Films Made In Maine

A Peace of Forest (2025)

The Ghost Trap (2024)

Bone Cold (2022)

Feature Film
Location: Saco
Producers: Billy Hanson, Jaclyn Amor, Jonathan Stoddard
Director: Billy Hanson
Starring: Jonathan Stoddard, Matt Munroe

Chopped: Martha Rules (2021) 5 Episodes

TV Series, Food Network
Locations: Kennebunkport
Producer: Erika Hampson
Starring: Martha Stewart, Ted Allen, Marc Murphy, Marcus Samuelson

Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, The Maine Ingredients (2021)

TV Series Episode, Food Network
Locations: Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde, Rockland, Portland, Trenton, North Haven, North Whitefield, Midcoast Maine
Producer: Laura Balfour
Starring: Gordon Ramsay

The Lost Kitchen (2021) 6 Episodes

TV Series, Magnolia Network
Locations: Freedom
Producers: Cassie Grimaldi, Ray Tiburzi, Zack Wozniak
Starring: Erin French

Our Towns (2021)

Documentary, HBO
Locations: Easport
Producers: Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan
Directors: Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan

Good Morning America’s “Rise and Shine” (2021)

ABC News Segment
Locations: West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Lubec, Cape Elizabeth, Lewiston, Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal, Camden, Rockport Harbor
Starring: Will Reeve

Kings & Queens (2021)

Feature Film, Short
Location: Portland
Producers: Elmer J. Howard, Brett Bays, Melissa Martin
Director: Elmer J. Howard
Starring: Emily Kokidko, Sara Brophy, Thomas Smallwood

The Bride in the Box (2021)

Feature Film
Locations: Hancock
Producer: Erika Hampson
Director: Doug Bost
Starring: Carolyn Baeumler, Victor Verhaeghe, Acadia Bost

HGTV’s Urban Oasis (2020)

TV Series, Episode
Locations: Portland
Starring: Brian Patrick Flynn

Island of Eagles: The Swan Island Story (2020)

Documentary
Location: Swan Island
Producer: Patrick Bonsant
Director: Patrick Bonsant

The Seeker (2020)

Feature Film, Short
Locations: Thorndike, Waldo County, Northern Maine
Producers: Kyle Martin, Sarah Tihany
Director: Lance Edmands
Starring: Kenneth Copp

Blood and Money (2019)

Feature Film
Locations: Bethel, Rumford, Mexico
Producer: Suza Horvat
Director: John Barr
Starring: Tom Berenger

Blow the Man Down (2019)

Feature Film
Locations: Harpswell
Producers: Drew Houpt, Alex Scharfman
Directors: Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy
Starring: Morgan Saylor, Sophie Lowe, Margo Martindale, June Squibb, Annette O’Toole, Marceline Hugot

Dark Harbor (2019)

Feature Film
Locations: Islesboro, Standish, Portland, Boothbay
Producers: Jillian Armenante, Mark Cartier, Mike Montgomery, Cory Pyke
Director: Joe Raffa
Starring: Sterling Hurst, Jillian Armenante, Mark Atkinson, Reiko Aylesworth, Xander Berkeley

In The Moon’s Shadow (2019)

Feature Film
Locations: Belgrade
Producers: Debra Lord Cooke, Thomas Kesolits, Elissa Piszel
Director: Alvin Case
Starring: Debra Lord Cooke, Elissa Piszel, Jules Hartley

Rendezvous (2019)

Feature Film, Short

Locations: Portland, Greenville, Kittery

Producer: Seth Kozak

Director: Seth Kozak

Starring: Katarina Morhacova, Chris Kerson, David Scott Lago, Francis Jue, Mike Sutton, Casey McDougal, Lisa Boucher Hartman

 

Buttons, A New Musical Film (2018)

Feature Film, Musical
Locations: Portland, Kennebunk, York
Producer: Elizabeth Demmer
Director: Tim Janis
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jane Seymour, Roma Downey, Abigail Spencer, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Landsbury

