas |
Us | 2019 | Jordan Peele | |
Stage 26 |
Bird Box | 2018 | Susanne Bier | |
Camping scene was shot in the Wilderness Road area of the Universal backlot. |
Dunkirk | 2017 | Christopher Nolan | |
Falls Lake |
Sully: Miracle on the Hudson | 2016 | Clint Eastwood | |
Falls Lake - full size rear-half of the plane in the water tank |
Why Him? | 2016 | John Hamburg | |
Shooting on Colonial Street in April 2016 |
Furious 7 | 2015 | James Wan | |
Stage 18, Stage 28, Stage 44 |
Gibby | 2015 | Phil Gorn | |
Colonial Street was featured for the street scenes |
Ted 2 | 2015 | Seth MacFarlane | |
The backlot Underwater Tank was used |
Gone Girl | 2014 | David Fincher | |
The house that Nick and Amy move out of in New York was on Brownstone Street on the backlot. |
Saving Mr. Banks / Saving Mr Banks | 2014 | John Lee Hancock | |
Backlot sets Six Points Texas and Courthouse Square are featured in two short sequences. |
Iron Man 3 | 2013 | Shane Black | |
New York Street |
R.I.P.D. | 2013 | Robert Schwentke | |
Stage 18 |
The Hangover Part III | 2013 | Todd Phillips | |
Falls Lake |
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | 2013 | Francis Lawrence | |
Falls Lake (the clock face stunt sequence was shot at this backlot location in March 2013) |
The Little Rascals Save the Day | 2013 | Alex Zamm | |
New York Street and Courthouse Square filming in October 2012 |
Colonial Street |
Battleship | 2012 | Peter Berg | |
Falls Lake |
Snow White and the Huntsman | 2012 | Rupert Sanders | |
Stage 27 |
The Amazing Spider-Man | 2012 | Marc Webb | |
A number of the buildings on Universal's New York Street area were temporarily replaced with new facades for this production, which was filming during January 2011. The sequence where Captain Stacy and Spider-Man meet was shot on New York Street. |
Falls Lake - bridge was set up in front of the bluescreen backing for the Williamsburg Bridge stunt sequence. |
Captain America: The First Avenger | 2011 | Joe Johnston | |
New York Street |
Cowboys & Aliens | 2011 | Jon Favreau | |
Hop | 2011 | Tim Hill | |
China scenes were shot on the Old Mexico backlot sets. Existing arches were modified to make them circular. |
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | 2011 | Rob Marshall | |
Shooting on Falls Lake in August 2010 - Bell tower stunt sequence in front of the bluescreen backdrop. |
The Muppets | 2011 | James Bobin | |
Shot on Stage 28, with a nearby stage used as a Muppet Workshop to keep the stars looking perky. Stage 27 was also used. |
Wanderlust | 2011 | David Wain | |
Falls Lake |
Inception | 2010 | Christopher Nolan | |
Falls Lake |
Knight and Day | 2010 | James Mangold | |
The Little Europe backlot sets were used for a small section of the bull-running scenes set in Seville, Spain. CGI bulls were used. |
Unstoppable | 2010 | Tony Scott | |
Stage 28 |
Angels & Demons | 2009 | Ron Howard | |
Stunt sequence featuring car explosion was shot on a specially built additional arched wall structure on the Little Europe backlot set. |
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire | 2009 | Paul Weitz | |
Couples Retreat | 2009 | Peter Billingsley | |
Stage 12 |
Fast & Furious | 2009 | Justin Lin | |
Land of the Lost | 2009 | Brad Silberling | |
Stage 12, Stage 27, Stage 28 at Universal Studios Hollywood. |
The Muse | 2009 | Albert Brooks | |
Front Lot (including a sequence featuring Studio Tour Trams) |
Bedtime Stories | 2008 | Adam Shankman | |
Six Points Texas on the backlot |
Changeling | 2008 | Clint Eastwood | |
The bank featured in Dirty Harry was redressed with new steps up to it for this movie. New York Street featured heavily as LA in the 1920s and was disguised with digital set extensions. Telephone exchanges featured in the movie can be seen in the Prop Warehouse. |
Forgetting Sarah Marshall | 2008 | Nicholas Stoller | |
Stage 29 |
Hancock | 2008 | Peter Berg | |
A new house was built for this movie on Elm Street on the Universal backlot. It's a fully practical set. |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 2008 | Steven Spielberg | |
Falls Lake, Old Mexico (as Peru), Freeway Park, Stage 27 [Cemetary where Indy and Mutt find the Crystal Skull], Stage 29 [Indy's house] |
Meet Dave | 2008 | Brian Robbins | |
New York Street |
Superhero Movie | 2008 | Craig Mazin | |
Brownstone Street, New York Street |
Tropic Thunder | 2008 | Ben Stiller | |
Stage 12 |
You Don't Mess With The Zohan | 2008 | Dennis Dugan | |
Little Europe sets were redressed, along with a new archway for this movie. Interiors were shot on Stage 28. |
Balls of Fury | 2007 | Robert Ben Garant | |
Although the movie was not based at Universal, the production used
the abandoned Fung Lum restaurant as a key location.
The Flash Flood area was also used briefly during the coach journey to 'Somewhere in Central America'. |
Die Hard 4.0 | 2007 | Len Wiseman | |
Stage 12 |
Evan Almighty | 2007 | Tom Shadyac | |
Ark flood sequence shot on Falls Lake. Stage 12 (top section of the ark) and Stage 27 (entrance and lower section of the ark) were also used. |
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets | 2007 | Jon Turteltaub | |
Stage 12 (treasure room), Stage 41, New York Street (opening scenes set in 1865), Falls Lake |
Norbit | 2007 | Brian Robbins | |
The Norbit house is a permanent set on Elm Street on the Universal backlot. |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World | 2007 | Gore Verbinski | |
Falls Lake, Stage 12 (tropical island village / Singapore), Stage 23, Stage 24, Stage 28, Stage 31. |
Shooter | 2007 | Antoine Fuqua | |
Falls Lake log cabin was blown up in a major stunt sequence. |
Transformers | 2007 | Michael Bay | |
Final battle sequences shot on New York Street on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot. |
Deja Vu | 2006 | Tony Scott | |
New York Street |
Idlewild | 2006 | Bryan Barber | |
Stage 28 |
Miami Vice | 2006 | Michael Mann | |
Stage 06 |
Mission Impossible III / Mission Impossible 3 | 2006 | J.J. Abrams | |
The sloping rooftop stunt sequence was shot on a roof section built in the Cinema Surface Parking Lot next to the theme park at Universal Studios (see photos) |
Nacho Libre | 2006 | Jared Hess | |
Old Mexico, Flash Flood |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 2006 | Gore Verbinski | |
Mediterranean Square (as tavern in Tortuga, with additional set dressing). Stage 23, Stage 24, Stage 28, Stage 31 and Stage 12 (tropical island village / Singapore) were also used. |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | 2006 | Justin Lin | |
Stage 28, Stage 29 |
The Good German | 2006 | Steven Soderbergh | |
Little Europe |
The Pink Panther | 2006 | Shawn Levy | |
Little Europe |
The Prestige | 2006 | Christopher Nolan | |
Brownstone Street and New York Street on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot were extensively re-dressed to portray the London Street scenes. |
The movie was in production January 16 - April 9 2006. |
You, Me & Dupree | 2006 | Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | |
Stage 23, Stage 24, Stage 25, Stage 27, Stage 28 |
Crazylove | 2005 | Ellie Kanner | |
Stage 34 |
Jarhead | 2005 | Sam Mendes | |
Stage 12 (aircraft interior), Stage 22, Stage 28, Little Europe Eastern Area |
Kicking and Screaming | 2005 | Jesse Dylan | |
Colonial Street and Freeway Park. Interiors were shot on Stage 20. |
Serenity | 2005 | Joss Whedon | |
Stage 12, Stage 19, Stage 22 |
Shaggy Dog | 2005 | Brian Robbins | |
New York Street alley |
The Ring Two | 2005 | Hideo Nakata | |
Stage 01, Stage 23, Stage 28, Stage 34, Stage 35 |
The Skeleton Key | 2005 | Iain Softley | |
Stage 23, Stage 24, Stage 27, Stage 28, Stage 29 |
War of the Worlds | 2005 | Steven Spielberg | |
The 747 landing set used in War of the Worlds is still in position as part of the Universal Studios tour, on the backlot. |
Stage 25, Stage 27 [Tank used for ferry capsize sequence featuring underwater cars. Filmed Jan 31 - Feb 2 2005], Stage 28 [bluescreen set for minivan sequence] |
Christmas with the Kranks | 2004 | Joe Roth | |
New York Street |
Dawn of the Dead | 2004 | Zack Snyder | |
Park Lake |
Extreme Dating | 2004 | Lorena David | |
Stage 34 |
Garfield | 2004 | Peter Hewitt | |
Stage 19, Stage 25, Stage 36, Elm Street |
Meet the Fockers | 2004 | Jay Roach | |
