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Beijing

capital city of China

China · 39.9040, 116.4075

Beijing is recorded as a filming location for 66 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Beijing, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 57 more.

5 productions were filmed at 26 places inside Beijing rather than at Beijing itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Antonioni and his crew were invited to China and filmed for five weeks, beginning in Beijing and travelling southwards.”

Chung Kuo, Cina (1972) · Wikipedia

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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
Free to Play 2014
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
Chung Kuo, Cina 1972
The World 2004
American Dreams in China 2013
The Nightingale 2013
Iceman 3D 2014
“Besides Hong Kong, a chunk of the film would also be filmed in Beijing.” Wikipedia
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
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
One Night Surprise 2013
My Old Classmate 2014
Crazy New Year’s Eve 2015
Forever Young 2018
“Filming locations include Beijing, Yunnan, Gansu and Guangdong.” Wikipedia
I Do 2012
Falling Flowers 2012

The 60 most widely covered are above. The other 6 filmed in Beijing:

A Moment of Love 2013
Beijing Love Story 2014
The House That Never Dies 2014
On the Way 2014
Beijing Blues 2012
Rhythm of the Rain 2013

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.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000
The Great Wall 2016
Shanghai Noon 2000
“The opening sequence was shot on-location at the Forbidden City in Beijing.” Wikipedia
Ghost in the Shell 2017
Johnny Mnemonic 1995
The Painted Veil 2006
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
Pulgasari 1985
“Satsuma and an assistant director flew from Tokyo to Beijing via Shanghai on China Airlines Flight 930 on September 11, 1985.” Wikipedia
Baraka 1992
Kung Fu Yoga 2017
Transsiberian 2008
The Battle at Lake Changjin 2021
Wake of Death 2004
The Founding of a Republic 2009
“The Founding of a Republic, is a historical drama that is shot in many locations including Tianjin, Beijing, Shanghai, and Nanjing to re-create historical events during the Chinese Communist Revolution.” Wikipedia
The Mermaid 2016
Samsara 2011
Lan Yu 2001
“The filming itself took place in Beijing, without government permission.” Wikipedia
A World Without Thieves 2004
My Fair Princess 1998–
Summer Palace 2006
True Legend 2010
“True Legend began shooting in the mountainous region in a suburb of Beijing on August 28, 2008.” Wikipedia
Operation Mekong 2016
“Shooting locations include China (Beijing and Yunnan), Myanmar, and Thailand (Bangkok), but a few scene include HQ task force and another place in Penang, Cameron Highlands Pahang and Perak.” Wikipedia
Journey to the West 1982–
“On location shooting took place across various provinces and cities in China including Beijing, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Sichuan, and Xinjiang, while episodes depicting India were completed in Thailand.” Wikipedia
Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 2018–
Treadstone 2019–
The Founding of a Party 2011
Minuscule 2: Mandibles from Far Away 2018
The Soong Sisters 1997
If You Are the One 2008
“If You Are the One was filmed in locations throughout Beijing and Hangzhou in China, and Hokkaido in Japan from August, 2008 to October, 2008.” Wikipedia
Animal World 2018
“The film was shot on locations in Beijing, Tianjin, and Haikou.” Wikipedia
Love in Space 2011
A Bite of China 2012–
Lost in Thailand 2012
“Additional scenes were also filmed in Bangkok and Beijing.” Wikipedia
Gone with the Bullets 2014
Monster Hunt 2 2018
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
The Lost Tomb 2015–
Ice Fantasy 2016–
Golden Job 2018
“Filming locations for Golden Job included Taiwan, Japan, Hungary, Montenegro, Beijing and Inner Mongolia.” Wikipedia
A Wedding Invitation 2013
Cairo Declaration 2015
“The film was shot on locations in Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing.” Wikipedia
Hidden Man 2018
“Filming locations included Xi'an, Beijing, and Yunnan.” Wikipedia
Jade Dynasty 2019
“The film was shot on locations in Beijing, Sichuan, Henan, and Hebei between October 16, 2018 and January 29, 2019.” Wikipedia
A Big Deal 2011
“Most of the film was shot on location in Beijing, Seoul and Dubai.” Wikipedia
Double Xposure 2012
Fat Buddies 2018
Love in the Buff 2012
The New Year's Eve of Old Lee 2016
“The film was shot entirely on location in suburban Beijing.” Wikipedia
My Other Home 2016
How I Became Russian 2019
Somewhere Winter 2019
Sorry Baby 1999
To Love or Not 2011
The Secret of China 2019
“Most of the film was shot on location in Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanghai and Beijing.” Wikipedia
When the World was Wide 1978
Love Song 1980 2020
Restless 1998
“An American–Chinese co-production, the film was almost entirely shot and filmed in Beijing and follows two Americans who find love in China.” Wikipedia

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Beijing

5 productions shot at 26 places inside Beijing, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Beijing itself.

In the Mood for Love Tiananmen Square per Wikipedia 2000
Red Corner Tiananmen per Wikipedia 1997
Chandni Chowk to China Forbidden City per Wikipedia 2009
Three-Body Beijing Planetarium per Wikipedia 2023–
Dream of the Red Chamber Beijing Daguan Yuan 1987–

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Beijing?

128 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). 57 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. Its coordinates are 39.9040, 116.4075.

What other filming locations are near Beijing?

Wangfujing (under 1 km), National Museum of China (1 km west), Imperial Ancestral Temple (1 km north-west), Tiananmen Square (1 km west) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

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.