List of films and television shows shot in Northern California
While the California film industry is based in Los Angeles, over the years many films have shot in Northern California, looking for rural towns, forests, rivers and beaches that can double for New England and even Scotland. Hollywood has been filming in California's northern most 18 counties since at least 1916 and the region has played host to some of Hollywood's biggest films, including The Adventures of Robin Hood, Gone with the Wind, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and Stand by Me.[1][2][3][4]
This list of films shot is organized first by county, and then chronologically by year. Some films may appear more than once if they were shot in more than one county.
Del Norte County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
The Last of the Mohicans | 1936 | Lake Earl | [4] |
Green Dolphin Street | 1947 | Klamath River | [4] |
Patterson–Gimlin film | 1967 | Bluff Creek, Six Rivers National Forest | |
Petulia | 1968 | Klamath | |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | Fort Dick, Crescent City | [4] |
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Smith River, Fort Dick, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park | [4] |
The Final Terror | 1983 | Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park | [4] |
Tim McGraw: Not a Moment Too Soon | 1994 | Crescent City | [4] |
Dead Man | 1995 | Klamath River | [4] |
Lockdown: Gangland (TV Series) | 2006 | Pelican Bay State Prison | |
Lockup: Raw (TV Series) | 2008 | Pelican Bay State Prison | |
Love in the Time of Monsters | 2014 | Gasquet, Klamath | [4] |
Woodshock | 2017 | Del Norte County | [4] |
Bird Box | 2018 | Smith River | [4] |
Call of the Wild | 2020 | Smith River | [6] |
She's in Portland | 2020 | Klamath, Crescent City | [4] |
Siskiyou County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Jacques of the Silver North | 1919 | Mt. Shasta | [7] |
Murder in the Private Car | 1934 | Dunsmuir | [8] |
Gallant Bess | 1946 | Montague, Dunsmuir | [8] |
Messenger of Peace | 1947 | Dunsmuir | [9] |
The Red Stallion | 1947 | Mount Shasta, Dunsmuir | [8] |
Climb an Angry Mountain | 1972 | Mount Shasta, Weed, McCloud, Yreka, Castle Crags State Park | [8] |
Farewell to Manzanar | 1976 | Tulelake | |
Baby Blue Marine | 1976 | McCloud, Weed, McCloud River | [8] |
Standing Tall | 1978 | Etna, Yreka | [8] |
Stand by Me | 1986 | McCloud | [8] |
Rescue 911 (Box Canyon Rescue) | 1992 | Mt. Shasta, Box Canyon | |
Unsolved Mysteries (Season 8 Episode 1) | 1995 | Dunsmuir, Sweetbrier | |
Babysitter Wanted | 2008 | Montague, Weed, Lake Shastina, Yreka | |
Repo Chick | 2009 | Dunsmuir | |
Bigfoot Country | 2012 | Siskiyou County | |
Happy Camp | 2014 | Happy Camp | |
Andy Grammer: Lease on Life | 2021 | Castle Lake, Heart Lake, McCloud Falls | [2] |
Hotel Dunsmuir | 2022 | Dunsmuir | |
Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God | 2023 | Mt. Shasta | |
Peter Five Eight | 2024 | Dunsmuir | |
Tracker (Mt. Shasta) | 2024 | Mt. Shasta |
Modoc County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Modoc Nation: A Untold Story of Survival | 2021 | Modoc County |
Humboldt County
Trinity County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Gold is Where You Find It | 1938 | Weaverville | [17] |
Rescue 911 (Deck Trapped Kid) | 1995 | Salyer | |
North Star (short film) | 2022 | Trinity Center |
Shasta County
Lassen County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Werewolf | 1996 | Susanville | [21] |
Prison Town, USA | 2007 | Susanville |
Mendocino County
Lake County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Magic | 1978 | Blue Lakes | [22] |
Sherman's Way | 2008 | Clearlake | |
Twixt | 2011 | Kelseyville, Clearlake, Nice, Upper Lake |
Tehama County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Hell is for Heroes | 1962 | Lake California | |
J.W. Coop | 1972 | Red Bluff | [23] |
Spree | 1993 | Red Bluff, Corning | |
Cowboy Up: Inside the Extreme World of Bull Riding | 2002 | Red Bluff | |
Buck | 2011 | Red Bluff | |
The Murder of Hi Good | 2012 | ||
The Invoking | 2013 | Red Bluff |
Butte County
^two episodes: The Foundling and Snow White and the Seven Truckers Part 1
Colusa County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
The Member of the Wedding | 1952 | Colusa County | [25] |
Blood Alley | 1955 | Colusa | [25] |
To Kill a Mockingbird | 1962 | Colusa | [25] |
The Birds | 1963 | Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge | |
The War Lord | 1965 | Sacramento River | [25] |
The Gypsy Moths | 1969 | Williams | [25] |
...tick...tick...tick... | 1970 | Colusa, Grimes | [26] |
I Walk the Line | 1970 | Sacramento River | [25] |
Brother John | 1971 | Colusa County | [25] |
Trouble Comes to Town | 1972 | Colusa County | [25] |
Paper Moon | 1974 | Grimes | [25] |
Huckleberry Finn | 1975 | Colusa County | [25] |
Treasure of Matecumbe | 1976 | Colusa | [25] |
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | 1976 | Colusa County | [25] |
Glenn County
No known movies or scripted television shows have filmed in Glenn County.[citation needed]
Plumas County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Call of the Wild | 1935 | Feather River | |
The Treasure of Lost Canyon | 1952 | Feather River | |
The Blazing Forest | 1952 | Feather River | |
Guns of the Timberland | 1959 | Quincy | [27] |
White Water Summer | 1987 | Cromberg, Quincy | [27] |
Pink Cadillac | 1989 | Quincy | [27] |
Breaking Point | 1989 | Blairsden | [27] |
A Cry in the Wild | 1990 | Quincy | [27] |
A Question of Honor | 1992 | Feather River | [27] |
Kingpin | 1996 | Chilcoot | [27] |
Diamonds | 1999 | Chilcoot | [27] |
Fandom | 2004 | Greenville | [27] |
Top Gun: Maverick | 2022 | High Lakes region |
Sutter County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
The Well | 1951 | Yuba City | |
...tick...tick...tick... | 1970 | Meridian, Sutter | [26] |
Melvin Purvis: G-Man | 1974 | Nicolaus | |
Tom and Huck | 1995 | Sutter Bypass | |
Lyvia's House | 2023 | Nicolaus |
Yuba County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
