Films Set in Hawaii

2006

• KU‘U A‘INA ALOHA: MY BELOVED COUNTRY; Documentary about the Overthrow; Molokai, Kaho’olawe, Oahu.

2005

• THE SHAGGY DOG; Walt Disney Pictures; Tim Allen, Kristin Davis; Oahu.
• YOU, ME, AND DUPREE; Universal Pictures; Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Owen Wilson; Oahu.
• SNAKES ON A PLANE; New Line Cinema; Samuel L. Jackson; Oahu.
• THE ORB; Sandust Productions; Independent horror film; Oahu.

2004

• THE HAWAIIANS: REFLECTING SPIRIT; FilmWorks Pacific; Documentary directed by Edgy Lee; Multiple Islands.

2003

• 50 FIRST DATES; Columbia Pictures; Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore; Oahu.
• THE HULK; Universal Pictures; Eric Bana; Maui.
• EMBRACING MANA; Toho Films (Japan); Iayoko Kawahara; Big Island.
• ALONG CAME POLLY; Universal Pictures; Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing; Oahu.
• ICE: HAWAII’S CRYSTAL METH EPIDEMIC; FilmWorks Pacific; Documentary directed by Edgy Lee; Multiple Islands.

2002

• THE BIG BOUNCE; Shangra-La Entertainment; Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman; Oahu.
• HELLDORADO; Universal Pictures; Dwayne Johnson (The Rock), Christopher Walken; Oahu.
• CHARLIE’S ANGELS II — FULL THROTTLE; Columbia Pictures; Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu; 2nd unit, Oahu.
• TEARS OF THE SUN; Revolution Studios; Bruce Willis, Monica Belucci; Oahu, plate shots on Kauai.
• BLUE CRUSH; Universal/Imagine Entertainment; Kate Bosworth, Faizon Love; Oahu.
• DIE ANOTHER DAY; 20th Century Fox;James Bond film; MGM; Pierce Brosnan; opening sequence; Maui.

2001

• LILO & STITCH; WaltDisney Pictures; animated; voices of Daveigh Chase, Jason Scott Lee; Tia Carrere; Kauai.
• THE TIME MACHINE; Dreamworks/WB; Guy Pearce; Kauai.
• DRAGONFLY; NDE Productions; Kevin Costner; Kauai.
• PLANET OF THE APES; 20th Century Fox; Mark Wahlberg; Big Island.
• FINAL FANTASY; Columbia Pictures; computer animated; produced by Square USA; Oahu.
• PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE; Revolution Studios; Adam Sandler; Oahu.
• THE RIDE; Third Reef Pictures; Scot Davis, Sean Kaawa; Oahu.

2000

• THE NIGHT MARCHERS; Cousins Brothers Productions; Blake and Brent Cousins; Big Island.
• THE TESTAMENTS (formerly titled Legacy II); Deseret Media; IMAX biblical feature for LDS; Kauai.
• WAIKIKI: IN THE WAKE OF DREAMS; FilmWorks; documentary; Edgy Lee, writer-producer.
• JURASSIC PARK III; Universal/DreamWorks; Sam Niell, Tea Leoni; Kauai, Oahu, Molokai.
• WINDTALKERS; MGM; Nicolas Cage, Christian Slater, Adam Beach; Oahu.
• TO END ALL WARS; Argyll Film Partners; Keifer Sutherland; Kauai.
• PEARL HARBOR; Jerry Bruckheimer/MichaelBay/Disney; Ben Affleck; Oahu.

1999

• THE BIG SHOW; Cinequannon Prods.; Japanese musical by Shigeru Muroi; Oahu.
• OFF THE LIP; Abandoned Pictures; Robert Michelson, pdcr/dir; Maui.

1998

• MOLOKAI: The True Story of Father Damien; ERA Films (Belgium); David Wenham and Peter O’Toole; Molokai & Oahu.
• MOONGLOW; Latitude 20 Pictures; Joe Moore and Milo O’Shea; Oahu.

