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Santa Clarita

city in Los Angeles County, California, USA

🇺🇸 United States · 34.3917, -118.5426

Santa Clarita is recorded as a filming location for 7 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Santa Clarita, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 32 more.

13 productions were filmed at 6 places inside Santa Clarita rather than at Santa Clarita itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Filming for the sixth season began on July 6, 2016, at Santa Clarita, California.”

American Horror Story (2011–) · Wikipedia

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Movies and TV series filmed in Santa Clarita

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Santa Clarita 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.

Heroes 2006–2010
“Stunts were coordinated by Ian Ouinn, who also used blue screens to accomplish some of the stunts in the series, such as Nathan Petrelli flying away from Heidi during the car accident scene in "Six Months Ago." Principal filming for Heroes occurred in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita, California.” Wikipedia
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000–
“CSI was originally shot at Rye Canyon, a corporate campus owned by Lockheed Martin situated in the Valencia area of Santa Clarita, California, due to the Santa Clarita Valley's strong similarity to the outskirts of Las Vegas; after episode 11 "The 1-15 Murders", filming shifted to the nearby Santa Clarita Studios.” Wikipedia
Westworld 2016–2022
MythBusters 2003–
“The revival was filmed in Santa Clarita and other parts of Southern California, airing for two seasons until 2018.” Wikipedia
Beverly Hills, 90210 1990–2000
“The Golden Oak Ranch, outside Santa Clarita, was also used for filming.” Wikipedia
Ad Astra 2019
Serenity 2005
“The sequence where the crew is pursued by Reavers after a bank robbery was filmed along the Templin Highway north of Santa Clarita.” Wikipedia
Christine 1983
“Christine was shot largely in Los Angeles, California, while the location for Darnell's garage was located in Santa Clarita.” Wikipedia
The Fabelmans 2022
Dude, Where's My Car? 2000
Rat Race 2001
“California filming primarily occurred in Antelope Valley, Palmdale, Acton, Santa Clarita and Newhall.” Wikipedia
The Lost Boys 1987
“Other locations included a cliffside on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, used for the entrance to the vampire cave, and a valley in Santa Clarita near Magic Mountain, where introductory shots were filmed for the scene where Michael and the Lost Boys hang from a railway bridge.” Wikipedia
Evolution 2001
The Call of the Wild 2020
G-Force 2009
“G-Force was filmed at 992 S Oakland Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA, Culver Studios – 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA, Los Angeles, California, USA and Santa Clarita, California, USA in 2009.” Wikipedia
The Call 2013
“Other filming locations include the Burbank Town Center on Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank, California, Santa Clarita, California and the 170 Highway.” Wikipedia
The Haunted Mansion 2003
“The mansion scenes were filmed at Sable Ranch in Santa Clarita, California.” Wikipedia
All About Steve 2009
“Scenes featuring the collapsed mine and sink hole were filmed at The Walt Disney Company's Golden Oak Ranch near Santa Clarita, California.” Wikipedia
Cry-Baby 1990
Melrose Place 1992–
“Filming for the series took place at a studio in Santa Clarita, California.” Wikipedia
National Security 2003
Faster 2010
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 1993–
“The series was shot on location in Santa Clarita and Los Angeles, California.” Wikipedia
Roman J. Israel, Esq. 2017
Darkman 1990
Nancy Drew 2007
“The movie was filmed in several California cities, including South Pasadena, Los Angeles, Santa Clarita, Long Beach, La Canada Flintridge and Burbank.” Wikipedia
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 1997
“Exterior shots of Romy and Michele's fictional Sagebrush High School were filmed at Valencia High School in Santa Clarita.” Wikipedia
Book Club 2018
Sharp Objects 2018–
“Filming locations included Barnesville, Georgia; Los Angeles, California; Redwood Valley, California; Santa Clarita, California; and Mendocino, California.” Wikipedia
Carnivàle 2003–2005
“Carnivàle interiors were filmed at Santa Clarita Studios in Santa Clarita, California, while the show's many exterior scenes were filmed on Southern California locations.” Wikipedia
10 Things I Hate About You 2009–
“Due to budget constraints, future episodes were filmed at a soundstage in Santa Clarita, California, with only occasional external shots in Tujunga.” Wikipedia
The Chumscrubber 2005
“Filming locations included Los Angeles and Santa Clarita in California, as well as two soundstages.” Wikipedia

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Santa Clarita

13 productions shot at 6 places inside Santa Clarita, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Santa Clarita itself.

Back to the Future Newhall per Wikipedia 1985
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Newhall per Wikipedia 1997
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol California Institute of the Arts per Wikipedia 2011
Friday the 13th Part III Saugus per Wikipedia 1982
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Newhall per Wikipedia 1984
Road House Newhall per Wikipedia 1989
The Rocketeer Valencia per Wikipedia 1991
Harper Newhall per Wikipedia 1966
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Newhall per Wikipedia 2014
Critters 2: The Main Course Valencia per Wikipedia 1988
Zoey 101 Valencia per Wikipedia 2005–2008
The Lincoln Lawyer Valencia per Wikipedia 2022–
The Secret World of Alex Mack Valencia per Wikipedia 1994–

Named here by Santa Clarita’s own Wikipedia article

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

Django Unchained 2012

“Movie ranches are a major contributor to Santa Clarita's economy, and the valley has been nicknamed "Hollywood North." Movies and TV shows filmed in Santa Clarita include Django Unchained, NCIS, Franklin & Bash, Jane by Design, Make It or Break It, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Muppets, Pirates of the Caribbean, 24, and Old Yeller.” Wikipedia

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Santa Clarita?

52 productions are recorded as filmed in Santa Clarita, 13 of them at places inside it, including Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), American Horror Story (2011–) and The Conjuring 2 (2016). 32 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 Clarita?

Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), covered by 76 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Santa Clarita?

Santa Clarita is in the United States, at 34.3917, -118.5426. The day trip guide for Santa Clarita lists 657 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Santa Clarita?

Los Angeles, Ambassador Hotel, Paramount Pictures Studios, Beverly Estate and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.

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 Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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