Don’t Say Good Luck was filmed primarily in New Jersey, with Jersey City serving as the production base. The production also used locations in Livingston, Ridgewood, Paramus, Montclair, Cranford, Madison and Lyndhurst, creating the film’s fictional suburban setting from several communities across northern and central New Jersey.
New Jersey filming locations
Although the story appears to take place in one connected town, the movie’s locations were spread across multiple New Jersey municipalities. Reported locations include:
- Jersey City
- Livingston
- Ridgewood
- Paramus
- Montclair
- Cranford
- Madison
- Lyndhurst
Paramus is also listed as a specific filming location for the movie, including Paramus Park.
When was it filmed?
Principal photography reportedly began on July 2, 2025, and finished on September 12, 2025. Jersey City was used as the production’s central base, while nearby towns supplied the schools, streets, shops and residential settings seen on screen.
What about New York locations?
Some online location guides claim that scenes were filmed in New Rochelle, New York, including at New Rochelle High School and Glen Island Park. However, those claims aren’t supported by the same production records cited for the New Jersey locations, and Netflix hasn’t published a complete official list of every shooting site.
The most reliable answer is therefore that Don’t Say Good Luck was filmed mainly across New Jersey, with Jersey City and several towns in the northern part of the state providing the film’s principal locations. IMDb also lists Jersey City, New Jersey, as a filming location.