Oppenheimer has 14 confirmed filming locations in United Kingdom and United States.
1940s Los Alamos street sets
The wartime town was rebuilt on the ranch because modern Los Alamos no longer matched the 1940s streetscape.
Ghost Ranch
as Los Alamos
AEC security clearance hearing
Oppenheimer's 1954 Atomic Energy Commission hearing unfolds in a cramped real office in the complex.
The Alhambra
as AEC hearing room
Arrival by train
Manhattan Project workers step off the train at the Lamy station bound for Los Alamos.
Lamy Train Station
as Lamy Train Station
Cambridge establishing shots
King's College and the River Cam open the young Oppenheimer's time in England.
King's College, Cambridge
as Cambridge University
Communist Party meeting
Oppenheimer attends a party meeting with his brother Frank and begins his affair with Jean Tatlock.
Edgar W Camp House
as Sierra Madre
Entering the closed city
Workers pass the guarded main gate into the secret Manhattan Project town.
Los Alamos Main Gate
as Los Alamos Main Gate
Jean Tatlock at the hotel
Oppenheimer meets Jean Tatlock in the South Galleria after flying to San Francisco.
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
as San Francisco hotel
Lawrence rushes from the barber
Oppenheimer and Jean pass Ernest Lawrence bolting half-shaved from a barber shop on the boulevard.
Sierra Madre Playhouse
as Berkeley
Los Alamos community centre
The lodge serves as the town gathering hall during the Manhattan Project years.
Fuller Lodge
as Fuller Lodge
Meeting Heisenberg in Switzerland
Oppenheimer and Werner Heisenberg talk in a European setting staged at the Ebell complex.
The Ebell of Los Angeles
as Switzerland
Strauss meets Oppenheimer
Strauss introduces himself on the campus in front of Fuld Hall, where Einstein also worked.
Institute for Advanced Study
as Institute for Advanced Study
Strauss Senate confirmation hearing
Lewis Strauss faces a Senate hearing on his Commerce Secretary nomination — filmed as Washington DC.
Bataan Memorial Building
as Washington DC
Trinity test
The prototype bomb is hoisted on the tower for the Trinity detonation sequence.
Trinity test tower site near Belen
as Trinity test site
Young Oppenheimer at Cambridge
Oppenheimer struggles in the lab and poisons Niels Bohr's apple with cyanide-laced fruit.
Christ's College, Cambridge
as Christ's College
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Where was Oppenheimer filmed?
Oppenheimer has 14 confirmed filming locations in United Kingdom and United States. Use the map and location list below for addresses, coordinates, and scene-by-scene details.
Can you visit these filming locations?
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