Stage 01, Stage 16, Stage 25, Stage 36 |
National Treasure | 2004 | Jon Turteltaub | |
Stage 24 |
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | 2004 | Garry Marshall | |
The streets of Little Europe doubled as Genovia. The Square of Warriors appeared as the exterior of the royal residence. The Train Station also appeared. Interiors were shot on Stage 22, Stage 23, Stage 27 and Stage 36. |
Raising Helen | 2004 | Garry Marshall | |
Stage 22, Stage 24, Stage 29, Stage 34, Stage 41 |
Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | Sam Raimi | |
MJ performs in The Importance of Being Earnest in one of the New York Street Theaters. |
The Ladykillers | 2004 | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | |
The Harvey house on Colonial Street featured throughout. |
Van Helsing | 2004 | Stephen Sommers | |
Falls Lake and stages. |
2 Fast 2 Furious | 2003 | John Singleton | |
Stage 01, Stage 04 |
American Wedding (American Pie: The Wedding) | 2003 | Jesse Dylan | |
Stage 01 |
Beethoven's 5th | 2003 | Mark Griffiths | |
Chicken Ranch |
Bruce Almighty | 2003 | Tom Shadyac | |
Brownstone Street, Courthouse Square, Falls Lake, New York Street on the backlot and Stage 01, Stage 19, Stage 29, Stage 41. |
Down With Love | 2003 | Peyton Reed | |
Street scenes were shot on New York Street - digital set extensions were used extensively. |
Hulk | 2003 | Ang Lee | |
A new set of houses was built on Elm Street on the backlot for this movie. Banner's childhood home was built on the Falls Lake tank. These stages were used for interior scenes: Stage 01, Stage 12 [underground lab], Stage 22, Stage 23 [father's house interior], Stage 27, Stage 28 [the first floor of Bruce Banner's house], Stage 35. |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | 2003 | Gore Verbinski | |
Old Mexico (as Tortuga, shot during December 2002), Falls Lake, Little Europe (as Port Royal), including the exterior of Will's workshop. |
Seabiscuit | 2003 | Gary Ross | |
Stage 35, Six Points Texas on the backlot |
The Cat In The Hat | 2003 | Bo Welch | |
Courthouse Square, Stage 23, Stage 27, Stage 28 [interior of the Walden house], Stage 29, Stage 31 |
The House of 1000 Corpses | 2003 | Rob Zombie | |
The Chicken Ranch appeared as the Firefly residence in this notorious horror movie (it was filmed in 2000 but not released until 2003). |
The Italian Job | 2003 | F. Gary Gray | |
Falls Lake (Venice palace boathouse canal sequence) |
The Rundown / Welcome to the Jungle | 2003 | Peter Berg | |
Stage 29 |
Big Fat Liar | 2002 | Shawn Levy | |
Stage 01, Stage 34, Prop Warehouse, Flash Flood, Denver Street, Psycho House |
Dragonfly | 2002 | Tom Shadyac | |
Stage 01 |
Minority Report | 2002 | Steven Spielberg | |
The Backlot Murders | 2002 | David DeFalco | |
The Scorpion King | 2002 | Chuck Russell | |
Square of Warriors, Stage 28, Stage 29, Stage 41 |
The Time Machine | 2002 | Simon Wells | |
Brownstone Street |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence | 2001 | Steven Spielberg | |
Stage 747 |
Americas Sweethearts | 2001 | Joe Roth | |
New York Street |
Evolution | 2001 | Ivan Reitman | |
Stage 19 |
Jurassic Park III | 2001 | Joe Johnston | |
Falls Lake, Stage 01, Stage 12 [jungle rain forest set - plane crashes into tree, Tyrannosaurus vs Spinosaurus battle], Stage 18 [plane in flight - interior, dinosaur kennel set], Stage 27 [A pteranodon grabs Eric. The groups watches helplessly as Eric is carried away. Everyone scrambles to get Eric. Grant and Amanda are separated from Paul by a Pteranodon], Stage 28 [Pteranodon drops Eric into the Nest area. Eric hits hatchlings with his knapsack. Paul, in pursuit, slips and slides, lands down to nest. Paul grabs Eric, they fight their way out of the nest.], Stage 29 [rock wall observatory], Stage 44 [rock wall canyon, flooded], Stage 25, Stage 747 |
|
K-PAX | 2001 | Iain Softley | |
Stage 20, Stage 29 |
The Fast and the Furious | 2001 | Rob Cohen | |
Stage 28 |
The Majestic | 2001 | Frank Darabont | |
Falls Lake on the backlot for the bridge / car crash sequence |
The Mexican | 2001 | Gore Verbinski | |
Stage 20 |
The One | 2001 | James Wong | |
Stage 27 |
Cast Away | 2000 | Robert Zemeckis | |
Brownstone Street |
Charlie's Angels | 2000 | McG | |
Falls Lake, Court of Miracles (Damn You Salazar scene) |
Dude, Where's My Car? | 2000 | Danny Leiner | |
Stage 01 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas | 2000 | Ron Howard | |
Stage 12 [Whoville], Stage 27 [Mt.Crumpit set], Stage 28 [cave set], Stage 29, Stage 31 and 6 other stages. |
O Brother, Where Art Thou | 2000 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | |
Falls Lake (flood sequence featuring CGI cow on cowshed roof) |
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas! | 2000 | Brian Levant | |
Stage 24 |
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | 2000 | Peter Segal | |
Stage 25, Stage 34 |
The Perfect Storm | 2000 | Wolfgang Petersen | |
Falls Lake |
Traffic | 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | |
Stage 20 |
American Pie | 1999 | Paul Weitz | |
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | 1999 | Jay Roach | |
Production Designer Rusty Smith re-imagined London's Carnaby Street on the New York Street set on the Universal backlot. It was also used for the Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach sequence. |
End of Days | 1999 | Peter Hyams | |
Brownstone Street. Also, the exploding restaurant was built (and blown up) on the backlot. |
Life | 1999 | Ted Demme | |
Stage 27, Stage 28 |
Man on the Moon | 1999 | Milos Forman | |
Stage 27, Stage 29, Stage 36 |
Message in a Bottle | 1999 | Luis Mandoki | |
Falls Lake |
Mystery Men | 1999 | Kinka Usher | |
Stage 27, Stage 28 [special effects stage - flying sequences done against greenscreen], Stage 29 |
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | 1999 | Des McAnuff | |
Stage 28 |
Deep Impact | 1998 | Mimi Leder | |
Colonial Street (Hardy House) featured as the residential street where Leo lives. Falls Lake also featured. |
Dr Dolittle | 1998 | Betty Thomas | |
New York Street |
Godzilla | 1998 | Roland Emmerich | |
Falls Lake (Hudson River sequence used in the trailer) |
Mercury Rising | 1998 | Harold Becker | |
Stage 747 |
Pleasantville | 1998 | Gary Ross | |
Psycho | 1998 | Gus Van Sant | |
Colonial Street, Stage 12, Stage 20, Stage 22 |
Small Soldiers | 1998 | Joe Dante | |
Stage 27 |
The Odd Couple II | 1998 | Howard Deutch | |
Stage 747 |
The Wedding Singer | 1998 | Frank Coraci | |
Stage 747 |
Amistad | 1997 | Steven Spielberg | |
Courthouse Square |
Batman & Robin | 1997 | Joel Schumacher | |
Courthouse Square and New York Street on the backlot. |
Buddy | 1997 | Caroline Thompson | |
Square of Warriors |
Dante's Peak | 1997 | Roger Donaldson | |
Falls Lake, Stage 01, Underwater Tank |
Face/Off | 1997 | John Woo | |
New York Street sets |
Fathers' Day | 1997 | Ivan Reitman | |
Chicken Ranch on the Universal backlot |
Leave it to Beaver | 1997 | Andy Cadiff | |
Colonial Street. The Leave it to Beaver house on the street was built for this movie. |
Liar Liar | 1997 | Tom Shadyac | |
Stage 23, Stage 25, Stage 747 |
Mafia! | 1997 | Jim Abrahams | |
Court of Miracles, Brownstone Street |
MouseHunt | 1997 | Gore Verbinski | |
New York Street |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 1997 | Steven Spielberg | |
Old Mexico, Stage 12, Stage 22 [Worker Village kiln house & shed], Stage 24 [T Rex stage - sets were build around the dinosaurs which ran on tracks], Stage 25 [Full size T Rex scenes. The T Rexs were so large they could not be moved from Stage 25 once assembled - the sets had to be built and moved around them], Stage 27 [Gatherers base camp], Stage 28 |
The Peacemaker | 1997 | Mimi Leder | |
New York Street |
Escape from L.A. | 1996 | John Carpenter | |
Courthouse Square (as defunct theme park), Singapore Lake |
Jingle All The Way | 1996 | Brian Levant | |
Courthouse Square and New York Street (as Minneapolis) |
The Crow: City of Angels | 1996 | Tim Pope | |
New York Street |
The Nutty Professor | 1996 | Tom Shadyac | |
Courthouse Square, Stage 23, Stage 25 |
The Phantom | 1996 | Simon Wincer | |
New York Street |
A Walk in the Clouds | 1995 | Alfonso Arau | |
Brownstone Street |
Apollo 13 | 1995 | Ron Howard | |
