| 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 |
In the Charlie Chan film series. |
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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 |
Not set wholly or partially in Shanghai |
| Fist of Fury |
1972 |
|
Bruce Lee |
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| Shanghai 13 |
1984 |
|
Andy Lau |
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| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
1984 |
|
Harrison Ford |
Begins in fictional Club Obi-Wan in Shanghai |
| Shanghai Surprise |
1986 |
|
Madonna, Sean Penn |
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| Empire of the Sun |
1987 |
Steven Spielberg |
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| Shanghai 1920 |
1991 |
|
John Lone, Adrian Pasdar |
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| God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai |
1991 |
|
Stephen Chow |
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| Center Stage |
1991 |
Stanley Kwan |
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| Fist of Legend |
1994 |
|
Jet Li |
Remake of Fist of Fury |
| Tian Di |
1994 |
|
Andy Lau |
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| The Phantom Lover |
1995 |
|
Leslie Cheung, Jacklyn Wu |
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| Shanghai Triad |
1995 |
Zhang Yimou |
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| A Romance in Shanghai |
1996 |
|
Fann Wong |
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| Shanghai Grand |
1996 |
|
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 |
|
Also known as Bansheng yuan |
| Flowers of Shanghai |
1998 |
Hou Hsiao-hsien |
|
Also known as Haishang hua |
| Shanghai Noon |
2000 |
|
Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson |
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| Suzhou River |
2000 |
Lou Ye |
|
Also known as Suzhou he |
| Shanghai Panic |
2002 |
Andrew Y-S Cheng |
|
Also known as Wo men hai pa |
| Code 46 |
2003 |
Michael Winterbottom |
Tim Robbins |
|
| Purple Butterfly |
2003 |
Lou Ye |
Zhang Ziyi |
Also known as Zi hudie |
| Shanghai Knights |
2003 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Tom Cruise |
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| The Postmodern Life of My Aunt |
2006 |
Ann Hui |
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| The Painted Veil |
2006 |
|
Edward Norton, Naomi Watts |
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| Ultraviolet |
2006 |
|
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 |
|
Based on the novella by Eileen Chang |
| The Longest Night in Shanghai |
2007 |
|
Masahiro Motoki, Zhao Wei |
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| Shanghai Kiss |
2007 |
|
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 |
|
Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Anthony Wong |
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| Shanghai |
2010 |
|
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 |
|
Chow Yun-fat, Sammo Hung, Francis Ng |
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| Shanghai Calling |
2012 |
|
Daniel Henney |
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| Looper |
2012 |
|
Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt |
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| Skyfall |
2012 |
|
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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| How Long Will I Love U |
2018 |
Su Lun |
Lei Jiayin, Tong Liya |
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| The Wandering Earth |
2019 |
Frant Gwo |
Wu Jing, Qu Chuxiao, Li Guangjie, Ng Man-tat, Zhao Jinmai, Qu Jingjing |
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| Wish Dragon |
2021 |
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Jackie Chan, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Jimmy O. Yang |
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| Rally Road Racers |
2023 |
Ross Venokur |
Jimmy O. Yang, J. K. Simmons, Chloe Bennet, Lisa Lu, Sharon Horgan, Catherine Tate, John Cleese |
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