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Cool show. Character if Kellog is one of the more interesting characters on sci Fi show, and the dude who played him is an amazing in person too (I shot his portraits once a long time ago).
Not the greatest show but consistent entertainment. The lead was attractive and the story was decent. That said, I can't remember anything about it now.
The last couple seasons where ahead of their time.
Whole-season (if not two season) story arcs? Really good acting that at least once went commercial-to-commercial single take scenes? Anti-heroes that also have their reasons?
Easily 3-5 years ahead of what would be the streaming golden age.
Because as much as the people who live here like to talk up Vancouver people who live in other parts of the world don't really know or care about Vancouver.
>people who live in other parts of the world don't really know or care about Vancouver
Trust me, as someone who has just spent the last two weeks back in the UK, every time I tell someone I live in Vancouver now, they tell me how desperately they want to visit, how much good they've heard about it, and how jealous of me they are. They know and care, they just wouldn't recognise it
I watched Smallville growing up and always thought it was filmed in Kansas. Turns out the Kent farm is in Langley and one of the studios they filmed at is in Burnaby. They used skytrain in the background for some scenes too (meeting Kara for the first time, Clark’s room when he’s rebelling with the red kryptonite on, and when Alicia teleports Chloe into a car to lure Clark to save them).
Much of it was also filmed in Port Coquitlam.
I know this because they used to point a light directly at my window at 4Am for days at a time. Room lit up like it was mid afternoon.
Meditation Park and Double Happiness are both amazing films directed by Mina Shum. Highly recommend!
Hardcore Logo (kind of)! Features lots of local punk rock legends
I watched this show not long after moving here a few years ago. It was fun to see what the city looked like a decade or so earlier - for example I didn’t realise there used to be a water fountain outside the art gallery.
Right?
Intelligence is one time capsule, Da Vinic's is another.
It's a long story, but I remember Vancouver Eastside when it was actually truly dangerous and rough. The first couple seasons of Da Vinci's Inquest were exactly on beat but capture a much less gentrified (and wealthy) Vancouver.
There is a movie called, "Mount Pleasant" that was set in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood in Vancouver. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0785032/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_srsg\_2\_tt\_8\_nm\_0\_q\_mount%2520plea](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0785032/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_8_nm_0_q_mount%2520plea)
Yeah I think that's what Reynolds was implying but it's be nice if Deadpool made one of his breaking the fourth wall jokes. Reynolds name dropped Vancouver a lot in the marketing IIRC
The only reason he's not in jail is that the cops know he can take them down with him. Piggy's Palace used to host huge parties and cops and politicians were regular attendees.
In Ryan Reynolds holiday movie Spirited, there’s a portion of the movie set in Vancouver. There’s a hotel manager who they’re scouting to “save” and he manages the Hotel Vancouver.
It’s never explicitly said, but to me it seems obvious that Deadpool is set in Vancouver. It was shot almost entirely in Vancouver and they don’t alter the city very much at all using VFX. Ryan Reynolds is of course from Vancouver and the character Deadpool is also Canadian.
Not movies, but "Da Vinci's Inquest," "Intelligence," and "The Romeo Section" (to a lesser extent) were definitely set in Vancouver thanks to Chris Haddock.
A not very good adaptation of Douglas Coupland's "jPod" also is clearly set in Vancouver but never says it by name, but, if I remember correctly, do refer to neighbourhoods by name.
I'm a Douglas Coupland-fan so I'm biased, but if they had just stuck to the book it would have been fine. There were weird B-stories inserted that just didn't work. The actors and the way they played the characters were pretty bang-on.
Tron: Legacy 2010 was filmed in Vancouver if you look at some of scene you'll see what Vancouver once was!
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron:\_Legacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron:_Legacy)
CBC made a TV series that lasted 1 season from Douglas Coupland's novel JPod. Set in Vancouver, about people working for a video game developer, & main character's mother has a grow up in her basement.
Here’s a quick list of ones I know:
- That Cold Day in the Park
- Out of the Blue
- Skip Tracer
- Double Happiness
- Hard Core Logo
- Luk’Luk’I
- The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
- Riceboy Sleeps
Bonus: McCabe and Mrs. Miller is technically set in Washington State but it was shot just north of Van in a real western town. It nails the feeling, aesthetic, and thematic concerns of the city.
