1986: Milwr Bychan (Boy Soldier), directed by Karl Francis. Despite the title, the titular "English girls" are actually both Welsh. 1994: Princess caraboo was filmed at Barry, directed by Michael Austin. 2007: Outlaw was filmed in Cardiff directed by Nick Love. 2003: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead was filmed at fishguard harbour and stumble head lighthouse, directed by Mike Hodges. 2011: Ironclad was the first film to be shot at Dragon International Film Studios in Llanilid.
2001: Very Annie Mary, starring Rachel Griffiths, Holywell-born Jonathan Pryce and Ioan Gruffudd, was directed by Sara Sugarman. 1976: At the Earth's Core, directed by Kevin Conner, takes place in the Welsh mountains. Kinetic and anarchic, Kevin Allen’s cult black comedy crime flick Twin Town has one of its lead characters mockingly refer to the film’s main setting, Swansea, as a “pretty shitty city”.
1995: Streetlife, starring Rhys Ifans, was directed by Karl Francis. 1995: The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, starring Hugh Grant, was directed by Christopher Monger. 1962: Dylan Thomas is a short documentary on the poet featuring the narration of the Welsh actor Richard Burton. 1958: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, featuring Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jurgens, and Robert Donat, was filmed on location in Wales in Gwynedd and Beddgelert, but is set in China. The film was all shot in Cathays in Cardiff. 1994: Backbeat was filmed at the Point of Ayr Lighthouse on Talacre Beach, directed by Iain Softley. Once feared to be a ‘lost’ film, and something of a damp squib at the American box office on its initial release, James Whale’s gothic chiller is now regarded as a formative entry into that particular genre. 1940: The Proud Valley, concerning Welsh coal miners, was directed by Pen Tennyson. 2002: The Steven Soderbergh remake of Solaris also features the Dylan Thomas poem "And death shall have no dominion"; George Clooney's character reads the first stanza of the poem. 2017: Transformers The Last Knight was filmed at Ystrad quarry Blaenau Gwent where they filmed some of the battle scenes, directed by Michael Bay. 2017: Journeys end was filmed in Pinewood Studio, Cardiff and directed by Saul Dibb. 1992: Hedd Wyn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992. 2010: Clash of the Titans was filmed at Dinorwic quarry and Newborough Forest. Writing under the titular, bardic name of Hedd Wyn (Welsh for ‘blessed peace’), Evans was renowned and adept at penning verses in which faith and nature were prominent themes. 2010: Mr. Nice was filmed in Haverfordwest and Cardiff is the story of Howard Marks, directed by Bernard Rose. Directed by Ronald Richter. Adapted from J.B. Priestley’s 1927 novel Benighted, and featuring an impressive ensemble cast headed by Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton and Gloria Stuart, The Old Dark House sees numerous travellers taking overnight refuge in the titular dwelling during a particularly fierce storm in a remote part of rural Wales. 2003 and following: The Tulse Luper Suitcases is a multimedia project by Welsh-born filmmaker Peter Greenaway concerning the Welsh-born character Tulse Luper. The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountainstars Hugh Grant. 1954: The Constant Husband was filmed in Newquay and Aberaeron starring Rex Harrison it was directed by Sidney Gilliat. However, King Arthur is depicted as leader of the forces of England and ruler of Britain, rather than being in accordance with the original Welsh mythology of Arthur or with the Monty Python depiction of Arthur as ruler of the Britons. 2016:Tarzan was filmed at the Dinorwig Slate Quarry, directed by David Yates. It was directed by Jim Hickey. 2000: The Testimony of Taliesin Jones (aka Small Miracles), starred John Paul Macleod and Jonathan Pryce, and was directed by Martin Duffy. A tit-for-tat war rapidly escalates in this joyously scabrous tale. 1956: Moby Dick was filmed in Fishguard Harbour, starring Gregory Peck and directed by John Huston. 1977: In A Bridge Too Far, one of the final scenes features a minor character nicknamed Taff. It was directed by Andrew Sinclair. 2020: The Secret Garden was filmed in Bodnant Garden and directed by Marc Munden. 1948: The Three Weird Sisters was filmed near Aberdare, directed by Daniel Birt. 1969: Carry on up the Khyber is the sixteenth Carry On film, released in 1968.
1941: How Green Was My Valley was a classic directed by John Ford. 1962: Lawrence of Arabia was filmed at Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes, directed by David Lean. 2009: Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story mentions that Eddie tried to learn a bit of the Welsh language before playing a gig in Pwllheli, Wales. 1963: From Russia with Love, the second James Bond film, was filmed in Snowdonia starring Sean Connery and Robert Shaw. 2012: Elfie Hopkins was filmed in Ceredigion North of Carmarthen starring Ray winstone and his daughter Jaime it was directed by Ryan Andrews.
