The following is a list of Movies that were filmed in Halton Hills.
It is to note that the year appearing next to title is when it was filmed, and not necessarily when it was released.
Production Details:
Production Company: Winkast Film Productions
Distribution Company: United Artists
Director: Sydney Lumet
Screenplay: Peter Shaffer
Producers: Elliott Kastner & Lester Persky
Starring: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Joan Plowright & Colin Blakely
Location: Entire production filmed on location in Ontario, with portion of it filmed on Main Street Georgetown, Ontario (Scenes for downtown Hampshire, England)
Date: October 25th, 1976
Release Date: October 19th, 1977
Equus is a 1977 psychological drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Peter Shaffer, based on his 1973 play of the same name.
Photo is of the film crew at the corner of Main & Church Streets in Georgetowen, Ontario - 1976
Photo Credit: The Georgetown Vault
Production Details:
Production Company: CFDC
Distribution Company: Universal Pictures
Director & Writer: Steven Hilliard Stern
Executive Producer: Michael Douglas
Starring: Michael Douglas & Susan Anspach
Location: Many of the scenes including the start of the marathon as well as scenic shots were filmed in Georgetown, Ontario
Date: August - September 1978
Release Date: October 30th, 1979
Running is a 1979 Canadian sports drama film written and directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and starring Michael Douglas and Susan Anspach. It is about the fictional American marathon runner and Olympic hopeful Michael Andropolis and his struggle to compete in the Olympic Games.
Photo is of Michael Douglas on Main Street in Georgetown, Ontario during the filming of Running - 1978
Photo Credit: The Georgetown Vault
Production Details:
Production Company: Shapiro Entertainment
Directors: Zale Magder & George McCowan
Writers: Carl DeSantis, Phyllis Camesano, Joel Cohen & Neil Cohen
Producer: Douglas Macdonald
Starring: Orson Welles, Michael Murphy, Michelle Finney, Henry Ramer & Ken Pogue
Location: Main Street & River Road bridge Georgetown, Ontario
Date: August 19th, 1979 - September 11th, 1979
Release Date: November 1st, 1986
Orson Welles walking down Main Street during the filming of Never Trust An Honest Thief (later released as Hot Money) in Georgetown, Ontario - 1979
Photo Credit: The Georgetown Vault
A clever ex-con has changed his identity and has managed to land a job as a deputy in small town in upstate New York.
Production Details:
Production Company: HBO Premiere Films
Distribution Company: HBO / 20th Century Fox / CTV
Director: Ralph L. Thomas
Writer: Edward Hume
Story: John Kastner & Rose Kastner
Producer: Bob Cooper
Starring: Eric Fryer as Terry Fox
Location: Various locations in British Columbia, Newfoundland and Ontario, including at 51 Edith Street Georgetown, Ontario
Date: August 23rd - October 14th, 1982
Release Date: May 22nd, 1983 (TV), May 27th, 1983 (Theatres)
The Terry Fox Story is a 1983 Canadian-American biographical film of Canadian amputee and runner Terry Fox.
Pictured is one of the locations in the film at 51 Edith Street in Georgetown, Ontario - 1982
Photo Credit: Esquesing Historical Society
Production Details:
Production Company: Children's Television Workshop
Distribution Company: Warner Bros.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writers: Tony Geiss & Judy Freudberg
Producer: Tony Garnett
Starring: Sandra Bernhard, John Candy, Chevy Chase, Joe Flaherty, Waylon Jennings, Dave Thomas, Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson & Frank Oz
Location: Entire production filmed on location in Ontario, with portion of it filmed on Main Street Georgetown, Ontario
Date: August 13th, 1984
Release Date: August 2nd, 1985
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird is a 1985 American family musical comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis, and written by Tony Geiss and Judy Freudberg. Based on the children's television series Sesame Street, it was the series' first theatrical feature film.
