Whether you’re looking to watch the five Academy Award-winning films shot in North Carolina or discovering your favorite teen drama series to binge, there is no shortage of great films and television series shot here in our great state. From Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Drew Barrymore, Whoopi Goldberg, Ariana DeBose and Michelle Williams to Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Tom Hanks and Patrick Swayze, the biggest stars to grace our screens have starred in NC’s most iconic productions. So grab a beer and some popcorn and make your way through this Hollywood East watch list:
Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
The Swan (1956)
Killers Three (1968)
Speedway (1968)
Deliverance (1972)
Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)
Being There (1979)
The Private Eyes (1980)
Brainstorm (1983)
Stroker Ace (1983)
Firestarter (1984)
Cat's Eye (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
Marie (1985)
Silver Bullet (1985)
Year of the Dragon (1985)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Crimes of the Heart (1986)
King Kong Lives (1986)
Matlock (1986-1995)
No Mercy (1986)
Raw Deal (1986)
Trick or Treat (1986)
The Bedroom Window (1987)
Critical Condition (1987)
Date with an Angel (1987)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
From the Hip (1987)
Hiding Out (1987)
Weeds (1987)
Bull Durham (1988)
Collison Course (1989)
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
Winter People (1989)
Days of Thunder (1990)
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Mr. Destiny (1990)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Billy Bathgate (1991)
The Butcher's Wife (1991)
Once Around (1991)
Rambling Rose (1991)
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (1991)
Alan and Naomi (1992)
Day-O (1992)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Amos and Andrew (1993)
The Fugitive (1993)
House of Cards (1993)
The Portrait (1993)
The Program (1993)
Super Mario Brothers (1993)
Chasers (1994)
The Crow (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
One Christmas (1994)
Nell (1994)
Radioland Murders (1994)
Richie Rich (1994)
The Road to Wellville (1994)
American Gothic (1995-1998)
Empire Records (1995)
Heavy Weights (1995)
A Different Kind of Christmas (1995)
Eddie (1996)
My Fellow Americans (1996)
To Gillian on her 37th Birthday (1996)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
The Jackal (1997)
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Lolita (1997)
Digging to China (1997)
Black Dog (1998)
Dawson's Creek (1998-2003)
He Got Game (1998)
Patch Adams (1998)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
Muppets from Space (1999)
Morgan's Ferry (2000)
28 Days (2000)
Bruno (2000)
George Washington (2000)
The Angel Doll (2000)
Black Knight (2001)
Domestic Disturbance (2001)
Hannibal (2001)
Shallow Hal (2001)
Summer Catch (2001)
Cabin Fever (2002)
The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys (2002)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Juwanna Mann (2002)
A Walk to Remember (2002)
All the Real Girls (2003)
One Tree Hill (2003-2012)
A Touch of Fate (2003)
The Clearing (2004)
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
Stateside (2004)
Loggerheads (2005)
Junebug (2005)
Southern Belles (2005)
Surface (2005-2006)
The Guardian (2006)
Idlewild (2006)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
The Beautiful Ordinary (2007)
Great World of Sound (2007)
Hounddog (2007)
Home of the Giants (2007)
Anywhere, USA (2008)
Leatherheads (2008)
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Little Britain USA (2008)
Eastbound and Down (2009-2013)
The Marc Pease Experience (2009)
Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (2009)
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)
The Bleeding (2009)
Swamp Loggers (2009-2011)
One Big Happy Family (2009-2010)
Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)
Bloodworth (2010)
Gimme Shelter (pilot) (2010)
Fantasia For Real (2010)
Teen Mom (2010)
Petty Blue (2010)
Pendulum Swings (2011)
Redneck Roots (2011)
Snitch (2011)
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011)
Lovestruck Pancho (2011)
Beverly Lewis' The Shunning (2011)
Trinity Goodheart (2011)
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song (2011)
Revenge (TV Pilot) (2011)
