Savannah in Other Media
| Year | Title | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Conspirator | Filmed completely in Savannah. The Conspirator is a 2010 historical drama about the trial of Mary Surratt, the only female co-conspirator in the Abraham Lincoln assassination and the first woman to be hanged by the United States federal government. It stars Robin Wright Penn, James McAvoy, Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Alexis Bledel, Kevin Kline, and Toby Kebbell. | |
| 2010 | The Last Song | Filmed in both Savannah and Tybee Island, The Last Song is the film adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks book by the same name. It stars Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear, and Liam Hemsworth. The film's storyline follows a troubled teenager, played by Cyrus, and her estranged father, played by Kinnear, as they reconnect with each other through music during a summer in a quiet Southern beach town. | |
| 2005 | Boogeyman | A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has affected his life. | |
| 2005 | Red Thread | ||
| 2005 | Snap | Savannah College of Art and Design student film starring actor Bubba Lewis. A young boy must defend his house after his parents are brutally murdered. | |
| 2004 | 95 Miles to Go | ||
| 2004 | Damn Good Dog | A profile of University of Georgia mascot Uga | |
| 2003 | Undertow | ||
| 2000 | Meeting Daddy | ||
| 2000 | The Gift | A woman with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has disappeared. | |
| 1999 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | A disillusioned war veteran, Captain Rannulph Junah, reluctantly agrees to play a game of golf. He finds the game futile until his caddy, Bagger Vance, teaches him the secret of the authentic golf stroke which turns out also to be the secret to mastering any challenge and finding meaning in life. | |
| 1998 | Claudine's Return | starring Christina Applegate, it was released as Kiss of Fire on DVD | |
| 1998 | Forces of Nature | Only the last 15 to 20 minutes of the film takes place in Savannah. A soon-to-be-married man encounters an exciting stranger after his plane suffers an accident on takeoff. | |
| 1998 | The General's Daughter | Portions were filmed on the campus of Savannah State University and a plantation house on the outskirts of Savannah | |
| 1997 | The Dinner | ||
| 1997 | The Gingerbread Man | ||
| 1997 | Kiss of Fire | starring Christina Applegate, it was originally released as Claudine's Return | |
| 1997 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Completely filmed in Savannah. Is based on the book by John Berendt by the same name. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a 1997 film directed by Clint Eastwood, and an adaptation the book of the same name. The film features Kevin Spacey as Jim Williams and Jude Law as Billy Carl Hanson. The Lady Chablis who is a well known transvestite performer at Savannah's Club One (Bar) is portrayed as herself in the film. An appearance by Uga V, the English bulldog live mascot of the University of Georgia, playing his father, Uga IV. The Uga mascots live in Savannah between football games. | |
| 1996 | White Squall | ||
| 1996 | Wild America | ||
| 1995 | Something to Talk About | A major scene is created outside the Six Pence pub on Bull Street | |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | The park bench that Forrest is sitting on throughout the film (telling his story to other people waiting for the bus), the famous feather dropping opening sequence, and the ending of the film all take place and were filmed in Savannah. The well known park bench that Forrest sat on is encased in the Historic Society in Savannah. Also, Forrest's house in Alabama was actually purpose built in Savannah. | |
| 1994 | Now and Then | ||
| 1993 | Camilla | ||
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder | ||
| 1991 | Cape Fear | A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a 14 year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. Remake of the 1962 film of the same name, which was also filmed in Savannah. | |
| 1990 | Love Crimes | ||
| 1989 | Glory | Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates. Parts of the film were shot in Savannah and nearby Jeykll Island | |
| 1989 | The Judas Project | ||
| 1989 | The Return of Swamp Thing | ||
| 1981 | Tales of Ordinary Madness | ||
| 1981 | There Was a Little Girl | ||
| 1980 | City of the Living Dead | ||
| 1980 | Mother Seton | ||
| 1980 | The Slayer | ||
| 1980 | White Death | ||
| 1979 | Carny | ||
| 1979 | Gold Bug | ||
| 1979 | Hopscotch | ||
| 1978 | The Double McGuffin | ||
| 1977 | The Lincoln Conspiracy | ||
| 1976 | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | ||
| 1975 | Distance | ||
| 1975 | Gator | ||
| 1974 | The Longest Yard | ||
| 1962 | Cape Fear | A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail. | |
| 1957 | The Young Don't Cry | ||
| 1955 | View from Pomphey's Head | written and directed by Philip Dunne | |
| Year | Title | Notes | Reference |
| 2009 | Left 4 Dead 2 | Location of first campaign | |
| 2012 | The Walking Dead (2012 video game) | Episode 4 starts here |
- Savannah is the hometown of two of the characters and the setting of the first level of this video game.
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