# 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.
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) |
| The Last of the Mohicans | 1936 | Lake Earl |
| Green Dolphin Street | 1947 | Klamath River |
| Patterson–Gimlin film | 1967 | Bluff Creek, Six Rivers National Forest |
| Petulia | 1968 | Klamath |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | Fort Dick, Crescent City |
| Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Smith River, Fort Dick, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park |
| The Final Terror | 1983 | Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park |
| Tim McGraw: Not a Moment Too Soon | 1994 | Crescent City |
| Dead Man | 1995 | Klamath River |
| 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 |
| Woodshock | 2017 | Del Norte County |
| Bird Box | 2018 | Smith River |
| Call of the Wild | 2020 | Smith River |
| She's in Portland | 2020 | Klamath, Crescent City |

## Siskiyou County

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| Jacques of the Silver North | 1919 | Mt. Shasta |
| Murder in the Private Car | 1934 | Dunsmuir |
| Gallant Bess | 1946 | Montague, Dunsmuir |
| Messenger of Peace | 1947 | Dunsmuir |
| The Red Stallion | 1947 | Mount Shasta, Dunsmuir |
| Climb an Angry Mountain | 1972 | Mount Shasta, Weed, McCloud, Yreka, Castle Crags State Park |
| Farewell to Manzanar | 1976 | Tulelake |
| Baby Blue Marine | 1976 | McCloud, Weed, McCloud River |
| Standing Tall | 1978 | Etna, Yreka |
| Stand by Me | 1986 | McCloud |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Golden Ghosts | 2024 | Mt Shasta, Yreka, McCloud |

## Modoc County

| Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
| Modoc Nation: A Untold Story of Survival | 2021 | Modoc County | |

## Humboldt County

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| Lass of the Lumberlands | 1916 | Eureka, Arcata |
| The Valley of the Giants | 1919 | Arcata, Eureka, Korbel |
| Man’s Desire | 1919 | Eureka |
| The Little Boss | 1919 | Arcata, Eureka, Korbel |
| Ruggles of Red Gap | 1923 | Eureka |
| Are You a Failure? | 1923 | Eureka |
| The Valley of the Giants | 1927 | Eureka, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Scotia Bluffs, Eel River |
| Park Avenue Logger | 1937 | Eureka |
| Valley of the Giants | 1938 | Eureka, Orick, Bridgeville |
| King of the Lumberjacks | 1940 | Humboldt County |
| Lassie Come Home | 1943 | Cape Mendocino |
| The Enchanted Forest | 1945 | Humboldt County |
| Challenge to Lassie | 1949 | Cape Mendocino, Eureka |
| The Big Trees | 1952 | Orick, Humboldt Redwoods State Park |
| Gun Glory | 1957 | Garberville |
| Valley of the Redwoods | 1960 | Eureka, Arcata |
| The Gnome-Mobile | 1967 | Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Avenue of the Giants |
| A Death in Canaan | 1978 | Eureka, Fortuna, Ferndale |
| The Immigrants | 1978 | Eureka |
| Salem’s Lot | 1979 | Ferndale, Eureka |
| Halloween III: Season of the Witch | 1982 | Loleta |
| Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park |
| Moonlighting: Next Stop Murder | 1985 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad, Eel River, Scotia Bluffs |
| Blue Skies (TV Series) | 1988 | Indianola, Ferndale |
| Jezebel's Kiss | 1990 | Trinidad, Arcata, Moonstone Beach, Woodley Island |
| Jennifer 8 | 1992 | Eureka, Trinidad, Avenue of the Giants |
| Unsolved Mysteries (Season 6 Episode 8) | 1993 | Willow Creek, Eureka |
| Outbreak | 1995 | Ferndale, Bridgeville, Avenue of the Giants |
| Beach Patrol (TV series) | 1996 | Humboldt County |
| The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 1997 | Sue-meg State Park, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park |
| Almost Heroes | 1998 | Trinity River, Trinidad, Humboldt Lagoons State Park |
| Hyperion Bay (TV Series) | 1998–1999 | Trinidad, Eureka, Ferndale, Loleta |
| Jerry Kilgore: Love Trip | 2001 | Eureka, Trinidad, Sue-meg State Park, Big Lagoon, Mattole Road |
| The Majestic | 1999 | Ferndale, Trinidad |
| Kingdom Come | 2001 | Ferndale |
| Joe Dirt | 2001 | Ferndale |
| Soarin' | 2001 | Redwood National Park, Redwood Creek |
| American Beer | 2004 | Eureka |
| Humboldt County | 2008 | Eureka, Arcata, Trinidad, Blue Lake |
| The Tree of Life | 2011 | Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt Redwoods State Park |
| Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes | 2012 | Eureka |
| The Wine of Summer | 2013 | Eureka |
| After Earth | 2013 | Kneeland, Humboldt Redwoods State Park |
| Pot Cops (TV Series) | 2013 | Humboldt County |
| Willow Creek | 2013 | Willow Creek, Bluff Creek |
| Treehouse Masters (Sky High Redwood Retreat) | 2014 | Trinidad |
| Swiss Army Man | 2016 | Sue-meg State Park, Humboldt Redwoods State Park |
| The Love Witch | 2016 | Eureka, Arcata, Cape Mendocino |
| Voyage of Time | 2016 | Humboldt County |
| Woodshock | 2017 | Blue Lake, Arcata, Eureka |
| A Wrinkle in Time | 2018 | Eureka, Trinidad |
| An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn | 2018 | Eureka, Arcata, Fortuna |
| Murder Mountain (TV series) | 2018 | Alderpoint, Garberville, Arcata, Eureka |
| The Call of the Wild | 2020 | Trinidad |
| She's in Portland | 2020 | Eureka, Humboldt Redwoods State Park |
| The Craftsman (TV Series) | 2021- | Eureka |
| The Sky Is Everywhere | 2022 | Eureka, Arcata |
| Fire Country | 2022- | Rio Dell |
| Sasquatch Sunset | 2024 | Humboldt County |
| Afterward | uncertain | Humboldt County |
| For When You Get Lost | 2024 | Eureka, Avenue of the Giants |
| One Battle After Another | 2025 | Eureka, Trinidad, Arcata, Cutten |