Pictured is Big Bird seen coming down Main Street in Georgetown, Ontario for the film Follow That Bird - August 13th, 1984
Photo Credit: Children's Television Workshop
Production Details:
Production Company: CBC
Distribution Company: CBC Television
Director: Timothy Bond
Writers: Timothy Bond & Peter Jobin
Producer: Peter Lower
Starring: Susan Hogan, Saul Rubinek & Thomas Peacocke
Location: Main Street Georgetown, Ontario
Date: May 1985
Release Date: December 8th, 1985 (Made-for-TV movie on CBC TV)
The film stars Susan Hogan as Carol Webber, a woman who breaks up with her wealthy husband and moves to a small town with her 13-year-old son Chris; she begins a new relationship with her Jewish friend Paul Green , while Chris begins to fall under the influence of Harry Gibson , a school principal who is teaching anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
A building on Main Street in Georgetown, Ontario was turned into Mulligan's Market for the filming of Oakmount High - 1985
Photo Credit: Esquesing Historical Society
Production Details:
Production Company: Sharmhill Productions / Walt Disney Television
Distribution Company: Walt Disney Television / ABC
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
Writers: Barbara Hall, Steven Hilliard Stern & David Steven Simon
Starring: Lindsay Wagner, Robert Urich, Jack Gilford & Keanu Reeves
Location: Primarily filmed in downtown Georgetown, Ontario (School scene was filmed at Etobicoke Collegiate, as an older looking high school was needed, but school uniforms were rented from Georgetown District High School)
Date: July 10th - 12th, 1985
Release Date: May 11th, 1986 (Made-for-TV movie on ABC)
A successful but unhappy businessman wishes to be 17 again and gets it. However, he discovers that going back is not all that it's cracked up to be.
Young Again advertising poster - 1986
Photo Credit: The Georgetown Vault
Production Details:
Production Company: Telestories Entertainment Inc. (Toronto)
Distribution Company: SABAN International N.V.
Director: David Robertson
Writers: Brian Dick & Jeff Woolnough
Producer: Richard Lowry
Executive Producer: Peter Filion
Starring: Michael Beck, Catherine Colvey & Maurice Dean Wint
Location: McGibbon Hotel, old Post Office, Main Street Georgetown, Ontario
Date: July 1989
Release Date: 1996 (VHS)
Actor Michael Beck is queried by reporters during a scene from the movie filmed in front of the old post office at 70 Mill Street - 1989
The Reckoning was filmed in Georgetown starring Michael Beck, Catherine Colvey and Maurice Dean Wint. It is a murder-mystery romance set in the fictitious town of Baypointe, Michigan. It was released in 1996 as Final Judgement.
Photo Credit: The Herald / Esquesing Historical Society
Production Details:
Production Company: Comfort Creek Productions Inc.
Distribution Company: Norstar Entertainment (Toronto) / Columbia TriStar Home Video
Director: Eric Till
Writer: Richard Nielsen
Producer: Peter R. Simpson
Publicist: Karen Pidgurski
Starring: Corey Haim, Barbara Williams, Keir Dullea & Andrew Miller
Location: Toronto, Ontario and surrounding area, including the former Waterfalls Park on Sixth Line Limehouse, Ontario
Date: August - September 1991
Release Date: 1992 (Direct-to-VHS)
Two teenage boys are growing up in a small Canadian town in the summer of 1955. While their parents go about with their own concerns, the two develop an interest in girls. One tries to impress his crush with his father's cars. The other, seventeen-year-old Eric Hansen, becomes enamored with an older woman newly arrived in town.
VHS cover of Oh, What a Night - 1992
Photo Credit: vhscollector.com / Columbia TriStar Home Video
Originally titled Comfort Creek before its release.
Production Details:
Production Company: The Stupid Little Golf Co. Inc. / Polygram Video
Director: Rick Friedberg
Writers: Henry Beard & David Fisher
Producer: Peter Hayman
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Bob Donner & Don Allison
Date: June 18th - June 23rd, 1994
Location: Blue Springs Golf Club Acton, Ontario
Release Date: 1994 (Direct-to-VHS)
VHS cover of Bad Golf My Way
Photo Credit: Polygram Video
Production Details:
Production Company: Alliance Communications Corporation / Le Monde Entertainment / St. Nick Productions
Distribution Company: Alliance Communications Corporation
Director: John Fawcett
Writers: Doug Smith & Peter Wellington
Producers: Tim O'Brien & Greg Dummett
Starring: Chris Penn, Dominic Zamprogna, Devon Sawa, Stuart Stone, Amy Stewart & Nicholas Campbell
Location: Entire production filmed on location in Toronto, Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario and Georgetown, Ontario, with portions of it filmed in Georgetown.
Date: July 1995
Release Date: September 19th, 1996
A scene from the movie The Boys Club in downtown Georgetown, Ontario - 1996
Photo Credit: The Georgetown Vault / Alliance Communications Corporation
Three teenage boys in small-town Southern Ontario are thrilled when Luke Cooper, a mysterious American fugitive with a gunshot wound in his leg, decides to crash their secret hideout. Luke tells them that he's a cop on the run from corrupt colleagues, and swears them to silence.
