List of foreign films shot in the Philippines
Numerous foreign films have been shot in the Philippines, with the location either representing itself or standing in for another tropical location. This article presents a partial list of films which have used shooting locations in the Philippines sorted by year.
| Title | Director | Year released | Philippine filming locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Real Glory | Henry Hathaway | 1939 | Mindanao, Philippines |
| Texas to Bataan | Robert Emmett Tansey | 1942 | stock footage of the Philippines |
| Bataan | Tay Garnett | 1943 | Bataan, Philippines |
| Dawn of Freedom | Yutaka Abe | 1944 | Philippines |
| Down with the Old Glory | Yutaka Abe | 1944 | Philippines |
| Back to Bataan | Edward Dmytryk | 1945 | Philippines |
| Last Stand in the Philippines | Antonio Román | 1945 | Baler, Philippines |
| They Were Expendable | John Ford | 1945 | Philippines |
| Sword of the Avenger | Sidney Salkow | 1948 | Philippines |
| American Guerrilla in the Philippines | Fritz Lang | 1950 | Subic Naval Base, Philippines |
| Blood of Bataan | Paul Fix | 1953 | Philippines |
| Now and Forever (Finnish: Nyt ja ikuisesti) | Rolando del Mar | 1953 | Baguio City and Manila, Philippines |
| Huk! | John Barnwell | 1956 | Philippines |
| No Place to Hide | Josef Shaftel | 1956 | Philippines |
| Cavalry Command (aka The Day of the Trumpet) | Eddie Romero | 1958 | Philippines |
| Man on the Run | Eddie Romero | 1958 | Philippines |
| Surrender - Hell! (aka Blackburn's Guerrillas) | John Barnwell | 1959 | Philippines |
| Terror Is a Man | Gerardo de Leon | 1959 | Philippines |
| Lost Battalion | Eddie Romero | 1960 | Philippines |
| Espionage: Far East | Gerardo de Leon Ted Post Eddie Romero | 1961 | Philippines |
| The Steel Claw | George Montgomery | 1961 | Philippines |
| Bus to Bataan | Lamberto V. Avellana | 1961 | Bataan, Philippines |
| Merrill's Marauders | Samuel Fuller | 1962 | Philippines |
| No Man Is an Island | Richard Goldstone John Monks Jr. | 1962 | Philippines |
| Samar | George Montgomery | 1962 | Philippines |
| Cry of Battle (aka To Be a Man) | Irving Lerner | 1963 | Philippines |
| The Walls of Hell (aka Intramuros) | Gerardo de Leon and Eddie Romero | 1964 | Intramuros, Manila, Philippines |
| Back Door to Hell | Monte Hellman | 1964 | Bicol, Luzon, Philippines |
| Ethan | Michael Du Pont | 1964 | Barrio Tajuksanghay, Philippines |
| Flight to Fury | Monte Hellman | 1964 | Philippines |
| Moro Witch Doctor | Eddie Romero | 1964 | Philippines |
| Guerillas in Pink Lace | George Montgomery | 1964 | Philippines |
| From Hell to Borneo | George Montgomery | 1964 | Philippines |
| The Ravagers (aka Only the Brave Know Hell / Tagalog: Hanggang May Kalaban) | Eddie Romero | 1965 | Philippines |
| The Bloodless Vampire | Michael Du Pont | 1965 | Philippines |
| Fortress of the Dead | Ferde Grofé Jr. | 1965 | Philippines |
| Mutiny in the South Seas | Wolfgang Becker | 1965 | Philippines |
| Ambush Bay | Ron Winston | 1966 | Philippines |
| The 26th Cavalry (No Toys for Christmas) | John Derek | 1966 | Philippines |
| Beach Red | Cornel Wilde | 1967 | Philippines |
| The Longest Hundred Miles | Don Weis | 1967 | Philippines |
| Sailors' Life (aka Buhay Marino) | Armando Garces | 1967 | Philippines |
| Brides of Blood | Eddie Romero and Gerardo de Leon | 1968 | Philippines |
| The Mad Doctor of Blood Island (aka Tomb of the Living Dead; & Grave Desires) | Gerardo de Leon Eddie Romero | 1968 | Philippines |
| Mission Batangas | Keith Larsen | 1968 | Batangas, Philippines |
| Warkill | Ferde Grofé Jr. | 1968 | Philippines |