Hart of Dixie (TV Pilot) (2011)
Teen Spirit (2011)
Hick (2011)
Game Time: Tackling The Past (2011)
Homeland (Seasons 1-3) (2011-2013)
Arthur Newman (2012)
Hornet's Nest (2012)
Journey 2:The Mysterious Island (2012)
Elephant Sighs (2012)
Stuck In Love (2012)
Revolution (Season 1, Part 1 & Part 2) (2012)
Piranha 3DD (2012)
Destiny Road (2012)
The Hunger Games (2012)
A Smile As Big As the Moon (2012)
For Richer, For Poorer (2012)
Mary and Martha (2013)
Are You Here (2013)
Don't Know Yet (2013)
Susie's Hope (2013)
Safe Haven (2013)
Banshee (Seasons 1-3) (2013-2015)
We're The Millers (2013)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
10 Rules for Sleeping Around (2013)
Don't Let Me Go (2013)
The Witches of East End (Pilot) (2013)
The Box Cutter (2013)
Alone Yet Not Alone (2013)
In So Many Words (2013)
Jimmy (2013)
Beverly Lewis' The Confession (2013)
Heart of the Country (2013)
The Ultimate Life (2013)
A Way Back Home (2013)
Christmas In Conway (2013)
A Chef's Life (2013-2018)
Under The Dome (2013-2015)
Saving Westbook High (2013)
The Perfect Summer (2013)
Sleepy Hollow (Seasons 1 & 2) (2013-2015)
The Conjuring (2013)
An Evergreen Christmas (2014)
The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
The Devil's Hand (2014)
Jessabelle (2014)
Tusk (2014)
Honeymoon (2014)
A Short History of Decay (2014)
Dark Awakening (2014)
Tammy (2014)
Infliction (2014)
Goodbye To All That (2014)
Alien Abduction (2014)
The Remaining (2014)
Wicked Tuna: North vs South (2014-2017)
Secrets and Lies (2014-2015)
Well Wishes (2015)
The World Made Straight (2015)
The Squeeze (2015)
Live Evil (2015)
Adrenaline (2015)
The Sin Seer (2015)
Careful What You Wish For (2015)
Captive (2015)
Max (2015)
Ashby (2015)
The Longest Ride (2015)
One and Two (2015)
My Big Fat Fabulous Life (Seasons 1-13) (2015-2025)
Paper Towns (2015)
Four Blood Moons (2015)
Blue Mountain State: The Movie (2016)
Max Steel (2016)
Union Bound (2016)
Good Behavior (2016-2017)
The Disappointments Room (2016)
Masterminds (2016)
The Choice (2016)
River Guard (2016)
The Harrow (2016)
Toymakerz (2016-2019)
Dirty Dancing (2016)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Mountain Top (2017)
Abundant Acreage Available (2017)
Six (2017-2018)
All Summers End (2017)
Shifting Gears (2018)
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (2018)
American Animals (2018)
8 Slices (2019)
The Evil Inside Her (2019)
A Christmas Love Story (2019)
Bolden! (2019)
Reprisal (2019)
Swamp Thing (2019)
The Good Things Devils Do (2020)
Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)
Drought (2020)
Uncle Frank (2020)
The 24th (2020)
The Lost Boys (Pilot) (2020)
USS Christmas (2020)
A Nashville Christmas Carol (2020)
Where's Rose (2021)
Delilah (2021)
Halloween Kills (2021)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Hightown (Seasons 2 & 3) (2021-2024)
The Black Phone (2021)
One Summer (2021)
Christmas In Harmony (2021)
Our Kind of People (2021-2022)
Gigi and Nate (2022)
Welcome to Flatch (2022-2023)
Rosebud Lane (2022)
Scream (2022)
Along For The Ride (2022)
Line Sisters (2022)
County Line: All In (2022)
County Line: No Fear (2022)
The Peripherial (2022)
The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022-2025)
Abandoned (2022)
Echoes (2022)
Buried in Barstow (2022)
Austin Dillon's Life In the Fast Lane (2022)
To Her, With Love (2022)
George and Tammy (2022-2023)
Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)
I.S.S. (2023)
One True Loves (2023)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (2023)
Breakwater (2023)
Florida Man (2023)
A Song for Imogene (2023)
A Little Prayer (2023)
Heaven Sent (2023)
Eric Larue (2023)
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023)
Mother Couch (2023)
A Biltmore Christmas (2023)
Zoey 102 (2023)
Blue Ridge (2023-2025)
The Other Zoey (2023)
Monster Summer (2024)
The Exorcism (2024)
Summer Camp (2024)
Greedy People (2024)
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (2024)
Outer Banks (partial Season 4) (2024)
Battle on the Beach (Season 4) (2024)
100 Day Hotel Challenge (Season 1) (2024)
Merv (2025)
Site (2025)
The Hunting Wives (2025-current)
Christy (2025)
The Runarounds (2025)
The Waterfront (2025)
Roofman (2025)
Renner (2025)
The Confession (2025)
Drivers Ed (2026)
Operation Taco Gary's (2026)
Beast Games (Season 2) (2026)
RJ Decker (2026-current)
Top Chef (Season 23) (2026)