## Trinity County

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| Gold is Where You Find It | 1938 | Weaverville |
| Rescue 911 (Deck Trapped Kid) | 1995 | Salyer |
| North Star (short film) | 2022 | Trinity Center |

## Shasta County

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| Mount Lassen in Action | 1918 | Mount Lassen |
| Jacques of the Silver North | 1919 | Shasta County |
| The Barbarian | 1920 | Shasta County |
| The Re-Creation of Brian Kent | 1925 | Burney Falls, Pit River |
| The Treasure of Lost Canyon | 1965 | Burney Falls |
| The Parson and the Outlaw | 1957 | Burney Falls |
| Tarzan's Fight for Life | 1958 | Burney Falls, Hat Creek, Pit River |
| Hell is for Heroes | 1962 | Cottonwood |
| Climb an Angry Mountain | 1972 | Redding |
| The Flight of the Grey Wolf | 1976 | Lassen Volcanic National Park |
| Firefox | 1982 | Cassel, Hat Creek, Lassen Peak |
| Stand by Me | 1986 | Lake Britton, Hat Creek |
| 1969 | 1988 | Shasta County |
| Willow | 1988 | Burney Falls |
| Always | 1989 | Shasta-Trinity National Forest |
| Aerosmith: Livin’ on the Edge | 1993 | Lake Britton |
| Rescue 911 (Domestic Stabbing) | 1996 | Redding, Mercy Medical Center |
| Almost Heroes | 1998 | Redding, Cottonwood, Sacramento River |
| Merle Haggard music videos | 2000–2001 | Shasta County |
| Planes: Fire and Rescue | 2014 | Redding |
| Lethal Weapon (Lawmen) | 2017 | Redding |
| Modern Family (Pig Moon Rising) | 2017 | Redding |
| ASAP Ferg: Plain Jane | 2017 | Redding |
| Bright Ones | 2019 | Redding |
| Scotty McCreery: The Soundcheck Sessions Live | 2020 | Redding |
| Donny Osmond: Who | 2021 | Redding |
| Yellow Bird | 2023 | Palo Cedro |
| The Dresden Sun | post-production | Redding, Old Shasta, Anderson |

