List of films shot in the Philippines
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Dozens of foreign films have been shot in the Philippines, with the location either playing itself or standing in for another tropical location. This article presents a partial list of films which have used shooting locations in the Philippines.
| Title | Director | Year Released | Philippine Filming Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missing in Action Missing in Action (film) Missing in Action is a 1984 action B-movie directed by Joseph Zito and starring Chuck Norris. It is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. Colonel Braddock, who escaped a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp 10 years earlier, returns to Vietnam to find American soldiers listed as missing... |
Joseph Zito Joseph Zito Joseph Zito is an American film director. He is perhaps well known for directing many low budget action B-movies of the 1980s such as, Missing in Action, Invasion U.S.A., Red Scorpion, and many others. In the mid-1980s, Zito spent a year of pre-production on the Cannon version of Spider-Man... |
1984 | Philippines |
| The Year of Living Dangerously The Year of Living Dangerously The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 Peter Weir film adapted from the novel The Year of Living Dangerously by the author Christopher Koch. The story is about a love affair set in Indonesia during the overthrow of President Sukarno... |
Peter Weir Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office... |
1982 | Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
| Platoon (film) Platoon (film) Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and stars Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen. It is the first of Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth.... |
Oliver Stone Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on... |
1986 | Philippines |
| Noriega: God's Favorite | Roger Spottiswoode Roger Spottiswoode Roger Spottiswoode is a Canadian-born film director and writer, who began his career as an editor in the 1970s. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He has directed a number of notable films and television productions, including Under Fire and the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies starring... |
2000 | Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
| Thirteen Days Thirteen Days (film) Thirteen Days is a 2000 docudrama directed by Roger Donaldson about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the perspective of the US political leadership. Kevin Costner stars, with Bruce Greenwood featured as John F. Kennedy.... |
Roger Donaldson Roger Donaldson Roger Donaldson is an Australian-born New Zealand film producer, director and writer who has made numerous successful movies. He was a co-founder of the New Zealand Film Commission.-Life and career:... |
2000 | Philippines |
| Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American war film set during the Vietnam War, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The central character is US Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L. Willard , of MACV-SOG, an assassin sent to kill the renegade and presumed insane Special Forces... |
Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors... |
1979, 1987 | Baler Bay, Baler, Aurora, Luzon, Philippines (beach with soldiers surfing) Baler, Aurora, Luzon, Philippines (Helicopter attack on village) Iba, Zambales, Luzon, Philippines (medevac) Laguna, Luzon, Philippines Luzon, Philippines Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines Pagsanjan River, Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippines (Magdapio River - Do Long Bridge) Pagsanjan, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines |
| Brokedown Palace Brokedown Palace Brokedown Palace is an American film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, and starring Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale. It deals with two American friends imprisoned in Thailand for drug smuggling. Because it presents a critical view of the Thai legal system, most scenes were filmed in the Philippines;... |
Jonathan Kaplan Jonathan Kaplan Jonathan Kaplan is an American film producer and director.Kaplan was born in Paris, France. He is the son of film composer Sol Kaplan and actress Frances Heflin; the nephew of actor Van Heflin. He is the brother of actresses Nora Heflin and Mady Kaplan... |
1999 | Coconut Palace, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines (Pat Pong) Cotton Club, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines (Pat Pong) Manila Hotel, Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines (pool, spa) Manila Rendezvous, Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines (girls' hotel) Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines Sanctuary Fabella, Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
| An Officer and a Gentleman An Officer and a Gentleman A Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 American drama film that tells the story of a U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. It was written by Douglas Day Stewart and directed by Taylor Hackford... |
