List of media set in San Diego

This is a list of media set in San Diego, California, including media set in either the city of San Diego proper or in surrounding portions of San Diego County.

Novels

• The Angel Gang by Ken Kuhlken (1993)
• The Fallen by T. Jefferson Parker (2006)
• It's Not PMS, It's You by Rich Amooi (2019)
• Kiln People by David Brin (2002)
• The Loud Adios by Ken Kuhlken (1989)
• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2006)
• Superhero High by T. H. Hernandez (2018)
• Tecate Peak, The Edge by Michael Hudon (2012)
• Tijuana Straits by Kem Nunn (2004)
• The Vagabond Virgins by Ken Kuhlken (2008)
• The Venus Deal by Ken Kuhlken (1991)
• The Winter of Frankie Machine (novel) by Don Winslow (2006)

Films

Feature films

Title	Year	Ref.
1 Night in San Diego	2020
16-Love	2012	[1]
Above the Tin	2018	[2]
Adalynn	2023	[3]
Almighty Zeus	2022	[4]
Almost Famous	2000	[5][6]
American Sniper	2014	[7]
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	2004	[8]
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	2013	[8][9]
Antwone Fisher	2001	[6]
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes	1978	[8][10][11]
Babel	2006	[6]
Bang Bang	2011	[12]
Battle Cry	1955
Battle: Los Angeles	2011
Beneath the Leaves	2019	[13]
Beyond the Rocks	1922	[14]
The Big Mouth	1967	[10]
Blame it on the Night	1984	[15]
Blast	2004	[16]
Bloody Wednesday	1988
Borderline	1980	[17]
The Boys in Company C	1978
Bring It On	2000	[18]
The Buildout	2024	[19]
Carbon	2019	[20]
Carving a Life	2017	[21]
The Cell	2000	[22]
Chubasco	1968	[15]
The Coast of Folly	1925	[14]
The Condor	2007
Continuance	2021	[23]
Coronado	1935	[14]
Dangerous Curves	1988
A Day Without a Mexican	2003	[24]
Daydream Hotel	2017	[25]
Demolition Man	1993	[26]
Demon Protocol	2018	[27]
The Devil and Max Devlin	1981	[15]
Devil Dogs of the Air	1935	[14]
Dive Bomber	1941	[14]
Down in San Diego	1941
Driven	2018
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade	1978
The Endless	2017	[28]
Eternity: The Movie	2014	[29]
Everybody Dies by the End	2022	[30][31][32][33]
The Evil Rises	2018	[34]
Firefox	1982	[15]
Flight Command	1940	[14]
Flight of the Intruder	1990	[35]
The Flying Fleet	1929	[14]
Francis in the Navy	1955	[36]
Freaky Friday	1976	[6][10]
Friend of the World	2020	[10][37]
Frost: Portrait of a Vampire	2002	[38][39][40]
Galloping On	1925	[41]
Ghostline	2015	[42]
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything	1980	[17]
Hacksaw	2020	[43]
Hardcore	1979	[44]
Heaven & Earth	1993	[45]
Hellcats of the Navy	1957	[14]
Hell Divers	1932	[14]
Hot Shots!	1991	[6]
I Am Not a Hipster	2012	[46]
The Immortal Edward Lumley	2013
In the Tall Grass	2019
K-9	1989	[14]
K-9: P.I.	2002	[47]
The Kid from Left Field	1979	[15]
Kung Fu Ghost	2022	[48]
The Last Ride	2004	[49]
Little Nikita	1988	[50]
The Lost World: Jurassic Park	1997	[51]
Love All You Have Left	2017	[52]
Loving Couples	1980	[53]
Lucky Lady	1975
MacArthur	1977	[15]
The Married Virgin	1918	[54]
The Master Chief: Part One	2023	[55]
The Mating Call	1928	[56]
Mega64 Version 4.1: Revengurrection	2021
Midway	1976	[15]
Mighty Oak	2020	[57]
Miracle at Manchester	2022	[58]
Most Likely to Succeed	2015
Mr. Wrong	1996	[14]
Murder and Cocktails	2024	[59]
My Blue Heaven	1990	[60]
My Husband's Wives	1924	[14]
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?	2009	[61][62]
No Man's Land	1987
On the Beach	1959
Only God Knows	2006
Paranormal Activity	2007	[6]
Paranormal Activity 2	2010
Paul	2011
Phantasm	1979	[63]
The Playground	2017	[64]
Poto and Cabengo	1979	[65]
Princess Virtue	1917	[14]
Rampage	2018
Resolution	2012	[66]
Return of the Killer Tomatoes	1988	[67]
Riley	2023	[68]
Runaway Daughters	1994
The Saint	2017
The Samuel Project	2018	[69]
San Diego, I Love You	1944
San Diego Surf	2012
San Diego's Gay Bar History	2018	[70]
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour	2007	[71]
Satan's Blade	1985	[72]
Scarface	1983	[15]
Scavenger Hunt	1979	[17]
Sharpshooter	2007
Sideways	2004	[73]
Sins of Silence	1996
Skid Marks	2007	[74]
Skin: The Movie	2020
Slaughterhouse	1987	[75]
Sleep Dealer	2008
South of 8	2016	[10][23][76]
Spiker	1986	[15]
The Stunt Man	1980	[10][77]
Surrogates	2009
Sweet Taste of Souls	2020	[78]
Tell It to the Marines	1926
Tentacles	1977	[15]
The Terminators	2009
Thane of East County	2015	[79]
Three Way	2004
A Ticklish Affair	1963	[80]
Tiger Cruise	2004
To Fall in Love	2023
Top Dog	1995	[5]
Top Gun	1986	[77]
Top Gun: Maverick	2022	[81]
Traffic	2000	[6][10]
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2009	[82]
True to the Navy	1930
The Very Thought of You	1944
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie	2004
The Walk	2001
The Wedding Hustler	2023	[83]
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?	2006
Wicked, Wicked	1973	[14]
Wings Over Honolulu	1937	[14]
Zipperface	1992

