List of films shot in Oregon


Throughout film history, the U.S. state of Oregon has been a popular shooting location for filmmakers due to its wide range of landscapes, as well as its proximity to California, specifically Hollywood. The first documented commercial film made in Oregon was a short silent film titled The Fisherman's Bride, shot in Astoria by the Selig Polyscope Company, and released in 1909. Another documentary short, Fast Mail, Northern Pacific Railroad, was shot in Portland in 1897.
Since then, numerous major motion pictures have been shot in the state, including F.W. Murnau's City Girl, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Animal House, Stand by Me, Free Willy, and Wild. Portland—Oregon's largest city—has been a major shooting location for filmmakers, and has been featured prominently in the films of Gus Van Sant, namely Mala Noche, Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho, and Elephant.
This list of films shot is organized first by region, and then chronologically by year. Some films may appear more than once if they were shot in more than one region.

Southwest

FilmYearLocation
Grace's Visit to the Rogue Valley1915Jackson County
The Stolen Pie1916Klamath Falls
Find Your Man1924Klamath Falls
The Ice Flood1926Klamath Falls
The General1927Cottage Grove
The Reporter1927
Ed's Coed1929Eugene
Abe Lincoln in Illinois1940
Canyon Passage1946
Wild Horses1948Jacksonville
Rachel and the Stranger1948Eugene
How the West Was Won1962Grants Pass
Fields of Honor1964
Shenandoah1965Marcola
Mackenna's Gold1969Grants Pass
Getting Straight1970Eugene
Five Easy Pieces1970Eugene
Drive, He Said1971Eugene
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid1972Jacksonville
Emperor of the North1973Cottage Grove
Lost in the Stars1974Cottage Grove
Rooster Cogburn1975Grants Pass
Street Girls1975Eugene
Flood!1976
Animal House1978
How to Beat the High Cost of Living1980Eugene
Hell and High Water1981Rogue River
Personal Best1982Eugene
Mystery Mansion1983Jacksonville
Sacred Ground1983
The Dream Chasers1984
Stand by Me1986
Inherit the Wind1988Jacksonville
Spirit of the Eagle1988Grants Pass
Finish Line1988
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow1988Eugene
Girl of the Limberlost1989Jacksonville
Martial Marshal1989Jacksonville
Grand Tour1990
Timescape1992Eugene
Fire in the Sky1993
Brainsmasher: A Love Story1993Portland
The River Wild1993Grants Pass
The Four Diamonds1994
Grizzly Mountain1994
Dead Man1994Grants Pass
Without Limits1996Eugene
Ricochet River1997Eugene, Cottage Grove
Inconceivable1997Eugene
Delicate Instruments2000
Stealing Time2000Eugene
Raspberry Heaven2002Ashland
Indigo2003
The Sisters2004
Yesterday's Dreams 2004Ashland
Zerophilia2004
Fahrenheit 9/112004Florence
Conversations With God2005Ashland
Calvin Marshall2007
My Name Is Bruce2006Medford
Seraphim Falls2006McKenzie River
Sixes and the One Eyed King2006Medford
The Go-Getter2007Eugene
Didi's Last Wish2010
How to Die in Oregon2011
Redwood Highway2013
Night Moves2013
Something Wicked2014Eugene
Wild2014Ashland
Free to Play2014Medford
Brother Nature2016Klamath Falls
Black Road2016Ashland

