Movies Filmed on Catalina Island

Catalina Island has long been a location that attracted film makers. It's tropical palm trees, desolate beaches, sparkling blue water and lush and rugged terrian makes it a versatile filming location. Two Harbors, with it's South Pacific feel was the backdrop for early classics like 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)

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