Films in this library shot in China, a production base and a market whose scale reshaped what films get made. Location data is sourced from Wikidata property P915, which records where a film was actually shot as distinct from where its story is set.
CaliforniaTony Stark hunts a terrorist called the Mandarin while battling PTSD from the Avengers, with Christmas as the season-long backdrop. Iron Man 3 is Shane Black's 2013 American superhero film depicting Tony Stark hunting an apparent terrorist called the Mandarin…
BerlinCitizenfour is Laura Poitras's 2014 American documentary depicting Edward Snowden's June 2013 meetings with Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald in Hong Kong, when Snowden disclosed classified National Security Agency documents revealing extensive surveillance programs. Citizenfour proves how documentary could operate…
ChinaWong Kar-wai's 2000 1960s Hong Kong romance. In the Mood for Love is Wong Kar-wai's 2000 Hong Kong romantic drama depicting the unconsummated relationship between Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen, neighbors in 1962 Hong Kong who discover their respective spouses…
ChinaBernardo Bertolucci's 1987 Pu Yi biopic. First Western film granted Forbidden City access.
China2012 Sam Mendes Bond film with Craig facing Javier Bardem. M's past returns, Bond's Scottish childhood home, Adele theme song.
China1974 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Moore facing Christopher Lee's Scaramanga. Far East setting, energy-crisis MacGuffin, solar weapon.
ChinaChu sequel with the Horsemen blackmailed into a Macau heist. Daniel Radcliffe joins as tech billionaire.
ChinaJackie Chan's 1985 Hong Kong action film. He directed, choreographed, and did his own stunts.
ChinaLau and Mak's 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller. Two moles on opposite sides.
CaliforniaThe film that proved comic book films could be major cinema. The Dark Knight is the Christopher Nolan-directed second entry in his Batman trilogy and the film that established the post-2008 standard for superhero cinema.
CaliforniaSpike Jonze's 2013 near-future drama. Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson as voice.
ChinaMulan (2020) is the live-action remake of the 1998 Walt Disney Animation Studios musical. Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Lauren Hynek, and Elizabeth Martin wrote.
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