Sonoma County Movie Locations Contest
In Sonoma County, we know we have it all—beaches, rolling farmlands, orchards, charming towns where (if you squint a bit) you could be in 1950 (or 1850), Victorian farmhouses, lavish mansions, suburban tract homes, vineyards, hey, we even have a few Tuscan courtyards. Hollywood knows it, too.
Here’s a list of 110 movies said to have been filmed (or partially filmed) in Sonoma County (alphabetically by title).
It makes a great DVD night trivia game—can you recognize Sonoma County in these films?
But I’m adding another game into the mix. Do you recognize a house in one of the movies (and know what corner it’s on)? Or can you give me more specific locations for scenes I have listed below? Were you an extra? Or a spectator? Do you know of a movie (big screen only–no made for TV movies) that isn’t on my list? Or do you just want to guess on a filming spot in one of these movies or suggest a movie that looks like it was filmed here? Enter a comment below. On May 1, all the comments to this post will be entered in a drawing. One lucky reader will get 4 free movie passes for Reading Cinema’s Rohnert Park 16 at 555 Rohnert Park Expressway West in Rohnert Park. Another lucky commenter will win their own DVD of Bottle Shock. And one of our email subscribers will win a copy of the gorgeous photo book, Hidden Sonoma.
 Ready? Action!
 A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve, Guerneville
McDonald Avenue, Santa Rosa
Petaluma High School gymnasium, Gilardi’s Liquors, 884 Bodega Avenue. Petaluma Boulevard & Western Avenue,  the Mystic Theatre at 23 Petaluma Blvd. was the State Movie Theater (the marque read “Dementia 13″ which was one of George Lucas’ first films). The parking lot next to the McNear Bldg was were the police car was chained to a light pole.  Petaluma Blvd. North, Wolfman Jack’s radio station was on Rovina Lane. The final drag race was filmed on Frates Road in Petaluma. Schellville along Highway 121 between Napa and Petaluma.
 The Animal
Sonoma City Hall (Police Headquarters), Sonoma Plaza
Cypress Hill Cemetery in Petaluma.
Flamingo Hotel and Fourth St. in Santa Rosa; and rural county roads in Bloomfield and  Valley Ford. (Astute locals will also pick up on the Clover milk truck featuring Sonoma County icon Clo the cow.) Bodega Bay.
The Barrow Gang
Graton and Sebastopol.
Downtown Petaluma. St Vincents’ Church in Petaluma. Petaluma Blvd and Western Ave. The Dobkins House was filmed at 26 Liberty Street in Petaluma (though the film calls Mill Valley) and Rohnert Park Expressway and the Medical Center on Medical Center Drive, just off of Snyder in Rohnert Park.
JennerÂ
The Big Man (Crossing the Line)
Occidental
Church and schoolhouse in Bodega. Bay Hill Road, The Tides Restaurant, and Gaffney Ranch in Bodega Bay. Bloomfield and Valley Ford.
Goat Rock at Sonoma Coast State Park, Jenner
Buena Vista Carneros Vineyards on Ramal Road, Duhig Road, Napa and First Streets, Sonoma, Della Santina Restaurant, Ledson Harmony Club, Spain St. Tescona Hotel, Â Ledson Hotel, Swiss Hotel and Restaurant, Eighth St East, and Sonoma Valley Airport, Sonoma Plaza in Sonoma, Kunde Estates Vineyards in Kenwood, The Saloon at Jack London Lodge, and B.R. Cohn Winery in Glen Ellen.Â
Braveheart ( the 1925 version)
Along the Russian River
Brian’s House
Queen Anne Victorian home on Prospect Street, Petaluma
Corbitts Garage, Sebastopol, Howarth Park and  Schlumberger Gallery in Santa Rosa
Captain Eddie
Rumoured to have been partially filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Cheaper by the Dozen (the remake)
Walker Road in Petaluma, Railroad Square in Santa Rosa. Extra points if you recognize any of the faces, plenty of locals—kids and adults—were used as extras.Â
Combat!
Russian River at Casini Ranch, Duncan Mills. Korbel Winery in Guerneville. Hop Kiln Winery in Healdsburg.
