Film production is an industry in the Greater Toronto Area, with the City of Toronto being colloquially referred to as Hollywood North.
[note 1] The city is home to a number of film production companies, as well as Canada's largest film studio, Pinewood Toronto Studios.
A number of films shot in the city use Toronto as a setting in film.
However, the majority of non-Canadian films that were shot in Toronto, do not explicitly use the city as the setting for the film being shot.
Many American produced films use the city as a stand in for New York City or Chicago.