Seattle Film History
Filmmakers have been flocking to Seattle ever since the city's film debut in 1933's Tugboat Annie. Seattle has been a backdrop for some of Hollywood's biggest movies and remains among one of the best cities to film in because of our diverse scenery, commitment to arts and culture and experienced local cast, crew and support services.
Film History Timeline
2024
Feature films
Jack in Time for Christmas, Phil Ashton
TV/Episodic
2023
TV/Episodic
2022
Feature films
Due Justice, Javier Reyna
Finding Bapu, Sudeshna Sen
Know Your Place, Zia Mohajerjasbi
Year of the Fox, Megan Griffiths
TV/Episodic
Sex Lives of College Girls - Season 2
2021
Feature films
KIMI, Steven Soderberg
TV/Episodic
2020
Feature films
The Unforgivable, Nora Findscheidt
2019
Feature films
Malignant, James Wan
Nishabdham, Hermant Madhukar
The Paper Tigers, Quoc Bao Tran
Potato Dreams of America, Wes Hurley
TV/Episodic
Three Busy Debras, Anna Dokoza
2018
Feature films
The Art of Racing in the Rain, Simon Curtis
Language Arts, Cornelia Duryee
Thin Skin, Charles Mudede
Super Intelligence, Ben Falcone
Short films
Hunky Boys Go Ding Dong, Todd Rohal
TV/Episodic
2017
Feature films
Prospect, Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell
Where'd You Go Bernadette, Richard Linklater
TV/Episodic
2016
Feature films
50 Shades Darker, James Foley
Wallflower, Jagger Gravning
TV/Episodic
Automata, Van Alan
The Real World Seattle: Bad Blood
2015
TV/Episodic
Rocketmen, Webster Crowell
2014
Feature films
Beta Test, Nicholas Gyeney
Captain Fantastic, Matt Ross
TV/Episodic
2013
Feature Films
The Architect, Jonathan Parker
A Bit of Bad Luck, John Fuhman
Lucky Them, Megan Griffiths
Laggies, Lynn Shelton
2012
Feature films
Four Minute Mile, Charles-Olivier Michaud
Matt's Chance, Nicholas Gyeney
Pacific Aggression, Shaun Scott
Safety Not Guaranteed, Colin Trevorrow
Touchy Feely, Lynn Shelton
You Can't Win, Robinson Devor
TV/Episodic
2011
Feature films
21 and Over, Jon Lucas and Scott Moore
Desert Cathedral, Travis Senger
Eden, Megan Griffiths
Fat Kids Rule the World, Matthew Lillard
Mine Games, Richard Gray
Wheedles Groove, Jennifer Maas
Short films
While You Weren't Looking, Jeremy Mackie
2010
Feature films
Grassroots, Stephen Gyllenhaal
Judas Kiss, J.T. Tepnapa
Late Autumn, Kim Tae-yong
Nothing Against Life, Julio Ramirez
Rogue Saints, Adam Lubanski
1982
Feature films
Coming Out of the Ice, Waris Hussein
The Fighter, David Lowell Rich
Plaza Suite, Harvey Medlinksky
The Prodigal, James F. Collier
Thursday's Child, David Lowell Rich
War Games, John Badham
1990s
1999
Feature films
Get Carter, Stephen T. Kay
Highway, James Cox
Preston Tylk, Jon Bokenkamp
TV/Episodic
1998
Feature films
Book of Stars, Michael Miner
Ten Things I Hate About You, Gil Junger
TV/Episodic
1997
Feature films
Delivered, Guy Ferland
Practical Magic, Griffin Dunne
Under Heaven, Meg Richman
TV/Episodic
1996
Feature films
Black Circle Boys, Matthew Carnahan
Dark Drive, Phillip J. Roth
Hype!, Doug Pray
Prefontaine, Steve James
The Sixth Man, Randall Miller
TV/Episodic
1995
Feature films
Assassins, Richard Donner
Eden, Howard Goldberg
The Rich Man's Wife, Amy Holden Jones
Slaves to the Underground, Kristine Peterson
TV/Episodic
1994
Feature films
Born to Be Wild, John Gray
Disclosure, Barry Levinson
Georgia, Ulu Grosbard
Mad Love, Antonia Bird
Threat of Innocence, Michael Switzer
TV/Episodic
1993
Feature films
Little Buddha, Bernardo Bertolucci
1992
Feature films
Better Off Dead, Neema Barnette
The Danger of Love, Joyce Chopra
Sleepless in Seattle, Nora Ephron
The Vanishing, George Sluizer
With a Vengeance, Michael Switzer
1991
Feature films
American Heart, Martin Bell
Crazy in Love, Martha Coolidge
Face of a Stranger, Claudia Weill
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Curtis Hanson
Singles, Cameron Crowe
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, David Lynch
1990
Feature filmes
Dogfight, Nancy Savoca
To Cross the Rubicon, Barry Caillier
She'll Take Romance, Piers Haggard
1980s
1989
Feature films
Comes See the Paradise, Alan Parker
The Fabulous Baker Boys, Steve Kloves
Ghost Dad, Sidney Poitier
1988
Feature films
Third Degree Burn, Roger Spottiswoode
Class of 1999, Mark L. Lester
Catchfire, Dennis Hopper
Shredder Orpheus, Robert McGinley
Say Anything, Cameron Crowe
1987
Feature films
Daredreamer, Barry Caillier
Plain Clothes, Martha Coolidge
Seven Hours to Judgement, Beau Bridges
Stamp of a Killer, Larry Elikann
The Stepfather, Joseph Ruben
TV/Episodic
1986
Feature films
Black Widow, Bob Rafelson
Harry and the Hendersons, William Dear
House of Games, David Mamet
Nutcracker, Carroll Ballard
Starman, John Carpenter
1985
Feature films
Dark Mansions, Jerry London
Power, Sidney Lumet
The Rape of Richard Beck, Karen Arthur
Trouble in Mind, Alan Rudolph
1984
Feature films
Twice in a Lifetime, Bud Yorkin
TV/Episodic
1982
Feature films
Coming Out of the Ice, Waris Hussein
The Fighter, David Lowell Rich
Plaza Suite, Harvey Medlinksky
The Prodigal, James F. Collier
Thursday's Child, David Lowell Rich
War Games, John Badham
1981
Feature films
An Officer and a Gentleman, Taylor Hackford
Bustin' Loose, Oz Scott
Divorce Wars: A Love Story, Donald Wrye
Frances, Graeme Clifford
An Innocent Love, Roger Young
1980
Feature films
An Act of Love, Jud Taylor
Barefoot in the Park, Harvey Medlinksky
Bombs Away, Bruce Wilson
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Leonard Nimoy
1970s
Feature films
The Changeling, Peter Medak
Cinderella Liberty, Mark Rydell
Eleanor and Franklin, Daniel Petrie
Harry in Your Pocket, Bruce Geller
HIT, Sidney J. Furie
Joyride, Joseph Ruben
The Lives of Jenny Dolan, Jerry Jameson
MC Q, John Sturges
The Night Strangler, Dan Curtis
99 and 44/100% Dead!, John Frankenheimer
The Parallax View, Alan J. Pakula
Reflections of Murder, John Badham
Scorchy, Howard Hikmet Avedis
Sweet Revenge, Jerry Schatzberg
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy, Richard T. Heffron
TV/Episodic
1960s
Feature films
It Happened at the World's Fair, Norman Taurog
The Slender Thread, Sydney Pollack
Feature Films
You Came Along, John Farrow
Feature Films
Tugboat Annie, Mervyn LeRoy