> Crossing the Line (The Big Man)
Occidental
Scott Ranch Hills on Corona Road in Petaluma, the Dereckson family home on Sonoma Mountain Road in Glen Ellen, interiors shoot in a private home off Chanate Road in Santa Rosa
Devices
Sebastopol
Santa Rosa
Bowling Alley in WindsorÂ
Dying Young
Some of this was said to be filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?Â
The Egg and I
PetalumaÂ
1000 and 990 D Street, that huge oak tree at the top of English St. G St, La Cresta Drive, Martha Street, and the Petaluma River in Petaluma.
The Farmer’s Daughter
Scott Ranch on Old Adobe Rd., Cotati, Pioneer Hotel, Penngrove
Farmer and Chase
First & G Sts. , Petaluma
Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma
Korbel Vineyards, Guerneville
Morgan Street in Santa Rosa, rock quarry on ranch on Petaluma Hill Rd.
Finnian’s Rainbow
St. Teresa’s Church. Potter School, Bodega
Maffia Dairy Ranch outside of Cotati
Church on 5th & B Street Petaluma; Petaluma Blvd. N. between Payran & I Streets in Petaluma.
Bodega Bay
Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Airport, one of the aerial shots is above Jenner at the end of the Russian River
Frenchman’s Creek
Some of this movie was said to be filmed in Sonoma County-can anyone tell me where?
Scandia Mini-Golf in Rohnert ParkÂ
Rumoured to have been partially filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?Â
Guerneville
Goat Rock State Beach, Jenner
Rumoured to have been partially filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Ground Zero
Wells Fargo Bank and Turning Basin in Petaluma
Some of this movie was said to be filmed in Sonoma County-. Is that true? Does anyone know?
The Hamiltons
Filmed in Petaluma…deos anyone know where?
Happy Land
Healdsburg Plaza, Healdsburg, and Santa Rosa
515 Walnut Street, the old bus depot at 4th & C Streets, Petaluma Speedway, Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, Kentucky Street, Washington Street, and Western Avenue in Petaluma.
Kenwood and Petaluma. One of our readers, Kelly, reports that some of the scenes were filmed at the Cardoza Ranch off Lakeville (now Tolay Park).
Western Ave, the Petaluma Bridge, and the Petaluma River
The hills above Lakeville Highway in southeastern Petaluma
HurleyBurley
Rohnert Park?
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Campbell Cove in Bodega Bay. Schoolhouse Beach. Kolmer Cove, Fort Ross. Meyers Grade and Timber Cove Roads, north of Jenner
Some of this movie was said to be filmed in Sonoma County-does anyone know where?
Petaluma
The Healdsburg Firehouse (used as a feed store). The gas station at Healdsburg Avenue  in Healdsburg. The Mystic Theater , the old McNear’s Retaurant and the old Kabuki Sushi .American Alley, off Western Avenue. 15 Western Avenue. Santa Rosa High School in Santa Rosa.
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa
Rumoured to have been partially filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Sonoma Coast State Park, Jenner
The Last Frontier ( Savage Wilderness)
This movie was rumoured to have been partially filmed in Sonoma County. Let us know if you know where.
Cloverdale, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg Hospital and Mitchell Shopping Center in Healdsburg
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Sears Point Raceway, SonomaÂ
Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa
Lolita (the remake with Jeremy Irons)
Seaview Ridge near Fort Ross, Coleman Valley Road in Occidental, North Petaluma Blvd, Western Ave, and the D Street Bridge in Petaluma.
The Magic of Lassie
Hop Kiln Winery & Vineyards on Westside Road, HealdsburgÂ
Santa Rosa
Cloverdale, Russian River
Sonoma Developmental Center in Glen Ellen. Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds and Petaluma Speedway in Petaluma. Arnold Field in Sonoma
Mr Blandings Builds his Dream House
Petaluma
This was filmed all over the county: Analy High School and the Old Main Street Saloon in Sebastopol, bridge over Russian River, Guerneville, Smothers Winery (tasting room) in Glen Ellen, 1976 Warm Springs Road near Kenwood, Healdsburg Plaza, Liberty Street and Western Avenue in Petaluma, Farmers Lane and Highway 12, the Astro Motel. Santa Rosa Junior College, 76 Station on Mendocino Avenue, St. Francis Shopping Center, and First Presbyterian Church in Santa Rosa.
