List of films shot near Victoria, British Columbia

Last updated April 13, 2024

The following is a list of films shot wholly or partly in the Capital Regional District surrounding Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, the capital of British Columbia. Numerous TV shows and movies have been filmed in Victoria due to its proximity to Metro Vancouver, nicknamed "Hollywood North." Other earlier films were shot at Willows Park Studio in Greater Victoria and include: 1933 The Crimson Paradise, 1935 Secrets of Chinatown, 1936 Fury and the Woman (aka Lucky Corrigan), Lucky Fugitives, Secret Patrol, Stampede, Tugboat Princess, What Price Vengeance, Manhattan Shakedown, Murder is News, Woman Against the World, Death Goes North, Convicted, Special Inspector, Commandos Strike at Dawn.

Films

Film	Year	Locations	References
Convicted	1938	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[1]
Commandos Strike at Dawn	1942	Saanich, British Columbia, Canada	^[2]
Son of Lassie	1945	Victoria's Airport, other locations on Vancouver Island, other locations in Western Canada
Vixen!	1968	Inner Harbour, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[3]
Five Easy Pieces	1970	Central Saanich, British Columbia, Canada	^[4]
Harry in Your Pocket	1973	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[5]
The Changeling	1980	Colwood, British Columbia, Canada	^[6]
Dawn of the Living Socks	1982	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[7]
The Glitter Dome	1984	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[8]
Hot Pursuit	1987	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[9]
Backfire	1988	Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada	^[10]
Bird on a Wire	1989	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[11]
Knight Moves	1992	Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[12]
Digger	1993	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[13]
Intersection	1994	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[14]
Little Women	1994	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[15]
Masterminds	1997	Colwood, British Columbia, Canada	^[16]
The Duke	1999	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[17]
Final Destination	2000	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[18]
Scary Movie	2000	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[19]
Cats & Dogs	2001	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[20]
Ripper	2001	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[21]
Black Point	2002	Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada	^[22]
X2	2003	Colwood, British Columbia, Canada	^[23]
White Chicks	2004	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[24]
Fierce People	2005	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[25]
The Core	2006	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[26]
Impact (TV miniseries)	2006	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[27]
The Mermaid Chair	2006	Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada	^[28]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine	2006	Colwood, British Columbia, Canada	^[29]
X-Men: The Last Stand	2006	Colwood, British Columbia, Canada	^[30]
In The Land Of Women	2007	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[31]
Mulligans	2008	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[32]
2012	2009	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[33]
Kid Cannabis	2012	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[34]
Descendants (2015 film)	2015	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[35]
The Boy (2016 film)	2016	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[36]
Pup Star (2016 film)	2016	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[37]
Monkey Up (2016 film)	2016	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[38]
Pup Star Better 2Gether (2017 film)	2017	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[39]
Pup Star World Tour (2018 film)	2018	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[40]
Deadpool	2018	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[41]
Puppy Star Christmas	2018	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[42]
Sailing Into Love	2019	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	^[43]

Related Research Articles

Jennifer Jane Saunders is an English actress, comedian, singer, and screenwriter. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with her best friend and comedy partner, Dawn French. With French, she co-wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, French and Saunders, for which they jointly received a BAFTA Fellowship in 2009. Saunders later received acclaim in the 1990s for writing and playing her character Edina Monsoon in her sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.

The Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) is a minor unionist political party in Northern Ireland. It was formed from the Independent Unionist Group operating in the Shankill area of Belfast, becoming the PUP in 1979. Linked to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Red Hand Commando (RHC), for a time it described itself as "the only left of centre unionist party" in Northern Ireland, with its main support base in the loyalist working class communities of Belfast.

Stewart Granger was a British film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s, rising to fame through his appearances in the Gainsborough melodramas.

Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordered to the west by the city of Victoria and to the north by the district of Saanich. It is an eastern residential suburb of Victoria.

Cameron Bright is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in the films The Butterfly Effect, Godsend, Birth, Running Scared, Ultraviolet, X-Men: The Last Stand, Thank You for Smoking and three installments of The Twilight Saga.

Attack Force Z is a 1982 Australian-Taiwanese World War II film directed by Tim Burstall. It is loosely based on actual events and was filmed in Taiwan in 1979. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 1981.

Chantal Strand is a Canadian voice and stage actress as well as former stunt performer known for her vocal roles in animation, anime and video games.

Henry Stephenson was a British actor. He portrayed friendly and wise gentlemen in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles were Sir Joseph Banks in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Mr. Brownlow in Oliver Twist (1948).

<i>Commandos Strike at Dawn</i> 1942 film by John Farrow

Commandos Strike at Dawn is a 1942 war film directed by John Farrow and written by Irwin Shaw from a short story entitled "The Commandos" by C. S. Forester that appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine in June 1942. Filmed in Canada, it starred Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish in her return to the screen, Cedric Hardwicke and Robert Coote.

