Nicholas Sparks

While the novel took place in North Carolina, the movie was set in Tybee Island, GA to take advantage of Georgia's film tax credits. Establishing shots of local landmarks such as the lighthouse and scenes filmed around town (see below) offer a rare view of Tybee Island from Hollywood.

US Marine Logan Thibault (Zac Efron) returns from a tour of Iraq carrying a photo of a woman he doesn't know but believes is responsible for keeping him alive.

Set in Outer Banks of North Carolina but filmed around Bath, Maine.

Filmed in Southport, NC—home of the fourth of July parade—in the summer of 2012. Ryan's Port Market was built (and burnt) for the film at Brunswick Street at the Yacht Basin.

An adaptation of the Nicolas Sparks novel staring Shane West as Landon and Mandy Moore as Jamie Sullivan.