As he recuperates, he becomes their buddy and confidant. By the time the boys realize Luke is not who he pretends to be, they are in way over their heads.
Production Details:
Production Company: Showtime Original Pictures
Distribution Company: Hallmark Home Entertainment
Director: Vic Sarin
Writers: David Covell, Alan Mruvka & Sahara Riley
Producers: Alan Mruvka, Marilyn Vance & Patrick Whitley
Starring: John White, Dan Warry-Smith & Charlotte Sullivan
Location: Georgetown, Ontario & Glen Williams, Ontario
Date: September - October 1995
Release Date: May 19th, 1996
In this fantasy family adventure, two young boys unexpectedly learn of the legendary beast called Gator Face who has been lurking in the unforgiving minds of the local townspeople for over fifty years.
A view of the Copper Kettle Pub remade into Pork Belly’s General Store during the filming of the movie The Legend of Gator Face - 1995
Photo Credit: Ted Brown - Independent & Free Press / Esquesing Historical Society
Production Details:
Production Company: Forge / The Steve Tisch Company
Distribution Company: New Line Cinema
Director: Renny Harlin
Writer: Shane Black
Producers: Stephanie Austin, Shane Black & Renny Harlin
Starring: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide, Craig Bierko, Brian Cox & David Morse
Location: Various locations across Southern Ontario, including at Scotsdale Farm Halton Hills, Ontario
Date: January 10th - May 23rd, 1996 (Scenes filmed at Scotsdale Farm shot in the spring)
Release Date: October 11th, 1996
Promo photo for The Long Kiss Goodnight - 1996
Photo Credit: New Line Cinema
The story follows an amnesiac schoolteacher (Davis) who sets out to recover her identity with the help of a private detective (Jackson) when they discover a dark conspiracy.
Production Details:
Production Company: Paragon Entertainment
Distribution Company: Handmade Films / RVC Entertainment
Director & Writer: Shawn Thompson
Producer: Jon Slan
Starring: Kevin McDonald, Parker Posey & Gil Bellows
Location: McGibbon Hotel & Main Street Georgetown, Ontario
Date: November 25th - 26th, 1996
Release Date: October 2nd, 1997
Richard leaves his corporate office for a weekend at the country house of his fiancée, his boss' daughter. On the way he is forced to accept an offer of lodging from local Fred, and when he enters the house, the wacky family of Celia, her brother Dennis, and their parents won't let him move away from it. The family believes they are under the curse of the wild turkey, by which anyone who stays in the rural house past midnight is doomed to never leave.
Excerpt from the Independent & Free Press; Wednesday, November 26th, 1996
Photo Credit: Ted Brown - Independent & Free Press / HHPL
Production Details:
Production Company: Hollywood Pictures
Distribution Company: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Director & Screenplay: Mark Steven Johnson
Producers: Roger Birnbaum & Laurence Mark
Starring: Joseph Mazzello, Oliver Platt, Ian Michael Smith & Ashley Judd
Location: Various locations in Toronto, Ontario, French River, Ontario, Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Elora, Ontario & Glen Williams, Ontario., with portions filmed in Glen Williams which include the baseball scene as well as many indoor scenes
Date: September - December 1997
Release Date: September 11th, 1998
The baseball scene from the movie Simon Birch as filmed in Glen Williams, Ontario - 1998
Photo Credit: The Georgetown Vault / Hollywood Pictures
Simon Birch is a 1998 American comedy-drama film loosely based on the 1989 novel A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving.
Production Details:
Production Company: Catalyst Entertainment Production
Distribution Company: The Movie Channel
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov
Producer: Robert Wertheimer
Starring: Matt Battaglia, Chandra West, Jeff Wincott & Gary Busey
Location: Entire production filmed on location in Southern Ontario, including at Nashville North Norval, Ontario
Date: October 27th - December 23rd, 1997 (early December in Norval, Ontario)
Release Date: September 26th, 1998 (Made-for-TV movie)
The grounds at Nashville North in Norval were temporarily transformed into a movie studio as shooting for the soon-to-be released action movie, Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms, took place - 1997
Photo Credit: Ted Brown - Independent & Free Press / HHPL
A government-generated superhuman (Matt Battaglia) reunites with his brother (Jeff Wincott) to battle a corrupt official and a vicious mercenary.
