ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With an average of 310 days of sunshine, a diverse and expansive set of locations, a robust crew base, close proximity to Los Angeles, and a tax rebate incentive, the Duke City has long been a popular destination for movies and television shows due to its distinctiveness. The film and television industries in Albuquerque have rapidly expanded, and the city now offers lucrative creative and technical opportunities.
After the success of productions filmed in New Mexico in the previous decade, large-budget studio films quickly took to the Land of Enchantment, causing a boom in the local film industry.
2010-2015
Seen on the season five DVD cover of “Breaking Bad,” the Albuquerque Rail Yards, owned by the city, were renovated in 2013 with the hopes of renting out buildings and reusing the space as a digital film studio. The New Mexico Media Arts Collective is constructing the Eric Witt Media Arts Center with a 2026 target completion, aiming to offer workforce training for the film industry. The Rail Yards is a popular filming location, with titles like “Army of the Dead,” “Daybreak,” “Better Call Saul,” “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials,” and “The Avengers” filming scenes here.
Produced in Albuquerque:
- Deadly Impact (2010)
- Due Date (2010)
- Friendship! (2010)
- I Was a 7th Grade Dragon Slayer (2010)
- Legion (2010)
- Let Me In (2010)
- Love Ranch (2010)
- MacGruber (2010)
- Night and Day (2010)
- Passion Play (2010)
- Scoundrels (2010)
- The Book of Eli (2010)
- The Dry Land (2010)
- The Incredible Voyage of Captain Hook (2010)
- The Odds (2010)
- The Spy Next Door (2010)
- Undocumented (2010)
- Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors (2010-2012)
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2010-)
- 10 Years (2011)
- Beyond the Blackboard (2011)
- Fright Night (2011)
- Lemonade Mouth (2011)
- Paul (2011)
- The Resident (2011)
- The Reunion (2011)
- Truth Be Told (2011)
- Warrior Woman (2011)
- Zookeeper (2011)
- The Lying Game (2011-2013)
- Restaurant: Impossible (2011-)
- The Dead Files (2011-)
- Gambit (2012)
- Goats (2012)
- Jackie (2012)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Tiger Eyes (2012)
- Vegas (2012-2013)
- Chef Race: UK vs U.S. (2012-)
- 2 Guns (2013)
- As Cool as I Am (2013)
- Banshee Chapter (2013)
- Force of Execution (2013)
- Lone Survivor (2013)
- Odd Thomas (2013)
- The Host (2013)
- The Last Stand (2013)
- The Lone Ranger (2013)
- We’re the Millers (2013)
- 50 to 1 (2014)
- After the Fall (2014)
- Frank (2014)
- Frontera (2014)
- Good Kill (2014)
- Killer Women (2014)
- Persecuted (2014)
- Search Party (2014)
- The Signal (2014)
- Transcendence (2014)
- Two Men in Town (2014)
- From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014-2016)
- The Night Shift (2014-2017)
- Big Sky (2015)
- Burning Bodhi (2015)
- Dig (2015)
- Dirty Weekend (2015)
- Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
- Sicario (2015)
- Spare Parts (2015)
- The Messengers (2015)
- The Player (2015)
- Mr. Robot (2015-2019)
- Better Call Saul (2015-2022)
2016-2019
After several years of successful production, Netflix decided to establish a production hub in Albuquerque with the acquisition of ABQ Studios in 2018. Since 2019, the company has invested nearly $575 million into New Mexico projects, including “Daybreak,” “Better Call Saul,” “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,” “Chambers,” and “Stranger Things.”
Produced in Albuquerque:
- Blood Father (2016)
- Captain Fantastic (2016)
- Cents (2016)
- Fender Bender (2016)
- Gold (2016)
- Hell or High Water (2016)
- Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
- Katie Says Goodbye (2016)
- Kepler’s Dream (2016)
- Mars Project (2016)
- Outlaws and Angels (2016)
- Priceless (2016)
- The Founder (2016)
- War on Everyone (2016)
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
- Graves (2016-2017)
- T@gged (2016-2018)
- Preacher (2016-2019)
- The Girlfriend Experience (2016-2021)
- Stranger Things (2016-2025)
- Furthest Witness (2017)
- Imitation Girl (2017)
- Just Getting Started (2017)
- Logan (2017)
- Mission Control (2017)
- One Small Indiscretion (2017)
- Shot Caller (2017)
- The Space Between Us (2017)
- The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017)
- Will Wilson (2017)
- Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
- Midnight, Texas (2017-2018)
- Snatchers (2017-2018)
- The Brave (2017-2018)
- Get Shorty (2017-2019)
- 90 Day Fiancé: What Now? (2017-)
- Ink Master: Angels (2017-)
- 12 Strong (2018)
- A Picnic Table, At Dusk (2018)
- Arizona (2018)
- Back to Earth (2018)
- Cheerleader Nightmare (2018)
- Fast Color (2018)
- Hellbent (2018)
- I Am That (2018)
- Icebox (2018)
- Overturned Bucket (2018)
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
- The Long Dumb Road (2018)
- Tremors (2018)
- Waco (2018)
- Bite Club (2018)
- Chambers (2019)
- Daybreak (2019)
- Dreamland (2019)
- Dying for a Baby (2019)
- El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
- Let’s See Them Aliens: The Area 51 Raid Story (2019)
- Perpetual Grace, LTD (2019)
- Running with the Devil (2019)
- SGT. Will Gardner (2019)
- She’s Missing (2019)
- Snatchers (2019)
- The Goldfinch (2019)
- The Short History of the Long Road (2019)
- The Wave (2019)
- Too Old to Die Young (2019)
- Walk. Ride. Rodeo. (2019)
- Briarpatch (2019-2020)
- Just Roll with It (2019-2021)
- Roswell, New Mexico (2019-2022)
- The Murder Tapes (2019-2023)
