Liverpool’s historic architecture has set the scene for a number of blockbuster movies, hit TV shows and binge-worthy series, ranging from Harry Potter to Peaky Blinders.
Dubbed as the ‘Hollywood of the North’, Liverpool is one of the most filmed cities outside of London. Natalie Portman and John Krasinski are currently in town shooting scenes for director Guy Ritchie’s new heist movie Fountain of Youth.
The city’s historic architecture has also set the scene for box office films, including Captain America: The First Avenger, Fantastic Beasts and The Batman, plus huge drama’s like The Crown and Peaky Blinders.
In 2021, multi-million pound film studios The Depot opened with two purpose-built, 20,000 sq ft sound-proofed film and TV production units. Paramount+ became the first major long-term tenants as they filmed Sexy Beast over a period of seven months and plenty more movies and series have been shot on location since.
With the city being used as a double for everywhere from Moscow to New York, here’s 26 blockbuster films and TV shows that you probably didn’t know were filmed in Liverpool....
5. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - starring Chris Pine, Kevin Costner and Keira Knightley - shot extensively in Liverpool. Movie-locations.com reveals: “The nighttime car chase through the streets of 'Moscow' was filmed up on Merseyside, around the Strand and Water Street in Liverpool, alongside the 'Three Graces', before Cathy (Keira Knightley) is rescued on the tree-fringed Canada Boulevard.” | PA Photo: PA
6. Sexy Beast (2022-23)
Paramount+ filmed Sexy Beast in Liverpool after becoming the first long-term tenants of The Depot film studio. TV crews and star James McArdle were spotted in St Nicholas Church gardens, Water Street, the waterfront, Rumford Street, and other parts of the city centre and Anfield, as they transformed Liverpool into 1990s London. | Emma Dukes Photo: Emma Dukes
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010)
The Death Eaters motorcycle chase in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 was shot in the Queensway Tunnel in 2010. It is not the only movie to have been filmed under the Mersey. | Warner Bros Photo: Warner Bros Studio
8. Help (2022)
Help received the International Emmy for a TV movie/mini-series in 2022 and stars Scouse actors Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham, who played Tony, suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's. | Brian Sweeney/The Forge Photo: Brian Sweeney/The Forge