Editing Santa Barbara, California (section)

==In popular culture==

Several films have been fully or partially set in Santa Barbara, including:

* ''[[What Price Hollywood?]]'', a 1932 [[pre-Code Hollywood]] drama
* ''[[Steal Big Steal Little]]'', a 1995 American comedy<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Woodard |first1=Josef |date=January 15, 2020 |title=SBIFF: Andrew Davis Interviewed |url=https://www.independent.com/2020/01/14/sbiff-andrew-davis-interviewed/ |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=The Santa Barbara Independent |language=en-US |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108013038/https://www.independent.com/2020/01/14/sbiff-andrew-davis-interviewed/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[A Date with Judy (film)|A Date with Judy]]'', a 1948 [[MGM]] musical film
* ''[[The Graduate]]'', a 1967 American romantic comedy-drama 
* ''[[The Gumball Rally]]'', a 1976 American comedy
* ''[[Cutter's Way]]'', a 1981 American [[neo-noir]] thriller
* ''[[Demolition Man (film)|Demolition Man]]'', a 1993 American science fiction action film
* ''[[My Favorite Martian (film)|My Favorite Martian]]'', a 1999 American science fiction comedy film, which was filmed on location<ref>{{cite web|title= City Film Permits|url=https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/waterfront/rates/film.asp|access-date=February 20, 2021|website=Santa Barbara |date=August 20, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201184212/https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/waterfront/rates/film.asp |archive-date= December 1, 2020 }}</ref> 
* ''[[Cruel Intentions 3]]'', a 2004 direct-to-video teen drama film
* ''[[Alpha Dog]]'', 2006, an American crime drama based on the true story of the kidnapping and murder of [[Murder of Nicholas Markowitz|Nicholas Markowitz]] at the hands of [[Jesse James Hollywood]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 21, 2009 |title=Hollywood's Day in Court |url=https://www.independent.com/2009/05/21/hollywoods-day-court/ |first1=Amy |last1=Silverstein |first2=Chris |last2=Meagher |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=The Santa Barbara Independent |language=en-US |archive-date=April 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413134126/http://www.independent.com/news/2009/may/21/hollywoods-day-court/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[It's Complicated (film)|It's Complicated]]'', a 2009 American romantic comedy
* ''[[Santa Barbara (film)|Santa Barbara]]'', a 2014 South Korean romance
* ''[[20th Century Women]]'', a 2016 American comedy-drama 
* ''[[Psych 2: Lassie Come Home]]'', a 2020 American made-for-television comedy

''[[Psych]]'' was set in Santa Barbara, though [[White Rock, British Columbia|White Rock]], British Columbia, Canada, was used as the filming location.<ref>{{cite web|title=Psych (TV Series 2006–2014) - Filming & production |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491738/locations|work= IMDb |access-date=July 5, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129132723/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491738/locations |archive-date= November 29, 2010 }}</ref>

''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]],'' the popular soap opera set locally, aired on NBC from 1984 to 1993.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hopkins |first=Valerie |date=December 7, 2021 |title=From Soap Opera to Art: Why a Moscow Museum Is Re-Enacting 'Santa Barbara' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/arts/design/santa-barbara-ges-2-moscow-ragnar-kjartansson.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 8, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108013037/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/arts/design/santa-barbara-ges-2-moscow-ragnar-kjartansson.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The TV series ''[[Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law]]'' was set in Santa Barbara.

''[[An American Family]]'', which is known as the first American reality television show, chronicled the daily lives of a family living in Santa Barbara.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Craig Gilbert, creator of 'An American Family,' called the first reality TV show, dies at 94 |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/craig-gilbert-creator-of-an-american-family-called-the-first-reality-tv-show-dies-at-94/2020/04/18/ea66b34c-7e4e-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html |access-date=November 8, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

A portion of the 2020 video game ''[[The Last of Us II|The Last of Us Part II]]'' takes place in Santa Barbara.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Last of Us 2 Walkthrough Chapter 10: Santa Barbara – The Resort|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/the-last-of-us-2-walkthrough-chapter-10-santa-barbara-the-resort|work=ign.com|date=June 19, 2020 |access-date=January 2, 2021}}</ref>

In 2022, shooting began on season 4 of the reality TV series ''[[Love Island (American season 4)|Love Island]],'' which is set at Dos Pueblos Ranch, a 214-acre ranch west of [[Goleta, California|Goleta]].