Movies and TV shows filmed at UCLA

August 17, 2013

Right next to Hollywood, UCLA is known for being the perfect filming location for any University scenes. Most movies pretending to be at Princeton, Harvard, or Yale are actually filmed at UCLA! Here are the top 10 movies and TV shows filmed at UCLA!

Jobs (2013) – movie about Steve Jobs that stars Ashton Kutcher. Even though the college where Jobs dropped out of was supposed to be Reed College, the Jobs movie was filmed at UCLA in front of Royce and Powell library!
Angels & Demons (2009) - Dan Brown's Robert Langdon solves a Vatican mystery The House Bunny (2008) - A playboy bunny (Anna Faris) joins a sorority at UCLA Californication (TV series) - Hank Moody teaches at UCLA! Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) - Elle Woods is back in pink to ban animal testing. Old School (2003) - A few friends (with Will Ferrell!) start up a fraternity near their college. Legally Blonde (2001) - Elle Woods goes to Harvard (actually filmed at UCLA!) to become a lawyer Erin Brockovich (2000) - A mother takes on a water company that pollutes the water supply and kills people. House M.D. (TV series) - Outdoor scenes usually filmed at UCLA! Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) - also filmed at UCLA The Nutty Professor (1996) - filmed at UCLA! Any other good movies that were filmed at UCLA? Leave them in the comments! By Brian Roizen

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23 responses to “Movies and TV shows filmed at UCLA”

August 17, 2013
Louie
Van Wilder.
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1. August 17, 2013
  admin
  That’s right! Nice find!
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  1. August 17, 2013
    Tzk9
    The famous TV shows “Heroes”, in the last season, the character Claire was supposed to be attending some Arlington University, but it was UCLA.
    Also How I met your mother, Ted was teaching at some university. IDK what the university it is in the show, but it was filmed infront of Royce Hall.
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August 17, 2013
Anna
How I Met Your Mother
Modern Family
Pretty Little Liars
Parks and Recreation
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1. August 17, 2013
  Brian
  Oh wow, I had no idea Parks and Recreation was filmed at UCLA!
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August 17, 2013
Cynthia
Greek!
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1. August 17, 2013
  Brian
  Do you remember where or when UCLA appeared in Greek?
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  1. August 17, 2013
    alice
    season 1, Episode 1. Inverted fountain
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  2. August 17, 2013
    BruinGrl
    Almost every episode was filmed at UCLA. The psych building was Rusty’s first year dorm
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August 17, 2013
olivia
scream 2
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1. August 17, 2013
  Brian
  Were the other scream movies also filmed at UCLA?
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August 17, 2013
Jeanne
Criminal Minds did a few scenes by Jans steps and I think also in the business school
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1. July 12, 2014
  beallmd
  Just saw UCLA pop up; stairs, Royce area, on episode of Criminal Minds with Jason Alexander as bad guy.
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August 17, 2013
BruinGrl
National Lampoon: Van Wilder
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
My Name is Khan
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August 18, 2013
monica
my name is khan
modern family
how i met your mother
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August 18, 2013
Debbie
Better Luck Tomorrow
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August 19, 2013
me
the social network ‘hacking’ scene was filmed in broad 4th floor
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August 20, 2013
Kyle
I know it’s not a big movie or TV show, but I’m pretty sure a Jack in the Box commercial was filmed at UCLA as well
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January 24, 2016
Sebastian
The tv show Starman (1986) the episode DER TEST. In this movie various buildings of UCLA are shown.
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October 22, 2017
Moviefan
“The Sure Thing” from 1985, starring John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga.
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November 28, 2017
Arthur Cates
Lions for Lambs. Gotcha. The Player’s Club. Higher Learning. Herbie Fully Loaded
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August 6, 2022
James Lehmann
GOTCHA! was filmed all over the campus. Funny how a chase scene from north campus suddenly is in south campus. Also includes the residential areas, Gayley Terrace.
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March 27, 2025
Cary A Whitcup
Krippendorf’s Tribe was filmed at UCLA as was Higher Learning.
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