## Lassen County

| Film | Year | Location(s) | Ref. |
| Werewolf | 1996 | Susanville | |
| Prison Town, USA | 2007 | Susanville | |

## Mendocino County

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| The Promise | 1917 | Mendocino, Caspar |
| The Man Who Dared | 1920 | Westport, Mendocino |
| Kindred of the Dust | 1922 | Fort Bragg, Caspar, Albion |
| Strange Idols | 1922 | Westport |
| Soul of the Beast | 1923 | Fort Bragg |
| The Signal Tower | 1924 | Fort Bragg, Skunk Train |
| In Search of a Hero | 1926 | Mendocino |
| The Uninvited | 1944 | Elk |
| Frenchman’s Creek | 1944 | Mendocino, Albion, Little River |
| Johnny Belinda | 1948 | Mendocino, Fort Bragg |
| East of Eden | 1955 | Mendocino |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins | 1964 | Anchor Bay, Point Arena |
| The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming | 1966 | Mendocino, Fort Bragg, Cleone |
| The Spirit Is Willing | 1967 | Mendocino |
| The Dunwich Horror | 1970 | Mendocino, Little River |
| Is There a Doctor in the House? (Pilot) | 1971 | Mendocino County |
| Summer of '42 | 1971 | Mendocino, Fort Bragg |
| Glen and Randa | 1971 | Schooner Gulch |
| The F.B.I.: Bitter Harbor | 1971 | Mendocino, Fort Bragg |
| The New Healers (Pilot) | 1972 | Mendocino |
| Slither | 1973 | Manchester |
| The Runaway on the Rogue River | 1973 | Fort Bragg, Skunk Train |
| Jeremiah of Jacob’s Neck (Pilot) | 1976 | Mendocino |
| Haunts | 1976 | unknown |
| Evil Town | 1974 | Mendocino |
| Same Time, Next Year | 1978 | Little River |
| Magic | 1978 | Ukiah |
| Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | 1979 | Mendocino, Fort Bragg |
| Humanoids From The Deep | 1980 | Mendocino, Fort Bragg |
| Dead & Buried | 1981 | Mendocino, Caspar |
| Sutters Bay (Pilot) | 1983 | Mendocino, Fort Bragg |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1984–1993 | Mendocino, Fort Bragg, Caspar |
| Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse | 1984 | Point Arena |
| Cujo | 1983 | Mendocino, Fort Bragg |
| Racing with the Moon | 1984 | Mendocino, Fort Bragg |
| Dark Mansions | 1986 | Little River |
| Destination America (Pilot) | 1987 | Mendocino, Fort Bragg |
| The Killing Time | 1987 | Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Caspar |
| Overboard | 1987 | Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Caspar |
| Sting: Be Still My Beating Heart | 1987 | Mendocino |
| Wired | 1989 | Fort Bragg |
| The Karate Kid Part III | 1989 | Elk |
| Dying Young | 1992 | Mendocino |
| Forever Young | 1992 | Point Arena |
| Pontiac Moon | 1994 | Mendocino, Albion |
| The Haunting of Seacliff Inn | 1994 | Mendocino |
| The Majestic | 2001 | Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Caspar, Skunk Train |
| The Fugitive: Jenny and Strapped | 2001 | Mendocino |
| Shark Swarm | 2008 | Fort Bragg, Mendocino |
| Pig Hunt | 2008 | Anderson Valley |
| Goodbye World | 2013 | Anderson Valley |
| Need for Speed | 2014 | Ukiah, Mendocino, Point Arena |
| Welcome to Willits | 2016 | Willits |
| Kane Brown: What Ifs | 2017 | Fort Bragg |
| Sharp Objects (miniseries) | 2018 | Redwood Valley |
| Sasquatch (TV series) | 2021 | Laytonville |

## Lake County

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| Magic | 1978 | Blue Lakes, Upper Lake |
| Sherman's Way | 2008 | Middletown, Kelseyville, Lakeport, Clearlake |
| Twixt | 2011 | Kelseyville, Clearlake, Nice, Upper Lake |

## Tehama County

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| Hell is for Heroes | 1962 | Lake California |
| J.W. Coop | 1972 | Red Bluff |
| 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

