Films and series set in Hauts-de-France

43 films and series set here, plus 28 with only a filming location; ordered by French Wikipedia lookups, not viewings or sales.

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1LilleLa Vie d'Adèle5
2DunkerqueDunkerque3
3AmiensLe Procès Goldman3
4BailleulLa Vie de Jésus2
5BerckLe Scaphandre et le Papillon1
6BerguesBienvenue chez les Ch'tis1
7CalaisWelcome1
8ChantillyMeurtres à Chantilly1
9CompiègneLe Dialogue des carmélites1
10CreilMange tes morts1
11Marly-GomontBienvenue à Marly-Gomont1
12RoubaixUn conte de Noël1
13ValenciennesLes disparus de Valenciennes1

Dots mark towns named as settings. Titles without a dot are still listed.

Relief: Copernicus EU-DEM (modified; not endorsed by the European Union), with SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 where it does not reach. Boundaries: Natural Earth. Settings: Wikidata. Sources

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La Vie d'Adèle2013 · film · Lille
#1532avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis2008 · film · Bergues
#2424avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Grand Bain2018 · film · Château-Thierry · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#3315avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Dunkerque2017 · film · Dunkerque
#4285avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Goliath2022 · film · Lille · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#5255avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Commissaire Magellan2009 · series · Lille · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#6226avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Procès Goldman2023 · film · Amiens
#7209avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Germinal2021 · series · bassin minier du Nord-Pas-de-Calais
#8176avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Versailles2015 · series · château de Pierrefonds · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#9147avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Chasse gardée2023 · film · Vieux-Moulin · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#10119avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

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