Nova Scotia on the Small and Big Screen
by NovaBrunswick | created - 30 Mar 2016 | updated - 22 May 2020 | PublicMovies and TV shows filmed in, set in, or which mention the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
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1. Trailer Park Boys (2001–2018)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Crime
Three petty felons have a documentary made about their life in a trailer park.
Stars: John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, John Dunsworth
Votes: 50,669
Filmed in Dartmouth and Truro, NS.
2. Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles come up with a scheme to steal large amounts of untraceable coins.
Director: Mike Clattenburg | Stars: Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, Lucy Decoutere
Votes: 13,578
Filmed in Halifax and Dartmouth, NS.
3. Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day (2009)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
The boys return from jail to find the park has deteriorated, with a brand new park being created beside it. They attempt a series of get rich quick schemes and robberies, while a freshly drunk Lahey threatens to derail their plans.
Director: Mike Clattenburg | Stars: Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, John Dunsworth
Votes: 7,900
Filmed in Halifax and Dartmouth, NS.
4. Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It (2014)
TV-14 | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After his latest money-making plan fails, Julian concocts his greatest scheme ever -- which involves doing business with his archenemy, Cyrus.
Director: Mike Clattenburg | Stars: John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, John Dunsworth
Votes: 4,993
Filmed in Halifax and Harrietsfield, NS.
5. Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Comedy
Nova Scotia's favorite miscreants have always been super sketchy. Now, carrying on from the Season 12 finale, the boys have become complete cartoons.
Stars: John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Patrick Roach
Votes: 3,519
Set in Nova Scotia.
6. Swearnet (2014)
NC-17 | 112 min | Comedy
Fed up with being censored in their post-Trailer Park Boys lives, the out of work stars/world-renowned 'swearists', Mike Smith, Robb Wells and John Paul Tremblay decide to start their own uncensored network on the internet.
Director: Warren P. Sonoda | Stars: Mike Smith, Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Patrick Roach
Votes: 3,097
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
7. The Cart Boy (1995)
10 min | Comedy, Short
Two mall security guards confront the mysterious "Cart Boy" who has been stealing shopping carts from the mall's parking lot.
Director: Mike Clattenburg | Stars: Mike Smith, John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells
Votes: 655
Filmed in Halifax, NS. A precursor to Trailer Park Boys.
8. Trailer Park Boys (1999)
PG-13 | 67 min | Comedy
Two petty felons have a documentary made about their life in a trailer park.
Director: Mike Clattenburg | Stars: John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Lucy Decoutere, Jeanna Harrison
Votes: 3,938
Filmed in Halifax, NS. The precursor to the Trailer Park Boys series.
9. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Votes: 1,281,369 | Gross: $659.33M
Some scenes were filmed in Halifax, NS. James Cameron himself visited the wreck of the Titanic, from which bodies were transported to a cemetery in Halifax.
10. Theodore Tugboat (1993–2000)
TV-Y | 15 min | Animation, Family
The adventures of a young tugboat and his friends in the Big Harbour, with the Dispatcher and the Harbourmaster keeping ever-watchful eyes.
Star: Denny Doherty
Votes: 238
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
11. This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993– )
TV-14 | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
This skit-filled Canadian comedy show pokes fun at the Canadian government and other national happenings.
Stars: Mark Critch, Cathy Jones, Shaun Majumder, Gavin Crawford
Votes: 987
Filmed in a studio in Halifax, NS.
12. The Industry (1998–2002)
22 min | Comedy
Back stabbing execs at a Canadian TV network stop at nothing to get ahead.
Stars: Rick Mercer, Peter Keleghan, Leah Pinsent, Dan Lett
Votes: 452
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
13. Margaret's Museum (1995)
R | 114 min | Drama
Margaret MacNiel, a girl living in a Cape Breton coal mining town, finds her life changing when she meets Neil Currie, a cheerful bagpipe-playing dishwasher. Unfortunately, neither of them are able to escape the industry around them.
