Here is a list of movies filmed in Oakland or at least with scenes shot in Oakland. Some of these like Moneyball and The Waiting Room are also about Oakland; see also Movies About Oakland. In addition to movies, a number of TV shows have been filmed and/or set in Oakland, including Hangin' with Mr. Cooper.
NB: The source for locations for some of these was the filminamerica.com (FIA) website, which now only exists on the Internet Archive (IA). The FIA links below go to the IA version. The locations have not been all verified.
Set in Oakland
Set entirely or partly in Oakland.
| Title | Year | IMDb | Sources | Notes |
| Gone! -- Baby's Gone | 1924 | see wiki page | ||
| The Mack | 1973 | IMDb | Wikipedia | |
| Solomon King | 1974 | IMDb | see wiki page | |
| Space Is the Place | 1974 | IMDb | Wikipedia | |
| Inside Moves | 1980 | IMDb | Wikipedia | |
| Finders Keepers | 1984 | IMDb | Wikipedia | |
| Made in America | 1993 | IMDb | Lake Merritt; Alcopark parking garage; Oakland Tech | |
| Poetic Justice | 1993 | IMDb | Wikipedia | |
| Panther | 1995 | IMDb | Wikipedia | Black Panther Party |
| Drylongso | 1998 | IMDb | FIA | Wikipedia |
| Romeo Must Die | 2000 | IMDb | Wikipedia | |
| Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story | 2001 | IMDb | FIA | made for TV movie |
| The Aviator | 2004 | IMDb | dogfight scenes for Hell's Angels ("Find me some clouds!") | |
| The Mistress of Spices | 2005 | IMDb | Tilo's shop, Spice Bazaar, is at 811 Washington near Ratto's; montage near beginning shows Lake Merritt | |
| Sabar - Life Is a Dance! | 2009 | IMDb | ||
| Licks | 2013 | IMDb | website (via archive.org) | |
| The Butler | 2013 | IMDb | Wikipedia | |
| Godzilla | 2014 | IMDb | Wikipedia | |
| Birth of the Dragon | 2016 | IMDb | Wikipedia | Bruce Lee |
| Kicks | 2016 | IMDb | Wikipedia | |
| Wilson | 2017 | IMDb | Wikipedia | in development c.2012 (via archive.org); unknown if that happened, looks like it is set in MN |
| Sorry to Bother You | 2018 | IMDb | Wikipedia | written and directed by Boots Riley |
| Blindspotting | 2018 | IMDb | Wikipedia | |
| Black Panther | 2018 | IMDb | Michael B. Jordan's character lives in Oakland | |
| King Richard | 2021 | IMDb | Wikipedia | |
| The Lake Merritt Monster | 2023 | IMDb | website | |
| Earth Mama | 2023 | IMDb | Wikipedia | |
| Freaky Tales | 2024 | IMDb | Wikipedia |
Filmed Partly in Oakland
| Title | Year | IMDb | Sources | Notes |
| The Roman | 1910 | IMDb | FIA | (I have doubts about this one) |
| The Sea Wolf | 1913 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Martin Eden | 1914 | IMDb | FIA | |
| The Champion | 1915 | IMDb | FIA | |
| A Night Out | 1915 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Mabel's Wilful Way | 1915 | IMDb | FIA | Idora Park; watch on YouTube |
| Day Dreams | 1922 | IMDb | FIA | Oakland Mole |
| Man Alone | 1923 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Greed | 1925 | IMDb | FIA | |
| The Sea Wolf | 1926 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Hell's Angels | 1930 | IMDb | FIA; Wikipedia | dogfight scenes; referenced in The Aviator |
| Treasure Island | 1934 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Shadows on the Waterfront | 1935 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Night Waitress | 1936 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | 1944 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Pal Joey | 1957 | IMDb | source | Southern Pacific mole |
| In Love and War | 1958 | IMDb | FIA | |
| THX 1138 | 1971 | IMDb | FIA | |
| The Candidate | 1972 | IMDb | FIA | Paramount Theatre |
|
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues |
1972 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Skyjacked | 1972 | IMDb | FIA | Oakland International Airport |
