The Philippines in American movies and television

The Philippines has been featured in different movies and television shows from the United States. Here is a list of some of them:

* The Great Raid
* The Amazing Race 5 (Filming location includes Coconut Palace, Luneta Park, and El Nido, Palawan)
* An Officer and a Gentleman featured Richard Gere's character moving to the Philippines to be with his father and growing up at the Subic Bay Naval Base in Olongapo City.
* The Interpreter (The country name-plate Philippines in the United Nations) is seen in several shots
* The Cat In The Hat (Box with "Made in the Philippines)"
* 30 Rock (Tina Fey joking about how female Philippine presidents dress)
* The Amazing Race 11 (Rob Mariano wasn't able to spell Philippines in one of the tasks)
* Family Guy (Brian Said that Glenn Quagmire, Arrived from Manila, Philippines)
* Family Guy (Brian's Gay Cousin's partner, was from the Philippines)
* Back to Bataan, a 1945 film starring John Wayne, depicted the Battle of Bataan
* Her Alibi, a 1989 film starring Tom Selleck, featured a Tagalog-speaking maid for comic effect
* Goodbye America (A 1997 film about the closing of the Subic Bay naval base in the Philippines)
* Legacy (1998 film starring David Hasselhoff and Donita Rose)
* Man on the Moon, a 1999 biofilm starring Jim Carrey, depicts the treatment sought by the terminally-ill comedian Andy Kauffman from a Filipino faith healer.
* The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, a 2004 film by Wes Anderson, featured Filipino-speaking pirates
* The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, a 1994 Australian film, the supporting character "Bob" has a Filipina prostitute for a wife.
* A Dangerous Life (a six-hour mini-series aired on HBO in 1988; a film about the 1986 Philippine revolution)

The Philippines have often attracted Vietnam War film makers. Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, I Come with the Rain, Hamburger Hill and the Missing in Action films were all shot in the country.