List of films set in Shanghai
The following is a list of films set wholly or partially in Shanghai.
- Shanghai Express (1932), starring Marlene Dietrich
- Le Drame de Shanghaï (1938), directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, filmed in France and in Saigon
- The Shanghai Gesture (1941), directed by Josef von Sternberg
- The Lady from Shanghai (1947), directed by Orson Welles, starring Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles
- Fist of Fury (1972), starring Bruce Lee
- Shanghai 13 (1984), starring Andy Lau
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), starring Harrison Ford, begins in fictional Club Obi-Wan in Shanghai
- Shanghai Surprise (1986), starring Madonna and Sean Penn
- Empire of the Sun (1987), directed by Steven Spielberg
- Shanghai 1920 (1991), starring John Lone and Adrian Pasdar
- God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (1991), starring Stephen Chow
- Centre Stage (1992), directed by Stanley Kwan
- Fist of Legend (Jingwu yingxiong, 1994), action movie starring Jet Li, a remake of Fist of Fury
- Tian Di (1994), starring Andy Lau
- The Phantom Lover (1995), starring Leslie Cheung and Jacklyn Wu
- Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao, 1995), directed by Zhang Yimou
- A Romance in Shanghai (新上海假期) (1996), starring Fann Wong
- Shanghai Grand (1996), starring Andy Lau, Leslie Cheung and Ning Jing
- Temptress Moon (Feng yue, 1996), directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung and Gong Li
- Armageddon (1998) destroyed by an asteroid and tsunami
- Eighteen Springs (Bansheng yuan, 1998), directed by Ann Hui On-wah
- Flowers of Shanghai (Haishang hua, 1998), directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- Shanghai Noon (2000), starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson
- Suzhou River (Suzhou he, 2000), directed by Lou Ye
- Code 46 (2003), directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Tim Robbins
- Purple Butterfly (Zi hudie, 2003), directed by Lou Ye, starring Zhang Ziyi
- Shanghai Knights (2003), sequel to Shanghai Noon, starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003), one scene in the movie was set in Shanghai, but it was shot on a set and not on location
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), in which Anguirus attacks the city and destroys the Oriental Pearl Tower
- Kung Fu Hustle (Gongfu, 2004), directed by Stephen Chow
- Everlasting Regret (2005), directed by Stanley Kwan
- The White Countess (2005), with Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson
- Fearless (2006), directed by Ronny Yu, starring Jet Li
- Perhaps Love (2005), directed by Peter Chan
- Mission Impossible 3 (2006), starring Tom Cruise
- The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2006), directed by Ann Hui
- The Painted Veil (2006), starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts
- Ultraviolet (2006), starring Milla Jovovich; not explicitly set in Shanghai, but partially shot in Shanghai
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), the top of the Oriental Pearl Tower is knocked off by Doctor Doom
- Lust, Caution (2007), directed by Ang Lee and based on the novella by Eileen Chang
- The Longest Night in Shanghai (2007), starring Masahiro Motoki and Zhao Wei
- Shanghai Kiss (2007), starring Ken Leung and Hayden Panettiere
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
- Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010), starring Donnie Yen, Shu Qi and Anthony Wong
- Shanghai (2010), starring Chow Yun-fat, John Cusack, Gong Li and Ken Watanabe
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2010), starring Li Bingbing and Jun Ji-hyun and based on the novel by Lisa See, directed by Wayne Wang with many scenes filmed at The Peninsula Shanghai on the Bund
- The Last Tycoon, starring Chow Yun-fat, Sammo Hung and Francis Ng
- Shanghai Calling (2012), starring Daniel Henney
- Looper (2012), starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt
- Skyfall (2012), the 23rd James Bond film, starring Daniel Craig
- Penguins of Madagascar (2014)