Director: Mort Ransen | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Nelligan, Clive Russell, Craig Olejnik
Votes: 1,395 | Gross: $0.52M
Set and filmed on Cape Breton Island, NS.
14. Dolores Claiborne (1995)
R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A big city reporter travels to a small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she worked as a housekeeper.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer, Judy Parfitt
Votes: 48,425 | Gross: $24.36M
Though set in Maine, USA, this film adaptation of the Stephen King novella was shot in various places around NS, including Halifax, Chester, Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, Riverport, Digby, Kentville and Wolfville.
15. Pit Pony (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
A young boy working in Nova Scotia's treacherous coal mines in the early 20th century finds a friend in ones of the ponies used to haul coal up from the tunnels to be used at the railway station and the steel mill.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Ben Rose-Davis, Richard Donat, Jennie Raymond, Andrew Keilty
Votes: 298
Set in Glace Bay, NS in 1901.
16. Pit Pony (1999–2000)
TV-G | 22 min | Drama, Family, History
This Canadian series focuses on the McLean/Hall family in Nova Scotia in the early 1900s and their involvement in the coal industry. Young Willie enters the mines after his father's death ... See full summary »
Stars: Alex Wrathell, Jennie Raymond, Shaun Smyth, Elliot Page
Votes: 149
Like the movie it was based on, it is also set in Glace Bay, NS in 1901.
17. Marion Bridge (2002)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama
Three estranged sisters reunite to care for their dying mother and old conflicts and secrets return to the surface.
Director: Wiebke von Carolsfeld | Stars: Molly Parker, Rebecca Jenkins, Stacy Smith, Marguerite McNeil
Votes: 1,428
Set in Sydney, NS.
18. The Bay Boy (1984)
R | 107 min | Drama
A teenage boy living in a Cape Breton coal mining community during the 1930's finds himself contemplating life and is haunted by a murder he witnessed in town.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Peter Donat, Alan Scarfe
Votes: 752 | Gross: $0.16M
Set in a coal-mining community on Cape Breton Island in the 1930s. Filmed in Sydney and Glace Bay, NS.
19. Maudie (2016)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.
Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Zachary Bennett, Gabrielle Rose
Votes: 21,602 | Gross: $6.17M
About the Canadian artist Maud Lewis, who was born in Digby, NS. However, the film was shot in neighbouring Newfoundland.
20. Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun.
Director: Jason Eisener | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Robb Wells, Brian Downey
Votes: 48,664 | Gross: $0.70M
Filmed in Dartmouth, NS (where the director hails from).
21. Goon (2011)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way.
Director: Michael Dowse | Stars: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Eugene Levy
Votes: 90,833 | Gross: $4.17M
Halifax, NS is mentioned and seen in some of the scenes.
22. Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Sport
A hockey player plagued by injuries is confronted with the possibility of retirement when a tough new player challenges his status as the league's top enforcer.
Director: Jay Baruchel | Stars: Seann William Scott, Alison Pill, Marc-André Grondin, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 14,936
The sequel to Goon, it focuses on the fictional Halifax Highlanders hockey team.
23. Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003– )
TV-MA | 175 min | Drama, History
A true story about the tragic explosion at Halifax Harbour, Canada, in the early hours of December 6, 1917.
Stars: Paul Doucet, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Clare Stone, Max Morrow
Votes: 381
Telling the story of the Halifax Explosion of 1917, which devastated the city of Halifax, NS and its environs.
24. Westray (2001)
80 min | Documentary
Some say it took twenty seconds. Some say the men were doomed from day one. May 9, 1992, the Westray mine in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, explodes, instantly killing all 26 men working ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Cowan | Stars: Michael Jones, Katie Malloch, Chantelle McGrath
Votes: 34
Telling the story of the Westray mine disaster which occurred in 1992 near New Glasgow/Stellarton, NS.
