The Happy Land (1943) Shot in Santa Rosa and Healdsburg. Natalie Wood's first movie, at age four.
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Alfred Hitchcock's personal favorite, filmed at Santa Rosa Railroad Depot, NWP Engine #140, Old Courthouse Square, Public Library, and McDonald Avenue. The 1991 telefilm involved eight weeks' filming on McDonald Avenue.
The Sullivans (1944) Shot on Morgan Street.
All My Sons (1948) Shot on McDonald Avenue.
The Wonderful World of Disney The "Inky the Crow" episodes (beginning in the late 1960s) filmed in the Fountain Grove area.
Storm Center (1956) Bette Davis spent six weeks on location at the Santa Rosa Main Library, which keeps a collection of clippings. (Davis spent a lot of time with the women's clubs and with real librarian Ruth Hall, leaving a lasting impression.)
Pollyanna (1960) Featured the Mableton Mansion (also known as the McDonald Mansion), on McDonald Avenue.
Little Dog Lost (1963) Filmed in Santa Rosa and Cloverdale.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) The sequence involving the plane and the control tower was shot at the Sonoma County Airport (in unincorporated Sonoma County between Santa Rosa and Windsor).
The Candidate (1972) Shot in Howarth Park.
Slither (1972) Highway 101 south of Santa Rosa, and Cloverdale.
Steelyard Blues (1973) Shot in downtown Santa Rosa and at the Sonoma County Airport.
Smile (1975) Shot at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium and many other nearby locations. Made into a 1986 Broadway musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch.
Little Miss Marker (1980) Shot at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
Shoot the Moon (1982) Used a real Carl's Jr. on Industrial Drive at Cleveland Avenue. Also filmed at Wolf House at Jack London State Park.
Cujo (1983) Locations include Santa Rosa and Petaluma.
Goonies (1985) End of the movie shot at Goat Rock in Jenner, just outside of Santa Rosa.
Smooth Talk (1985) Locations include Santa Rosa and Sebastopol.
The Blue Yonder (1985, TV) "Lower" 4th Street (west of Highway 101) in Railroad Square.
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) Locations include Santa Rosa High School and Petaluma.
Wildfire (1988) Wood Pontiac & Cadillac on Corby Avenue.
Wired (1989) Filmed in Santa Rosa.
Die Hard II (1990) Scenes shot at Santa Rosa Air Center.
Shadow of a Doubt (1991, TV) McDonald Avenue and the Train Depot. (Also in downtown Petaluma.)
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot! (1992) Shot over a four-week period at Santa Rosa Air Center.
Phenomenon (1996) Used Santa Rosa Junior College as an establishing shot for UC Berkeley. Also used "The Wagon Wheel" bar off of Highway 101 for bar scenes.
Scream (1996) A house on McDonald Avenue, a local grocery store and a video store. Santa Rosa High School would have been used, but a lengthy legal battle due to the film's promiscuous content forced the crew to shoot in Healdsburg.
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) Shot at Santa Rosa High School and in Healdsburg.
Mumford (1999) Shot at Santa Rosa Junior College, other Santa Rosa locations, and in Guerneville and Healdsburg.
Bandits (2001) Locations included the Flamingo Hotel (known by locals as the "Flaming O"[2]).
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Set in Santa Rosa.
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) Filmed in Railroad Square. Also, the family home in fictional Midland, Illinois, was filmed in rural Petaluma.
