List of foreign films shot in the Philippines

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Numerous foreign films have been shot in the Philippines either partly or entirely, with the locations either representing itself or standing in for another location. This article presents a partial list of films which have used shooting locations in the Philippines sorted by year. The list exclude co-produced films with involvement of Philippine production companies.

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Films primarily shot in the Philippines

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YearTitleDirector/sActorsFilming location/s in the PhilippinesFilm setting (if not in the Philippines)Country of origin of production companiesNoteRef.
1958 Cavalry Command Eddie Romero John Agar Vigan, Ilocos SurUnited States, Philippines [1]
1979 Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest Baler Bay (Baler, Aurora), Baler (Aurora), Pagsanjan (Laguna), Iba (Zambales), Pagsanjan River (Pagsanjan, Laguna), Laguna, Metro Manila South Vietnam United States [1]
1984 Missing in Action Joseph Zito Chuck Norris Quezon, Laguna, CaviteVietnamUnited States [1]
1986 Platoon Oliver Stone Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Depp Mount Makiling, Laguna, Cavite, Villamor Air Base near Manila VietnamUnited States, United Kingdom [2] [3]
1990 Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection Aaron Norris Chuck Norris, John P. Ryan, Billy Drago, Richard Jaeckel Clark Air Force Base, Metro Manila, Tagaytay (Cavite) South America United StatesAlthough the film is set principally in South America, most of the scenes set in the fictional South American country of San Carlos and rural Colombia were shot in Tagaytay, Philippines. This explains the visibility of the Taal Volcano in some scenes. [4]
1999 Brokedown Palace Jonathan Kaplan Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Lim Kay Tong Coconut Palace (Pasay City, Metro Manila), Sanctuary Fabella (Manila, Metro Manila), Cotton Club (Pasay City, Metro Manila), Manila Hotel (Manila, Metro Manila), Manila Rendezvous (Manila, Metro Manila), Manila (Metro Manila)ThailandUnited StatesSince Thailand refused the shooting of the movie in their place due to its critical view on the Thai legal system, the production was filmed most in the Philippines where it depicts Thailand instead. Ultimately, Claire Danes was banned permanently in Manila by the city council after finishing filming for remarks made about the city in Vogue and Premier. [1]
2008 Romantic Island Kang Chul-woo Lee Sun-kyun Boracay Islands (Malay, Aklan), Binondo, Manila (Metro Manila)—South Korea [5]
2013 Metro Manila Sean Ellis Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla, Althea Vega, Erin PanlilioManila (Metro Manila)—United KingdomAlthough Filipino language was a secondary and was shot primarily in Metro Manila, the film involved wasn't a co-production with a Philippine-based studio. [6]
2016 Master Cho Ui-seok Lee Byung-hun, Gang Dong-won and Kim Woo-bin Binondo, Intramuros, Bulacan, Cebu —South Korea [7]
2016 Showdown in Manila Mark Dacascos Alexander Nevsky, Casper Van Dien, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere Manila (Metro Manila)—United States [8]
2018 When the Storm Fades Sean DevlinRyan Beil, Alicia Boco, Marissa Cabalja, Kayla Lorette Leyte —Canada [9]
2020 The Golden Holiday Bong-han Kim Do-won Kwak, Dae-Myung Kim, Hee-won Kim, Kim Sang-Ho Manila—South Korea [10]

Films partially shot in the Philippines

YearTitleDirector/sActorsFilming location/s in the PhilippinesFilm setting (if not in the Philippines)Country of origin of production companiesNoteRef.
1982 The Year of Living Dangerously Peter Weir Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco Quiapo (Manila), Banaue Rice Terraces Jakarta, IndonesiaAustralia, United StatesOriginally set to be filmed in Jakarta, but permission to film in Indonesia was denied, so the film was shot in the Philippines as a stand-in for Jakarta and Indonesia. However, the film was banned temporarily in Indonesia until 2000. [11]
1989 Born on the Fourth of July Oliver Stone Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, Willem Dafoe —VietnamUnited StatesStone was unable to shot to Vietnam due to US-Vietnam relations were almost deteriorated. However, it went filming to the Philippines again like Platoon did, but was shot partially, where the location was unknown for the jungle scene as a setting. [1]
1995 Closer to Home Joseph Nobile Madeline Ortaliz, John Michael Bolger, Elizabeth Bracco, Joonee Gamboa, Vic Diaz, Ray Ventura, Lou Veloso, Tony Mabesa, James Lorinz, Jane Gabbert, Ching Valdes-Aran Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Pasay City, Metro Manila), Talisay (Batangas), Alaminos (Laguna), Batangas City (Batangas), Candelaria (Quezon), Lucban (Quezon), Rosario, San Juan, Taal Lake (Batangas), Tagaytay Ridge (Tagaytay City, Cavite), BLTB Bus Terminal (Pasay City, Metro Manila), South Expressway (Metro Manila)United States

