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1. Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
PG-13 | 136 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian climber, breaks out of prison and travels to the holy city of Lhasa. He is employed as an instructor to the 14th Dalai Lama and soon becomes his close confidante.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, BD Wong, Mako
Votes: 155,851 | Gross: $37.96M
2. The Last Emperor (1987)
PG-13 | 163 min | Biography, Drama, History
Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying
Votes: 111,446 | Gross: $43.98M
3. Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears, she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but instead meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Gene Barry
Votes: 1,722
4. In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
134 min | Drama, Romance
Beijing, 1970s. Now that the CR has driven most adults to the provinces, 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 referred to as "girls."
Director: Wen Jiang | Stars: Yu Xia, Wei Chen, Shaobo Dai, Hua Fang
Votes: 5,521
5. The Founding of a Republic (2009)
138 min | Drama, History, War
Inspired by true events, Founding of a Republic weaves a rousing tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
Directors: Sanping Han, Jianxin Huang | Stars: Guoqiang Tang, Guoli Zhang, Qing Xu, Jin Liu
Votes: 3,871
6. Blood Alley (1955)
Approved | 110 min | Action, Adventure
His ship seized by the Chinese Communists, American Merchant Captain Tom Wilder languishes in prison but Chinese villagers help him escape to sail them to Hong-Kong.
Directors: William A. Wellman, John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim
Votes: 3,526
7. The Mattei Affair (1972)
R | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
An Italian industrialist died in a plane crash. An accident or an assassination?
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Luigi Squarzina, Peter Baldwin, Renato Romano
Votes: 2,456
8. Youth (2017)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Romance, War
A look at the lives of members of a Military Cultural Troupe in the 1970s.
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Xuan Huang, Miao Miao, Caiyu Yang, Elane Zhong
Votes: 3,471 | Gross: $1.89M
9. 1921 (2021)
138 min | Drama
The film will be about the establishment and creation of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which is now commonly known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), 100 years ago.
Directors: Jianxin Huang, Dasheng Zheng | Stars: Xuan Huang, Ni Ni, Renjun Wang, Wenkang Yuan
Votes: 406
10. Chung Kuo: China (1972)
135 min | Documentary
A documentary on China, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. The 220-minute version consists of three parts. The first part, ... See full summary »
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Star: Giuseppe Rinaldi
Votes: 927
11. China Cry: A True Story (1990)
PG-13 | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is the true story of Sung Neng Yee, now known as Nora Lam, who fled from Communist China to Hong Kong for her palpably real Christian faith.
Director: James F. Collier | Stars: Julia Nickson, France Nuyen, James Shigeta, Russell Wong
Votes: 568 | Gross: $4.21M
12. Letter from Masanjia (2018)
75 min | Documentary
When a desperate SOS letter penned by a political prisoner turns up in Halloween decorations sold in Oregon, it sparks a nail-biting chain of events that exposes appalling human rights ... See full summary »
Director: Leon Lee | Stars: Anonymous, Julie Keith, Fu Ning, Yi Sun
Votes: 449 | Gross: $0.02M
13. Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)
115 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Canadian surgeon Dr. Norman Bethune (Donald Sutherland) journeys 1,500 miles into China to reach Mao Zedong's eighth route Army in the Wu Tai mountains where he will build hospitals, ... See full summary »
Director: Phillip Borsos | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Helen Mirren, Helen Shaver, Colm Feore
Votes: 414
14. Pavilion of Women (2001)
R | 116 min | Drama, Romance, War
With World War 2 looming, a prominent family in China must confront the contrasting ideas of traditionalism, communism and Western thinking, while dealing with the most important ideal of all: love and its meaning in society.
Director: Ho Yim | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Luo Yan, Sau Sek, John Cho
Votes: 1,078 | Gross: $0.04M
15. Dead Souls (2018)
495 min | Documentary, History
A dozen aging survivors are interviewed from Jiabiangou, a complex of three work camps in Northwest China where supposed rightists were sent for re-education in the 1950s and 1960s under Mao Zedong.
Director: Wang Bing
Votes: 378
16. The Blonde from Peking (1967)
87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
An amnesic young woman is found fainting on a bench. A tattoo identifies her as Erica Olsen, ex-companion of a Chinese scientist who holds atomic secrets.