| Steelyard Blues | 1973 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Space Is the Place | 1974 | IMDb | ||
| Funny Lady | 1975 | IMDb | 16th Street Station | |
| Mahogany | 1975 | IMDb | ? | |
| Burnt Offerings | 1976 | IMDb | Dunsmuir Hellman House | |
| Who'll Stop the Rain | 1978 | IMDb | FIA | Port of Oakland |
| Phantasm | 1979 | IMDb | Dunsmuir Hellman House | |
| Time After Time | 1979 | IMDb | FIA | Oakland Museum of California |
| Devices | 1980 | FIA | ||
| Chu Chu and Philly Flash | 1981 | IMDb | 16th Street Station | |
| A View to a Kill | 1985 | IMDb | Dunsmuir Hellman House | |
| Howard the Duck | 1986 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | 1986 | IMDb | FIA | Oakland International Airport |
| Leonard Part 6 | 1987 | IMDb | FIA | Dunsmuir Hellman House (I have doubts about this one) |
| The Principal | 1987 | IMDb | FIA | University High School |
| The Squeeze | 1987 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Patty Hearst | 1988 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream | 1988 | IMDb | FIA | Paramount; Hotel Oakland |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | 1988 | IMDb | FIA | see FIA page |
| The Chilling | 1989 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Eat a Bowl of Tea | 1989 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Homer & Eddie | 1989 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Kamillions | 1989 | IMDb | FIA | Dunsmuir Hellman House |
| True Believer | 1989 | IMDb | FIA | City Council chambers at City Hall |
| The Vineyard | 1989 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Megaville | 1990 | IMDb | FIA | City Hall |
| Predator 2 | 1990 | IMDb | FIA | BART |
| The Spirit of '76 | 1990 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Class Action | 1991 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Dying Young | 1991 | IMDb | FIA | Idle Hour Bar (Foothill and 34th) |
| Eve of Destruction | 1991 | IMDb | FIA | Oakland International Airport |
| Until the End of the World | 1991 | IMDb | FIA | First Presbyterian Church |
| Basic Instinct | 1992 | IMDb | FIA | Breuner Building |
| Final Analysis | 1992 | IMDb | FIA | Highland Hospital |
| Kuffs | 1992 | IMDb | FIA | |
| The Last of His Tribe | 1992 | IMDb | FIA | made for TV |
| Sneakers | 1992 | IMDb | FIA | Fox Oakland Theatre |
| Fearless | 1993 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Mrs. Doubtfire | 1993 | IMDb | FIA | Claremont Hotel; KTVU |
| So I Married an Axe Murderer | 1993 | IMDb | FIA | Dunsmuir Hellman House |
| Being Human | 1994 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Angels in the Outfield | 1994 | IMDb | FIA | Oakland Coliseum |
| Golden Gate | 1994 | FIA | ||
| Nina Takes a Lover | 1994 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Copycat | 1995 | IMDb | FIA | KTVU |
| The Indian in the Cupboard | 1995 | IMDb | FIA | Joaquin Miller Park |
| The Net | 1995 | IMDb | FIA | Park Street Bridge |
| Nine Months | 1995 | IMDb | FIA | Veterans Memorial Building |
| The Cable Guy | 1996 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Down Periscope | 1996 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Larger Than Life | 1996 | IMDb | FIA | ConAgra Milling |
| Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie | 1997 | IMDb | FIA | Oakland Coliseum |
| Dream with the Fishes | 1997 | IMDb | FIA | BART; Highland Hospital |
| Flubber | 1997 | IMDb | FIA | Mountain View Cemetery chapel |
| The Rainmaker | 1997 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Some Prefer Cake | 1997 | IMDb | FIA | Roberts Recreation Area |
| Switchback | 1997 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Around the Fire | 1998 | IMDb | FIA | Oakland Auditorium |