25. Two If by Sea (1996)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A couple steals a Matisse painting on contract, and manage to evade the police. The sale takes place four days later on an island, but things don't go as planned.
Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Denis Leary, Stephen Dillane, Yaphet Kotto
Votes: 6,381 | Gross: $10.70M
Filmed around various places in NS, including Halifax, Chester and Lunenburg.
26. The Shipping News (2001)
R | 111 min | Drama
An emotionally beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 33,924 | Gross: $11.43M
Set in Newfoundland, but some scenes were filmed in Nova Scotia.
27. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok
Votes: 476,314 | Gross: $186.74M
Nova Scotia is mentioned in one of the news reports of extreme weather.
28. World War Z (2013)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale
Votes: 719,901 | Gross: $202.36M
The safe haven for the survivors is the tiny village of Freeport, Nova Scotia. (However, this scene was actually not filmed in Canada, but in the UK.)
29. Mr. D (2012–2018)
30 min | Comedy
Follows a teacher juggle through being a teacher and deal with his students while trying to maintain his not so cool lifestyle.
Stars: Gerry Dee, Jonathan Torrens, Lauren Hammersley, Naomi Snieckus
Votes: 2,799
Filmed and set in a high school in Halifax, NS.
30. Haven (2010–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Many in the coastal town of Haven, Maine have a dormant curse or "trouble" that could trigger at any time for any reason. FBI agent Audrey Parker, the sheriff and the town's black sheep must deal with the troubles' deadly effects.
Stars: Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, Eric Balfour, Richard Donat
Votes: 41,369
Set in Maine, USA, but filmed in Lunenburg, NS, Canada.
31. Bag of Bones (2011)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After his wife's sudden death, a bestselling author returns to his cabin retreat, where he receives paranormal visitations and becomes involved in a custody battle.
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Melissa George, Annabeth Gish, Anika Noni Rose
Votes: 9,402
Although this mini-series is set in Maine, USA, it was filmed around Halifax, NS, Canada.
32. Dogwood Tree (2010)
128 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
This is a love story of a couple over the span of 10 years. Kouhei fell in love with Sae at first sight and soon they became a couple. But they had to part as Sae aims to go to a college in Tokyo while Kouhei is an aspiring fisherman.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Yui Aragaki, Tôma Ikuta, Nichola Grant, Manatsu Hayashi
Votes: 1,305
While the film is in Japanese, it was partly filmed and set in Lunenburg, NS, Canada.
33. The Disappeared (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Mystery
The story of six men lost at sea in the North Atlantic.
Director: Shandi Mitchell | Stars: Billy Campbell, Shawn Doyle, Brian Downey, Ryan Doucette
Votes: 370
Filmed in Lunenburg, NS.
34. DEFCON-4 (1985)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one... See full summary »
Directors: Paul Donovan, Digby Cook, Tony Randel | Stars: Lenore Zann, Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch, Kevin King
Votes: 2,244 | Gross: $1.06M
This nuclear apocalypse B-movie was filmed in Halifax and Timberlea, NS.
35. Ghostbusters (1984)
PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
Votes: 450,631 | Gross: $238.63M
Louis mentions smoked salmon from off the coast of Nova Scotia.
36. Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Crime, Drama
Jesse investigates the grim works of a serial killer in Boston and becomes concerned with a wayward teen in Paradise.
Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Tom Selleck, Kohl Sudduth, Gloria Reuben, Leslie Hope
Votes: 3,840
Filmed in Halifax and Lunenburg, NS.
37. Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama
Police Chief Jesse Stone's shrink recommends looking into old, unsolved cases to reduce drinking by staying busy. Of 3 cases before his time, he starts on the killing of a bank teller. He's also investigating an alleged rape.
Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Rebecca Pidgeon
Votes: 4,974
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
38. Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case.
Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Leslie Hope
Votes: 4,567
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
39. Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005 TV Movie)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jesse Stone (Selleck) is a New England police chief investigating a series of murders, in an adaptation of Robert B. Parker's novel.
Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Tom Selleck, Jane Adams, Reg Rogers, Viola Davis
Votes: 8,254
Filmed in Halifax, Lunenburg and Blue Rocks, NS.
40. She's Too Young (2004 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 84 min | Drama
Halifax is hit with an outbreak of STDs among high-school students. Among them is Hannah Vogel, and her horrified mother tries to find out why this is happening.
Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Alexis Dziena, Mike Erwin, Miriam McDonald, Megan Park
Votes: 2,690
Filmed and set in Halifax, NS.
41. Mom at Sixteen (2005 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama
Pregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own.
Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Danielle Panabaker, Jane Krakowski, Clare Stone, Tyler Hynes
Votes: 3,063
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
42. Too Young to Be a Dad (2002 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Drama
When 15-year-old Matt Freeman gets 15-year-old Francesca pregnant, their parents decide to put the unborn baby up for adoption. Matt agrees to the decision, but later begins to rethink it. This movie shows the father's point of view.
Director: Éva Gárdos | Stars: Kathy Baker, Paul Dano, Katie Stuart, Bruce Davison
Votes: 910
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
43. Gracie's Choice (2004 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama
A teenage girl tries to raise her three half-brothers and one half-sister on her own after their drug-addicted mother is sent to jail.
Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Kristen Bell, Diane Ladd, Shedrack Anderson III, Anne Heche
Votes: 3,901
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
44. The Elizabeth Smart Story (2003 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama
Based on the true story of the June 2002 kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart by two people in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Dylan Baker, Lindsay Frost, Amber Marshall, Tom Everett
Votes: 945
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
45. The Christmas Shoes (2002 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Drama, Family
A young boy tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for his dying mother, while a lawyer tries to deal with the break-up of his marriage.
Director: Andy Wolk | Stars: Rob Lowe, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Max Morrow, Maria del Mar
Votes: 2,884
Filmed in Dartmouth and Halifax, NS.
46. Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 104 min | Biography, Drama
Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Thora Birch, Michael Riley, Robert Bockstael, Makyla Smith
Votes: 4,402
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
47. Plain Truth (2004 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Crime, Mystery
An unmarried 18 year-old Amish girl is charged with the murder of her infant child.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Alison Pill, Jan Niklas, Kate Trotter
Votes: 966
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
48. Hunger Point (2003 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama
A family is pushed to its limits when one of the daughters' lives is blighted by an eating disorder.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Christina Hendricks, Susan May Pratt, John Getz
Votes: 660
Filmed in Halifax, Dartmouth and Hammonds Plains, NS.
49. Sex & the Single Mom (2003 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Drama
A single mother has to come to terms with her own hypocrisy when she carries on an out-of-wedlock affair while preaching celibacy to her teen daughter.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Gail O'Grady, Grant Show, Danielle Panabaker, Maria Ricossa
Votes: 584
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
50. Fatal Desire (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A forty-something ex-policeman named Joe initiates an online relationship with twenty-something Tonya Sullivan. Conflicts arise after Tonya flies to Atlantic City to seduce Joe, and she reveals to him that she is married.
Director: Ralph Hemecker | Stars: Anne Heche, Eric Roberts, Kathleen York, Melyssa Ade
Votes: 808
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
51. Sea Change (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 81 min | Drama
A teenage girl makes a startling discovery about her connection to the Seawalkers, legendary beings who are half-human, half-sea creature.
Director: Chris Grismer | Stars: Emily Rudd, Keenan Tracey, Skyler Maxon, Siobhan Williams
Votes: 667
Filmed in Halifax and Oak Island, NS, which is famous for an apparent hidden stash of pirate treasure.
52. Heart of Steel (2012)
Not Rated | 44 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Thousands of men and women from the four corners of the earth transformed Canada in an industrial power.
Focuses on the former steel industry in Nova Scotia.
53.
