Hawai’i films
Stuck at home? Visit the islands of Hawai’i!
List activity
609 views
• 12 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
76 titles
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsEleanor PowellRobert YoungGeorge BurnsWanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
- DirectorNicholas StollerStarsKristen BellJason SegelPaul RuddDevastated Peter takes a Hawaiian vacation in order to deal with the recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know, Sarah's traveling to the same resort as her ex - and she's bringing along her new boyfriend.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsAlexander SkarsgårdBrooklyn DeckerLiam NeesonA fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsElvis PresleyJoan BlackmanAngela LansburyAfter arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.
- DirectorMichael D. MooreStarsElvis PresleySuzanna LeighJames ShigetaRick Richards is a helicopter pilot who wants to set up a charter flying service in Hawaii -- along the way he makes some friends, including a young Hawaiian girl and her father, romances Judy Hudson, and sings a few songs.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsElvis PresleyStella StevensJeremy SlateWhen he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.
- DirectorKeo WoolfordStarsTui AsauTauarii Nahalea-MaramaJ.D. TanuvasaJonny Kealoha is the charismatic host of a struggling Waikiki Polynesian lū`au show. To everyone's surprise, including his own, he is appointed as the successor to a high school boy's hula class when his former Kumu Hula (master hula teacher) passes away. He becomes as much a student as a teacher through the demands of leading the boys to a significant cultural event and rediscovers the sanctity of the culture he had previously abandoned.
- DirectorChristopher KahunahanaStarsDanielle ZalopanyPeter ShinkodaJason QuinnWhen a hula dancer on the run crashes into a broken spirit of a man, they begin a journey into a hidden world, developing a connection through humanity, nature, and culture.
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillArthur HillerStarsJulie AndrewsMax von SydowRichard HarrisAn American missionary and his wife travel to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.
- DirectorJoshua LoganStarsRossano BrazziMitzi GaynorJohn KerrOn a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.
- DirectorJohn StockwellStarsKate BosworthMichelle RodriguezMatthew DavisAs a hard-core surfer girl prepares for a big competition, she finds herself falling for a football player.
- DirectorPeter SegalStarsAdam SandlerDrew BarrymoreRob SchneiderHenry Roth is a man afraid of commitment until he meets the beautiful Lucy. They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams until discovering she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the next day.
- DirectorMikael SalomonStarsHeather LocklearRobert BuckleyVanessa WilliamsA divorced mother approaching her 40th birthday falls for a younger man while on vacation.
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsLea MicheleCharles Michael DavisBryan GreenbergCircumstances conspire to keep apart a young woman and her childhood sweetheart, whom she first met during her family's annual Christmas visit to Hawaii.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsBing CrosbyBob BurnsMartha RayeA beauty contest winner of the "Miss Pineapple Princess" pageant takes part in a publicity scheme in Hawaii, and is pursued by an advertising executive for the agency doing the promotion.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsBetty GrableVictor MatureJack OakieWith his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by transplanted Irishman Dennis O'Brien. But Jeff falls in love with O'Brien's daughter, Eileen, and even his father can't break them up after he arrives and himself falls under the spell of island splendor.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsJames DarrenMichael CallanDeborah WalleyGidget, on vacation in Hawaii, finds a gang of lads vying for her attention, starting a chain of romantic complications when her boyfriend arrives.
- DirectorBruce BrownStarsRobert AugustMichael HynsonLord James BlearsThe crown jewel to ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries. Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ends up finding quite a few in addition to some colorful local characters.
- DirectorWilliam PhelpsStarsMatt AdlerNia PeeplesGregory HarrisonAfter learning how to surf by using the local wave tanks, Arizona resident Rick uses his winnings from a recent contest to fly to Hawaii and try to make a living for himself as a professional wave rider.
- DirectorColin TrevorrowStarsChris PrattBryce Dallas HowardTy SimpkinsA new theme park, built on the original site of Jurassic Park, creates a genetically modified hybrid dinosaur, the Indominus Rex, which escapes containment and goes on a killing spree.
- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsChris PrattBryce Dallas HowardRafe SpallWhen the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
- DirectorMichael BayStarsBen AffleckKate BeckinsaleJosh HartnettA tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
- DirectorDean DeBloisChris SandersStarsDaveigh ChaseChris SandersTia CarrereA young and parentless girl adopts a 'dog' from the local pound, completely unaware that it's supposedly a dangerous scientific experiment that's taken refuge on Earth and is now hiding from its creator and those who see it as a menace.
- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerDon HallStarsAuli'i CravalhoDwayne JohnsonRachel HouseIn ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsGeorge ClooneyShailene WoodleyAmara MillerA land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.
