Baton Rouge is known as “Hollywood South” and many movie and television productions use our beautiful city as a location for filming. Even if you can’t visit the big screen, catch one of these movies or binge-watch one of these tv series filmed in Baton Rouge on your small screen at home. While watching, see if you can spot the Baton Rouge locations featured. Know of another movie/tv show that was filmed in Baton Rouge or set in Baton Rouge, let us know in the comments!
Pitch Perfect being filmed on LSU's campus, staged as "Barden University"
Netflix
- The Highwaymen
- Dukes of Hazzard
- Failure to Launch
- Search Party
Amazon Prime
- Darlin
- Grand Isle
- Back Roads
- Parallax Theory
Disney+
- Captain Marvel
- Inspector Gadget
Other/for rent online
- Blaze (Showtime)
- Schizopolis (Criterion Channel)
- Pitch Perfect
- The Twilight Saga
- True Blood
- The Magnificent Seven
- Oblivion
- Fantastic Four
- The Maze Runner
- Battleship
- 22 Jump Street
- Ray
Film Baton Rouge is the commission that helps bring productions like this to Baton Rouge, helping our economy and showcasing our city. For a full list of all productions filmed in Baton Rouge, check out their Made in BR page on their website!
Bonus: listen to Baton Rouge Music
Songs about Baton Rouge, from local artists