List of films set in Washington, D.C.

This is a list of feature films set in Washington, D.C.

Released Title Director Comments Filmed in DC 2022 The 355 Simon Kinberg 2009 2012 Roland Emmerich 1997 Absolute Power Clint Eastwood 2015 Accidental Love David O. Russell 2016 The Accountant Gavin O'Connor 1962 Advise & Consent Otto Preminger Main setting 2018 Affairs of State Eric Bross 1997 Air Force One Wolfgang Petersen 1976 All the President's Men Alan J. Pakula Main setting, National Film Registry 2016 All the Way Jay Roach Main setting 2001 Along Came a Spider Lee Tamahori 1995 The American President Rob Reiner Main setting 1997 Amistad Steven Spielberg 2019 Angel Has Fallen Ric Roman Waugh 1982 Annie John Huston 2015 Ant-Man Peyton Reed 2012 Argo Ben Affleck 1999 Arlington Road Mark Pellington Main setting 1998 Armageddon Michael Bay 1992 Article 99 Howard Deutch 1987 Assassination Peter R. Hunt 2020 The Banker George Nolfi 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Zack Snyder 2012 Battleship Peter Berg 1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Mike Judge 1979 Being There Hal Ashby Main setting, National Film Registry 1999 Bicentennial Man Chris Columbus 1977 Billy Jack Goes to Washington Tom Laughlin Main setting 2009 Black Dynamite Scott Sanders 1977 Black Sunday John Frankenheimer 2022 Blacklight Mark Williams 2013 Blue Caprice Alexandre Moors 2008 Body of Lies Ridley Scott 1992 Boomerang Reginald Hudlin 2008 Borat Larry Charles 1950 Born Yesterday George Cukor National Film Registry 1993 Born Yesterday Luis Mandoki 2012 The Bourne Legacy Tony Gilroy 2007 Breach Billy Ray Main setting 2015 Bridge of Spies Steven Spielberg 1987 Broadcast News James L. Brooks Main setting, National Film Registry 2008 Burn After Reading Joel Coen, Ethan Coen 2013 The Butler Lee Daniels Main setting 1995 Canadian Bacon Michael Moore 1972 The Candidate Michael Ritchie 2025 Captain America: Brave New WorldJulius OnahMain setting 2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Main setting 2010 Casino Jack George Hickenlooper 1996 Chain Reaction Andrew Davis 1989 Chances Are Emile Ardolino Main setting 2007 Charlie Wilson's War Mike Nichols 2004 Chasing Liberty Andy Cadiff 2024 Civil WarAlex GarlandMain setting 1994 Clear and Present Danger Phillip Noyce 2002 Collateral Damage Andrew Davis 2015 Concussion Peter Landesman 1997 Contact Robert Zemeckis 2000 The Contender Rod Lurie Main setting 2003 The Core Jon Amiel 1996 Courage Under Fire Edward Zwick 1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell Otto Preminger 1947 Crossfire Edward Dmytryk 1983 D.C. Cab Joel Schumacher Main setting 1958 Damn Yankees George Abbott, Stanley Donen 1983 Daniel Sidney Lumet 1993 Dave Ivan Reitman Main setting 2004 The Day After Tomorrow Roland Emmerich 1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still Robert Wise National Film Registry 1998 Deep Impact Mimi Leder 2004 The Defender Dolph Lundgren 1999 Dick Andrew Fleming Main setting 1990 Die Hard 2 Renny Harlin 1992 The Distinguished Gentleman Jonathan Lynn 1991 Doc Hollywood Michael Caton-Jones 2021 Don't Look Up Adam McKay 2011 The Double Michael Brandt 1944 The Doughgirls James V. Kern 1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Stanley Kubrick Main setting, National Film Registry 1994 Drop Zone John Badham 2004 Eagle Eye D. J. Caruso 1956 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Fred F. Sears 2013 The East Zal Batmanglij 2006 Eight Below Frank Marshall 1999 Election Alexander Payne 2016 Elvis & Nixon Liza Johnson 2002 The Emperor's Club Michael Hoffman 2006 End Game Andy Cheng 1998 Enemy of the State Tony Scott 1996 Eraser Chuck Russell 2007 Evan Almighty Tom Shadyac 1973 Executive Action David Miller 1996 Executive Decision Stuart Baird 1973 The Exorcist William Friedkin Main setting, National Film Registry, see Exorcist steps 1990 The Exorcist III William Peter Blatty 1964 Fail Safe Sidney Lumet 2010 Fair Game Doug Liman 2011 Fast Five Justin Lin 1951 FBI Girl William A. Berke 1959 The FBI Story Mervyn LeRoy 1992 A Few Good Men Rob Reiner 1980 The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu Piers Haggard 2013 The Fifth Estate Bill