Air Crash Investigation (2003– )
Episode:
Fire on Board
(2003)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Swissair flight 111 suffered a fire in-flight and crashed while attempting an emergency landing in Halifax in 1998.
Director: Gary Long | Stars: David Bamber, Christopher Bondy, Richard Quesnel, Andrew Sabiston
Votes: 168
This episode chronicles the Swissair Flight 111 air disaster over Peggy's Cove near Halifax, NS.
54. Snow Angels (I) (2007)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A drama that interweaves the life of a teenager, with his old baby sitter, her estranged husband, and their daughter.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Michael Angarano, Jeannetta Arnette
Votes: 13,158 | Gross: $0.40M
Filmed in Dartmouth and Halifax, NS.
55. Love That Boy (2003)
85 min | Drama
A 20-something girl who sets out to find a boyfriend finds the unexpected when she falls for a 15-year-old boy.
Director: Andrea Dorfman | Stars: Nadia Litz, Nikki Barnett, Adrien Dixon, P.J. Crosby
Votes: 452
Filmed and set in Halifax, NS.
56. Wilby Wonderful (2004)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A day-in-the-life dark comedy concerning a group of islanders, their respective secrets, and one man's plan to kill himself quietly.
Director: Daniel MacIvor | Stars: James Allodi, Callum Keith Rennie, Elliot Page, Rebecca Jenkins
Votes: 1,626
Filmed in Shelburne, NS, although it is set on a fictional island somewhere in the Maritime Provinces.
57. Touch & Go (2003)
103 min | Comedy
Darcy's carefree life is coming to an end when his closest friends Lynn and Peter move to the other side of the world.
Director: Scott Simpson | Stars: Jeff Douglas, Patricia Zentilli, Stephen Sharkey, Cassie MacDonald
Votes: 147
Filmed and set in Halifax, NS. Dartmouth, NS is also mentioned at one point in the film.
58. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
PG-13 | 138 min | Drama, History, Thriller
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Harrison Ford, Sam Spruell, Peter Stebbings, Christian Camargo
Votes: 67,431 | Gross: $35.17M
Filmed partially in Halifax, NS.
59. New Waterford Girl (1999)
TV-PG | 97 min | Comedy
A gifted teenager dreaming of life beyond her small town becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door.
Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Liane Balaban, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Mary Walsh, Nicholas Campbell
Votes: 1,867 | Gross: $0.77M
The protagonist moves to New York from New Waterford, a small town on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
60. Goin' Down the Road (1970)
R | 90 min | Drama
Two friends leave the picturesque yet rural province of Nova Scotia for the nightlife and culture of Toronto. They soon end up wistful and nostalgic about Nova Scotia though after finding out that Toronto isn't as fun as they'd hoped.
Director: Donald Shebib | Stars: Doug McGrath, Paul Bradley, Jayne Eastwood, Cayle Chernin
Votes: 979
The protagonists move from Nova Scotia to Ontario.
61. Down the Road Again (2011)
84 min | Drama
Recently retired and living in Vancouver, Pete is estranged from his old life in Eastern Canada until he is brought back to Toronto and Nova Scotia by the news that his old best friend, Joey, has died.
Director: Donald Shebib | Stars: Doug McGrath, Kathleen Robertson, Anthony Lemke, Jayne Eastwood
Votes: 164
The protagonist travels to Nova Scotia from Vancouver, BC.
62. Moving Day (2012)
95 min | Comedy
Four men working at a moving company all suffer downfalls, adding to their rough pasts that continue to haunt them. It seems as if none of them will ever accomplish anything in life, and ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Clattenburg | Stars: Gabrielle Miller, Will Sasso, Charlie Murphy, Victor Garber
Votes: 473
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
63. My Bloody Valentine (1981)
R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A decades-old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine's Day turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer's order and people start turning up dead.
