Towns & cities
Oceanside
city in San Diego County, California, United States
United States · 33.2117, -117.3258
Oceanside is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Oceanside, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 8 more.
1 production was filmed at 1 place inside Oceanside rather than at Oceanside itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“The climactic oil rig sequence was shot off the shore of Oceanside, California.”
TV series filmed in Oceanside
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Oceanside as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Top Gun 1986
- Diamonds Are Forever 1971
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Veronica Mars
2004–
“Producer Paul Kurta said that most of the Neptune scenes were filmed in Oceanside, California.” Wikipedia
- Bring It On 2000
- Sands of Iwo Jima 1949
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes 1978
- The Fighting Seabees 1944
- Tentacles 1977
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Oceanside
1 production shot at 1 place inside Oceanside, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Oceanside itself.
- Zorro Mission San Luis Rey de Francia per Wikipedia 1957–1959
Named here by Oceanside’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Oceanside, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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Animal Kingdom 2010
“The TV series Animal Kingdom, based on the 2010 film of the same name, is set and filmed in Oceanside.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
United States·2 km north
mission church in Oceanside, California, USA
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Landmarks & buildings
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
United States·16 km north-west
US Marine Corps base near Oceanside, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Fallbrook
United States·20 km north-east
census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Escondido
United States·25 km south-east
city in San Diego County, United States
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Towns & cities
Solana Beach
United States·25 km south
city in San Diego County, California, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
United States·28 km north-west
decommissioned nuclear power plant in San Diego County, California
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Oceanside?
10 productions are recorded as filmed in Oceanside, 1 of them at places inside it, including Animal Kingdom (2016–2022), Top Gun (1986) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971). 8 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Oceanside?
Animal Kingdom (2016–2022), covered by 13 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Oceanside?
Oceanside is in the United States. Its coordinates are 33.2117, -117.3258.
What other filming locations are near Oceanside?
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia (2 km north), Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (16 km north-west), Fallbrook (20 km north-east), Escondido (25 km south-east) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Scotwriter21, CC BY-SA 4.0.