Towns & cities
Nanjing
capital city of Jiangsu Province, China, former capital of the Republic of China and China's Ming dynasty
China · 32.0608, 118.7789
Nanjing is recorded as a filming location for 4 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Nanjing, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 9 more.
1 production was filmed at 4 places inside Nanjing rather than at Nanjing itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
Movies and TV series filmed in Nanjing
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Nanjing 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 Founding of a Republic 2009
- City of Life and Death 2009
- Wolf Warrior 2015
- The Empress of China 2014–
- Spring Fever 2009
- Dangerous Liaisons 2012
- See You Tomorrow 2016
- Love Will Tear Us Apart 2021
- Like a Flowing River 2018–2019
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Nanjing
1 production shot at 4 places inside Nanjing, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Nanjing itself.
- So Young Nanjing Medical University per Wikipedia 2013
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Landmarks & buildings
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
China
mausoleum in Zijin Shan, Nanjing, China
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Landmarks & buildings
Nanjing Medical University
China
university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Landmarks & buildings
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
China
public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Landmarks & buildings
Nanjing University of the Arts
China
university in China
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Nanjing Medical University
China·2 km south-west
university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Landmarks & buildings
Nanjing University of the Arts
China·3 km west
university in China
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Landmarks & buildings
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
China·7 km east
mausoleum in Zijin Shan, Nanjing, China
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Landmarks & buildings
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
China·17 km north
public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Nanjing?
14 productions are recorded as filmed in Nanjing, 1 of them at places inside it, including The Flowers of War (2011), In the Name of People (2017–) and The Best Thing (2024–). 9 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Nanjing?
The Flowers of War (2011), covered by 31 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Nanjing?
Nanjing is in China. Its coordinates are 32.0608, 118.7789.
What other filming locations are near Nanjing?
Nanjing Medical University (2 km south-west), Nanjing University of the Arts (3 km west), Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum (7 km east) and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (17 km north), 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 xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0.