Films with Washington, DC

Added by Karen Huffman, last edited by Karen Huffman on Dec 29, 2008  (view change)

Below is a list of films with Washington, DC, as the background and/or venue. How many of these films in which Washington, DC, is the star have you seen? For additional information concerning any (or all) of these films, try the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).

Our thanks to Caroline Sisneros, librarian at the American Film Institute who used the American Film Institute Catalog, produced by Chadwyck-Healey (from ProQuest LLC) in collaboration with the American Film Institute, to compile this list. Also, special thanks to Barbie Kaiser for sending us the list for the 2009 DC/SLA Conference Wiki.

  1. 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
  2. The 49th Man (1953)
  3. Above and Beyond (1953)
  4. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
  5. Adele (1919)
  6. Adventure in Washington (1941)
  7. Advise & Consent (1962)
  8. Alexander Hamilton (1931)
  9. All the President's Men (1976)
  10. The American President (1995)
  11. Annie Oakley (1935)
  12. Another Nice Mess (1972)
  13. Apache Country (1952)
  14. April in Paris (1953)
  15. As in a Looking Glass (1916)
  16. B. F.'s Daughter (1948)
  17. Babo 73 (1964)
  18. The Ballad of Josie (1968)
  19. Beginning of the End (1957)
  20. Behind Closed Doors (1929)
  21. The Best Man (1919)
  22. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
  23. Black Dragons (1942)
  24. The Blue Envelope Mystery (1916)
  25. The Border Sheriff (1926)
  26. Bordertown Gun Fighters (1943)
  27. Born Yesterday (1951)
  28. The Brain Eaters (1958)
  29. Breaking the Ice (1938)
  30. The Breath of the Gods (1920)
  31. Bridge to the Sun (1961)
  32. Buffalo Bill (1944)
  33. The Bus (1965)
  34. Call Me Madam (1953)
  35. The Candidate (1964)
  36. Can't Help Singing (1944)
  37. The Capitol (1919)
  38. Careful Soft Shoulder (1942)
  39. Cavalry (1936)
  40. Chain Lightning (1950)
  41. Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
  42. Children of Destiny (1920)
  43. China Clipper (1936)
  44. Cipher Bureau (1938)
  45. Civilisation: The Smile of Reason (1970)
  46. Counterfeit (1936)
  47. Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1951)
  48. Country Boy (1966)
  49. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
  50. Crash Dive (1943)
  51. Cross Currents (1916)
  52. Crossfire (1947)
  53. The Crowded Sky (1960)
  54. The Crowning Experience (1960)
  55. The Cry of the World (1932)
  56. Dave (1993)
  57. David Harding, Counterspy (1950)
  58. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  59. Dead to the World (1961)
  60. Diplomatic Courier (1952)
  61. A Distant Trumpet (1964)
  62. Dixie Dugan (1943)
  63. Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
  64. The Doughgirls (1944)
  65. Down Liberty Road (1956)
  66. Drum Beat (1954)
  67. The Duplicity of Hargraves (1917)
  68. The Eagle's Wing (1916)
  69. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
  70. The Edge (1968)
  71. Espionage Agent (1939)
  72. F.B.I. Girl (1951)
  73. Fanny Foley Herself (1931)
  74. The Far Horizons (1955)
  75. The FBI Story (1959)
  76. The Fearmakers (1958)
  77. Federal Fugitives (1941)
  78. The Fighting Seabees (1944)
  79. First Lady (1937)
  80. Flames of Desire (1924)
  81. Flight for Freedom (1943)
  82. Flight That Disappeared (1961)
  83. The Flying Saucer (1950)
  84. For the Freedom of the East (1918)
  85. For the Love of Mary (1948)
  86. Forever Female (1954)
  87. Forgotten Men (1933)
  88. Four Days in November (1964)
  89. Free for All (1949)
  90. G-Men (1935)
  91. Gabriel over the White House (1933)
  92. A Gentleman from Mississippi (1914)
  93. Get Going (1943)
  94. The Ghost Goes West (1936)
  95. The Giant Claw (1957)
  96. The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
  97. The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
  98. Government Girl (1944)
  99. Graustark (1915)
  100. The Great Moment (1921)
  101. The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
  102. The Gun That Won the West (1955)
  103. Gunslingers (1950)
  104. A Guy, a Gal, and a Pal (1945)
  105. Havana Rose (1951)
  106. The Heart of a Girl (1918)
  107. Hearts in Bondage (1936)
  108. Heavenly Days (1944)
  109. His Secretary (1925)
  110. The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
  111. The House on 92nd Street (1945)
  112. Houseboat (1958)
  113. If You Knew Susie (1948)
  114. In the Shadow of the Dome (1920)
  115. Infatuation (1915)
  116. It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1952)
  117. The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
  118. Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
  119. Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)
  120. The Jolson Story (1947)
  121. Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
  122. The Kefauver Crime Investigation (1951)
  123. King: A Filmed Record ... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
