Top 10 Top 10 Movies Filmed in San Diego
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1. Citizen Kane, 1941
Orson Welles used the California Building (see California Building) in Balboa Park as Xanadu.
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2. Sands of Iwo Jima, 1949
John Wayne raced up a hill at Camp Pendleton, the setting for the World War II battle.
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3. Some Like It Hot, 1959
The distinctive structure of the Hotel del Coronado (see Hotel del Coronado) formed a backdrop for Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis.
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4. MacArthur, 1971
San Diego’s own Gregory Peck is the general on Silver Strand State Beach (see Silver Strand State Beach).
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5. The Stunt Man, 1980
This Peter O’Toole film had stuntmen jumping off the roof of the Hotel del Coronado.
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6. Top Gun, 1986
Tom Cruise chatted up Kelly McGillis at the Kansas City Barbecue (see Kansas City Barbeque).
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7. Titanic, 1996
Filmed in an enormous, specially built water tank at Rosarito Beach, Mexico.
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8. Almost Famous, 1999
Nothing much had to be changed from the Volkswagen and Birkenstock look of 1970s Ocean Beach (see Ocean Beach).
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9. Pearl Harbor, 2000
Kate Beckinsale proved her love for Ben Affleck by coming to bid him goodbye at the San Diego Railroad Museum in Campo.
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10. Traffic, 2000
Along with scenes of San Diego and Tijuana, Traffic’s car explosion took place in the judges’ parking lot of the Hall of Justice.
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