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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.

  • 2. Sands of Iwo Jima, 1949

    John Wayne raced up a hill at Camp Pendleton, the setting for the World War II battle.

  • 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.

  • 4. MacArthur, 1971

    San Diego’s own Gregory Peck is the general on Silver Strand State Beach (see Silver Strand State Beach).

  • 5. The Stunt Man, 1980

    This Peter O’Toole film had stuntmen jumping off the roof of the Hotel del Coronado.

  • 6. Top Gun, 1986

    Tom Cruise chatted up Kelly McGillis at the Kansas City Barbecue (see Kansas City Barbeque).

  • 7. Titanic, 1996

    Filmed in an enormous, specially built water tank at Rosarito Beach, Mexico.

  • 8. Almost Famous, 1999

    Nothing much had to be changed from the Volkswagen and Birkenstock look of 1970s Ocean Beach (see Ocean Beach).

  • 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.

  • 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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