List of films shot in Thousand Oaks

This is an incomplete list of films shot in City of Thousand Oaks in the U.S. state of California.

Films

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Film title	Year released	Location(s) used	Ref(s)
Spartacus	1960	California Lutheran University	[1][2][3]
Welcome to Hard Times	1967	California Lutheran University Wildwood Regional Park	[4][5]
Hollywood or Bust	1956	Live Oak Street	[4]
It Happened One Night	1934	Thousand Oaks Boulevard	[4]
Wuthering Heights	1939	Wildwood Regional Park California Lutheran University	[6][7][8][9][10]
Dodge City	1939	Wildwood Regional Park	[6]
The Rifleman	1958-63	Wildwood Regional Park	[6][11]
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier	1955	Wildwood Regional Park	[12][13][8]
The Grapes of Wrath	1940	Wildwood Regional Park	[14]
We Bought a Zoo	2011	Greenfield Ranch	[15][16]
It’s Complicated	2009	Hidden Valley	[17]
True Blood	2008-2014	Greenfield Ranch JMJ Ranch	[18][19]
Monk	2002-2009	Greenfield Ranch	[18]
Bones	2005-2017	Greenfield Ranch JMJ Ranch	[18][19]
Criminal Minds	2005-	Greenfield Ranch	[18]
Memoirs of a Geisha	2005		[20]
Come On, Tarzan	1932	Hidden Valley	[21]
The Dukes of Hazzard	1979-85	Hidden Valley	[22]
Texas Across the River	1966	North Ranch	[23]
The New Adventures of Tarzan	1935	Jungleland USA	[24]
Doctor Dolittle	1967	Jungleland USA	[24]
Poltergeist	1982	Holiday Inn	[25]
Hondo and the Apaches	1967	Metro Goldwyn Mayer Ranch	[26]
Fury	1955-1960	Jungleland USA	[27]
The Adventures of Robin Hood	1938	Jungleland USA	[28]
The Birth of a Nation	1915	Jungleland USA	[28]
The Paleface	1948	Conejo Valley Airport Deerwood Stock Farm	[29][30]
Riders of the Whistling Pines	1949	Conejo Valley Airport Wildwood Regional Park	[29][13][8]
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	1963	Rancho Conejo Airport	[31]
The Ballad of Josie	1968	North Ranch Wildwood Regional Park	[32][13]
Firecreek	1968	North Ranch	[32]
Rainbow Over Texas	1946	Hidden Valley (426 W. Potrero Road)	[33]
Trail to San Antone	1947	Deerwood Stock Farm	[30]
Down Argentine Way	1940	Greenfield Ranch	[34]
The Great Man's Lady	1942	Joel McCrea Ranch, Moorpark Road	[35]
Sleeper	1973		[36]
Bonanza	1959-1973	Wildwood Regional Park	[11][37]
Wagon Train	1940	Wildwood Regional Park	[11][38]
Gunsmoke	1955–1975	Wildwood Regional Park California Lutheran University	[11][39][40][41]
Duel in the Sun	1946	Wildwood Regional Park	[14]
The Big Valley	1965–69	Wildwood Regional Park	[14]
Clearing the Range	1931	Wildwood Regional Park	[14]
Flaming Frontier	1958	Wildwood Regional Park	[14] [8]
The Horse Soldiers	1959	Wildwood Regional Park	[14]
Flaming Star	1960	Wildwood Regional Park	[14][42]
Heart and Souls	1993	Greenfield Ranch	[18]
Bitter Harvest	1993	Greenfield Ranch	[18]
Lassie Come Home	1943	Hidden Valley Wildwood Regional Park[43]	[22][8]
To the Shores of Iwo Jima	1945	Wildwood Regional Park	[22][8]
The Guns of Will Sonnett	1967-69	Wildwood Regional Park	[22]
Bedtime Stories	2008	Newbury Park	[44]
In Old Kentucky	1935	Deerwood Stock Farm Borchard Ranch	[30][45]
Westworld	2016	Ventura Farms	[46]
Under Fiesta Stars	1941	Deerwood Stock Farm	[30]
San Fernando Valley	1944	Deerwood Stock Farm	[30]
