5. The Flying Torpedo (1915)
The Old Santa Ana Courthouse provided the set for the 1915 silent film The Flying
Torpedo, supervised by D.W. Griffith.
6. Bond of Blood (1916)
The streets of Los Alamitos resemble a typical western movie set and were used in
the filming of the 1916 movie Bond of Blood.
7. Hell’s Angels (1930)
The 1930 Howard Hughes film Hell’s Angels used Fullerton Municipal Airport
Base for the filming of several aerial sequences.
8. Captain Blood (1935)
Three Arch Bay in Laguna Beach was used in the filming of the 1935 Warner
Bros. movie Captain Blood.
9. Give us the Night (1936)
Gladys Swarthout and Jan Kiepura starred in the 1936 Paramount
Pictures film Give Us This Night, filmed against the cliffs of Shell Cove in
Three Arch Bay.
10. Topper (1937)
Scenes from the 1937 movie Topper starring Cary Grant were filmed at
the Irvine Regional Park.
11. Fallen Angel (1945)
The 1945 film Fallen Angel starring Dana Andrews and Alice Fay
was filmed at both Watson’s diner in Orange and at a residential
location at 409 N Shaffer.
12. A Star is Born (1954)
Scenes from the 1954 movie A Star is Born starring Judy Garland were
filmed at Laguna Beach.
13. Conquest of Planet of the Apes
(1972)
The University of California Irvine campus was used for several scenes of the
1972 movie Conquest of Planet of the Apes, including the large protest and
demonstration scenes and a scene where the apes storm the University
Administration building to overthrow their human rulers.
14. Studs Lonigan (1978)
Scenes from the 1978 TV mini-series Studs Lonigan were filmed inside
courtroom of the Santa Ana Courthouse.
15. Poltergeist (1982)
Steve Freeling goes to visit Marsh Lesh, the person who exorcises the spirits from
the home in the 1982 movie Poterteist, he is actually walking up the stairs of the
University of California Irvine Main Library.
16. Monster in the Closet (1983)
The Orange Plaza was used during the filming of the 1982 movie Monster
in the Closet.
17. Dreamscape (1984)
Dennis Quaid’s character is chased through a stable area at
the Los Alamitos Race Track, which is actually just a few miles
west of Disneyland at 4961 Katella Ave. in Cypress, in the
1984 sci-fi thriller Dreamscape.
18. Beaches (1988)
The Balboa Fun Zone was used in the filming of the 1988 movie Beaches
starring Bette Midler.
19. Rain Man (1988)
Tom Cruise says goodbye to Dustin Hoffman at the Santa Ana
Regional Transportation Center located at 1000 E. Santa Ana Blvd.
in the final scene of the 1988 movie the Rain Man.
20. Gleaming the Cube (1989)
Scenes from the 1989 movie Gleaming the Cube were filmed at Woodbridge High
School in Irvine.
21. Ghost Writer (1989)
Scenes from the 1989 movie Ghost Writer were filmed at the old Movieland
Wax Museum in Buena Park.
22. Kindergarten Cop (1990)
The beginning of the 1990 movie
Kindergarten Cop, starring Arnold
Schwarzenneger, was filmed at the
Main Place Mall in Santa Ana.
23. Angels in the Outfield (1994)
The exterior shots Disney’s 1994 movie Angels in the Outfield were filmed at
Angels Stadium, located at 2000 State College Blvd. in Anaheim.
24. D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Scenes from the Walt Disney Pictures movie D2: The Mighty Ducks were filmed at the
Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim located at 2695 E. Katella Ave, which has been renamed
and is now the Honda Center.
25. Time Cop (1994)
The Main Place Mall in Santa Ana was used as the setting in the 1994 sci-fi thriller,
Time Cop, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, where he follows his wife up an
escalator while the two flirt as if they didn't know each other.
26. Crimson Tide (1995)
Scenes from the 1995 movie Crimson Tide starring Gene Hackman,
Denzel Washington and Viggo Mortenson were filmed in front of
Chapman University’s Memorial Hall, located at 333 North Glassell
Street in Orange.
27. That Thing You Do (1996)
The Wells Fargo Bank on East Chapman Ave. was transformed into the
Erie Public Library in the 1996 Tom Hanks movie That Thing You Do.
28. That Thing You Do (1996)
Various buildings in the Orange Circle were transformed into Erie, Pennsylvania
locations for That Thing You Do.
29. That Thing You Do (1996)
One of the main locations in the feature
film That Thing You Do was a store on the
100 North Block of Glassell Street in
Orange that was built and transformed into
Patterson’s Appliances.
30. That Thing You Do (1996)
Watson’s Drug Store was used as a location in the filming of
Tom Hank’s 1996 feature film That Thing You Do.
31. Jerry Maguire (1996)
The airport scenes in the
1996 movie Jerry Maguire
starring Tom Cruise and
Renée Zellweger were filmed
at the Santa Ana John Wayne
Airport in Orange County.
32. Snapple Commercial (1996)
A couple of shops on the 100 block of South Glassell Street in Orange were
transformed into Republican Headquarters for the 1996 filming of a Snapple
Commercial.
33. The Cable Guy (1996)
Cable TV installer Jim Carey takes customer Matthew Broderick to
dinner at the Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament in Buena Park
in the 1996 comedy The Cable Guy.
34. Romy and Michelle’s High School
Reunion (1997)
In this scene of Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion, guests walk into a
hotel, which was actually shot at the Newport Beach Library, located at 1000
Avocado Ave. in Newport Beach.
35. Oscar Meyer Weiner Commercial
(1998)
The Oscar Meyer Weinermobile was
present in the Orange Circle during the
filming of this 1998 commercial.
