Which movies were filmed in Hawaii?
The magic of Hollywood is that oftentimes movies aren't filmed anywhere near where they purport to be taking place. California may be home to Hollywood, but so many of your favorite films were set against backdrops far removed from the glitterati of the West Coast.
With huge studios like Warner Bros., MGM, and RKO Pictures churning out film after film during the heyday of the silver screen, California made a name for itself as the cornerstone for all things movies. As the industry has continued to shift, however, that has begun to change.
From the need for more rural settings to a director's desire to get everything as historically accurate as possible, not to mention the attractive tax incentives offered by states outside of California, crews are increasingly enticed to look elsewhere when filming. More and more, shoots take place in the most unexpected places in a quest to entertain, and sometimes, to make film history. Have you ever wondered where the Cullen house in the "Twilight" movies actually is? (The answer is Oregon.) How about the location of where the wasteland astronauts trekked in "Planet of the Apes" from 1968? (Answer: Arizona.)
With that in mind, Stacker compiled a list of movies filmed in Hawaii using data from Movie Locations. Additional information about each film was collected from IMDb. Some films may have been omitted due to data dissimilarities and lack of corresponding information found on IMDb.
50 First Dates (2004)
- Director: Peter Segal
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (372K reviews)
- Runtime: 99 minutes
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, and Romance
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, and Rob Schneider
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
- Director: Peyton Reed
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (435K reviews)
- Runtime: 118 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Comedy
- Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and Michael Peña
Blue Hawaii (1961)
- Director: Norman Taurog
- IMDb user rating: 6.1 (7.2K reviews)
- Runtime: 102 minutes
- Genres: Comedy and Musical
- Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, and Angela Lansbury
Body Heat (1981)
- Director: Lawrence Kasdan
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (39K reviews)
- Runtime: 113 minutes
- Genres: Crime, Drama, and Romance
- Cast: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Richard Crenna
Die Another Day (2002)
- Director: Lee Tamahori
- IMDb user rating: 6.1 (225K reviews)
- Runtime: 133 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Thriller
- Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, and Rosamund Pike
Donovan's Reef (1963)
- Director: John Ford
- IMDb user rating: 6.7 (9.6K reviews)
- Runtime: 109 minutes
- Genres: Adventure, Comedy, and Romance
- Cast: John Wayne, Lee Marvin, and Elizabeth Allen
Feet First (1930)
- Director: Clyde Bruckman
- IMDb user rating: 6.7 (1.2K reviews)
- Runtime: 93 minutes
- Genres: Adventure, Comedy, and Family
- Cast: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, and Robert McWade
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
- Director: Nicholas Stoller
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (297K reviews)
- Runtime: 111 minutes
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, and Romance
- Cast: Kristen Bell, Jason Segel, and Paul Rudd
From Here to Eternity (1953)
- Director: Fred Zinnemann
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (50K reviews)
- Runtime: 118 minutes
- Genres: Drama, Romance, and War
- Cast: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Deborah Kerr
Godzilla (1998)
- Director: Roland Emmerich
- IMDb user rating: 5.4 (199K reviews)
- Runtime: 139 minutes
- Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
- Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, and Maria Pitillo
Godzilla (2014)
- Director: Gareth Edwards
- IMDb user rating: 6.4 (428K reviews)
- Runtime: 123 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, and Bryan Cranston
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
- Director: Andrew Bergman
- IMDb user rating: 5.8 (19K reviews)
- Runtime: 96 minutes
- Genres: Comedy, Romance, and Thriller
- Cast: James Caan, Nicolas Cage, and Sarah Jessica Parker
Hook (1991)
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (267K reviews)
- Runtime: 142 minutes
- Genres: Adventure, Comedy, and Family
- Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, and Julia Roberts
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- Director: Francis Lawrence
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (693K reviews)
- Runtime: 146 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- IMDb user rating: 6.2 (481K reviews)
- Runtime: 122 minutes
- Genres: Action and Adventure
- Cast: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, and Shia LaBeouf
Jurassic Park (1993)
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (1M reviews)
- Runtime: 127 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum
Jurassic Park III (2001)
- Director: Joe Johnston
- IMDb user rating: 5.9 (335K reviews)
- Runtime: 92 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, and Téa Leoni
Jurassic World (2015)
- Director: Colin Trevorrow
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (666K reviews)
- Runtime: 124 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Ty Simpkins
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
- Director: J.A. Bayona
- IMDb user rating: 6.1 (334K reviews)
- Runtime: 128 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Rafe Spall
King Kong (1976)
- Director: John Guillermin
- IMDb user rating: 5.9 (34K reviews)
- Runtime: 134 minutes
- Genres: Adventure and Horror
- Cast: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- IMDb user rating: 6.5 (435K reviews)
- Runtime: 129 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, and Pete Postlethwaite
Mister Roberts (1955)
- Director: John Ford
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (18K reviews)
- Runtime: 123 minutes
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, and War
- Cast: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, and William Powell
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
- Director: Lewis Milestone
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (17K reviews)
- Runtime: 178 minutes
- Genres: Adventure, Drama, and History
- Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, and Richard Harris
Oblivion (2013)
- Director: Joseph Kosinski
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (543K reviews)
- Runtime: 124 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, and Andrea Riseborough
Outbreak (1995)
- Director: Wolfgang Petersen
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (135K reviews)
- Runtime: 127 minutes
- Genres: Action, Drama, and Thriller
- Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, and Morgan Freeman
Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Director: Michael Bay
- IMDb user rating: 6.2 (345K reviews)
- Runtime: 183 minutes
- Genres: Action, Drama, and History
- Cast: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, and Josh Hartnett
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
- Director: Rob Marshall
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (550K reviews)
- Runtime: 136 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Fantasy
- Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, and Ian McShane
Point Break (1991)
- Director: Kathryn Bigelow
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (195K reviews)
- Runtime: 122 minutes
- Genres: Action, Crime, and Thriller
- Cast: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, and Gary Busey
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
- Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (173K reviews)
- Runtime: 95 minutes
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, and Romance
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, and Philip Seymour Hoffman
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- IMDb user rating: 8.4 (1M reviews)
- Runtime: 115 minutes
- Genres: Action and Adventure
- Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, and Paul Freeman
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
- Director: Rupert Wyatt
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (546K reviews)
- Runtime: 105 minutes
- Genres: Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: James Franco, Andy Serkis, and Freida Pinto
South Pacific (1958)
- Director: Joshua Logan
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (9.4K reviews)
- Runtime: 157 minutes
- Genres: Musical, Romance, and War
- Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, and John Kerr
Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
- Director: Danny DeVito
- IMDb user rating: 6.3 (39K reviews)
- Runtime: 88 minutes
- Genres: Comedy, Crime, and Thriller
- Cast: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, and Kim Greist
Tropic Thunder (2008)
- Director: Ben Stiller
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (436K reviews)
- Runtime: 107 minutes
- Genres: Action, Comedy, and War
- Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr.
This story features data reporting by Karim Noorani, writing by Olivia Monahan, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 48 states.