Falls Lake - The splashdown at the end of the movie was shot on Falls Lake with the blue sky backdrop. |
Stage 27 - Mission Control |
Stage 36 - Stage kept at a low 38 degrees Fahrenheit (3.5 degrees Celsius) so that actors' breath was visible on camera. |
Casper | 1995 | Brad Silberling | |
Colonial Street, Colonial Mansion, Stage 12 (interior of Whipstaff Manor), Stage 28, Singapore Lake |
How to Make An American Quilt | 1995 | Jocelyn Moorhouse | |
Stage 29, New York Street |
Mallrats | 1995 | Kevin Smith | |
Singapore Lake / Jaws attraction (Studio Tour) |
Money Train | 1995 | Joseph Ruben | |
New York Street |
The American President | 1995 | Rob Reiner | |
Stage 28 |
Three Wishes | 1995 | Martha Coolidge | |
Courthouse Square |
Wild Bill | 1995 | Walter Hill | |
Some of the buildings currently at the Six Points Texas backlot location were built for Wild Bill in 1994, including the saloon at the centre point of the six points. The elaborate practical set has been since used in Jessica Simpson's music video for These Boots Are Made for Walking. |
Beverly Hills Cop III | 1994 | John Landis | |
The Alien Attack theme park ride is actually the Earthquake attraction on the Universal Studios tram tour. |
New York Street, the fictional Land of the Dinosaurs ride was built on Stage 37 at Universal. |
Blown Away | 1994 | Stephen Hopkins | |
Little Europe |
I Love Trouble | 1994 | Charles Shyer | |
New York Street |
My Girl 2 | 1994 | Howard Zieff | |
Little Europe |
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult | 1994 | Peter Segal | |
Log Cabin |
The Flintstones | 1994 | Brian Levant | |
Stage 24 |
The Shadow | 1994 | Russell Mulcahy | |
Stage 29, Brownstone Street, New York Street, Square of Warriors (Alec Baldwin's mansion) |
True Lies | 1994 | James Cameron | |
Falls Lake |
Beethovens 2nd | 1993 | Rod Daniel | |
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | 1993 | Rob Cohen | |
New York Street |
Heart and Souls | 1993 | Ron Underwood | |
Stage 24 |
Jurassic Park | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | |
Stage 12 (Visitor Centre), Stage 16, Stage 23 [park maintenance shed], Stage 24 [visitors centre kitchen when velociraptors attack], Stage 27 [Ford Explorer falling through tree (suspended on cables), Brachiosaurus visiting cast in a tree in the morning, Nedry's encounter with a Spitter, attack on Muldoon], Stage 28 (Computer Control room and hatchery) |
Swing Kids | 1993 | Thomas Carter | |
New York Street |
Wayne's World 2 (Waynes World 2) | 1993 | Stephen Surjik | |
New York Street (as London) |
What's Love Got To Do With It | 1993 | Brian Gibson | |
Old Mexico |
Batman Returns | 1992 | Tim Burton | |
Stage 12 - Penguins underground lair - tank filled with half a million gallons of water and a simulated ice floe island. The stage was kept at a very low temperature to keep the penguins happy. |
Death Becomes Her | 1992 | Robert Zemeckis | |
Stage 31, Stage 34, Stage 36, New York Street |
Dracula | 1992 | Francis Ford Coppola | |
New York Street (as London) |
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York | 1992 | Chris Columbus | |
Although much of the movie was shot on location in New York, the special effects and stunt sequences meant it made more sense for the exteriors for Rob McAllister's house in New York to be shot on Brownstone Street. This is the home of Kevin's (Macauley Culkin) uncle which is being refurbished, and which Kevin uses to trap the bad guys. |
Newsies | 1992 | Kenny Ortega | |
Many weeks of shooting on New York Street on the Universal backlot, while parts of it were still under construction following the 1990 fire. |
Noises Off | 1992 | Peter Bogdanovich | |
Stage 37 |
Sneakers | 1992 | Phil Alden Robinson | |
Courthouse Square |
Beethoven | 1991 | Brian Levant | |
Colonial Street - the street the dogs escape from the van onto. |
The garden and the back of the Newton's house (and their neighbours) was built for this movie and still exists at the top of the Universal backlot. It's now overgrown, but the shells of the houses built for this movie are still in place. |
City Slickers | 1991 | Ron Underwood | |
Little Europe |
FX2 | 1991 | Richard Franklin | |
Brownstone Street |
Mobsters | 1991 | Michael Karbelnikoff | |
New York Street, Stage 12 |
Shout | 1991 | Jeffrey Hornaday | |
Colonial Street and Circle Drive was featured heavily. |
Dick Tracy | 1990 | Warren Beatty | |
New York Street |
Die Hard 2: Die Harder | 1990 | Renny Harlin | |
Stage 27, Stage 747 |
Kindergarten Cop | 1990 | Ivan Reitman | |
Stage 747 (plane) |
Fletch Lives | 1989 | Michael Ritchie | |
Old Mexico, Flash Flood attraction (Studio Tour) appeared as the Noahs Ark ride at Bibleland. |
The 'Burbs | 1989 | Joe Dante | |
Colonial Street featured heavily, including Walters / Burbs house, the Providence House, and the Drew House which featured as the Weingartners' home. |
The War of the Roses | 1989 | Danny DeVito | |
Little Europe |
The Wizard | 1989 | Todd Holland | |
The Square of Warriors features heavily as the location of the finale. Various parts of the studio and theme park are also featured, along with an extended sequence in the old King Kong attraction. |
When Harry Met Sally | 1989 | Rob Reiner | |
Plane sequence shot on Stage 747 |
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark | 1988 | James Signorelli | |
Courthouse Square (TBC) |
Midnight Run | 1988 | Martin Brest | |
Stage 747 |
Moonwalker | 1988 | Jerry Kramer, Jim Blashfield, Colin Chilvers | |
The Smooth Criminal sequence was shot on Brownstone Street, Little Europe and in the New York Street area. |
The Great Outdoors | 1988 | Howard Deutch | |
Log Cabin |
Twins | 1988 | Ivan Reitman | |
Stage 747 |
Dragnet | 1987 | Tom Mankiewicz | |
Underwater Tank |
Harry and the Hendersons | 1987 | William Dear | |
New York Street (as Seattle) |
Jaws: The Revenge | 1987 | Joseph Sargent | |
This was the first movie to use the new Falls Lake location on the backlot. |
The Monster Squad | 1987 | Fred Dekker | |
Colonial Street and Colonial Mansion was featured, along with Courthouse Square |
Legal Eagles | 1986 | Ivan Reitman | |
Stage 12, New York Street backlot |
Psycho III | 1986 | Anthony Perkins | |
Psycho House, Stage 12, Black Lagoon (Park Lake) |
Three Amigos | 1986 | John Landis | |
Mediterranean Square, Old Mexico |
Back to the Future | 1985 | Robert Zemeckis | |
Courthouse Square featured as Hill Valley. Stage 12 (Interior Doc's house). |
Mask | 1985 | Peter Bogdanovich | |
Stage 28, Stage 36 |
The Color Purple | 1985 | Steven Spielberg | |
The dress shop opened in the final scenes of the movie was at Six Points Texas on the backlot. Stage 37 was also used. |
Weird Science | 1985 | John Hughes | |
Stage 31 was used as Wyatts apartment interior and the Black Lagoon adjacent to Park Lake was also featured. |
City Heat | 1984 | Richard Benjamin | |
New York Street (as Kansas City), Brownstone Street |
Cloak & Dagger | 1984 | Richard Franklin | |
The backlot Square of Warriors set is featured as the foreign embassy that Jack Flack parachutes into at the start of the movie. |
Gremlins | 1984 | Joe Dante | |
Courthouse Square featured heavily as the town square of Kingston Falls. Colonial Street is also featured. |
Streets of Fire | 1984 | Walter Hill | |
New York Street |
Psycho II | 1983 | Richard Franklin | |
Black Lagoon (dumping of the body), Courthouse Square (as Fairvale), Psycho House on the Universal backlot. |
Scarface | 1983 | Brian De Palma | |
Stage 12 was used for large set piece scenes. Stage 06 was also used. |
Annie | 1982 | John Huston | |
Annie finds her dog Sandy on Brownstone Street. New York Street is also featured. |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | 1982 | Colin Higgins | |
Chicken Ranch set was built in full on Stage 12 and opened like a dollhouse for interior and exterior shots. The set was moved to it's current outdoor location after filming. |
The Thing | 1982 | John Carpenter | |
Stage 24, Stage 27 |
History of the World Part I | 1981 | Mel Brooks | |
Park Lake (Red Sea), Square of Warriors (extended by the use of matte paintings to depict Ancient Rome), Little Europe (as France) |
Modern Problems | 1981 | Ken Shapiro | |
Psycho House on the backlot |
The Incredible Shrinking Woman | 1981 | Joel Schumacher | |
Stage 12, Stage 22, New York Street |
