Movies and TV shows set in hawaii – page 2

List of movies set in hawaii

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Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia, Mozambique
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Johnny Kapahala, a teen snowboarding champion from Vermont, returns to Oahu, Hawaii, for the wedding of his hero -- his grandfather, local surf legend Johnny Tsunami -- and to catch a few famous Kauai waves. When Johnny arrives, he meets his new ...
Style: humorous, captivating, inspirational, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot: surfing, youth, contests and competitions, family business, family relations, rivalry, store, friends, ambition, teenager, skateboard, occupation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa
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Diamond Head (1962)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Rich Hawaiian pineapple grower and US Senatorial candidate Richard Howland tries to control everything and everyone around him, including his headstrong sister, Slone.
Style: retro, realistic, serious, surprise ending
Plot: racism, family relations, redemption, interracial relations, landowner, sibling relationship, social relations, couples, family problems, power relations, introspection, unfulfillment ...
Time: 50s, 1950s
Place: hawaii, honolulu hawaii
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Beyond the Break (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Beyond the Break is an American drama series set in Hawaii, that debuted on The N in June 2006.
Style: sexy, touching, realistic, serious, exciting
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: surfing, rise to the top, teenage love, friendship, ambition, contests and competitions, overcoming, teenage life, youth, rivalry, love and romance, lifestyle ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa
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Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Blacklisted by the major airlines for endlessly chasing female staff, pilot Rick Richards returns to Hawaii to set up a helicopter charter company with his friend Danny. Having a girl on every island is a good way to get business but it becomes ...
Style: psychotronic, semi serious, realistic, humorous, stylized ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: elvis presley, island, interracial romance, music, beach, partner, anti hero, buddies, rescue, fugitives, odd couple, love and romance ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: hawaii, usa, honolulu hawaii
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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had ...
Style: epic, factual, intense, talky, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: world war two, war, navy, fighter plane, u.s. navy, aviation, battles, military life, military, world war, wartime, air raid ...
Time: year 1970, 1940s, 20th century, year 1941
Place: hawaii, japan, pearl harbor, washington d.c., asia ...
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Picture Bride (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she has never met. Hoping to escape a troubled past and start anew, Riyo is bitterly disappointed upon her arrival: her husband is twice her age. The ...
Style: touching, emotional, melancholic, serious, independent film ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: loveless marriage, self discovery, immigrant, orphan, existentialism, older man younger woman relationship, fish out of water, social differences, love and romance, friendship, culture clash, women of color ...
Time: year 1918, year 1994
Place: hawaii, japan, asia, usa
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Deadly Honeymoon (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Handsome silver spoon Texan Trevor Forrest can't always control his tendencies to flirt and gamble, even on honeymoon cruise to Tahiti with Lindsey Ross Forrest, which may compromise their business ambitions. The ship captain asks FBI agent ...
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, psychological ...
Plot: wedding, cruise, mind game, betrayal, honeymoon, husband wife relationship, fight, infidelity, marriage, ship, gambling, cruise ship ...
Place: hawaii
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Godzilla (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises ...
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: monster, giant monster, dinosaur, godzilla, disaster, creature, kaiju, catastrophe, military, deadly creature, giant, giant creature ...
Time: jurassic, 90s, year 2014, 2010s, year 1999 ...
Place: japan, san francisco, hawaii, tokyo, honolulu hawaii ...
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Born to Be Wild (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. ...
Style: crying, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: sign language, on the road, on the run, teenage boy, single mother, teen angst, animal, gorilla, friendship, youth, pets, ape ...
Time: 90s
Place: hawaii, africa, seattle
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Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Kelly's grandpa invites the whole clique to his little hotel "The Hideaway" in Hawaii for summer vacation. They expect a marvelous time at the beach - without Belding. Upon arriving, they quickly learn that not only is Belding there, ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good
Audience: teens
Plot: surf, hotel, love, resort, grandfather granddaughter relationship, summer romance, lifestyle, buddies, youth, love and romance, fall in love, disorder ...
Time: 90s
Place: hawaii, usa, honolulu hawaii
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Get a Job (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In order to save his own job, an employment agent has to find work for the most unemployable man on Maui.
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot: racial stereotype, workplace situations, partner, disorder, friends, goofy hero, workplace, adult as child, unemployment, farce, wedding
Time: 21st century
Place: hawaii
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Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Elvis plays Ross Carpenter, a fishing guide/sailor who loves his life out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two ...
Style: black and white, retro, feel good, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: elvis presley, rock and roll, music, boat, love, nightclub, girl, captain, love triangle, family business, wooing, fish out of water ...
Time: 60s
Place: hawaii, usa, arizona
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Up from the Depths (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as executive producer.
Style: scary, suspense, absurd, natural horror, grindhouse ...
Plot: shark, shark attack, creature feature, tourist, monster, sea monster, exploitation, celebrity, vacation, eaten alive, animal attack, resort ...
Time: prehistoric times
Place: hawaii
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In Harm's Way (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Style: realistic, tense, factual, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: war, world war two, naval battle, military, wartime, naval officer, father son relationship, u.s. navy, military life, suicide, marital infidelity, navy ...
Time: year 1941, year 1965, 1940s, year 1942
Place: pearl harbor, hawaii, pacific ocean, san francisco, polynesia
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Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: America is on the search for the murderer Eddie Kim. Sean Jones must fly to L.A. to testify in a hearing against Kim. Accompanied by FBI agent Neville Flynn, the flight receives some unexpected visitors.
