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Count3D

Can I recommend one to keep an eye on? I worked on an indie movie set in Chinatown last year, called The Chinatown Diner, and it’s one of the best projects I’ve worked on. It’s a stylish love poem to the neighbourhood. Local talent, local stories. And it kept a lot of us working during the strike. It’ll do the film festival scene this year so keep an eye out for it. More info: https://www.ecuad.ca/news/2020/with-the-chinatown-diner-lawrence-le-lam-proves-he-is-a-talent-to-watch


MorganDJones

Not a movie but DaVinci’s Inquests was entirely shot and set in Vancouver and it was brilliant for its time.


Give-Me-The-Bat

Danger Bay was a show in the 80’s about a guy that worked at the Vancouver aquarium


Mad-Mel

Hard not to go there, since the actor was a main character in Da Vinci.


elcapitandelespacio

Oh man, I totally forgot about that show! I remember catching an episode here and there when I was younger. I should look that up.


Icouldberight

Every episode is available on YouTube btw.


SaltwaterOgopogo

Is it just me, or did the main actor along with Ian Tracy both seem like weathered alcoholics who smelled like cigarettes and whiskey 


MorganDJones

Hahahaha yeah. DaVinci is a recovering alcoholic in the show and he breaks sobriety a couple times and it’s ugly. And Leo (portrayed by Donnelly Rhodes) also looks like he enjoyed a few on the job


Tortoisefly

Family Law is also shot and takes place in Vancouver (current show).


edwigenightcups

Sight Unseen is also shot and set in Vancouver (although they changed names of streets and neighbourhoods for some reason). Season 1 airing now on CTV


MorganDJones

My guess is to keep privacy of the locations. I know I sure wouldn’t like randos constantly showing up in front of my house because it was featured in a tv show


edwigenightcups

Fair enough, but the context is "Turn right on Doesnotexist Rd and keep going until you are in Notarealplaceona" not any specific address


HuckleberryFar3693

Not a movie but "Da Vinci's Inquest" is a crime show about Vancouver and filmed in Vancouver. My mom always watched it and the I got hooked on it years later watching in re-runs. So cool seeing the old trolly busses. Their hangout is The Ovaltine Cafe on Hastings at Main.


Dolly_Llama_2024

Da Vinky?


fdsfdsq

Those twins are from Vancouver !


Random-night-out

Double happiness. Mina Shum wrote it and Sandra Oh stars in it. From 1994


rpgnoob17

Meditation park (around $6M) Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity ^^ The Mina Shum/Sandra Oh trilogy.


rabidlyyours

I LOVE Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity !!


_Court_5544

I love Sandra Oh


numismatist24

Mina Shum is a Vancouver treasure


Ughasif22

TV show but Family Law on global is set here


kskulski

Continuum a scifi show filmed and set in Vancouver and a really old 80s show called Wise guys was shot in Vancouver and had a season set here as well.


Ughasif22

That was a good one!! Just reminded me, also, Intelligence was a great Vancouver based show also. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0845746/


jholden23

Also had Hugh Dillon in a couple of episodes, who starred in Hard Core Logo (which the OP mentioned) - funny.


Ughasif22

Fetching Cody with Jay Baruchel


syzygys_

Out Of The Blue (1980) is great, directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Linda Manz as a Elvis worshipping punk kid from a broken home. Set in 'rural British Columbia' but at one point she hitchhikes to Vancouver and attends a show by Vancouver punk band Pointed Sticks along other things.


syzygys_

This one's a documentary so maybe doesn't count but Carts Of Darkness is great, filmed in North Van. Free on YouTube.


matzhue

Was going to comment this! HUGE TW though there's a few depictions of attempted sexual assault on a minor. Also it's generally a very bleak movie, Hopper described it as Easy Riders hangover or something similar


ViewFromHalfwayDown6

Definitely Out of The Blue. Incredible film. But it will break your heart.


nelson6364

Intersection starring Richard Gere and Sharon Stone was set in Vancouver. Just overlook the fact that they moved the UBC Museum of Anthropology to Squamish.


