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88
8.5
/1527378/
83
/30831/
81
/15697/
4.3
/1346590/
91
/285/
94
/58083/
85
/39/
cc age 17+

The Departed (2006)
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
poster
88
8.1
/37364/
79
/698/
79
/768/
4.3
/46663/
97
/30/
94
/1033/

Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.
poster
Kanopy
87
8.1
/36183/
82
/752/
79
/641/
4.4
/56021/
90
/52/
93
/724/
84
/28/

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.0
/5229/
82
/144/
76
/134/
4.3
/28826/
96
/72/
88
/96/
86
/19/

The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
poster
86
7.9
/291647/
77
/7340/
74
/3432/
4.1
/242005/
98
/169/
86
/13672/
94
/32/
cc age 12+

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.
poster
Netflix
86
8.8
/2445238/
85
/53400/
84
/28933/
4.2
/3209864/
75
/157/
95
/92568/
82
/21/
cc age 13+

Forrest Gump (1994)
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
poster
85
7.5
/74941/
76
/3533/
74
/1488/
4.1
/316547/
97
/350/
87
/477/
89
/47/
cc age 11+

The Farewell (2019)
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.7
/7525/
73
/152/
73
/191/
4.2
/19290/
94
/35/
91
/96/
89
/18/

The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous of Alexandre's fling with Veronika and as the trio continues their unsustainable affair, the emotional stakes get higher, leading to conflict and unhappiness.
poster
85
8.3
/21950/
82
/465/
80
/350/
4.2
/21920/
87
/23/
96
/404/

To Live (1994)
Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
poster
Hulu
84
7.9
/4883/
78
/287/
76
/54/
4.0
/10140/
100
/58/
99
/48/
85
/16/

Beyond Utopia (2023)
A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.
poster
84
8.0
/437/
70
/14/
73
/20/
4.2
/1315/
100
/21/

Dead Souls (2018)
In Gansu Province, northwest China, lie the remains of countless prisoners abandoned in the Gobi Desert sixty years ago. Designated as ultra-rightists in the Communist Party’s Anti-Rightist campaign of 1957, they starved to death in the reeducation camps. The film invites us to meet the survivors of the camps to find out firsthand who these persons were, the hardships they were forced to endure and what became their destiny.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
8.6
/7697/
82
/445/
77
/76/
4.1
/3639/
97
/581/

Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999)
Eddie Izzard takes her show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, the birth of the Church of England and of Western empires, and the need for a European dream.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.9
/192640/
77
/4125/
75
/2394/
4.0
/107639/
94
/210/
87
/11061/
85
/42/
cc age 14+

Hero (2002)
During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.
poster
Fandor
83
7.8
/8989/
78
/352/
77
/215/
4.4
/35936/
94
/51/
77
/16/
86
/16/

An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)
In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.
poster
Fandor
83
7.5
/1278/
71
/49/
74
/53/
3.9
/2358/
96
/25/
87
/7/
85
/9/

Behemoth (2015)
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.5
/46349/
75
/1911/
75
/977/
4.0
/114125/
93
/30/
88
/876/
78
/9/
cc age 14+

Police Story (1985)
Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.
poster
The Roku Channel
82
7.5
/118988/
75
/2629/
73
/1731/
3.8
/53821/
87
/171/
82
/8307/
89
/37/
cc age 14+

House of Flying Daggers (2004)
In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
poster
82
7.7
/19420/
76
/348/
71
/154/
4.0
/23537/
86
/85/
89
/1116/
84
/20/
cc age 16+

The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.5
/26331/
76
/966/
74
/577/
3.7
/12108/
100
/10/
92
/1166/

Fist of Legend (1994)
Chen returns to his school when he finds out that his martial arts teacher has died. When he learns that his school students are harassed by some hooligans, he gears himself up to save them.
poster
Kanopy
82
8.4
/39555/
81
/1416/
80
/656/
4.2
/35726/
75
/77/
87
/439/
65
/24/

Samsara (2011)
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.7
/117907/
75
/2693/
75
/1830/
3.9
/80082/
86
/126/
88
/1366/
76
/15/
cc age 14+

The Last Emperor (1987)
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
poster
Netflix
82
8.0
/988630/
81
/58695/
77
/20634/
3.8
/1497991/
91
/385/
91
/7133/
80
/46/
cc age 12+

The Martian (2015)
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.9
/842712/
78
/64589/
76
/18773/
4.1
/2179619/
94
/441/
83
/6112/
81
/52/
cc age 11+

Arrival (2016)
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
poster
Criterion Channel
89
81
8.8
/8394/
86
/207/
84
/199/
4.6
/22211/
97
/861/

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
81
8.5
/10706/
82
/303/
81
/268/
4.5
/32508/
73
/15/
95
/56/

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
poster
81
7.6
/9535/
74
/146/
71
/169/
3.8
/7599/
100
/24/
88
/149/
79
/18/

Ju Dou (1990)
A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed in glowing technicolour, this tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting.
poster
Disney Plus
81
7.7
/339866/
79
/18075/
79
/10178/
4.1
/1058367/
91
/141/
85
/15697/
72
/24/
cc age 5+

Mulan (1998)
To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
80
7.1
/1480/
73
/140/
72
/34/
3.7
/2729/
100
/100/
86
/10/

