The following is a list of films shot wholly or partly on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The Gold Coast is a popular location for the filming of Hollywood movies and high-budget Australian movies. The City of the Gold Coast has also emerged as a growing hub for independent feature film production between 2009 and 2019 by content creators living and working in the region.Ryan, Mark David, Macrossan, Phoebe, Cunningham, Stuart, & McCutcheon, Marion (2020) "Gold Coast Independent Screen Production". Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
Films
Year Film Locations Ref. 1935 Heritage Barambah, Canungra 1949 Sons of Matthew Beaudesert, Natural Bridge, Numimbah Valley 1972 Morning of the Earth Kirra Beach, Coolangatta 1975 Surrender in Paradise Gold Coast (including Surfers Paradise) 1978 In Search of Anna Surfers Paradise 1980 Final Cut Surfers Paradise Jim Schembri, "Final Cut", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford University Press, 1993 p59 1981 Airhawk (Star of the North) Gold Coast (including Surfers Paradise) 1983 Bush Christmas (Prince and the Great Race) Beaudesert, Rathdowney Geoff Mayer, "Bush Christmas", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford University Press, 1993 p122 1983 Goodbye Paradise Surfers Paradise, Southport, Currumbin (including Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary) David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation, Pan Macmillan 1990 pp. 234-236 1984 The Coolangatta Gold Gold Coast (including Coolangatta & Surfers Paradise) 1987 The Odd Angry Shot Land Warfare Centre (Canungra) David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p123-125 1989 The Delinquents Warner Brothers Studios, Oxenford 1990 Blood Oath (Prisoners of the Sun) Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 1992 Hurricane Smith Gold Coast, Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 1992 Over the Hill Gold Coast 1993 Fortress Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 1993 Reckless Kelly Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 1994 Escape from Absolom (No Escape) Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford), Canungra Army Base, Land Warfare Centre – Department of Defence, Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios 1994 Muriel's Wedding Coolangatta, Elanora, Surfers Paradise Tugun, Tweed Heads 1994 Street Fighter Gold Coast (including Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford) 1995 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 1996 First Strike (Police Story 4) Gold Coast 1996 The Phantom Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 1997 The Real Macaw Mount Tamborine, Stradbroke Island 1999 Chameleon II: Death Match Gold Coast (including Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios) 1999 The Craic Surfers Paradise 1999 Komodo Cape Moreton, Gold Coast 1999 Chameleon 3: Dark Angel Gold Coast (including Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios) 2000 Pitch Black Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Surfers Paradise 2000 Walk the Talk Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise, Mermaid Beach, Palm Beach 2001 Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2001 Cubbyhouse (Hellion) Gold Coast 2001 Driven Gold Coast Indy 2001 Hildegarde Gold Coast (including Coolangatta) 2002 Blurred Gold Coast (including Surfers Paradise) 2002 Ghost Ship Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Moreton Bay 2002 Scooby Doo Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Tangalooma (Moreton Island) 2003 Darkness Falls Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2003 George of the Jungle 2 Gorge Falls in Tallebudgera Valley, Gold Coast Airport, Conrad Jupiters Hotel & Casino 2003 Gettin' Square Southport (including Southport District Court & Australia Fair Shopping Centre), 2 Corporate Ct, Bundall 2003 Peter Pan Gold Coast (including Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford) 2003 Tempted (Returning Lily) Gold Coast (including Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford) 2004 Bondi Tsunami Gold Coast 2005 The Great Raid Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Tallebudgera Valley, Tamborine Mountain 2005 House of Wax Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2006 Aquamarine Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Tallebudgera Creek, Sea World, Palm Beach, Burleigh Heads 2006 Kokoda Mount Tamborine 2006 The Marine Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Bond University, Robina, Surfers Paradise 2006 See No Evil Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2007 The Condemned Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Mount Tamborine 2007 Heyy Babyy Dreamworld, Coomera 2007 Unfinished Sky Beaudesert (including Wyambin homestead) 2008 Fool's Gold Moreton Bay, Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2008 Nim's Island Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Gorge Falls in Tallebudgera Valley 2008 The Ruins Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Mount Tamborine, Natural Arch (Springbrook) 2009 Beauty and the Beast Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2009 Daybreakers Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Robina railway station 2009 Triangle Raby Bay Marina, Southport Yacht Club, Southport Spit 2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, South Stradbroke Island, The Southport School, Doug Jennings Park, Southport 2010 Jucy Ephraim Island, Gold Coast 2011 The Railway Man Gold Coast hinterland, Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2011 Sanctum Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Jacobs Well 2012 Bad Karma Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2012 Bait 3D Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Coolangatta Beach, ALDI Coolangatta 2012 Iron Sky Warner Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2012 Return to Nim's Island Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Magnetic Island 2014 The Inbetweeners 2 Southport, Wet'n'Wild, Oxenford, Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2014 My Mistress Currumbin Valley 2014 Schapelle Tugun, Southport Yacht