Condon 1993 The Firm Sydney Pollack 2004 First Daughter Forest Whitaker 1980 First Family Buck Henry 1996 First Kid David M. Evans 1948 For the Love of Mary Frederick de Cordova 1994 Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis National Film Registry 1971 The French Connection William Friedkin National Film Registry 2008 Frost/Nixon Ron Howard 1997 G.I. Jane Ridley Scott 2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation Jon M. Chu 2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Stephen Sommers 1933 Gabriel Over the White House Gregory La Cava 2019 Georgetown Christoph Waltz Main setting 2017 Geostorm Dean Devlin 1996 Get on the Bus Spike Lee 2008 Get Smart Peter Segal Main setting 2023 Ghosted Dexter FletcherMain setting 2012 Goats Christopher Neil 1974 The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola National Film Registry 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters Michael Dougherty 2013 A Good Day to Die Hard John Moore 2006 The Good Shepherd Robert De Niro 1986 Good to Go Blaine Novak 1943 Government Girl Dudley Nichols 2022 The Gray Man Anthony Russo, Joe Russo 1978 The Greek Tycoon J. Lee Thompson 1979 Hair Miloš Forman 2001 Hannibal Ridley Scott 2011 Haywire Steven Soderbergh 2003 Head of State Chris Rock 1986 Heartburn Mike Nichols 2000 Hollow Man Paul Verhoeven 1980 Hopscotch Ronald Neame 1997 The House of Yes Mark Waters 1958 Houseboat Melville Shavelson 2010 How Do You Know James L. Brooks 2018 Hunter Killer Donovan Marsh 1997 I Think I Do Brian Sloan 2016 I.T. Melville Shavelson 2006 Idiocracy Mike Judge Main setting 1993 In the Line of Fire Wolfgang Petersen 2009 In the Loop Armando Iannucci Main setting 1996 Independence Day Roland Emmerich 2016 Independence Day: Resurgence Roland Emmerich 2007 The Invasion Oliver Hirschbiegel 2019 The Irishman Martin Scorsese 2010 Iron Man 2 Jon Favreau 2013 Iron Man 3 Shane Black 2020 Irresistible Jon Stewart 2011 J. Edgar Clint Eastwood Main setting 2016 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Edward Zwick 2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Kenneth Branagh 1997 The Jackal Michael Caton-Jones 2016 Jackie Pablo LarraínMain setting 2016 Jason Bourne Paul Greengrass 1991 JFK Oliver Stone 2010 Jonah Hex Jimmy Hayward 1938 Judge Hardy's Children George B. Seitz 2014 Kill the Messenger Michael Cuesta 2023 Killers of the Flower MoonMartin Scorsese 2014 Kingsman: The Secret Service Matthew Vaughn 2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle Matthew Vaughn 1997 Kiss the Girls Gary Fleder 1964 Kisses for My President Curtis Bernhardt 2017 Kong: Skull Island Jordan Vogt-Roberts 1944 Ladies of Washington Louis King 1973 The Last Detail Hal Ashby 2019 The Last Full Measure Todd Robinson 2016 LBJ Rob Reiner 2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Charles Herman-Wurmfeld Main setting 2013 Life of a King Jake Goldberger 2012 Lincoln Steven Spielberg Main setting 2007 Lions for Lambs Robert Redford Main setting 2007 Live Free or Die Hard Len Wiseman 1992 Live Wire Christian Duguay 2012 Lockout James Mather, Stephen Saint Leger 1976 Logan's Run Michael Anderson 2016 London Has Fallen Babak Najafi 1939 The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt Peter Godfrey 2019 Long Shot Jonathan Levine 2010 Lost Boys: The Thirst Dario Piana 2016 Loving Jeff Nichols 2010 MacGruber Jorma Taccone 1946 Magnificent Doll Frank Borzage 1955 A Man Called Peter Henry Koster 1983 The Man Who Wasn't There Bruce Malmuth 1985 The Man with One Red Shoe Stan Dragoti 1972 The Man Joseph Sargent 1986 Manhunter Michael Mann 1962 The Manchurian Candidate John Frankenheimer 2004 The Manchurian Candidate Jonathan Demme 1996 Mars Attacks! Tim Burton 2002 The Master of Disguise Perry Andelin Blake 2021 The Mauritanian Kevin Macdonald 2007 Max 2: White House Hero Brian Levant 1936 A Message to Garcia George Marshall 1979 Meteor Ronald Neame 1993 The Meteor Man Robert Townsend 2002 Minority Report Steven Spielberg Main setting 2016 Miss Sloane John Madden 1943 Mission to Moscow Michael Curtiz 2015 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Christopher McQuarrie 1943 The More the Merrier George Stevens 1987 