Director: Nicolas Gessner | Stars: Claudio Brook, Mireille Darc, Françoise Brion, Jean-Jacques Delbo
Votes: 222
17. Liberation (2019)
103 min | Drama, War
Based on real life events, the film is set in January 1949 and focuses around a group of soldiers involved in the final stages of the Battle of Pingjin
Directors: Xiaoyang Chang, Shaohong Li | Stars: Yiwei Zhou, Wallace Chung, Elane Zhong, Xun Wang
Votes: 76
18. All Quiet in Beiping (2014– )
45 min | Drama, History
Directed by Kong Sheng and produced by Hou Hong Liang who are famous for their work on titles such as 'Battle of Changsha', and 'Nirvana in Fire', while written by screen writer Liu He Ping... See full summary »
Stars: Ye Liu, Yinan Wang, Xinming Yang, Yang Yue
Votes: 137
19. Human Harvest (2014)
72 min | Documentary, Crime
Nobel Peace Prize nominees David Matas and David Kilgour investigate the organ harvesting trade in China and uncover one of the world's worst crimes against humanity.
Director: Leon Lee | Stars: Ethan Gutmann, Shi-Wei Huang, Carlos Iglésias, David Kilgour
Votes: 269
20. Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes (1976)
763 min | Documentary
From 1972 until 1974, Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan, along with a Chinese film crew, documented the last days of the Cultural Revolution, marking the end of an era. The vast amount of ... See full summary »
Directors: Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan Ivens, Jean Bigiaoui
Votes: 117
21. Qian fu (2009– )
42 min | Drama, Romance
While working in the KMT intelligence station in Tianjin, a Communist undercover agent achieved a series of incredible feats with the help of his stand-in wife.
Stars: Honglei Sun, Chen Yao, Feng Zu, Enhe Feng
Votes: 587
22. Battle on Shangganling Mountain (1956)
Not Rated | 124 min | War, Drama
The story takes place during the Korean War (1951-1953). In the fall of 1952, the American troops launched a large-scale attack by the border between South Korea and North Korea during the ... See full summary »
Directors: Shan Lin, Meng Sha | Stars: Baocheng Gao, Linge Xu, Liang Zhang, Yuru Li
Votes: 167
23. Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus (2003 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
X-Box exclusive fighting game from the co-creator of Mortal Kombat set in New China, a non-communist country formed on the Pacific coast of North America, about two rival sects battling it out to receive the divine gift of immortality.
Stars: Matt Mullins, Eric Smies, Kathrynne Wolf
Votes: 69
24. An suan (2005– )
40 min | Drama
Stars: Shu Chen, Baoqiang Wang, Chunli Song, Xijuan Zhu
Votes: 59
25. Singing in the Wilderness (2021)
94 min | Documentary
After hiding in the mountains for a century, a Miao Christian choir is discovered by an official and becomes a national sensation. Two young Miaos must reconcile their faith, identity and love with the real world of China.
Director: Dongnan Chen
Votes: 14
26. Bamboo in Winter (1991)
PG | 58 min | Drama
A college aged Chinese girl begins seeking the Lord and learns the truth about what is happening within her country and the persecution that happened to her own family. This film has a ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Myers | Stars: Roy Chiao, Dennis Chan, Crystal Kwok, Stuart Ong
Votes: 74
27. The Persecution of Falun Gong (2015)
10 min | Documentary, Short, History
Why 70 million meditators were targeted for elimination in China.
Director: Mathias Magnason | Stars: Rich Crankshaw, Robert Gaudreau, Matt Gnaizda, Ethan Gutmann
29. Formosa: The Guarded Island (1955)
Approved | 18 min | Documentary, Short, History
It walks and talks like a Documentary---even to the extent of carrying a 'Cleared for Security by the U. S. Department of Defense' credit line-- but it looks like a Pacific-island ... See full summary »
Director: Larry C. Moore | Star: Jimmy Wallington
Votes: 6
30. Tie Zai Shao (2015– )
45 min | Action, History, Romance
Ge Shisan, Chang Erkuan and Chou Wa are three people with distinct life experiences and different personalities. They are hot-blooded ordinary soldiers of Northwest Army. They get together ... See full summary »
31. Burp! Pepsi v. Coke in the Ice-Cold War (1984 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
The rise of Coca-Cola and its duel with Pepsi-Cola: how these two giants aim to conquer the World.
Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: John Pilger, Donald M. Kendall, Donald Keough, Wilbur Kurtz
Votes: 55
33.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
North of Shanghai
(1952)
Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
American medical missionaries Dr. Paul Morgan and his wife are told to leave China as the Communists advance on the city. When he refuses, a Communist general kills his own wife who's under... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Thomas Mitchell, Robert H. Harris, Dorothy Peterson, Shizu Moriya
Votes: 35
34.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )
Episode:
China's One Child Policy
(2019)
TV-MA | 34 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
John explains the troubling history, brutal enforcement and questionable results of China's highly controversial, decades long, one-child policy, a punitive measure conceived originally as ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Pennolino | Stars: Ryan Barger, Susan Evans, David Kaye, John Oliver
Votes: 259
35.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Battle for Hong Kong
(2020)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, News
With unique access inside the battle for Hong Kong, FRONTLINE follows five protesters through the most intense clashes over several months of pro-democracy protests. The film examines their... See full summary »
Director: Robin Barnwell | Stars: Will Lyman, Priyanka Boghani, Sarah Childress, Katie Worth
Votes: 59
36.