The Secret Code (1942) was the 19th serial released by Columbia Pictures. It features the masked hero "The Black Commando" facing Nazi saboteurs, inspired by Republic Pictures' successful Spy Smasher serial of the same year. The chapters of this serial each ended with a brief tutorial in cryptography.

Brian Markinson is an American actor who has appeared in a wide variety of films and television shows. Some of Markinson's best known roles include a U.S. Attorney General in Shooter, an unscrupulous industrialist in Godzilla, and a supporting role in Angels in America.

<i>Bitter Victory</i> 1957 film by Nicholas Ray

Bitter Victory is a 1957 Franco-American international co-production film, shot in CinemaScope and directed by Nicholas Ray. Set in World War II, it stars Richard Burton and Curt Jürgens as two British Army officers sent out on a commando raid in North Africa. Ruth Roman plays the former lover of one and the wife of the other. It is based on the novel of the same name by René Hardy.

State Secret is a 1950 British drama thriller film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Olga Lowe and Herbert Lom. It was made at Isleworth Studios with Italian location shooting in Trento and the Dolomites. It was released in the United States under the title The Great Manhunt.

<i>Where the Bullets Fly</i> 1966 British film by John Gilling

Where the Bullets Fly is a 1966 British comedy spy film directed by John Gilling and starring Tom Adams, John Arnatt, Dawn Addams, Tim Barrett and Michael Ripper.

The Vancouver Island South Film and Media Commission (VISFMC) was established as a non-profit organization in 1996 with the objective to promote the Southern Vancouver Island as an international filming destination.

Strike Back is an British/American action-adventure/spy-drama television series based on the 2007 novel of the same name by novelist and former Special Air Service soldier Chris Ryan. The series follows the actions of Section 20, a secretive branch of the British Secret Intelligence Service, who operate several high risk, priority missions around the world. The six-part first series began broadcasting on Sky One on 5 May 2010.

<i>Sky Commando</i> 1953 film by Fred F. Sears

Sky Commando is a 1953 American war film released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Fred F. Sears and starring Dan Duryea, Frances Gifford and Mike Connors. The Cold War period provides the background, although the plot concerns a flashback to World War II aerial action.

Secrets of Chinatown is a 1935 Canadian-American mystery thriller film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Nick Stuart, Lucile Browne and James Flavin.

References

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Convicted - IMDb Filming locations

[2] Commandos Strike at Dawn - IMDb Filming locations

[3] "Vixen! (1968) - IMDb". IMDb .

[4] Five Easy Pieces - IMDb Filming locations

[5] Harry in Your Pocket - IMDb Filming locations

[6] The Changeling - IMDb Filming locations

[7] Dawn of the Living Socks - IMDb Filming locations

[8] The Glitter Dome - IMDb Filming locations

[9] Hot Pursuit - IMDb Filming locations

[10] Backfire - IMDb Filming locations

[11] Bird on a Wire - IMDb Filming locations

[12] Knight Moves - IMDb Filming locations

[13] Digger - IMDb Filming locations

[14] Intersection - IMDb Filming locations

[15] Little Women - IMDb Filming locations

[16] Masterminds - IMDb Filming locations

[17] The Duke - IMDb Filming locations

[18] Final Destination - IMDb Filming locations

[19] Scary Movie - IMDb Filming locations

[20] Cats & Dogs - IMDb Filming locations

[21] Ripper - IMDb Filming locations

[22] Black Point - IMDb Filming locations

[23] X2 - IMDb Filming locations

[24] White Chicks - IMDb Filming locations

[25] Fierce People - IMDb Filming locations

[26] The Core - IMDb Filming locations

[27] Impact (TV Series - IMDb Filming locations

[28] The Mermaid Chair - IMDb Filming locations

[29] X-Men Origins: Wolverine - IMDb Filming locations

[30] X-Men: The Last Stand - IMDb Filming locations

[31] In The Land Of Women - IMDb Filming locations

[32] Mulligans - IMDb Filming locations

[33] 2012 - IMDb Filming locations

[34] Kid Cannabis - IMDb Filming locations

[35] Reid, Michael D. (2015-07-26). "Disney descends on Victoria". The Times Colonist. Retrieved 2020-03-01.

[36] The Boy (2016) - IMDb Filming locations

[37] Pup Star (2016) - IMDb Filming locations

[38] Monkey Up (2016) - IMDb Filming locations

[39] Pup Star Better 2Gether (2017) - IMDb Filming locations

[40] Pup Star World Tour (2018) - IMDb Filming locations

[41] Dead Pool - IMDb Filming locations

[42] Puppy Star Christmas - IMDb Filming locations

[43] Sailing Into Love - IMDb Filming locations

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]

[30]

[31]

[32]

[33]

[34]

[35]

[36]

[37]

[38]

[39]

[40]

[41]

[42]

[43]