Productions shot at Sony Pictures Studios

Feature Film (117)
Title	Released	Director	IMDB
Interstellar	2014	Christopher Nolan
Oz The Great And Powerful	2013	Sam Raimi
Stage 15 was used again to visit Oz - it was also used in the 1939 Wizard of Oz.
Star Trek Into Darkness	2013	J.J. Abrams
Men in Black III	2012	Barry Sonnenfeld
The score was recorded on the Barbra Streisand scoring stage at Sony.
Snow White and the Huntsman	2012	Rupert Sanders
The score was recorded on the Barbra Streisand scoring stage at Sony.
The Amazing Spider-Man	2012	Marc Webb
The Dark Knight Rises	2012	Christopher Nolan
The batcave interior was shot on Stage 30 at Sony Pictures Studios.
Priest	2011	Scott Charles Stewart
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	2011	David Fincher
The Green Hornet	2011	Michel Gondry
Stage 15
Transformers: Dark of the Moon	2011	Michael Bay
The music score was recorded and mixed at Sony Pictures Studios.
Alice in Wonderland	2010	Tim Burton
Iron Man 2	2010	Jon Favreau
Stage 30
Takers	2010	John Luessenhop
Angels & Demons	2009	Ron Howard
Stage 27: Helicopter sequence
Funny People	2009	Judd Apatow
Stage 26 (Shower scene)
The Stepfather	2009	Nelson McCormick
Bedtime Stories	2008	Adam Shankman
Stage 26
First Sunday	2008	David E. Talbert
Hancock	2008	Peter Berg
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	2008	Steven Spielberg
Stage 27: stone steps collapsing stunt sequence
Pineapple Express	2008	David Gordon Green
Prom Night	2008	Nelson McCormick
Quarantine	2008	John Erick Dowdle
You Don't Mess With The Zohan	2008	Dennis Dugan
Beowulf	2007	Robert Zemeckis
Reign Over Me	2007	Mike Binder
Spider-Man 3	2007	Sam Raimi
The 7 month shooting schedule occupied seven soundstages at Sony, including the massive Stage 15 (used for the Daily Bugle offices and then simultaneously the Osborn den & balcony and Peter Parkers apartment). Stage 27 was used for 2nd unit and VFX shooting, along with the climactic Final Battle sequence. Stage 30 was also used (Subway set).
Superbad	2007	Greg Mottola
Vacancy	2007	Nimrod Antal
Click	2006	Frank Coraci
Bewitched	2005	Nora Ephron
War of the Worlds	2005	Steven Spielberg
Zathura	2005	Jon Favreau
The house set was built on a moving platform called a gimbal in the huge tank on Stage 30, to achieve an earthquake effect.
13 Going On 30	2004	Gary Winick
A small area of grass outside the Thalberg building appeared briefly as Central Park.
50 First Dates	2004	Peter Segal
Spider-Man 2	2004	Sam Raimi
Stage 15
Step Brothers	2004	Adam McKay
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	2003	McG
Identity	2003	James Mangold
Stage 27
Men in Black II	2002	Barry Sonnenfeld
Stage 15, Stage 30
Spider-Man	2002	Sam Raimi
The Thalberg Building on the Sony lot is used as the school that Peter Parker graduates from. The Columbia Pictures sign is covered with a Wildcats banner, and the palm trees either side of the door have been removed. Stage 15 and Stage 30 were also used.
Stuart Little 2	2002	Rob Minkoff
Stage 14, Stage 15 (exterior of Little house)
The Ring	2002	Gore Verbinski
Americas Sweethearts	2001	Joe Roth
Not Another Teen Movie	2001	Joel Gallen
The Sony Pictures headquarters building features as an airport terminal at the end of the movie. The door that Molly Ringwald checks boarding passes actually leads to a screening room, not the airplane.
Planet of the Apes	2001	Tim Burton
The Glass House	2001	Daniel Sackheim
The Majestic	2001	Frank Darabont
Cast Away	2000	Robert Zemeckis
Stage 30
Hanging Up	2000	Diane Keaton
Hollow Man	2000	Paul Verhoeven
Stage 15
What Lies Beneath	2000	Robert Zemeckis
What Planet Are You From?	2000	Mike Nichols
8MM	1999	Joel Schumacher
Blue Streak	1999	Les Mayfield
Idle Hands	1999	Rodman Flender
Stuart Little	1999	Rob Minkoff
Stage 15
Godzilla	1998	Roland Emmerich
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	1998	Danny Cannon
Air Force One	1997	Wolfgang Petersen
Stage 15
As Good As It Gets	1997	James L. Brooks
Cop Land	1997	James Mangold
Underwater Sequence
Men in Black	1997	Barry Sonnenfeld
Stage 12, Stage 15
My Best Friend	1997	P.J. Hogan
Stage 15
Starship Troopers	1997	Paul Verhoeven
High School High	1996	Hart Bochner
Jerry Maguire	1996	Cameron Crowe
Stage 23
The Cable Guy	1996	Ben Stiller
The Craft	1996	Andrew Fleming
Get Shorty	1995	Barry Sonnenfeld
Studio at the end of the film
Money Train	1995	Joseph Ruben
Nixon	1995	Oliver Stone
The American President	1995	Rob Reiner
The Net	1995	Irwin Winkler
Stage 23
Party of Five	1994-2000	Christopher Keyser, Amy Lippman
Stage 19 (House interior)
Cops and Robbersons	1994	Michael Ritchie
Wolf	1994	Mike Nichols
Calendar Girl	1993	John Whitesell
Last Action Hero	1993	John McTiernan
The foyer of the Sony Pictures Headquarters building appears on screen as the police headquarters.
