Sonoma County has hosted several major motion picture films:

• 1915 Bronco Billy Anderson – The only one of Anderson's 400 short westerns.
• 1965 The Third Day –
• 1972 Images – US/UK Filmed mostly in Ireland.
• 1977 Heroes –
• 1977 Mr. Billion –
• 1985 The Goonies – Final scene was filmed at Goat Rock State Beach.
• 1986 Peggy Sue Got Married – Many scenes of downtown Petaluma, especially Washington St., made over to resemble the 1950s, and exterior and interior shots of Santa Rosa High School.
• 1993 Nowhere to Run – Coleman Valley Road, Occidental, for farmhouse and pond scenes.
• 1996 Phenomenon – Santa Rosa Junior College.
• 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There –
• 2001 Bandits – Flamingo Hotel; Clover milk truck featuring local icon "Clo the cow"; and rural County roads (also Marin County)

Asti

• 1973 Steel Arena – Schoolhouse and store

Bodega

• 1963 The Birds – Church and schoolhouse (also Marin County)
• 1985 The Goonies – Final scene

Cazadero

• 1993 The Beverly Hillbillies

Cloverdale

• 1955 Many Rivers to Cross –
• 1993 So I Married an Axe Murderer – Cloverdale Airport (also San Francisco and Alcatraz).

Cotati

• 1947 The Farmer's Daughter – Penngrove and Cotati.
• 1990 Flatliners – (also Los Angeles, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry).^[2]

Glen Ellen

• 1982 Shoot the Moon – Glen Ellen and Jack London's Wolf House (also Marin County).
• 2008 Bottle Shock –

Healdsburg

• 1996 Scream (film) – Healdsburg Plaza, Healdsburg City Hall (also Glen Ellen, Santa Rosa, and Sonoma)
• 1999 Mumford

Occidental

• 1993 Nowhere to Run – Taylor Lane and Occidental with farmhouse and pond scenes.

Penngrove

• 1947 The Farmer's Daughter – Penngrove and Cotati.

Petaluma

• 1973 American Graffiti – Many scenes filmed in and around downtown Petaluma. Drag race scenes on Petaluma Blvd and near the end of the movie on Frates Rd.
• 1984 Impulse – Farm sequences filmed in Petaluma.
• 1986 Howard the Duck Flight scenes with Petaluma Bridge.
• 1997 Inventing the Abbotts Downtown scenes. They brought in a snow machine.
• 1999 True Crime – The Washoe House restaurant on Stony Point Road

Rohnert Park

• 1992 Basic Instinct – Petaluma and Rohnert Park (also Carmel and San Francisco)
• 1994 Getting Even With Dad – Rohnert Park Scandia Fun Center
• 2009 Biggest Loser – Rohnert Park, at the Rancho Cotate High School football field, and in the gym.

Russian River

• 1914 Salomy Jane – Guerneville, Monte Rio (also Marin County, near Mount Tamalpais).
• 1925 Braveheart – Along the river.
• 1942 Holiday Inn – Village Inn Lodge in Monte Rio as the "Holiday Inn" with tons of artificial snow.

Sebastopol

• 1949 Thieves' Highway – Gold Ridge Road.
• 1985 Smooth Talk – Sebastopol, Gravenstein Highway and Santa Rosa.
• 1996 Phenomenon – Blank Road.
• 1999 Mumford – Sebastopol, Analy High School.
• 2017 13 Reasons Why – Sebastopol, Analy High School.

Santa Rosa

• 1943 Shadow of a Doubt – Courthouse Square, Railroad Square, Library, Hotel La Rose, Tower Theater.
• 2003 S.W.A.T. (End of Movie where private plane gets hijacked – @ Sonoma County Airport /"Charles Schulz Airport") –

See: Santa Rosa, Larkfield, Windsor, Wikiup California#Film locations

Sonoma

• 1973 American Graffiti – Schellville along Highway 121 between Napa and Petaluma.^[3]
• 1978 The Magic of Lassie – Hop Kiln Winery.
• 1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream – Sonoma (also Oakland, San Bruno, San Francisco, and Marin).
• 1996 Scream – Sonoma Community Center on East Napa Street.^[4]
• 2001 The Animal – Sonoma City Hall as Police Headquarters; Historic Plaza.
• 2008 Bottle Shock – Sonoma Plaza and Duhig Road (road labeled "To Davis"), Kunde Winery.