Savannah, Ga. has recently become a hot spot for filmmakers due to its offered tax incentives and its versatility in appearing as a range of time periods and settings. Here is a list of some of the movies filmed in Savannah that you can stream.
‘Birth of a Nation’ (1915)
The Stoneman family’s friendship with the Camerons are affected by the Civil War, both fighting on opposite sides. The war in their lives continues until Lincoln’s assassination and the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan.
Notable Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall
Stream on: Amazon Prime
‘Beast of Burden’ (2018)
Sean Haggerty only has an hour to save his wife and deliver illegal cargo while reassuring a drug cartel, a hitman and the DEA that nothing is wrong, all from the cockpit of his Cessna.
Notable Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Grace Gummer, Pablo Schrieber
Stream on: Amazon Prime
‘The Do-Over’ (2016)
Two unlucky guys decide to fake their own deaths and start over, only to find the people they’re pretending to be are in deeper trouble.
Notable Cast: Adam Sandler, David Spade, Kathryn Hahn
Stream on: Netflix
‘The Legend of Bagger Vance’ (2000)
A disillusioned war veteran, Rannulph Junah, agrees to play a game of golf. He finds the game fruitless until his caddy, Bagger Vance, teaches him the secret of the authentic golf stroke.
Notable Cast: Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron
Stream on: Hulu
‘Tyler Perry’s The Haves and Have Nots’ (2013-present)
The Cryer family is the face of success and wealth, at least from the outside. Within the walls of the mansion, dysfunction and double lives threaten to destroy the Cryer’s lives of privilege.
Notable Cast: Tika Sumpter, John Schneider, Crystal R. Fox
Stream on: Hulu
‘Z: The Beginning of Everything’ (2015-2017)
A biography series based on the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the Southern Belle who became the original flapper.
Notable Cast: Christina Ricci, David Hoflin, Kristine Nielsen
Stream on: Amazon Prime
‘Baywatch’ (2017)
Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a new recruit as they uncover a criminal plot that threatens the future of the bay.
Notable Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra, Alexandra Daddario
Stream on: Hulu
‘Forces of Nature’ (1999)
A soon-to-be-married man encounters an exciting stranger after his plane suffers an accident on takeoff.
Notable Cast: Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock
Stream on: Amazon Prime
Written by Georgia Micheals
Georgia Micheals is the Media Content Producer of District. She is a junior Film and Television major who will graduate in 2020.
