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Films shot in California

  • The Mandalorian and GroguHollywood's 2023 labor disputes turned a planned Mandalorian TV season into a movie.
  • Psycho (1960 film)Paramount refused to fund Hitchcock's Psycho, so he financed the 1960 film himself. He used his television crew.
  • Ewoks: The Battle for EndorEwoks: The Battle for Endor, a 1985 American television film set in the Star Wars universe, took root in a weekend viewing. The weekend before he sat down to plan a new story, George Lucas had watched Heidi with his daughter. That evening…
  • The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)Ralph Bakshi used footage of actors in Orc costumes walking to lunch in his 1978 Lord of the Rings film.
  • InceptionInception's crew built a hotel corridor that rotated a full 360 degrees. It was planned at 40 feet, then grew to 100.
  • Gone with the Wind (film)Hattie McDaniel was barred from the premiere of Gone with the Wind by Jim Crow laws, then won an Oscar.
  • Michael (2026 film)Michael, a 2026 biographical film about the singer Michael Jackson, had a teaser trailer that drew 116.2 million views in its first 24 hours. Lionsgate released it on the 6th of November 2025, and 30 million of those views arrived within…
  • Easy RiderRip Torn walked away from Easy Rider after an argument with Dennis Hopper. Hopper then called Jack Nicholson.
  • High NoonIn High Noon, a marshal asks every friend in town for help and is refused. A killer arrives on the noon train.
  • I Heart HuckabeesI Heart Huckabees began as a film about secret fortune cookies. A dream about a spiritual detective changed it.

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