Holly Star (2018)

Feature Film
Locations: Portland, Biddeford, Saco, Kennebunk
Producers: Stamatios Tom Hiotis, Jill Maxcy, Michael A. Nickles, S.C.V. Taylor
Directors: Michael A. Nickles
Starring: Katlyn Carlson, Brian Muller, Teya Patt, Michael A. Nickles, Erik Van Wyck

Maineland (2017)

Documentary
Locations: Fryeburg
Producers: Robert M. Chang, Violet Du Feng, Damon Smith, Miao Wang
Director: Miao Wang

Island Zero (2017)

Feature Film
Locations: Camden, Rockport, Islesboro
Producer: Mariah Klapatch
Director: Josh Gerritsen
Starring: Laila Robins, Adam Wade McLaughlin, Teri Reeves

The Sounding (2017)

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

Must Be Nice (2016)

Documentary, Short
Location: Rockport
Director: Chris Crisman
Starring: Sadie Samuels

To Keep the Light (2016)

Feature Film
Locations: Jonesport, Machiasport, Lubec
Producers: Jane Applegate, Erica Fae
Director: Erica Fae
Starring: Jarlath Conroy, Erica Fae, Meagen Fay

The Congressman (2016)

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

Astraea (2015)

Feature Film
Locations: Sweden, Bridgton
Producers: Scotty Crowe, Jessica Cummings, Ashlin Halfnight, Kristjan Thor
Director: Kristjan Thor
Starring: Scotty Crowe, Jessica Cummings, Nerea Duhart

Five Nights in Maine (2015)

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)

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

Night of the Living Deb (2015)

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)

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 Hermit (2015)

Documentary, Short
Locations: North Pond
Producers: Lena Friedrich
Director: Lena Friedrich

Olive Kitteridge (2014)

TV Mini-Series
Locations: Camden
Producers: David Coatsworth
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Starring: Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Ken Cheeseman

Child of Grace (2014)

Feature Film
Locations: Millinocket
Producers: Thomas Hildreth, Athena Lobit, Ian McCrudden
Director: Ian McCrudden
Starring: Tom Hildreth, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Ted Levine, Ron Canada

The Hanover House (2014)

Feature Film
Locations: Hanover
Producers: Corey Norman, Haley Norman, David Spenlinhauer
Director: Corey Norman
Starring: Brian Chamberlain, Casey Turner, Anne Bobby

Anatomy of the Tide (2013)

Feature Film
Locations: Owls Head, Rockland, Tenants Harbor, Thomaston, Vinalhaven
Producers: Joel Strunk, Tim Craig, Charles Kipps, Daniel G. Stephens
Director: Joel Strunk
Starring: Gabriel Basso, Nathan Keyes, Danny Flaherty

Beneath the Harvest Sky (2013)

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)

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)

Feature Film
Locations: Rangely
Producers: Lee Libby, Gavin Peretti
Director: John Meyers
Starring: Don Scribner, Stephanie Leone, Jan-David Soutar, Clayton Stocker Myers

Nor’easter (2012)

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

Like the Water (2012)

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

Black Rock (2012)

Feature Film
Locations: Milbridge
Producer: Adele Romanski
Director: Katie Aselton
Starring: Kate Bosworth, Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, Jay Paulson, Anslem Richardson

Shutter Island (2010)

Feature Film
Locations: Acadia National Park
Producer: Bradley J. Fischer, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Martin Scorsese
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Mark Ruffalo, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams

The Living Wake (2007)

Feature Film
Location: Kennebunkport
Producers: Ami Ankin, Chadwick Clough, Peter Kline, Mike O’Connell, Sol Tyron
Director: Sol Tyron
Starring: Mike O’Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Gaffigan, Jill Larson

Little Children (2006)

Feature Film
Location: Boothbay Harbor
Producers: Albert Berger, Todd Field, Ron Yerxa
Director: Todd Field
Starring: Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Noah Emmerich, Gregg Edelman, Phyllis Somerville, Will Lyman