| Hurlyburly | 1998 | IMDb | FIA | |
|
More Tales of the City |
1998 | IMDb | FIA | |
| What Dreams May Come | 1998 | IMDb | FIA | First Baptist Church; Mountain View Cemetery |
| True Crime | 1999 | IMDb | FIA | Big Bear Tavern |
| Cahoots | 1999 | IMDb | FIA | Paramount Theatre |
| Where's George? | 1999 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Gloria | 1999 | IMDb | FIA | Dunsmuir Hellman House |
| Sausalito | 2000 | IMDb | FIA | 140 Alpine Terrace |
| Boys and Girls | 2000 | IMDb | FIA | Oakland International Airport |
| Groove | 2000 | IMDb | FIA | Bay Bridge toll plaza |
| Just One Night | 2000 | IMDb | FIA | Oakland International Airport |
| Klee-Vies Peterbelt | 2000 | FIA | ||
| Obstacles | 2000 | IMDb | FIA | |
| The Surprise Party | 2000 | IMDb | FIA | Franklin Street Cafe, 1924 Franklin |
| The Watcher | 2000 | IMDb | ||
| Haiku Tunnel | 2001 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Me & Mrs. Jones | 2001 | IMDb | ||
| Comedian | 2002 | IMDb | FIA | Paramount Theatre |
| Bikini Planet | 2002 | IMDb | FIA | Morcom Rose Garden |
| Broken Up in the Promised Land | 2002 | FIA | ||
| Cherish | 2002 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Teknolust | 2002 | IMDb | FIA | |
| The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | IMDb | FIA | Webster Street Tube |
| Dopamine | 2003 | IMDb | ||
| The Law and Mr. Lee | 2003 | IMDb | FIA | (possibly move to "set in") |
| Dope Game 2 | 2003 | IMDb | ||
| Hulk | 2003 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Get Money | 2003 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Mona Lisa Smile | 2003 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Swing | 2003 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Tupac: Resurrection | 2003 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Kung Phooey! | 2003 | IMDb | FIA | Silver Dragon Restaurant; Lucasey Mfg.; Wilson Bldg. |
| The Silent Cross | 2003 | IMDb | ||
| Want | 2003 | IMDb | FIA | |
| American Yearbook | 2004 | IMDb | ||
| The Assassination of Richard Nixon | 2004 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Happily Even After | 2004 | IMDb | ||
| Jujuluv | 2004 | IMDb | ||
| Apartment 202 | 2005 | IMDb | ||
| Rent | 2005 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Bee Season | 2005 | IMDb | FIA | |
| The Californians | 2005 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Tweek City | 2005 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Valley of the Heart's Delight | 2006 | IMDb | ||
| Black August | 2007 | IMDb | FIA | George Jackson (funeral was held at St. Augustine's) |
| Curse of Alcatraz | 2007 | IMDb | ||
| Hemingway & Gellhorn | 2012 | IMDb | 16th Street Station | |
| East Side Sushi | 2014 | IMDb | East Bay Express |
TV Shows
S4.E22: Mr. Cooper (Mark Curry) with Tim Hardaway and Gary Payton fair use
| Title | Years | IMDb | FIA | Notes |
| Midnight Caller | 1988-1991 | IMDb | FIA | |
| Wolf | 1989-1990 | IMDb | FIA | Continental Club |
|
Hangin' With Mr. Cooper |
1992-1997 | IMDb | see intro clip; Wikipedia | |
| Nash Bridges | 1996-2001 | IMDb | ||
| City Lights (aka Traffic) | 1999 | IMDb | FIA | failed TV pilot |
| Partners | 1999 | IMDb | FIA | only 3 episodes; see FIA and IMDb listings |
| Metropolis | 2000 | IMDb | FIA | failed TV pilot |
| Looking | 2014-2016 | IMDb | mostly SF; see wiki page |
Pages tagged “filmed in oakland”
Sources
- Film in America - Oakland (via archive.org)
- Oakland Film Office (via archive.org)
- Category:Films set in Oakland, California Wikipedia
Links and References
- Oakland Film Office oaklandca.gov
- Movie directors want to film here, but is Oakland up for it? Oaklandside February 27, 2023