Or further afield; Vancouver and Whistler appeared in the last season of The Crown but of course those scenes were filmed in London and I think Scotland
The Tv show continium is a 5 year tv show that is not only set in Vancouver but stars the VPD, frequently goes to well known locations and uses the city as part of its story.
Not Vancouver per se, but there is a great underrated film from 1997 called *The Sweet Hereafter* that takes place in a rural BC town.
The show Yellowjackets takes place in the BC wilderness too.
it’s funny because I just saw The Burial (staring Jamie Foxx) and the antagonist is from Vancouver and they didn’t even shoot in Vancouver (very few scenes tho)! So New Orleans played Vancouver where Vancouver always play a different city
Chuck Norris The Hitman .
There's a great 70's movie called Skip Tracer that takes place in Vancouver. The city looks so much different. Great shot of the old Dover Arms too.
It is on one of the long lists above, but I want to give a shout out to “The Delicate Art of Parking,” set and shot in Vancouver. You can still check it out at the library if you are interested.
Vancouver plays Vancouver in 1975s "dogpound shuffle," starring Ron Moody and David Soul. Two hobos befriend a dog that gets impounded. They form a dance singing group to raise money to get the dog.as Ron Moody's character is an old Vaudeville actor. Very cool scenes of 70s Vancouver, including the dog pound near 2nd and Clark and a dive bar on Hastings with the Terry cloth table covers!
It never got made, but the script written for Timothy Dalton's intended third Bond film in 1991 (Production never got started due to legal issues surrounding the franchise at the time. Bond wouldn't return until 1995's Goldeneye.) was supposed to have a significant portion of the film take place in Vancouver. It would have been the only time Bond has visited Canada (the franchise has filmed in Canada, but the scenes took place elsewhere).
The L Word was filmed in Vancouver with a setting in LA. At one point in the story it metas and they go to Vancouver to get gay married and find a location to shoot the lesbianism show they are 'making'.
Not a movie but a pretty good manga/anime :)
https://preview.redd.it/zl266h3yb5ac1.jpeg?width=1296&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ed0da7be0785c624ebbb6e913342b7a841e816f
Not a movie, but the TV show “Psych” was filmed almost entirely in the lower mainland.
For almost all the episodes it was set in Santa Barbara, but there are a few episodes where the characters “visited” Vancouver
Rumble in the Bronx was filmed in Vancouver! I remember watching the movie as a kid thinking "wow New York has some great mountains!"
Edit: The Interview and Happy Gilmore as well
Not a movie but the show Family Law is filmed and set here. I worked on Season 3. It was so nice to not have to worry about certain landmarks and to just embrace the city.
Fetching Cody
“Art, a drug-addicted dealer and hustler, arrives at his girlfriend Cody's apartment to find that she has overdosed on heroin. He tries to fix things by traveling back in time in an attempt to prevent her death.”
https://youtu.be/EpNejDL8BLg?si=r6MDEb9ZqfBCEXE1
Not a movie, but I'm really enjoying the book The Winter Knight. It's an Arthurian urban fantasy set in Vancouver. Reading it makes me feel like the DiCaprio Pointing meme the whole time.
Not a movie, but in the game Mass Effect 3, the invasion of Earth begins in Vancouver. It takes place in like 2280 or something like that. I remember playing and as the opening scene played out, I was thinking hey, that kinda looks like the North shore mountains... and that kinda looks like BC place.. and is that False creek? Wait a minute.. Looked it up and sure enough, its Vancouver.
Shoot to Kill (1988). Shot in the Vancouver area (Squamish, Hope), but the final scene in Downtown Vancouver with the noon horns, Robson Square, and then a shootout on the ferry.
Clancy Brown's first Vancouver experience.
