Films Shot on Catalina Island

Catalina Island has drawn film makers for many years. With tropical palm trees, quiet remote beaches, bright blue water, and terrain that is both lush and rugged, the island offers a flexible setting for productions. Two Harbors, known for its South Pacific feel, served as the setting for early classics including Treasure Island and Mutiny on the Bounty.

• Treasure Island (1918)
• Male & Female (1919)
• Terror Island (1920)
• Ten Commandments (1923)
• Captain Blood (1924)
• The Navigator (1924)
• The Vanishing American (1925)
• Ben Hur (1925)
• Old Ironsides (1926)
• The Black Pirate (1926)
• Condemned (1929)
• The Divorcee (1930)
• Island of Lost Souls (1932)
• Bird of Paradise (1932)
• Rain (1932)
• Treasure Island (1933)
• Captain Blood (1935)
• Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
• Captains Courageous (1937)
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
• You're Only Young Once (1938)
• Typhoon (1940)
• All Ashore (1953)
• Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
• The Glassbottom Boat (1966)
• Catalina Caper (1967)
• Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
• Ides of March music video by Vehicle (1970)
• Chinatown (1974)
• Jaws (1974)
• MacArthur (1977)
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
• Sherlock Bones Undercover Dog (1994)
• Waterworld (1995)
• Multiplicity (1995)
• Apollo 13 (1995)
• Amistad (1997)
• The Hunt for Red October (1990)
• Far and Away (1992)
• Poor White Trash (2000)
• Life as a House (2001)
• Suicide Kings (1997)
• The Thin Red Line (1998)
• Aquanoids (2003)
• Dawn of the Dead (2004)
• Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door (2006)
• Into the Wild (2007)
• Like Crazy (2011)
• Sand Sharks (2012)
• All is Lost (2013)
• The High Note (2020)
• Love Under the Lemon Tree (2022)