Some of this movie was rumoured to be filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Petaluma
Coleman Valley Road, Occidental
The Pack
Hendren Ranch, Coleman Valley Road, Occidental. Bodega BayÂ
The old Petaluma Queen Riverboat, Volpi’s Italian Market & Bar in Petaluma Â
226 Liberty St in Petaluma. 120 Petaluma Blvd North (Bluestone Main Bldg). The end of H St. was lovers lane in the movie. 600 Petaluma Blvd South at H St was transforme dinto teh Donut Hoel Cafe.  Downtown Petaluma, downtown Santa Rosa, and Santa Rosa High School.  Did you catch the geographical error when they drive from the high school to Peggy Sue’s house?
Petaluma, Blank Road in Sebastopol, the Pozzi Ranch and Mache Bros. house on Bodega Highway between Bodega and Freestone, Santa Rosa Junior College and the Wagon Wheel Inn on Bicentennial Way in Santa RosaÂ
PK and the Kid
Petaluma City Hall, the Petaluma Fairgrounds, Petaluma Valley Hospital and Hide-Away Bar on Kentucky St., in Petaluma
Petaluma and the Mableton Mansion at 1015 McDonald Avenue in Santa Rosa
Part of this movie was said to be filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Quest of the Delta Knights
This movie was also rumoured to have been  filmed in Sonoma County-does anyone know if that is true?
This movie was also said to be filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Chicken George’s house in “Roots” was filmed on Sonoma Mountain Roadin Glen Ellen, on the same property as the house in Cujo and next to Drew Barrymore’s house in Scream. A field used in “Roots: The Next Generations” was also filmed here.
Salomy Jane
Russian River at Monte Rio, Andresen’s Bar, 19 Western Ave., Cypress Hill Cemetery, downtown, the Elks Club, train depot and a Ferris Wheel set up next to Hill Plaza Park on Petaluma Blvd. North in Petaluma in PetalumaÂ
Savage Wilderness (The Last Frontier)
Rumoured to have been partially filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Santa Rosa High School
Sonoma Community Center on East Napa Street. Drew Barrymore’s house was on Sonoma Mountain Road, next to the house in Cujo (which was the same property as Chicken George’s house in Roots.)Â McDonald Avenue and a video store in Town & County in Santa Rosa. Calistoga Road between Calistoga and Santa Rosa. Healdsburg Town Square
Santa Rosa Railroad Depot, Old Courthouse Square, Public Library, and McDonald Avenue in Santa Rosa.  The made for TV remake was also filmed in Sonoma County
Glen Ellen and Jack London’s Wolf House. Carl’s Jr. near Hopper Avenue in Santa Rosa
Highway 101, south of Santa Rosa, Cloverdale
Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, Coddingtown Mall, Bennett Valley Grange, Old Cal Theater on B Street in Santa Rosa (now gone); Healdsburg Plaza, Sonoma County Airport, Sonoma Community Center
Santa Rosa Plaza and Coddingtown Mall in Santa Rosa. Frank’s Mini-Mart on Gravenstein Hwy in Cotati. Pleasant Hill Road in Sebastopol
Cloverdale Airport
Some of this was said to be filmed in Sonoma County—does anyone know where?
Downtown Santa Rosa Julliard Park, Cherry Street in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County Airport
Santa Rosa
Storm Center
Old Carnegie Library, now site of Main Library, McMullen’s Soda Fountain on 4th Street (now gone), Rosenberg Bldg., City Hall, Santa Rosa
Coleman Valley Road, Occidental
Gold Ridge Road, Sebastopol
 The Third Day
 Hwy 116 to Hwy 1, Goat Rock Beach, Jenner
The Last Guy on Earth
Santa Rosa
The Washoe House on Stony Point Road, Cotati
The Petaluma Speedway. The Armstrong Estate in Sonoma
Two Moon Valley
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
The Valley of the Moon
Wolf House at Jack London State Park, Glen Ellen
The Hayward Vineyards in Sonoma
Lakeville Hwy and Dixon Ranch in Petaluma, Wood Pontiac and Cadillac on Corby Ave Santa Rosa, Bodega Bay
Wired
Santa Rosa
A Wise Fool
Guerneville
 Woman on the Run
Some of this movie was said to be filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Petaluma
34 comments
Nice post! Don’t even know how to compare to that one. We made a movie about, uh, movies in Sonoma. See it here: http://www.inside-sonoma.com/at-the-movies/
Lisa, I’ve added a direct link to the move on my blog, upper right hand corner. Anybody going there can link directly to it. Hope this helps. You don’t have Shadow of a Doubt?????
