Movies Filmed in South Carolina

South Carolina Movies Filmed in South Carolina Also see: SC Plays | SC Single-screen Movie Theaters

South Carolina has had more than 100 feature films produced here. SCIWAY has researched many of these movies and brings you this fun guide to filming locations and production anecdotes.

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Feature Films Shot in SC — With Locations

• 108 Stitches (2001)
  Columbia
  
  
• 1969 (1988)
  Hardeeville
  
  

A

• The Abyss (1989)
  Gaffney
  
  
• Accidental Love (2008)
  Columbia
  NOTE: The film was called "Nailed" during filming. Production halted due to financial trouble with just one scene left to shoot but in 2015 was released in theaters and video-on-demand.
  
  
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
  Edisto Island, Green Pond
  
  
• Angel Camouflaged (2010)
  Bowens Island Restaurant (James Island), Folly Beach
  
  
• Animals and the Tollkeeper (1998)
  Beaufort County, Edisto Island, Varnville
  
  
• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (2021)
  McCelvey Center (York)
  
  
• The Arizona Bandit (1920)
  North Augusta
  NOTE: The film was never released. Most likely due to its leading man being arrested. Click here and scroll to 39th paragraph to learn more about the arrest.
  
  
• Asylum (2008)
  Winthrop University, Rock Hill, York
  
  

B

• The Battle of Aiken (2005)
  Aiken, Edgefield
  
  
• The Big Chill (1983)
  Beaufort
  
  
• Black Rainbow (1989)
  Rock Hill
  
  
• The Boyfriend School (1990) – "Don't Tell Her It's Me"
  Charleston
  
  
• The Break (1995)
  Charleston
  
  
• Buy Sell Kill: A Flea Market Story (2004)
  Anderson
  
  

C

• C.E.O. (2002)
  Camden, Columbia
  
  
• Campfire Tales (1991)
  Columbia, Hunting Island
  
  
• Chasers (1994)
  Charleston, Mt Pleasant, Myrtle Beach, Columbia, Yemassee
  
  
• Chattahoochee (1989)
  Columbia
  
  
• Chill Factor (1999)
  Liberty
  
  
• Cold Mountain (2003)
  Charleston
  
  
• Come Away Home (2005)
  Hilton Head
  
  
• Consenting Adults (1992)
  Berkeley County, Charleston
  
  
• The Corndog Man (1999)
  Charleston area
  
  
• Coupe de Ville (1990)
  Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg
  
  
• Cousin of Sleep (2001)
  Charleston
  
  
• Crinoline Head (1995)
  Columbia
  
  

D

• The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
  Charleston
  
  
• Date with a Kidnapper (1976)
  Fort Mill, Rock Hill
  
  
• Daughters of the Dust (1991)
  Saint Helena Island
  
  
• Days of Thunder (1990)
  Darlington
  
  
• Dear John (2010)
  Cassina Point Plantation (Edisto Island), Charleston, Charleston Air Force Base, The Citadel, College of Charleston, Folly Beach, Harleyville, Isle of Palms, James Island, Sullivan's Island
  
  
• Death Sentence (2007)
  Columbia
  
  
• Deceiver (1997)
  Charleston
  
  
• Deliverance (1972)
  Chatooga River, Lake Jocassee
  
  
• Desperation Highway (1998)
  South Carolina
  
  
• Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
  Berkeley County, Dorchester, Charleston
  
  
• Don't Make Waves (1967)
  Myrtle Beach
  
  
• Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990) – "The Boyfriend School"
  Charleston, Sullivan's Island
  
  
• The Double McGuffin (1979)
  Charleston
  
  

F

• Final Exam (1981)
  Limestone College
  
  
• Finding Jack Kerouac (2002)
  Greenville
  
  
• Flame in the Wind (1971)
  Greenville
  
  
• Folly Island (2001)
  Charleston, Folly Beach
  
  
• For the Boys (1991)
  The Citadel
  
  
• Forces of Nature (1999)
  Beaufort, Dillon
  
  
• Forrest Gump (1994)
  Beaufort, Fripp Island, Pritchardville, Yemassee, Varnville, Walterboro
  
  
• Freakshow (1995)
  Columbia
  
  
• The Fugitive (1993)
  Beaufort
  
  
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  Parris Island
  
  

G

• G.I Jane (1997)
  Beaufort
  
  
• The Ghost Club (2003)
  Chester
  
  
• God's Not Dead: In God We Trust (2024)
  Chester, Rock Hill, Sumter
  
  
• Gone Fishin' (1997)
  Beaufort, Jasper County
  
  
• The Great Santini (1979)
  Beaufort
  
  
• A Guy Named Joe (1943)
  Columbia Army Air Base
  
  

H

• Halloween (2018)
  Charleston
  
  
• Hard Feelings (1982)
  Sullivan's Island
  
  
• Heart of Midnight (1988)
  Charleston
  
  
• Her Man (1918)
  Greenville, Travelers Rest
  NOTE: Thank you to Richard Sawyer for letting us know about this silent film that was a hit in the US and shown internationally.
  
