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San Diego : 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.