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Below is a list of some significant movies and music videos that used the backlot and/or filmed mostly at Universal Studios, with photos and in-depth information.
Current Backlot Sets. These sets and locations can still be seen on the Studio Tour around the studio, or exist elsewhere on the lot away from the trams. See also Past Backlot Sets. Above Falls Lake (Set Storage Area) Bates Motel. Brownstone Street. Chicken Ranch.
Check out our guide to some of the films you’ll have definitely seen but may not realise were filmed at the park, and below you’ll find our list of 14 films sets that you can experience as part of the Studio Tour ride.
A list of movies, TV shows and other media that was shot at the studio location.
- Back to The Future
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
- How The Grinch Stole Christmas
- Inception
- Jurassic Park
- Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood
- Pirates of The Caribbean
- Psycho
- Transformers
- The Amazing Spider-Man
Courthouse Square is home to the iconic Hill Valley clock tower seen throughout Back To The Future. The Courthouse Square portion of the Universal Studios Hollywood was extensively used while filming Back To The Future and it's not hard at all to recognize this location in the film!
When watching Home Alone 2: Lost in New York it's nearly impossible to see that large portions of the film were shot at the sunny Universal Studios backlot in California instead of snowy New York! Dozens of scenes were filmed at the Brownstone Street and New York Street portions of the backlot.
Up until late-2020 you could actually see and visit the elaborate Whoville at Universal Studios Hollywood! Unfortunately the set was demolished to make way for new filming locations, but the video below takes you on a ride passed Whoville.
Christopher Nolan's mind bending film Inception was also partially filmed at Universal Studios. The Falls Lake set on the backlot was used for multiple water sequences, though it's nearly impossible to make out because of heavy effects and background editing.
Jurassic Park might just be the most iconic movie filmed at Universal Studios Hollywood, but most of it was filmed inside sound stages meaning most of the set locations are unrecognizable. Though It is fun to imagine how an empty warehouse was transformed into a tropical island or laboratory running rampant with prehistoric dinosaurs! If you'd trul...
Western Street was heavily used in scenes for Quentin Tarantino's Oscar winning film Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood. The film's main character Rick Dalton is seen in the movie filming a western tv show and almost the entirety of these sequences were filmed on Western Street. You've probably seen Western Street in dozens of other tv shows and movi...
Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean was also used the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot! We know what you're thinking... why would Disney film at Universal Studios? Well sometimes a specific location or set is booked by another production or quite simply, the competing studio may just have the best facility for the job! Pirates of the Caribbean was...
The thriller classic Psycho from Albert Hitchcock has one of the most easily recognizable set pieces at Universal Studios. The entire Bates Motel set and Psycho House still stands today!
Not only is there a Transformers ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, part of the movie was filmed there as well! Most of the production at that took place at Universal utilized a heavily edited New York Street for many of the epic battles that took place between these massive robots. Just try to image what New York street might have looked like du...
Once again filmmakers turned to sunny California to film New York -- this time for The Amazing Spider-Man. Multiple scenes utilized New York Street thought plenty of the film was also filmed on location in New York!
Over the next decades, numerous television shows and movies were filmed in Universal Studios Lot, notably at the Courthouse Square and Colonial Street sets. This includes Psycho ( Paramount Pictures ), Back to the Future ( Universal Pictures ), The Perfect Storm ( Warner Bros. ), War of the Worlds ( Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks ), Desperate ...
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Sep 8, 2024 · In Universal Studios Hollywood's studio backlot and front lot, there are about 30 film sets and 35 working sound stages where hundreds of famous movies and TV shows have been filmed. In fact, these sets comprise most of the tour.
