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2 Essential Films from The Bahamas + 5 Movies Set in or About The Bahamas
The Bahamas on the atlas: the strongest films of its own cinema, and the films the rest of the world has set there. Every list is curated and ranked by hand.
2 Essential Films from The Bahamas
Native cinema in The Bahamas’s own creative voice — the passport route that earns visas and citizenship.
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1. Rain
After her grandmother's death, a spirited fourteen-year-old leaves her rural island to seek out the estranged mother she barely knows in bustling Nassau, only to find a hard, wounded woman far from the loving reunion she imagined. A tender Bahamian coming-of-age drama.
Curator’s note: Rain was retained in the final island review for its established place in The Bahamas's feature-film canon and its country-rooted authorship, production, or cultural subject.
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2. The Black Moses
This documentary profiles Sir Lynden Pindling, the towering political figure who led the Bahamas to majority rule and independence, tracing his rise and legacy. A portrait of a founding father.
Curator’s note: Travolta Cooper’s documentary is a nationally rooted examination of Sir Lynden Pindling and remains a major Bahamian work of political biography.
5 Movies Set in or About The Bahamas
Outside filmmakers looking toward The Bahamas: optional perspectives for a wider journey.
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1. Thunderball
When a criminal syndicate hijacks two nuclear bombs and holds the world to ransom, James Bond follows the trail to the Bahamas, diving into a deadly underwater showdown. A lavish entry in the 007 series.
Curator’s note: Thunderball is a strong foreign-authored feature whose sustained setting or subject engages directly with The Bahamas.
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2. After the Sunset
A master jewel thief and his partner, supposedly retired to a Bahamas paradise, are shadowed by a dogged FBI agent convinced they are planning one last, spectacular heist. A breezy caper comedy.
Curator’s note: After the Sunset is a strong foreign-authored feature whose sustained setting or subject engages directly with The Bahamas.
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3. Into the Blue
Two young divers and their friends discover a legendary sunken pirate wreck laden with gold off the Bahamas — along with the wreckage of a drug plane, drawing dangerous criminals into their treasure hunt. A glossy underwater adventure-thriller.
Curator’s note: Into the Blue is a strong foreign-authored feature whose sustained setting or subject engages directly with The Bahamas.
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4. My Father the Hero
On a Bahamas vacation with her divorced father, a teenage girl trying to impress a boy pretends the older man is actually her lover, spinning a web of comic misunderstandings. A family comedy.
Curator’s note: My Father the Hero is a strong foreign-authored feature whose sustained setting or subject engages directly with The Bahamas.
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5. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
A year after surviving a killer's rampage, a young woman wins a trip to a remote Bahamas resort, only to find the vengeful fisherman with the hook has followed her there. A slasher-horror sequel.
Curator’s note: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer is a strong foreign-authored feature whose sustained setting or subject engages directly with The Bahamas.
Selected by the FilmsAroundThe.World editorial desk
Lists are ranked for craft, enduring reputation, influence, and depth of engagement with place. Native selections require a verified creative relationship to the country; souvenir selections require an outside creative lead and a country-centered story. Read the methodology.
Editorial review: 2026-07-13
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