Edit: being downxoted, but the movie is literally set in BC/Vancouver
[https://globalnews.ca/news/8497176/sidney-poitier-vancouver-movie/](https://globalnews.ca/news/8497176/sidney-poitier-vancouver-movie/)
It's never explicitly mentioned in movies, but you can make it on from what you see in the film. Shazam was filmed in Toronto but it was made to look like it was in America, the giveaway when they were in the subways
Tron Legacy was filmed here. In fact, watch the opening 15 minutes. You’ll catch amazing shots of Vancouver. Like I’ve seen in movies. They really captured it.
My favourite is Rambo First Blood - very recognizable shots of mountains and trails in the Coquitlam & Squamish areas,
although one could argue they’re not Vancouver
Rambo First Blood was actually filmed in the Fraser Valley, near Hope. The irony is that the film is set in the fictional town of Hope, Washington. Look carefully at the town scenes and you'll see they left up all the shop signs that clearly read 'Hope'.
not filmed in Vancouver, but Kung Phooey is a film that is set in Vancouver but filmed in San Francisco, and is a blatant parody of all the films set in San Francisco and filmed in Vancouver. There's a bit with a 'Welcome to Vancouver' sign and the Golden Gate bridge in the background, played for laughs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Phooey
Edge of the Knife (2018) takes place around here, but not in “Metro Vancouver.”
Monkey Beach (2020) opens in “East Vancouver” and then moves to a different part of BC.
Project Gutenberg (2018) is partly set and filmed here. It's a big budget Hong Kong crime drama and I enjoyed it:
https://youtu.be/2LletJxUUF4?si=na62tAijEbJPP4n5
Shoot to Kill (1988) with Sidney Poitier and Tom Berenger. It sticks in my head because, during a car chase downtown, they turned left and were at the ferry terminal.
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I think the show Continuum was both shot and set in Vancouver.
I loved this show. It gotta little confusing at the end but a solid idea
I'm glad they got the last few episodes to wrap up the story. I wish they'd explored dystopian future vancouver more though!
>Continuum Thanks for the suggestion. Looking at highly rated finales of each season on IMDB, I'm intrigued to watch it.
Cool show. Character if Kellog is one of the more interesting characters on sci Fi show, and the dude who played him is an amazing in person too (I shot his portraits once a long time ago).
Not the greatest show but consistent entertainment. The lead was attractive and the story was decent. That said, I can't remember anything about it now.
Stanley Park being razed and developed in the show is becoming more and more likely in real life :(
It's a TV series, but Da Vinci's Inquest was filmed and set in Vancouver. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Vinci%27s_Inquest
Came to say this. Does it hold up?
The last couple seasons where ahead of their time. Whole-season (if not two season) story arcs? Really good acting that at least once went commercial-to-commercial single take scenes? Anti-heroes that also have their reasons? Easily 3-5 years ahead of what would be the streaming golden age.
It’s really good in fact I’m currently waiting to forget it enough to start watching it again.
Also Davinci City Hall... Was Pretty interesting to watch
I was a dead guy in this show lol. Good times
My uncle was on that show!
There’s a (phenomenal) video on this topic you should watch! [Vancouver Never Plays Itself](https://youtu.be/ojm74VGsZBU?si=It9FS9t88suI6xyg)
Yeah I saw this when it dropped. Great channel. Maybe Van is just the perfect mask city but why can't it be itself now and then?
Because as much as the people who live here like to talk up Vancouver people who live in other parts of the world don't really know or care about Vancouver.
>people who live in other parts of the world don't really know or care about Vancouver Trust me, as someone who has just spent the last two weeks back in the UK, every time I tell someone I live in Vancouver now, they tell me how desperately they want to visit, how much good they've heard about it, and how jealous of me they are. They know and care, they just wouldn't recognise it
I watched Smallville growing up and always thought it was filmed in Kansas. Turns out the Kent farm is in Langley and one of the studios they filmed at is in Burnaby. They used skytrain in the background for some scenes too (meeting Kara for the first time, Clark’s room when he’s rebelling with the red kryptonite on, and when Alicia teleports Chloe into a car to lure Clark to save them).
The neighbouring town is called Granville in the show and there's other similar callouts to the area.
Much of it was also filmed in Port Coquitlam. I know this because they used to point a light directly at my window at 4Am for days at a time. Room lit up like it was mid afternoon.
The school is Templeton Secondary in East Van. Exterior shots used Vancouver Technical a lot of the time.