1997

• PANIOLO ‘O HAWAII, COWBOYS OF THE FAR WEST; FilmWorks; documentary; Edgy Lee, writer-producer.
• 6 DAYS/7 NIGHTS; Touchstone Pictures; Harrison Ford and Anne Heche; Kauai.
• DINOSAURS, Walt Disney Pictures; animated feature; Big Island, Maui and Kauai.
• CITY OF ANGELS; Atlas Entertainment; Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan; Oahu.
• RETURN TO SAVAGE BEACH, Skyhawk Films; Maui.
• GODZILLA; TriStar Pictures; Matthew Broderick and Hank Azaria; Oahu.
• LANI LOA–THE HEAVENLY PASSAGE; Chrome Dragon Films; Angus MacFadyen and Ray Bumatai; Big Island.
• SPHERE; Warner Bros., Dustin Hoffman and Sharon Stone; Oahu.
• KRIPPENDORF’S TRIBE; Touchstone Pictures; Richard Dreyfuss and Lily Tomlin; Oahu.
• RACE TO THE VOLCANO; Angel Grove Productions; Mighty Morphin Power Rangers; Maui.
• MIGHTY JOE YOUNG; Walt Disney Pictures; Bill Paxton; Kauai and Oahu.
• MEET…THE DEEDLES; Walt Disney Pictures; Dennis Hopper, Oahu.

1996

• A VERY BRADY SEQUEL; Parmount Pictures; Shelley Long, Gary Cole, and Tim Matheson; Oahu.
• BEYOND PARADISE (originally titled KAMA’AINA); Brickwood Galuteria; Oahu and Big Island.
• GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE; Walt Disney Pictures; Brendan Fraser and Leslie Mann; Oahu and Kauai.
• THE LOST WORLD; Universal Studios; Jeff Goldblum; Kauai.
• IN GOD’S HANDS; Big Wave Productions, directed by Zalman King; Oahu & Maui.
• GANG RELATED; Orion Pictures; Lela Rochon

1995

• RACE THE SUN; Tri-Star/Sony; Jim Belushi, Halle Berry, Joseph Cho, Anthony Ruivivar, Adriane Uganiza; Oahu.
• THEN THERE WERE NONE; Hawaiian history documentary; Elizabeth Lindsey, writer/producer.

1994

• WATERWORLD; MCA/Universal City Studios; Kevin Costner and Jeanne Tripplehorn; Big Island.
• UNDER THE HULA MOON; Jersey Born Pictures; Stephen Baldwin, Emily Lloyd, Chris Penn; Oahu.
• OUTBREAK; Warner Brothers; Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman and Rene Russo; Kauai.
• BORN TO BE WILD; Fine Animal Productions/Warner Brothers; Helen Shaver, Peter Boyle and Wil Horneff; Oahu.
• DON JUAN DeMARCO; Juno Pictures; Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando and Faye Dunaway; Oahu.

1993

• NORTH; Rob Reiner – Castle Rock Pictures; Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood, Jason Alexander, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus; Kauai.
• AIRBORNE; Icon Productions; Marty Thomas, Shane McDermott and Seth Green; Oahu.
• EXIT TO EDEN; Savoy Pictures; Dana Delany, Paul Mercurio, Dan Aykroyd and Rosie O’Donnell; Lanai.
• PICTURE BRIDE; A Thousand Cranes Filmworks; Toshiro Mifune, Yuki Kudoh, Akira Takayama, Tamlyn Tomita, and Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa; Oahu.

1992

• NEMESIS; Greenleaf Productions; Oliver Gruner, Tim Thomerson and Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa; Big Island.
• JURASSIC PARK; Steven Spielberg – Amblin Entertainment; Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill and Sir Richard Attenborough; Kauai.
• SLIVER; Paramount; Sharon Stone and William Baldwin; Big Island. (Hawaii footage deleted in final edit.)
• SURF NINJAS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA; Katja Motion Picture Corp.; Oahu and Maui.

1991

• WIND; Filmlink International Zoetrope Studios; Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey and Cliff Robertson; Oahu.
• HONEYMOON IN VEGAS; CastleRock; James Caan, Sarah Jessica Parker and Nicholas Cage; Kauai.
• GOODBYE PARADISE; Latitude 20 Pictures; Joe Moore and Pat Morita; Oahu.
• UNDER SIEGE; Steven Segal; Oahu.
• HOOK; ILM; Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman and Julia Roberts; Kauai.
• HARD HUNTED; November Down Company.
• DO OR DIE; November Down Company/Malibu Bay Films; Drew Sidaris; Molokai.

1990

• POINT BREAK; Largo Entertainment; Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves; Oahu.
• HAWAII: BORN INTO PARADISE; Hawaii Research Productions; IMAX Film.
• WISHMAN; Wishman Productions.

1989

• SAVAGE BEACH; Sidaris Productions; Molokai.
• FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER; Paramount; Willem Dafoe, Danny Glover and Rosanna Arquette; Kauai.
• LORD OF THE FLIES; Castle Rock Pictures; Kauai.
• JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO; Warner Brothers; Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan; Oahu.

