Suzhou Creek

Critically acclaimed Suzhou Creek, as the name suggests, showcases the creek itself as well as many other famous Shanghai sights. In this film, Shanghai is presented as a brooding city where people are constantly searching for fulfilment.

Mission: Impossible 3

For this action packed installment of Mission Impossible, Tom Cruise finds himself in Shanghai chasing the bad guys. While some of the supposed Shanghai scenes were actually filmed in nearby Xitang, grand shots of Shanghai skyscrapers and even the Yan'an Highway make their way into the movie.

The Painted Veil

This period drama based on W. Somerset Maugham's novel of the same name was originally set in Hong Kong. The movie adaption however, was set in Shanghai with CGI enhanced images of the Bund and Huangpu River prominently featured.

Perhaps Love

Often regarded as the Chinese Moulin Rouge, Perhaps Love is set in both Beijing and Shanghai and all musical sequences were filmed on location in Shanghai.

The White Countess

Set in the 1930s and filmed almost entirely in Shanghai, The White Countess features many unmistakable Shanghai sights like its art deco hotels, Shanghai lane houses and the marbled stone of the Bund buildings.

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