Towns & cities

Santa Barbara

city in and county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States

United States · 34.4258, -119.7142

Santa Barbara is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Santa Barbara, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 20 more. 1 video game is also set here.

1 place inside Santa Barbara has a page of its own: listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Santa Barbara as well.

“Tony's opulent mansion was El Fureidis, a Roman-styled mansion near Santa Barbara, California.”

Scarface (1983) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed in Santa Barbara

Scarface 1983

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Santa Barbara 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.

The Big Lebowski 1998
Indecent Proposal 1993
“After a month in Las Vegas, the production moved to southern California, where locations included the Echo Park neighborhood and a Santa Barbara mansion that stood in for Gage's home.” Wikipedia
Adaptation 2002
Michael 2026
Psych 2006–2014
Batman 1966
Bedazzled 2000
The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981
“The film was shot in Santa Barbara, California.” Wikipedia
It's Complicated 2009
“In mid-April, the crew spent a few days filming exteriors in Montecito and Santa Barbara – just days before wildfires took a heavy toll on the area.” Wikipedia
The Gay Divorcee 1934
“Additional exteriors were filmed in Santa Monica and Santa Barbara, California.” Wikipedia
Seconds 1966
“The Dionysian-themed party sequence was shot on location with a handheld camera in Santa Barbara, California, during an annual wine festival held there.” Wikipedia
20th Century Women 2016
The Frisco Kid 1979
The Terror 1963
“Corman felt The Terror still required more work, so he hired Monte Hellman to shoot exteriors at the cliffs of Palos Verdes with Nicholson and Miller and scenes at Santa Barbara.” Wikipedia
You Can't Get Away with It 1923
“You Can't Get Away With It was partially filmed on location at Santa Barbara, California.” Wikipedia
The Extraordinary Seaman 1969
“The film was primarily shot in Yucatán and Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, as well as at MGM studios in Culver City, California and in Santa Barbara, California.” Wikipedia
To All a Goodnight 1980
Little Witches 1996
Bad Manners 1984
“The location for the adopting parents' house is somewhere in the suburbs of Santa Barbara, California.” Wikipedia
Fever Night aka Band of Satanic Outsiders 2009
“The film was shot on locations in Escondido, Lakehead, Los Angeles, Ramona, and Santa Barbara, California.” Wikipedia

Filming locations inside Santa Barbara

1 place inside Santa Barbara, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Santa Barbara too.

Landmarks & buildings

Santa Barbara County Courthouse

United States

place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places

Named here by Santa Barbara’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Santa Barbara, 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.

Psych 2006–2014

“Psych was set in Santa Barbara, though White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, was used as the filming location.” Wikipedia

Set here

Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood: a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.

The Last of Us Part II 2020

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Santa Barbara?

21 productions are recorded as filmed in Santa Barbara, including Scarface (1983), The Big Lebowski (1998) and Indecent Proposal (1993). 20 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Santa Barbara?

Scarface (1983), covered by 72 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Santa Barbara?

Santa Barbara is in the United States. Its coordinates are 34.4258, -119.7142.

What other filming locations are near Santa Barbara?

Santa Barbara County Courthouse (1 km east), Paseo de la Guerra (1 km south-east), Arroyo Burro Beach (4 km south-west), El Fureidis (6 km 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 John Wiley User:Jw4nvc - Santa Barbara, California, CC BY 3.0.