- DirectorSean McNamaraStarsAnnaSophia RobbDennis QuaidHelen HuntBethany Hamilton, a professional surfer, loses her left arm in a shark attack. Unwilling to pay attention to the gravity of her situation, Bethany decides to get back into the ocean and surf again.
- DirectorCameron CroweStarsBradley CooperRachel McAdamsEmma StoneA celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsEd SkreinPatrick WilsonWoody HarrelsonThe story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.
- DirectorEdward LudwigStarsJohn WayneNancy OlsonJames ArnessIn the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.
- DirectorGeorge ArmitageStarsOwen WilsonMorgan FreemanGary SiniseA small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischevious, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.
- DirectorMarc ForbyStarsQ'orianka KilcherBarry PepperShaun EvansThe true story of a Hawaiian princess' attempts to maintain the independence of the island against the threat of American colonization.
- DirectorSam GeorgeStarsJosh BrolinEddie AikauClyde AikauDirector Sam George chronicles the remarkable life and times of the late Eddie Aikau, the legendary Hawaiian big wave surfer, pioneering lifeguard and ultimately doomed crew member of the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokulea.
- DirectorGuy GreenStarsCharlton HestonYvette MimieuxGeorge ChakirisIn 1950's Hawaii, a bigoted and ruthless land baron, with political ambitions, bans his sister from marrying a native Hawaiian even though he himself has secretly impregnated an Asian woman.
- DirectorJoyce ChopraStarsCamilla BelleDwier BrownStacie HessA 13-year-old (Camilla Belle) learns to surf while visiting Hawai'i for the first time to see a plantation she inherited.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJane RussellRichard EganJoan LeslieSet in the early '40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as the second World War has begun to intensify. Mamie settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life. Though her prospects look good when she falls in love with a science-fiction writer who treats her with the respect she deserves, the dawning war and the fallacies of her previous lifestyle complicate their budding romance. Mamie cannot fully remove herself from her former profession, and provides some of her old services to the sailors stationed in town. Searching for another means of financial security, Mamie invests in several pieces of real estate and becomes quite wealthy, though her bad reputation has not been forgotten by the locals.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsDebra PagetLouis JourdanJeff ChandlerAn island Princess falls for a visiting Frenchman, but her people are against it.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsDolores Del RíoJoel McCreaJohn HallidayA native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.
- DirectorRichard FleischerKinji FukasakuToshio MasudaStarsMartin BalsamSô YamamuraJason RobardsThe story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.
- DirectorDavid LeitchStarsDwayne JohnsonJason StathamIdris ElbaLawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity.
- DirectorBrian KohneStarsMoronai KanekoaKristina AnapauSonya BalmoresA disabled Vietnam vet rediscovers the Hawaiian warrior within to protect his family, defend their land, and clear his father's name.
- DirectorBrian KohneStarsWillie K. Kahaiali'iEric GilliomCarolyn OmineIn order to save his own job, an employment agent has to find work for the most unemployable man on Maui.
- DirectorFrank DelimaStarsFrank DelimaDean LumDean ShimabukuroThis is a modernized adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel, A Christmas Carol, with a Hawaiian setting, including cameos by Don Ho et al. The Scrooge in this adaptation is a restaurant owner named Mr. Hu.
- DirectorDouglas SchwartzStarsDavid HasselhoffPamela AndersonMichael BerginBaywatch is busy saving lives at a beach near LA. They're invited to Mitch's Hawaii wedding with Allison, who looks like his dead ex. His ex-wife wants him back. CJ/Pam A. has a resort bar there.
- DirectorTimothy A. CheyStarsTeuira Shanti NapaMira SorvinoRicky Sua'avaBased on the incredible true story of Chiefess Kapiolani, who descended into an active volcano to demonstrate her new-found faith and ushered in a new beginning in Hawaii.
- DirectorDon TaylorPhil KarlsonStarsFabianShelley FabaresPeter BrownFabian and Shelley Fabares are among the '60s stars surfing their way to paradise along the famous beaches on Hawaii's North Shore.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneLee MarvinElizabeth AllenIn an ideal society on a picturesque South Seas isle, diverse people live in harmony until an outsider disrupts the balance.
- DirectorTommy Lee WallaceStarsChris MakepeaceYuji OkumotoCaron AbelliraIt's the 60s and a bunch of crazy teenagers meet in the beautiful island of Hawaii during their summer holidays. Although they come from different backgrounds, they hang out together and shake up the island! They surf, dance, drink, fight and fall in love. As the summer approaches its end, they find themselves inseparable, friends for a lifetime...
- DirectorRobert AltonStarsEsther WilliamsHoward KeelMinna GombellA man from Ohio inherits a coconut plantation and falls in love with a half-American, half-Tahitian beauty. Song-and-swim musical ensues in the tropical paradise.