| Manila, Open City | Luis Nepomuceno | 1968 | Manila, Philippines |
| Impasse | Richard Benedict | 1969 | Corregidor, Manila |
| Beast of Blood | Eddie Romero | 1970 | Philippines |
| Maharlika | Jerry Hopper | 1970 | Philippines |
| Nam's Angels | Jack Starrett | 1970 | Philippines |
| Pipo | Luis Nepomuceno | 1970 | Philippines |
| The Secret of the Sacred Forest | Michael Du Pont | 1970 | Philippines |
| Too Late the Hero | Robert Aldrich | 1970 | Caticlan, Malay, Aklan, Panay, Visayas, Philippines |
| Beast of the Yellow Night | Eddie Romero | 1971 | Philippines |
| The Big Doll House | Jack Hill | 1971 | Philippines |
| Blood Thirst | Newt Arnold | 1971 | Philippines |
| Women in Cages | Gerardo de León | 1971 | Philippines |
| The Prince and I | F.H. Constantino | 1971 | Philippines |
| The Big Bird Cage | Jack Hill | 1972 | Philippines |
| Black Mama, White Mama | Eddie Romero | 1972 | Philippines |
| Daughters of Satan | Hollingsworth Morse | 1972 | Philippines |
| The Hot Box | Joe Viola | 1972 | Philippines |
| Night of the Cobra Woman | Andrew Meyer | 1972 | Philippines |
| Beyond Atlantis | Eddie Romero | 1973 | Philippines |
| Fly Me | Cirio Santiago | 1973 | Philippines |
| Savage! | Cirio Santiago | 1973 | Philippines |
| Wonder Women | Robert Vincent O'Neill | 1973 | Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Bamboo Gods and Iron Men | Cesar Gallardo | 1974 | Philippines |
| Black Mamba | George Rowe | 1974 | Philippines |
| Savage Sisters | Eddie Romero | 1974 | Philippines |
| The Thirsty Dead | Terry Becker | 1974 | Philippines |
| TNT Jackson | Cirio Santiago | 1974 | Philippines |
| The Pacific Connection | Luis Nepomuceno | 1974 | Philippines |
| Wild Whirlwind (aka Twin Fists for Justice) | Ching-Chen Yang and Danny Ochoa | 1974 | Philippines |
| Miss Aruba Went to Town (Dutch: Miss Aruba Ging Naar de Stad) | Ben Feleo | 1975 | Philippines |
| Project: Kill | William Girdler | 1976 | Philippines |
| Sudden Death | Eddie Romero | 1977 | Philippines |
| Too Hot to Handle | Don Schain | 1977 | Philippines |
| Ultimo mondo cannibale | Ruggero Deodato | 1977 | Mindanao, Philippines |
| The Boys in Company C | Sidney J. Furie | 1978 | Naval Station Sangley (today's Naval Station Heracleo Alano, Naval Base Cavite, Sangley Point); and Dr Salamanca St, Brgy 42-A Pinagbuklod, San Antonio, Cavite City 4100, Philippines |
| Hell Hole | Cirio Santiago | 1978 | Philippines |
| Vampire Hookers | Cirio Santiago | 1978 | Philippines |
| Apocalypse Now | Francis Ford Coppola | 1979 | Baler Bay, Baler, Aurora, Luzon, Philippines (beach with soldiers surfing) Baler, Aurora, Luzon, Philippines (helicopter attack on village) |
| Cola, Candy, Chocolate | Sigi Rothemund | 1979 | Philippines |
| Pacific Inferno | Rolf Bayer | 1979 | Philippines |
| Up from the Depths | Charles B. Griffith | 1979 | Batangas, Philippines |
| She's 19 and Ready | Franz Josef Gottlieb | 1980 | Metro Manila, Philippines |
| The Children of An Lac | John Llewellyn Moxey | 1980 | Philippines |
| L'ultimo cacciatore | Antonio Margheriti | 1980 | Philippines |
| Enter the Ninja | Menahem Golan | 1981 | Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
| Jag rodnar | Vilgot Sjöman | 1981 | Philippines |
| An Officer and a Gentleman | Taylor Hackford | 1982 | Philippines |
| Brothers | Terry Bourke | 1982 | Philippines |
| Desire | Eddie Romero | 1982 | Philippines |
| Far East | John Duigan | 1982 | Philippines |
| Five and the Skin | Pierre Rissient | 1982 | Philippines |
| Fuga dall'arcipelago maledetto | Antonio Margheriti | 1982 | Philippines |
| Hunters of the Golden Cobra | Antonio Margheriti | 1982 | Philippines |
