List of media set in San Diego

This is a list of media set in San Diego, California.

Novels

Books

  • Dr Seuss Books from 1948 to 1991

Films

Feature films
TitleYearFilming location(s)Ref.
1 Night in San Diego2020
8 Seconds1994San Diego[1]
16-Love2012La Costa Resort and Spa[2]
Above the Tin2018San Diego[3]
Adalynn2023San Diego[4]
Almighty Zeus2022San Diego[5]
Almost Famous2000Balboa Park[6]
Ocean Beach[7]
USD High School
Almost Heroes1998Black's Beach[7]
American Sniper2014El Centro[8]
Malibu
Venice
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy2004Downtown San Diego[9]
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues2013Balboa Park[9]
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Waterfront
SeaWorld San Diego
Antwone Fisher2001Coronado[7]
Point Loma
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes1978Oceanside[10]
San Diego County
San Diego Harbor[9]
University of California, San Diego
Babel2006San Ysidro[7]
Bang Bang2011San Diego[11]
Battle Cry1955
Battle: Los Angeles2011
Beneath the Leaves2019Julian[12]
Beyond the Rocks1922Hotel del Coronado[13]
The Big Mouth1967
Blame it on the Night1984San Diego[14]
Blast2004San Diego[15]
Bloody Wednesday1988
Borderline1980San Diego[16]
The Boys in Company C1978
Bring It On2000The Academy of Our Lady of Peace[17]
Alliant International University
Eastlake High School
Humphreys Half Moon Inn
Kearny High School
The Marlin Club
Oceanside Municipal Fishing Pier
San Diego State University
Bruce Almighty2003Harbor Island[9]
Cannery Row1982San Diego[14]
Carbon2019Coronado[18]
Carving a Life2017Encinitas[19]
Julian
The Cell2000La Jolla[20]
The Neurosciences Institute
Chubasco1968San Diego[14]
Citizen Kane1941Balboa Park[6]
The Coast of Folly1925Hotel del Coronado[13]
The Condor2007
Coronado1935Hotel del Coronado[13]
Dangerous Curves1988San Diego
A Day Without a Mexican2003San Diego[21]
Demolition Man1993Downtown San Diego[22]
Downtown Los Angeles
Demon Protocol2018San Diego[23]
The Devil and Max Devlin1981San Diego[14]
Devil Dogs of the Air1935Naval Air Station North Island[13]
Dive Bomber1941Naval Air Station North Island[13]
Down in San Diego1941San Diego
Driven2018
El camino de San Diego2006
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade1978
The Endless2017Descanso[24]
Eternity: The Movie2014San Diego[25]
Everybody Dies by the End2022Downtown San Diego[26]
The Evil Rises2018San Diego[27]
Firefox1982San Diego[14]
Flight Command1940Naval Air Station North Island[13]
Flight of the Intruder1990San Diego[28]
The Flying Fleet1929Hotel del Coronado[13]
Naval Air Station North Island
A Force of One1979San Diego Harbor[14]
Francis in the Navy1955Naval Amphibious Base Coronado[1]
Freaky Friday1976Mission Bay[7]
Friend of the World2020Downtown San Diego[29]
Mission Trails Regional Park
Point Loma
Sunset Cliffs
Tierrasanta
Galloping On1925Julian[30]
Ghostline2015San Diego[31]
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything1980Hotel del Coronado[16]
Hacksaw2020Downtown San Diego[32]
Hardcore1979San Diego Waterfront[33]
Heaven & Earth1993San Diego[34]
Hellcats of the Navy1957Naval Air Station North Island[13]
Hell Divers1932Naval Air Station North Island[13]
Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea2023Ramona[35]
La Jolla[36]
Hot Shots!1991San Diego[7]
The Immortal Edward Lumley2013San Diego
In God We Tru$t1980Downtown San Diego[1]
In the Tall Grass2019
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963San Diego[37]
K-91989Hotel del Coronado[13]
K-9: P.I.2002San Diego[38]
The Kid from Left Field1979San Diego Stadium[14]
Kung Fu Ghost2022San Diego[39]
The Last Ride2004San Diego[40]
Little Nikita1988La Mesa[41]
San Diego
Lords of Dogtown2005Imperial Beach[42]
The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997Downtown San Diego[43]
Golden Mall
Granada Hills
San Pedro Harbor
Love All You Have Left2017Pacific Beach[44]
Loving Couples1980Hotel del Coronado[45]