- DirectorHoward W. KochStarsLex BarkerMari BlanchardJames WesterfieldJapanese fifth columnists create havoc in the industries and plantations of Pre-Pearl Harbor Hawaii, until an American doctor helps defeat them.
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsTony CurtisFrank LovejoyMary MurphyIn 1943, in the wake of the Allied amphibious landing on the Japanese-held Bougainville Island, four Marines are sent to scout the location of Japanese minefields.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsCharlton HestonTina ChenGeraldine ChaplinCaptain Whip returns to Hawaii. He's inherited "worthless" land. He starts a plantation, staffed with a Chinese couple from his ship. Drilling thru lava for water and stealing/smuggling pineapple from French Guyana, things look brighter.
- DirectorJude WengStarsKea PeahuAlex AionoLindsay WatsonA summer in rural O‘ahu takes an exciting turn for two Brooklyn-raised siblings when a journal pointing to long-lost treasure sets them on an epic adventure with new friends, and leads them to reconnect with their Hawaiian heritage.
- DirectorMaclain NelsonStarsChloe BridgesScott Michael FosterCorbin BleuHayley and her best friend Bree go on a reality dating show to publicize her fashion line, but nothing goes as planned when love, friendship, and careers are on the line.
- DirectorJohn PutchStarsPascale HuttonKavan SmithJennifer AspenAfter seeing cute producer Paige banter with host applicant Ben during job interview, the TV network makes them co-hosts for a travelogue for Oahu. Can they work together?
- StarsJohn DehnerLucia StralserCliff PottsAdventures on the Paradise Ranch located on the big island of Hawaii.
- CreatorKourtney KangStarsPeyton Elizabeth LeeEmma MeiselMatthew SatoLahela "Doogie" Kamealoha is a teenaged wunderkind juggling her teenager life with an early medical career.
- DirectorDennis ChristiansonTim SavageStarsJoe MooreElissa Dulce HoopaiJames HongIt's the last night at the Paradise Inn, a sixty year-old Chinatown bar in Honolulu closing its doors in the wake of urban renewal. Joe Martin (Joe Moore), the veteran manager of the club, soon realizes the price of progress... and just who will have to pay. But after a lifetime of doing what he's told, can he do what's right?
- DirectorIsaac HalasimaStarsDuane DeSotoRalph EdwardsArthur GodfreyFive-time Olympic medalist and Native Hawaiian Duke Paoa Kahanamoku shattered records and brought surfing to the world while overcoming a lifetime of personal challenges.
- DirectorCharles B. GriffithStarsJon HallNan AdamsJohn FarrowA skindiver tries to recover sunken treasure before a group of thieves learn of its existence.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsVirginia MayoDennis MorganDavid FarrarTwo beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has made himself high priest; but George, the latter's handsome son, is fair game for Rita, who lands in the guise of a missionary. The inevitable conflict over the pearls brings violence and corruption to the quiet island.
- CreatorMartin RabbettJudith Paige MitchellLane SlateStarsRichard ChamberlainClyde KusatsuBetty CarvalhoDr. Daniel Kulani, a prominent internist, returns to Hawaii to give back to the culture he was raised in. He joins a health group that includes surgeon Kenji Fushida, clinic manager Margaret Judd, plus residents Metzger and McGrath.
- CreatorPeter ElkoffStarsKristoffer PolahaBrooke BurnsCorey SevierIntrigue abounds at the Grand Waimea Hotel, the perfect place for an exclusive Hawaiian getaway for the rich, powerful and beautiful.
- DirectorDavid L. CunninghamStarsHenry Ian CusickJohnathon SchaechJason Scott LeeAs an outbreak of leprosy engulfs 19th-century colonial Hawai'i, a small group of infected Native Hawaiians resist government-mandated exile, taking a courageous stand against the provisional government. Inspired by real-life events.
- CreatorCharles H. EgleeChanning GibsonStarsTimothy BusfieldElizabeth LindseySeth GreenSam Byrd, a teacher and his family take up residence in Hawaii after his wife dies. Harry, Zeke and Franny each have their own problems accepting the new arrangement and coming to terms with the loss of their mother.
- DirectorColin TrevorrowStarsChris PrattBryce Dallas HowardLaura DernFour years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a genetically engineered swarm of giant insects.
- DirectorAnthony Banua-SimonStarsJohn AllenBam BamAnthony Banua-SimonCane Fire examines the past and present of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, interweaving four generations of family history, numerous Hollywood productions, and troves of found footage to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of the economic and cultural forces that have cast Indigenous and working-class residents as "extras" in their own story.
