Films and series set in Île-de-France

1,139 films and series set here, plus 285 with only a filming location; ordered by French Wikipedia lookups, not viewings or sales.

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1ParisLes Trois Mousquetaires : D'Artagnan1,050
2VersaillesLe Grand Méchant Loup5
3SarcellesLe Petit Bougnat2
4Aéroport Paris-Charles-de-GaulleUn ciel signé Concorde1
5Basilique Saint-DenisNous1
6Boulogne-BillancourtCode Lyoko Évolution1
7Chanteloup-les-VignesLa Haine1
8Fontenay-aux-RosesLe Bonheur1
9GarchesCoco Chanel et Igor Stravinsky1
10MeudonL'Anglaise et le Duc1
11MontfermeilMerveilles à Montfermeil1
12NanterreLes Amandiers1

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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Le Bureau des légendes2015 · series · Centre Pénitentiaire de Seine Saint-Denis · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#11,017avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo2024 · film · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#2952avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Les Trois Mousquetaires : D'Artagnan2023 · film · Paris
#3866avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Astrid et Raphaëlle2019 · series · 10ᵉ arrondissement de Paris · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#4708avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Intouchables2011 · film · Paris
#5622avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
La Petite Histoire de France2015 · series · cité du cinéma · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#6574avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
La Haine1995 · film · Chanteloup-les-Vignes
#7552avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain2001 · film · Montmartre
#8548avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Secret Story2007 · series · La Plaine Saint-Denis · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#9525avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Les Tontons flingueurs1963 · film
#10502avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

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