Airplane! | 1980 | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | |
In God We Trust | 1980 | Marty Feldman | |
Stage 28 - Art Director David Snyder restored the phantom stage into a TV broadcast theatre. |
The Blues Brothers | 1980 | John Landis | |
Park Lake (Good ole boys motorhome crashes into lake), New York Street (as Chicago) - car jump stunt, Singapore Lake. The gospel church interior was shot on a set built on the Square of Warriors backlot set. Stage 06 and Stage 25 was also used. |
The Nude Bomb | 1980 | Clive Donner | |
The Tram Tour features heavily, including GlamorTrams being used in stunt sequences, Park Lake, Jaws Lake, Battle of Galactica |
Xanadu | 1980 | Robert Greenwald | |
Brownstone Street (Business side), Stage 28 (fantasy sequence of bands meshing) |
1941 | 1979 | Steven Spielberg | |
Animal House | 1978 | John Landis | |
Some interiors were shot on soundstages at Universal. All exteriors were shot on location in Oregon. |
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1978 | Michael Schultz | |
MacArthur, the Rebel General | 1977 | Joseph Sargent | |
New York Street |
Battle of Midway | 1976 | Jack Smight | |
Stage 27 |
Family Plot | 1976 | Alfred Hitchcock | |
Gable and Lombard | 1976 | Sidney J. Furie | |
Stage 28 |
Jaws | 1975 | Steven Spielberg | |
Rooster Cogburn | 1975 | Stuart Millar | |
Six Points Texas |
The Drowning Pool | 1975 | Stuart Rosenberg | |
Stage 36 |
The Eiger Sanction | 1975 | Clint Eastwood | |
Stage 28 |
The Hindenburg | 1975 | Robert Wise | |
Stage 12 |
The movie features extensive matte paintings by Albert Whitlock. A model of the Hindenburg airship was built for film which was over 25 feet in length and was flown in front of a backdrop. Matte paintings of the airship based on photographs of the model were also used. |
Airport 1975 | 1974 | Jack Smight | |
Stage 12, Stage 747 |
Earthquake | 1974 | Mark Robson | |
New York Street, extended by glorious matte paintings and miniature footage, is destroyed in numerous ways. Stage 12 was used for the WIlson Plaza collapse and the stairway rescue. |
The Alpha Caper | 1973 | Robert Michael Lewis | |
Courthouse Square |
The Sting | 1973 | George Roy Hill | |
Brownstone Street and New York Street feature as Old Chicago. The theater on the south side of New York Street featured as the exterior of the Burlesque Theater, and an elevated rail track was built to run above the street. The Paris Opera House sets on Stage 28 were used for the theater interior scenes. Stage 12, Stage 22, Stage 23, Stage 24, Stage 27 and Stage 32 were also used. |
Lady Sings The Blues | 1972 | Sidney J. Furie | |
Brownstone Street |
The Magnificent Seven Ride | 1972 | George McCowan | |
Old Mexico, Mediterranean Square |
Diamonds are Forever | 1971 | Guy Hamilton | |
Parking Lot (Las Vegas alley entrance) |
Dirty Harry | 1971 | Don Siegel | |
New York Street (as San Francisco) - Bank Robbery |
How to Frame A Figg | 1971 | Alan Rafkin | |
Courthouse Square was used throughout and the Sheraton Universal Hotel featured in the end sequence. |
Play Misty for Me | 1971 | Clint Eastwood | |
Stage 22 |
The Andromeda Strain | 1971 | Robert Wise | |
Stage 12 |
Airport | 1970 | George Seaton | |
Brownstone Street featured when Van Heflin enters Maureen Stapleton's cafe to borrow money for his plane ticket. |
Stage 22, Stage 24, Stage 28 (special effects stage - flying miniatures) |
The scene where the plane is stuck on the snowbound runway was shot on the Barham Blvd parking lot on the Universal front lot. |
Two Mules for Sister Sara | 1970 | Don Siegel | |
Six Points Texas |
Change of Habit | 1969 | William A. Graham | |
The church on New York Street featured in this movie musical. Brownstone Street is also featured. |
Topaz | 1969 | Alfred Hitchcock | |
New York Street |
Hellfighters | 1968 | Andrew V. McLaglen | |
Stage 32 |
Sweet Charity | 1968 | Bob Fosse | |
The Central Park bridge built for the movie still exists (as a shell) behind the King Kong Model Ship adjacent to Park Lake. This was before the Red Sea effect was built for the Studio Tour, so the area was very different then. |
Brownstone Street, Stage 12, Stage 27 |
Gunfight in Abilene | 1967 | William Hale | |
Stage 36 |
The Reluctant Astronaut | 1967 | Edward Montagne | |
Courthouse Square (Kiddieland Scenes), Stage 30 |
The War Wagon | 1967 | Burt Kennedy | |
Six Points Texas |
Thoroughly Modern Millie | 1967 | George Roy Hill | |
Stage 12 (Muzzy Estate), Stage 22, Stage 27, Stage 28 were the soundstages used. The Paris Opera House sets on Stage 28 were used for the theatre sequence. Many exterior scenes were shot on New York Street and Brownstone Street. The Square of Warriors embassy buildings featured as Carol Channing / Muzzy's house. |
Madame X | 1966 | David Lowell Rich | |
New York Street, Little Europe (as Germany) |
Munster, Go Home | 1966 | Earl Bellamy | |
Colonial Street (Munster House and Harvey House), Psycho House on the backlot is featured in the main titles. |
Texas Across the River | 1966 | Michael Gordon | |
Stage 28 |
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken | 1966 | Alan Rafkin | |
Colonial Street (Harvey House) |
The Rare Breed | 1966 | Andrew V. McLaglen | |
Six Points Texas |
Torn Curtain | 1966 | Alfred Hitchcock | |
New York Street, Stage 28 (including the Paris Opera House sets for the Theatre scene), Stage 32. |
Shenandoah | 1965 | Andrew V. McLaglen | |
Stage 27 |
Village of the Giants | 1965 | Bert I. Gordon | |
Courthouse Square |
Bedtime Story | 1964 | Ralph Levy | |
Train Station set on the backlot |
Bullet for a Badman | 1964 | R.G. Springsteen | |
Shot on Denver Street on the backlot |
Father Goose | 1964 | Ralph Nelson | |
Stage 19, Stage 20 |
Man's Favorite Sport? | 1964 | Howard Hawks | |
Stage 24 |
Marnie | 1964 | Alfred Hitchcock | |
Send Me No Flowers | 1964 | Norman Jewison | |
Colonial Street (Cleaver House) |
The Brass Bottle | 1964 | Harry Keller | |
Colonial Street (Hardy) |
The Killers | 1964 | Don Siegel | |
Stage 30 and Stage 32 |
Bye Bye Birdie | 1963 | George Sidney | |
Courthouse Square (Conrad Birdie sang good-bye to his fans) |
Charade | 1963 | Stanley Donen | |
Stage 28 [theatre] |
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World | 1963 | Stanley Kramer | |
The Birds | 1963 | Alfred Hitchcock | |
Stage 28, Stage 32, Stage 44 |
The Raiders | 1963 | Herschel Daugherty | |
Denver Street |
The Thrill of It All | 1963 | Norman Jewison | |
The Dana house exterior set featured in the movie can still be seen on Colonial Street to this day. |
Three Guns for Texas | 1963 | Earl Bellamy, David Lowell Rich | |
Denver Street |
To Kill A Mockingbird | 1962 | Robert Mulligan | |
Courthouse Square, Stage 29, Stage 30 [courthouse interior], Stage 32. The courthouse interior built on Stage 30 was a painstakingly accurate reproduction of the courthouse at Monroeville, Alabama. |
The whole street featured in the movie was built on the backlot, adjacent to the New York Street sets. The Boo Radley house was designed by Henry Bumstead and built at Universal, while all other houses were moved to the backlot from Chaves Ravine, where developers were clearing the land for the Dodgers Stadium. The houses were bought for $1 each from developers. The Boo Radley house remains on Elm Street to this day. |
Flower Drum Song | 1961 | Henry Koster | |
Stage 12 |
Judgement at Nuremberg | 1961 | Stanley Kramer | |
The Tower of London castle set on the backlot is used for concentration camp scenes. |
Inherit the Wind | 1960 | Stanley Kramer | |
Courthouse Square |
Midnight Lace | 1960 | David Miller | |
San Francisco Street section of New York Street was used on the backlot, along with a large amount of location shooting in London, UK. |
Psycho | 1960 | Alfred Hitchcock | |
The infamous shower scene and Bates Motel interiors were shot on Stage 18. Stage 28 was used for the interiors of the Bates house (the Psycho house). The Psycho House and Bates Motel were originally built close to Singapore Lake (now Jaws Lake) and Laramie Street during production. The house has been in three different locations around the backlot in total. |
Spartacus | 1960 | Stanley Kubrick | |
