Films Made In Maine
Deep Waters (1948)
Studio Feature Film
Location: Vinalhaven
Director: Henry King
Producer: Samuel G. Engel
Starring: Dana Andrews, Cesar Romero, Dean Stockwell
Canoeman’s Holiday (1956)
Documentary
Location: St. John’s River
Director: Douglas Sinclair
Carousel (1956)
Studio Feature Film
Location: Boothbay Harbor
Director: Henry King
Producer: Henry Ephron
Starring: Shirley Jones, Gordon Macrae, Cameron Mitchell
Peyton Place (1957)
Studio Feature Film
Location: Camden
Director: Mark Robson
Producer: Jerry Wald
Starring: Lana Turner, Lloyd Nolan, Arthur Kennedy
A New Leaf (1971)
Studio Feature Film (scenes shot here)
Director: Elaine May
Starring: Walter Mathaeu, Elaine May
Captains Courageous (1977)
Television Movie
Locations: Camden, Rockland
Director: Harvey Hart
Starring: Karl Malden, Fred Gwynne, Neville Brand, Ricardo Montalban
Summer Island (1979)
Independent Feature Film
Location: Brooksville
The Whales of August (1986)
Independent Feature Film
Location: Cliff Island (Casco Bay)
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Producer: Mike Kaplan
Starring: Lillian Gish, Bette Davis, Vincent Price
Signs of Life (1988)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: South Bristol, Stonington
Director: John David Cole
Starring: Kathy Bates, Beau Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker
Pet Sematary (1989)
Studio Feature Film
Location: Hancock
Director: Mary Lambert
Producer: Tim Zinneman
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Stephen King
Bed and Breakfast (1989)
Independent Feature Film
Location: York
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Producer: Jack Schwartzman
Starring: Colleen Dewhurst, Talia Shire, Roger Moore
Graveyard Shift (1990)
Studio Feature Film
Location: Bangor, Brewer
Director: Ralph Singleton
Producer: William Dunn
Starring: Brad Dourif
Sarah, Plain and Tall (1990)
Television Film/Hallmark Hall of Fame (filmed partly in Maine)
Location: Stonington
Director: Glenn Jordan
Producer: Glenn Jordan
Starring: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken
Skylark (1992)
Television Film (sequel to Sarah, Plain and Tall)/Hallmark Hall of Fame
(filmed partly in Maine)
Location: Belfast
Director: Joe Sargent
Producer: William Self
Starring: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken
The Man Without a Face (1992)
Studio Feature Film
Locations: Rockport, Deer Isle
Director: Mel Gibson
Producer: Steve McEveety
Starring: Mel Gibson, Nick Stahl
Iron Will (1993)
Studio Feature Film (filmed partly in Maine)
Location: Bingham
Director: Charles Haid
Producer: Patrick Palmer
Starring: Mackenzie Austin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers
The Stand (1993)
T.V. Mini-series (ABC) (filmed partly in Maine)
Locations: Ogunquit
Director: Mick Garris
Producer: Richard Rubenstein
Starring: Gary Sinise, Molly
Forrest Gump (1994)
Studio Feature Film (filmed partly in Maine)
Location: Port Clyde
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Wendy Finerman
Starring: Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Robin Wright
The Langoliers (1994)
Television Mini-series (ABC)
Location: Bangor International Airport
Director: Tom Holland
Producer: Richard Rubenstein
Starring: Patricia Wettig, Kate Maberly, Bronson Pinchot
JUMANJI (1994)
Studio Feature Film (filmed partly in Maine)
Locations: The Berwicks
Director: Joe Johnston
Producer: Ted Field, Robert Cort, Larry Franco
Starring: Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt
Head Above Water (1995)
Studio Feature Film
Location: Phippsburg
Director: Jim Wilson
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Cameron Diaz
Thinner (1995)
Studio Feature Film
Locations: Camden, Lincolnville, Thomaston
Director: Tom Holland
Producer: Richard Rubenstein
The Broken Giant (1995)
Independent Feature Film
Location: Islesboro
Director: Estep Nagy
Producers: Jonathan Cohen and Jeffrey Clifford
Starring: John Glover, Missy Yaeger
Wegman’s World (1996)
Documentary
Locations: Rangeley Lake
Director: Cherry Duyns
The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
Studio Feature Film (filmed partly in Maine)
Location: Portland
Director: Penny Marshall
Starring: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston
The Myth of Fingerprints (1996)
Independent Feature Film
Location: Bethel, Andover
Director: Bart Freundlich
Producers: Tim Perrell and Mary Jane Skalski
Starring: Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner, Noah Wyle, Julianne Moore
Gray Havens (1996)
Indepedent Feature Film