Northwest

FilmYearLocation
Fast Mail, Northern Pacific Railroad1897Portland area
A Nugget In The Rough1917
Martyrs of Yesterday1919
The Golden Trail1920Portland
Headed North1920Troutdale
The Death Message1922
The Flash1923
The Frame Up1923
The Power Divine1923
The Vow of Vengeance1923
Way of the Transgressor1923
Beaten1924
Harbor Patrol1924
Under the Rouge1925Portland
The Fighting Parson1925Tygh Valley
Youth's Highway1925
Flames1926Portland
Mystery House1927Mount Hood National Forest
Call of the Wild1935Mount Baker Lodge
Lost Horizon1937Mount Hood National Forest
Thunderhead, Son of Flicka1945Gresham
Golden Earrings1947Corbett
Bend of the River1952
The Great Sioux Uprising1953Portland
Portland Exposé1957
A Day Called X1957Portland
All the Young Men1960Timberline Lodge
Ring of Fire1961Vernonia
The Mightiest Clydesdale
Paint Your Wagon		1969
1969		Estacada
Baker City
Five Easy Pieces1970Portland
Kansas City Bomber1972Portland
The Circle1972Portland
Death of a Sideshow1972Portland
Isn't It Shocking?1973
Lost Horizon1973Mount Hood
Closed Mondays1974Portland
Deafula1975Portland
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975Salem
The Possessed1977Portland
First Love1977Portland
Fire1978Yamhill County
The Shining1980Timberline Lodge
Paydirt1980Hood River, Newberg, Yamhill County
Just Before Dawn1981
Unhinged1982
The Courier of Death1983Portland
Quarterback Princess1983McMinnville
Off Sides1983Salem
American Taboo1984Portland
Station to Station1984Portland
Toby's Gorilla1984Salem
The Adventures of Mark Twain1985Portland
Mala Noche1985Portland
The Last Innocent Man1985Portland
Short Circuit1986Portland, Columbia River Gorge
Shadow Play1986Portland
The Penalty Phase1986Portland, The Dalles
Promise1986
A Claymation Christmas Celebration1987Portland
Permanent Record1988Portland
Homer and Eddie1988
The Watcher1988Portland
Fatal Revenge1988Portland
Meet the Raisins: The Story of the California Raisins1988Portland
Drugstore Cowboy1989Portland
Breaking In1989Portland
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy1989Portland
Spy1989Portland
Dangerous Pursuit1989Portland
Come See the Paradise1989
The California Raisin Show1989Portland
The Vernonia Incident1989Vernonia
Love at Large1990Portland
Murder COD1990Portland
Cops and Robbers1990Portland
Fatal Exposure1990Portland
The Favor1990Portland
The Marla Hanson Story1990Portland
Ironheart1990Portland
Love & Dynamite1990Portland
Ski School1991Mount Hood
My Own Private Idaho1991
Run1991Portland
Child of Darkness, Child of Light1991Portland
Deadly Game1991
Deceptions: A Mother's Secret1991Portland
Frozen Assets1991
Wild Child1991Portland
Chrome Soldiers1991
Claire of the Moon1992Portland
Duplicates1992Portland area
Body Language1992Portland
Devils Keep1992Portland
Programmed for Murder1992
A Claymation Easter Special1992Portland
Perfect Family1992Portland
Dr. Giggles1992Portland
Sam & Ed1992Portland
The Bed You Sleep In1992Toledo
Frameup1992Newport
Fade to Black1993Portland
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues1993Portland
Free Willy1993Portland
The Temp1993Portland
Body of Evidence1993Portland
Gayle Moffatt Story1993Portland
Hear No Evil1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey1993
Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter?1993Portland
Brainsmasher... A Love Story1993Portland
Praying Mantis1993Portland
Terror in the Towers1993Portland
Maverick1993Columbia River Gorge
To My Daughter With Love1993Portland
Save the Last Dance for Me1993Portland
Imaginary Crimes1993Portland
Guns on the Clackamas1993Oregon City
Rose City1994Portland
Medicine Ball1994Portland
Mystery Dance1994Portland
Mr. Holland's Opus1994Portland
Gathering Evidence1994Salem
The Ox and the Eye1994Portland
Tinkercrank1994Portland
Things I Never Told You1995St. Helens
Foxfire1995Portland
Assassins1995Portland
Dead by Sunset1995Portland
Lords of the Tanglewood1995Hood River
Batman Forever1995Corbett
Nowhere Man1996Portland area
Reunion1996Portland
Reggie's Prayer1996Portland
Payback1996Portland
Forest Warrior1996
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory 1996Portland
The Catalyst1997Portland
Total Reality1997Portland
Zero Effect1997Portland
Fifteen and Pregnant1997
Big Red 1997Portland
Anoosh of the Airways 1997Portland
Final Justice1997Portland
Kurt & Courtney1998Portland
A Change of Heart1998Portland
Love is Strange1998Portland
Physical Graffiti1998
Halloweentown1998
No Alibi1998Portland
Bongwater1998Portland
The Joyriders1998
Night Ride Home1998
Take My Advice 1999Portland
Hollyriridge1999Portland
Switched at Birth1999
The PJs1999Portland
Double Jeopardy1999Salem
Men of Honor2000
The Sexy Chef 2000Portland
Gary & Mike2000Portland
Pay It Forward2000Portland
Therese: The Story of a Soul 2000
Down and Out with The Dolls2000Portland
Antitrust2000Portland
Bandits2000
A.I. Artificial Intelligence2000Gresham
The Wise Ones 2000Gresham
Eban and Charley2000Portland,
Extreme Days2001
The Hunted2001
The Ring2002Columbia River Gorge
Don't You Cry For Me 2002St. Helens
The Dust Factory2002
Jackass: The Movie2002Portland
The Skin Horse2002Portland
Sacred Science 2002Portland
Elephant2002Portland
Coming Up Easy2003Portland
Twilight Conspiracy2003Portland
Mean Creek2003
Harvest of Fear2003Estacada
Losers Lounge2003Portland
The Good Lot2004Portland
Are We There Yet?2004Portland
Bigger Than the Sky2004Portland
Donut Hole2004Portland
Nearing Grace2004Portland
Monday Night Gig2004Portland
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon2004
Damaged Goods2004Portland
What the Bleep Do We Know!?2004Portland
Thumbsucker2005
Tillamook Treasure2005Vernonia
Film Geek2005
Path of Evil2005Portland
Drama Queens2005Portland
Spiral2005Portland
Kate's Smile2005Portland
Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon2006Philomath
Music Within2006
Feast of Love2006Portland
Raising Flagg2006
Old Joy2006
Into the Wild2006Cascade Mountains
The Sasquatch Gang2006
Paranoid Park2006Portland
Mr. Brooks2006Portland
Dark Horizon2006Salem
Cathedral Park2006
Untraceable2007Portland
The Valley Of Light2007Scotts Mills
Selfless2007Portland
Follow2007Mount Hood|Portland
Management2007Portland
Street2007Portland
The Auteur2008Portland
The Burning Plain2008Portland
Not Dead Yet2008Portland
Twilight2008
The Road2008Portland
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling2009
Wendy and Lucy2008
Everyman's War2008
Coraline2009Hillsboro animation studio
Case 392009Portland
Extraordinary Measures2009
Follow the Prophet2009Portland
Diary of the Dorks2010Estacada
The Presence2010Mount Hood National Forest
A Walk in My Shoes2010Portland
The River Why2010Portland
Restless2011Portland
Cold Weather2011
Rid of Me2011
Bucksville2011
1 Out of 72011Portland
Gone2012Portland
The Kill Hole2012Portland
ParaNorman2012Hillsboro animation studio
The Boxtrolls2013Portland
House of Last Things2013Portland
Wild2014
10 Days in a Madhouse2015Salem
All the Wilderness2015Portland
Cabin Fever2016Portland
Green Room2016
The Benefits of Gusbandry2016Portland
Birds of Neptune2016Portland
Buddymoon2016Mount Hood National Forest
Kubo and the Two Strings2016Portland
Best Fake Friends2016Portland
SEED: The Untold Story2016Portland
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore2016Portland
Captain Fantastic2016Portland
Lean on Pete2018Portland
Bad Samaritan2018Portland
Leave No Trace2018
Clementine2019Portland
The Rental2020Portland
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made2020
Pig2021
Who's on Top?2021
Wendell & Wild2022Portland
Pinocchio2022Portland
The Road Home2022
Half Sisters2023
New Life2023
Strange Darling2024Mount Hood Portland
Night Always Comes2025
Twinless2025Portland