The Square of Warriors (formerly known as Spartacus Square) was designed and built for this movie. Laurence Olivier addresses the Roman soldiers from the Roman Senate steps. The backlot road leading to the Flash Flood was used as the Appian Way. The senate interiors were shot on Stage 06. Stage 12 was also used. |
Operation Petticoat | 1959 | Blake Edwards | |
Stage 19 |
Pillow Talk | 1959 | Michael Gordon | |
Stage 24 |
The Shaggy Dog | 1959 | Charles Barton | |
Colonial Street (Harvey House and Cleaver House) |
Kathy O' | 1958 | Jack Sher | |
Colonial Street |
Rock-A-Bye Baby | 1958 | Frank Tashlin | |
Colonial Street (Harvey House, Munster House) and Courthouse Square |
Man of a Thousand Faces | 1957 | Joseph Pevney | |
Stage 28 |
My Man Godfrey | 1957 | Henry Koster | |
The last movie to shoot on New York Street before parts of it were destroyed by a fire in June 1957. |
Tammy and the Bachelor | 1957 | Joseph Pevney | |
Stage 33, Colonial Mansion on the backlot |
The Monolith Monsters | 1957 | John Sherwood | |
Courthouse Square on the backlot |
Around the World in Eighty Days | 1956 | Michael Anderson | |
Little Europe backlot |
Never Say Goodbye | 1956 | Jerry Hopper | |
Colonial Street (Cleaver House) |
The Unguarded Moment | 1956 | Harry Keller | |
Colonial Street |
Written on the Wind | 1956 | Douglas Sirk | |
Colonial Mansion on Colonial Street, Stage 25 |
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | 1955 | Charles Lamont | |
Colonial Street |
All That Heaven Allows | 1955 | Douglas Sirk | |
The set for Rock Hudson's character Ron Kirby's home was built on the backlot next to old Falls Lake, and was known as Ron's Barn when it was moved to Colonial Street. It's now known as the Hardy Boys house. The Cleaver house was also featured. |
Lady Godiva | 1955 | Arthur Lubin | |
Court of Miracles |
One Desire | 1955 | Jerry Hopper | |
Colonial Street (Pink Place - Cromwell house, Munster House) |
Tarantula | 1955 | Jack Arnold | |
Courthouse Square |
The Desperate Hours | 1955 | William Wyler | |
Colonial Street on the Universal backlot. The Cleaver House set on Colonial Street (then known as Paramount House) was built for this movie. Other sets featured: Delta House. |
To Catch A Thief | 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock | |
Stage 22 |
Creature from the Black Lagoon | 1954 | Jack Arnold | |
Park Lake and the Black Lagoon featured heavily, as the Amazon. The water tanks under Stage 12 were also used alongside interior sets (to be confirmed) |
Destry | 1954 | George Marshall | |
Denver Street on the backlot |
The Black Shield of Falworth | 1954 | Rudolph Maté | |
Tower of London set |
The Glenn Miller Story | 1954 | Anthony Mann | |
Colonial Mansion |
All I Desire | 1953 | Douglas Sirk | |
Colonial Street |
Gunsmoke | 1953 | Nathan Juran | |
It Came from Outer Space | 1953 | Jack Arnold | |
Courthouse Square, Stage 12 (sequences were shot here with painted backgrounds) |
The Golden Blade | 1953 | Nathan Juran | |
Tower of London set on the backlot |
The Mississippi Gambler | 1953 | Rudolph Maté | |
Six Points Texas, Park Lake |
War Arrow | 1953 | George Sherman | |
Six Points Texas |
Has Anybody Seen My Gal | 1952 | Douglas Sirk | |
Colonial Street |
Here Come The Nelsons | 1952 | Frederick De Cordova | |
Colonial Street |
Just Across The Street | 1952 | Joseph Pevney | |
Colonial Street (Munster house) |
The World in His Arms | 1952 | Raoul Walsh | |
Laramie Street |
Abbott and Costello Meet The Invisible Man | 1951 | Charles Lamont | |
Colonial Street |
Bedtime for Bonzo | 1951 | Frederick De Cordova | |
The Dana house on Colonial Street was the home of Ronald Reagan's character in this movie. |
Katie Did It | 1951 | Frederick De Cordova | |
Colonial Street (Seven Gables) |
The Fat Man | 1951 | William Castle | |
Colonial Street |
Harvey | 1950 | Henry Koster | |
Colonial Street including what is now known as the Harvey House and the Colonial Mansion. Interiors were shot on Stage 12, Stage 20, Stage 23. |
Peggy | 1950 | Frederick De Cordova | |
Colonial Street |
The Milkman | 1950 | Charles Barton | |
Colonial Street |
Winchester '73 / Winchester 73 | 1950 | Anthony Mann | |
Six Points Texas |
Ma and Pa Kettle | 1949 | Charles Lamont | |
Stage 24, Courthouse Square |
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | 1948 | Charles Barton | |
Stage 06 [Lon Chaney Jr's transformation to the Wolfman, Staircase to basement], Stage 15 [Hotel Room set], Stage 17 [Lab set], Stage 19 [House of Horrors set], Stage 22 [Insurance Office set] at Universal. |
All My Sons | 1948 | Irving Reis | |
The Keller home (known as Delta House) on Colonial Street was built for this movie (and was shot on a soundstage before being moved to Colonial Street in 1950). |
An Act of Murder | 1948 | Michael Gordon | |
The courthouse at Courthouse Square was built for this movie. Sets that were to be moved to Colonial Street in 1950 also appeared. |
Another Part of the Forest | 1948 | Michael Gordon | |
Colonial Street - the Hubbard house set was built on a sound stage for this movie and was moved to Colonial Street in 1950. It remained there next to the Munster house until 1981. |
River Lady | 1948 | George Sherman | |
The home of the Morrison family is a set that can still be found on Colonial Street to this day. |
Golden Earrings | 1947 | Mitchell Leisen | |
Tower of London castle set, Little Europe sets on the backlot. |
The Egg and I | 1947 | Chester Erskine | |
Stage 22 |
Canyon Passage | 1946 | Jacques Tourneur | |
Laramie Street on the backlot |
So Goes My Love aka A Genius in the Family | 1946 | Frank Ryan | |
Colonial Street sets (Maxim House / Munster House, Harvey House) were first built on Stage 12 for this movie. |
In Society | 1944 | Jean Yarbrough | |
Colonial Street |
The Mummy's Ghost | 1944 | Reginald Le Borg | |
Colonial Street |
The Phantom of the Opera | 1943 | Arthur Lubin | |
The original 1925 Paris Opera House set built for the Lon Chaney Phantom of the Opera again appears in this full color version. Before production started, $100,000 was used to adequately soundproof the existing Stage 28 which was built in the silent era. |
The Spoilers | 1942 | Ray Enright | |
Shot on Denver Street on the backlot |
Appointment For Love | 1941 | William A. Seiter | |
Stage 28 |
Nice Girl? | 1941 | William A. Seiter | |
Colonial Street - the Dana house is named after Deanna Durbin's character in this movie. |
My Little Chickadee | 1940 | Edward F. Cline | |
Six Points Texas - the Livery Stable set is still at Six Points to this day |
The House of Seven Gables | 1940 | Joe May | |
The House of Seven Gables can be seen on Colonial Street to this day. |
Tower of London | 1939 | Rowland V. Lee | |
The Tower of London castle set on the backlot was constructed for this movie. It remained until 1988 when it was replaced by the Earthquake attraction for the Studio Tour. |
One Hundred Men and a Girl | 1937 | Henry Koster | |
Stage 28, Colonial Street (Corner House) |
Flash Gordon (Serial) | 1936 | | |
Stage 28 - The opera house interiors were featured. |
The Bride of Frankenstein | 1935 | James Whale | |
Court of Miracles, Little Europe, Stage 12 (Laboratory set), Stage 28 (special effects stage - used for filming miniatures of the laboratory exterior and destruction of the laboratory) |
The Raven | 1935 | Lew Landers | |
Stage 28 |
The Invisible Man | 1933 | James Whale | |
Little Europe |
The Vampire Bat | 1933 | Frank R. Strayer | |
Court of Miracles |
Airmail | 1932 | John Ford | |
Stage 27 |
Mummy, The | 1932 | Karl Freund | |
Dracula | 1931 | Tod Browning | |
Stage 12 (Interior of Castle / Grand Staircase / Interior of Abbey), Stage 28 (Royal Albert Hall sequence - Bela Lugosi sat in an opera box originally built for Phantom of the Opera in 1925), Little Europe backlot |
Frankenstein | 1931 | James Whale | |
Many of the exteriors of the village were shot on the Little Europe sets at Universal, including the Court of Miracles {The townspeople of Goldstadt celebrated the wedding of Henry Frankenstein to Elizabeth in this square. ). However, they're not the same sets that can be seen today - all of todays Little Europe was built in 1967 after a huge fire destroyed the vintage sets. |
Many scenes that look like exteriors were shot on soundstages (there are some unfortunate ripples of backcloths which give away the interior shooting, and footsteps that sound like wooden staging not outdoor rocks and mud). The highly theatrical backdrops with dramatic skies helped to set the atmosphere of exaggerated reality. |