Club 2014 Unbroken Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2015 The Fear of Darkness Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Bond University, Robina 2015 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Helensvale, Southport, Maudsland, Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2015 San Andreas Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, The Pines Shopping Centre Elanora, Outback Spectacular carpark, Oxenford, Bond University, Robina 2015 StalkHer Gold Coast (including Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford) 2016 Kong: Skull Island Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, North Stradbroke Island, South Stradbroke Island, Mount Tamborine 2016 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2016 The Shallows Mount Tamborine, Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2017 Aquaman Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Main Beach, Coomera, Southport, North Stradbroke Island 2017 Jungle South East Queensland, Gold Coast hinterland (including Mount Tamborine & Bonogin Valley), Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2017 Pacific Rim: Uprising Broadbeach, Southport, Surfers Paradise, Bulwer Island 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, The Spit, Southport 2017 Thor: Ragnarok Mount Tamborine (including Cedar Creek Falls), Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2018 Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2018 Guardians of the Tomb Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2019 Dora and the Lost City of Gold Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Gold Coast, Tamborine Mountain, Tallebudgera Valley, Palm Beach Currumbin State High School, Coomera River 2019 Occupation: Rainfall Helensvale, Mount Tamborine 2020 6 Festivals Main Beach, Lunar Electric Music Festival (Gold Coast) 2020 Love and Monsters (Monster Problems) Coombabah 2020 Swimming for Gold Tallebudgera Creek 2021 Godzilla vs. Kong Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Tallebudgera Valley, Miami State High School, Roosevelt Lounge Broadbeach 2021 The Possessed Pinnacle Studios, Helensvale 2021 You, Me and the Penguins Gold Coast 2022 Black Site Pinnacle Studios Helensvale, Gold Coast 2022 The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Mount Tamborine 2022 Elvis Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Burleigh Heads 2022 Spiderhead Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast hinterland (including Hinze Dam, Advancetown & Tallebudgera Valley) 2022 Thirteen Lives Yatala, Mudgeeraba, Numinbah Valley, Carrara, Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2022 Ticket To Paradise Village Roadshow Studios, Miami Beach, North Burleigh Hill, Home of the Arts, Tamborine Mountain (Curtis Falls), Griffith University, Southport, Tangalooma, Moreton Island 2023 Bring Him to Me Gold Coast 2023 Land of Bad Gold Coast hinterland (including Hinze Dam, Advancetown, Tallebudgera Valley, Springbrook National Park, Springbrook Plateau & The Pines Elanora) 2023 The Portable Door Pinnacle Studios, Helensvale, Miami Beach, Natural Bridge at Springbrook National Park 2023 True Spirit Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Surfers Paradise 2024 Audrey Home of the Arts (HOTA), Gold Coast Turf Club, Southport State High School, Southport and Coomera TAFE, Sanctuary Cove, Robina, Nerang Bicentennial Hall 2024 Eden Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2024 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2024 How to Make Gravy Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Gold Coast, Jacob's Well 2024 Land of Bad Gold Coast, Hinze Dam, Advancetown, Tallebudgera Valley, Guanaba Gorge, Springbrook National Park, Springbrook Plateau 2024 Scurry Gold Coast (including Sparke Film Studios) 2025 Anaconda Tallebudgera Valley, Tamborine Mountain, Springbrook National Park, Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2025 Beast of War Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2025 Dangerous Animals Gold Coast 2025 Primitive War Gold Coast 2025 Spit Gold Coast 2026 Balls Up Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Tamborine Mountain, Robina Stadium 2026 The Bluff Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Tamborine Mountain, North Stradbroke Island 2026 The Get Out (Bear Country) Gold Coast (including Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford) 2026 Mortal Kombat II Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Pinnacle Studios, Helensvale, Tamborine Mountain, Hope Island 2026 The Mosquito Bowl Gold Coast hinterland, Pimpama Island & Districts Community Centre 2026 Posthumous Pinnacle Studios, Helensvale 2026 Runner Marine Parade, Labrador, Carrara 2026 Spa Weekend Gold Coast (including Sheraton Grand Mirage, Southport & Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford) 2027 Gundam Gold Coast (including Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford) Allen Gold Coast Godzilla x Kong: Supernova Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford Headless Gold Coast Honeymoon with Harry Rainbow Bay Surf Lifesaving Club Jump Gold Coast, Tamborine Mountain The Mark Currumbin (including Currumbin Bridge & Currumbin Beach Vikings Surf Life Saving Club), Pinnacle Studios, Helensvale Subversion Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford Untitled Mike Thornton biopic film Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford Voltron Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford Zombie Plane Gold Coast
See also Australian Film Commission Cinema of Australia Film Australia Screen Australia Screen Queensland Screen Queensland Studios Queensland Film Corporation Village Roadshow Studios South Australian Film Corporation World cinema List of Australian films List of films set in Australia List of films shot in Queensland List of films shot in Brisbane List of films shot in Adelaide List of films shot in Darwin List of films shot in Sydney List of films shot in Tasmania List of films shot in Melbourne List of films shot in Western Australia Television shows set on the Gold Coast, Queensland
References
External links Screen Queensland Village Roadshow Studios