Elvis Presley at Hanauma Bay

History of Movies Made in Hawaii

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – 2011

Battleship – 2010

A Perfect Getaway – 2009

Princess Kaiulani – 2009

Avatar – 2009

Forgetting Sarah Marshall – 2008

Tropic Thunder – 2008

Pipeline – 2006

The Big Bounce – 2004

2003

50 FIRST DATES; Columbia Pictures; Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore; Oahu.

50 First Dates

THE HULK; Universal Pictures; Eric Bana; Maui.

EMBRACING MANA; Toho Films (Japan); Iayoko Kawahara; Big Island.

THE UNTITLED HAMBURG PROJECT; Universal Pictures; Ben Stiller, Debra
Messing; Oahu.

2002

THE BIG BOUNCE; Shangra-La Entertainment; Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman;
Oahu.

CHARLIE’S ANGELS II – FULL THROTTLE; Columbia Pictures; Cameron Diaz,
Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu; 2nd unit, Oahu.

THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW; 20th Century Fox; Dennis Quaid; Big Island

HELLDORADO; Universal Pictures; Dwayne Johnson (The Rock), Christopher
Walken; Oahu.

TEARS OF THE SUN (formerly the “Untitled Willis/Fuqua Project”); Revolution
Studios/Cheyenne Enterprises; Bruce Willis, Monica Belucci; Oahu, plate
shots on Kauai.

BLUE CRUSH; Universal Studios/Imagine Entertainment; Kate Bosworth, Faizon
Love; Oahu.

FINAL EXAM; Hawaii Filmwerks; Brent Huff, KariWuhrer; Big Island.

KAPU; Hawaii Filmwerks; Big Island

DIE ANOTHER DAY; 20TH James Bond film; MGM; Pierce Brosnan; opening
sequence; Maui.

2001

LILO & STITCH; Walt Disney Pictures; animated; voices of Daveigh Chase, Jason
Scott Lee; Tia Carrere; Kauai and Oahu.

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 docudrama
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 and Big Island.

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; Oahu.

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 Bay Hilton, 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; Oahu.

ROUGH CUT; Paramount/David Merrick; Burt Reynolds and David Niven.

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, Humberto Almazan; 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; Oahu.

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; Maui.

1970

THE HAWAIIANS; United Artists; Charleton Heston; Maui and Kauai.

TORA! TORA! TORA!; 20th Century Fox; Jason Robards, Martin Balsam and Joseph
Cotton; Oahu.

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; Oahu.

THE ENDLESS SUMMER; Bruce Brown; documentary; Oahu.

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; Oahu.

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 and Oahu.

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; 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;
Oahu.

THE SEA CHASE; Warner Brothers; John Wayne and Laura Turner; Big Island.

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, 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, 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.