Where the Movies Come From · Filmarian

Every city is a cast list. Pick a place and meet the people born there — and the films they left behind.

New York City, New York, USA210 Los Angeles, California, USA197 Chicago, Illinois, USA99 London, England, UK94 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA51 USA50 Toronto, Ontario, Canada46 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA40 San Francisco, California, USA37 Paris, France35 Boston, Massachusetts, USA34 Detroit, Michigan, USA32 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada32 Brooklyn, New York, USA28 Houston, Texas, USA27 Miami, Florida, USA27 Berlin, Germany25 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA23 St. Louis, Missouri, USA23 Cleveland, Ohio, USA21 Baltimore, Maryland, USA20 Dallas, Texas, USA19 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA19 Montreal, Quebec, Canada19 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA19 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia19 Tokyo, Japan19 Atlanta, Georgia, USA18 San Diego, California, USA17 Seattle, Washington, USA17 Dublin, Ireland16 Los Angeles County, California, USA16 Mexico City, Mexico16 Queens, New York City, New York, USA15 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada15 New York, New York, USA14 Santa Monica, California, USA14 Australia13 California, USA13 England, UK13 Rome, Lazio, Italy13 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA13 Seoul, South Korea13 Washington, District of Columbia, USA13 Denver, Colorado, USA12 Long Island, New York, USA12 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia12 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA12 Stockholm, Sweden12 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.11 Istanbul, Turkey11 Louisville, Kentucky, USA11 Madrid, Spain11 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA11 Memphis, Tennessee, USA11 Newark, New Jersey, USA11 Oakland, California, USA11 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA11 United States11 Buffalo, New York, USA10 Canada10 Columbus, Ohio, USA10 Glasgow, Scotland, UK10 Helsinki, Finland10 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA10 London, England10 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India10 Providence, Rhode Island, USA10 Sacramento, California, USA10 Sydney, Australia10 Vienna, Austria10 Austin, Texas, USA9 Budapest, Hungary9 Buenos Aires, Argentina9 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA9 Egypt9 Fort Worth, Texas, USA9 Kansas City, Missouri, USA9 Lisbon, Portugal9 New Jersey, USA9 Omaha, Nebraska, USA9 Tehran, Iran9 UK9 Westminster, London, England, UK9 Bristol, England, UK8 Burbank, California, USA8 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA8 Liverpool, England, UK8 London, Ontario, Canada8 Long Beach, California, USA8 Los Angeles, California, U.S8 Madison, Wisconsin, USA8 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico8 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA8 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil8 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil8 Shanghai, China8 South Korea8 Taipei, Taiwan8 Texas, USA8 Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA8 Washington, D.C., USA8 Berkeley, California, USA7 Calgary, Alberta, Canada7 Copenhagen, Denmark7 Manchester, England, UK7 Manhattan, New York, USA7 New York, USA7 Phoenix, Arizona, USA7 Raleigh, North Carolina, USA7 Rome, Italy7 San Jose, California, USA7 Stuttgart, Germany7 Tacoma, Washington, USA7 Tampa, Florida, USA7 Toronto, Canada7 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia6 Auckland, New Zealand6 Cardiff, Wales, UK6 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA6

Birthplace coverage grows nightly as our Wikidata enrichment fills the most notable names first. Absent data doesn’t mean nobody was born there — just that we haven’t recorded it yet.