| Invaders of the Lost Gold | Alan Birkinshaw | 1982 | Philippines |
| Kung Fu Cannibals | Edward D. Murphy | 1982 | Philippines |
| The Year of Living Dangerously | Peter Weir | 1982 | Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
| Dance of the Dwarfs | Gus Trikonis | 1983 | Philippines |
| Intrusion: Cambodia | Jun Gallardo | 1983 | Philippines |
| The Last Blood | Antonio Margheriti | 1983 | Philippines |
| The Raiders of Atlantis | Ruggero Deodato | 1983 | Philippines |
| Stryker | Cirio Santiago | 1983 | Philippines |
| Code Name: Wild Geese | Antonio Margheriti | 1984 | Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippines |
| Gwendoline | Just Jaeckin | 1984 | Philippines |
| Missing in Action | Joseph Zito | 1984 | Philippines |
| Purple Hearts | Sidney J. Furie | 1984 | Philippines |
| American Ninja | Sam Firstenberg | 1985 | Philippines |
| Joy et Joan | Jacques Saurel | 1985 | Philippines |
| Jungle Raiders | Antonio Margheriti | 1985 | Philippines |
| Commando Leopard | Antonio Margheriti | 1985 | Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippines |
| Naked Vengeance | Cirio Santiago | 1985 | Philippines |
| Nine Deaths of the Ninja | Emmett Alston | 1985 | Philippines |
| Wheels of Fire | Cirio Santiago | 1985 | Philippines |
| American Commandos | Bobby A. Suarez | 1986 | Philippines |
| Future Hunters | Cirio Santiago | 1986 | Philippines |
| Platoon | Oliver Stone | 1986 | Mount Makiling (Los Baños) for the forest scenes, Cavite (for the river and village scenes) and Villamor Air Base near Manila.[2][3] |
| Warbus | Ferdinando Baldi | 1986 | Philippines |
| Women of Valor | Buzz Kulik | 1986 | Philippines |
| A Dangerous Life | Robert Markowitz | 1987 | Manila, Philippines |
| Eastern Condors | Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | 1987 | Philippines |
| Equalizer 2000 | Cirio Santiago | 1987 | Philippines |
| Hamburger Hill | John Irvin | 1987 | Philippines |
| Armour of God | Jackie Chan Eric Tsang (uncredited) | 1987 | Mt. Maculot (Cuenca, Batangas) Philippines |
| Karate Warrior | Fabrizio De Angelis | 1987 | Philippines |
| Strike Commando | Bruno Mattei | 1987 | Philippines |
| Sweet Revenge | Mark Sobel | 1987 | Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Tigershark | Emmett Alston | 1987 | Philippines |
| Braddock: Missing in Action III | Aaron Norris | 1988 | Philippines |
| Der Commander | Antonio Margheriti | 1988 | Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippines |
| Final Reprisal | Teddy Page | 1988 | Philippines |
| The Firing Line | Jun Gallardo | 1988 | Philippines |
| Hell Raiders | Ferde Grofé Jr. | 1988 | Philippines |
| Judgement Day | Ferde Grofé Jr. | 1988 | Philippines |
| Red Roses, Call for a Girl | Bobby A. Suarez | 1988 | Philippines |
| Robowar | Bruno Mattei | 1988 | Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippines |
| Strike Commando 2 | Bruno Mattei | 1988 | Philippines |
| Zombi 3 | Lucio Fulci Bruno Mattei (uncredited) | 1988 | Los Baños, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines |
| Alien from the Deep | Antonio Margheriti | 1989 | Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippines |
| Bloodfist | Terence H. Winkless | 1989 | Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Born on the Fourth of July | Oliver Stone | 1989 | Vigan (representing the scenes in Mexico), Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, Luzon (for the scenes in Vietnam) Scenes were shot in Mount Makiling (Los Baños) for the forest scenes, Cavite (for the river and village scenes) and Villamor Air Base near Manila.[4] |
| Born to Fight | Bruno Mattei | 1989 | Philippines |