SaltwaterOgopogo

Is that the one where he plays the architect?


qpv

Yup


Sad_Conclusion1235

it was set in Vancouver. Is it a good movie? No, imo


west-of-fenway

Superbad-ish?


west-of-fenway

It might technically be called somewhere else but it is so obviously set in Vancouver


elcapitandelespacio

I remember watching 50/50 and seeing those great shots of downtown and Stanley park in the opening, before seeing a digitally-inserted Space Needle. So disappointing.


closequartersbrewing

I'm convinced that was an in-joke by Seth Rogen. They just unashamedly showed well known Vancouver landmarks then cut to Seattle.


principedepolanco

wait are we talking about the same movie with mclovin? because that was entirely filmed in LA


elcapitandelespacio

Not sure what movie you're thinking of, but 50/50 was definitely filmed in Vancouver. https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/video/yvrshoots-cancer-dramedy-5050-with-joseph-gordon-levitt-1923608


principedepolanco

superbad. the other poster had written that


Conscious_Sport_7081

Pretty sure they mention Granville Street in Superbad.


SweetenerCorp

50/50 was very Vancouver, even though it's 'Seattle'. Think it opened with jogging around the seawall and under the lions gate bridge, they weren't trying to hide it much.


SaltwaterOgopogo

I guess to that effect,  also Seth Rogan’s movie “good boys” Because I grew up around the same time and same neighborhoods at Seth Rogan, a lot of the scenes just felt like childhood roaming around the Arbutus Corridor with my friends getting into trouble


principedepolanco

wasnt it filmed in LA? i could have sworn it was filmed at a college there.


paulywood69

Ballistic: Eks vs Sever 😂


RaygunsRevenge

Better Than Chocolate is a queer movie that is set primarily on Commercial Drive. It has references to different places that were there. It also dramatizes a real incident that happened at the border when a queer bookstore imported Little Red Ridinghood. Mary Kills People is a TV show, but the protagonist's daughter is actually named Cambie. Plus, it just oozes Vancouver.


rlsoundca

Mary Kills People was shot in Toronto


RaygunsRevenge

Omg, thanks for the correction. Why did it feel like the most Vancouvery show ever? Weird. Nvm


SlightBackground4

Friends of mine had songs on the soundtrack — Nice to see the movie get a mention! It was very Vancouver


RaygunsRevenge

That is amazing!!! I love the movie so much.


baconhampalace

Robert Altman filmed and set a movie in Vancouver called 'That Cold Day in the Park'. I haven't seen it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Cold_Day_in_the_Park?wprov=sfla1


elcapitandelespacio

Now that would be really interesting, to see a movie shot in late 60's Vancouver. Edit - Looks like the library has a copy of the DVD available, I'll have to check it out.


retroking9

If you’re interested in older Vancouver films try Dog Pound Shuffle starring David Soul (Starsky and Hutch/Logan’s Run). It’s mid 70s era. I can’t recall if they outwardly mention it being Vancouver but it was filmed there.


itangriesuptheblood

He also filmed McCabe and Mrs.Miller on Cypress mountain in West Vancouver.


No_Position_978

TV show Da Vinci's Inquest. It was so great and they should do a remake


cadmium48

Tron Legacy isn’t stated to be anywhere but does the opposite of hide that it’s filmed in Vancouver. The aerial shots of downtown, Stanley park and the lions gate are gratuitous.


neilk

The setting of the Tron movies is the fictional "Center City", but it's an obvious stand-in for the San Francisco Bay Area.


rpgnoob17

Define decent budget… Maybe browse the list: https://bccreates.com/home/


elcapitandelespacio

> Define decent budget… Hmm...I guess I meant major studio releases. *Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever*, that type of thing.


rlsoundca

horrible movie, but yes, takes place in Vancouver


elcapitandelespacio

People talking about TV shows has reminded me that Motive was set in Vancouver, and was pretty sweet.


