Towns & cities

Santa Cruz

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

United States · 36.9721, -122.0263

Santa Cruz is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Santa Cruz, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 16 more.

2 productions were filmed at 3 places inside Santa Cruz rather than at Santa Cruz itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Many of the film's scenes were filmed in San Francisco and Santa Cruz, California.”

Sudden Impact (1983) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed in Santa Cruz

Homegrown 1998

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Santa Cruz 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.

Bumblebee 2018
Sudden Impact 1983
Us 2019
The Lost Boys 1987
“Locations include the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, the Pogonip open space preserve, and the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains.” Wikipedia
Manhunter 1986
Dangerous Minds 1995
Killer Klowns from Outer Space 1988
Baraka 1992
Chasing Mavericks 2012
The Johnstown Flood 1926
“The flood sequences were actually filmed in and around Santa Cruz, California.” Wikipedia
The Howards of Virginia 1940
Ten Inch Hero 2007
Way Back Home 1931
“The film was shot on location in Santa Cruz, California because of the small town's New England-like atmosphere.” Wikipedia
Broken Chains 1922
“Portions of the film were shot in Northern California, near Santa Cruz in an area known as Poverty Flats.” Wikipedia
Somebody Is Waiting 1996
Redwood Curtain 1995

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Santa Cruz

2 productions shot at 3 places inside Santa Cruz, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Santa Cruz itself.

Devs University of California, Santa Cruz per Wikipedia 2020–
Endless Summer Steamer Lane 1966

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Santa Cruz?

19 productions are recorded as filmed in Santa Cruz, 2 of them at places inside it, including Homegrown (1998), Bumblebee (2018) and Sudden Impact (1983). 16 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 Cruz?

Homegrown (1998), covered by 16 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Santa Cruz?

Santa Cruz is in the United States. Its coordinates are 36.9721, -122.0263.

What other filming locations are near Santa Cruz?

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (1 km south-east), Steamer Lane (2 km south), University of California, Santa Cruz (4 km north-west), McHenry Library (4 km north-west) 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 Matt314, CC BY 2.5.