| Circle of Fear | Clark Henderson | 1989 | Philippines |
| Demonstone | Andrew Prowse | 1989 | Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Driving Force | Andrew Prowse | 1989 | Philippines |
| The Expendables | Cirio Santiago | 1989 | Philippines |
| Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy | Carl Franklin | 1989 | Philippines |
| Fatal Vacation | Eric Tsang | 1989 | Philippines |
| Indio | Antonio Margheriti | 1989 | Philippines |
| Return from the River Kwai | Andrew McLaglen | 1989 | Philippines |
| The Siege of Firebase Gloria | Brian Trenchard-Smith | 1989 | Philippines |
| Days of Being Wild | Kar Wai Wong | 1990 | Philippines |
| Island of Fire | Jackie Chan | 1990 | Philippines |
| Assault Platoon | Tony Y. Reyes | 1990 | Philippines |
| Black Cobra 2 | Edoardo Margheriti | 1990 | Philippines |
| Black Cobra 3: The Manila Connection | Edoardo Margheriti | 1990 | Philippines |
| Bloodfist II | Andy Blumenthal | 1990 | Philippines |
| Days of Being Wild | Wong Kar-wai | 1990 | Philippines |
| Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | Aaron Norris | 1990 | Clark Air Force Base, Luzon, Philippines Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
| Mission Manila | Peter M. Mackenzie | 1990 | Philippines |
| Armour of God II: Operation Condor | Jackie Chan | 1991 | Philippines |
| A Case of Honor | Eddie Romero | 1991 | Philippines |
| McBain | James Glickenhaus | 1991 | Philippines |
| Beyond the Call of Duty | Cirio Santiago | 1992 | Philippines |
| Firehawk | Cirio Santiago | 1993 | Philippines |
| Kill Zone | Cirio Santiago | 1993 | Philippines |
| Live by the Fist | Cirio Santiago | 1993 | Philippines |
| Angel of Destruction | Charles Philip Moore | 1994 | Philippines |
| Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom | Cirio Santiago | 1994 | Philippines |
| Fortunes of War | Thierry Notz | 1994 | Philippines |
| The Adventurers | Ringo Lam | 1995 | Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Soldier Boyz | Louis Mourneau | 1995 | Philippines |
| As Long As I'm with You (aka Basta't Kasama Kita; Sp, Siempre y cuando estoy contigo) | Rory B. Quintos (Rory Quintos) | 1995 | Philippines |
| Behind Enemy Lines | Mark Griffiths | 1997 | Philippines |
| Dead Men Can't Dance | Stephen Milburn Anderson | 1997 | Philippines |
| DNA | William Mesa | 1997 | Subic Bay Freeport, Subic, Zambales, Luzon, Philippines |
| Goodbye America | Thierry Notz | 1997 | Philippines |
| Knock Off | Tsui Hark | 1998 | Philippines (2nd Unit Scenes) |
| Legacy | T. J. Scott | 1998 | Metro Manila, Philippines |
| The Suspect | Ringo Lam | 1998 | Metro Manila and San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines |
| Troublesome Night 4 | Herman Yau | 1998 | Philippines |
| Brokedown Palace | Jonathan Kaplan | 1999 | Coconut Palace, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines (Pat Pong) Cotton Club, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines (Pat Pong) |
| Kiss the Sky | Roger Young | 1999 | Philippines |
| Man on the Moon | Miloš Forman | 1999 | Baguio City, Benguet, Luzon, Philippines |
| Cast Away | Robert Zemeckis | 2000 | Philippines |
| Doomsdayer | Michael J. Sarna | 2000 | Philippines |
| The Guys from Paradise | Takashi Miike | 2000 | Philippines |
| Noriega: God's Favorite | Roger Spottiswoode | 2000 | Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
| Thirteen Days | Roger Donaldson | 2000 | Philippines |
| Going Back | Sidney J. Furie | 2001 | Philippines |
| Harold Robbins' Body Parts | Craig Corman | 2001 | Philippines |
| Le Peuple Migrateur | Jacques Perrin Jacques Cluzaud (co-director) Michel Debats (co-director) | 2001 | Philippines |