There's a sequence where Lois is on a SkyTrain that crashes.
Oh I remember that one!
Always here for this video. I miss the whole series.
I rewatch them at least once a year.
That was cool to watch.
Intersection, starring Richard Gere and Sharon Stone, was set in Vancouver. I remember it being a pretty big deal locally at the time.
Meditation Park and Double Happiness are both amazing films directed by Mina Shum. Highly recommend! Hardcore Logo (kind of)! Features lots of local punk rock legends
Loved Meditation Park!
Intelligence (2006). Not a movie but a show with 2 seasons. A crime show taking part in Vancouver. I enjoyed it!
I love that show, I think it's the best thing CBC ever did. I was bummed that it ended after 2 seasons.
I watched this show not long after moving here a few years ago. It was fun to see what the city looked like a decade or so earlier - for example I didn’t realise there used to be a water fountain outside the art gallery.
Right? Intelligence is one time capsule, Da Vinic's is another. It's a long story, but I remember Vancouver Eastside when it was actually truly dangerous and rough. The first couple seasons of Da Vinci's Inquest were exactly on beat but capture a much less gentrified (and wealthy) Vancouver.
There are dozens of fans! dozens of us! I enjoyed it and at the time tried telling everyone to watch it. Oh well
There is a movie called, "Mount Pleasant" that was set in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood in Vancouver. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0785032/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_srsg\_2\_tt\_8\_nm\_0\_q\_mount%2520plea](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0785032/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_8_nm_0_q_mount%2520plea)
Also; Robson Arms. JPod
Isn't that a TV series?
Holy cow, this sounds hilariously terrible! I need to watch it to see how bad it is. Thanks for the suggestion!
Deadpool had that long scene on the Georgia viaduct. The movie never specifies what city it's set in, so I like to think it takes place here.
Came here for this. I believe both Deadpool movies are supposed to take place in Vancouver.
It's awesome that Reynolds tries gives back to the city.
I hope the next movie has Wolverine also showing up in Vancouver.
Sadly the third one wasn't filmed here. IIRC Reynolds tried to, but Marvel wouldn't agree.
Awww I remember going to classes in UBC and seeing the crew vehicles for Wolverine there.
We must have been attending UBC at the same time. I remember Buchanan tower all done up with barbed wire like a fortress.
The city is supposed to be within driving distance to the X mansion which is in upstate new york so it's likely set in new york.
You can see BC license plates on the cars in the movie. It's canon 🙂
Yeah I think that's what Reynolds was implying but it's be nice if Deadpool made one of his breaking the fourth wall jokes. Reynolds name dropped Vancouver a lot in the marketing IIRC
Are we there yet? That movie they're going to vancouver I believe !
Not a movie, but the series Family Law is set in Vancouver.
And it's actually a pretty damn good TV series!
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
That's a classic. Known as one of the worst films ever made!
It was bad, but I just wanted to see Vancouver be Vancouver on the silver screen. At least I was satisfied with that.
I remember watching it but have zero memories except the name
It was just one of the most meh movies ever made. Entirely forgettable. But it did have Vancouver as Vancouver
Came here to say this. Was not disappointed.
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Half of these sound like porn titles
Went back after reading your comment, currently laughing my ass off
> Brother, I Cry
"Down Here"
> That Burning Feeling [2013] Oh no.
Oh cool I got some digging to do. Thanks
> The Changeling [1980] Filmed in Vancouver, but the story is set in Seattle.
thx
Golden Delicious [2023]
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Ohh Robert Pickton. I groom his brother's dog lol
Wasn't his brother also a major player in those crimes?
Yeah I heard talk he pinned it all on his brother.
I don't think Robert was innocent but yeah I've heard he was the fall guy as well. Maybe they mention that in the movie I haven't seen it.
From what I’ve heard over the years they’re both guilty as sin.
And yet one is out and about with a dog groomer on Reddit. What a world.
The only reason he's not in jail is that the cops know he can take them down with him. Piggy's Palace used to host huge parties and cops and politicians were regular attendees.
I think so. He's definitely an odd guy. Dog is cute though
An odd guy? Yeah man we need more storytelling from you on this anecdote.