The huge Laboratory set was built on Stage 12 at Universal Studios Hollywood. The stage had been built in 1929. The electrical machinery in Dr Frankenstein's laboratory was provided by Kenneth Strickfaden. The same machinery reappeared years later in the fabulous Mel Brooks homage Young Frankenstein |
All Quiet on the Western Front | 1930 | Lewis Milestone | |
Little Europe backlot |
King of Jazz | 1930 | John Murray Anderson | |
Stage 12 |
Broadway | 1929 | Paul Fejos | |
Stage 12 |
Uncle Tom's Cabin | 1927 | Harry A. Pollard | |
Stage 28, Colonial Street (Colonial Mansion) |
The Phantom of the Opera | 1925 | Rupert Julian | |
Stage 28 was constructed for this movie. Portions of the Paris Opera House sets built in 1925 still exist inside Stage 28, which is known as The Phantom Stage. |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1923 | Wallace Worsley | |
Court of Miracles, Little Europe |
Foolish Wives | 1922 | Erich von Stroheim | |
Massive Monte Carlo sets built on the backlot |
The Miracle Man | 1919 | George Loane Tucker | |
Court of Miracles |
Damon and Pythius | 1914 | Otis Turner | |
This silent movie was the first to be shot wholly at Universal City and was completed just prior to the official opening in March 1915. |
TV Series (191) |
Title | Released | Creator / Showrunner | IMDB |
---|
A Classic Spy | 2024 | Mike Schur | |
A gazebo was built on the London Square sectin of New York Street for the show |
St. Denis Medical | 2024 | Justin Spitzer | |
New York Street, City Park, shot on Stage New 26. |
Ted (TV) | 2023 | Seth MacFarlane | |
Cleaver House on Colonial Street, Courthouse Square |
Bel Air | 2022 | Andy Borowitz, Susan Borowitz, T.J. Brady | |
Courthouse Square, Colonial Street, Stage 16, Stage 17, Stage 27 |
Lopez vs Lopez | 2022 | | |
Stage New 25, Stage New 26 |
Rutherford Falls | 2021- | Ed Helms, Sierra Teller Ornelas, Michael Schur | |
Courthouse Square |
American Auto | 2021 | | |
Stage New 26 |
Hacks | 2021 | | |
Stage 27 |
The Mysterious Benedict Society | 2021 | | |
Little Europe |
Never Have I Ever | 2020 | Lang Fisher, Mindy Kaling | |
Colonial Street (Hardy Boys house) |
The Kelly Clarkson Show | 2019 | | |
Stage 01 |
Good Girls | 2018 | Jenna Bans | |
Season 2 onwards was filmed in California, including Colonial Street on the Universal backlot |
Westworld (HBO) | 2016-2022 | | |
Little Europe, Old Mexico (Season 1, Episode 5, as the town of Pariah), Stage 41 |
American Housewife | 2016 | Sarah Dunn | |
Colonial Street, Cleaver House |
Crowded | 2016 | Suzanne Martin | |
Stage 41 |
Heartbeat | 2016 | | |
Stage 03 (hospital), Stage 29 |
The Good Place | 2016 | Michael Schur | |
Little Europe |
Telenovela | 2015-2016 | Jessica Goldstein, Robert Harling, Chrissy Pietrosh | |
Stage 43, Stage 44 |
Superstore | 2015 | | |
Stage 21 for swing sets and Stage 22 & Stage 23 joined together |
About A Boy | 2013 - | Jason Katims | |
Chicken Ranch |
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D / Agents of SHIELD | 2013 | Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon | |
Pilot: New York Street on the backlot for the superhero rescue from the burning building. |
The Mindy Project | 2012-2017 | Mindy Kaling | |
Stage 27, New York Street set, Brownstone Street (apartment located here), Elm Street |
Key and Peele | 2012-2015 | Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele | |
Colonial Street |
Shameless (US) | 2011- | Paul Abbott | |
Old Mexico |
The Voice | 2011 | | |
Stage 12 was used as the base for the first 17 seasons of the US version of The Voice. They moved out in January 2020 when the production offices around Stage 12 were demolished in preparation for the area being redeveloped. |
Parenthood | 2010-2015 | | |
Stage 43, Stage 44 [1st floor Zeek and Camilles house], New York Street, Hollywood Terrace / Prop Plaza [Zeek house exterior] |
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | 2009-2010 | | |
Stage 01 |
Community | 2009 | Dan Harmon | |
Old Mexico |
The Mentalist | 2008-2015 | Bruno Heller | |
Chicken Ranch |
True Blood | 2008 | Alan Ball | |
Little Europe (2012 season) |
Carpoolers | 2007-2008 | Bruce McCulloch | |
Stage 35, Stage 36, Stage 37, Elm Street |
Andy Barker, P.I. | 2007 | Jonathan Groff, Conan O'Brien | |
Stage 29 |
Life | 2007 | Rand Ravich | |
Stage 33, Stage 43, Stage 44 |
Heroes | 2006-2010 | Tim Kring | |
Little Europe (as India), Freeway Park (Season 4), Stage 33, Stage 34, Stage 37, Stage 43 |
Old Mexico and Elm Street (fire) (Season 2, Episode 8) |
Doctor Who (new) | 2006 - | Various | |
The Christmas special in December 2016 shot a few sequences on New York Street on the backlot, including on the rooftops. |
The Biggest Loser | 2006 - | | |
Stage 06 |
The IT Crowd | 2006 | | |
Thick and Thin | 2006 | Paula Pell | |
Stage 35, Stage 42, Stage 44 |
How I Met Your Mother | 2005-2014 | Carter Bays, Craig Thomas | |
New York Street |
Weeds | 2005-2012 | Jenji Kohan | |
Shot on Stage 27 at Universal (Season 7 onwards) |
Ghost Whisperer | 2005-2010 | John Gray | |
Based on Courthouse Square, this series also filmed in the Chicken Ranch, on Colonial Street, on Elm Street, in the Underwater Tank and on Stage 05, Stage 06, Stage 18, Stage 19, Stage 20 at Universal. |
Surface | 2005-2006 | Jonas Pate, Josh Pate | |
Stage 19 |
Criminal Minds | 2005- | Jeff Davis | |
New York Street (April 2012), Old Mexico (2016) |
Bones | 2005 - 2017 | Hart Hanson | |
Season 5 Episode 15 (The Bones on the Blue Line) featured a sequence using the Earthquake attraction on the Studio Tour as a subway station that floods. |
House | 2004-2012 | David Shore | |
New York Street [coach crash episode], Old Mexico backlot. |
Complete Savages | 2004-2005 | Mike Scully, Julie Thacker | |
Stage 34, Stage 35, Stage 41 |
LAX | 2004-2005 | Nick Thiel | |
Stage 20, Stage 36 |
Desperate Housewives | 2004 - 2012 | Marc Cherry | |
Colonial Street and Elm Street as well as Stage 01 [production of season 3 started on Stage 1 then moved to other stages including larger Stage 41], Stage 03, Stage 04, Stage 05. In Season 1 Episode 18 the Log Cabin appeared as Camp Hennessey. Colonial Street sets featured: Delta House, Munster House, Harvey House, Hardy House, Dana House, Burbs House, Providence House, Cleaver House |
Scream Play | 2004 | David Basinski | |
Courthouse Square |
The O.C. | 2003-2007 | Josh Schwartz | |
Old Mexico [as Tijuana] |
Arrested Development | 2003-2006 | Various | |
Season 3 Episodes 2 & 3- The London Street area on the Upper Lot featured as Wee Britain in brief sequences. |
Carnivale | 2003-2005 | Daniel Knauf | |
Six Points Texas |
Rock Me Baby | 2003-2004 | Tim Kelleher | |
Stage 29 |
Run of the House | 2003-2004 | Betsy Thomas | |
Stage 41 |
Coupling | 2003 | Steven Moffat | |
Stage 35, Stage 42 |
Dragnet | 2003 | Dick Wolf | |
Stage 05 |
Monk | 2002-2009 | Various | |
Various episodes shot on New York Street and Elm Street on the backlot. Season 2 Episode 2 Mr Monk Goes to Mexico was shot on the Old Mexico sets adjacent to the Flash Flood. |
Without a Trace | 2002-2009 | Hank Steinberg | |
Old Mexico |
Boomtown | 2002-2003 | Graham Yost | |
Elm Street |
24 | 2001-2010 | Robert Cochran, Joel Surnow | |
New York Street was used for a car stunt sequence for Season 7 Episode 10. |
Crossing Jordan | 2001-2007 | Tim Kring | |
Elm Street, Square of Warriors, Falls Lake (Season 6 Finale), Stage 27, Stage 33, Stage 36, Stage 37, Stage 41, Stage 42, Stage 43, Stage 44 |
So Little Time | 2001-2002 | Eric Cohen, Tonya Hurley | |
Stage 42 |
Three Sisters | 2001-2002 | Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline | |
Stage 43 |
Scrubs | 2001 - 2010 | Various | |
CSI | 2000-2015 | Ann Donahue, Anthony E. Zuiker | |
Based on Stage 22, Stage 23, Stage 24, Stage 25 on the Universal front lot. Many sets on the backlot have also appeared including the Chicken Ranch (2005) and New York Street sets. |
The District | 2000 | Terry George, Jack Maple | |
Brownstone Street |
Angel | 1999 - 2004 | Various | |
18th Century flashback scenes were shot on the Little Europe set on the Universal backlot. |
Providence | 1999 - 2002 | John Masius | |