Taylor Hackford Taylor Hackford Taylor Edwin Hackford is an American film director, and the current president of the Directors Guild of America.-Early life:Hackford was born in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Mary , a waitress, and Joseph Hackford... |
1982 | Philippines |
| Hamburger Hill Hamburger Hill Hamburger Hill is a 1987 American war film about the actual assault of the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division 'Screaming Eagles', on a well-fortified position, including trenchworks and bunkers, of the North Vietnamese Army on Ap Bia... |
John Irvin John Irvin John Irvin is an English film director. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he began his career by directing a number of documentaries and television works, including the BBC adaptation of John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy... |
1987 | Philippines |
| DNA DNA (film) DNA is a 1997 American science fiction action film starring Mark Dacascos and Jürgen Prochnow, and directed by William Mesa. Filming took place in the Philippines... |
William Mesa | 1997 | Subic Bay Freeport, Subic, Zambales, Luzon, Philippines |
| Kiss the Sky Kiss the Sky (film) Kiss the Sky is a 1999 film drama directed by Roger Young. The plot follows two men in their forties, friends since college, who travel together on a business trip to the Philippines. There they examine their lives and consider trading their adult responsibilities for a return to the hedonism of... |
Roger Young Roger Young (director) Roger E. Young is an American TV and film director. He won an Emmy Award in 1980 in Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for Lou Grant . He was born in Champaign, Illinois. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Illinois... |
1999 | Philippines |
| The Boys in Company C | Sidney J. Furie Sidney J. Furie Sidney J. Furie is a Canadian film director. Furie is perhaps best known for directing American Soldiers, The IPCRESS File, The Entity, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Lady Sings the Blues, The Boys, Gable and Lombard, Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York and the Iron Eagle films.Also... |
1978 | Philippines |
| Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection Delta Force 2 is a 1990 action film, and a sequel to the Chuck Norris film, The Delta Force , also starring Norris as Maj. Scott McCoy... |
Aaron Norris Aaron Norris Aaron Norris is an American film producer, director, and actor.-Personal information:Norris, who is of Irish descent, is the younger brother of Chuck Norris. During the Vietnam war, both Aaron and his older brother Wieland Clyde Norris enlisted in the United States Army... |
1990 | Clark Air Force Base, Luzon, Philippines Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
| I Come with the Rain I Come with the Rain I Come with the Rain is a 2009 neo-noir atmospheric thriller written and directed by Vietnamese-born French director Tran Anh Hung, starring American actor Josh Hartnett.... |
Tran Anh Hung Tran Anh Hung Trần Anh Hùng is a French film director of Vietnamese ancestry.He was born in Đà Nẵng, Central Vietnam, and emigrated to France when he was 12 following the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.... |
2009 | Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines Diwalwal, Monkayo, Compostela Valley, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines |
| Black Mama, White Mama Black Mama, White Mama Black Mama, White Mama is a 1973 women in prison film with elements of blaxploitation, starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov, and directed by Eddie Romero.-Plot:... |
Eddie Romero Eddie Romero Eddie Romero is an acclaimed and influential Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter, considered one of the finest in the Cinema of the Philippines.Romero was named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003.... |
1972 | Philippines |
| Back to Bataan Back to Bataan Back to Bataan is a World War II war film produced by Robert Fellows, directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring John Wayne and Anthony Quinn. It was produced by RKO Radio Pictures. It depicts events that took place after the Battle of Bataan on the island of Luzon in the Philippines... |
Edward Dmytryk Edward Dmytryk Edward Dmytryk was an American film director who was amongst the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy-era 'red scare'.-Early life:Dmytryk was born in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada,... |
1945 | Philippines |
| The Real Glory The Real Glory The Real Glory is a 1939 Samuel Goldwyn Company action film starring Gary Cooper, David Niven, and Broderick Crawford released by United Artists in the weeks immediately following Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland. Based on a 1937 novel of the same name by Charles L... |
Henry Hathaway Henry Hathaway Henry Hathaway was an American film director and producer. He is best known as a director of Westerns, especially starring John Wayne.-Background:... |