Short films

Title	Year	Ref.
The $5 Movie	2001
Assumption	2017
"The Case of Evil"	2014	[84]
Daisy Belle	2018	[85]
Deviant	2018	[86]
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition	1915
The Fifth of November	2018
Fletcher and Jenks	2016
The Flourish	2019
Graduation Afternoon	2021
The Heiress Lethal	2010	[87]
Hush	2016	[88]
The Last Butterflies	2023	[89]
Leave 'Em Laughing	2020
Our Barrio	2016	[90]
The Phantom Hour	2016	[91]
The Power Agent	2020
Pulp Friction	2021
A Rodeo Film	2021	[92]
Things We Dig	2020	[93]
Touch	2022	[94]
Undocumented	2016
We All Die Alone	2021	[95]

TV shows

• Abby's on NBC (2019)
• Cavemen on ABC (2007)
• Drake & Josh on Nickelodeon (2004–2007)
• The Ex List on CBS (2008)
• The Fosters on ABC Family
• The Game (2006)
• Grace and Frankie on Netflix (2015–present)
• Harry O on ABC (1974–1976)
• Hennesey on CBS (1959–1962)
• High Tide (1994–1997)
• Hunter on NBC (2003 revival season)
• John from Cincinnati (2007)
• Manhunt (TV series, police) (1959–1961)
• NTSF:SD:SUV:: on Adult Swim (2011–2013)
• Physical (TV series) on Apple TV+
• Pitch on Fox (2016–2017)
• Renegade on USA Network (1992–1997)
• Simon & Simon on CBS (1981–1988)
• Terriers on FX (2010)
• That '80s Show on Fox (2002)

Reality shows

• Beach Patrol on Court TV (2006 season)
• The Real World: San Diego on MTV (2004)

Video games

• Midnight Club 3:DUB Edition and Midnight Club 3:DUB Edition Remix, a racing free roam city
• Tony Hawk's Underground Balboa Park is featured as a skate level

Comic books/Manga

• Aquaman vol 6 #s 15–49 (March 2003 to April 2006) and irregularly since (as Sub Diego)
• Fathom vol 1, 2, 4 and 5, certain portions of the comic book series take place in San Diego
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run vol 1 (2004), takes place in 1890s San Diego.

See also

• Films shot in San Diego