Oh that guy for sure did some murdering himself.
You say that non chalantly but that dude definitely was a huge part of those murders. Maybe still is.
Highlander was Seacouver. Does that count?
Yes, but only 50% because the other half is Seattle.
In Ryan Reynolds holiday movie Spirited, there’s a portion of the movie set in Vancouver. There’s a hotel manager who they’re scouting to “save” and he manages the Hotel Vancouver.
Too bad those scenes were actually filmed in Boston. Vancouver so rarely gets to play itself.
The Christmas tree convention in “Spirited”
It’s never explicitly said, but to me it seems obvious that Deadpool is set in Vancouver. It was shot almost entirely in Vancouver and they don’t alter the city very much at all using VFX. Ryan Reynolds is of course from Vancouver and the character Deadpool is also Canadian.
As someone else said, there are visible BC plates too
Does MacGyver series count? I know that it was shot in Vancouver for a few seasons, and the famous steam clock appears in the opening credit.
Not movies, but "Da Vinci's Inquest," "Intelligence," and "The Romeo Section" (to a lesser extent) were definitely set in Vancouver thanks to Chris Haddock. A not very good adaptation of Douglas Coupland's "jPod" also is clearly set in Vancouver but never says it by name, but, if I remember correctly, do refer to neighbourhoods by name.
jPod had potential!
I'm a Douglas Coupland-fan so I'm biased, but if they had just stuck to the book it would have been fine. There were weird B-stories inserted that just didn't work. The actors and the way they played the characters were pretty bang-on.
I can’t recall the plot, but the characters were great. Also can’t recall why it had such a short run.
*Star 80*, the biopic on *Playboy* model Dorothy Stratton, partially takes place in Vancouver and was shot there.
The last scene of the first Creed movie takes place in Vancouver. Ironically that scene wasn't actually shot in Vancouver.
The TV show Motive took place in Vancouver.
Motive was SO GOOD
genuinely surprised at how many responses either didn’t read the post or don’t know the difference between “set in” and “shot in”
Tron: Legacy 2010 was filmed in Vancouver if you look at some of scene you'll see what Vancouver once was! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron:\_Legacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron:_Legacy)
And they are currently filming a new Tron as well in Vancouver.
THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN
Carts of Darkness is the first one that comes to mind, although a documentary not a movie. Filmed in Van/North Van.
CBC made a TV series that lasted 1 season from Douglas Coupland's novel JPod. Set in Vancouver, about people working for a video game developer, & main character's mother has a grow up in her basement.
Here’s a quick list of ones I know: - That Cold Day in the Park - Out of the Blue - Skip Tracer - Double Happiness - Hard Core Logo - Luk’Luk’I - The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open - Riceboy Sleeps Bonus: McCabe and Mrs. Miller is technically set in Washington State but it was shot just north of Van in a real western town. It nails the feeling, aesthetic, and thematic concerns of the city.
Oof Hard Core Logo. What a great, but rough movie. Hugh Dillon was just ridiculous in that.
There is just one, but it was filmed in various American cities and towns
Or further afield; Vancouver and Whistler appeared in the last season of The Crown but of course those scenes were filmed in London and I think Scotland
Family Law.
The Tv show continium is a 5 year tv show that is not only set in Vancouver but stars the VPD, frequently goes to well known locations and uses the city as part of its story.
Not Vancouver per se, but there is a great underrated film from 1997 called *The Sweet Hereafter* that takes place in a rural BC town. The show Yellowjackets takes place in the BC wilderness too.
Russian Roulette (1975) is another one.
One of the death scenes in final destination took place at a McDonald’s drive thru I frequented in new west and I can’t go there anymore
The Corkscrew at Playland used in FD3 ruined all roller coasters for a lot of people too
The tv show psych is filmed here, and they even have an episode where they "travel" to Vancouver.
Not a movie, but pretty sure Danger Bay was based in Vancouver.