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| The Folly of a Life of Crime | 1915 | Chico, Oroville |
| The Sawdust Ring | 1917 | Chico, Oroville |
| Wells Fargo | 1937 | Chico |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | 1938 | Chico |
| The Great Waltz | 1938 | Chico |
| Another Thin Man | 1939 | Chico |
| Gone with the Wind | 1939 | Chico, Paradise |
| Stand Up and Fight | 1939 | Chico, Butte Meadows, Jonesville, Stirling City |
| Waterloo Bridge | 1940 | Chico |
| Salute to the Marines | 1943 | Chico, Oroville |
| Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | 1944 | Chico |
| Magic Town | 1947 | Chico |
| The Red Badge of Courage | 1951 | Chico |
| Rage at Dawn | 1955 | Chico |
| The Purple Mask | 1955 | Chico |
| Friendly Persuasion | 1956 | Chico |
| The Chase | 1966 | Chico |
| Brother John | 1971 | Oroville |
| The Klansman | 1974 | Oroville |
| The Outlaw Josey Wales | 1976 | Oroville |
| The Great Smokey Roadblock | 1977 | Oroville |
| B.J. and the Bear (TV Series)^ | 1978–1981 | Oroville |
| Rescue 911 (River Tubing Rescue) | 1991 | Chico |
| Stolen Innocence | 1995 | Chico |
| The Siege at Ruby Ridge | 1996 | Chico, Magalia, Oroville, Paradise, Concow, Orland |
| George B. | 1997 | Oroville, Chico |
| Under Wraps | 1997 | Chico |
| American Beer | 2004 | Chico |
| Buck | 2011 | Chico |
| General Education | 2012 | Gridley, Chico |
| Rebuilding Paradise | 2020 | Paradise, Chico |
| Top Gun: Maverick | 2022 | Lake Oroville, Feather River Canyon |
^two episodes: The Foundling and Snow White and the Seven Truckers Part 1

## Colusa County

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| The Member of the Wedding | 1952 | Colusa County |
| Blood Alley | 1955 | Colusa |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | 1962 | Colusa |
| The Birds | 1963 | Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge |
| The War Lord | 1965 | Sacramento River |
| The Gypsy Moths | 1969 | Williams |
| ...tick...tick...tick... | 1970 | Colusa, Grimes |
| I Walk the Line | 1970 | Sacramento River |
| Brother John | 1971 | Colusa County |
| Trouble Comes to Town | 1972 | Colusa County |
| Paper Moon | 1974 | Grimes |
| Huckleberry Finn | 1975 | Colusa County |
| Treasure of Matecumbe | 1976 | Colusa |
| The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | 1976 | Colusa County |

## Glenn County

No known movies or scripted television shows have filmed in Glenn County.

## Plumas County

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| 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 |
| White Water Summer | 1987 | Cromberg, Quincy |
| Pink Cadillac | 1989 | Quincy |
| Breaking Point | 1989 | Blairsden |
| A Cry in the Wild | 1990 | Quincy, Plumas National Forest |
| A Question of Honor | 1992 | Feather River |
| Kingpin | 1996 | Chilcoot |
| Diamonds | 1999 | Chilcoot |
| Fandom | 2004 | Greenville |
| Top Gun: Maverick | 2022 | High Lakes region |

## Sutter County

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| The Well | 1951 | Yuba City |
| ...tick...tick...tick... | 1970 | Meridian, Sutter |
| Melvin Purvis: G-Man | 1974 | Nicolaus |
| Tom and Huck | 1995 | Sutter Bypass |
| Lyvia's House | 2023 | Nicolaus |

## Yuba County

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| The Lawless | 1950 | Marysville |
| The Outrage | 1950 | Marysville |
| The Well | 1951 | Marysville |
| The Big Country | 1958 | Marysville |
| A Gathering of Eagles | 1963 | Beale Air Force Base |
| The War Lord | 1965 | Marysville |
| ...tick...tick...tick... | 1970 | Marysville |
| Brother John | 1971 | Marysville |
| 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) |
| Beyond the Forest | 1949 | Loyalton |
| Hot Dog…The Movie | 1984 | Sierraville |
| White Water Summer | 1987 | Sierra City |
| XXX | 2002 | Sierra City |

## Nevada County

| Film | Year | Location(s) |
| 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.