The city of

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

, Florida in the United States is a popular location for the filming and setting of movies and television shows, both fictional and non-fictional. The following article provides a list of films and television shows which have been partially or wholly set in or shot in Miami. The listed shows span a wide variety of genres and range from shows almost entirely shot and set in the city (e.g., ''

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'' and ''

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'') to those containing only a small number of scenes shot or set in Miami (e.g., ''

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'' and '' Thunderball'' (1965)). Burn Notice Explosion

Context

Because of its climate and the high sunshine amounts, Florida has long been a favoured location for filmmakers, and the early

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industry in the state rivaled

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's in production. Film in Florida is still a major industry in the state, with Florida ranking third in the U.S. for film production (after California and New York, respectively) based on revenue generated (according to 2006 Florida Film Commission Data). In particular, Miami has long been a popular filming location in Florida and continues to grow as the entertainment industry expands throughout the state. Worldwide,

is one of the largest production and distribution centers for

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film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

, new media, still photography, and

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

industries. The film industry's combined economic impact in the local economy is about two billion dollars annually, with $100 to $150 million coming from more than 1,000 location filming shoots each year. There are approximately 3,000 companies working in film and

entertainment Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousa ...

Miami-Dade County Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in ...

, employing an estimated 15,000 workers.

Spanish-language productions

Miami's large

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population and close proximity to Latin America have made Miami a center for Latin television and film production. As a result, many Spanish-language programs are filmed in Miami's numerous television production studios, predominantly in

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and Doral. These include game shows, news programs, reality shows, telenovelas, and variety shows.

Films set in or shot in Miami

English-language films set in or shot in Miami

Spanish-language films set in or shot in Miami

Television series set in or shot in Miami

English-language television series set in or shot in Miami

Spanish-language television series set in or shot in Miami

Awards shows hosted in Miami

In keeping with its modern music tradition, the city has hosted a number of music awards shows: *

Latin Grammys The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been r ...

(2003) (2011) * Lo Nuestro Awards (Since 1989) *''

MTV Video Music Awards The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category) ...

'' (2004 and 2005)

References

External links

www.filmiami.orggreenwichstudios.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miami Lists of films by setting Lists of television series by setting

Films A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...