1988

• FISTS OF STEEL; Sanford Entertainment; Carlos Palomino and Marianne Marks.
• POLYNESIAN ODYSSEY; IMAX Films.
• TRAVELS WITH SAZAE-SAN; Producer Kiyoshi Suzuki; Keiko Takeshita, Haruko Kato and Midori Kuichi; Kauai.

1987

• NORTH SHORE; Pipeline Productions; Gregory Harrison; Turtle BayHilton, Oahu.
• THROW MAMA FROM THE TRAIN; Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal;Kauai.
• FAREWELL TO THE KING; Orion pictures; Nick Nolte.
• HAWAIIAN DREAM; New Century Producers (Japan).
• PICASSO TRIGGER; Picasso Trigger (A. Sedaris); Molokai.

1986

• ISLANDS OF THE ALIVE; Larco; Mike Moriarty; Kauai.
• HARD TICKET TO HAWAII; Hard Ticket Company (A. Sedaris);Molokai.

1985

• KARATE KID II; Columbia Pictures; Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio;Oahu.
• BLACK WIDOW; 20th Century Fox; Debra Winger; Big Island.

1984

• RADIOACTIVE DREAMS; Radioactive Dreams Productions, Inc.;Hawaii.
• HANAUMA BAY; Hanauma Bay Productions; Oahu.

1983

• UNCOMMON VALOR; Paramount Productions; Gene Hackman;Kauai.
• BEHOLD HAWAII; MacGillivray-Freeman Productions; IMAX; Blaine Kia and Kimo Kahoano; Kauai.

1981

• BODY HEAT; Warner/Ladd; William Hurt, Kathleen Turner and Richard Crenna; Kauai.
• BUDDY BUDDY; MGM; Walter Matthau and Jack Lemon; Oahu.

1980

• RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK; Lucas-Spielberg Productions;Harrison Ford; Kauai.

1979

• THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED; Irwin Allen, Paul Newman and William Holden; Big Island.
• FINAL COUNTDOWN; UA; Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen and Katherine Ross.
• LAST FLIGHT OF NOAH’S ARK; Walt Disney; Elliot Gould and Ricky Schroeder; Kauai.
• “10”; Warner Brothers; Dudley Moore and Bo Derek.
• ROUGH CUT; Paramount/David Merrick; Burt Reynolds and DavidNiven.

1978

• GOING COCONUTS; Donnie and Marie Osmond.
• MAUI; feature film.
• SEVEN; A. Sedaris Films; feature film.
• INVITATION FROM BEACH; Japanese feature film.

1977

• DAMIEN; PHA; Don Murray, Writer-director; Padre, HumbertoAlmazan; Oahu.
• THE DEEP; Columbia/EMI; Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, and Robert Shaw.
• ACAPULCO GOLD; Mar Vista; Marjoe Gortner; Robert Lansing and Ed Nelson; Kauai.
• ISLANDS IN THE STREAM; Connaught-Paramount; George C. Scott; Kauai.

1976

• HOT LIPS AND INNER TUBES; Yuri Farrant; surfing movie.
• MIDWAY; Universal; Charleton Heston, Henry Fonda and Toshiro Mifune.
• KING KONG; Paramount-Dino DeLaurentis; Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges and Charles Grodin; Napali, Kauai.
• SUNDANCE; Carl Mastalka; surfing movie.

1975

• ALOHA MEANS GOODBYE; James Franciscus and Sally Struthers.
• GOIN’ SURFING; MacGillivray and Freeman; Oahu.

1974

• CASTAWAY COWBOY; Buena Vista; James Garner and Vera Miles;Kauai.
• HE IS MY BROTHER; Cinema Financial of America; Kathy Paulo and Bobby Sherman.

1973

• PAPILLON; Allied Artists; Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen.

1970

• THE HAWAIIANS; United Artists; Charleton Heston; Maui and Kauai.
• TORA! TORA! TORA!; 20th Century Fox; Jason Robards, Martin Balsam and Joseph Cotton.

1968

• LOST FLIGHT; Universal Studios; Billy Dee Williams, Lloyd Bridges and Anne Francis; Kauai.
• KONA COAST; Warner Brothers; Richard Boone and Vera Miles.
• YOAKE NO FUTARI (Rainbow over the Pacific, in Japanese); Shochiku Yukio;Kauai.
• LOVERS AT DAWN; Mirisch Productions; (in Japanese); Kauai.

1967

• BIKINIS IN PARADISE; Cinema 3; local cast.
• HAWAII NO IKIRU (Life in Hawaii, in Japanese).