Production Details:
Production Company: Bedard/Lalonde Amusements
Distribution Company: Red Sky Entertainment
Director: John Paizs
Writers: Phil Bedard & Larry Lalonde
Producers: Suzanne L. Berger & Jana Edelbaum
Starring: Campbell Scott, Fiona Loewi & Tom Everett Scott
Location: Toronto, Ontario and surrounding area, including Glen Williams, Ontario
Date: July - August 1998
Release Date: September 11th, 1999 (TIFF) / March 10th, 2000 (general release across Canada)
Top of the Food Chain is a 1999 Canadian comedy-horror film directed by John Paizs and starring Campbell Scott, Fiona Loewi, and Tom Everett Scott. A parody of alien invasion movies of the 1950s, it was released on video in the United States under the title Invasion!
Poster for Top of the Food Chain - 1999
Photo Credit: Red Sky Entertainment
Production Details:
Production Company: Hyperion / Showtime
Distribution Company: Showtime
Director: Adam Arkin
Screenplay: Anna Sandor
Starring: Kelsey Keel, Amelia Campbell, Corinna Ramsey Parker, Chris Owens, Michael Cera, Shirley Knight and Juliette Lewis
Location: Various locations in Canada, including the Copper Kettle Pub Glen Williams, Ontario
Date: September - October 2000
Release Date: May 13th, 2001
Based on 1998 novel of the same name by Kimberly Willis Holt.
The familiar Copper Kettle restaurant in Glen Williams took on a different look this week as My Louisiana Sky was filmed in the area, transforming the village into 1957 Louisiana - 2000
Photo Credit: Ted Brown - Independent & Free Press / HHPL
Production Details:
Production Company: Berger Queen Productions / Walt Disney Television
Distribution Company: Walt Disney Television / ABC
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Writers: Max Enscoe & Annie de Young
Producer: Greg Copeland
Starring: Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Mindy Cohn, Kim Fields & Joel Brooks
Location: Various locations, mainly in Toronto, Ontario, including downtown and train station Georgetown, Ontario
Date: September 2001
Release Date: November 18th, 2001 (Made-for-TV movie on ABC)
Scene from The Facts of Life Reunion of downtown Georgetown, Ontario - 2001
Photo Credit: The Georgetown Vault / Walt Disney Television
The Facts of Life Reunion is a 2001 American made-for-television comedy-drama film based on the 1979–1988 NBC sitcom The Facts of Life.
Production Details:
Production Company: Spyglass Entertainment
Distribution Company: Touchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Director: Roger Donaldson
Writers: Roger Towne, Kurt Wimmer & Mitch Glazer
Producers: Jeff Apple, Gary Barber & Roger Birnbaum
Starring: Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan & Gabriel Macht
Location: Various locations mainly in Canada, including Scotsdale Farm Halton Hills, Ontario and Nashville North Norval, Ontario
Date: December 2001 - February 2002
Release Date: January 31st, 2003
First called The Farm but released as The Recruit.
Excerpt from The New Tanner; Thursday, February 14th, 2002
Photo Credit: The New Tanner / HHPL
James Clayton is one of the top prospects in the new crop of CIA recruits. His intelligence and unconventional attitude attract the attention of veteran Walter Burke who squires him through the Agency's difficult training courses and helps him to quickly rise through the ranks. Clayton is then given a special assignment, to root out a suspected mole that has infiltrated the Agency.
Production Details:
Production Company: Michael Patrick Entertainment
Distribution Company: Skyrise Entertainment
Director: Rob Tosh
Writers: Michael McMaster & Tracey Epitropou
Starring: Alyssa Mariano, Joseph Ling, Jason Sharman, Jessica Nichols & Ulva Ralston
Location: Primarily in Georgetown, Ontario for use corn fields
Date: October 13th - 31st, 2006
Release Date: 2007 (Direct-to-DVD)
Queen of the Zombie Punks film lead Alyssa Mariano (who plays the part of `Crave') is horrified as a zombie (Ulva Ralston) pops up behind her - 2006
Photo Credit: Ted Brown - Independent & Free Press / HHPL
Production Details:
Production Company: Footprint Features / Writ Large
Distribution Company: Netflix
Director & Writer: Oren Uziel
Producers: Adam Saunders & Britton Rizzio
Starring: Benjamin Walker, Wyatt Russell, Rainn Wilson, Adam Pally, Mark Rendall, John Michael Higgins, Ron Livingston, Stephanie Sigman & Rob Corddry
Location: Various locations, primarily filmed in Acton, Ontario and area, including at the Brooks family farm at 14178 Fifth Line Limehouse, Ontario
Date: October 2015 (Brooks family farm on October 16th, 2015)
Release Date: June 9th, 2017 (Streaming on Netflix)
The filming of a scene for the movie Shimmer Lake at the Brooks family farm east of Acton, Ontario - October 16th, 2015
Photo Credit: John Brooks
Shimmer Lake is a 2017 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by Oren Uziel, in his directorial debut.
