Filming in Cornwall is not a recent thing, in fact it has been used since the late 1920s. One obvious reason is the county's dramatic coastline, olde worlde villages and rugged landscape.
Some of the most noteable film and TV shot on location in Cornwall
- The Manxman - Alfred Hitchcock (1929) - North Cornwall, Polperro
- The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935) - Falmouth
- The Thief of Baghdad (1940) - Gunwalloe
- Love Story (1944) - Minack Theatre, Porthcurno
- Johnny Frenchman (1945) - Mevagissey
- Treasure Island (1950) - River Fal, Helford River, Falmouth
- Knights of the Round Table (1953) - Titntagel
- The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (1967) - Newquay, Towan Beach, Bodmin
- Straw Dogs (1971) - St Buryan, Lamorna Cove
- Onedin Line (1972-79) - Charlestown, Mousehole
- Doctor Who (1975) - St Austell Clay Pits, Nanjizal Beach
- Poldark (1975-76) - throughout Cornwall
- The Eagle Has Landed (1976) - Charlestown, RAF St Mawgan, Newquay
- The Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) - St Austell, Luxulyan, Prideaux Place
- Jamaica Inn (1982) - Port Quin, Polzeath, Pentire Glaze
- Robin of Sherwood (1984) - Rinsey, Mount's Bay
- Sherlock Holmes - The Devil's Foot (1988) - Kynance Cove, Mount's Bay, West Penwith
- The Witches (1990) - Newquay
- The Camomile Lawn (1991) - Veryan, Portloe
- Blue Juice (1995) - Mousehole, St Ives, St Agnes, Chapel Porth, Godrevey
- Oscar and Lucinda (1996) - Boscastle, Port Isaac, Bossiney
- A Respectable Trade (1997) - Charlestown
- Rebecca (1997) - Charlestown
- The Shell Seekers (1998) - Land's End, Lamorna Cove, Marazion
- Coming Home (1998) - Lelant, Prideaux Place, Marazion
- Longitude (1999) - Charlestown
- The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999) - Watergate Bay, Bodmin Moor
- Saving Grace (2000) - Port Isaac, Boscastle, Trebarwith
- Hornblower (2002) - Falmouth, Charlestown, Pendennis Castle, St Mawes, Rame Head
- Johnny English (2002) - St Michael's Mount
- James Bond - Die Another Day (2002) Holywell Bay, The Eden Project
- Wild West (2002-3) - Portloe, Pendennis Castle, Coverack, Port Kerris
- Ladies in Lavendar (2003) - Penzance, Helston
- Irish Jam (2004) - Portloe, St Agnes film studios
- Doc Martin (2004) - Port Isaac
- Keeping Mum (2005) - St Michael Penkivel
- Apocalypto (2006) - Carlyon Bay, St Austell and Charlestown
- Echo Beach (2007) - Looe and Watergate Bay, Newquay
For more information on many of these films and more Cornwall related films have a look at www.stevepearce.co.uk/film.htm or the International Movie Database (IMDB) listing of films made in Cornwall
Information on film locations supplied by Location Solutions - location managers and Food for Film - location catering