Vacationland (2006)

Feature Film
Location: Bangor
Producer: Todd Verow
Director: Todd Verow
Starring: Brad Hallowell, Gregory J. Lucas, Hilary Mann

Camp Slaughter (2005)

Feature Film
Location: Porter
Producer: Pete Jacelone, Alex Pucci
Director: Alex Pucci
Starring: Matt Dallas, Jon Fleming, Kyle Lupo, Anika C. McFall, Eric McIntire, Joanna Suhl

Empire Falls (2005)

TV Mini-Series, HBO
Locations: Skowhegan, Waterville, Kennebunkport, Ogunquit, Linconville
HBO Films
Director: Fred Schepisi
Producer: William Teitler
Starring: Paul Newman, Ed Harris, Joanne Woodward, Helen Hunt, William Fitchner, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Sternman (2005)

Feature Film
Locations: MidCoast Maine

The 12 Dogs of Christmas (2005)

Feature Film
Locations: Bethel, Portland
Director: Kieth Merrill
Producers: F Sean Covel, Ken Kragen, Daenen Merrill
Starring: Jordan-Claire Green, Tom Kemp, Susan Wood

Colonial House (2003)

Channel 4/ PBS TV series
Location: Machiasport

Darkness Falls (2003)

Feature Film
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Producers: John Fasano. John Hegeman, William Sherak, Jason Shuman Starring: Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield Ford, Antony Burrows

My Architect (2003)

Documentary
Location: Mount Desert Island
Producers: Susan Rose Behr, Nathaniel Kahn
Director: Nathaniel Kahn

Summer Solstice (2003)

Feature Film
Location: Pemaquid Point Light and surrounding towns and coastal areas
Producer: Rorie D. van Klaveren
Director: George Fivas
Starring: George Fivas, Joe Estevez, Brook Jenell Salck, Karen Black, Lindsay Pulsipher, Nathan Rollins

It’s a Miracle (2002)

TV Series Episode
PAX TV

In the Best Interests of the Child (2002)

Documentary film
Location: Augusta area
PBS

Wake (2002)

Feature Film
Location: Bath

Trading Spaces (2002)

TV Series Episode
Locations: southern Maine
The Learning Channel

Mr. Barrington (2002)

Feature Film
Locations: Bar Mills, Buxton

The Mushing Mill (2001)

Feature Film
Location: Bangor

Anyplace Wild (Season five, 2001)

TV series, PBS

Mint Condition (2001)

Feature Film
Locations: Portland
Director: Ashby Richardson
Starring: Bob Marley

Murder in Small Town X (2001)

TV Series
Locations: Eastport, Washington County

Finding Home (2001)

Feature Film
Locations: Deer Isle
Producer: Victoria Paige Meyerink

Liberty, Maine (2001)

Feature Film
Locations: Gorham, Greater Portland
Producer: Stephanie Kime

Shadow Glories (2001)

Feature Film
Locations: Lewiston
Producer: Ziad Hamzeh

In the Bedroom (2001)

Feature Film
Locations: Belfast, Camden, Old Orchard Beach, Owls Head, Rockland, Rockport, Trevett, Wiscasset
Producer: Ross Katz, Ted Hope
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei

Anyplace Wild (Season four, 2000)

TV Series, PBS

Baby, It’s Cold Outside (2000)

TV Series, PBS
Locations: Bridgton area
Producer: Pam Heydet

Anyplace Wild (Season three, 1998-99)

TV Series, PBS

Lonesome (1999)

Feature Film
Locations: Augusta, Portland, midcoast
Producer: Patrick Allen

God and the Hitman (1999)

Feature Film
Locations: Rockland, Rockport
Director: Andy Signore
Starring: Tony Laudicina, Phil Price

Follow Me Outside (1999)

Feature Film
Locations: Scarborough, Portland, South Portland, Kennebunkport, Saco, Biddeford
Producer: Scott Kaplan

The Cider House Rules (1998)