2009: Good Arrows was filmed in Merthyr Tydfil, directed by Helen Grace and Irvine Welsh. Directed by Wolf Rilla. 1998: Up 'n' under was filmed in Stradey Park and Cardiff, directed by John Godber. As Amelia crosses the Atlantic, she arrives in Wales (thinking it's Ireland), and the locals sing the hymn "Calon Lân". 1980: The Mouse and the Woman was filmed at Lampeter House, directed by Karl Francis. 1991: Old Scores, set in New Zealand, is about a former Welsh rugby star. 2013: Svengali was filmed in the Cymoedd De Cymru, directed by John Hardwick. 2004: Heights, starring Glenn Close, features Andrew Howard as the Welsh character, Ian. Adapted by Ayoade from Joe Dunthorne’s 2008 coming-of-age novel of the same name, Submarine is seen through the emotional, hormonal eyes of 15-year-old Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) and plays out in 1980s-era Swansea.
Hand-picked. This is a chronological list of films produced in Wales. 1983: 'In 'Taking Tiger Mountain, militant feminist scientists brainwash a research subject to assassinate the Welsh Minister of Prostitution. 1962: The Inspector (Lisa) had its final scenes filmed at Three Cliffs Bay, Tower. 1959: Upstairs and Downstairs features a Welsh female character, and was directed by Ralph Thomas. 2015: The bad education movie was filmed in Pembroke Castle which doubled for Cornwall, directed by Elliott Hegarty. 1997: Twin Town, starring brothers Rhys Ifans and Llyr Ifans, was directed by Kevin Allen. Ford's response to these criticisms were simply, "It's a Celtic country, isn't it?"[1]. It was directed by Louis Leterrier. 2007: Nightwatching was filmed at Dryslwn and Llandeilo, Towy Valley, directed by Peter Greenaway. The region’s stunning landscapes, beautifully photographed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan, provide the backdrop to the trials and tribulations of the Jones family. Both the source material and its adaptation breathe new life into well-trodden themes. Having composed a number of poems relating to the First World War, Evans was subsequently killed during the Battle of Passchendaele, thus robbing Wales of one of its most distinctive, sensitive and intelligent voices. Directed by Montgomery Tully. 1971: In Straw Dogs, directed by Sam Peckinpah, a Cornish vicar uses the Welsh place name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch as the magic word in a magic trick he performs. 1976: Above Us the Earth, by Karl Francis. 1983: Scenes from the film Champions based on Bob Champion's life were filmed at Chepstow Racecourse and was directed by John Irvin. When they determine the height classifies it as a mere hill, the offended locals resolve to do something about it. One of the most famous movies filmed in Wales, the limelight was on Snowdonia National Park (and Pierce Brosnan) for this 1999 Bond film. 1997: Tylluan Wen (A White Owl), directed by Alun Ffred Jones. 2003: I'll Be There was written and directed by Scottish comedian Craig Ferguson and featured Welsh singer Charlotte Church. It was directed by Cy Endfield.
2015: Up all night was filmed in Swansea and Marham Park, directed by John Henderson. 1967: Poor Cow was filmed at Blaen-y-glyn waterfall in the Brecon Beacons, directed by Ken Loach.
1967: In Bedazzled, when Dudley Moore's character wishes for intellectualism, he develops a Welsh accent.
1986: Rhosyn a Rhith (Coming Up Roses), directed by Stephen Bayly. While taking place in Wales, it reinvisions the Otherworld (from The Mabinogion) as being a place of hellish torment. 1971: Roman Polanski's screen version of Macbeth was filmed at Harlech Castle, Snowdonia and Porthmadog. 1937: Today We Live is a communist agitprop documentary by Ralph Bond concerning unemployed miners in Pentre, Rhondda. 1957: The Good Companions is about a travelling troupe and had its exterior shots filmed in Wales. It stars Carry On regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth. Vincent Price, who has a Welsh surname, plays a character who describes Wales as his ancestral homeland. Adapted by Grieve himself, On the Black Hill, now available in a BFI dual format edition, is an engrossing and evocative tale set in the Welsh borderlands of Herefordshire and Radnorshire. 1958: Look Back in Anger, starred Welsh actor Richard Burton and featuring the Welsh character, Cliff. Bayona. 1982: Who Dares Wins outdoor training scenes were filmed in Snowdonia, starring Lewis Collins and directed by Ian Sharp. The film is, in part, a spoof of "Kiplingesque" movies and television series about life in the British Empire, both contemporary and from earlier, Hollywood, periods.
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