The Lawless | 1950 | Marysville | |
The Outrage | 1950 | Marysville | |
The Well | 1951 | Marysville | |
The Big Country | 1958 | Marysville | [28] |
A Gathering of Eagles | 1963 | Beale Air Force Base | |
The War Lord | 1965 | Marysville | [28] |
...tick...tick...tick... | 1970 | Marysville | [26] |
Brother John | 1971 | Marysville | [28] |
Buck and the Preacher | 1972 | Marysville | |
The Kansas City Massacre | 1975 | Marysville | |
Citizens Band | 1977 | Marysville | |
First Strike | 1979 | Beale Air Force Base | |
Call to Glory (TV Series) | 1984-1985 | Beale Air Force Base | |
Revenge of the Unhappy Campers | 2002 | Marysville | |
Tweek City | 2004 | Marysville | |
The Muppets | 2011 | Wheatland | |
The Mendoza Line | 2014 | Marysville | |
Bridge of Spies | 2015 | Beale Air Force Base | |
Turning Red | 2022 | Bok Kai Temple, Marysville | |
Lyvia's House | 2023 | Olivehurst |
Sierra County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Beyond the Forest | 1949 | Loyalton | |
Hot Dog…The Movie | 1984 | Sierraville | |
White Water Summer | 1987 | Sierra City | [29] |
XXX | 2002 | Sierra City | [30] |
Nevada County
Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Hit the Ice | 1943 | Soda Springs | |
The Lawless | 1950 | Grass Valley | |
The Well | 1951 | Grass Valley | |
Cannon (TV series): He Who Digs a Grave | 1973 | Grass Valley, Nevada City | |
Moonshine County Express | 1977 | Grass Valley, Nevada City | |
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel | 1979 | Nevada City | |
Undercover with the KKK | 1979 | Nevada City | |
Protocol | 1984 | Grass Valley | |
Starman (TV series) | 1986-1987 | Grass Valley | |
Rescue Me | 1992 | Grass Valley | |
True Lies | 1994 | Soda Springs | |
Simon Says | 2006 | Grass Valley | |
The Christmas Card | 2006 | Nevada City |
The list of movies filmed in Nevada County's Truckee is too extensive for this page. Some of the movies include Cobb, The Gold Rush, and St. Elmo's Fire. A partial list has been compiled by the Truckee-Donner Historical Society on their website truckeehistory.org, The Union and IMDb.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Filmed in Butte County" (PDF). Local Movie History. Chico Chamber of Commerce.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Shasta County Film Credits". Film Credits. Film Shasta.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba "Filmed in Mendocino". Mendocino County Film Commission. Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be "Map of the Movies". Humboldt-Del Notre Filmography. Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission.
- ^ "Map of the Movies" (PDF). Humboldt - Del Norte Film Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ a b Ferrara, John Ross (November 20, 2019). "(VIDEO) Trailer for New 'Call of the Wild' Movie Starring Harrison Ford Features Local Scenery". Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Jacques of the Silver North". AFI Catalog. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Siskiyou County". Film in America. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Messenger of Peace". AFI Catalog. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ "Are You a Failure?". AFI Catalog. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ "Are You a Failure?". AFI Catalog. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ Dronkers, Mike (January 17, 2014). "Look At This Treehouse". Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ Burns, Ryan (October 5, 2020). "Movie Co-Starring Jason Segel Filming in Humboldt Through Thanksgiving". Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Burns, Ryan (November 9, 2022). "Rio Dell Co-Stars in the New Hit CBS Action-Drama 'Fire Country'". Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ Goff, Andrew (September 19, 2020). "Upcoming Feature Film to Focus on Humboldt Family Who Lost Daughter in 2008 Highway 299 Street Racing Accident". Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Burns, Ryan (January 10, 2024). "Film Set to Shoot in Eureka is From Renowned Director Paul Thomas Anderson, With Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Regina Hall, According to Industry Reports". Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Good Is Where You Find It". Film in America. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Jacques of the Silver North". AFI Catalog. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ "The Barbarian". AFI Catalog. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ "The Re-Creation of Brian Kent". AFI Catalog. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ "Werewolf". Film in America. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Magic". Film in America. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "J.W. Coop". Film in America. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "The Sawdust Ring". AFI Catalog. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Colusa County". Film in America. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c "...tick...tick...tick..." Film in America. Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Plumas County". Film in America. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Yuba County". Film in America. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Where was Whitewater Summer filmed?". Giggster. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Where was xXx filmed?". Giggster. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
External links
- Film in America - Northern California Movies, a partial list of movies filmed in Northern California.
- AFI Film Catalog, a catalogue of Hollywood films that include filming location information.
- Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission, includes a map of famous filming locations and filmography lists for both counties.
- Chico Chamber of Commerce - Butte County’s Film History
- Film Shasta - Film Credits
- Mendocino County Film Commission - Filmography
- Truckee-Donner Historical Society - Truckee Filmography
- Film Tehama
- UpState California Film Commission
- Siskiyou County Film Commission