Feature Film
Locations: Acadia National Park, Bernard
Producers: Alan Blomquist, Leslie Holleran
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine

Message in a Bottle (1998)

Feature Film
Locations: Phippsburg, Popham area, Portland, Bath, Brunswick
Producer: Kevin Costner, Denise Di Novi, Jim Wilson
Starring: Kevin Costner, Paul Newman, Robin Wright

Snow Falling on Cedars (1998)

Feature Film
Locations: Portland Head Light
Producer: Frank Marshall, et al
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Sam Shepard

Stephen King’s ‘Storm of the Century’ (1998)

TV Mini-Series, ABC
Locations: Southwest Harbor, Bass Harbor, Bernard
Executive Producers: Stephen King, Mark Carliner
Producers: Thomas Brodek
Starring: Tim Daly, Debrah Farentino

Anyplace Wild (Season two, 1998)

TV Series, PBS
Location: Camden, Maine islands, international
Producer: John Viehman
Starring: John Viehman and Annie Getchell

Dark Harbor (1998)

Feature Film
Locations: Rockland
Director: Adam Coleman Howard
Producers: John Hart, Justin Lazard, Jeffrey Sharp
Starring: Alan Rickman, Polly Walker, Norman Reedus

The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)

Feature Film
Locations: Andover, Bethel
Director: Bart Freundlich
Producers: Bart Freundlich, Tim Perell, Mary Jane Skalski
Starring: Blythe Danner, James Le Gros, Julianne Moore, Roy Scheider, Noah Wyle

Henry Hill (1997)

Feature Film
Locations: Harrison & western Maine
Director: David Kantar
Producer: Polly Bennell
Starring: Moira Kelly

Bug Juice (1997)

TV Series, The Disney Channel
Location: Waterford, Harrison w/other Maine locations
Producers: Douglas Ross

Anyplace Wild (1997)

TV Series, PBS
Location: Camden, Washington County w/international locations
Producers: John Viehman, Graham Chedd and John Angier
Starring: John Viehman and Annie Getchell

Darktides (1997)

Feature Film
Location: Stonington, Deer Isle area
Director: Bret Stern
Producer: Victoria Lang and Pier Piccoli
Starring: Paige Turco

Northeast Nightmare (1996)

Feature Film
Location: Scarborough

Boomers (1996)

TV Pilot
Location: Old Orchard Beach

Reindeer Games (1996)

Feature Film
Location: Portland

Gray Havens (1996)

Feature Film
Location: Georgetown

Head Above Water (1996)

Feature Film
Location: Phippsburg
Director: Jim Wilson
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Cameron Diaz

The Myth of Fingerprints (1996)

Feature Film
Location: Bethel, Andover
Director: Bart Freundlich
Producers: Tim Perrell and Mary Jane Skalski
Starring: Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner, Noah Wyle, Julianne Moore

The Preacher’s Wife (1996)

Feature Film
Location: Portland
Director: Penny Marshall
Starring: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston

Wegman’s World (1996)

Documentary
Locations: Rangeley Lake
Director: Cherry Duyns

Casper (1995)

Feature Film
Location: Camden, Rockport
Director: Brad Silberling
Producers: Colin Wilson
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Eric Idle, Cathy Moriarty, Don Novello,  Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci

The Broken Giant (1995)

Feature Film
Location: Islesboro
Director: Estep Nagy
Producers: Jonathan Cohen and Jeffrey Clifford
Starring: John Glover, Missy Yaeger

Thinner (1995)

Feature Film
Locations: Camden, Lincolnville, Thomaston
Director: Tom Holland
Producer: Richard Rubenstein

JUMANJI (1994)

Feature Film
Locations: The Berwicks
Director: Joe Johnston
Producer: Ted Field, Robert Cort, Larry Franco
Starring: Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt

The Langoliers (1994)

TV Mini-Series, ABC
Location: Bangor International Airport
Director: Tom Holland
Producer: Richard Rubenstein
Starring: Patricia Wettig, Kate Maberly, Bronson Pinchot

