🏞 Landscapes & nature
Oahu
island of Hawaii, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 21.4850, -157.9650
Oahu is recorded as a filming location for 3 productions. Wikipedia names it for 14 more. 4 video games are also set here.
“Lost was filmed on Panavision 35 mm cameras almost entirely on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, given the easily accessible, wide diversity of filming locations.”
Movies and TV series filmed at Oahu
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Oahu as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Jurassic Park 1993
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
“The locations leading up to the Fountain were shot in the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu, but the Fountain itself was built at the 007 Stage on Pinewood.” Wikipedia
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Jurassic World
2015
“Filming locations there included the islands of Kauai and Oahu.” Wikipedia
- Jurassic Park III 2001
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
“Filming also happened in San Francisco, California (the primary setting of the film), and around Oahu, Hawaii, which doubled for the African jungle as the schedule and budget did not allow for location shooting in Africa.” Wikipedia
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50 First Dates
2004
“Most of the film was shot on location in Oahu, Hawaii, on the Windward side and the North Shore.” Wikipedia
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Kong: Skull Island
2017
“Locations included Honolulu's Chinatown and the Kualoa Ranch and Waikane Valley (Ohulehule Forest Conservancy) on Oahu.” Wikipedia
- Battleship 2012
- Lilo & Stitch 2025
- The Karate Kid Part II 1986
- Inhumans 2017–
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Hawaii Five-O
1968–1980
“Created by Leonard Freeman, Hawaii Five-O was shot on location in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, and throughout the island of Oʻahu and elsewhere in the Hawaiian Islands with occasional filming in locales such as Los Angeles, Singapore, and Hong Kong.” Wikipedia
- Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates 2016
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Magnum, P.I.
2018–
“Filming for the series takes place in the state of Hawaii on the island of O'ahu at Kalaeloa Studio.” Wikipedia
Set here
Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood — a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.
- Test Drive Unlimited 2006
- Lost: Via Domus 2008
- Test Drive Unlimited 2 2011
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The Crew Motorfest
2023
“The Crew Motorfest is set in a scaled-down version of the islands of Oʻahu and Maui in Hawaii.” Wikipedia
Set here, per Wikipedia
Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Oahu, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement — two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.
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Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown
2024
“Unlike its two predecessors, set on Oʻahu and Ibiza, the roads include left-hand traffic, a first for the series since The Brotherhood of Speeds depictions of Tokyo and London.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kualoa Ranch
🇺🇸 United States
human settlement in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, United States of America
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🏙 Towns & cities
Honolulu
🇺🇸 United States
capital city of the U.S. state of Hawaii and seat of Honolulu County
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🏙 Towns & cities
Mokulēia
🇺🇸 United States
census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States of America
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Hawaii Convention Center
🇺🇸 United States
convention and exhibition center in Hawaii
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Halona Blowhole
🇺🇸 United States
rock formation and a blowhole on the island of Oahu, Hawaii
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Honolulu Zoo
🇺🇸 United States
zoo in Queen Kapiʻolani Park in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, US
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Oahu?
17 productions are recorded as filmed at Oahu, including Lost (2004–2010), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) and Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020). 14 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Oahu?
Lost (2004–2010), covered by 90 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Oahu?
Oahu is in the United States, at 21.4850, -157.9650.
What other filming locations are near Oahu?
Kualoa Ranch, Honolulu, Mokulēia, Hawaii Convention Center and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Earth Sciences and Image Analysis, NASA-Johnson Space Center, Public domain.