This is a list of films set in Alaska, whether in part or in full. This North American setting is part of the

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genre. It includes movies in which location shooting occurred both inside Alaska and outside the state, on sound stages or snowy locations closer to Hollywood. Following the main list is a list of films which were filmed in Alaska, but set elsewhere.

Main list

* '' The Spoilers'' (1914) * '' The White Raven'' (1917) * ''

Shark Monroe ''Shark Monroe'' is a 1918 American silent adventure film directed by William S. Hart and written by C. Gardner Sullivan. The film stars William S. Hart, Katherine MacDonald, Joseph Singleton, George A. McDaniel, and Bert Sprotte. The film was re ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Frozen North ''The Frozen North'' is a 1922 American short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. The film is a parody of early western films, especially those of William S. Hart. The film was written by Keaton and Edward F. Cline (credited as ...

'' (1922) * '' The Spoilers'' (1923) * '' The Call of the Wild'' (1923) * '' The Soilers'' (1923) * '' The Chechahcos'' (1924) * '' Winds of Chance'' (1925) * '' The Gold Rush'' (1925) * '' The Trail of '98'' (1928) * '' The Spoilers'' (1930) * '' The Silver Horde'' (1930) * '' Klondike'' (1932) * '' Tillie and Gus'' (1933) * ''

Call of the Wild ''The Call of the Wild'' is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Bu ...

'' (1935) * '' Page Miss Glory'' (1935) * '' Klondike Annie'' (1936) * ''

The Barrier The Barrier is a lava dam retaining the Garibaldi Lake system in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is over thick and about long where it impounds the lake. The area below and adjacent to The Barrier is considered hazardous due to the u ...

'' (1937) * '' Spawn of the North'' (1938) * ''

Call of the Yukon ''Call of the Yukon'' is a 1938 American action/adventure film produced and released by Republic Pictures, directed by John T. Coyle and B. Reeves Eason and starring Richard Arlen and Beverly Roberts. The film features extensive Alaskan locati ...

'' (1938) * '' The Spoilers'' (1942) * '' Jack London'' (1943) * '' Belle of the Yukon'' (1944) * '' Road to Utopia'' (1946) * '' Jolson Sings Again'' (1949) * ''

Lost in Alaska ''Lost in Alaska'' is a 1952 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. Plot The time is the 1890s, and the place is San Francisco. George Ball and Tom Watson are firemen who rescue 'Nugget' Joe McDermott from committing suicide by d ...

'' (1952) * ''

Arctic Flight ''Arctic Flight'' is a 1952 drama film directed by Lew Landers and starring Wayne Morris, Alan Hale Jr. and Lola Albright. It was produced by Monogram Pictures. ''Arctic Flight'' depicts bush pilot flying in the Arctic on the edge of the Internat ...

'' (1952) * '' Red Snow'' (1952) *'' The World in His Arms '' (1952) * '' Back to God's Country'' (1953) * '' Cry Vengeance'' (1954) * '' The Far Country'' (1955) * '' Top of the World'' (1955) * '' The Spoilers'' (1955) * ''

Alaska Passage ''Alaska Passage'' is a 1959 drama film directed by Edward Bernds and starring Bill Williams and Naura Hayden. It was the first film from Associated Producers Inc to go into general release. Premise Al manages a company in a small town from wh ...

'' (1959) * '' Ice Palace'' (1960) * '' North to Alaska'' (1960) * ''

Challenge to Be Free ''Challenge to Be Free'' (a.k.a. ''Mad Trapper of the Yukon'' and ''Mad Trapper'') is an anti-hero film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Mike Mazurki. The film's plot was a loosely based on the 1931 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) purs ...

'' (1975) * ''

Spirit of the Wind ''Spirit of the Wind'' (also known as ''Attla'') is a 1979 American Northern film directed by Ralph Liddle and starring Chief Dan George, Slim Pickens, Pius Savage, and George Clutesi. Plot summary The film is a semi-biographical story base ...

'' (1979) * ''Sourdough'' (1982) * '' Firefox'' (1982) * '' Runaway Train'' (1985) * '' White Fang'' (1991) * '' Salmonberries'' (1991) * ''

On Deadly Ground ''On Deadly Ground'' is a 1994 American environmental action adventure film directed, co-produced by, and starring Steven Seagal, and co-starring Michael Caine, Joan Chen, John C. McGinley and R. Lee Ermey. It is Seagal's only directorial effort ...