Production Details:
Production Company: HBO Films / Outlier Society
Distribution Company: HBO
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Screenplay: Ramin Bahrani & Amir Naderi
Producer: David Coatsworth
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella, Lilly Singh & Martin Donovan
Location: Toronto, Ontario and surrounding area, including Scotsdale Farm Halton Hills, Ontario (filmed for key dystopian rural scenes)
Date: July - August 2017
Release Date: May 19th, 2018 (Streaming on HBO)
Fahrenheit 451 is a 2018 American dystopian drama film directed and co-written by Ramin Bahrani, loosely based on the 1953 book of the same name by Ray Bradbury.
Poster for Fahrenheit 451 - 2018
Photo Credit: HBO
Production Details:
Production Company: Dylan Clark Productions
Distribution Company: Netflix
Director: Luke Snellin
Screenplay: Laura Solon, Victoria Strouse & Kay Cannon
Producers: Dylan Clark & Alexa Faigen
Starring: Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Kiernan Shipka, Odeya Rush, Liv Hewson, Mitchell Hope, Jacob Batalon & Joan Cusack
Location: Toronto, Ontario & Millbrook, Ontario, including scenes in Georgetown, Ontario and Limehouse, Ontario
Date: April 2019
Release Date: November 8th, 2019 (Streaming on Netflix)
Crews for a film project titled Let it Snow are in town - April 8th, 2019
Photo Credit: Bryan Myers/Metroland
Let it Snow is a 2019 American Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Luke Snellin.
Production Details:
Production Company: CA14 Productions
Distribution Company: CA14 Productions
Director: Peter Perko
Producer: Eric Doubt
Location: Acton, Ontario
Date: 2021
Release Date: October 8th, 2022 (Screening at John Elliott Theatre Georgetown, Ontario)
Poster for The Juke Joint in Acton – A Blues Community - 2022
Photo Credit: CA14 Productions
A documentary about the local blues community and the venue The Juke Joint, founded by Kim Duncanson and the late Stewart Laing, located in Acton, Ontario
Production Details:
Production Company: Elevation Pictures / Junafilm
Distribution Company: Protagonist Pictures
Director & Writer: Carly May Borgstrom
Starring: Sarah Abbott, Summer H. Howell, Isabella Neuspiel, Greg Bryk, Matt Gordon, Michael Wittenborn, Brenda Bazinet, Kimberly-Sue Murray, Michelle Monteith, Lyla Elliott, Sarah Maxine Racicot, Ariadne Deibert, Ryan Bainbridge, Cory Lipman, Dawson Boughner, David Webster & Bruce Beaton
Location: Various location across Ontario, including Acton, Ontario (Tommy's Grill & Bar for bar scene) and Limehouse, Ontario
Date: June 2022 - 2023
Release Date: November 7th, 2024 (Streaming services)
After a young girl is found dead in a secluded religious mountain community, a pack of teenage girls decide to fight against the evil spirits they believe killed her by embracing their own dark nature.
Promotional poster for Spirit in the Blood - 2024
Photo Credit: Protagonist Pictures
A Canadian-German film, Spirit in the Blood was originally titled Desire of the Prey before its release.
Production Details:
Production Company: Heartbreak Films
Distribution Company: Netflix
Director: Steve Carr
Writer: Holly Hester
Producers: Paula Hart & Melissa Joan Hart
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson, Jameela Jamil, Pierson Fodé, Linda Kash & Melissa Joan Hart
Location: Toronto, Ontario and surrounding area, including Glen Williams, Ontario
Date: February - March 2025
Release Date: November 12th, 2025 (Streaming on Netflix)
A Merry Little Ex-Mas is a 2025 American Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Steve Carr and written by Holly Hester.
Poster for A Merry Little Ex-Mas - 2025
Photo Credit: Netflix