It is the late 1920s when six-year-old Yingzi and her family move to Beijing. As Yingzi explores the busy streets and alleys, she befriends a widow who, driven mad by grief, stands vigil at the entrance of her hutong, waiting for her missing daughter to return.

The Spy Gone North

2018

Korean

7.4

♡ 22

100%

83%

Action

based on a true story

Jong-bin Yoon Director

Kim Jong-soo as Chairman Kim's Voice

Sung-woong Park as Han Chang-joo

Sung-min Lee as Myong-un Ri

Jeong-min Hwang as Suk-young Park

South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.

55 Days at Peking

1963

English

6.7

♡ 13

57%

Nicholas Ray Director

Ava Gardner as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff

Walter Gotell as Capt. Hoffman

Massimo Serato as Garibaldi

John Ireland as Sgt. Harry

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.

Saving Mr. Wu

2015

Chinese

6.6

♡ 10

100%

68%

Action

based on a true story

Sheng Ding Director

Wang Zheng as Chao Ge

Suet Lam as Mr. Su

Andy Lau as Mr. Wu Ye Liu

Ye Liu as Xing Feng

Mr. Wu, a Hong Kong movie star, is kidnapped in Beijing by Zhang Hua's gang. The police quickly form a task force and begin the search, ignoring that detectives in charge have only twenty hours before the deadline.

Pulse

2021

Ukrainian

7.0

♡ 1

Sergii Chebotarenko Director

Natalya Dolya as Mother

Nataliya Babenko as Oksana

Viktoriya Levchenko as Oksana's sister Olena

Sergiy Luzanovsky as Sergiy

As a result of a terrible car accident, young Ukrainian athlete Oksana Boturchuk suffers several serious injuries, almost losing her eyesight. However, after long rehabilitation and a returning to incredible training, she is able to conquer a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in Beijing.

In the Heat of the Sun

1994

Chinese

8.0

♡ 15

96%

1970s

Action

based on novel or book

Wen Jiang Director

Nan Shang as Liu Sitian Bin Liu

Bin Liu as Liu Sitian

Wen Jiang as Ma Xiaojun Yu Xia

Yu Xia as Ma Xiaojun

Beijing, 1970s. The Cultural Revolution has driven most adults to the provinces leaving 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery known as "girls."

Mr. Six

2015

Chinese

6.9

♡ 16

83%

Hu Guan Director Qing Xu

Qing Xu as Hua Xia Zi

Xiaogang Feng as Liu Ye

Hanyu Zhang as Men San Er Kris Wu

Kris Wu as Xiao Fei

Many years ago Mr. Six was a notorious gangster. That was back when there was still such a thing as honour among thieves, when criminals earned respect and maintained principles. These days Mr. Six is all but forgotten, a living relic residing in a narrow alley. One day Six's son, Xiaobo, is abducted by some spoiled punks after he scratches their precious Ferrari. Mr. Six realizes that he must do whatever it takes to get his son back — even if that means returning to the life he thought he had left behind.

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