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

Novels

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Books

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  • Dr Seuss Books from 1948 to 1991

Films

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Feature films
Title Year Filming location(s) Ref.
1 Night in San Diego 2020
8 Seconds 1994 San Diego [1]
16-Love 2012 La Costa Resort and Spa [2]
Above the Tin 2018 San Diego [3]
Adalynn 2023 San Diego [4]
Almighty Zeus 2022 San Diego [5]
Almost Famous 2000 Balboa Park [6]
Ocean Beach [7]
USD High School
Almost Heroes 1998 Black's Beach [7]
American Sniper 2014 El Centro [8]
Malibu
Venice
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Downtown San Diego [9]
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 2013 Balboa Park [9]
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Waterfront
SeaWorld San Diego
Antwone Fisher 2001 Coronado [7]
Point Loma
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes 1978 Oceanside [10]
San Diego County
San Diego Harbor [9]
University of California, San Diego
Babel 2006 San Ysidro [7]
Bang Bang 2011 San Diego [11]
Battle Cry 1955
Battle: Los Angeles 2011
Beneath the Leaves 2019 Julian [12]
Beyond the Rocks 1922 Hotel del Coronado [13]
The Big Mouth 1967
Blame it on the Night 1984 San Diego [14]
Blast 2004 San Diego [15]
Bloody Wednesday 1988
Borderline 1980 San Diego [16]
The Boys in Company C 1978
Bring It On 2000 The 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 Almighty 2003 Harbor Island [9]
Cannery Row 1982 San Diego [14]
Carbon 2019 Coronado [18]
Carving a Life 2017 Encinitas [19]
Julian
The Cell 2000 La Jolla [20]
The Neurosciences Institute
Chubasco 1968 San Diego [14]
Citizen Kane 1941 Balboa Park [6]
The Coast of Folly 1925 Hotel del Coronado [13]
The Condor 2007
Coronado 1935 Hotel del Coronado [13]
Dangerous Curves 1988 San Diego
A Day Without a Mexican 2003 San Diego [21]
Demolition Man 1993 Downtown San Diego [22]
Downtown Los Angeles
Demon Protocol 2018 San Diego [23]
The Devil and Max Devlin 1981 San Diego [14]
Devil Dogs of the Air 1935 Naval Air Station North Island [13]
Dive Bomber 1941 Naval Air Station North Island [13]
Down in San Diego 1941 San Diego
Driven 2018
El camino de San Diego 2006
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade 1978
The Endless 2017 Descanso [24]
Eternity: The Movie 2014 San Diego [25]
Everybody Dies by the End 2022 Downtown San Diego [26]
The Evil Rises 2018 San Diego [27]
Firefox 1982 San Diego [14]
Flight Command 1940 Naval Air Station North Island [13]
Flight of the Intruder 1990 San Diego [28]
The Flying Fleet 1929 Hotel del Coronado [13]
Naval Air Station North Island
A Force of One 1979 San Diego Harbor [14]
Francis in the Navy 1955 Naval Amphibious Base Coronado [1]
Freaky Friday 1976 Mission Bay [7]
Friend of the World 2020 Downtown San Diego [29]
Mission Trails Regional Park
Point Loma
Sunset Cliffs
Tierrasanta
Galloping On 1925 Julian [30]
Ghostline 2015 San Diego [31]
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything 1980 Hotel del Coronado [16]
Hacksaw 2020 Downtown San Diego [32]
Hardcore 1979 San Diego Waterfront [33]
Heaven & Earth 1993 San Diego [34]
Hellcats of the Navy 1957 Naval Air Station North Island [13]
Hell Divers 1932 Naval Air Station North Island [13]
Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea 2023 Ramona [35]
La Jolla [36]
Hot Shots! 1991 San Diego [7]
The Immortal Edward Lumley 2013 San Diego
In God We Tru$t 1980 Downtown San Diego [1]
In the Tall Grass 2019
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963 San Diego [37]
K-9 1989 Hotel del Coronado [13]
K-9: P.I. 2002 San Diego [38]
The Kid from Left Field 1979 San Diego Stadium [14]
Kung Fu Ghost 2022 San Diego [39]
The Last Ride 2004 San Diego [40]
Little Nikita 1988 La Mesa [41]
San Diego
Lords of Dogtown 2005 Imperial Beach [42]
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 Downtown San Diego [43]
Golden Mall
Granada Hills
San Pedro Harbor
Love All You Have Left 2017 Pacific Beach [44]
Loving Couples 1980 Hotel del Coronado [45]
Lucky Lady 1975
MacArthur 1977 Camp Pendleton [14]
The Married Virgin 1918 Hotel del Coronado [46]
The Mating Call 1928 Fallbrook [47]
San Diego
Mega64 Version 4.1: Revengurrection 2021 San Diego