My Life	1993	Bruce Joel Rubin
Accidental Hero	1992	Stephen Frears
Dracula	1992	Francis Ford Coppola
Another You	1991	Maurice Phillips
Hook	1991	Steven Spielberg
The Jolly Roger pirate ship was built full scale on Stage 30
Rocky V	1990	John G. Avildsen
Stage 15
The Running Man	1987	Paul Michael Glaser
The corporate headquarters of MGM/UA in 1987 was the Filmland Corporate Centre, now the headquarters of Sony Pictures in Culver City. This impressive building featured in The Running Man as the ICS Television Network HQ.
WarGames	1983	John Badham
Stage 27 was used for the NORAD War Room / Command Center.
Rocky III	1982	Sylvester Stallone
Stage 15
Geronimo - An American Legend	1980	Walter Hill
Rocky II	1979	Sylvester Stallone
Stage 15
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band	1978	Michael Schultz
Lot 2 for exteriors, town square
King Kong	1976	John Guillermin
Rocky	1976	John G. Avildsen
Stage 15
Jaws	1975	Steven Spielberg
Westworld	1973	Michael Crichton
The Greatest Story Ever Told	1965	George Stevens
The Crucifixion was shot at MGM.
The Loved One	1965	Tony Richardson
Mutiny on the Bounty	1962	Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed
Ben-Hur	1959	Will Wyler
Ben-hur meets Jesus on the Calvary/shots from the Golgotha
North by Northwest	1959	Alfred Hitchcock
Interiors were filmed on sound stages at MGM along with a full-scale mockup of a section of Mount Rushmore for the finale.
Some Like It Hot	1959	Billy Wilder
Train interiors
Les Girls	1957	George Cukor
Stage 06
Singin' in the Rain	1952	Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
The exterior scene of Gene Kelly on the rainy street was shot on Lot #2 at MGM, under a black tarpaulin during the daytime. The sequence was filmed over 2 days. On the first day Kelly had a fever with a high temperature, not helped by the mix of milk and water (to make the rain drops show up on film) causing his wool suit to shrink. Stage 06 was also used.
Royal Wedding (aka Wedding Bells)	1951	Stanley Donen
Cheaper by the Dozen	1950	Walter Lang
The big house the family moves to in Montclair is the same house set originally built for Judy Garland's family in Meet Me in St. Louis. Fox didn't have an appropriate standing outdoor set so they rented time on the St. Louis Street on MGM lot #2.
On The Town	1949	Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Stage 06
Take Me Out To The Ball Game	1949	Busby Berkeley
Stage 06
Easter Parade	1948	Charles Walters
Stage 06
Ziegfield Follies	1945	Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth
Stage 06
The Magnificent Ambersons	1942	Orson Welles, Fred Fleck, Robert Wise
Gone with the Wind	1939	Victor Fleming
Tarzan Finds A Son	1939	Richard Thorpe
The Wizard of Oz	1939	Victor Fleming
Stage 14, Stage 15, Stage 25, Stage 26, Stage 27. The tornado sequence was shot on Stage 14. The corn field and apple tree sequences were shot on Stage 26. Munchkinland was shot on Stage 27.
Broadway Melody of 1938	1937	Roy Del Ruth
Stage 06
Tarzan Escapes	1936	Richard Thorpe
Applause	1929	Rouben Mamoulian
Stage 06
TV Series (20)
Title	Released	Director	IMDB
Barry	2018-2023
Seasons 3 & 4. The Jimmy Stewart Building featured in Season 4 Episode 5.
Oh Sit!	2012	Deena Dill, Philip Gurin, Richard Joel
Stage 30
Californication	2007 -	Tom Kapinos
The Sony Pictures headquarters building features.
Rules of Engagement	2007 -	Tom Hertz
The area of grass outside the Thalberg building has appeared as Central Park
Til Death	2006-2010	Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa
Stage 25
Rush (aka Wanted)	2005	Louis St. Clair, Jorge Zamacona
Reba	2001-2007	Allison M. Gibson
Angel	1999 - 2004	Various
The Sony Pictures headquarters building (originally known as the Filmland Complex) features as the offices of Wolfram and Hart throughout the series.
King of Queens	1998-2007	David Litt, Michael J. Weithorn
The area of grass outside the Thalberg building on the Sony lot has featured as Central Park.
Married With Children	1987-1997	Ron Leavitt, Michael G. Moye
Seasons 9 to 11
ALF	1986-1990	Tom Patchett, Paul Fusco
Jeopardy!	1984 -	Merv Griffin
1995-present
Wheel of Fortune	1983-	Merv Griffin
Stage 11 used since the show moved to the Sony lot in 1995
Dallas	1978-1991	David Jacobs
Donny and Marie	1976-1979
Stage 25 at MGM was the home of the show 1976 - 1978. The final season was shot at the new Osmond Studios in Utah.
Batman	1966	Bob Kane
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	1964-1968
The tailor shop exterior was on Lot #2 of the MGM backlot, and was destroyed in a fire in 1967.
Rawhide	1959-1965	Charles Marquis Warren
The Twilight Zone	1959-1964	Rod Serling
Season 1 (Episode 2 onwards)
Bonanza	1959 - 1973
Music Video (1)
Title	Released	Director	IMDB
Bee Gees: Stayin Alive	1977
Filmed on an abandoned subway terminal set on the MGM Backlot, adjacent to the sets where Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band was being filmed.
TV Movie (1)
Title	Released	Director	IMDB
The Phantom of Hollywood	1974	Gene Levitt
Filmed in and around the standing sets on the MGM Backlot as they were being demolished.
TV Special (1)
Title	Released	Director	IMDB
Stand Up To Cancer	2010

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