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Imperial County

County in California, United States

United States · 33.0400, -115.3500

Wikipedia names Imperial County as where 11 films and series were filmed; each title’s page links to the sentence that says so. Wikidata records no shoot here yet.

33 more films and series were filmed at places inside Imperial County, listed below.

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Wikipedia says these were filmed in Imperial County. Each title’s page links to the sentence that says so.

DuneAction film1984
JarheadWar film2005
BugsyCrime film1991
The Flight of the PhoenixAction film1965
The HitcherHorror film1986
SaharaWar film1943
The Lost PatrolWar film1934Commons
It Came from Beneath the SeaHorror film1955
The BadlandersCrime film1958
In the Army NowWar film1994
Under Two FlagsAdventure film1936

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Movies and TV series filmed at places inside Imperial County

33 more films and series were shot at a place inside Imperial County. The place is under each title.

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the JediScience fiction filmImperial Valley per Wikipedia1983
Lawrence of ArabiaWar filmAlgodones Dunes per Wikipedia1962
Independence DayScience fiction filmImperial Valley per Wikipedia1996
The MentalistThriller seriesBombay Beach2008–2015
American SniperWar filmEl Centro per Wikipedia2014
StargateScience fiction filmAlgodones Dunes per Wikipedia1994
One Battle After AnotherCrime filmAnza-Borrego Desert State Park per Wikipedia2025
Jumanji: The Next LevelAdventure filmAlgodones Dunes per Wikipedia2019
The IslandScience fiction filmSalton Sea per Wikipedia2005
Sound of FreedomCrime filmCalexico per Wikipedia2023
Three KingsWar filmEl Centro per Wikipedia1999
War DogsWar filmEl Centro per Wikipedia2016
Sid and NancyMusical filmEl Centro per Wikipedia1986
Act of ValorWar filmEl Centro per Wikipedia2012
Five Graves to CairoWar filmSalton Sea per Wikipedia1943
The Blue DahliaThriller filmSalton Sea per Wikipedia1946
The Garden of AllahRomance filmAlgodones Dunes per Wikipedia1936
Losin' ItComedy filmCalexico per Wikipedia1983
Wake IslandWar filmSalton Sea per Wikipedia1942
Last Days in the DesertDrama filmAnza-Borrego Desert State Park per Wikipedia2015
The Bad BatchHorror filmBombay Beach per Wikipedia2016
The Salton SeaThriller filmSalton Sea per Wikipedia2002
TobrukWar filmImperial Valley per Wikipedia1967
SupervixensAction filmPalo Verde per Wikipedia1975
The Wild Blue YonderScience fiction filmNiland per Wikipedia2005
Border IncidentThriller filmCalexico per Wikipedia1949
The Winning of Barbara WorthWestern filmImperial Valley per Wikipedia1926Commons
The Monster That Challenged the WorldHorror filmSalton Sea per Wikipedia1957
SkyDrama filmBombay Beach per Wikipedia2015
Desert SandsAdventure filmAlgodones Dunes per Wikipedia1955
Desert ShoresDrama filmSalton Sea per Wikipedia2018
Happy HuntingFilmBombay Beach per Wikipedia2016
The BuildoutHorror filmAnza-Borrego Desert State Park per Wikipedia2024

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Filming locations inside Imperial County

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Filming locations nearby

What Wikipedia says about Imperial County

2 sentences quoted word for word from Wikipedia, each with the production it describes and a link to the article it comes from.

Sahara 1943
“The cast and crew spent eleven weeks on location in the Imperial County, California, portion of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park near the Salton Sea.” Wikipedia
Under Two Flags 1936
“The film was shot on location in California in Imperial County, Indio, La Quinta and Palm Springs (Palm Canyon), and in Yuma, Arizona.” Wikipedia