The Devon watch list
With the abundance of beautiful locations, it's no wonder that Devon is a favourite among film-makers - over the years, Hollywood blockbusters, TV programmes, music videos and more have all been filmed around the county. Director Stephen Spielberg used the wilds of Dartmoor to capture War Horse, which is based on a book by a local author and was heavily inspired by the National Park, describing it as one of the most naturally beautiful places on earth.
Other than Dartmoor, places like Hartland have also been featured heavily in films because of their rugged cliffs and dramatic atmosphere, as has Saunton Sands beach and Braunton Burrows.
Take a look at some of the films shot in and around Devon below - did you recognise any of the locations?
Movies filmed in Devon
Back to Top of ListNothing But the Night (1973)
Starring: Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing
Dartmouth, South Devon; Dartmoor
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
Starring: Harrison Ford and Robert Shaw
Plymouth, South Devon
That Summer! (1979)
Starring: Ray Winstone
Torquay, South Devon; Oddicombe Beach, Torquay; The Imperial Torquay
Seven Dials Mystery (1981)
Starring: John Gielgud and Rula Lenska
National Trust’s Greenway, South Devon
The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)
Starring: Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons
Totnes, South Devon; Exeter St David’s station, Exeter; Exeter; Dartmouth, South Devon; Kingswear, South Devon; the Torbay area
Revolution (1985)
Starring: Al Pacino and Donald Sutherland
Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
Starring: Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke
Tavistock, West Devon; Ivybridge, Dartmoor
Treasure Island (1990)
Starring: Christian Bale and Charlton Heston
Clovelly, North Devon
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson
Powderham Castle, nr Exeter
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant
National Trust Saltram, Plymouth; Plymouth, South Devon; Berry Pomeroy, nr Totnes, South Devon; Compton Castle nr Paignton, South Devon; Mothecombe House, nr Plymouth, South Devon; Wonwell Beach, nr Kingsbridge, South Devon
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Starring: Piers Brosnan
Plymouth, South Devon
Enigma (2001)
Starring; Dougray Scott and Kate Winsley
Various locations in Devon
Blackball (2003)
Starring: Paul Kaye and Alice Evans
Torquay, South Devon
Churchill the Hollywood Years (2004)
Starring: Christian Slater
Paignton, South Devon; Buckfastleigh, South Devon; Kingswear, South Devon; Brixham, South Devon; Cockington, South Devon; Plymouth, South Devon; Powderham Castle, nr Exeter; Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, South Devon; Royal William Yard, Plymouth; Torquay, South Devon
War Horse (2011)
Starring Emily Watson, Jeremy Irvine
Various locations on Dartmoor, including Yelverton, Sheepstor, Widcombe in the Moor
Dark Shadows (2012)
Starring: Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter
Start Point, nr Kingsbridge, South Devon
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Starring: Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt
Saunton Sands, North Devon
My Cousin Rachel (2017)
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin and Holliday Grainger
Various locations around Devon
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (2018)
Starring: Lily James
Clovelly, North Devon; Bideford, North Devon; Saunton Sands
The Mercy (2018)
Starring: Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz
Teignmouth, South Devon
Rebecca (2020)
Starring: Lily James and Armie Hammer
Hartland Quay, North Devon
Operation Mincemeat (2021)
Starring: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton
Saunton Sands, North Devon
All My Friends Hate Me (2021)
Starring: Tom Stourton
Sidbury Manor, Sidmouth, East Devon
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
Starring Jason Momoa
Saunton Sands, North Devon
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023)
Starring: Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton
Kingsbridge, South Devon; South Brent, Dartmoor
TV filmed in Devon
Back to Top of ListJeeves and Wooster (1990-1993)
Starring: Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fey
Victoria Hotel, Sidmouth, East Devon
Rebecca (1997)
Starring: Charles Dance, Diana Rigg
Mothecombe House, Plymouth, South Devon
Sense and Sensibility (2008)
Starring: Dominic Cooper
Hartland Abbey, North Devon; Hartland, North Devon; Clovelly, North Devon
And Then There were None (2015)
Starring: Charles Dance, Sam Neil and Aiden Turner
South Devon Railway, South Devon
The Night Manager (2016)
Starring: Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie
Hartland, North Devon
Gold Digger (2019)
Starring: Ben Barnes and Julia Ormond
Dartmoor; Hartland, North Devon
Malory Towers (2000)
Hartland Abbey, North Devon
Suspicion (2002)
Starring: Uma Thurman and Robert Glenister
Brixham, South Devon
House of the Dragon (2021)
Hartland Abbey, North Devon
Music videos and similar filmed in Devon
Back to Top of ListRobbie Williams - Angels
Filmed around Saunton Sands
The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night
Newton Abbot, South Devon
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Saunton Sands, North Devon