Sonoma County Movie Locations
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.
watch lord of the flies online 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?
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve, Guerneville
All My Sons
McDonald Avenue, Santa Rosa
American Graffiti
Petaluma High School gymnasium, Gilardi’s Liquors, 884 Bodega Avenue. Petaluma Boulevard & Western Avenue, 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. Here’s a map of the Petaluma locations for American Graffiti.
The Animal
Sonoma City Hall (Police Headquarters), Sonoma Plaza
Around the Fire
Cypress Hill Cemetery in Petaluma.
Bandits
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.
Basic Instinct
Downtown 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.
Beverly Hillbillies
Jenner
The Big Man (Crossing the Line)
Occidental
The Birds
Church and schoolhouse in Bodega. Bay Hill Road, The Tides Restaurant, and Gaffney Ranch in Bodega Bay. Bloomfield and Valley Ford.
Born to be Wild
Goat Rock at Sonoma Coast State Park, Jenner
Bottle Shock
Buena Vista Carneros Vineyards on Ramal Road, Duhig Road, Napa and First Streets, Sonoma, Della Santina Restaurant, Ledson Harmony Club, Spain St. Tescona Hotel, 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. futurama bender s big score online
Braveheart ( the 1925 version)
Along the Russian River
Brian’s House
Queen Anne Victorian home on Prospect Street, Petaluma
The Candidate
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.
Combat!
Russian River at Casini Ranch, Duncan Mills. Korbel Winery in Guerneville. Hop Kiln Winery in Healdsburg.
Crossing the Line (The Big Man)
Occidental
Cujo
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
Die Hard 2
Santa Rosa
Dream with the Fishes
Bowling Alley in Windsor
Dying Young
Some of this was said to be filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
The Egg and I
Petaluma
Explorers
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
Fast Women
Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma
Faust
Korbel Vineyards, Guerneville
The Fighting Sullivans
Morgan Street in Santa Rosa, rock quarry on ranch on Petaluma Hill Rd.
Finnian’s Rainbow
St. Teresa’s Church. Potter School, Bodega
Flatliners
Maffia Dairy Ranch outside of Cotati
Flubber
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The Fog
Bodega Bay
Forever Young
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?
Getting Even with Dad
Scandia Mini-Golf in Rohnert Park
Giant
Rumoured to have been partially filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
The Gnome-Mobile
Guerneville
The Goonies
Goat Rock State Beach, Jenner
The Grass is Greener
Rumoured to have been partially filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Ground Zero
Wells Fargo Bank and Turning Basin in Petaluma
The Gypsy Warriors
Some of this movie was said to be filmed in Sonoma County-. Is that true? Does anyone know?
Happy Land
Healdsburg Plaza, Healdsburg, and Santa Rosa
Heroes
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
Horse Whisperer
Kenwood and Petaluma
Howard the Duck
Western Ave, the Petaluma Bridge, and the Petaluma River
Hulk
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
Images
Some of this movie was said to be filmed in Sonoma County-does anyone know where?
Impulse
Petaluma
Inventing the Abbotts
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
The Killers
Rumoured to have been partially filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Land of Milk and Honey
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.
Little Dog Lost
Cloverdale, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg Hospital and Mitchell Shopping Center in Healdsburg
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma
Little Miss Marker
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, Healdsburg
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Santa Rosa
Many Rivers to Cross
Cloverdale, Russian River
Mr. Billion
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
Mumford
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.
Murder by the Numbers
Some of this movie was rumoured to be filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Never Die Twice
Petaluma
Nowhere to Run
Coleman Valley Road, Occidental
The Pack
Hendren Ranch, Coleman Valley Road, Occidental. Bodega Bay
Paradise Cove
The old Petaluma Queen Riverboat, Volpi’s Italian Market & Bar in Petaluma
Phenomenon
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 Rosa
Peggy Sue Got Married
226 Liberty St in Petaluma. 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?
PK and the Kid
Petaluma City Hall, the Petaluma Fairgrounds, Petaluma Valley Hospital and Hide-Away Bar on Kentucky St., in Petaluma
Pollyanna
Petaluma and the Mableton Mansion at 1015 McDonald Avenue in Santa Rosa
Pontiac Moon
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?
Racing with the Moon
This movie was also said to be filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Roots
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 Petaluma
Savage Wilderness (The Last Frontier)
Rumoured to have been partially filmed in Sonoma County-any ideas?
Scary Movie
Santa Rosa High School
Scream
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.) McDonald Avenue and a video store in Town & County in Santa Rosa. Calistoga Road between Calistoga and Santa Rosa. Healdsburg Town Square
Shadow of a Doubt
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
Shoot the Moon
Glen Ellen and Jack London’s Wolf House. Carl’s Jr. near Hopper Avenue in Santa Rosa
Slither
Highway 101, south of Santa Rosa, Cloverdale
Smile
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
Smooth Talk
Santa Rosa Plaza and Coddingtown Mall in Santa Rosa. Frank’s Mini-Mart on Gravenstein Hwy in Cotati. Pleasant Hill Road in Sebastopol
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Cloverdale Airport
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Some of this was said to be filmed in Sonoma County-does anyone know where?
Steelyard Blues
Downtown Santa Rosa Julliard Park, Cherry Street in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County Airport
Stop or My Mom Will Shoot
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
The Sweetest Thing
Coleman Valley Road, Occidental
Thieves Highway
Gold Ridge Road, Sebastopol
The Third Day
Hwy 116 to Hwy 1, Goat Rock Beach, Jenner
The Last Guy on Earth
Santa Rosa
True Crime
The Washoe House on Stony Point Road, Cotati
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
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
Walk in the Clouds
The Hayward Vineyards in Sonoma
Wildfire
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
