Movies Set in Washington, D.C.

Kinora's catalogue lists 31 films set in Washington, D.C., spanning 1950–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 1992

  A Few Good Men

  Cuba · Washington, D.C. — 1990s
  Urbandir. Rob Reiner
• 1976

  All the President's Men

  Washington, D.C. — 1970s
  Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
• 1979

  Being There

  Washington, D.C. — 1970s
  Urbandir. Hal Ashby
• 1950

  Born Yesterday

  Washington, D.C. — 1950s
  Urbandir. George Cukor
• 1987

  Broadcast News

  Washington, D.C. — 1980s
  Urbandir. James L. Brooks
• 2024

  Civil War

  Washington, D.C. · New York City · Virginia — Near Future
  Urban · Ruraldir. Alex Garland
• 1993

  Dave

  Washington, D.C. — 1990s
  Urbandir. Ivan Reitman
• 1998

  Deep Impact

  Virginia · Washington, D.C. · Space — 1990s
  Urban · Off Worlddir. Mimi Leder
• 2021

  Don't Look Up

  Washington, D.C. · Michigan — 2020s
  Urbandir. Adam McKay
• 1998

  Enemy of the State

  Washington, D.C. · Baltimore — 1990s
  Urbandir. Tony Scott
• 1964

  Fail Safe

  Washington, D.C. · Moscow · New York City — 1960s
  Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
• 1994

  Forrest Gump

  Alabama · Vietnam · Washington, D.C. · New York City — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis
• 1993

  In the Line of Fire

  Washington, D.C. · Los Angeles — 1990s
  Urbandir. Wolfgang Petersen
• 1996

  Independence Day

  Los Angeles · Washington, D.C. · Nevada — 1990s
  Urban · Desertdir. Roland Emmerich
• 1991

  JFK

  New Orleans · Dallas · Washington, D.C. — 1960s
  Urbandir. Oliver Stone
• 1976

  Logan's Run

  Washington, D.C. — Far Future
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Michael Anderson
• 2016

  Loving

  Virginia · Washington, D.C. — 1950s · 1960s
  Ruraldir. Jeff Nichols
• 1996

  Mars Attacks!

  Washington, D.C. · Las Vegas — 1990s
  Urban · Desertdir. Tim Burton
• 2000

  Men of Honor

  New Jersey · Washington, D.C. — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Coastal Seadir. George Tillman Jr.
• 2002

  Minority Report

  Washington, D.C. — Near Future
  Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 1951

  Strangers on a Train

  Washington, D.C. — 1950s
  Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1951

  The Day the Earth Stood Still

  Washington, D.C. — 1950s
  Urbandir. Robert Wise
• 1973

  The Exorcist

  Washington, D.C. — 1970s
  Urbandir. William Friedkin
• 1990

  The Hunt for Red October

  Atlantic Ocean · Washington, D.C. — 1980s
  Coastal Seadir. John McTiernan
• 2017

  The Post

  Washington, D.C. — 1960s · 1970s
  Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 2000

  Thirteen Days

  Washington, D.C. — 1960s
  dir. Roger Donaldson
• 1975

  Three Days of the Condor

  New York City · Washington, D.C. — 1970s
  Urbandir. Sydney Pollack
• 1970

  Tora! Tora! Tora!

  Hawaii · Washington, D.C. · Japan — 1940s
  Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Toshio Masuda
• 2000

  Traffic

  San Diego · Tijuana · Cincinnati · Washington, D.C. — 2000s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Soderbergh
• 1997

  Wag the Dog

  Washington, D.C. — 1990s
  Urbandir. Barry Levinson
• 2012

  Zero Dark Thirty

  Pakistan · Abbottabad · Afghanistan · Washington, D.C. — 2000s · 2010s
  Urbandir. Kathryn Bigelow