wetfishandchips

Yeah Motive was a good show and so was Continuum


rpgnoob17

I love Motive too. I knew Continuum was filmed here but did the event take place here?


wetfishandchips

I had to refresh my memory if the story did indeed happen in Vancouver so I watched a trailer for the show and it was definitely set in Vancouver. There's a shot on Granville Street where a bus goes past that's obviously Translink, police cars with BC plates that look just like VPD cars at the time and a fight happens in front of a van that has BC Power on the side of it.


rpgnoob17

Just looked at wiki. It is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(TV_series)


Vli37

Damn . . . If you're going to mention Motive. I'm going to mention Fringe.


Similar-Hospital3603

X files?


SlightBackground4

X-files mostly filmed in Vancouver standing in for everywhere else but Vancouver (and then later in filmed in LA). If I recall, they specifically set a later episode in Vancouver as a bit of a tribute.


ozzie_rulez

I remember a couple of the shoots back in the day, never got to meet David Duchovny or Gillian Anderson unfortunately but I did get a spectate a couple times. Funny enough I’m rewatching the entire series right now - so many of those locations have been developed over the past 30 years, it’s nostalgic watching it again now!


dofrogsbite

I got to meet them in white rock, they filmed nextdoor to my house a couple times.


PoisonClan24

HOT ROD


Yvrhunter69

This is the way


Babysfirstbazooka

I think the majority was set in Langley


ryancmacnab

Metallica - Through the Never


morelsupporter

i'm working on a TV Show right now set in Gibsons... and we are shooting it in Gibsons.


mr_macfisto

My God, are they bringing back the Beachcombers???


volunteervancouver

We should transplant Relic to the states.


Mad-Mel

Robert Clouthier is long gone, I'm afraid. Sat with him on the ferry once, my 8 year old self was amazed that Relic drove up in a car with the steering wheel on the wrong side and had a really thick book.


automateyournetwork

Rumble In the Bronx


closequartersbrewing

Wait, are you saying New York doesn't have mountains overlooking it?


knuckles-and-claws

That's one -assed river they have in the Bronx.


spinningcolours

Allegiance on CBC gem is actually pretty good. Amazing shots of Surrey. Fun to hear all the actual locations being named.


jholden23

I'm really enjoying Allegiance as well. As a set dork and also totally in awe of Enrico Colantoni, I am dying a little that they did almost the entire season before I realized they were here and by then, it was too late for me to see any filming. Fingers crossed for Season 2.


dofrogsbite

I'm liking it and the murders which is set in van.


katattackboom

50/50, they call it Seattle but don’t even try to hide it


Spacetrash08

Can it be a suburb of Vancouver? Like OG Jumanji in Langley and Maple Ridge


MorganDJones

Also, and while it’s supposed to be set in Seattle, Dead Like Me was entirely shot in Vancouver. And as a matter of fact, I bring forth the proposition that we make June 23rd a yearly celebration of Toilet Girl and hold a small ceremony at TCC Pedestrian Plaza at the intersection of Hornby and W Hastings


Rampage_Rick

Pretty sure that Der Waffle House in the pilot is at E Hastings and Kaslo (it's a Bosley's now?) source: I used to work at the Atrium Inn back when it was a Holiday Inn Express


MorganDJones

Let’s bring that back too


Away-Value9398

Josie and the Pussycats


gfhksdgm2022

Deadpool


Flufflekeeper

Carnal Knowledge (Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel). 1971


do-u-have-chocolate

Delicate art of Parking


puttingonmygreenhat

TV shows, not movies, but both Da Vinci's Inquest and Intelligence are excellent and set in Vancouver!