Style: scary, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick, teens
Plot: airplane, snake, dangerous animal, death, giant snake, cobra, confined, passenger, animal attack, creature feature, danger, panic ...
Time: year 2006, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, honolulu hawaii, los angeles, bali
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L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A stolen computer disk contains the location of a hidden tresaure trove. It's up to the sexy ladies of LETHAL (Legion to Ensure Total Harmony and Law) to find the treasure before the bad guys do.
Style: sexy, erotic, independent film, surprise ending
Plot: erotica, sex scene, female agent, woman with a gun, making love, porn star, spy, big breasts, katana, blonde, lust, female nudity ...
Place: hawaii, los angeles, beverly hills
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Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggy" is home from College. When he suggests her to go for it, she's even more in panic - ...
Style: black and white, realistic, semi serious, humorous, psychotronic
Plot: beach, surfing, beach party, dancing, surf, youth, best friend, satire, disorder, airplane, friends, family relations ...
Time: year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place: hawaii, california
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Hawaii (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Hawaii is a United States television series produced and distributed by NBC Universal Television for the NBC television network. Originally titled Pearl City, this police drama was produced with the series Hawaii Five-O in mind, and debuted on ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: police detective, police, partners against crime, partner, law enforcement, police officer, island, female police officer, policewoman
Time: 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa, honolulu hawaii
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Hard Hunted (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A nuclear trigger has been smuggled to the Middle East by an evil mastermind named Kane, and the weapons could upset the delicate balance of power in the region if they fall into the wrong hands. It's up to three bombshell federal agents to ...
Style: erotic, cult classic, psychotronic, independent film
Plot: erotica, woman with a gun, sex scene, making love, spy, federal agent, big breasts, helicopter, safe, female singer, machete, bare breasts ...
Place: hawaii
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50 First Dates (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because ...
Style: romantic, feel good, sentimental, romantic comedy, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: memory loss, fall in love, love story, amnesia, love and romance, love, memory, relationships, wooing, dating, life philosophy, dream ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania
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Donovan's Reef (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: 'Guns' Donovan prefers carousing with his pals Doc Dedham and 'Boats' Gilhooley, until Dedham's high-society daughter Amelia shows up in their South Seas paradise.
Style: light, scenic, entertaining, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: island, love, parents and children, comedy of errors, family relations, clergy, half brother, pacific island, missing person, mistaken identity, friends, christmas ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: polynesia, hawaii, boston, usa, oceania ...
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Finding 'Ohana (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two Brooklyn siblings' summer in a rural Oahu town takes an exciting turn when a journal pointing to long-lost treasure sets them on an adventure, leading them to reconnect with their Hawaiian heritage.
Style: anamorphic, funny, captivating, entertaining, teen comedy
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: treasure, treasure hunt, treasure map, lost treasure, secret passageway, hidden treasure, treasure hunter, treasure chest, friendship, escapades, friends, woman ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, new york, brooklyn new york city, oceania
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The Hawaiians (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A wanderer returns home only to find political turmoil, disease and romantic difficulties.
Style: epic, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere
Plot: sea, immigrant, escapades, society, adventurer, lifestyle, culture clash, plantation, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, sea captain, bubonic plague ...
Time: 19th century
Place: hawaii, usa
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Blue Hawaii (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Chad Gates has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend.
Style: stylized, light, intense, melancholic, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: surfing, elvis presley, dancing, happy ending, tour guide, family business, love and romance, partner, parents and children, starting over, fall in love, love ...
Time: 60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania, polynesia, honolulu hawaii
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The Resort (2021)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Four friends head to Hawaii to investigate reports of a haunting at an abandoned resort in hopes of finding the infamous Half-Faced Girl. When they arrive, they soon learn you should be careful what you wish for.
Style: thrilling, tense, captivating, suspenseful, mystical ...
Plot: tropical island, beautiful scenery, supernatural, travel, haunting, waterfall, group of friends, secret, death, mysterious place, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals ...
Place: hawaii, oceania
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Blended (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attractions grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.
Style: feel good, funny, romantic, light, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, kids
Plot: single parent, youth, fall in love, parents and children, single father, love story, opposites attract, love and romance, vacation, children, father daughter relationship, happy ending ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: africa, south africa, hawaii, usa
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Raven (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Raven is an American TV series
Style: detective, suspenseful, humorous, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: ninja, martial arts, vigilante, revenge, ex special forces, special forces, private detective, secret movement, rivalry, missing child, heroes, good versus evil ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: hawaii, usa
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Hang Loose (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Kevin must go to Hawaii to attend the wedding of his big sister. The day before the wedding he goes on a misadventure with his future brother in law and his crazy groomsmen that changes his life.
Style: light, feel good, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Plot: wedding, wedding ceremony, vacation, friendship, party, teenage boy, priest, doctor, drug dealer, teenager, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, group of friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa
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The Champagne Gang (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Champagne Gang is an exciting action-packed drama about four beautiful California beach girls who pull heists to pay for luxury items and surfing vacations to Mexico and Hawaii.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, beach, gang, on the run, feminism, robbery, police, girl power, criminal heroes, hotshot hero, woman in danger, exploitation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hawaii, mexico, usa, california, latin america
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The Killing of John Lennon (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The film follows the travels and accounts of Mark Chapman (Jonas Ball) and gives the watcher an insight into his mind. It starts with him in Hawaii and how he does not fit in with anyone including his job; family; friends etc. He says he is ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, serious ...
Plot: mental illness, obsession, losing-it hero, assassination, unfulfillment, murder, the beatles, criminal, rock, music, lonely, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place: hawaii, new york, usa
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