Location for a classic movie

WHS that have been used as a location for films of high public and/or critical acclaim.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Location for a classic movie':

  • Alcalá de Henares Spartacus (1960)
  • Amphitheater of El Jem Life of Brian (1979)
  • Angkor Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2001, Lord Jim 1965
  • Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns Mycenae: Ilektra (Elektra) - 1962 B+W, Dir - Kakogiannis, Nominated for Oscar and Cannes Palm d'Or
  • Auschwitz Birkenau Schindler's List (1993)
  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Dr Zhivago (1965)
  • Cartagena The Mission (1986)
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
  • Cracow Schindler's List (1993)
  • Dong Phayayen Khao Yai's waterfalls Heo Narok and Haeo Suwat featured in The Beach (2000).
  • Durham Castle and Cathedral Durham Cathedral Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter movies
  • Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz Amadeus (1984)
  • Himeji-jo Shogun (European Version) (1980)
  • Huangshan Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
  • Iguacu The Mission (1986)
  • Iguazu National Park The Mission (1986)
  • Imperial Palace The Last Emperor (1987)
  • Isole Eolie Il Postino (1994)
  • Kandy The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  • Ksar of Aďt-Ben-Haddou Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Gladiator (2000)
  • Maritime Greenwich Sense and Sensibility (1995)
  • Medina of Essaouira Othello directed by (and starring) Orson Welles (1952. A bust of Welles is situated just outside the Medina)
  • Medina of Sousse Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine La Traversée de Paris (Claude Autant-Lara), Ŕ bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard), Paris brűle-t-il? (René Clément) and others
  • Petra Indiana Jones and the last crusade (1989)
  • Prague Amadeus (1984)
  • Red Fort Gandhi (1982)
  • Robben Island Invictus (2009)
  • Rome Roman Holiday (1953)
  • Salzburg The Sound of Music (1965)
  • San Gimignano Tea with Mussolini (1999)
  • Schönbrunn Sissi (1955)
  • St. Petersburg Oktyabr (Ten Days That Shook the World) (1928)
  • Summer Palace The Last Emperor (1987)
  • Taj Mahal Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
  • Tikal National Park Star Wars (1977)
  • Tongariro National Park The Lord of the Rings (2001, 2003)
  • Valetta Fort St Elmo - Midnight Express (1978)
  • Vienna The Third Man (1949)
  • Vienna Amadeus (1984)
  • Xidi and Hongcun Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)