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British film maker Carol Reed, who was among the first, is credited with the remark: “Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) is the most natural and complete outdoor set.” 

“The island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) is a small universe; it contains as many variations of culture, scenery, and climate as some countries a dozen times its size.” - Arthur C Clarke  wrote in The View from Serendip (1977)

Entire Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Is a Movie Set - Don Boyd Director East of Elephant Rock (1977)

Sri Lanka’s pre-eminence as a film location for international feature films goes back to at least 1950, when world recognised British and American film directors arrived in quick succession to make acclaimed feature films that were either partly or wholly shot on the island.

All below films location in lustrous sri Lanka and some of the art director actors and asst, directors are sri lankan. not to forget some of the movies academy award wining and world greatest!

Top International Movies Shot in Beautiful Sri Lanka.

Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne, and Ann Sears in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Waldemar Kobus, Christian Koch, Mike Maas, Nic Romm, Olaf Krätke, Jonas Hämmerle, Patrick Reichel, and Jörg Moukaddam in Wickie und die starken Männer (2009)

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.

Famous International Movies Filmed in Sri Lanka

Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, and Ke Huy Quan in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

All below films location in lustrous sri Lanka and some of the art director actors and asst, directors are sri lankan. not to forget some of the movies academy award wining and world greatest!

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