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Hawai’i films

by grablelisa • Created 5 years ago • Modified 6 days ago
Stuck at home? Visit the islands of Hawai’i!
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  • Robert Young, Eleanor Powell, Gracie Allen, and George Burns in Honolulu (1939)

    1. Honolulu

    19391h 23mApproved
    6.5 (813)
    Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
    DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsEleanor PowellRobert YoungGeorge Burns
  • Jason Segel in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

    2. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    20081h 51mR67Metascore
    7.1 (314K)
    Devastated 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.
    DirectorNicholas StollerStarsKristen BellJason SegelPaul Rudd
  • Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Montgomery Clift, and Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity (1953)

    3. From Here to Eternity

    19531h 58mApproved85Metascore
    7.6 (53K)
    At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a pugilistic private is cruelly punished for refusing to join his unit's boxing team. Meanwhile, his commanding officer's wife and top NCO are indulging in a torrid love affair.
    DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah Kerr
  • Battleship (2012)

    4. Battleship

    20122h 11mPG-1341Metascore
    5.8 (264K)
    A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.
    DirectorPeter BergStarsAlexander SkarsgårdBrooklyn DeckerLiam Neeson
  • Elvis Presley, Pamela Austin, Joan Blackman, Jenny Maxwell, Darlene Tompkins, and Nancy Walters in Blue Hawaii (1961)

    5. Blue Hawaii

    19611h 42mPG58Metascore
    6.1 (8K)
    After 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.
    DirectorNorman TaurogStarsElvis PresleyJoan BlackmanAngela Lansbury
  • Elvis Presley in Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)

    6. Paradise, Hawaiian Style

    19661h 31mG
    5.4 (2.6K)
    Rick 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.
    DirectorMichael D. MooreStarsElvis PresleySuzanna LeighJames Shigeta
  • Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)

    7. Girls! Girls! Girls!

    19621h 46mPG
    5.6 (3.8K)
    When 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.
    DirectorNorman TaurogStarsElvis PresleyStella StevensJeremy Slate
  • The Haumana (2013)

    8. The Haumana

    20131h 35mUnrated
    8.1 (91)
    Jonny 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.
    DirectorKeo WoolfordStarsTui AsauTauarii Nahalea-MaramaJ.D. Tanuvasa
  • Waikiki (2020)

    9. Waikiki

    20201h 17m
    5.7 (142)
    When 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.
    DirectorChristopher KahunahanaStarsDanielle ZalopanyPeter ShinkodaJason Quinn
  • Hawaii (1966)

    10. Hawaii

    19663h 9mApproved
    6.5 (3.9K)
    An 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.
    DirectorsGeorge Roy HillArthur HillerStarsJulie AndrewsMax von SydowRichard Harris
  • Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor in South Pacific (1958)

    11. South Pacific

    19582h 37mApproved
    6.8 (11K)
    On 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.
    DirectorJoshua LoganStarsRossano BrazziMitzi GaynorJohn Kerr
  • Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sanoe Lake in Blue Crush (2002)

    12. Blue Crush

    20021h 44mPG-1361Metascore
    5.7 (34K)
    As a hard-core surfer girl prepares for a big competition, she finds herself falling for a football player.
    DirectorJohn StockwellStarsKate BosworthMichelle RodriguezMatthew Davis
  • Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler in 50 First Dates (2004)

    13. 50 First Dates

    20041h 39mPG-1348Metascore
    6.8 (402K)
    Henry 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.
    DirectorPeter SegalStarsAdam SandlerDrew BarrymoreRob Schneider
  • Flirting with Forty (2008)

    14. Flirting with Forty

    20081h 27mTV-PGTV Movie
    5.7 (2.8K)
    A divorced mother approaching her 40th birthday falls for a younger man while on vacation.
    DirectorMikael SalomonStarsHeather LocklearRobert BuckleyVanessa Williams
  • Lea Michele, Bryan Greenberg, and Charles Michael Davis in Same Time, Next Christmas (2019)

    15. Same Time, Next Christmas

    20191h 30mTV-PGTV Movie
    6.0 (1.7K)
    Circumstances conspire to keep apart a young woman and her childhood sweetheart, whom she first met during her family's annual Christmas visit to Hawaii.
    DirectorStephen HerekStarsLea MicheleCharles Michael DavisBryan Greenberg
  • Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, and Martha Raye in Waikiki Wedding (1937)

    16. Waikiki Wedding

    19371h 29mApproved
    5.9 (437)
    A 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.
    DirectorFrank TuttleStarsBing CrosbyBob BurnsMartha Raye
  • Victor Mature, Betty Grable, and Jack Oakie in Song of the Islands (1942)

    17. Song of the Islands

    19421h 16mApproved
    6.1 (301)
    With 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.
    DirectorWalter LangStarsBetty GrableVictor MatureJack Oakie
  • Michael Callan, James Darren, and Deborah Walley in Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)

    18. Gidget Goes Hawaiian

    19611h 41mNot Rated
    5.7 (1.3K)
    Gidget, on vacation in Hawaii, finds a gang of lads vying for her attention, starting a chain of romantic complications when her boyfriend arrives.
    DirectorPaul WendkosStarsJames DarrenMichael CallanDeborah Walley
  • The Endless Summer (1966)

    19. The Endless Summer

    19661h 35mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.6 (6.7K)
    The 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.
    DirectorBruce BrownStarsRobert AugustMichael HynsonLord James Blears
  • North Shore (1987)

    20. North Shore

    19871h 36mPG31Metascore
    6.6 (3.1K)
    After 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.
    DirectorWilliam PhelpsStarsMatt AdlerNia PeeplesGregory Harrison
  • Chris Pratt in Jurassic World (2015)

    21. Jurassic World

    20152h 4mPG-1359Metascore
    6.9 (711K)
    A 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.
    DirectorColin TrevorrowStarsChris PrattBryce Dallas HowardTy Simpkins
  • Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

    22. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

    20182h 8mPG-1351Metascore
    6.1 (368K)
    When 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.
    DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsChris PrattBryce Dallas HowardRafe Spall
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    23. Pearl Harbor

    20013h 3mPG-1344Metascore
    6.3 (363K)
    A 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.
    DirectorMichael BayStarsBen AffleckKate BeckinsaleJosh Hartnett
  • Chris Sanders in Lilo & Stitch (2002)

    24. Lilo & Stitch

    20021h 25mPG75Metascore
    7.4 (235K)
    A 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.
    DirectorsDean DeBloisChris SandersStarsDaveigh ChaseChris SandersTia Carrere
  • Dwayne Johnson, Stephen Kearin, Temuera Morrison, Alan Tudyk, Nicole Scherzinger, Any Gabrielly, and Auli'i Cravalho in Moana (2016)

    25. Moana

    20161h 47mPG81Metascore
    7.6 (421K)
    In 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.
    DirectorsRon ClementsJohn MuskerDon HallStarsAuli'i CravalhoDwayne JohnsonRachel House

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