Famous International Movies Filmed in Sri Lanka
This list includes movies,TV Series and Documentaries which most of it or some parts filmed in Sri Lanka. No Bollywood movies are added to this list.
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- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKate CapshawKe Huy QuanIn 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
- DirectorJohn DerekStarsBo DerekRichard HarrisMiles O'KeeffeWhile on an African expedition with her father, Jane Parker meets Tarzan, and the two become fascinated by each other.
- DirectorMark LinfieldAlastair FothergillStarsTina FeyLife is an adventure for a young monkey and her son, living among ancient ruins in the jungle. But when her family is forced from their home, she must lead them to safety amidst strange new creatures and surroundings.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsUrsula AndressStacy KeachClaudio CassinelliA woman and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the jungle.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsRobert KermanJanet AgrenIvan RassimovA young woman teams up with a mercenary to find her missing sister in the jungles of New Guinea where they find that a deranged leader of a religious cult has located his commune in an area inhabited by cannibals.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsFrank SinatraGina LollobrigidaPeter LawfordDuring WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.
- DirectorJohn DerekStarsBo DerekAnthony QuinnDon MurrayElderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Katie to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott to possess his body and be with her again.
- DirectorChandran RutnamStarsBen KingsleyBen CrossPatrick RutnamA terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsElizabeth TaylorDana AndrewsPeter FinchThe young bride of a rich planter finds herself the only white woman at Elephant Walk tea plantation, British Ceylon.
- DirectorRobert ParrishStarsGregory PeckBernard LeeWin Min ThanIn World War II Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air-raid.
- StarsKivanç TatlitugSongül ÖdenGüngör BayrakAfter the apparent death of his girlfriend, Mehmet Sadoglu is encouraged by his parents to marry Gümüs, a simple girl.
- DirectorAlan MehrezStarsDaniel BernhardtJohn Rhys-DaviesAmber Kelleher-AndrewsAfter his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.
- CreatorDan SeftonStarsAmanda RedmanDarshan JariwalaNimmi HarasgamaDoctor Ruby Walker arrives in India looking for a job and a distraction from her heartbreak. She anticipates the sunshine and picture-perfect beaches, but not the realities of work at an under-resourced hospital.
- DirectorBruce MacdonaldStarsScott EastwoodCheryl LaddPatrick LysterWhen a surfer is pronounced dead after an accident, he's faced with a choice: remain in the eternal afterlife or return and share his experience with the world.
- DirectorDee McLachlanStarsJamie WilliamsBilly CampbellRoddy McDowallThe story of Mowgli, a young boy abandoned in the wilds of India. Raised by a panther, an elephant and a bear, Mowgli must learn civilization's ways when his long-lost uncle and a circus scout from Barnum and Bailey come looking for him.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsBarbara BachClaudio CassinelliMel FerrerTourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and stalks them.
- DirectorLouis J. HorvitzRoger GoodmanStarsSteve MartinBen AffleckDebbie AllenThe 2001 Oscars hosted by Steve Martin.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsRalph RichardsonTrevor HowardRobert MorleyA man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked after he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.
- DirectorCharles Martin SmithStarsPeter WellerRobert HaysCharles Martin SmithTwo bickering mercenaries are hired by the CIA to overthrow a South East Asian dictator.
- DirectorFabrizio CostaStarsOlivia HusseySebastiano SommaIngrid RubioMother Teresa's life is portrayed from the beginning of her ministry to her death. She seeks to serve the poor by creating a new "congregation" in the Church, establishing refuges for the dying and orphaned, and providing some comfort and food. Obstacles abound and she pushes through them to the end.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDuran DuranSimon Le BonSheila MingDuran Duran's clip for their massive classic "Hungry Like the Wolf" presents the band traveling to Sri Lanka in some curious and strange adventures, with Simon Le Bon meeting an exotic girl and having a wild time with her while the other four band mates go through many different places trying to find him.
- DirectorDavid KeithStarsDavid KeithKathy ShowerBrant von HoffmanA drunken, down-on-his-luck adventurer is hired by a wealthy man and his beautiful wife to take them on a hunting expedition in the jungle. After a while, though, the guide begins to suspect that there's more to the expedition than just hunting.
- DirectorEric WestonStarsBeau BridgesHaing S. NgorLiem WhatleyAn American soldier and a Viet Cong guerrilla find common ground and become allies during the Vietnam war.
- DirectorPeter GimbelJames LipscombStarsTom ChapinPhil ClarksonStuart CodyDocumentary focusing on great white sharks.