🏙 Towns & cities
Beijing
capital city of China
🇨🇳 China · 39.9040, 116.4075
Beijing is recorded as a filming location for 55 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Beijing, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 7 more.
5 productions were filmed at 6 places inside Beijing rather than at Beijing itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“Besides Hong Kong, a chunk of the film would also be filmed in Beijing.”
Movies filmed in Beijing
- Iron Man 3 2013
- The Last Emperor 1987
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 2003
- Transformers: Age of Extinction 2014
- Kill Bill: Volume 2 2004
- The Karate Kid 2010
- The Kite Runner 2007
- House of Flying Daggers 2004
- CZ12 2012
- The Good Earth 1937
- The Warlords 2007
- Man of Tai Chi 2013
- Outcast 2014
- Wolf Totem 2015
- Bleeding Steel 2017
- The Golden Era 2014
- Let the Bullets Fly 2010
- Running on Karma 2003
- Coming Home 2014
- The Monkey King 2014
- Little Red Flowers 2006
- The Knot 2006
- Switch 2013
- Keep Cool 1997
- Painted Skin: The Resurrection 2012
- The Crossing 2014
- Minuscule 2: Mandibles from Far Away 2018
- Love Is Not Blind 2011
- My People, My Country 2019
- The Duel 2000
- So Young 2013
- The Taking of Tiger Mountain 2014
- Mr. Six 2015
- The World 2004
- American Dreams in China 2013
- The Nightingale 2013
- Iceman 3D 2014
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The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom
2014
“On 2 April 2013, Huang and Fan Bingbing attended a press conference in Beijing to talk about their experiences in filming White Haired Witch.” Wikipedia
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Saving Mr. Wu
2015
“In early January 2015, location shots were being filmed in Sanlitun, Beijing.” Wikipedia
- What Women Want 2011
- My Lucky Star 2013
- Personal Tailor 2013
- The Breakup Guru 2014
- Brotherhood of Blades 2014
- Breakup Buddies 2014
- The Dream Factory 1997
- Warriors of Virtue 1997
- Future X-Cops 2010
- Double Xposure 2012
- Love Will Tear Us Apart 2013
- Balala the Fairies: The Magic Trial 2014
- The Truth About Beauty 2014
- Assalamualaikum Beijing 2014
- The Queens 2015
- Triumph in the Skies 2015
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Beijing as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- The Great Wall 2016
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Shanghai Noon
2000
“The opening sequence was shot on-location at the Forbidden City in Beijing.” Wikipedia
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Red Cliff
2008
“Shooting was held at a film studio in Beijing, as well as in Hebei province, where naval warfare was staged at two working reservoirs.” Wikipedia
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Dragon Blade
2015
“Two days later, a press conference for Dragon Blade was held at the Beijing International Film Festival where star Jackie Chan and director Daniel Lee attended and announced the film to be released in IMAX 3D on 19 February 2015, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year.” Wikipedia
- Love in Space 2011
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Lost in Thailand
2012
“Additional scenes were also filmed in Bangkok and Beijing.” Wikipedia
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A Big Deal
2011
“Most of the film was shot on location in Beijing, Seoul and Dubai.” Wikipedia
Movies filmed elsewhere in Beijing
5 productions shot at 6 places inside Beijing, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Beijing itself.
- The Hunger Games Tiananmen Square per Wikipedia 2012
- X-Men: Days of Future Past Great Wall of China per Wikipedia 2014
- In the Mood for Love Tiananmen Square per Wikipedia 2000
- Pulgasari Forbidden City per Wikipedia 1985
- Jeans Great Wall of China per Wikipedia 1998
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🛣 Streets & squares
Tiananmen Square
🇨🇳 China
public square in Beijing, China
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Great Wall of China
🇨🇳 China
series of fortifications built along the historical border of China
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Forbidden City
🇨🇳 China
Chinese imperial palace in Beijing
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Hall of Supreme Harmony
🇨🇳 China
building in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Beijing World Park
🇨🇳 China
theme park in China
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🛣 Streets & squares
Wangfujing
🇨🇳 China
Shopping street in Beijing
Filming locations nearby
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🛣 Streets & squares
Tiananmen Square
🇨🇳 China
public square in Beijing, China
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Forbidden City
🇨🇳 China
Chinese imperial palace in Beijing
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Hall of Supreme Harmony
🇨🇳 China
building in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Beijing World Park
🇨🇳 China
theme park in China
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🛣 Streets & squares
Wangfujing
🇨🇳 China
Shopping street in Beijing
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Beijing?
67 productions are recorded as filmed in Beijing, 5 of them at places inside it, including Iron Man 3 (2013), The Last Emperor (1987) and Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003). 7 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Beijing?
Iron Man 3 (2013), covered by 71 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Beijing?
Beijing is in China, at 39.9040, 116.4075.
What other filming locations are near Beijing?
Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Hall of Supreme Harmony, Beijing World Park and 1 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.