MARDI GRAS 2025

Filmed in Lafourche

Ready. Set. Action!

Did you know that Louisiana's Cajun Bayou, Lafourche Parish has some notable movie scenes that were filmed right here on the bayou? Check out our "filmed in" list below, you might see one of your favorite movies had a scene filmed right here!

 

1934: Lazy River - Romantic drama with some scenes filmed in Golden Meadow and the shrimp camps of Lake Barataria.

1974: Gator Bait - Action drama filmed in Thibodaux.

1985: Long, Hot Summer - Romantic drama filmed partially in Thibodaux.

1987: Angel Heart - Horror thriller partially filmed in Laurel Valley Village in Thibodaux.

1987: Gathering of Old Men - Made for TV drama filmed in Laurel Valley Village and Thibodaux.

1987: Dark Eyes of the Zombie - Horror film shot at Nicholls State University in Thibdaux.

1987: Three on a Match - Made for TV drama filmed in Laurel Valley Village and Houma.

1988: $8.50 a Barrel - Cote Blanche documentary filmed in Golden Meadow.

1989: Fletch Lives - Comedy mystery filmed partially in Thibodaux.

1989: Double Exposure - The Story of Margaret Burke White - Made for TV bio drama partially filmed in Laurel Valley Village.

1993: Point of No Return - Action crime drama filed partially in Laurel Valley Village.

1994: Interview with a Vampire, The Vampire Chronicles - Drama fantasy partially filmed in Laurel Valley Village.

1997: The Apostle - Drama partially filmed in Des Allemands

1997: Old Man - Made for TV drama history filmed in Laurel Valley Village.

1999: Lesson Before Dying - Made for TV drama set in the fictional town of Bayonne and filmed partially in Laurel Valley Village.

2002: The Scoundrel's Wife - Cote Blanche drama romance filmed in Lockport and Lafourche Parish.

2004: Ray, the Ray Charles Story - Biographical drama partially filmed in Laurel Valley Village and Thibodaux.

2005: Because of Winn-Dixie - Family comedy drama filmed in Thibodaux and Napoleonville.

2005: Oil Storm - Made for TV documentary-style drama thriller filmed partially in Port Fourchon.

2009: Chasing the Dream - Documentary drama with some scenes filmed in Choctaw.

2009: LA-308 - Drama partially filmed in Leeville and Fourchon

2010: My Own Love Song - Drama partially filmed in Lafourche Parish and Thibodaux.

2010: Jonah Hex - Action drama thriller partially filmed in Raceland.

2011: Design Flaw - Short comedy filmed in Cut Off.

2011: Samuel Bleak - Drama filmed in Thibodaux and around Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.

2012: Looper - Crime sci-fi partially filmed in Thibodaux

2013: Homefront - Crime drama filmed partially in Lockport.

2013: Lee Daniels' The Butler - Biography drama filmed partially in Raceland and Lafourche Parish.

2013: T-Bois - Short documentary showing behind the scenes making of the T-Bois Blues Fest in LaRose.

2015: American Ultra - Action comedy filmed partially in Raceland.

2015: Get Hard - Comedy partially filmed in Raceland.

2016: Hypnotize Me - Comedy filmed in Thibodaux.

2017: Vore - Short horror filmed in Thibodaux.

2018: Tuesday Mourning - Short drama in Grand Isle, Thibodaux and the Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation.

2019: The Highwaymen - Netflix movie about the tracking of Bonnie & Clyde partially filmed in Thibodaux.

2022: The Lightning I, II - Music video filmed in Thibodaux for the band Arcade Fire.

2024: Nickel Boys - Upcoming historical drama filmed in Downtown Thibodaux.

 

Our Photos @lacajunbayou