List of foreign films shot in the Philippines

Los Baños, Laguna

Numerous 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 sorted by year.

List of films with shooting locations in the Philippines^[1]

Title	Director	Year Released	Philippine Filming Locations
The Real Glory	Henry Hathaway	1939	Mindanao, Philippines (IMDb) Philippines (other sources)
Texas to Bataan	Robert Emmett Tansey	1942	stock footage of the Philippines
Dawn of Freedom	Yutaka Abe	1944	Philippines
Back to Bataan	Edward Dmytryk	1945	Philippines
Sword of the Avenger	Sidney Salkow	1948	Philippines
American Guerrilla in the Philippines	Fritz Lang	1950	Subic Naval Base, Philippines
Huk!	John Barnwell	1956	Philippines
No Place to Hide	Josef Shaftel	1956	Philippines
Cavalry Command	Eddie Romero	1958	Philippines
Man on the Run	Eddie Romero	1958	Philippines
Surrender - Hell!	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
Merrill's Marauders	Samuel Fuller	1962	Philippines
No Man Is an Island	Richard Goldstone John Monks Jr.	1962	Philippines
Samar	George Montgomery	1962	Philippines
To Be a Man	Irving Lerner	1963	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
Guerillas in Pink Lace	George Montgomery	1964	Philippines
From Hell to Borneo	George Montgomery	1964	Philippines
The Bloodless Vampire	Michael Du Pont	1965	Philippines
Fortress of the Dead	Ferde Grofé Jr.	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
The Mad Doctor of Blood Island	Gerardo de Leon Eddie Romero	1968	Philippines
Warkill	Ferde Grofé Jr.	1968	Philippines
Impasse	Richard Benedict	1969	Corregidor, Manila
Maharlika	Jerry Hopper	1970	Philippines
Nam's Angels	Jack Starrett	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 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
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	Philippines
Hell Hole	Cirio Santiago	1978	Philippines
Vampire Hookers	Cirio Santiago	1978	Philippines
Apocalypse Now	Francis Ford Coppola	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
Cola, Candy, Chocolate	Sigi Rothemund	1979	Philippines
Up from the Depths	Charles B. Griffith	1979	Batangas, Philippines
L'ultimo cacciatore	Antonio Margheriti	1980	Philippines
Enter the Ninja	Menahem Golan	1981	Metro Manila, Luzon, 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
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	Philippines
Karate Warrior	Fabrizio De Angelis	1987	Philippines
Strike Commando	Bruno Mattei	1987	Philippines
Sweet Revenge	Mark Sobel	1987	Metro Manila, 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 Banos) 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
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) 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
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 Binondo, Manila
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
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 Subic, Zambales, Luzon, Philippines
Pinoy Sunday	Wi Ding Ho	2009	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
Godzilla	Gareth Edwards	2014	Philippines
Showdown in Manila	Mark Dacascos	2015	Metro Manila, Philippines
This list is incomplete

References

1. Unless otherwise specified, information in this article was sourced from the Internet Movie Database.
2. "Platoon filming locations". http://www.fast-rewind.com. Fast rewind 80s. Retrieved 21 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)
3. Chuyaco, Joy (4 March 2012). "Made in Phl Hollywood Films". Phil Star. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
4. 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.