  

I

• The In Crowd (2000)
  Charleston
  
  

J

• The Jackal (1997)
  Charleston, Colleton County, Dorchester County, Summerville
  
  
• The Jungle Book (1994)
  Beaufort, Fripp Island
  
  

L

• The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2005) – "Strike the Tent"
  Columbia
  
  
• Last Dance (1996)
  Beaufort, Ridgeland, Clarendon County, Jasper County
  
  
• The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
  Beaufort, Bluffton, Charleston, Hilton Head, Kiawah Island
  
  
• Leatherheads (2008)
  Calhoun Hotel (Anderson), Ware Shoals High School (Greenwood), Greenville, Boiling Springs High School
  
  
• Leo (2002)
  Charleston
  
  
• The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)
  Fort Pulaski
  
  
• A Line in the Sand (2006)
  Columbia
  
  
• Little Senegal (2001)
  Charleston
  
  
• Lolita (1997)
  South Carolina
  
  
• The Longest Yard (1974)
  Hilton Head
  
  
• The Lords of Discipline (1983)
  Charleston
  
  

M

• Made in Heaven (1987)
  Charleston, Georgetown, Quimby Creek (Berkeley County)
  
  
• Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
  College Park, Remley's Point, Joe Riley Stadium (Charleston County), Mirmow Field (Orangeburg County)
  
  
• The Midnight Man (1974)
  Anderson, Clemson
  
  
• Milltown Pride (2011)
  Buffalo, Central, Cleveland, Greenville, Inman, Landrum, Marietta, Norris, Pelzer, Piedmont, Simpsonville, Spartanburg, Taylors
  
  
• Modern Love (1990)
  Columbia
  
  
• Moonshine Mountain (1964)
  Bullock Creek
  
  

N

• New Best Friend (2002)
  Charleston
  
  
• New Daughter (2008)
  Wedge Plantation, McClellanville
  
  
• The Notebook (2004)
  Rice Hope/Black River Plantation (Georgetown County), Boone Hall Plantation (Mount Pleasant), Charleston, College of Charleston, Cypress Gardens (Moncks Corner), Edisto Island, North Charleston, Old Village (Mount Pleasant), Wadmalaw Island
  
  
• Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
  Lake City
  
  

O

• O (2001)
  Charleston
  
  
• An Occasional Hell (1996)
  College of Charleston's Stern Center (Charleston)
  
  
• Other Voices, Other Rooms (1995)
  Charleston, Edisto Island
  
  

P

• Paradise (1991)
  Charleston, Georgetown, McClellanville
  
  
• The Patriot (2000)
  Botany Bay Plantation (Edisto Island), Brattonsville, Charleston, Cypress Gardens (Moncks Corner), Darby Farm (Chester County), Fort Lawn, Lowrys, Mansfield Plantation (Georgetown County), Middleton Place Plantation (Dorchester County), Rock Hill
  
  
• Peg of the Pirates (1918)
  Charleston
  
  
• A Perfect World (1993)
  Beaufort
  
  
• The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
  Charleston
  
  
• Pied Piper Malone (1924)
  Georgetown
  
  
• The Prince of Tides (1991)
  Beaufort, Charleston, Fripp Island
  
  
• The Printing (1990)
  Fairmont, Greenville, Greer, Taylors
  
  
• The Program (1993)
  Columbia
  
  

R

• Radio (2003)
  Anderson, Walterboro
  
  
• The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
  Richburg, Rock Hill
  
  
• Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
  Charleston
  
  
• Red Runs the River (1963)
  Greenville
  
  
• Renaissance Man (1994)
  Fort Jackson
  
  
• The Rest of Your Life (2005)
  Chester
  
  
• Rich in Love (1993)
  Charleston, Mount Pleasant
  
  
• Ripe (1996)
  Aiken
  
  
• Rules of Engagement (2000)
  Hunting Island
  
  

S

• Satisfaction (1988)
  Charleston, Isle of Palms, Kiawah Island
  
  
• Shag (1989)
  Florence, Georgetown, Myrtle Beach
  
  
• Sheffey (1977)
  Spartanburg, Epsworth
  
  
• Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
  Abbeville, Clinton, Spartanburg, near Waterloo (Laurens County)
  
  
• Something to Talk About (1995)
  Beaufort, Gillionsville
  
  
• Stars Fell on Alabama (2021)
  Bay Street, Beaufort Academy, Beaufort Inn (Beaufort), Old Town Dispensary (Bluffton), The Shed (Port Royal)
  NOTE: Thank you to Ron Tucker for letting us know about the movie and for sharing this behind the scenes video.
  
  
• Staying Together (1989)
  Columbia, Ridgeway
  
  
• The Strangers (2008)
  Florence
  
  
• Swamp Thing (1982)
  Charleston area
  
  
• Swimming (2000)
  Georgetown, Myrtle Beach
  
  

T

• Taking Chances (2009) – "Patriotville"
  Chester, Rock Hill
  
  
• That Darn Cat (1997)
  Aiken, Edgefield, North Augusta
  
  
• Thunder in Carolina (1960)
  Darlington
  
  
• Trucker's Woman (1975)
  Florence, Society Hill
  
  

U

• The Ultimate Gift (2006)
  South Carolina
  
  
• Under Cover (1987)
  Charleston
  
  

V

• Voodoo Dawn (1990) – "Strange Turf"
  Oakely and Strawberry (Berkeley County), Charleston County
  
  

W

• Walker Payne (2006)
  Camden, Gaffney, Inman
  
  
• The War (1994)
  Beaufort
  
  
• White Squall (1996)
  Beaufort, Charleston
  
  
• Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
  Aiken
  
  
• Wild America (1997)
  Jasper County
  
  
• Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
  Elloree, Myrtle Beach, Orangeburg, Singleton Plantation
  
  
• Wine of Morning (1955)
  Bob Jones University, Greenville
  
  
• Wishing Out Loud (2015)
  Mullins High School (Marion County), Conway, Myrtle Beach
  
  

Y

• Yesterday (1981)
  Parris Island