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'The Beach' (2000) - The island of Kho Phi Phi Leh in Thailand is where this drama-thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio was filmed.

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'Lord of the Flies' (1990) - A remake of the 1963 original, this version of the disturbing survival drama was mainly shot in Jamaica, with additional locations in Maui, Hawaii.

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'Casino Royale' (2006) - This time it was Daniel Craig with a license to kill, and he looked the part, wading out of the ocean at the luxurious One&Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas.

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'Cast Away' (2000) - Tom Hanks' modern-day Robinson Crusoe was marooned on Monuriki, an uninhabited island in the Fiji Islands. Predictably, tourists now call it "Cast Away Island."

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'Mutiny on the Bounty' (1962) - The paradisiacal island of Tahiti in the South Pacific was the realistic location for much of this movie, which starred Marlon Brando as chief mutineer Fletcher Christian.

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'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' (2003) - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Puerto Rico, and a host of other islands have all provided lustrous tropical backdrops for this swashbuckling franchise, which began with 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.'

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'Shutter Island' (2010) - Shutter Island is actually Peddocks Island in Boston Harbor, where Martin Scorsese brings this creepy psychological thriller to life. Leonardo DiCaprio heads the cast.

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'Miami Vice' (2006) - Flashy and scenic, the big-screen version of the classic TV series was partly shot on location in the Dominican Republic.

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'Jurassic Park' (1993) - Steven Spielberg's dinosaur romp was played out on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The location subsequently provided a prehistoric backdrop for the sequels.

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'Papillon' (1973) - Jamaica stood in for the infamous Devil's Island in French Guiana, but Steve McQueen's epic cliff-jumping stunt towards the end of the movie was filmed in Maui, Hawaii.

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'Eat Pray Love' (2010) - Parts of this romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts were filmed on the Indonesian island of Bali, with some scenes shot in Ubud and at Padang-Padang Beach.

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'Paradise, Hawaiian Style' (1966) - Presley filmed three times in Hawaii. This third outing saw the "King" and his courtiers on Oahu.

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'Jaws' (1975) - Back in the mid-'70s, beachgoers were petrified to enter the water off Amity Island, which was in fact Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.

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'Dr No' (1962) - The film that introduced 007 to the world was largely shot in Jamaica, specifically in and around Oracabessa, a small town in St Mary parish and where Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, used to live.

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'The Rock' (1996) - Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and Ed Harris fought it out with guns blazing on Alcatraz Island, the setting for this action-thriller film.

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'Cocktail' (1988) - Real-life sun-soaked Jamaican locations, including Dragon Bay Beach and the Sandals Royal Plantation, were used to tell this tale about a New York business student who takes up bartending in order to make ends meet.

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'Too Late the Hero' (1970) - Directed by Robert Aldrich, this cult World War II drama set on a Pacific Island was for the most part filmed on Boracay Island in the Philippines.

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'Zorba the Greek' (1964) - The film took place at a beach near the village of Stavros on the Greek island of Crete.

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'50 First Dates' (2004) - Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore got together for this romantic yarn on Hawaii, notably in the Koolau Range and at Makapuu Beach, Oahu.

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'Being Julia' (2004) -

Hungarian film director István Szabó headed production on this romantic comedy, the exteriors of which were filmed on Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. 

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'Couples Retreat' (2009) - Vince Vaughan, Jason Bateman, and Malin Åkerman joined an ensemble cast for this lighthearted romantic comedy, set on the French Polynesian island of Bora Bora.

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'Pearl Harbor' (2001) - Three guesses where this sweeping World War II drama is set. The harbor today is still the location of a military base, shared by the Navy and the Air Force stationed in the Pacific.

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'Escape from Alcatraz' (1979) - A gripping prison drama starring Clint Eastwood and based on actual events, this movie was filmed entirely on "The Rock."

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'The Talented Mr Ripley' (1999) -

Filmed in Italy, the cliffside resort town of Positano and various villages on the islands of Ischia and Procida, near Naples, were used to represent the fictional town of "Mongibello."

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'Clash of the Titans' (2010) - The Canary Islands were chosen to recreate Ancient Greece, with the island of Anglesey, located off the coast of Wales, also selected as a place to film this action-adventure fantasy in.

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'The Blue Lagoon' (1980) - This romantic survival drama starring a then 14-year-old Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins was filmed on the island of Nanuya Levu, in Fiji.

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'Donovan's Reef' (1963) - John Ford directed John Wayne in this action-comedy movie, which though set in French Polynesia, was actually filmed in Kauai, Hawaii.

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'Six Days Seven Nights' (1998) - Filmed on Kauai, though not set in Hawaii, this adventure comedy paired Harrison Ford with Anne Heche.

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'The Guns of Navarone' (1961) -

Besides the Greek mainland, this classic World War II adventure was shot on Rhodes and Malta.

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