9 Movies Shot in Buffalo
Check out these movies that were filmed in Buffalo and WNY! Some of them don't actually mention Buffalo or WNY, but feature scenes in the city!
A Quiet Place Part II
A Quiet Place II will be released on March 20, 2020.
"Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path." ~ IMDb
The movie was filmed around WNY in July of 2019. According to The Buffalo News, the locations included Grand Island, North Tonawanda , Orchard Park and at Stenzil Street Field, Olcott, Akron, Dunkirk and Buffalo FilmWorks sound stage in Buffalo.
The First Purge
In the fourth film in the series, the New Founding Fathers of America, give people permission to go lawless for 12 hours on Staten Island, in an effort to lower crime. According to New York Upstate, the movie was filmed in Buffalo in the fall of 2017.
Talhotblond
Talhotblond is about the ultimate 'Catfish'! In short, a married Buffalo man falls in love with an 18-year-old he met online, she seduces him online, while seducing a 22-year-old co-worker of his at the same time. One of them ends up dead and Jess, the talhotblond, is not what she seems! The documentary was filmed in Buffalo as well as West Virginia, according to IMDb. Though partially filmed in WNY, the film mainly focuses on cyber space.
Sharknado 2: The Second One
The 2014 sequel was filmed in Buffalo, according to the production credits on IMDb and two heavy-hitting cities – L.A. and NYC! Fin and April are are on their way to New York when they are hit by a category seven hurricane full of rain, wind and Sharknadoes!
The Natural
This 1984 movie, which stars Robert Redford, Robert Duvall and Glenn Close, is about an unknown baseball player with extraordinary talent. According to IMDb, it was filmed in Buffalo at All-High Stadium for the Wrigley Field scenes, War Memorial Stadium, and some scenes were even filmed in Fredonia.
The Best Man Holiday
This movie was filmed at two locations in WNY, according to IMDB – the Buffalo Niagara Film Office and Ralph Wilson Stadium. The rest was filmed at Pinewood Toronto Studios. This Rom-Dram-Com is about college friends reunited after 15 years and the drama and good times that comes along with it!
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
The 2006 movie, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, was filmed in the 716, according to IMDb! The cult classic is about American Chicken Bunker fried-chicken chain, which builds a restaurant on the site of an ancient Indian burial ground.
The Perfect House
Newlyweds, Mike and Marisol, get their 'perfect house,' but is it really perfect? Or does it have a horrible past?! This 2013 flick was filmed here in Buffalo, as well as Los Angeles, according to IMDb!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Featuring Megan Fox and Tyler Perry, this movie was partially shot in Buffalo, though it is set in NYC! According to IMDb, the Buffalo filming was set on the 33!
Superman II
Honorable mention: Superman II, which was released in 1980, stars Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman. Clark Kent is sent on assignment to Niagara Falls (it was filmed on the Canadian side, according to IMDb), and turns into Superman to rescue a little boy who fell over the falls!