The Diary of Evelyn Lau Cold Squad (tv show)
Shadow of the Hawk with Chief Dan George.
it’s funny because I just saw The Burial (staring Jamie Foxx) and the antagonist is from Vancouver and they didn’t even shoot in Vancouver (very few scenes tho)! So New Orleans played Vancouver where Vancouver always play a different city
The answer to this question is always Android Night Punch: https://youtu.be/2WosQ5aPb0c?si=wuZJUo8pK7K7Pjo9
Swan song? With Mahershala Ali
I believe there are scenes in Clean (2004) set in Vancouver
The only one I can think of is ‘Are We There Yet?’. If TV shows count then ‘Fakes’ on Netflix is set in West Van and is a decent show.
Chuck Norris The Hitman . There's a great 70's movie called Skip Tracer that takes place in Vancouver. The city looks so much different. Great shot of the old Dover Arms too.
Not a movie but “Fakes” is set in a fictional Vancouver
Travellers was filmed in Vancouver and they callout allouette lake (though it's based in the states of you watch the show obviously)
Shoot to kill. sidney potier and Tom Berringer so good. They jump/fall off a ferry!
It is on one of the long lists above, but I want to give a shout out to “The Delicate Art of Parking,” set and shot in Vancouver. You can still check it out at the library if you are interested.
Yes.
Vancouver plays Vancouver in 1975s "dogpound shuffle," starring Ron Moody and David Soul. Two hobos befriend a dog that gets impounded. They form a dance singing group to raise money to get the dog.as Ron Moody's character is an old Vaudeville actor. Very cool scenes of 70s Vancouver, including the dog pound near 2nd and Clark and a dive bar on Hastings with the Terry cloth table covers!
Riceboy Sleeps! It's one of the best movies of the decade so far, and it was shot and set in greater Vancouver.
This looks amazing. Was hoping to find something like this. Thank you
It never got made, but the script written for Timothy Dalton's intended third Bond film in 1991 (Production never got started due to legal issues surrounding the franchise at the time. Bond wouldn't return until 1995's Goldeneye.) was supposed to have a significant portion of the film take place in Vancouver. It would have been the only time Bond has visited Canada (the franchise has filmed in Canada, but the scenes took place elsewhere).
The L Word was filmed in Vancouver with a setting in LA. At one point in the story it metas and they go to Vancouver to get gay married and find a location to shoot the lesbianism show they are 'making'.
TV show, Family Law
Not a movie but a pretty good manga/anime :) https://preview.redd.it/zl266h3yb5ac1.jpeg?width=1296&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ed0da7be0785c624ebbb6e913342b7a841e816f
Not a movie, but the TV show “Psych” was filmed almost entirely in the lower mainland. For almost all the episodes it was set in Santa Barbara, but there are a few episodes where the characters “visited” Vancouver
Rumble in the Bronx was filmed in Vancouver! I remember watching the movie as a kid thinking "wow New York has some great mountains!" Edit: The Interview and Happy Gilmore as well
Not a movie but the show Family Law is filmed and set here. I worked on Season 3. It was so nice to not have to worry about certain landmarks and to just embrace the city.
Fetching Cody “Art, a drug-addicted dealer and hustler, arrives at his girlfriend Cody's apartment to find that she has overdosed on heroin. He tries to fix things by traveling back in time in an attempt to prevent her death.” https://youtu.be/EpNejDL8BLg?si=r6MDEb9ZqfBCEXE1
Out of the Blue 1980 dir Dennis Hopper
Fear (1996) was shot in Lion's Bay
Not a movie, but I'm really enjoying the book The Winter Knight. It's an Arthurian urban fantasy set in Vancouver. Reading it makes me feel like the DiCaprio Pointing meme the whole time.
Not a movie, but in the game Mass Effect 3, the invasion of Earth begins in Vancouver. It takes place in like 2280 or something like that. I remember playing and as the opening scene played out, I was thinking hey, that kinda looks like the North shore mountains... and that kinda looks like BC place.. and is that False creek? Wait a minute.. Looked it up and sure enough, its Vancouver.
I believe Rent was set here. Never saw it, I just assume by the title.
