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Apr 28, 2021 · Actually, Cleveland isn’t the only Ohio location used in the film. The Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus plays the Ramstein Airforce Base in Germany, and the Mansfield Reformatory (you know, like from Shawshank Redemption) was used as the film’s Russian prison.
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- American Splendor (2003) Local filming locations: Cleveland, Lakewood. This unconventional comic book-meets-reality narrative was based on works of the same name by Harvey Pekar; his comics focus on life in Cleveland.
- My Friend Dahmer (2017) Local filming locations: Cleveland, Chagrin Falls, Solon, Vermillion and Lakewood. Based on the graphic novel/memoir from Northeast Ohioan John Backderf aka Derf, this film looks at serial killer Jeffrey Dahmers teenage years growing up in Bath and attending Revere High School outside of Akron.
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Local filming locations: Cleveland, Rocky River. This sequel to 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger essentially serves as a tour of downtown Cleveland, if you know what to look for.
- The Bye Bye Man (2017) Local filming locations: Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Richmond Heights. The Bye Bye Man marked another 2017 horror flick that made use of Cleveland and its surrounding areas, though this was released back in January (and notably less well-received than Wish Upon ).
- Filmed in Ohio: Movies locations you can visit in the Buckeye State. CLEVELAND, Ohio – The best of moviemaking will be celebrated in Hollywood this weekend.
- The Shawshank Redemption, Mansfield. Many of these sites are open to the public and are featured on the Shawshank Trail. Among them: * The Ohio State Reformatory, which substitutes for Shawshank State Prison in the movie.
- The Avengers, Cleveland. Downtown Cleveland stands in for both New York City and Stuttgart, Germany, in this action-packed superhero flick, released in 2012.
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Cleveland. Cleveland subs for Washington, D.C., in this 2014 Marvel movie, which features a downtown chase scene, Tower City Center, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Lake View Cemetery and other sites.
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) — Mansfield/Sandusky. The Shawshank Redemption is widely considered one of the best films of all time. Based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, the film is technically set in Maine.
- Rain Man (1988) — Cincinnati. 1988’s Rain Man follows a man from Los Angeles as he travels to Ohio to meet his autistic savant brother. The film is set in Ohio and indeed was largely filmed in Ohio and Kentucky.
- A Christmas Story (1983) — Cleveland. Arguably one of the most famous movies shot and based in Ohio is A Christmas Story. At the time, only the exterior of the Parkers’ home was used, with the rest of the filming taking place on a set.
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) — Cleveland. Marvel fans from Ohio were probably excited to see some familiar places in 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
- Air Force One (1997) - Director: Wolfgang Petersen. - IMDb user rating: 6.5 (206K reviews) - Runtime: 124 minutes. - Genres: Action, Drama, and Thriller. - Cast: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, and Glenn Close.
- American Splendor (2003) - Director: Shari Springer Berman. - IMDb user rating: 7.4 (51K reviews) - Runtime: 101 minutes. - Genres: Biography, Comedy, and Drama.
- Brubaker (1980) - Director: Stuart Rosenberg. - IMDb user rating: 7.1 (19K reviews) - Runtime: 131 minutes. - Genres: Crime and Drama. - Cast: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, and Morgan Freeman.
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) - Director: Anthony Russo. - IMDb user rating: 7.8 (880K reviews) - Runtime: 136 minutes. - Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi.
Jul 14, 2022 · But hey, you can take a newly launched bus tour of the 1994 prison drama's filming locations in northern Ohio. Set in and around the town of Mansfield, located about midway between Columbus and Cleveland, the guided excursion, which debuted last month, takes riders to 10 places that appeared in the beloved movie and onetime TNT mainstay before ...
Nov 6, 2019 · 10 Best Movie Locations Worth Traveling To. Overall, very little of the production time was spent filming in Cleveland. The city can be spotted in the opening sequence, disguised as Moscow. In the scene, General Radek's palace is actually Severance Hall in University Circle and the Cuyahoga County Courthouse downtown.