- DirectorHarry CasonStarsMoani Aipia-DolanBrent BaileySonya BalmoresAttorney Tanya McQueen has hired a team of anthropologists to find an ancient artifact which, if found, would halt development of Nick Button's shopping mall in the sacred Hemolele Forest on Kaua'i. The team is led by the experienced duo of Helen and Demetri, joined by grad students Zander and Hermione. The team is seen by Omaka, a native Hawaiian kahuna, and his mischievous aide, Puka. Sensing Helen's yearning for passion from Demetri, Puka doses the man with the nectar of a special flower from the forest -- but he has dosed Zander instead, triggering confusion and hilarity. When Puka tries to make amends by dosing Demetri too, and later Tanya as well, the results are surprising and wonderfully zany. Love wins the day.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsJane FrazeeLeon ErrolMischa AuerPete Fleming and his quartet, which includes himself, Ollie Barrett, ""Simpson and "Beans" Smith, fail to make good on the radio, so Pete becomes a tourist guide. He escorts the wealthy Mrs. Effie Floto and her nieces, Mary Lou, Gloria and Doris, to Hawaii. The other quartet members stow away on the ship. During a dinner party in Hawaii, Ollie, "Red," and "Beans" start singing and Mary Lou joins them. The hotel Orchestra Director, "Clipper" Canovan, puts them on they air and they click, and start the search for a sponsor. Toby Spencer urges Pete to renew his efforts to become a radio star and suggests her father, Walter, as a possible sponsor. He owns a cannery for which J. B. Lawton furnishes the pineapples. Be he and Lawton have an argument and dissolve their partnership, and neither has the money to do business alone. Lawton, urged on by Ollie, "Red," and "Beans", and Spencer, promoted by Pete and Toby, begin a contest for Mrs. Floto's affections---and millions. The romantic contest is in action on two fronts, and is complicated by the intervention of the alluring Ilani.
- CreatorJeff EastinStarsMichael BiehnSharif AtkinsEric BalfourDrama about a fictional elite crime unit of the Honolulu Police Department headed by veteran detective and local legend Sean Harrison and John Declan, a former Chicago Police Department detective transferred to Hawaii for his talents.
- DirectorJonathan LimStarsJackson RathboneSung KangMichelle ChenA young doctor wakes up from a car accident and discovers she is married to another man and living a life she can't remember. Her search for the truth to her past life will lead her to question everyone around her and her entire existence.
- DirectorMichael KangStarsHenry DittmanIlleana DouglasSung KangAfter Lily rejects her boyfriend's marriage proposal, she returns home to Hawaii where she must help out with her mother's weddingplanning business.
- DirectorRuss SpencerA unique documentary that takes audiences to Hana, a close-knit, isolated town on the east coast of Maui known as "The Last Hawaiian Place." There we meet Monyca Byrne Wickey and Lipoa Kahaleuahi, two native girls who have grown up taking hula lessons, hiking to secret pools, surfing, and learning traditional Hawaiian values. Theirs has been an idyllic upbringing, but both face the same challenge: they've grown up in paradise, but what will be next? Lipoa, who has chosen to attend college on the mainland, returns for the summer to try to heal a rift in her family and bond again with her father, so that she may return to school in the fall with a sense of wholeness. After her high school graduation (in a class of only 24 other students) Monyca watches many of her classmates leaving to go to university, and the pressure is on for her to develop a professional surfing career. In the end, both girls strive to create an adult life in which they remain true to their Hana roots, but develop the strength to move on and become independent. Their quest is deeply informed by Hana's strong power of the land, mana, and by their own inner strength and resilience.
- StarsCiara LacyConnie M. FlorezAnne MisawaWahine is the Hawaiian word for women, and the Reel Wahine of Hawai'i film series features stories about the creative challenges and triumphs of Hawai'i women filmmakers. Produced and created by all-women directors, camera crews, writers and editors, these six short portraits reveal untold stories of both trailblazing and emerging artists who preserve Hawai'i history and culture through film. Study after study reveals stark gender inequities in the screen industries, with fewer female protagonists on screen than men and even fewer women creatives behind the camera. Reel Wahine of Hawai'i ensures that the stories of women filmmakers in Hawai'i will be told, by women, in films that employ women.
- DirectorBruce KesslerStarsRobert FoxworthJoe PennyBarbara TrenthamA manager is sent to vacation by his doctor due to symptoms of stress. He chooses Hawaii, because that's where his grandfather worked as a missionary. He doesn't know that his grandpa and all male successors are cursed by the Voodoo clan. Every night he transforms into a werewolf and horribly slays young women.
- CreatorDouglas Stefen BorghiDean HargroveJoel SteigerStarsWilliam ConradJoe PennyAlan CampbellVeteran district attorney "Fatman" McCabe solves cases with the help of his easygoing private investigator partner Jake Styles.