Hitchcock’s personal favorite and his greatest!
Shadow of a Doubt is there. Check out Showbiz dave’s blog, http://showbizdavid.blogspot.com/2008/11/when-hollywood-came-to-santa-rosa-i.html. He has a great story about being an extra in Storm Center.
I reviewed Bottle Shock, a fairly decent film, for the Press Democrat, back when it came out last July. My story lives here: http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080725/ENTERTAINMENT/458398655
One of the bits of trivia I heard about the movie Scream is that the film makers asked to film at Santa Rosa High School. The request was denied, with the school board pontificating that they didn’t want their school associated with such a project. At the end of the credits in the film, you can see “No thanks whatsoever to the Santa Rosa School Board.” There’s also supposed to be a banner or open notebook somewhere in the film that denigrates Santa Rosa, but I haven’t spotted it.
Hi. Once again a great post! This is now my favorite blog. I am kind of new to the area so I do not have any inside tips, but I just want to say thank you. I will be watching some of these movies again soon! I just watched Bottle Shock recently and it was fun to see one of my favortie places, downtown Sonoma. Keep up the great work!
In Peggy Sue Got Married, I think that they used 2 different houses – a set or house for the interior and a different house for the exterior.
I’m also fairly new to Sonoma County but enjoy your blog and really enjoyed Bottle Shock recently. No fab insights but keep up the good work!
What a great list!
I think someone could do a great movie set in Ireland, but shot here in Sonoma County. So many of the green hills around here look just like the Irish country!
I was working in Petaluma when they filmed “Inventing the Abbotts”. I got to see them spray Washington Street with fake snow, it was really neat to see.
This is great Lisa! Thanks for putting together such a comprehensive list. I have always wanted a list like this and wondered about all the movies filmed here and specific locations for movies such as Phenomenon. I’ll have to now go back and watch more of these.
Wow, great list! I’ll need to check out some of those movies to check out the local scenes.
thanks!
Most of these movies I saw while I was still only dreaming of moving to California – my dream has come true! now I live in this wonderful county. Thanks for sharing all the interesting trivia.
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“Sideways” looks like it was filmed here as well!
Wow, what a list. I had no idea there were so many. My husband went to Analy High so we’ll be watching “Mumford” again to see it in the film!
I thought I heard once that parts of the Horse Whisperer were filmed here in Petaluma?
PS: Great blog! Certainly one of my favorites..
Keep up the splendid job of unearthing all these tidbits!
You’re right Marianne, parts of Horse Whisperer were filmed in Petaluma and in Kenwood, but I haven’t been able to track down eactly where–”a ranch just outside Petaluma city limits” is as close as I’ve come to narrowing it down.
cool!!!
Thank you!!
Thanks for the great list. It will be so much fun to see some of these movies again, knowing where they were filmed.
great list. we’re starting our scavenger hunt today!
I didn’t know that we had so many movies made here in Sonoma County.
Your site is great. Keep it up.
Loved Bottle Shock, I used to sell wine for 8 years and always told the story to clients.
The Horse Whisperer was filmed at the Cardoza Ranch (now Tolay). Peggy Sue Got Married, the restaurant scene was filmed inside “Millie’s Chili” on Petaluma Blvd and H.
Hey Kelly, that’s great! I wondered about the Horse Whisperer. I had heard it was “East of Petaluma”, that explains it.
As a newcomer to Sonoma County, I really appreciate this list. Thanks! Now, I’ll have to make sure that I’ve seen all of them.
A Walk in the Clouds was filmed at several Napa wineries as well. Napa is so close to Sonoma County, and we are all wine sisters, so let’s just call it good and drink up!
I think Bottle Shock was also partially filmed in Napa.
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