Lucky Lady1975
MacArthur1977Camp Pendleton[14]
The Married Virgin1918Hotel del Coronado[46]
The Mating Call1928Fallbrook[47]
San Diego
Mega64 Version 4.1: Revengurrection2021San Diego
Midway1976San Diego[14]
Mighty Oak2020Ocean Beach[48]
Miracle at Manchester2022Cathedral Catholic High School[49]
Most Likely to Succeed2015
Mr. Wrong1996Hotel del Coronado[13]
Murder and Cocktails2024Little Italy[50]
My Blue Heaven1990Atascadero Administration Building[51]
Hotel del Coronado
San Luis Obispo
Warner Bros. Studios
Westchester
My Husband's Wives1924Hotel del Coronado[13]
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?2009Point Loma[52]
Balboa Park[53]
Downtown San Diego
Ocean Beach
No Man's Land1987
On the Beach1959
Only God Knows2006San Diego
Paranormal Activity2007Rancho Peñasquitos[7]
Paranormal Activity 22010Rancho Peñasquitos
Paul2011Downtown San Diego
Phantasm1979Julian[54]
The Playground2017San Diego[55]
Poto and Cabengo1979San Diego[56]
Princess Virtue1917Hotel del Coronado[13]
Raise the Titanic1980San Diego[14]
Rampage2018
Resolution2012East County[57]
Return of the Killer Tomatoes1988South Bay[58]
Runaway Daughters1994
The Saint2017
The Samuel Project2018Balboa Park[59]
Downtown San Diego
Hillcrest
La Jolla
Point Loma
Ramona
San Diego, I Love You1944
San Diego Surf2012
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour2007Fallbrook[60]
Pine Valley
Satan's Blade1985El Cajon[61]
Julian
Scarface1983Coronado Beach[14]
Scavenger Hunt1979Balboa Park[16]
Downtown San Diego
Mission Beach
San Diego Stadium
Sharpshooter2007Julian
Sideways2004Santa Barbara County[62]
Sins of Silence1996
Skid Marks2007Hillcrest[63]
Kearny Mesa
Point Loma
Skin: The Movie2020Valley Center
Slaughterhouse1987Lakeside[64]
Sleep Dealer2008
Some Like It Hot1959Hotel del Coronado[37]
South of 82016Alpine[35]
City Heights
Downtown San Diego
La Jolla
La Mesa
Mission Valley
National City
Paradise Hills
Ramona
Splash1984Coronado Beach[14]
Spiker1986San Diego[14]
Thane of East County2015Borrego Springs[65]
Fallbrook
Victory Theatre
The Stunt Man1980Hotel del Coronado[37]
Surrogates2009
Sweet Taste of Souls2020Julian[66]
Tell It to the Marines1926
Tentacles1977Oceanside[14]
San Diego
The Terminators2009San Diego
Texas Across the River1966San Diego[14]
Three Way2004
A Ticklish Affair1963Balboa Park[67]
Naval Air Station North Island
Tiger Cruise2004
To Fall in Love2023San Diego
Top Dog1995Balboa Park[6]
Top Gun1986Kansas City Barbeque[37]
Miramar Naval Air Station
New Point Loma Lighthouse
Oceanside
Top Gun: Maverick2022Fort Rosecrans National Cememtery[68]
New Point Loma Lighthouse
Traffic2000Balboa Park[7]
Downtown San Diego
La Jolla
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009Imperial Beach[69]
Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
Naval Base Point Loma
San Diego Bay
True to the Navy1930
The Very Thought of You1944
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie2004San Diego
The Walk2001
The Wedding Hustler2023Mission Valley[70]
National City
Pechanga Resort & Casino
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?2006
Why the Nativity?2022Lakeside[71]
Ramona[72]
Wicked, Wicked1973Hotel del Coronado[13]
Wings Over Honolulu1937Naval Air Station North Island[13]
Yours for the Asking1936Hotel del Coronado[13]
Zipperface1992
Short films
TitleYearRef.
Assumption2017
The Case of Evil2014[73]
Daisy Belle2018[74]
The Dark Resurgence: A Star Wars Story2018
Deviant2018[75]
The Evil Rises2018
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition1915
The Fifth of November2018
Graduation Afternoon2021
The Heiress Lethal2010[76]
Hush2016[77]
Leave 'Em Laughing2020
Libertyville2021[78]
Our Barrio2016[79]
The Phantom Hour2016
The Power Agent2020
A Rodeo Film2021[80]
Things We Dig2020[81]
Touch2022[82]
Undocumented2016
We All Die Alone2021[83]

TV shows

Reality shows

Anime

Video games

Comic books/Manga

See also

References

External links