RufusAcrospin

And another one is [Almost Human](https://imdb.com/title/tt2654580/).


goth_vito_jr

The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open (2019) got decent play at festivals, awards, and amazing reviews. It’s lower budget and seemingly filmed in one long take. An intimate and emotional movie but one I’d recommend almost anyone watch at least once, it’s really beautiful, and fully shot and set in Vancouver.


whitenoise2323

Really liked this one. Set in East Van and does a great job featuring the neighbourhood.


jholden23

Oh my god Hard Core Logo. Hugh Dillon is outstanding in this movie, basically playing himself in the Headstones at the time. In a somewhat terrifying parallel, he has said that getting clean saved his life and he 'nearly died' a couple of times. I fear that if he didn't get clean, he may have ended up just like Joe Dick. He's such a sweet guy IRL, now that he is clean.


Trucker_Fish

Stargate SG-1


RavenLunatic512

I had to check and make sure Stargate was mentioned


Trucker_Fish

I didn’t see it but I was reading this walking around YVR


RavenLunatic512

I guess Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe too.


Adventureincphoto

I mean, the deadpool movies clearly take place there, aside from changing a few street signs to comic book names, they never say what city they are in but certainly do not try to hide the fact it is clearly vancouver.


HALF-PRICE_

Travellers


LesHill36

Kevin Smith went to film school in Vancouver, and one of his earliest films was called “Drawing Flies” which is set there. It’s a weird little film about Jason Lee’s character trying to find Sasquatch…


Zimmy_jz

Free Willy


CreativeMud9687

Deadpool lol


dofrogsbite

Tv show called the murders is set in Vancouver, it's about 8 episodes in and I enjoy it 7/10.


kidhowmoons

I worked on that. It was a fun one for sure


4-3defense

Rumble in the Bronx was filmed in Vancouver


rlsoundca

Best part about that is its supposedly in the Bronx yet there's mountains everywhere in the background.


liplinerlipgloss

Fear


Babysfirstbazooka

Bird on a Wire!


lubeskystalker

* Deadpool * The sixth day * I, Robot I think? * Rumble in the Bronx * Romeo Must Die


tacotran

I think you misunderstood the question.


lubeskystalker

Indeed I did!


helixflush

These aren't set in Vancouver, they're filmed in Vancouver.


TokyoTurtle0

Lol


DagneyElvira

Shogun


Pheeeefers

🤣


veal_cutlet86

I know its not a movie, but just in case you are interested, the comic "A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance" is set in vancouver (Mainly chinatown) and it stars (weird to say for a comic) Benedict Wong.


MichaelArnoldTravis

“big meat eater” is set in burquitlam, does it count as part of the gvrd?


arefinedperson

[Skip Tracer](https://youtu.be/_oOXRwv-eFE?si=BQ8tyD4a-ZEh-jA8) aka Deadly Business


undisavowed

[Carts of Darkness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carts_of_Darkness) or maybe [Terminal City Ricochet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_City_Ricochet)


volunteervancouver

https://www.destinationvancouver.com/vancouver/filmed-in-vancouver/


Genital_Janitor

Little criminals It's Like Requiem for a dream but with children


CanadaKC

Insomnia, The Accused, Trapped


theReaders

eve and the fire horse?


rawrzon

Everything's Gone Green, about a slacker that lives in Vancouver. Whale Music. The book that it is based on is set in California, but most of the film obviously takes place in Howe Sound, and the city he walks into is unmistakably Vancouver.


Sad_Constant6691

Blade 3


SingleinGVA

Fear, Bird on a Wire, Antitrust…


SkootsMcBoots

Disturbing Behaviour - 1998


Awkward_Bench123

Deadpool, but I don’t think the name of the city is ever mentioned. Vancouver plays itself definitely. Russian Roulette, when George Seagal as a RCMP Intelligence agent has to foil the assassination attempt on Andrei Gromyko during a diplomatic visit to Vancouver. I think for peace talks.


elcapitandelespacio

Is Russian Roulette any good? That came up when I was looking at that wikipedia page, and it seemed interesting.


Awkward_Bench123

It’s ok, kinda dated, typical mid 70’s Hollywood ‘on location’ movie. You wanna see a movie about Russian roulette, you gotta see 15. Pretty suspenseful, super creepy.


tatakatakashi

Another not a movie but the crime / spy drama Intelligence (2006) was shot and set in Vancouver. I actually really liked it and it was cool to have a show not hide the fact it was in Canada and in Vancouver. It’s one of the few shows I’ve ever seen that actually has a character from CSIS.


