The following is a list of films set wholly or partially in Shanghai.
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Title |
Year Released |
Director |
Starring |
Notes |
Shanghai Express[1] |
1932 |
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Marlene Dietrich |
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Charlie Chan in
Shanghai |
1935 |
James Tinling |
Warner Oland
Keye Luke
Irene Hervey |
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The Leathernecks Have Landed |
1936 |
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Daughter of Shanghai |
1937 |
Robert Florey |
Anna Mae Wong
Charles Bickford
Buster Crabbe |
Phillip Ahn who plays "Kim Lee" Was Anna Mae Wong's childhood friend.
This is Natalie Schaefer's (Gilligan's Island) movie debut |
Think Fast, Mr. Moto |
1937 |
Norman Foster (director) |
Peter Lorre |
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Le Drame de Shanghaï[2] |
1938 |
Georg Wilhelm Pabst |
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Filmed in France and Saigon |
Shadows Over Shanghai |
1938 |
Charles Lamont |
James Dunn, Ralph Morgan Robert Barrat |
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The Shanghai Gesture |
1941 |
Josef von Sternberg |
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The Lady from Shanghai |
1947 |
Orson Welles |
Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles |
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Fist of Fury |
1972 |
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Bruce Lee |
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Shanghai 13 |
1984 |
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Andy Lau |
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
1984 |
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Harrison Ford |
Begins in fictional Club Obi-Wan in Shanghai |
Shanghai Surprise |
1986 |
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Madonna, Sean Penn |
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Empire of the Sun |
1987 |
Steven Spielberg |
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Shanghai 1920 |
1991 |
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John Lone, Adrian Pasdar |
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God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai |
1991 |
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Stephen Chow |
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Center Stage |
1991 |
Stanley Kwan |
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Fist of Legend |
1994 |
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Jet Li |
Remake of Fist of Fury |
Tian Di |
1994 |
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Andy Lau |
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The Phantom Lover |
1995 |
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Leslie Cheung, Jacklyn Wu |
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Shanghai Triad |
1995 |
Zhang Yimou |
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A Romance in Shanghai |
1996 |
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Fann Wong |
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Shanghai Grand |
1996 |
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Andy Lau, Leslie Cheung, Ning Jing |
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Temptress Moon |
1996 |
Chen Kaige |
Leslie Cheung and Gong Li |
Also known as Feng yue |
Armageddon |
1998 |
Michael Bay |
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Eighteen Springs |
1998 |
Ann Hui On-wah |
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Also known as Bansheng yuan |
Flowers of Shanghai |
1998 |
Hou Hsiao-hsien |
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Also known as Haishang hua |
Shanghai Noon |
2000 |
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Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson |
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Suzhou River |
2000 |
Lou Ye |
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Also known as Suzhou he |
Shanghai Panic |
2002 |
Andrew Y-S Cheng |
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Also known as Wo men hai pa |
Code 46 |
2003 |
Michael Winterbottom |
Tim Robbins |
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Purple Butterfly |
2003 |
Lou Ye |
Zhang Ziyi |
Also known as Zi hudie |
Shanghai Knights |
2003 |
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Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson |
Sequel to Shanghai Noon |
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life |
2003 |
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One scene set in Shanghai, but was shot on a set |
Godzilla: Final Wars |
2004 |
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Kung Fu Hustle |
2004 |
Stephen Chow |
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Also known as Gongfu |
Everlasting Regret |
2005 |
Stanley Kwan |
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The White Countess |
2005 |
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Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson |
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Fearless |
2006 |
Ronny Yu |
Jet Li |
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Perhaps Love |
2005 |
Peter Chan |
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Mission: Impossible III |
2006 |
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Tom Cruise |
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The Postmodern Life of My Aunt |
2006 |
Ann Hui |
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The Painted Veil |
2006 |
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Edward Norton, Naomi Watts |
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Ultraviolet |
2006 |
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Milla Jovovich |
Partially shot in Shanghai |
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer |
2007 |
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Features the Oriental Pearl Tower |
Lust, Caution |
2007 |
Ang Lee |
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Based on the novella by Eileen Chang |
The Longest Night in Shanghai |
2007 |
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Masahiro Motoki, Zhao Wei |
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Shanghai Kiss |
2007 |
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Ken Leung, Hayden Panettiere |
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
2009 |
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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen |
2010 |
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Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Anthony Wong |
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Shanghai |
2010 |
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Chow Yun-fat, John Cusack, Gong Li, Ken Watanabe |
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan |
2010 |
Wayne Wang |
Li Bingbing, Jun Ji-hyun |
Based on the novel by Lisa See, many scenes filmed at the Peninsula Shainghai on the Bund |
The Last Tycoon |
2012 |
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Chow Yun-fat, Sammo Hung, Francis Ng |
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Shanghai Calling |
2012 |
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Daniel Henney |
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Looper |
2012 |
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Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt |
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Skyfall |
2012 |
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Daniel Craig |
23rd James Bond film |
Penguins of Madagascar |
2014 |
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Her |
2014 |
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Geostorm |
2017 |
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Wish Dragon |
2021 |
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Jackie Chan, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Jimmy O. Yang |
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