Morgan Stewart's Coming Home Alan Smithee 2002 The Mothman Prophecies Mark Pellington 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Frank Capra Main setting, National Film Registry 1997 Murder at 1600 Dwight H. Little Main setting 1996 My Fellow Americans Peter Segal 2020 My Spy Peter Segal 1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear David Zucker 1995 National Lampoon's Senior Trip Kelly Makin 2004 National Treasure Jon Turteltaub Main setting 2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Jon Turteltaub 1990 Navy SEALs Lewis Teague 1995 The Net Irwin Winkler 2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Shawn Levy Main setting 1995 Nixon Oliver Stone Main setting 1987 No Way Out Roger Donaldson Main setting 2014 Non-Stop Jaume Collet-Serra 2008 Nothing but the Truth Rod Lurie 2013 Olympus Has Fallen Antoine Fuqua Main setting 1976 The Omen Richard Donner 2023 Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan 2013 Parkland Peter Landesman 1992 Patriot Games Phillip Noyce 2001 Pearl Harbor Michael Bay 1993 The Pelican Brief Alan J. Pakula 1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt Miloš Forman 2013 Philomena Stephen Frears 2015 Pixels Chris Columbus 1959 Plan 9 from Outer Space Ed Wood 2001 Planet of the Apes Tim Burton 1993 Point of No Return John Badham 2017 The Post Steven Spielberg Main setting 1986 Power Sidney Lumet 1934 The President Vanishes William A. Wellman 1967 The President's Analyst Theodore J. Flicker 1998 Primary Colors Mike Nichols 1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover Larry Cohen 1997 Private Parts Betty Thomas 1984 Protocol Herbert Ross 2016 The Purge: Election Year James DeMonaco 1994 Quiz Show Robert Redford 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark Steven Spielberg National Film Registry 2002 Red Dragon Brett Ratner 1935 Red Salute Sidney Lanfield 2007 Rendition Gavin Hood 2019 The Report Scott Z. Burns Main setting 2012 Resident Evil: Retribution Paul W. S. Anderson 2023 The Retirement Plan Tim Brown 1983 The Right Stuff Philip Kaufman National Film Registry 2014 RoboCop José Padilha 1996 The Rock Michael Bay 1992 Running Mates Michael Lindsay-Hogg 2023 Rustin George C. Wolfe Main setting 2010 Salt Phillip Noyce 1940 Santa Fe Trail Michael Curtiz 2003 Scary Movie 3 David Zucker 1973 Scorpio Michael Winner 1946 The Searching Wind William Dieterle 1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan Jerry Schatzberg 2006 The Sentinel Clark Johnson 1918 The Service Star Charles Miller 1964 Seven Days in May John Frankenheimer 1985 Seven Minutes in Heaven Linda Feferman 1997 Shadow Conspiracy George P. Cosmatos 2003 Shattered Glass Billy Ray Main setting 1943 Sherlock Holmes in Washington Roy William Neill 2024 Shirley John Ridley 1998 The Siege Edward Zwick 1991 The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme National Film Registry 2007 The Simpsons Movie David Silverman 1998 Slam Marc Levin 1943 So This Is Washington Ray McCarey 1956 The Solid Gold Cadillac Richard Quine 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog Jeff Fowler 2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Jon Watts 2019 Spies in Disguise Troy Quane, Nick Bruno 2001 Spy Game Tony Scott 1985 St. Elmo's Fire Joel Schumacher Main setting 2009 State of Play Kevin Macdonald Main setting 2005 Stealth Rob Cohen 1999 Storm Catcher Tony Hickox 1951 Strangers on a Train Alfred Hitchcock 1998 Streetwise Bruce Brown 2016 Suicide Squad David Ayer 2002 The Sum of All Fears Phil Alden Robinson 1980 Superman II Richard Lester 1987 Suspect Peter Yates 2005 Syriana Stephen Gaghan 2007 Talk to Me Kasi Lemmons 2004 Team America: World Police Trey Parker 2013 Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor Tyler Perry 1927 A Texas Steer Richard Wallace 2005 Thank You for Smoking Jason Reitman Main setting 1943 They Got Me Covered David Butler 1952 The Thief Russell Rouse 2000 Thirteen Days Roger Donaldson Main setting 1975 Three Days of the Condor Sydney Pollack Main setting 1992 Thunderheart Michael Apted 1994 Timecop Peter Hyams 1972 Top of the Heap Christopher St. John 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku 2000 T