During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

The Hidden Kingdoms of China

2020

English

7.3

Ben Wallis Director

Michelle Yeoh as Narrator unknown episodes

Ronan Summers as Self - Narrator 5 episodes, 2020

Exploring the secrets of China to reveal the beauty of its hidden kingdoms, with unique access to locations across the country.

You Are My Sunshine

2015

Chinese

3.8

♡ 1

china

chinese

Romance

Bin Huang Director

Angelababy as He Yimei

Eric Tsang as Lin Xianghe

Joan Chen as Pei Fangmei Sui He

Sui He as Xiao Xiao

Two college sweethearts who meet again after years of separation.

Embrace Again

2021

Chinese

5.5

♡ 2

Xiaolu Xue Director

Xin Qiao as Jun Jun

Yalin Gao as Li Hongyu

Xiao Wang as Ma Jie

Yilong Zhu as Ye Ziyang

A series of interconnected stories, set against the backdrop of the early days of the pandemic. Here, individual souls realize the world is changing, sometimes yielding heartbreak, sometimes yielding happiness, always leading to a deeper understanding of their fellow human beings. From finding love, to connecting through music, heroes emerge, each contributing in small ways to a very new world around them, however dangerous.

High Road to China

1983

English

6.1

♡ 5

64%

Brian G. Hutton Director

Bess Armstrong as Eve Tozer

Ric Young as Kim Su Lee

Tom Selleck as O'Malley

Jeremy Child as Silversmith

A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.

Behemoth

2015

Chinese

7.5

♡ 13

20%

Under the sun, the heavenly beauty of grasslands will soon be covered by the raging dust of mines. Facing the ashes and noises caused by heavy mining , the herdsmen have no choice but to leave as the meadow areas dwindle. In the moonlight, iron mines are brightly lit throughout the night. Workers who operate the drilling machines must stay awake. The fight is tortuous, against the machine and against themselves. Meanwhile, coal miners are busy filling trucks with coals. Wearing a coal-dust mask, they become ghostlike creatures. An endless line of trucks will transport all the coals and iron ores to the iron works. There traps another crowd of souls, being baked in hell. In the hospital, time hangs heavy on miners' hands. After decades of breathing coal dust, death is just around the corner. They are living the reality of purgatory, but there will be no paradise.

The Four 3

2014

Chinese

5.6

♡ 5

Gordon Chan Director

Ronald Cheng as Cui Lueshang

Yifei Liu as Shong Yayu

Collin Chou as Tie Youxia

Anthony Chau-Sang Wong as Zhuge Zhenwo

The reputation of the Four constables survives, but since Emotionless’s departure, there have been changes at the Divine Constabulary. The four Coldblood, Iron Hands, Life Snatcher, rescue Zhuge Zhengwo from An Yunshan’s mountain fortress, then with the Emperor and Di armies, they attack. But An Yunshan absorbs their power, which means the constables and their allies now face their most lethal opponent yet, a nearly invincible kung fu master who won’t stop until he has absolute power...

The Water Margin

1972

Chinese

6.5

♡ 10

62%

Ma Wu Director

Cheung-Yan Yuen as Lu's Servant

Toshio Kurosawa as Shih Wen Kung Lily Ho

Lily Ho as Tigress Lady Hu San Niang

Miriam Margolyes as (voice)

The corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band of Oriental Robin Hoods - the Honorable 108. Mountain bandits who nevertheless live by a scrupulous code of conduct, the Honorable 108 pledge to end the repression of the brutal overlords.

Shanghai Express

1932

English

7.3

♡ 15

96%

Josef von Sternberg Director

Warner Oland as Henry Chang

Forrester Harvey as Peiping Ticket Agent

Marlene Dietrich as Shanghai Lily

Bess Flowers as Undetermined Secondary Role

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968

English

7.0

♡ 13

43%

74%

based on novel or book

Michael Anderson Director

Niall MacGinnis as Capuchin Monk

Leo McKern as Cardinal Leone

Barbara Jefford as Dr. Ruth Faber

Laurence Olivier as Premier Piotr Ilyich Kamenev

Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.

Dragon Day

2013

English

3.9

♡ 1

43%

Jeffrey Travis Director

Richard C. Jones as Officer Hopkins

Scoot McNairy as Phil

Cuyle Carvin as Soldier 1

Kaiwi Lyman as Tibbit

When Duke Evans, an out of work NSA analyst, is evicted from his home he moves his family to his grandfather's old cabin. However here they are also threatened when a hellish cyber-attack is unleashed on the US rendering anything with a computer chip useless. He must now keep his family alive, fight off would-be thieves and a newly corrupted government, and ultimately make the hardest decision of his life- to survive.

Tanguy

2001

French

♡ 2

64%

parent child relationship

paris, france

woman director

Étienne Chatiliez Director

Jean-Paul Rouve as Bruno Lemoine

Jean-Michel Lahmi as Le poissonnier

André Wilms as Le psychiatre

Éric Berger as Tanguy Guetz

Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan.

Tomb Invader

2018

English

2.7

♡ 30

12%

James Thomas Director

Gina Vitori as Alabama 'Ally' Channing

Chants Davidson as Background person

Kate Watson as Michelle

Andrew J Katers as Nathan

Archaeologist Alabama Channing sets off to uncover the ancient tomb of Quin Shi Haung, which promises riches and answers to family mysteries.

Kung Fu Hustle

2004

Cn

7.7

♡ 202

90%

Stephen Chow Director

Kwok-Kwan Chan as Brother Sum Xing Yu

Xing Yu as Coolie

Stephen Chow as Sing

Siu-Lung Leung as The Beast

It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

John Rabe

2009

German

7.2

♡ 16

75%

Florian Gallenberger Director

Daniel Brühl as Dr. Georg Rosen

Steve Buscemi as Dr. Robert Wilson

Hans-Joachim Heist as Hans Scheel

Ulrich Tukur as John Rabe

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors

2024

English

6.7

♡ 15

67%

archeology

china

Documentary

historical reenactment

James Tovell Director

Thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the first Chinese emperor's tomb. This is their story, told through archeological evidence and reenactments.

Man Behind the Sun

1988

Cn

6.1

♡ 14

Tun Fei Mou Director

Jiang Wen as

Shennin Wang as

Dai Yao Wu as

Runshen Wang as (as Run Shen Wang)

The film is a graphic depiction of the war atrocities committed by the Japanese at Unit 731, the secret biological weapons experimentation unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The film details the various cruel medical experiments Unit 731 inflicted upon the Chinese and Soviet prisoners at the tail-end of the war.

24 City

2008

Chinese

7.1

♡ 17

89%

Zhangke Jia Director

Jianbin Chen as

Joan Chen as Gu Minhua / Xiao Hua

Liping Lü as Hao Dali

Tao Zhao as Su Na

As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.

Still Life

2006

Chinese

7.3

♡ 8

91%

Zhangke Jia Director Bin Li

Bin Li as

Sanming Han as Sanming

Tao Zhao as Shen Hong

Hongwei Wang as Wang Dongming

A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.