The main Providence house can still be found on Colonial Street. The Chicken Ranch also featured. Interiors were shot on Stage 22, Stage 24, Stage 25 and Stage 36. |
Will & Grace | 1998-2020 | David Kohan, Max Mutchnick | |
The reboot from 2018 to 2020 was shot on Stage New 25 and Stage New 26 on the Universal front lot (seasons 9,10 & 11). |
Hollywood Squares | 1998-2004 | | |
Stage 37 |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 1997-2003 | Joss Whedon | |
Colonial Street |
Ally McBeal | 1997-2002 | David E. Kelley | |
Brownstone Street / New York Street sets on the backlot. |
The Visitor | 1997 | Kevin Kerslake | |
Chicken Ranch |
The Steve Harvey Show | 1996-2002 | Winifred Hervey | |
Stage 41 |
The Pretender | 1996-2000 | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | |
Brownstone Street |
Something So Right | 1996-1998 | John Peaslee, Judd Pillot | |
Stage 41, New York Street |
Mr Rhodes | 1996-1997 | Mark Brazill, Jennifer Heath, Peter Noah | |
Stage 37 |
The Burning Zone | 1996-1997 | Coleman Luck | |
New York Street, Square of Warriors, Stage 33, Stage 34 |
Sabrina the Teenage Witch | 1996 - 2003 | | |
Season 1 shot at Universal Studios [Stage 44]. Seasons 2 - 7 were shot at Paramount. |
JAG | 1995-2005 | Donald P. Bellisario | |
Brownstone Street, Little Europe |
Sliders | 1995-2000 | Tracy Tormè, Robert K. Weiss | |
Denver Street, Mediterranean Square, Little Europe |
Cybill | 1995-1998 | Chuck Lorre | |
New York Street |
E.R. | 1994-2009 | Michael Crichton | |
Old Mexico |
Weird Science | 1994-1997 | | |
Courthouse Square, Singapore Lake
The main house for the movie was built on a hill north of Park Lake, possibly where the Prop Warehouse currently stands. |
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad | 1994-1995 | | |
Stage 29 |
NYPD Blue | 1993-2005 | Steven Bochco, David Milch | |
Brownstone Street (Armored Car Robbery), New York Street |
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman | 1993-1998 | Beth Sullivan | |
Courthouse Square, New York Street |
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | 1993-1997 | Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel | |
New York Street |
Seaquest DSV | 1993-1996 | Rockne S. O | |
Stage 28 (underwater sequences done in the pit), Stage 50, Underwater Tank, Old Mexico, Little Europe |
Front Page | 1993-1994 | | |
Stage 24 |
The X-Files | 1993 - 2002 | Chris Carter | |
New York Street |
Message from Nam | 1993 | Paul Wendkos | |
Old Mexico |
Martin | 1992-1997 | Martin Lawrence, John Bowman, Topper Carew | |
Stage 31, Stage 44 |
Harry and the Hendersons | 1991-1993 | | |
Stage 42, New York Street on the backlot. |
Candid Camera | 1991-1992 | | |
Stage 30 - taped in this stage after the World of Cinemagic closed and before Backdraft began construction |
Beverly Hills 90210 | 1990-2000 | Darren Star | |
Little Europe backlot sets used for scenes set in Paris, France |
Seinfeld | 1990-1998 | Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David | |
Brownstone Street featured in the episode where Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer get trapped in a parade day celebration. |
Underwater Tank |
Dream On | 1990-1996 | David Crane, Marta Kauffman | |
Wild and Crazy Kids | 1990-1992 | George Elanjian Jr., Steve Feld | |
This Nickelodeon game show was shot around the backlot and other LA locations. |
Big Break | 1990 | | |
Stage 28 |
American Gladiators | 1989-1997 | | |
Coach | 1989-1997 | Barry Kemp | |
Stage 43, Log Cabin at Falls Lake |
Tales from the Crypt | 1989-1996 | | |
The Log Cabin at Falls Lake was featured in Season 2 Episode 5 |
Quantum Leap | 1989-1993 | Donald P. Bellisario | |
Brownstone Street, New York Street, Collapsing Bridge (Studio Tour) |
Father Dowling Mysteries | 1989-1991 | | |
Stage 01 |
Married With Children | 1987-1997 | Ron Leavitt, Michael G. Moye | |
New York Street |
The Munsters Today (aka The New Munsters) | 1987 - 1991 | Arthur Annecherico | |
3-camera sitcom filmed in front of a live studio audience at Universal. Special effect sequences were filmed in advance and played back to the audience during the shoot. |
Colonial Street Munster house exteriors |
Matlock | 1986-1995 | Dean Hargrove | |
Seasons 1 to 6 filmed at Universal. The Matlock house is on Colonial Street (Corner House). Singapore Lake and Elm Street were also featured. |
Blacke's Magic | 1986 | Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, William Link | |
Denver Street |
Amazing Stories | 1985-1987 | Steven Spielberg | |
Colonial Street [various episodes, including Santa 85 which featured the entire street covered in fake snow], Old Mexico [as The Alamo in 1985 episode Alamo Jobe] |
Misfits of Science | 1985-1986 | James D. Parriott | |
The Tunnel part of the Studio Tour was featured |
MacGyver | 1985 - 1992 | Various | |
The Train Station in Little Europe featured in one episode. |
Moonlighting | 1985 - 1989 | Glenn Gordon Caron | |
Atomic Shakespeare episode was filmed at the Court of Miracles on the Universal backlot. Stage 747 was also used. |
North and South | 1985 | | |
Old Mexico |
Street Hawk | 1985 | Virgil W. Vogel | |
S1E4 (Vegas Run) Featured the Courthouse Square backlot |
Murder She Wrote | 1984-1996 | Various | |
"Incident on Lot 7" - Season 8, Episode 13 (1992) - Psycho House |
"Jessica Behind Bars" - Season 2, Episode 9 (1985) - Square of Warriors / Spartacus Square Embassy building appears as the Prison exterior. |
"Hooray for Homicide" - Season 1, Episode 3 (1984) - Front Lot & Studio Tour |
Colonial Street, New York Street (as London), Tower of London set (as an amusement park), Little Europe (unknown episodes) |
Elm Street (as Industrial Street), Singapore Lake (Jaws Lake) appeared in the opening titles as Cabot Cove, Maine. |
"To Kill A Legend" (Season 11 Episode 3, October 1994) Circle Drive on Colonial Street is featured prominently as the location for the battle re-enactment. The Colonial Street Church is seen in many shots. |
"Seal of the Confessional" - Season 6 Episode 2 (1989) - Colonial Street Church appears in the opening sequence. Jaws Lake appears as Cabot Cove. |
Stage 20 [pilot], Stage 22, Stage 25 (interior Jessica Fletcher's house), Stage 29, the backlot Train Station appeared in one episode. |
Episode The Murder Channel (Season 11, Episode 6) features Brownstone Street and New York Street prominently. (1994) |
"Judge Not" (Season 8 Episode 6) Shot in 1991 - featured the Embassy buildings in the Square of Warriors and Little Europe on the backlot. |
The Cosby Show | 1984-1992 | Michael Leeson | |
Who's the Boss | 1984-1992 | Martin Cohan, Blake Hunter | |
Stage 44 (Season 1) |
Airwolf | 1984-1986 | Donald P. Bellisario | |
Colonial Street (Cleaver House), Colonial Street Church, Denver Street, Little Europe, New York Street, Six Points Texas, Square of Warriors, Tower of London backlot sets, Stage 14 [helicopter interior mockup], Stage 20 [process shots], Stage 24 [Hawke Cabin set], Stage 27 [The Lair hideout], Stage 28 [process shots] |
Charles in Charge | 1984 - 1990 | Barbara Weisberg, Barbara Weisberg, Michael Jacobs, Craig Kellem | |
Still the Beaver | 1983-1989 | | |
Colonial Street (the Cleaver house), Courthouse Square (Mayfield town square) |
The A Team | 1983-1987 | Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo | |
Little Europe, Six Points Texas |
Steel (Season 2 Episode 11) - Upper Lot, Jaws Attraction, Studio Tour Tunnel |
Silver Spoons | 1982-1987 | Martin Cohan, Howard Leeds, Ben Starr | |
Stage 37 [1982-1985] |
Voyagers! | 1982-1983 | James D. Parriott | |
Colonial Street, Denver Street, Little Europe, Train Station, Mediterranean Square, Old Mexico, Square of Warriors, Collapsing Bridge (pilot) |
Knight Rider | 1982 - 1986 | Glen A. Larson | |
Along with soundstages, the backlot was used extensively including Colonial Street, Courthouse Square, Denver Street, Boragora and Six Points Texas. Stage 28 and the Studio Tour Tunnel attraction appeared in Season 4 Fright Knight episode. Stage 01 was also used. |
Tales of the Gold Monkey | 1982 - 1983 | Donald P. Bellisario | |
The Blue Parrot Hotel was built on the backlot (known as Boragora) and Park Lake is featured frequently. |
Simon and Simon | 1981-1989 | Philip DeGuere | |
Colonial Street, Courthouse Square, New York Street, Elm Street (as Industrial Street), Old Mexico, Six Points Texas, all on the Universal Studios backlot. Stage 25 |