The Matt & Blonde Show (2016– )
Episode:
Corona Cancels Everything, Horse's @$$ AR14, Andrew Gillum's Meth Party
(2020)
News
37.
The Portal (2019–2020)
Episode:
J.D Vance - American Dreams and Nightmares
(2020)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Eric Weinstein, J.D. Vance
38.
OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode:
The Cold War: Part 1
(2019)
TV-14 | 16 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Oversimplified explains The Cold War, in two parts.
Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster
Votes: 37
39.
Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode:
Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain
(2021)
Documentary, History
We are living through strange days. Across Britain, Europe and America societies have become split and polarised. There is anger at the inequality and the ever growing corruption - and a ... See full summary »
Stars: Fidel Castro, Adam Curtis, Michael de Freitas, Robin Douglas-Home
Votes: 155
40.
Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode:
The Lordly Ones
(2021)
Documentary, History
It wasn't just the Slave Trade. 150 years ago Britain had wrecked China by forcing opium on the country. It made Britain the richest and most powerful country in the world. But it enslaved ... See full summary »
Star: Adam Curtis
Votes: 102
41.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 10 December 1951
(1951)
News, Talk-Show
Hazlitt and Huie interview U.S. Congressman Walter H. Judd, a Republican representing Minnesota. Topics discussed are the possibility of the expansion of the war in Asia, failure to prevent... See full summary »
42.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 4 December 1953
(1953)
News, Talk-Show
Larry Lesueur and Winston Burdett, CBS News correspondents, interview Frank Darvall, the British Director-General of the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth. Topics include British ... See full summary »
Stars: Winston Burdett, Larry LeSueur
43.
1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Episode:
The Dawn of the Cold War
56 min | Documentary, History, War
For the past four years, the top scientists on the planet had been perfecting what was to become the absolute weapon: the atomic bomb.
Director: Emilie Lançon | Stars: François Kersaudy, Clifton Truman Daniel, Curtis Roosevelt, Yuri Borko
44.
Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode:
The Soviet General Who Switched Sides
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
Arguably the greatest spy for the West during the Cold War, Dimitriy Polyakov was a Russian Military Intelligence General who turned on Russia. He was run by the CIA and FBI and betrayed by both Ames and Hanssen.
Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Eva Dillon, James M. Olson, Paul Joyal, Oleg Kalugin
45.
Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode:
China Steals the Future
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
Xialong Zhang and Cao Guangzhi are two Chinese nationals who are caught attempting to steal proprietary information from Apple Inc., and Tesla's Autonomous Driving vehicle for the Chinese Competitor.
Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: H. Keith Melton, William Evanina, Kathy Stearman, Mark Kelton
46.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Guerrilla Warfare
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
Looking at how Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito and Võ Nguyên Giáp used Guerrilla Warfare to overcome a militarily superior enemy.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Eric Y. Shibuya, Eric Gomez, James Rogers, William Leogrande
47.
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
Episode:
Visionaries
(2016)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Discover how the ancestors of business mogul Richard Branson and architects Maya Lin and Frank Gehry took audacious risks to create opportunities, and how their luck, ingenuity and chutzpah was passed on to these three visionaries.
Director: Hazel Gurland | Stars: Richard Branson, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Frank Gehry, Maya Lin
Votes: 25
48.
South Park (1997– )
Episode:
Band in China
(2019)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Randy sees an opportunity for Tegridy Farms in China; Stan starts a band to work out his frustration over having to move away from South Park and scores a hit, but China interferes.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, April Stewart, Mona Marshall
Votes: 3,554
49.
Tricky Dick (2019)
Episode:
Storm Clouds
(2019)
Not Rated | Documentary, Biography, History
Tensions boil over in a deeply divided nation, as President Richard Nixon commits to victory in Vietnam and grows increasingly paranoid about political enemies during his first term in office.
Director: Mary Robertson | Stars: Richard Nixon, Alexander Butterfield, Dwight Chapin, Charles Colson
Votes: 27
50.
Adam Ruins Everything (2015–2019)
Episode:
Adam Ruins Doing Good
(2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Adam takes down the do-gooders and reveals how Teach For America is harmful to both students and teachers. He then uncovers the ineffectiveness of recycling and calls out the billionaires who create charities for tax breaks.
Director: Laura Murphy | Stars: Adam Conover, Emily Axford, Enn Reitel, Peter Boon Koh
Votes: 56