Director: George Mihalka | Stars: Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck, Keith Knight
Votes: 25,116 | Gross: $5.67M
Filmed in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
64. Echoes of a Summer (1976)
PG | 99 min | Drama
A couple whose daughter has a life-threatening heart condition decides to make her last days of life as meaningful for her as possible by taking her to the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Richard Harris, Jodie Foster, Lois Nettleton, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Votes: 483
The protagonists go on a vacation to Nova Scotia.
65. High Tide at Noon (1957)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
Set on an island off Nova Scotia, Canada, the jealousies and loves of the islanders unfold at a casual pace until economic necessity drives them to the mainland.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Betta St. John, William Sylvester, Michael Craig, Flora Robson
Votes: 166
Set on a fictional island off the coast of Nova Scotia.
66. The Little Kidnappers (1953)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A Scotsman, Jim MacKenzie, living on a primitive homestead in Nova Scotia, is raising his two grandsons, Harry and Davy, following the death of their father in the Boer War. His son's death... See full summary »
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Jon Whiteley, Vincent Winter, Adrienne Corri, Duncan Macrae
Votes: 549
About a Scotsman living on a farm in Nova Scotia.
67. The Little Kidnappers (1990 TV Movie)
G | 92 min | Crime, Drama
Two young orphans have to relocate to Nova Scotia and endure their bitter and jerky grandfather, but when they find a baby washed up on the beach, everything changes.
Director: Donald Shebib | Stars: Charlton Heston, Bruce Greenwood, Patricia Gage, Dan MacDonald
Votes: 415
The protagonists are moved to Nova Scotia to live with their cranky grandfather.
68. Johnny Belinda (1948)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama
A kind doctor volunteers to tutor a deaf-mute woman, but scandal starts to swirl when his pupil is raped and falls pregnant.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 5,320
Set in post-war Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
69. Pirate's Passage (2015 TV Movie)
88 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A mysterious old sailor arrives in Grey Rocks, Nova Scotia and meets a young boy and mother whom he offers to help for his own reasons.
Directors: Mike Barth, Jamie Gallant | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Gage Munroe, Carrie-Anne Moss, Megan Follows
Votes: 434
Set in a fictional coastal town in Nova Scotia.
70. The Legend of the Psychotic Forest Ranger (2011)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Horror
Four teenagers get stranded in the woods of Cape Breton Island when their car runs out of gas, and a crazed killer begins targeting them.
Director: Brad Mills | Stars: Michael G MacDonald, Samuel MacDonald LeMoine, Colleen MacIsaac, Stefanie Peters
Votes: 169
Set on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
71. Killer Wave (2007– )
TV-14 | 175 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The first one strikes without warning. Then another. Soon the massive walls of water are swallowing coast upon coast, town after town. Even as countless lives are lost in the onslaught, only the worst is yet to come.
Stars: Angus Macfadyen, Karine Vanasse, Louis Philippe Dandenault, John Robinson
Votes: 928
Partly filmed in Indian Harbour, NS.
72. Pure (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
"Pure" tells the story of Noah Funk, a newly-elected Mennonite pastor, who is determined to rid his community of drug traffickers by betraying a fellow Mennonite to the police.
Stars: Ryan Robbins, Alex Paxton-Beesley, Jessica Clement, Dylan Everett
Votes: 1,232
Filmed in Nova Scotia.
73. The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015)
TV-14 | 42 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Fictionalized account of actual events and people surrounding Lizzie Andrew Borden after her controversial acquittal of the double murder of her father and stepmother in 1892.
Stars: Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, Cole Hauser, Dylan Taylor
Votes: 4,453
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
74. Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.
Director: Nick Gomez | Stars: Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, Gregg Henry, Stephen McHattie
Votes: 5,646
Filmed in Halifax, Lunenburg and Windsor, NS.
75. Moby Dick (2011)
PG | 184 min | Adventure, Drama
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Stars: William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Charlie Cox, Eddie Marsan
Votes: 2,219
Filmed in Halifax, Lunenburg and Shelburne, NS.