Harper Valley P.T.A. | 1981-1982 | | |
(TV series follow-up to the movie) Colonial Street |
Masada | 1981 | | |
Old Mexico appeared as Ancient Jerusalem in opening scenes, and sets were later seen on fire. |
Magnum P.I. | 1980 - 1988 | Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson | |
Courthouse Square and New York Street featured in series 7 episodes 1 & 2 as a film studio backlot |
Galactica 1980 | 1980 | Glen A. Larson, Lou Shaw | |
Stage 747 (Viper Plane interiors) |
The Facts of Life | 1979-1988 | Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon | |
Stage 37 [1982-1985] |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | 1979-1981 | | |
The backlot Tower of London castle set and Little Europe sets appear in the episode Golden Boy as a village on a distant planet. |
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | 1979-1981 | Glen A. Larson | |
Courthouse Square and other backlot locations |
National Lampoon's Delta House | 1979 | | |
Colonial Street (The Delta House set is still there to this day. The Harvey house was also featured, as the Omega House.) New York Street and Courthouse Square featured in the title sequence. |
Diff'rent Strokes | 1978-1986 | Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant, Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff | |
Stage 42 (1982 - 1985) |
The Incredible Hulk | 1978-1982 | | |
New York Street and Courthouse Square (various episodes). Interiors were shot on Stage 23. Stage 04 was used for certain sequences. |
Battlestar Galactica | 1978-1979 | Glen A. Larson, Lou Shaw | |
The backlot Tower of London castle set featured in 1978 episode The Magnificent Warriors. Six Points Texas also featured. |
Little Women | 1978 | | |
Colonial Street |
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | 1977-1979 | Edward Stratemeyer | |
Backlot sets Apartments and Colonial Street (Hardy House, Drew House, Rons Barn) featured, and Laramie Street |
Quincy M.E. | 1976-1983 | Glen A. Larson, Lou Shaw | |
Apartments, Colonial Street, Denver Street, New York Street, Stage 25 |
The Bionic Woman | 1976-1978 | Kenneth Johnson | |
Stage 30, Collapsing Bridge [season 1 ep 14 The Ghost Hunter - Jaime Sommers (The Bionic Woman) makes her way gingerly across the scary bridge on the way to a haunted house.] |
The Jeffersons | 1975-1985 | Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernard West | |
Stage 37 [1982-1985] |
One Day At A Time | 1975-1984 | Whitney Blake, Allan Manings | |
Stage 37, Stage 43 |
Switch | 1975-1978 | Glen A. Larson | |
Stage 42 |
Ellery Queen Mysteries | 1975-1976 | | |
Stage 25 |
Baretta | 1975 | Stephen J. Cannell | |
Robert Blake lived on New York Street |
The Rockford Files | 1974-1980 | Stephen J. Cannell, Roy Huggins | |
Apartments, Colonial Street (Harvey House), New York Street, Stage 23, Stage 30 |
The Six Million Dollar Man | 1974-1978 | | |
New York Street, Stage 06, Stage 30, Ice Tunnel (Studio Tour) |
Big Brother episode shot on Brownstone Street (1976) |
Season 5, Episode 10 (1977) Target Steve Austin. While the Collapsing Bridge remains level, some of the boards break loose causing an RV to get stuck. Steve Austin has to climb down to the base of the bridge to shore it up and free the RV. |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker | 1974-1975 | Jeffrey Grant Rice | |
Colonial Street (Munster House) |
Lucas Tanner | 1974-1975 | Jerry McNeely | |
Colonial Street (Delta House) |
Kojak | 1973-1978 | Abby Mann | |
Colonial Street, New York Street, Stage 22 |
Emergency! | 1972-1979 | Harold Jack Bloom, Robert A. Cinader | |
Apartments, Colonial Street (including Cleaver House), Laramie Street, Stage 23, Stage 30, Stage 33, Stage 41, Falls Lake (Season 2 Ep3) |
Banacek | 1972-1974 | Anthony Wilson | |
Backlot Apartments set was featured. Interiors were filmed on Stage 29. |
Hec Ramsey | 1972-1974 | Harold Jack Bloom | |
Denver Street |
The Night Stalker | 1972 | John Llewellyn Moxey | |
Stage 32 |
The Sixth Sense | 1972 | Anthony Lawrence | |
Stage 28 [opera house sets] |
Columbo | 1971-2003 | Richard Levinson, William Link | |
New York Street (various episodes), Singapore Lake, Stage 28, Colonial Mansion (The Greenhouse Jungle) |
McMillan & Wife | 1971-1977 | Leonard Stern | |
Interiors shot on Stage 44, the backlot Tower of London set appeared as a scottish castle. The San Francisco Street area and New York Street area on the backlot were used. |
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | 1971-1974 | Jerry McNeely, David Victor | |
Stage 29 |
Alias Smith and Jones | 1971-1973 | Glen A. Larson | |
Denver Street, Old Mexico, Six Points Texas, Train Station, Stage 36 |
McCloud | 1970-1977 | Glen A. Larson | |
Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1969-1976 | David Victor | |
Stage 23, Stage 25, Stage 41, Colonial Street backlot set (Cleaver House) |
Rod Serling's Night Gallery | 1969-1973 | | |
Colonial Street (including Cleaver House), Laramie Street |
Adam-12 / Adam 12 | 1968-1975 | Robert A. Cinader, Jack Webb | |
Backlot Apartments set was featured, along with Colonial Street (Harvey House, Cleaver House, Cromwell House) and Laramie Street. |
Here's Lucy | 1968-1974 | | |
Seasons 3 onwards were shot at Universal (Stage 24). Seasons 1 & 2 were based at Paramount. |
It Takes a Thief | 1968-1970 | Roland Kibbee | |
Stage 42 |
Ironside | 1967-1975 | Collier Young | |
Apartments, Colonial Street, Mediterranean Square, New York Street (San Francisco street section). Interiors were shot on Stage 20. |
Dragnet 1967 | 1967-1970 | Jack Webb | |
Backlot Apartments and Colonial Street (Johnson Character's House and Munster House) sets. |
Pistols 'n' Petticoats | 1966-1967 | George Tibbles | |
Denver Street |
Laredo | 1965-1967 | | |
Denver Street, Laramie Street, Stage 35 |
Days of Our Lives | 1965 - | Allan Chase, Ted Corday, Irna Phillips | |
The wedding of Jennifer and Jack in July 1991 was shot on the Riot Act Western Stunt Show stage on the Upper Lot of the theme park. |
Gilligans Island | 1964-1967 | Sherwood Schwartz | |
Park Lake |
90 Bristol Court: Harris Against The World | 1964-1965 | Tom Adair, James B. Allardice | |
Backlot Apartments set |
90 Bristol Court: Karen | 1964-1965 | Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher | |
Backlot Apartments set |
90 Bristol Court: Tom, Dick and Mary | 1964-1965 | | |
Backlot Apartments set |
The Munsters | 1964 | Ezra Stone | |
Colonial Street - Munster home. Stage 30 & Stage 32 were used for interiors. |
Arrest and Trial | 1963-1964 | | |
Colonial Street (Cleaver House) |
The Virginian | 1962-1971 | Frank Price, Teddi Sherman | |
Colonial Street, Denver Street, Six Points Texas, Laramie Street, Train Station, Stage 34 |
McHale's Navy / McHales Navy | 1962-1966 | | |
Stage 06, Park Lake doubled as the Pacific Ocean, with a number of scale model ships on it. |
The Tall Man | 1960-1962 | Samuel A. Peeples | |
Laramie Street |
Thriller | 1960-1962 | | |
Colonial Street |
Rawhide | 1959-1965 | Charles Marquis Warren | |
Laramie Street (one episode) |
The Twilight Zone | 1959-1964 | Rod Serling | |
Season 1 Episode 1 (Where Is Everybody) and Season 2 Episode 19 (Mr Dingle The Strong) featured Courthouse Square. |
Laramie | 1959-1963 | | |
Six Points Texas, Laramie Street, Stage 36 |
Wagon Train | 1957-1965 | Lawrence Menkin | |
Denver Street, Six Points Texas, Laramie Street, Colonial Street Munster House (Kitty Pryer Story, 1963), Stage 19, Psycho House (Eleanor Culhane Story, 1961) |
Bachelor Father | 1957-1962 | | |
Colonial Street |
Tales of Wells Fargo | 1957-1962 | Frank Gruber, Gene Reynolds, James Brooks | |
Denver Street, Laramie Street, Stage 35 |
Leave It To Beaver | 1957 - 1963 | Various | |
Some scenes were shot on Stage 30, which was demolished in 2010. Stage 17 was also used. Exteriors for seasons 3-6 were shot on Colonial Street, using what became known as the Cleaver House. The Munster House and was also seen, as was Courthouse Square. |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1955-1962 | | |
Colonial Street (Cleaver House featured in episode Bang! You're Dead) |
The Jack Benny Program | 1950-1965 | | |
Stage 01 [1961-1965] |
TV Pilot (4) |
Title | Released | Director | IMDB |
---|