  124. Kisses for My President (1964)
  125. Ladies of Washington (1944)
  126. Laughing at Danger (1924)
  127. Law of the Badlands (1950)
  128. Legion of Terror (1936)
  129. Let 'Em Have It (1935)
  130. Let's Live Again (1948)
  131. The Little Gray Lady (1914)
  132. Little Miss Hoover (1918)
  133. Little Women (1919)
  134. The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
  135. The Lost Zeppelin (1929)
  136. The Mad Dancer (1925)
  137. Madam Who (1918)
  138. Magnificent Doll (1946)
  139. The Magnificent Yankee (1951)
  140. The Man (1972)
  141. Man About Town (1932)
  142. A Man Called Peter (1955)
  143. The Man from Oregon (1915)
  144. Man of Conquest (1939)
  145. Man on a String (1960)
  146. The Man on the Box (1914)
  147. The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
  148. Marriage in Transit (1925)
  149. Massacre (1934)
  150. Medium Cool (1969)
  151. Minority Report (2002)
  152. The More the Merrier (1943)
  153. Mountain Moonlight (1941)
  154. The Mouse That Roared (1959)
  155. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  156. Murderers' Row (1966)
  157. My Buddy (1944)
  158. My Favorite Brunette (1947)
  159. My Pal Wolf (1944)
  160. My Son John (1952)
  161. Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
  162. A Night of Adventure (1944)
  163. Oh, You Tony (1924)
  164. Okay America (1932)
  165. The Outsider (1961)
  166. Pacific Rendezvous (1942)
  167. Panama Patrol (1939)
  168. The Patriot (1916)
  169. Peck O' Pickles (1916)
  170. Pendulum (1969)
  171. Pete Seeger...A Song and a Stone (1972)
  172. Pin Up Girl (1944)
  173. Point of Order! (1964)
  174. Postal Inspector (1936)
  175. The President Vanishes (1935)
  176. The President's Analyst (1967)
  177. Princess O'Rourke (1943)
  178. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
  179. A Private's Affair (1959)
  180. Radar Secret Service (1950)
  181. Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1959)
  182. Rationing (1944)
  183. Red Salute (1935)
  184. The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971)
  185. The Revolution Is in Your Head (1970)
  186. Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939)
  187. Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925)
  188. Santa Fe Trail (1940)
  189. Savage Drums (1951)
  190. Saved from the Harem (1915)
  191. The Searching Wind (1946)
  192. Secret Code (1918)
  193. Secrets (1933)
  194. The Senator (1915)
  195. The Service Star (1918)
  196. Seven Days in May (1964)
  197. Shangri-La (1961)
  198. She Couldn't Say No (1940)
  199. Shed No Tears (1948)
  200. Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
  201. Sing Sing Nights (1934)
  202. Sky Murder (1940)
  203. The Sky Parade (1936)
  204. The Slim Princess (1915)
  205. Smashing the Spy Ring (1938)
  206. So This Is Love (1953)
  207. So This Is Washington (1943)
  208. The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
  209. Something for the Birds (1952)
  210. Son of Flubber (1963)
  211. The Spoilers (1914)
  212. The Spy Ring (1938)
  213. Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
  214. Standing Room Only (1944)
  215. Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
  216. The Stars Are Singing (1953)
  217. State Department File 649 (1949)
  218. State of the Union (1948)
  219. The Stolen Treaty (1917)
  220. Story of a Woman (1970)
  221. A Stranger in Town (1943)
  222. Strangers on a Train (1951)
  223. T-Men (1948)
  224. Tales of the West 1 (1950)
  225. Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
  226. Texas Panhandle (1945)
  227. A Texas Steer (1927)
  228. A Texas Steer (1915)
  229. Them! (1954)
  230. They Got Me Covered (1943)
  231. They Made Her a Spy (1939)
  232. Three Brave Men (1957)
  233. Tobor the Great (1954)
  234. Top of the Heap (1972)
  235. The Truth About Helen (1915)
  236. Under Western Stars (1938)
  237. Undercurrent (1946)
  238. Unidentified Flying Objects (1956)
  239. The Velvet Paw (1916)
  240. The Victory of Virtue (1915)
  241. Vienna Art Treasures (1950)
  242. The Vixen (1916)
  243. Walk East on Beacon (1952)
  244. Wallflowers (1928)
  245. The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)
  246. War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
  247. The Washington Masquerade (1932)
  248. Washington Melodrama (1941)
  249. Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)
  250. Washington Story (1952)
  251. Watch on the Rhine (1943)
  252. The West Wing [TV series] (1999 - 2006)
  253. What a Woman! (1943)
  254. What's Happening (1970)
  255. Whispers (1920)
  256. Who Knows? (1917)
  257. Who Was the Other Man? (1917)
  258. Wilson (1945)
  259. Without Love (1945)
  260. Woman Against Woman (1938)
  261. The Woman God Sent (1920)
  262. The Woman on the Index (1919)
  263. Women of the World (1963)
  264. World Premiere (1941)
  265. Yankee Pluck (1917)
  266. The Yellow Typhoon (1920)
  267. Young Americans (1967)

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