'' (1994) * '' Balto'' (1995) * ''

To Brave Alaska ''To Brave Alaska'' is a 1996 American made-for-TV adventure film directed by Bruce Pittman. Based on a true story, the film stars Alyssa Milano and Cameron Bancroft as a young couple who attempt to survive in the rough Alaskan wilderness. Plot ...

'' (1996) * '' Alaska'' (1996) * '' The Edge'' (1997) * '' Leaving Normal'' (1999) * '' Limbo'' (1999) * ''

Mystery, Alaska ''Mystery, Alaska'' is a 1999 American sports comedy-drama film, directed by Jay Roach, about an amateur ice hockey team from the fictional small town of Mystery that plays an exhibition game against the National Hockey League (NHL)'s New York Ran ...

'' (1999) * '' Out Cold'' (2001) * '' Balto II: Wolf Quest'' (2002) * '' Insomnia'' (2002) * '' Snow Dogs'' (2002) * '' Brother Bear'' (2003) * '' Balto III: Wings of Change'' (2004) * '' The Big White'' (2005) * ''

Grizzly Man ''Grizzly Man'' (2005) is an American documentary film by German director Werner Herzog. It chronicles the life and death of bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell and the death of his girlfriend Amie Huguenard at Katmai National Park, Alaska. The fil ...

'' (2005) * ''

Brother Bear 2 ''Brother Bear 2'' is a 2006 American animated direct-to-video musical fantasy comedy-drama film and the sequel to the animated feature ''Brother Bear'', which was released on August 29, 2006. Melissa Etheridge contributed three songs to the film ...

'' (2006) * '' The Guardian'' (2006) * '' The Last Winter'' (2006) * ''

30 Days of Night ''30 Days of Night'' is a three-issue horror comic book miniseries written by Steve Niles, illustrated by Ben Templesmith, and published by American company IDW Publishing in 2002. All three parties co-own the property. The series takes place i ...

'' (2007) * '' Into the Wild'' (2007) * ''

The Simpsons Movie ''The Simpsons Movie'' is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the long-running animated sitcom ''The Simpsons''. The film was directed by the show's supervising director David Silverman and stars the show's regular cast of Dan Caste ...

'' (2007) * '' Snow Buddies'' (2008) * ''

Dear Lemon Lima ''Dear Lemon Lima'' is a 2009 family comedy feature film written and directed by Suzi Yoonessi. Based on her short film of the same name and developed with the support of Film Independent and its Filmmaker Labs, this film is about a 13-year-old h ...

'' (2009) * '' The Fourth Kind'' (2009) * '' The Proposal'' (2009) * '' Resident Evil: Afterlife'' (2010) * '' On the Ice'' (2011) * ''

The Big Year ''The Big Year'' is a 2011 American comedy film starring Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Steve Martin. ''The Big Year'' was directed by David Frankel and written by Howard Franklin. It was based on the 2004 nonfiction book ''The Big Year: A Tale of ...

'' (2011) * ''

Beyond Beyond may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Beyond'' (1921 film), an American silent film * ''Beyond'' (2000 film), a Danish film directed by Åke Sandgren, OT: ''Dykkerne'' * ''Beyond'' (2010 film), a Swedish film directed b ...

'' (2012) * '' The Grey'' (2012) * ''

Big Miracle ''Big Miracle'' is a 2012 drama film directed by Ken Kwapis, and stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. The film is based on Tom Rose's 1989 book '' Freeing the Whales'', which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to ...

'' (2012) * '' The Frozen Ground'' (2012) * '' The Bourne Legacy'' (2012) * ''

Pacific Rim The Pacific Rim comprises the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The ''Pacific Basin'' includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geologic Pacific Ring of Fire. List of co ...

'' (2013) * '' The Frozen Ground'' (2013) * '' Bears'' (2014) * '' WildLike'' (2014) * '' Sugar Mountain'' (2016) * '' Hold the Dark'' (2018) * '' The Call of the Wild'' (2020)

Set elsewhere

* ''

Eskimo Eskimo () is an exonym used to refer to two closely related Indigenous peoples: the Inuit (including the Alaska Native Iñupiat, the Greenlandic Inuit, and the Canadian Inuit) and the Yupik peoples, Yupik (or Siberian Yupik, Yuit) of eastern Si ...

'' (1933) * ''

Never Cry Wolf ''Never Cry Wolf'' is an account of the author's experience observing wolves in subarctic Canada by Farley Mowat, first published in 1963 by McClelland and Stewart. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1983. It has been credited for dra ...

'' (1983) * '' White Fang'' (1991)

References

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