Location: Georgetown
Reindeer Games (1996)
Independent Feature Film
Location: Portland
Boomers (1996)
TV Pilot
Location: Old Orchard Beach
Northeast Nightmare (1996)
Independent Feature Film
Location: Scarborough
Darktides (1997)
Independent Feature Film
Location: Stonington, Deer Isle area
Director: Bret Stern
Producer: Victoria Lang and Pier Piccoli
Starring: Paige Turco
Anyplace Wild (1997)
Television Series/PBS
Location: Camden, Washington County w/international locations
Producers: John Viehman, Graham Chedd and John Angier
Starring: John Viehman and Annie Getchell
Bug Juice (1997)
Television Series/The Disney Channel
Location: Harrison w/other Maine locations
Producers: Douglas Ross
Henry Hill (1997)
Independent Feature Film
Location: Harrison & western Maine
Director: David Kantar
Producer: Polly Bennell
Starring: Moira Kelly
Dark Harbor (1997)
Independent Feature Film
Location: MidCoast
Director: Adam Coleman Howard
Anyplace Wild (Season two, 1998)
Television Series/PBS
Location: Camden, Maine islands, international
Producer: John Viehman
Starring: John Viehman and Annie Getchell
Stephen King’s ‘Storm of the Century’ (1998)
ABC Mini-series
Locations: Southwest Harbor, Bass Harbor, Bernard
Executive Producers: Stephen King, Mark Carliner
Producers: Thomas Brodek
Starring: Tim Daly, Debrah Farentino
Snow Falling on Cedars (1998)
Studio Feature Film (one scene shot in Maine)
Locations: Portland Headlight
Producer: Frank Marshall, et al
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Sam Shepard
Message in a Bottle (1998)
Studio Feature Film
Locations: Phippsburg, Popham area, Portland, Bath, Brunswick
Producer: Kevin Costner, Denise Di Novi, Jim Wilson
Starring: Kevin Costner, Paul Newman, Robin Wright
The Cider House Rules (1998)
Studio Feature Film (filmed partly in Maine)
Locations: Acadia National Park, Bernard
Producers: Alan Blomquist, Leslie Holleran
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine
Follow Me Outside (1999)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Scarborough, Portland, South Portland, Kennebunkport, Saco, Biddeford
Producer: Scott Kaplan
God and the Hitman (1999)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Rockland, Rockport
Director: Andy Signore
Starring: Tony Laudicina, Phil Price
Lonesome (1999)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Augusta, Portland, midcoast
Producer: Patrick Allen
Anyplace Wild (Season three, 1998-99)
Television Series/PBS
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (2000)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Bridgton area
Producer: Pam Heydet
Anyplace Wild (Season four, 2000)
Television Series/PBS
In the Bedroom (2001)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Rockland, Rockport, Camden
Producer: Ross Katz, Ted Hope
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei
Shadow Glories (2001)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Lewiston
Producer: Ziad Hamzeh
Liberty, Maine (2001)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Gorham, Greater Portland
Producer: Stephanie Kime
Finding Home (2001)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Deer Isle
Producer: Victoria Paige Meyerink
Murder in Small Town X (2001)
Television Series
Locations: Eastport, Washington County
Mint Condition (2001)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Portland
Director: Ashby Richardson
Starring: Bob Marley
Anyplace Wild (Season five, 2001)
Television series / PBS
The Mushing Mill (2001)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Bangor
Mr. Barrington (2002)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Bar Mills, Buxton
Trading Spaces (2002)
Television Series Episode
Locations: southern Maine
The Learning Channel
Wake (2002)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Bath
In the Best Interests of the Child (2002)
Documentary film
Locations: Augusta area
PBS
It’s a Miracle (2002)
Television Series Episode
PAX TV
Colonial House (2003)
Channel 4/ PBS TV series
Location: Machiasport
Empire Falls (2003/2004)
HBO television film
Locations: Skowhegan, Waterville, Kennebunkport, Ogunquit, Linconville
HBO Films
Producer: William Teitler
Director: Fred Schepisi
Starring: Paul Newman, Ed Harris, Joanne Woodward, Helen Hunt, William Fitchner, Philip Seymour Hoffman
The 12 Dogs of Christmas (2004)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Bethel
Straight out of Compton II (2004)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Old Orchard Beach, Portland
Vacationland (2004)