76. Alone in the Dark (2005)
R | 96 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A detective of the paranormal slowly unravels mysterious events with deadly results.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Frank C. Turner
Votes: 47,015 | Gross: $5.18M
This famously-derided film adaptation of the video game series was partly filmed in Halifax, NS.
77. Deeply (2000)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A reclusive woman's unpublished story about a curse, told to a grieving girl, turns out to be something other than a fairy tale.
Director: Sheri Elwood | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Lynn Redgrave, Julia Brendler, Trent Ford
Votes: 1,807
Filmed off the coast of Nova Scotia.
78. The Hanging Garden (1997)
R | 91 min | Drama, Romance
William, a once obese and depressed adolescent, is able to move past his teenage years when he moves to the city and comes out as being gay. When he returns home though, he can't cope with his memories.
Director: Thom Fitzgerald | Stars: Chris Leavins, Kerry Fox, Ian Parsons, Peter MacNeill
Votes: 3,079 | Gross: $0.93M
Filmed around Halifax and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
79. Life with Billy (1993 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
A Nova Scotian woman falls into a violently abusive relationship with a disgusting man, finally taking drastic measures to get rid of him forever.
Director: Paul Donovan | Stars: Nancy Beatty, Stephen McHattie, Deb Allen, Glenn Wadman
Votes: 159
About a woman from Halifax, NS who is abused by her partner.
80. Take This Waltz (2011)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
A happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Aaron Abrams
Votes: 30,299 | Gross: $1.24M
Partially filmed in Louisbourg, NS.
81. The Secret (1992 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Drama
Mostly on account of a pride struggle, Mike Dunmore has lived his whole life keeping a secret which he believed would only cause shame if it came to light. Personal relationships with his ... See full summary »
Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Bruce Boxleitner, Brock Peters, Laura Harrington
Votes: 204
Filmed in Nova Scotia (I'm not sure of exact location, but the skyline on the poster suggests Lunenburg due to the red houses).
82. Relative Happiness (2014)
Unrated | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
Plus-sized Lexie Ivy is a feisty B&B owner who desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding.
Director: Deanne Foley | Stars: Melissa Bergland, Aaron Poole, Johnathan Sousa, Susan Kent
Votes: 300
Set and filmed in Nova Scotia.
83. The Lighthouse (I) (2019)
R | 109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes
Votes: 255,337 | Gross: $0.43M
Filmed in Yarmouth and Halifax, NS.
84. Weirdos (2016)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
Just after the end of the Vietnam War and in the midst of the American bicentennial celebrations of 1976, runaway Kit and his girlfriend Alice hitchhike their way along the east coast of Canada.
Director: Bruce McDonald | Stars: Dylan Authors, Julia Sarah Stone, Molly Parker, Allan Hawco
Votes: 561
Filmed in Halifax, Windsor and Sydney, NS.
85. Fred Claus (2007)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole to help Santa and the elves prepare for Christmas in exchange for cash.
Director: David Dobkin | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins
Votes: 47,811 | Gross: $72.01M
The world’s naughtiest kid - according to Santa - is a kid from Nova Scotia.
86. Touching Wild Horses (2002)
PG | 91 min | Drama
After a car accident that claimed his father and sister's lives and left his mother in a coma, a boy is sent to live with his reclusive aunt on Sable Island, a world-renowned wild horse preserve.
Director: Eleanore Lindo | Stars: Mark Rendall, Jane Seymour, Charles Martin Smith, Gloria Slade
Votes: 511
Set on Sable Island, which is 300 kilometres off the mainland of Nova Scotia.
87. The Perfect Storm (2000)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane
Votes: 178,028 | Gross: $182.62M
Some scenes take place around Nova Scotia and Sable Island. The real Andrea Gail was shipwrecked off Sable Island.
88. Nova Scotia Revealed (2012– )
Family
Luke and Jock visit over 100 locations as they tour Nova Scotia in this action packed, light-hearted documentary series.