My Pal Trigger	1946	Deerwood Stock Farm	[30][47]
Never a Dull Moment	1950	Deerwood Stock Farm	[30]
Sons of New Mexico	1950	Deerwood Stock Farm	[30]
Dynasty	1981-89	JMJ Ranch	[19]
Teen Wolf	2011-	JMJ Ranch	[19]
Dallas	1978-1991	JMJ Ranch	[19]
Walk on the Wild Side	1962	Thousand Oaks Meat Locker	[48]
Wichita	1955		[49]
The Bridges at Toko-Ri	1954	Thousand Oaks Ranch	[50]
The Gay Ranchero	1948	Wildwood Regional Park	[13][8]
Gunsight Ridge	1957	Wildwood Regional Park	[13][8]
The Ride Back	1957	Wildwood Regional Park	[13]
Westward Ho the Wagons!	1957	Wildwood Regional Park	[13][8]
The Left Handed Gun	1958	Wildwood Regional Park	[13]
Wild Heritage	1958	Wildwood Regional Park	[13]
Escort West	1959	Wildwood Regional Park	[13]
American Horror Story	2011-	Hidden Valley	[51]
Bridesmaids	2011	Sherwood Country Club	[52][53]
Thelma & Louise	1991	DuPar Restaurant	[54]
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	1962	Wildwood Regional Park	[13][8]
Advance to the Rear	1964	Wildwood Regional Park	[13]
Stage to Thunder Rock	1964	Wildwood Regional Park	[13]
Shenandoah	1965	Wildwood Regional Park	[13][8]
The Plainsman	1966	Wildwood Regional Park	[13][8]
Click	2006		[55]
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday	1993	Tire shop	[56]
Demolition Man	1993		[57]
I'm No Angel	1933	Jungleland USA	[58]
FBI: The Untold Stories	1991-93		[59]
Robin Hood	1922	Hidden Valley	[60]
Francis	1950	Conejo Valley Airport	[61][62][63]
Shiner	2004		[64]
Roaring Ranch	1930	Stagecoach Inn	[65]
Cruel Intentions	1999		[64]
Road to the Open	2014	Sunset Hills Country Club	[66]
Destry Rides Again	1932	French Ranch	[67]
Law and Lawless	1932	French Ranch	[67]
The Last Trail	1933	French Ranch	[67]
Rainbow Riders	1934	French Ranch	[67]
Thunder Over Texas	1934	French Ranch	[67]
Sunset of Power	1935	French Ranch	[67]
The Californian	1937	French Ranch	[67]
Cattle Raiders	1938	French Ranch	[67]
Hawaiian Buckaroo	1938	French Ranch	[67]
Dude Cowboy	1941	French Ranch	[67]
Song of Nevada	1944	French Ranch	[67]
Lights of Old Santa Fe	1944	French Ranch	[67]
Frisco Sal	1945	French Ranch	[67]
Don Ricardo Returns	1946	French Ranch	[67]
Under Nevada Skies	1946	French Ranch	[67]
The Vigilante	1947	French Ranch	[67]
Border Outlaws	1950	French Ranch	[67]
Man in the Saddle	1951	French Ranch	[67]
Conquest of Cochise	1953	French Ranch	[67]
Tall Man Riding	1955	French Ranch	[67]
The Lone Ranger	1956	French Ranch	[67]
Marcus Welby, M.D.	1969-1976	Newbury Park	[68]
The Lash	1930	Russell Ranch	[69]
Where the Action Is	1965-67	Jungleland USA	[40]
State Fair	1945	Russell Ranch	[69]
How the West Was Won	1962	Wildwood Regional Park	[39][70]
Hop	2011		[71]
The Biggest Loser	2004-2016	Hidden Valley Potrero Road	[71]
The Office	2005-2013	Baxter Way	[71]
Beverly Hills, 90210 Episode: "Wild Horses" (1992)	1990-2000		[72]
How Green Was My Valley	1941	Norwegian Colony	[73]
Man Without a Star	1955		[45]
Cattle Town	1952		[45]
Overland Stage Raiders	1938	Conejo Valley Airport	[74]
Lassie	1954	California Lutheran University	[75]
Tammy and the T-Rex	1994	Newbury Park High School	[76]
The Clonus Horror	1979	California Lutheran University	[77][78]

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