1966

• LT. ROBIN CRUSOE, USN.; Buena Vista; Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan; Kauai.
• HAWAII ESCAPADE; Tiare Wood.
• TIKO AND THE SHARK; MGM; Marlene Among and Al Kaue.
• PARADISE, HAWAIIAN STYLE; Paramount; Elvis Presley.
• THE ENDLESS SUMMER; Bruce Brown; documentary.
• HAWAII; United Artists; Julie Andrews and Max von Sydow; Oahu and Kauai.

1965

• NONE BUT THE BRAVE; Warner Brothers; Frank Sinatra and Clint Walker; Kauai.
• IN HARM’S WAY; Paramount; John Wayne and Kirk Douglas; Oahu.
• OPERATION ATTACK; Selmur Production; Kauai.
• ALOHA; Lea Productions; Amalia Fuentes and Romeo Vasques; (in Tagalog).

1964

• RIDE THE WILD SURF; Columbia; Fabian, Tab Hunter, Shelly Fabares; Oahu.

1963

• DIAMOND HEAD; Columbia; Charlton Heston; Big Island and Kauai.
• HONOLULU-TOKYO-HONG KONG
• GILLIGAN’S TRAVEL; United Artists; Bob Denver; Jim Backus; Kauai.
• YOUNG GUY IN HAWAII (HAWAII NO WAKADAISHO); (in Japanese).
• DONOVAN’S REEF; Paramount; John Wayne; Kauai.
• THREE GENTS IN HAWAII
• UNLUCKY LUCK
• ALOHA, THREE GENTS
• RAMPAGE; Warner Brothers; Robert Mitchum; Big Island.

1962

• SANGA ARI; Shochiku; Hideko Takamine; (in Japanese).
• GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!; Paramount; Elvis Presley.

1961

• SLIPPERY WHEN WET
• GIDGET GOES HAWAIIAN; Columbia; James Darren.
• SEVEN WOMEN FROM HELL; 20th Century Fox; Denise Darcel; Kauai.
• BLUE HAWAII; Paramount; Elvis Presley; Kauai.
• DEVIL AT FOUR O’CLOCK; Columbia; Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra; Maui.

1960

• WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMY; Columbia; Jack Lemmon; Ricky Nelson; Kauai.

1958

• SOUTH PACIFIC; 20th Century Fox; Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor; Kauai.
• THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA; Warner Bros; Spencer Tracy; Big Island and Oahu.
• TWILIGHT FOR THE GODS; Universal; Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse; Maui and Oahu.
• SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE; Stanley Warner Cinema; travelogue; Waikiki, Oahu.
• SURF SAFARI
• SHE GODS OF SHARK REEF; American International; Don Durant and Lisa Montell; Kauai.
• GHOST OF THE CHINA SEA; Columbia; David Brian.

1957

• THE ENEMY BELOW; 20th Century Fox; Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens.
• FORBIDDEN ISLAND; Columbia; John Hall; Kauai.
• NAKED PARADISE; American International Pictures and Sunset Producitons; Richard Denning, Beverly Garland and Lisa Montell; Kauai.
• VOODOO ISLAND; United Artists; Boris Karloff and Beverly Tyler; Kauai.
• JUNGLE HEAT; Bel-Air/United Artists; Lex Barker and Mari Blanchard; Kauai.

1956

• THE REVOLT OF MAMIE STOVER; 20th Century Fox; Jane Russell and Richard Egan; Oahu.
• BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL; 20th Century Fox; Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford and Buddy Ebsen; Kauai.
• THE LIEUTENANT WORE SKIRTS; 20th Century Fox; Tom Ewell, Sheree North and Rita Moreno; Oahu.
• FLIGHT TO HONG KONG; United Artists; Rory Calhoun and Dolores Donlon; Oahu.
• BEACH HEAD; Audrey Schenck Production; Tony Curtis; Kauai.

1955

• MR. ROBERTS; Warner Brothers; Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon and James Cagney.
• UNDERWATER; RKO-Radio; Jane Russell and Gilbert Roland; Big Island and Oahu.
• THE ETERNAL SEA; Republic; Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger and Alexis Smith; Pearl Harbor, Oahu.

1954

• THE CAINE MUTINY; Columbia Pictures; Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray and Jose Ferrer; (aboard ship).
• MISS SADIE THOMPSON; Columbia Pictures; Rita Hayworth and Jose Ferrer; Kauai.
• HELL’S HALF ACRE; Republic; Wendall Corey; Evelyn Keyes and Elsa Lanchester; Oahu.
• THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY; Warner Brothers; John Wayne, Robert Stack and Claire Trevor.
• HAWAII CHINDOCHU (UNUSUAL TRIP TO HAWAII); Sadao Sugihara/Shintoku Studio; Chiemi Eri, Yoshio Tabata, Shunji Sakai; Oahu and Kauai.

