🏙 Towns & cities
Stockton
county seat of San Joaquin County, California, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 37.9575, -121.2925
Stockton is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Stockton, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 8 more.
1 production was filmed at 1 place inside Stockton rather than at Stockton itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“The San Joaquin County courthouse in Stockton, built in 1898 and demolished a decade after the film's release, was featured prominently.”
Movies filmed in Stockton
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Stockton 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.
- Apocalypse Now 1979
- All the King's Men 1950
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Cool Hand Luke
1967
“The set, imitating a southern prison farm, was built in Stockton, California.” Wikipedia
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Cape Fear
1962
“The outdoor scenes were filmed on location in Savannah, Georgia; Stockton, California; and the Universal Studios backlot at Universal City, California.” Wikipedia
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Birdy
1984
“The production then moved to Stockton, California to depict a scene involving Al aboard a train.” Wikipedia
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Bound for Glory
1976
“Scenes taking place on the Texas panhandle that did not include views of a locomotive were filmed near Stockton, California, using diesel locomotives.” Wikipedia
- Porgy and Bess 1959
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Honkytonk Man
1982
“The first part of the movie was filmed in Bird's Landing, California, but the majority of this feature was filmed in and around Calaveras County, east of Stockton, California.” Wikipedia
Movies filmed elsewhere in Stockton
1 production shot at 1 place inside Stockton, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Stockton itself.
- Raiders of the Lost Ark University of the Pacific per Wikipedia 1981
Filming locations nearby
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
University of the Pacific
🇺🇸 United States
private university in Stockton, California, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Tuolumne River
🇺🇸 United States
river in California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
🇺🇸 United States
federal research institute in Livermore, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
National Ignition Facility
🇺🇸 United States
research institute
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🏙 Towns & cities
San Joaquin County
🇺🇸 United States
county in California, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Central Valley
🇺🇸 United States
valley in central California, USA
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Stockton?
10 productions are recorded as filmed in Stockton, 1 of them at places inside it, including One Battle After Another (2025), Apocalypse Now (1979) and All the King's Men (1950). 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 Stockton?
One Battle After Another (2025), covered by 53 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Stockton?
Stockton is in the United States, at 37.9575, -121.2925.
What other filming locations are near Stockton?
University of the Pacific, Tuolumne River, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, National Ignition Facility 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 Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0.