List of films set in Myanmar
Apart from the many Burmese movies which were filmed locally by Burmese directors and producers, several foreign movies have also been, at least partly, set in Burma. Only very few of them were actually shot on the scene, and most are set in Burma during World War II.
Foreign movies set in Burma
A Maid of Mandalay - short movie based on Rudyard Kipling’s famous ballad ‘Mandalay’, filmed on location and starring Maurice Costello and Clara Kimball-YoungThe Road to Mandalay Mandalay – The Irrawaddy River is portrayed by the Sacramento Delta in California The Girl from Mandalay Burma Convoy Moon over Burma – Starring Dorothy Lamour, depicts Burma as a "jungle paradise"A Yank on the Burma Road – Primarily set on the China end of the Burma RoadBombs over Burma Rookies in Burma – As of 2004, the only Hollywood Burma comedyBurma Rani - Indian WWII spy film by T. R. Sundaram, set during the Burma Campaign and starring K. L. V. Vasantha in the lead role of the female spyBurma Victory - British film- En Magan - Indian WWII film by R. S. Mani, set during the Burma Campaign and based on the play Waterloo Bridge by Robert E. SherwoodObjective Burma – Directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn, opens with documentary footageFrancis, a.k.a. Francis the Talking Mule - majority of the film is told in flashback describing the main character's involvement in the CBI TheaterThe Purple Plain – Based on a novel by H.E. Bates; was actually filmed in Ceylon, now Sri LankaEscape to Burma The Burmese Harp, a.k.a. Harp of Burma - Japanese movie directed by Kon Ichikawa, nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film categoryThe Bridge on the River Kwai - British-American epic war film based on the building of the Burma RailwayNever So Few - with Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and Gina LollobrigidaYesterday's Enemy - British movie set in Burma during World War IIMerrill’s Marauders - set on the Burma Road during World War II, and actually filmed on the PhilippinesRangoon Rowdy - Indian film starring Krishnam Raju and Jaya PradaBeyond Rangoon - depicts events during the 8888 Uprising in 1988. Starring Patricia ArquetteThe Legend of Suriyothai Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan - Indian romantic adventure film by S. S. Stanley, set in MyanmarStealth - science-fiction action film starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx and Sam Shepard. One scene involves the aircraft bombing of a building in RangoonKing Naresuan Rambo - starring Sylvester StalloneBurma VJ - documentary by Anders OstergaardLargo Winch II - starring Tomer Sisley and Sharon StoneThe Lady - biopic about Aung San Suu Kyi directed by Luc Besson, starring Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi and David Thewlis as her husbandAnegan - Indian period romance film by K. V. Anand about Indians in BurmaBorn Warriors - documentary shot throughout Burma over two decades focusing on the indigenous fighting sport of Lethwei by Vincent GiordanoGolden Kingdom - a narrative feature film about four orphan boys, novice monks living in a Buddhist monastery in a remote part of Northeast Burma
- Operation Mekong
- Rangoon - Indian war film by Vishal Bhardwaj, set during the Burma Campaign in Rangoon
- Rangoon - Indian crime-action film by Rajkumar Periasamy, about the Expulsion of Indians from Burma
- Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy
- Presence – Documentary directed by Richard Swarbrick, including recreations