76 Days (2020)
Raw and intimate, this documentary captures the struggles of patients and frontline medical professionals battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.3
/599/
72
/25/
72
/13/
3.7
/788/
97
/31/
74
/4/
78
/13/

Hooligan Sparrow (2016)
The danger is palpable as intrepid young filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows maverick activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a Hooligan Sparrow) and her band of colleagues to Hainan Province in southern China to protest the case of six elementary school girls who were sexually abused by their principal. Marked as enemies of the state, the activists are under constant government surveillance and face interrogation, harassment, and imprisonment. Sparrow, who gained notoriety with her advocacy work for sex workers’ rights, continues to champion girls’ and women’s rights and arms herself with the power and reach of social media.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.5
/7713/
75
/403/
72
/159/
3.8
/15991/
98
/102/
86
/54/
85
/25/
cc age 17+

One Child Nation (2019)
Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and destroyed — countless lives in China.
poster
80
7.6
/118860/
77
/3994/
74
/2012/
3.8
/125959/
88
/77/
91
/4913/
83
/16/
cc age 15+

Enter the Dragon (1973)
A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
poster
80
7.7
/160882/
78
/6830/
75
/3024/
4.0
/191973/
90
/188/
89
/10747/
78
/38/
cc age 14+

Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
6.7
/2118/
64
/78/
68
/40/
3.7
/19221/
99
/71/
87
/25/

Caught by the Tides (2025)
Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
poster
Netflix
79
7.5
/9958/
76
/588/
74
/79/
3.8
/28454/
89
/46/
88
/56/
73
/16/
cc age 13+

WHAM! (2023)
Through archival interviews and footage, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley relive the arc of their Wham! career, from 70s best buds to 80s pop icons.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.6
/2917/
74
/159/
72
/195/
3.8
/5294/
96
/28/
89
/4/
79
/11/

Return to Dust (2022)
Humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They have to combine their strength and build a home to survive. In the face of much adversity, an unexpected bond begins to blossom, as both Ma and Cao, uniting with Earth's cycles, create a haven for themselves in which they can thrive.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.5
/30785/
73
/463/
71
/383/
3.7
/11281/
81
/132/
88
/744/
70
/34/

The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.
poster
Disney Plus
79
7.3
/477989/
74
/25570/
75
/10052/
3.4
/1286784/
92
/345/
98
/6032/
71
/52/
cc age 11+

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.0
/11437/
70
/534/
69
/346/
3.8
/29346/
99
/159/
70
/48/
85
/36/

Ash Is Purest White (2018)
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
poster
79
7.5
/3829/
78
/45/
71
/45/
3.8
/2584/
96
/24/
84
/96/

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
poster
79
7.5
/4036/
71
/42/
67
/56/
3.8
/1536/
100
/5/
94
/26/

Close to Eden (1991)
A farmer and his wife live in a rural part of Inner Mongolia with their three children. Chinese population control policies prevent them from having any more. The farmer sets out for the nearest town to obtain birth control. He comes upon a Russian truck driver who has ended up in a lake. The farmer takes the man back to his farm, and after initially being appalled, the Russian becomes enchanted with the peaceful life of the countryside and decides to stay. But his presence presages big changes for the peasants.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.7
/3584/
76
/55/
73
/61/
3.8
/1394/
89
/19/
91
/135/

The King of Masks (1995)
Wang Bianlian is an aging street performer known as the King of Mask for his mastery of Sichuan Change Art in a true story. His wife left him with and infant son over 30 years ago. The son died from illness at age 10. This left Wang a melancholy loner aching for a male descendent to learn his rare and dying art.
poster
79
7.7
/9739/
74
/146/
74
/185/
3.9
/5238/
96
/46/
90
/269/
73
/22/

Not One Less (1999)
Set in the People's Republic of China during the 1990s, the film centers on a 13-year-old substitute teacher, Wei Minzhi, in the Chinese countryside. Called in to substitute for a village teacher for one month, Wei is told not to lose any students.
poster
79
7.6
/13552/
75
/347/
74
/263/
4.2
/37668/
80
/389/
80
/22/

Tokyo Sonata (2008)
A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.
poster
Kanopy
81
79
7.7
/12325/
76
/309/
74
/227/
4.0
/6441/
92
/53/
86
/275/
85
/13/

City of Life and Death (2009)
In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.
poster
Netflix
79
8.0
/241277/
81
/8087/
77
/3972/
4.0
/113743/
86
/29/
93
/2841/
59
/9/
cc age 13+

Ip Man (2008)
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung.
poster
Netflix
78
7.5
/1494/
74
/99/
74
/35/
3.6
/2138/
95
/21/
87
/4/
cc age 13+

Found (2021)
Follows the story of three American teenage girls—each adopted from China—who discover they are blood-related cousins on 23andMe. Their online meeting inspires the young women to confront the burning questions they have about their lost history.
poster
Hoopla
78
7.8
/452/
79
/10/
74
/7/
3.5
/256/
88
/24/
86
/22/
cc age 11+

Somewhere Between (2012)
Questions of race, identity and heritage are explored through the lives of young American women growing up as adoptees from China. These four distinct individuals reflect on their experiences as members of transracial families.
poster
Kanopy
82
78
7.8
/7521/
75
/229/
74
/225/
4.0
/18759/
100
/21/
90
/140/

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
Taken from The Arabian Nights, a wicked sorcerer and the beautiful prince Achmed battle one against the other during a series of wondrous adventures.


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