Updated: April 11, 2013, 12:00 AM
In pictures: 10 movies filmed in the UAE
A scene from the film 'City of Life'. Photo courtesy Filmworks Dubai
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) Undoubtedly the UAE’s biggest film role to date, with Dubai providing a sizeable chunk of the backdrop for Tom Cruise’s save-the-world-from-certain-destruction-again actioner. Including the famous Burj K???
Race (2008) Abbas-Mustan’s film – which is loosely based on the 1998 Hollywood movie Goodbye Lover – featured one of UAE’s most popular spots for car fanatics: Jebel Hafeet. The mountain’s winding roads were part of a climax racing scene of th???
Code 46 (2003) Way back before the UAE film industry even had a festival to call its own, Michael Winterbottom landed in Dubai to film bits of his Brave New World-esque love story. Although it was largely based around Shanghai, scenes were filmed around???
Switch (2013)Chinese pop and film star Andy Lau dropped into Dubai early last year to film this 3D spy actioner, due out later this year. The story involves international gangsters fighting over an ancient Chinese painting across the world, with scenes fi???
Syriana (2005) Before MI:3, George Clooney’s geopolitical oil-based thriller was arguably Dubai’s most high-profile film, with its multiple, parallel storylines and all-star cast. Although the film – which earned Clooney a Best Supporting Actor Osc???
The Kingdom (2007) This terrorism thriller may have been set in Saudi Arabia, but anyone with half an ounce of UAE knowledge would have spotted that the palace where Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman and Chris Cooper meet Saudi Prince Ahmed bin Khaled looked su???
Welcome (2007) Anees Bazmee’s film, which was the second-highest grossing film of 2007, featured a couple of scenes shot in Dubai. The Grand Hyatt hotel in Dubai is the setting for a party scene featuring veteran actors Nana Patekar and Paresh Rawal, am???
Dabangg (2010) The eruption of Icleand’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano in 2010 disrupted many plans, including the shooting of Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg – the fourth highest-grossing film in the entire history of Bollywood. It brought the cast and crew???
Dabangg 2 (2012) The success of Dabangg spawned a sequel last year and, perhaps trying to harness the UAE as a lucky charm again, director/ producer Arbaaz Khan returned to the country for filming. This time, a song sequence was shot at the Al Maha Deser???