Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson will release his forthcoming locally shot film, "One Battle after another" on September 26, 2025. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, and Sean Penn, the film has already captured industry buzz. In addition to its award-winning cast and director, the production stands out for its distinctive filming locations, including sequences shot in and around Borrego Springs.

American survival-crime-thriller film written and directed by Jesse Harris. The film stars Lucy Hale, Leynar Gomez, Nicholas Gonzalez, Olivia Trujillo, and Jorge A. Jimenez. The film is about a kidnapped botanist working in the desert of California.

Last Days in the Desert is a 2015 American drama film directed and written by Rodrigo García. A variation on the biblical story of the Temptation of Christ, the film stars Ewan McGregor in a dual role of Jesus - referred to in the film as "Yeshua" - and a demon who may or may not be Satan, while Tye Sheridan, Ciarán Hinds and Ayelet Zurer play a family they meet while in the desert.

An American biographical adventure drama directed, written, and co-produced by Sean Penn Based on Jon Krakauer’s 1996 non-fiction book, the film recounts the journey of Christopher McCandless—who adopted the name “Alexander Supertramp”—as he traveled across North America and ventured deep into the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s. Emile Hirsch stars as McCandless, alongside Hal Holbrook and Catherine Keener.