Stars: Luke Conrad, Dale Ryan Leckie, Jock Hiltz
It appears to be some kind of travelogue show about various places in Nova Scotia.
89.
The Detectives (2018–2020)
Episode:
She Said
(2018)
Documentary, Crime, Drama
"Some people don't see a sex trade worker as a human being." When a woman goes missing in Halifax, Sergeant Penny Hart works to build trust between police and sex trade workers to solve the case.
Director: John L'Ecuyer | Stars: Jewel Staite, Jason Cavalier, Chris Cavener, Kelly Craig
Votes: 28
The case of a sex worker who disappears in Halifax, NS.
90. Rideau Hall (2002)
30 min | Comedy
A newly elected Prime Minister conspires to secretly destroy Canada's monarchist institutions from within, starting with a new Governor General: one-time disco diva Regina Gallant. The PM ... See full summary »
Stars: Rejean Cournoyer, Joe Dinicol, Barry Flatman, Bette MacDonald
Votes: 57
Not filmed in Ottawa despite the name, but in Halifax, NS.
91. Lexx (1996–2002)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of disparate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny find themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.
Stars: Brian Downey, Michael McManus, Jeffrey Hirschfield, Xenia Seeberg
Votes: 8,644
Partially filmed in Halifax, NS.
92. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
A streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.
Stars: Will Smith, James Avery, Alfonso Ribeiro, Tatyana Ali
Votes: 144,759
In one episode, Will’s butler serves his family the finest salmon from Nova Scotia.
93. Butterbox Babies (1995)
94 min | Drama
A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Susan Clark, Peter MacNeill, Catherine Fitch, Michael Riley
Votes: 181
Recounts the case of the Butterbox Babies in Chester, NS in the 1930s.
94. The Child Remains (2017)
107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An expectant couple's intimate weekend turns to terror as they discover their secluded country inn is a haunted maternity home where infants and mothers were murdered.
Director: Michael Melski | Stars: Suzanne Clément, Allan Hawco, Shelley Thompson, Géza Kovács
Votes: 967
Filmed in Nova Scotia and inspired by the Butterbox Babies case of Chester, NS.
95. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis
Votes: 8,976
Banjo wants to go to Nova Scotia on vacation to escape from the rat race in Hollywood.
96. Scotland, Pa. (2001)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime
In a modernized retelling of "MacBeth" set in 1970s suburban Pennsylvania, Joe McBeth, an unambitious hamburger stand employee, is driven to success by his scheming wife.
Director: Billy Morrissette | Stars: James Le Gros, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken, Kevin Corrigan
Votes: 4,812 | Gross: $0.38M
Filmed in Halifax, NS.
97. Argo (2012)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin
Votes: 639,343 | Gross: $136.03M
One of the hostages held at the Iranian embassy is from Halifax, NS.
98. The Neptune Factor (1973)
G | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find it and encounters terrible danger.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux
Votes: 1,300
Partly filmed in Halifax, NS.
99. Sticks and Stones (2008 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Family, Sport
The Boxers from Brockton, MA and the Canadiens from Fredericton, NB are two teams at a 2003 Montréal junior hockey tournament. The Boxers almost didn't attend because of the rising global ... See full summary »
Director: George Mihalka | Stars: David Sutcliffe, Alexander De Jordy, Danny Mags, John Robinson
Votes: 168
Partly filmed in Halifax, NS.
100. Past Perfect (2002)
91 min | Drama
The film intercuts between two days, two years apart. The first: a flight from Vancouver to Halifax, where Charlotte and Cecil, two strangers, meet in seats 3a & 3c and fall in love. The ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel MacIvor | Stars: Rebecca Jenkins, Daniel MacIvor, Maury Chaykin, Marie Brassard
Votes: 76
Filmed in Halifax, NS. The protagonists fly on a plane from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS.
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