1939 | None (IMDb) Philippines (other sources) |
| Man on the Moon (film) | Miloš Forman Miloš Forman Jan Tomáš Forman , better known as Miloš Forman , is a Czech-American director, screenwriter, professor, and an emigrant from Czechoslovakia. Two of his films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus, are among the most celebrated in the history of film, both gaining him the Academy Award for... |
1999 | Baguio City, Benguet, Luzon, Philippines |
| Mammoth | Lukas Moodysson Lukas Moodysson - External links :*... |
2009 | Morong, Bataan, Luzon, Philippines Sabang, Bataan, Luzon, Philippines Subic, Zambales, Luzon, Philippines |
| Serbis | Brillante Mendoza Brillante Mendoza Brillante Mendoza is a Filipino film director. He has directed nine films since 2005. He won the award for Best Director for his film Kinatay at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival... |
2008 | Angeles City, Pampanga, Luzon, Philippines |
| Ultimo mondo cannibale Ultimo mondo cannibale Ultimo mondo cannibale is a cannibal exploitation film directed by Ruggero Deodato, which stars Massimo Foschi, Me Me Lai and Ivan Rassimov... |
Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato is an Italian film director and screen writer, best known for directing violent and gory horror films. Deodato is infamous for his 1980 film Cannibal Holocaust.- Biography :... |
1977 | Mindanao, Philippines |
| Music Within Music Within Music Within is a 2007 drama film starring Ron Livingston, Melissa George and Michael Sheen.-Plot synopsis:The true story of Richard Pimentel, a brilliant public speaker with a troubled past. As a young man, Pimentel realized he had a remarkable gift for public speaking. Pimentel's idol is College... |
Steven Sawalich | 2007 | Subic, Zambales, Luzon, Philippines |
| Romantic Island | Cheol-Woo Kang | 2008 | Ninoy Aquino International Airport Boracay, Aklan, Philippines Binondo, Manila |
| American Ninja American Ninja American Ninja is a 1985 ninja action film produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus's Cannon Films. Directed by Sam Firstenberg, who specialized in this genre in the 1980s, the film stars Michael Dudikoff in the title role, with Steve James as his side-kick. Domestic box office grosses for the... |
Sam Firstenberg Sam Firstenberg Sam Firstenberg is an American film director. Born in Poland, Sam Firstenberg grew up in Jerusalem, and obtained his higher education in Los Angeles, California. he is best known for having made low-budget B-movies most of his career, he is also known for directing the American Ninja series... |
1985 | Philippines |
| Knock Off | Tsui Hark Tsui Hark Tsui Hark , born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong New Wave film director and producer. He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema .-Early life:... |
1998 | Philippines (2nd Unit Scenes) |
| The Thirsty Dead | Terry Becker Terry Becker Terry Becker is an American film and television actor, director and producer. He is best known for his role as Chief Francis Ethelbert Sharkey in seasons 2 through 4 of the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.Becker's work behind the camera began with the TV series "Room 222," on... |
1974 | Philippines |
| Long xiong hu di | Jackie Chan Jackie Chan Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts... Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"... (uncredited) |
1987 | Philippines |
| A Fei zheng chuan | Kar Wai Wong | 1990 | Philippines |
| Le Peuple Migrateur Le Peuple Migrateur Winged Migration , is a 2001 documentary film directed by Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats and Jacques Perrin, who was also one of the writers and narrators, showcasing the immense journeys routinely made by birds during their migrations.... |
Jacques Perrin Jacques Perrin Jacques Perrin is a French actor and filmmaker. He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his father's name and Perrin his mother's.-Life and career:... Jacques Cluzaud (co-director) Michel Debats (co-director) |
2001 | Philippines |
| Enter the Ninja Enter the Ninja Enter the Ninja is a 1981 martial arts film directed by Menahem Golan and starring Franco Nero, Susan George and Shô Kosugi. Production was started in the Philippines with Emmett Alston directing, but when Charles Bronson refused to allow Menahem Golan to direct Death Wish II, Golan, a co-principal... |
Menahem Golan Menahem Golan Menahem Golan is an Israeli director and producer. He has produced movies for such stars as Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Charles Bronson, and was known for a period as a producer of comic book-style movies like Masters of the Universe, Superman IV:... |
1981 | Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
| Deep Gold Deep Gold -External links:*... |
Michael Gleissner Michael Gleissner Michael J. G. Gleissner is an entepreneur, film producer, director, screenwriter, actor, photographer, and musician.-Germany/USA:... |
2011 | Cebu, and Palawan, Philippines |