Forrest Gump (1994)

Feature Film
Location: Port Clyde
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Wendy Finerman
Starring: Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Robin Wright

The Good Son (1993)

Feature Film
Locations: Camden
Director: Joseph Ruben
Producers: Mary Ann Page, Joseph Ruben
Starring: Jacqueline Brooks, Wendy Crewson, Macaulay Culkin, Danial Hugh Kelly, David Morse, Elijah Wood,

The Stand (1993)

TV Mini-series, ABC
Locations: Ogunquit
Director: Mick Garris
Producer: Richard Rubenstein
Starring: Gary Sinise, Molly

Iron Will (1993)

Feature Film
Location: Bingham
Director: Charles Haid
Producer: Patrick Palmer
Starring: Mackenzie Austin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers

Bed & Breakfast (1992)

Feature Film
Location: York, York Beach
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Producer: Jack Schwartzman
Starring: Collen Dewhurst, Roger Moore, Talia Shire, Nina Siemaszko

The Man Without a Face (1992)

Feature Film
Locations: Rockport, Deer Isle, Lincolnville General Store, Bowdoin College in Brunswick
Director: Mel Gibson
Producer: Steve McEveety
Starring: Mel Gibson, Nick Stahl

Skylark (1992)

Feature Film, Hallmark Hall of Fame
Location: Belfast
Director: Joe Sargent
Producer: William Self
Starring: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken

Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)

Feature Film, Hallmark Hall of Fame
Location: Stonington
Director: Glenn Jordan
Producer: Glenn Jordan
Starring: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken

Graveyard Shift (1990)

Feature Film
Location: Bangor, Brewer
Director: Ralph Singleton
Producer: William Dunn
Starring: Brad Dourif

Stephen King’s Pet Sematary (1989)

Feature Film
Location: Hancock, Bucksport, Sedgewick, Acadia National Park, Bangor, Ellsworth
Director: Mary Lambert
Producer: Richard P. Rubinstein
Starring: Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Blaze Berdahl, Fred Gwynne, Miko Hughes, Gage Creed

Signs of Life (1988)

Feature Film
Locations: South Bristol, Stonington
Director: John David Cole
Starring: Kathy Bates, Beau Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker

Creepshow 2 (1987)

Feature Film
Locations: Bangor, Brewer, Dexter
Director: Michael Gornick
Producer: David Ball
Starring: Lois Chilies, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Tom Savini

The Whales of August (1986)

Feature Film
Location: Cliff Island (Casco Bay)
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Producer: Mike Kaplan
Starring: Lillian Gish, Bette Davis, Vincent Price

Summer Island (1979)

Feature Film
Location: Brooksville

Captains Courageous (1977)

Feature Film
Locations: Camden, Rockland
Director: Harvey Hart
Starring: Karl Malden, Fred Gwynne, Neville Brand, Ricardo Montalban

A New Leaf (1971)

Feature Film
Locations: Nesowadnehunk Falls (waterfall)
Director: Elaine May
Starring: Walter Mathaeu, Elaine May

Peyton Place (1957)

Feature Film
Locations: Belfast, Camden, Rockland
Director: Mark Robson
Producer:  Jerry Wald
Starring: Lana Turner, Lloyd Nolan, Arthur Kennedy

Carousel (1956)

Feature Film
Location: Boothbay Harbor
Director: Henry King
Producer: Henry Ephron
Starring: Shirley Jones, Gordon Macrae, Cameron Mitchell

Canoeman’s Holiday (1956)

Documentary
Location: St. John’s River
Director: Douglas Sinclair

Deep Waters (1948)

Feature Film
Location: Vinalhaven
Director: Henry King
Producer: Samuel G. Engel
Starring: Dana Andrews, Cesar Romero, Dean Stockwell

From Stump to Ship (1930)

Documentary, Short
Location: Machias
Directors: Alfred Ames, Howard Kahn
Producers: Alfred Ames, Howard Kahn

Note: this list may not include some projects.