Midway 1976 San Diego [14]
Mighty Oak 2020 Ocean Beach [48]
Miracle at Manchester 2022 Cathedral Catholic High School [49]
Most Likely to Succeed 2015
Mr. Wrong 1996 Hotel del Coronado [13]
Murder and Cocktails 2024 Little Italy [50]
My Blue Heaven 1990 Atascadero Administration Building [51]
Hotel del Coronado
San Luis Obispo
Warner Bros. Studios
Westchester
My Husband's Wives 1924 Hotel del Coronado [13]
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? 2009 Point Loma [52]
Balboa Park [53]
Downtown San Diego
Ocean Beach
No Man's Land 1987
On the Beach 1959
Only God Knows 2006 San Diego
Paranormal Activity 2007 Rancho Peñasquitos [7]
Paranormal Activity 2 2010 Rancho Peñasquitos
Paul 2011 Downtown San Diego
Phantasm 1979 Julian [54]
The Playground 2017 San Diego [55]
Poto and Cabengo 1979 San Diego [56]
Princess Virtue 1917 Hotel del Coronado [13]
Raise the Titanic 1980 San Diego [14]
Rampage 2018
Resolution 2012 East County [57]
Return of the Killer Tomatoes 1988 South Bay [58]
Runaway Daughters 1994
The Saint 2017
The Samuel Project 2018 Balboa Park [59]
Downtown San Diego
Hillcrest
La Jolla
Point Loma
Ramona
San Diego, I Love You 1944
San Diego Surf 2012
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour 2007 Fallbrook [60]
Pine Valley
Satan's Blade 1985 El Cajon [61]
Julian
Scarface 1983 Coronado Beach [14]
Scavenger Hunt 1979 Balboa Park [16]
Downtown San Diego
Mission Beach
San Diego Stadium
Sharpshooter 2007 Julian
Sideways 2004 Santa Barbara County [62]
Sins of Silence 1996
Skid Marks 2007 Hillcrest [63]
Kearny Mesa
Point Loma
Skin: The Movie 2020 Valley Center
Slaughterhouse 1987 Lakeside [64]
Sleep Dealer 2008
Some Like It Hot 1959 Hotel del Coronado [37]
South of 8 2016 Alpine [35]
City Heights
Downtown San Diego
La Jolla
La Mesa
Mission Valley
National City
Paradise Hills
Ramona
Splash 1984 Coronado Beach [14]
Spiker 1986 San Diego [14]
Thane of East County 2015 Borrego Springs [65]
Fallbrook
Victory Theatre
The Stunt Man 1980 Hotel del Coronado [37]
Surrogates 2009
Sweet Taste of Souls 2020 Julian [66]
Tell It to the Marines 1926
Tentacles 1977 Oceanside [14]
San Diego
The Terminators 2009 San Diego
Texas Across the River 1966 San Diego [14]
Three Way 2004
A Ticklish Affair 1963 Balboa Park [67]
Naval Air Station North Island
Tiger Cruise 2004
To Fall in Love 2023 San Diego
Top Dog 1995 Balboa Park [6]
Top Gun 1986 Kansas City Barbeque [37]
Miramar Naval Air Station
New Point Loma Lighthouse
Oceanside
Top Gun: Maverick 2022 Fort Rosecrans National Cememtery [68]
New Point Loma Lighthouse
Traffic 2000 Balboa Park [7]
Downtown San Diego
La Jolla
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 Imperial Beach [69]
Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
Naval Base Point Loma
San Diego Bay
True to the Navy 1930
The Very Thought of You 1944
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie 2004 San Diego
The Walk 2001
The Wedding Hustler 2023 Mission Valley [70]
National City
Pechanga Resort & Casino
Who Made the Potatoe Salad? 2006
Why the Nativity? 2022 Lakeside [71]
Ramona [72]
Wicked, Wicked 1973 Hotel del Coronado [13]
Wings Over Honolulu 1937 Naval Air Station North Island [13]
Yours for the Asking 1936 Hotel del Coronado [13]
Zipperface 1992
Short films
Title Year Ref.
Assumption 2017
The Case of Evil 2014 [73]
Daisy Belle 2018 [74]
The Dark Resurgence: A Star Wars Story 2018
Deviant 2018 [75]
The Evil Rises 2018
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition 1915
The Fifth of November 2018
Graduation Afternoon 2021
The Heiress Lethal 2010 [76]
Hush 2016 [77]
Leave 'Em Laughing 2020
Libertyville 2021 [78]
Our Barrio 2016 [79]
The Phantom Hour 2016
The Power Agent 2020
A Rodeo Film 2021 [80]
Things We Dig 2020 [81]
Touch 2022 [82]
Undocumented 2016
We All Die Alone 2021 [83]

TV shows

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Reality shows

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Anime

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Video games

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Comic books/Manga

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See also

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References

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