Coastal

FilmYearLocation
The Fisherman's Bride1909Astoria
The Great Race1965Gearhart
19411979
Sometimes a Great Notion1971
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975Central Coast
The Sea Gypsies1978Gold Beach
The Lathe of Heaven1980Agate Beach
Hysterical1981
California Mix1981Astoria
Blood Song1982
Cry for the Stranger1982Florence
The Final Terror1983Oregon Redwoods
American Taboo1984Fort Stevens State Park
The Goonies1985
Short Circuit1986Astoria
Benji the Hunted1986
Overboard1987Newport
Permanent Record1988Yaquina Head
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy1989North Coast
Come See the Paradise1989Astoria
Kindergarten Cop1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze1990Astoria
Fallen Fortress at Cape Lookout1990Cape Lookout
Shattered1991
Point Break1991
Claire of the Moon1992Oregon Coast
Free Willy1993
The Temp1993
Fallen Fortress1993Cape Lookout
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home1994Astoria
The Ox and the Eye1994Coos Bay
Good Luck1996Coos Bay
World Traveler2000
Eban and Charley2000
The Ring2002
The Ring 22004Astoria
Tillamook Treasure2005
Into the Wild2006Astoria
Cthulhu2007Astoria
The Burning Plain2008
Twilight2008
Prom Night2008Newport
Extraordinary Measures2009
Cold Weather2011Cannon Beach
Green Room2016Astoria
Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove2016Newport
The Mortuary Collection2019Astoria
Clementine2019Florence
The Forgotten Battalion2020Tillamook County
The Rental2020Bandon
Who's on Top?2021Ecola State Park
Sometimes I Think About Dying2023Astoria
New Life2023

Other

  • According to a list provided by the Oregon Film Council, the following films were shot in Oregon; however, specific locations and cities were not documented.
FilmYearLocation
Barriers of Folly1922Unknown
Bulldog Courage1922Unknown
His Last Assignment1922Unknown
The Mine Looters1922Unknown
The Range Patrol1922Unknown
Underground Trail1922Unknown
The Covered Wagon1923Unknown
Crashing Courage1923Unknown
Flames of Passion1923Unknown
Scars of Hate1923Unknown
Driftwood1924Unknown
Shackles of Fear1924Unknown
Trail of Vengeance1924Unknown
Hills Aflame1925Unknown
Peggy of the Secret Service1925Unknown
Phantom Shadows1925Unknown
Scarlet and Gold1925Unknown
The Fighting Chance1925Unknown
The Fighting Romeo1925Unknown
Vanishing Horse1925Unknown
Forbidden Traffic1927Unknown
The Big Trail1930Unknown
Big Timber1937Unknown
Running Wild1938Unknown
The Character1961Unknown
Adventure West1962Unknown
Bad Trip1988Unknown