| Au bout du rouleau | Thierry Binisti | 2002 | Philippines |
| Gone | Tim Chey | 2002 | Philippines |
| Naked Weapon | Siu-Tung Chin | 2002 | Philippines |
| Operation Balikatan | Cirio H. Santiago | 2003 | Philippines |
| The Great Raid | John Dahl | 2005 | Philippines |
| Cavite | Neill Dela Llana Ian Gamazon | 2005 | Noveleta, Cavite, Philippines |
| The Hunt for Eagle One | Brian Clyde | 2006 | Philippines |
| The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point | Henry Crum | 2006 | Philippines |
| Music Within | Steven Sawalich | 2007 | Subic, Zambales, Luzon, Philippines |
| The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela | Olaf de Fleur | 2008 | Philippines |
| Romantic Island | Cheol-Woo Kang | 2008 | Ninoy Aquino International Airport Boracay, Aklan, Philippines |
| Santa Mesa | Ron Morales | 2008 | Philippines |
| Tropical Manila | Sang-woo Lee | 2008 | Metro Manila, Philippines |
| El cónsul de Sodoma | Sigfrid Monleón | 2009 | Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Surviving Evil | Terence Daw | 2009 | Philippines |
| I Come with the Rain | Tran Anh Hung | 2009 | Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines Diwalwal, Monkayo, Compostela Valley, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines |
| Mammoth | Lukas Moodysson | 2009 | Morong, Bataan, Luzon, Philippines Sabang, Bataan, Luzon, Philippines |
| Pinoy Sunday | Wi Ding Ho | 2009 | Philippines |
| Wangan Midnight | Atsushi Murota | 2009 | San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines |
| Amigo | John Sayles | 2010 | Bohol, Philippines |
| Off World | Mateo Guez | 2010 | Philippines |
| Subject: I Love You | Francis dela Torre | 2010 | Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
| Deep Gold | Michael Gleissner | 2011 | Cebu, and Palawan, Philippines |
| Hindsight | Lee Hyun-seung | 2011 | Cebu, Philippines |
| Act of Valor | Mike McCoy Scott Waugh | 2012 | Philippines |
| The Bourne Legacy | Tony Gilroy | 2012 | Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines El Nido, Palawan, Luzon, Philippines |
| Captive | Brilliante Mendoza | 2012 | Philippines |
| Graceland | Ron Morales | 2012 | Philippines |
| Metro Manila | Sean Ellis | 2013 | Metro Manila, Philippines Banaue, Philippines |
| Pacific Rim | Guillermo del Toro | 2013 | Manila, Philippines |
| No Breathing | Jo Yong-sun | 2013 | Davao, Philippines |
| Lupin III | Ryuhei Kitamura | 2014 | Philippines |
| Showdown in Manila | Mark Dacascos | 2015 | Metro Manila, Philippines |
| American Ultra | Nima Nourizadeh | 2015 | Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Master | Ui-seok Jo | 2016 | Binondo, Intramuros, Bulacan, Cebu. |
| xXx: Return of Xander Cage | D. J. Caruso | 2017 | Caramoan, Camarines Sur |
| Avengers: Infinity War | Anthony and Joe Russo | 2018 | Banaue Rice Terraces, Ifugao, Philippines. |
| This list is incomplete | |||
References
- ↑ Unless otherwise specified, information in this article was sourced from the Internet Movie Database.
- ↑ "Platoon filming locations". http://www.fast-rewind.com. Fast rewind 80s. Retrieved 21 March 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ Chuyaco, Joy (4 March 2012). "Made in Phl Hollywood Films". Phil Star. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ↑ Chuyaco, Joy (4 March 2012). "Made in Phl Hollywood Films". Phil Star. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
External links
- Most Popular Titles With Location Matching "Philippines" , Internet Movie Database.
- Hollywood in the Philippines, New Straits Times, December 11, 1990, p. 21.
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