1953

• FROM HERE TO ETERNITY; Columbia Pictures; Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed; Oahu.
• HAWAII NO YORU (HAWAIIAN NIGHT); Shintoho; Koji Tsuruta, Keiko Kishi; Oahu; Neighbor Islands.

1952

• BIG JIM McLAIN; Warner Brothers; John Wayne and James Arness; Oahu.

1951

• BIRD OF PARADISE; 20th Century Fox; Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget and Louis Jordan; Big Island, Oahu and Kauai.
• OPERATION PACIFIC; Warner Brothers; John Wayne and Patricia Neal; Oahu.

1950

• PAGAN LOVE SONG; MGM; Esther Williams and Howard Keel; Kauai.
• DAMIEN; Hawaiian Productions, Ltd.; Russell Collins; Molokai and Oahu.

1948

• MILLION DOLLAR WEEKEND; Eagle-Lion; Gene Raymond and Francis Lederer.

1945

• HAWAIIAN MEMORIES; Bud Browne, producer.

1943

• THE BIG SURF; Bud Browne, producer.

1942

• SONG OF THE ISLANDS; 20th Century Fox; Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Jack Oakie; Big Island.

1940

• SOUTH OF PAGO PAGO; United Artists; Victor McLagen and Frances Farmer; Big Island.
• KARAYO; (in Ilocano); Katy Evangelio and Faustino Gambra; Oahu.
• LINGLINGAY; Madolora Cabalora Amusements; Max Velasco, FelisaCatalona, Rose Labrador.(Musical)

1938

• HAWAII CALLS; RKO; Bobby Breen; Maui and Oahu.
• HAWAIIAN BUCKAROO; 20th Century Fox; Smith Ballew and Evalyn Knapp; Parker Ranch, Big Island.

1937

• WAIKIKI WEDDING; Paramount; Bing Crosby, Martha Raye and Anthony Quinn, Oahu.
• LOVERS IN HAWAII’S PARADISE; Hoshi Reiko, Sugi Kyoji and Shima Koji.

1935

• NAVY WIFE; 20th Century Fox; Claire Trevor and Ralph Bellamy; Oahu.
• CURLY TOP; Shirley Temple.

1934

• FOUR FRIGHTENED PEOPLE; Paramount; Claudette Colbert and Herbert Marshall; Big Island.

1933

• HELL BELOW; MGM; Robert Montgomery, Walt Huston and Jimmy Durante; Pearl Harbor, Oahu.
• WHITE HEAT; Seven Seas (J.D. Trop); Virginia Cherrill, Mona Maris, Hardie Albright, David Newell; Kauai.

1932

• BIRD OF PARADISE; RKO; Dolores Del Rio and Joel McCrea; Oahu.

1931

• THE BLACK CAMEL; 20th Century Fox; Warner Oland, Bela Lugosi and Robert Young; Oahu.

1930

• FEET FIRST; Paramount; Harold Lloyd and Barbara Kent; Oahu.
• ALOHA HAWAII; Lawrence Barber, Libby Keanini, Winona Love; Big Island and Oahu.

1929

• HIS CAPTIVE WOMAN; First National Pictures; Milton Sills and Dorothy Mackaill; Big Island.
• THE KAMAAINA; Junior League of Honolulu; Kinau Wilder McVay, Jack Walker and Harold Dillingham; Oahu.

1925

• DANGEROUS INNOCENCE; Universal; Laura La Plante and Jean Heersholt.

1923

• VENGEANCE OF THE DEEP; American Releasing Corp.; Richard Arlen; Oahu.
• THE WHITE FLOWER; Famous Players-Lasky; Betty Compsen and Edmund Lowe; Big Island and Oahu.

1922

• THE BONDED WOMAN; Paramount; Betty Compson, John Boles and Richard Dix.

1921

• PASSION FRUIT; Metro Studio; Doraldina, Edward Earle, Stuart Holmes; Oahu.
• THE BLACK LILY; Hawaiian Motion Picture Co.; Peggy Aldrich and J.J. Banks; Oahu.

1919

• A FALLEN IDOL; Fox; Evelyn Nesbit, Thelma Parker.

1918

• THE HIDDEN PEARLS; Paramount; Sessue Hayakawa; Big Island and Oahu.

1916

• KAOLULOLANI; Aloha Film Co.; Ned Steel and Helen Holmes.

1914

• THE NATION’S PERIL; William Crawford and Marie Walcamp; Oahu.

1913

• HAWAIIAN LOVE and THE SHARK GOD; Universal; Virginia Brissac and James Dillon; two 1-reelers; first Hollywood production in Hawaii; Oahu.