While most of local Hong Kong movies are set in the Special Administrative Region, several foreign movies are also, at least partly, set in Hong Kong.
These include:
- Chinese Box (1997) set and made at the time of Hong Kong's handover to the People's Republic of China. The movie shows the actual temporary press room, specially set up for the press coverage of the handover, and located in the old part of the Exhibition Centre.
- Die Another Day (2002) James Bond emerges from the waters of Victoria Harbor, after escaping custody
- Double Impact (1991)
- Enter the Dragon (1973) the last movie of Bruce Lee
- Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) - starring Orson Welles
- ''Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
- Les Anges Gardiens (1995) where Gerard Depardieu takes the Star Ferry
- Lord Jim (1965)
- Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones - includes shots from Victoria Peak
- Love Story (1970)
- Macao (1952) - starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell
- Mortal Kombat (1995)
- Oliver's Story (1979) - Love Story's sequel, starring Ryan O'Neal and Candice Bergen
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
- Rush Hour (1998)
- Rush Hour 2 (2001)
- ''Shanghai Surprise (1986) - starring Sean Penn and Madonna
- Tai-Pan (1986)
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) which includes scenes of James Bond visiting the "Bottom's Up", an actual bar in Tsim Sha Tsui
- The Pillow Book (1996) by Peter Greenaway
- The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
- The World of Suzie Wong (1960) which includes footages of the Star Ferry
- Three Businessmen (1998) - starring Miguel Sandoval and Robert Wisdom
- Spy Game (2001) where the local HSBC headquarters are presented as the "US embassy". In fact, Hong Kong being a dependent area, there is no embassy in Hong Kong, but General Consulates
- Year of the Dragon (1985)
- ''You Only Live Twice (1967)
- A Better Tomorrow (1986)
- Bishonen (1998)
- Chungking Express (1994) which includes footages of the Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui.
- Fallen Angels (1995)
- In the mood for love (2000) while set in Hong Kong, the actual filming location of outdoor scenes was Bangkok, Thailand. The movie also incorporates footages of Angkor Wat, Cambodia.