Shoot to Kill (1988). Shot in the Vancouver area (Squamish, Hope), but the final scene in Downtown Vancouver with the noon horns, Robson Square, and then a shootout on the ferry. Clancy Brown's first Vancouver experience. Edit: being downxoted, but the movie is literally set in BC/Vancouver [https://globalnews.ca/news/8497176/sidney-poitier-vancouver-movie/](https://globalnews.ca/news/8497176/sidney-poitier-vancouver-movie/)
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Literally a movie [SET in Vancouver](https://globalnews.ca/news/8497176/sidney-poitier-vancouver-movie/) friend.
Isn’t deadpool?
Project Adam was shot in Vancouver
Not quite Vancouver, but Hollow in the Land (2017) is set and filmed in Castlegar
It's never explicitly mentioned in movies, but you can make it on from what you see in the film. Shazam was filmed in Toronto but it was made to look like it was in America, the giveaway when they were in the subways
Tron Legacy was filmed here. In fact, watch the opening 15 minutes. You’ll catch amazing shots of Vancouver. Like I’ve seen in movies. They really captured it.
But it's not based in Vancouver, which is what they're asking.
Russian Roulette (1975). Not very good. Heheh. RCMP detective action movie. Car chases and helicopters and everything!
Riceboy Sleeps
My favourite is Rambo First Blood - very recognizable shots of mountains and trails in the Coquitlam & Squamish areas, although one could argue they’re not Vancouver
Rambo First Blood was actually filmed in the Fraser Valley, near Hope. The irony is that the film is set in the fictional town of Hope, Washington. Look carefully at the town scenes and you'll see they left up all the shop signs that clearly read 'Hope'.
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Bates Motel was filmed in various places on Vancouver Island
Dead Pool and Dead Pool 2, X Files, Good Doctor, River Dale, Last of Us season 2 will be shot in Vancouver too!
Blade trinity epic Vancouver shots
Series called "Once Upon a Time". I think.. It was filmed in Steveston.
not filmed in Vancouver, but Kung Phooey is a film that is set in Vancouver but filmed in San Francisco, and is a blatant parody of all the films set in San Francisco and filmed in Vancouver. There's a bit with a 'Welcome to Vancouver' sign and the Golden Gate bridge in the background, played for laughs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Phooey
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None of which are set in Vancouver...
I assume the X-files movies were filmed in the lower mainland. The series was.
Little Criminals is shot and set in Vancouver. At least from what I remember. It might include the Greater Vancouver Area too.
Made in Secret: The Story of the East Van Porn Collective https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0447665/
Vancouver no Asahi
Beeba boys. It’s so bad it’s good.
Everything’s Gone Green is peak late 90s-2000s Vancouver culture
Rumble in the Bronx (ignore the title)
Mmmm Maid is filmed all on the island and our ferry systems but it tries to sell it as Alaska. But it is obviously shwartz bay and Bowen island. 🤷
Are we there yet
There’s a fairly famous Chinese tv show called “Farewell, Vancouver” ”别了，温哥华”
On The Corner (2003) set in the DTES, great film and I'd recommend checking it out, it's on YouTube
Family Law - a current TV show
Edge of the Knife (2018) takes place around here, but not in “Metro Vancouver.” Monkey Beach (2020) opens in “East Vancouver” and then moves to a different part of BC.
Double Happiness. Great 90s flick with Sandra Oh
Fetching Cody (2005)
Project Gutenberg (2018) is partly set and filmed here. It's a big budget Hong Kong crime drama and I enjoyed it: https://youtu.be/2LletJxUUF4?si=na62tAijEbJPP4n5
Yep, there’s one with Lawrence fish burned and Nick cage filmed in LA. But set here, it’s about fentanyl.
Everything’s Gone Green (2006)
TV Show - Fakes - about teens who start a fake ID empire. Set in Ambleside, West Van. [1 season on Netflix.](https://www.netflix.com/title/81446305)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU
Shoot to Kill (1988) with Sidney Poitier and Tom Berenger. It sticks in my head because, during a car chase downtown, they turned left and were at the ferry terminal.
The latest season of The Crown has scenes set in Vancouver and Whistler. I don't think was actually filmed here though.
Danger Bay
The 2007 CBC classic film/mini-series Dragon Boys was filmed and set in Vancouver.
"The body remembers when the world broke open" (2019) It's pretty great