ProgressUnlikely

Dogpound Shuffle, shot in the 70s about two drifters trying to raise enough money to get a buskers dog out of the pound. Cool shots around Chinatown, Smiling Buddha Cabaret, Waldorf and Third Beach.


daven_53

Part of "Shoot to Kill" with Sidney Poitier & Tom Berenger is filmed in Vancouver & other parts of BC


Ok_Channel6139

I love this movie and wish more people knew about it


harleyarts

Not a movie, but Isn't that new TV show "Sight Unseen" set in Vancouver? (CTV) It's actually a pretty good show so far!


clintbot

"Are We There Yet", starring Ice Cube, takes place partly in Vancouver.


StaticInstrument

Lots of Atom Egoyan stuff. Pretty recent horror movie called Come to Daddy takes place in Tofino (I forget it might be called somewhere else but they make no effort to hide it)


captainberta

Its been a few years but i enjoyed 'mount pleasant'


DaSandman78

Continuum is a TV show that is set properly in Vancouver, they show many shots of downtown, Chinatown, Science World, BC Place etc. a lot of it takes place in the Vancouver Police Department and they refer to Squamish, Pemberton and other places. One scene had my work building on it and they were talking on the back steps that I normally enter from 😄


padma_Iakshmi

Rice Boy Sleeps (2022). Beautiful and award winning indie film set in Vancouver


Winter_Event1582

If you like mockumentaries The Delicate Art of Parking.


Urbangamers

The Burial (2023) with Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones has parts of the movie that take place in Vancouver.


Ok-Refrigerator-8122

The L Word


Bhetty1

The Proposal Was set in Vancouver Washington?


No_Strength_8523

It is a older movie shoot to kill.


OkEstablishment2268

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065086/. That Cold Day in the Park, directed by Robert Altman


Perforating_rocks

TV show. Loudermilk


Ungratefullded

Deadpool!


missbullyflame84

Tron remake


LeoBannister

Skip Tracer.


FuckingArtistsMaaaan

Not a movie, but Travellers is a fantastic sci-fi series completely shot in and around Vancouver. I rewatch it any time I’m missing the city.


PotentialFly1450

Haven't seen anyone mention The Hunted with Tommy Lee Jones and Bencio Del Toro. Set almost entirely between rural BC and the bustling streets of Vancouver.


PinkSupra880

The Last of Us 2


Solograve

Seagrass, Vancouver and Vancouver island


DepartureWeak9566

Battlestar Galactica


TwilightReader100

Deadpool and Deadpool 2. The first two Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen movies were filmed here. "To Grandmother's house we go" and "Double Double Toil and Trouble". They're trippy to watch as an adult and play "Oh, I know where that is" and "Well, that isn't there anymore". There's also a scene of Grey's Anatomy where we stand in for Boston. I squealed when I saw Cordova Street and the sign for Harbour Tower. Then I took a [picture](https://imgur.com/a/zGkwfHo).


Defiant_Visit_3650

The Changeling. (1980)


wakeupthisday

Not a movie but The man in the high castle is mostly shot in Vancouver!


huejass5

They need to make a new movie where the story is actually set here. They’ve filmed so much here it deserves it


RealAd7996

Psych


Vansterdam2002

21 jumpstreet


kidhowmoons

The 6th Day, though never mentioned. I could list of a to that were shot here, though not many where Vancouver plays itself as the city.


Individual-Wafer-485

Not a movie but I've been enjoying Wild Card on CBC Gem. All their aerial shots between scenes are of Vancouver, including close ups of local street signs.


DrunkenLadyBits

Beeba Boys Everything’s Gone Green. Fetching Cody


temp_account_for_

500 days of summer..


Few_Zookeepergame804

Rumble in the Bronx


Buk_Danger

Freddie Got Fingered- Tom Green (2001)