Independent Short Film
Locations: Kennebunk, Kennebunkport
The Living Wake (2005)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Kennebunk
Sternman (2005)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: MidCoast Maine
Black Rock (2012)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Milbridge
Producer: Adele Romanski
Director: Katie Aselton
Starring: Kate Bosworth, Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, Jay Paulson, Anslem Richardson
Like the Water (2012)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Jefferson, Camden, Glen Cove, Tenants Harbor, Rockport, Rockland
Producer: Emily Best
Director: Caroline von Kuhn
Starring: Caitlin FitzGerald, Emily Best, Susan Main
Nor’easter (2012)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Vinahaven
Producer: Veronica Nickel
Director: Andrew Brotzman
Starring: David Call, Richard Bekins, Liam Aiken, Emory Cohen, Haviland Morris, Rachel Brosnahan, Danny Burstein
Beneath the Harvest Sky (2013)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Van Buren
Producers: Aron Gaudet, Gita Pullapilly, Kavita Pullapilly
Director: Aron Gaudet, Gita Pullapilly
Starring: Aiden Gillen, Emory Cohen, Callan McAullife, Zoe Levin, Joe Cobden, Sarah Sutherland
Bluebird (2013)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Millinocket, East Millinocket, Lincoln
Producers: Garrett P. Fennelly, Kyle Martin, Alexander Schepsman
Director: Lance Edmands
Starring: Amy Morton, John Slattery, Louisa Krause, Emily Meade, Margo Martindale, Adam Driver
The Guide (2013)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Rangely
Producers: Lee Libby, Gavin Peretti
Director: John Meyers
Starring: Don Scribner, Stephanie Leone, Jan-David Soutar, Clayton Stocker Myers
Child of Grace (2014)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Millinocket
Producers: Thomas Hildreth, Athena Lobit, Ian McCrudden
Director: Ian McCrudden
Starring: Tom Hildreth, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Ted Levine, Ron Canada
Five Nights in Maine (2015)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Brunswick, Phippsburg, Cape Elizabeth, South Portland
Producers: Maris Curran, Carly Hugo, David Oyelowo, Matthew Parker
Director: Maris Curran
Starring: David Oyelowo, Dianne Wiest, Rosie Perez, Teyonah Parris
Neptune (2015)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Harpswell, South Cushing, Cape Elizabeth
Producers: Allen Baldwin, Derek Kimball, Matthew Konkel
Director: Derek Kimball
Starring: Jane Ackermann, William McDonough III, Tony Reilly
Astraea (2015)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Sweden, Bridgton
Producers: Scotty Crowe, Jessica Cummings, Ashlin Halfnight, Kristjan Thor
Director: Kristjan Thor
Starring: Scotty Crowe, Jessica Cummings, Nerea Duhart
Night of the Living Deb (2015)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Portland
Producers: Michael Cassidy, Chad Nicholson, Kyle Rankin
Director: Kyle Rankin
Starring: Maria Thayer, Michael Cassidy, Julie Brister, Ray Wise
Pod (2015)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Round Pond
Producers: Sean Fowler, William Day Frank, Mickey Keating, Morgan White
Director: Mickey Keating
Starring: Lauren Ashley Carter, Dean Cates, Brian Morvant
The Congressman (2016)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Augusta, Rockland, Monhegan Island
Producers: Johanna Giebelhaus, Jared Martin, Robert Mrazek, Fred Roos
Directors: Jared Martin, Robert Mrazek
Starring: Treat Williams, Elizabeth Marvel, Ryan Merriman, George Hamilton
To Keep the Light (2016)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Jonesport, Machiasport, Lubec
Producers: Jane Applegate, Erica Fae
Director: Erica Fae
Starring: Jarlath Conroy, Erica Fae, Meagen Fay
The Sounding (2017)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Monhegan Island
Producers: Bryan Delaney, Catherine Eaton, Caitlin Gold, Veronique Huyghebaert, Bruno S. Lyra, Aliki Paraschis, Braxton Pope, Deborah Rayne, Rebecca Skloot, Stavroula Toska, Jessica Vale
Director: Catherine Eaton
Starring: Teddy Sears, Catherine Eaton, Harris Yulin
Island Zero (2017)
Independent Feature Film
Locations: Camden, Rockport, Islesboro
Producer: Mariah Klapatch
Director: Josh Gerritsen
Starring: Laila Robins, Adam Wade McLaughlin, Teri Reeves
Maineland (2017)
Independent Documentary Film
Locations: Fryeburg
Producers: Robert M. Chang, Violet Du Feng, Damon Smith, Miao Wang
Director: Miao Wang
Note: this list was compiled by the Maine Film Office and may not include some projects.