[12]

1999 Man on the Moon Milos Forman Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti Baguio City—United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, United StatesAndy Kaufman, finds out his diagnosis with cancer, he travels to the Philippines and went to the hospital from Baguio to treat his health. The film was shot partially in Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center.
2000 Thirteen Days Roger Donaldson Kevin Costner —CubaUnited StatesThe air base scene was taken at Clark Air Base, Philippines, a former American facility, which substituted for NAS Key West, Florida, where the actual RF-8As of Light Photographic Squadron SIX TWO (VFP-62) launched from on their Cuban overflight missions. [1]
2006 Tazza: The High Rollers Dong-hoon Choi Cho Seung-woo, Yun-shik Baek, Kim Hye-su, Hae-Jin Yoo Subic (Zambales)—South Korea [13]
2009 I Come with the Rain Anh Hung Tran Josh Hartnett, Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Lee Byung-hun, Takuya Kimura Compostela Valley (Mindanao), Davao City (Mindanao), Diwalwal (Monkayo, Compostela Valley, Mindanao)—France, Hong Kong, Ireland, United Kingdom [14]
2009 Mammoth Lukas Moodysson Gael García Bernal, Michelle Williams Morong (Bataan), Sabang (Bataan), Subic (Zambales)—Sweden, Denmark, Germany [1]
2009 Wangan Midnight: The Movie Atsushi Muroga Ryôko Kobayashi, Kazuki Katô, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Shinichiro Ishikawa Metro Manila Skyway (Metro Manila), North Luzon Expressway (Bulacan), South Luzon Expressway (Laguna), Manila–Cavite Expressway (Cavite)—JapanFor the expressway racing scene.
2012 The Bourne Legacy Tony Gilroy Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Scott Glenn El Nido (Palawan), Manila (Metro Manila), Jones Bridge (Binondo, Manila, Metro Manila), Taft Avenue MRT station (Pasay City, Metro Manila), Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard (Manila, Metro Manila)—United States [15] [16]
2013 No Breathing Jo Yong-sun Seo In-guk, Lee Jong-suk, Kwon Yuri Davao —South KoreaThe film was shot partially in Davao City where the overseas field training scenes. [7]
2014 Rupan sansei (Lupin the 3rd) Ryûhei Kitamura Shun Oguri, Jerry Yan, Tetsuji Tamayama, Gô Ayano Metro Manila—Japan [8]
2015 American Ultra Nima Nourizadeh Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace, Connie Britton, Walton Goggins, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman, Tony Hale Manila—United States [7]
2017 A Prayer Before Dawn Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire Joe Cole, Cherry Miko, Vithaya Pansringarm, Panya YimmumphaiCebu City—United Kingdom, United States, France [8]
2017 Bluebeard Lee Soo-yeon Cho Jin-woong, Kim Dae-myung Metro Manila—South KoreaThe film was shot partially in Ninoy Aquino International Airport at the end of the film, where the Korean teenager met his mother (portrayed by Marie-Joelle Afarti), who was Filipina.
2017 xXx: Return of Xander Cage D. J. Caruso Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu, Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Toni Collette, Ariadna Gutiérrez, Hermione Corfield, Samuel L. Jackson Caramoan (province of Camarines Sur, Philippines)—United States [5]
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans Banaue Rice Terraces (Ifugao)Planet 0259-SUnited StatesEnd-credit scene where Thanos, the antagonist, retreats to an alien planet. The scene involved was subcontracted to Thailand-based Indochina Productions. [17] [18]

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