| Subject: I Love You Subject: I Love You Subject: I Love You is a drama and romance film based on the "I Love You" computer virus of 2000. The film stars Jericho Rosales and Briana Evigan.-Cast:* Briana Evigan* Jericho Rosales* Dean Cain* Dante Basco* Kristin Bauer* Lauren Bittner... |
Francis dela Torre]] | 2010 | Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
| Patient X Patient X (film) Patient X is a Filipino horror film directed by Filipino director Yam Laranas and stars Richard Gutierrez and Cristine Reyes. It is co-produced by GMA Films, Viva Films, and RGUTZ Productions. This is the first movie of Richard Gutierrez under Viva Films Productions.- Synopsis :After twenty years,... |
Yam Laranas Yam Laranas William Laranas is a Filipino director and cinematographer.-Early life:He took up Medical Technology at Immaculate Conception College, but dropped out after his second year.... |
2009 | Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
| Silip: Daughters of Eve Silip: Daughters of Eve Silip is a 1985 Philippines horror sexploitation film written by Ricardo Lee and directed by Elwood Perez. The film was released outside of the Philippines as Daughters of Eve.-Plot:... |
Elwood Perez | 1985 | Davila, Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte, Luzon, Philippines Lapaz, Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Luzon, Philippines Suba, Paoay, Ilocos Norte, Luzon, Philippines |
| Silip | Rahyan Carlos | 2005 | Philippines |
| Silip | Joel Lamangan Joel Lamangan Joel Lamangan is a Filipino film director, television director and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an auteur dramatic filmmaker. His award-winning films includes Sidhi, Deathrow, Hubog, Aishte Imasu 1941, Blue Moon and Mano Po.On August 19, 2008, Lamangan directed his first indie movie... |
2007 | Bongabon, Nueva Ecija, Luzon, Philippines |
| The Hunt for Eagle One The Hunt for Eagle One The Hunt for Eagle One is a 2006 film. The story takes place during Operation Enduring Freedom in The Philippines. A group of U.S. Marines are sent to rescue a captured U.S. Marine Captain and a Filipino Major while stopping a group of Al-Qaeda-backed local rebels from launching biological weapons.... |
Brian Clyde | 2006 | Philippines |
| The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point | Henry Crum | 2006 | Philippines |
| Gwendoline The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak is a French action/sexploitation film released in 1984, directed by Just Jaeckin... |
Just Jaeckin Just Jaeckin Just Jaeckin is a French film director.-Life:He was born in Vichy France during the Nazi Occupation, but left with his mother and father for England: after the war, he returned to France where he studied art and photography, much of it he did before and after serving with the French Army: while... |
1984 | Philippines |
| Zombi 3 Zombi 3 Zombi 3 is the 1988 followup to Zombi 2, itself an unofficial sequel to 1978's Dawn of the Dead . Beyond its title, Zombi 3 has little to no relation with the characters or plotlines of Zombi, Zombi 2 or in fact any subsequent Zombi' films... |
Lucio Fulci Lucio Fulci Lucio Fulci was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his directorial work on gore films, including Zombie and The Beyond , although he made films in genres as diverse as giallo, western, and comedy... Bruno Mattei Bruno Mattei Bruno Mattei was an Italian film director, screenwriter and editor who gained a cult following for a wide variety of exploitation films that covered many genres, ranging from women in prison to zombie films... (uncredited) |
1988 | Los Baños, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines |
| The Big Doll House The Big Doll House The Big Doll House is a 1971 women in prison film starring Pam Grier, Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, Brooke Mills, and Pat Woodell. The film follows six female inmates throughout daily life in a gritty, unidentified supra-tropical prison... |
Jack Hill Jack Hill Jack Hill is an U.S. film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre. Despite this, several of Hill's later films have been characterized as feminist works.Hill was born in Los Angeles... |
1971 | Philippines |
| Too Late the Hero Too Late the Hero Too Late the Hero is a 1970 Anglo-American war film directed by Robert Aldrich, and starring Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Ken Takakura, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen, Lance Percival, Ronald Fraser, Harry Andrews and Percy Herbert.-Plot:... |
Robert Aldrich Robert Aldrich Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly , The Big Knife , What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte , The Flight of the Phoenix , The Dirty Dozen , and The Longest Yard .-Biography:Robert... |
1970 | Caticlan, Malay, Aklan, Panay, Visayas, Philippines |
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External links
- Most Popular Titles With Location Matching "Philippines" , Internet Movie Database.
- Hollywood in the Philippines, New Straits Times, December 11, 1990, p. 21.