36. Small Soldiers (1998)
The 1998 movie Small
Soldiers, starring Kirsten
Dunst, Phil Hartman,
Denis Leary, Jay Mohr,
Gregory Smith, and the
voice of Tommy Lee Jones
was filmed at various
locations in Orange,
including Sir Wicket and
Radio Shack in the
Orange Plaza.
37. Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
The above scene from Rocky and Bullwinkle was filmed at the old
Santa Ana Courthouse located at 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd. in Santa Ana.
38. Rocky and Bullwinkle walk down a sidewalk near Memorial Hall
at Chapman University in this seen of the movie.
Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
39. Big Momma’s House (2000)
Cranes beautify the parkway in front of the Buchanan house, the set for the
feature film Big Momma's House , located at 192 North Shaffer Street in
Orange.
40. Big Momma’s House (2000)
Film crews work on the set of the 2000 movie Big Momma’s House in Orange.
41. Big Momma’s House (2000)
After a long construction and beautification process, the main
house located at 192 N. Shaffer St. (on the corner of N. Shaffer and
E. Maple) used for this movie was finally finished and ready for
filming.
42. Oceans Eleven (2001)
The scenes in Ocean Eleven where Danny Ocean and his team steal a
"pinch" to create an electromagnetic pulse were filmed at the Gillespie
Neuroscience Research Facility on the UC Irvine campus.
43. Legally Blonde (2001)
The old Santa Ana Courthouse located at 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd. in Santa Ana was
used for the courtroom scenes in the 2001 Legally Blonde movie starring Reese
Witherspoon.
44. The Fast and the Furious (2001)
In The Fast and the Furious, The Asian motorcycle gang scenes were shot in Little
Saigon (named after the area’s large Vietnamese population) in Westminster.
45. In The Fast and the Furious, the scenes set in a temple-like area with many white
marble statues were filmed at the Vietnamese Cultural Court, located behind the
99 Ranch Market, at 9221 Bolsa Avenue, in Westminster - across the street from the
Asian Garden mall.
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
46. Pearl Harbor (2001)
The historic blimp hangers located in Tustin are among the largest
wooden structures in the world and can be seen in a training scene
with Alec Baldwin in the 2001 movie Pearl Harbor.
47. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2000)
The Orange Circle was transformed to look like 1949 Pasadena, complete with
automobiles and extras in appropriate 1940’s clothing, during the filming of the
2000 movie The Man Who Wasn’t There.
48. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Old Santa Ana Courthouse was used for scenes of the 2002
movie Catch Me If You Can starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom
Hanks.
49. Clockstoppers (2002)
The 2002 Nickelodeon movie
Clockstoppers was filmed at various
locations throughout the city of Orange
including: The Orange Plaza, Hot Skates at
117 East Chapman Avenue, the 100-500
blocks of West Chapman Avenue and
South Glassell Street Alley.
50. S.W.A.T. (2003)
The scenes where 'Jim Street' (Colin Farrell) is exercising on the beach were
filmed along the Huntington Beach-Sunset Beach coastal area, located south
of Long Beach and north of Newport Beach.
51. The OC (2003)
In season one of The OC, Oliver brings the gang to Palm Springs, but in reality, the golf
course they go to is the Seacliff Country Club, located at 6501 Palm Ave in Huntington
Beach.
52. American Wedding (2003)
The Radio Shack located at 101 S. Glassell Street in the Orange Circle
was transformed to resemble a flower shop in the 2003 movie
American Wedding.
53. Surviving Christmas (2003)
Man-made snow and people dressed for a mid-western winter were
brought it during the filming of the 2003 movie Surviving Christmas in
the Orange Circle.
54. Ben Affleck and Christina Applegate
starred in Surviving Christmas,
which was filmed at various
different locations throughout the
Orange Plaza and Circle.
Surviving Christmas (2003)
55. Anger Management (2003)
The ESPN zone at Downtown Disney in Anaheim was used for filming a scene in
the 2003 movie Anger Management starring Adam Sandler.
56. First Daughter (2004)
At the beginning of the movie, the First Family drives into the college town
(what is supposed to be the University of Redmond), but this is actually on W.
Chapman Ave in Old Town Orange.
57. First Daughter (2004)
Katie Holmes and her love interest in First Daughter are eating at Zito’s Pizza in the
Orange Circle in this scene from the 2004 movie First Daughter.
58. The Son Light Christian Center located at 172 N. Glassell Street
was transformed into the Redmond University movie theatre in the
2004 movie First Daughter.
First Daughter (2004)
59. Cellular (2004)
Both interior and exterior scenes in 2004’s Cellular were filmed at the Anaheim
Convention Center located at 800 W. Katella Avenue in Anaheim which was converted to
look like an airport for the movie.
60. Accepted (2006)
The above scenes from the 2006 movie Accepted were filmed in front of Memorial Hall at
Chapman University in Orange.
61. Borat (2006)
The final scenes of Borat: Cultural
Learnings of America for Make Benefit
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan in which
Borat comes face to face with Pamela
Anderson at a book signing were filmed at
the Virgin Megastore at the Block of
Orange.
62. Knocked Up (2007)
The 2007 movie Knocked Up opens with Ben and his friends at an amusement park
and the above picture shows them on the Silver bullet at Knott’s Berry Farm, located
at 8039 Beach Blvd. in Buena Park.
63. The Hills (2007)
Lauren Conrad meets up with Jason Wahler at the Chapman Coffee
Shop located on Glassell during episode 306 of The Hills.
64. The Apprentice (2007)
The contestants embark on a challenge at the Main Place Mall in Santa
Ana during episode 6 of season 6 of The Apprentice.
65. The Real Housewives of Orange
County (2007)
Most of the show is filmed in the city of Coto de Caza and elsewhere
throughout Orange County and the housewives dine at Beachfire in
Ladera Ranch in the scene pictured above.
