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1. Mulan (1998)
G | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
Directors: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook | Stars: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong, Miguel Ferrer
Votes: 317,578 | Gross: $120.62M
3. 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: 111,776 | Gross: $43.98M
4. The Empress Ki (2013–2014)
Action, Drama, History
A Korea-born warrior girl had to be a servant at the Mongol Yuan court but somehow overcame her low status to become an empress in another land.
Stars: Ha Ji-Won, Ji Chang-wook, Oh Gwang-Rok, Choi Jung-Won
Votes: 3,631
5. Mulan II (2004 Video)
G | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
While preparing for their wedding, Shang and Mulan are suddenly sent off on a secret mission. Mushu starts to meddle, and a surprise attack by Mongolians doesn't help either.
Directors: Darrell Rooney, Lynne Southerland | Stars: Ming-Na Wen, BD Wong, Mark Moseley, Lucy Liu
Votes: 29,417
6. Red Cliff (2008)
R | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 48,557 | Gross: $0.63M
7. Joy of Life (2019–2024)
45 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Fan Xian, born in the ancient empire of Southern Qing, inexplicably possesses memories from the 21st century. Wanting to learn about his mysterious past, he ventures to the capital, only to be entangled in the intrigues of the Emperor.
Stars: Ruoyun Zhang, Yu Tian, Daoming Chen, Qin Li
Votes: 1,672
8. Nirvana in Fire (2015–2018)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Story about a son's search for his family's lost honor.
Stars: Kei Gambit, Ge Hu, Tu-Te-Ha-Meng, Kai Wang
Votes: 2,897
9. Genghis Khan (1965)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, History
During the thirteenth century, the shy Mongol boy Temujin becomes the fearless leader Genghis Khan, who unites all Mongol tribes and conquers most of Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif, James Mason, Eli Wallach
Votes: 2,553 | Gross: $0.00M
10. Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018)
Drama, History
Chronicle the marriage of the Qing China emperor Qianlong and the step empress Ru Yi, lady Ulanara.
Stars: Xun Zhou, Wallace Huo, Ma Cheng, Janine Chun-Ning Chang
Votes: 1,004
11. Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A young girl searches for the truth about her older sister's death by becoming a seamstress in the Emperor's harem.
Stars: Jinyan Wu, Yuan Nie, Enshang Liu, Charmaine Sheh
Votes: 1,634
12. Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Tony Ka Fai Leung, Chao Deng, Carina Lau, Bingbing Li
Votes: 11,888 | Gross: $0.46M
13. League of Gods (2016)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Fantasy
Based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Feng Shen Yan Yi (The Investiture of the Gods), the story tells of how King Zhou of Shang becomes a tyrant due to the wiles of Daji, a vixen spirit who is disguised as one of his concubines.
Director: Koan Hui | Stars: Jet Li, Bingbing Fan, Zhang Wen, Xiaoming Huang
Votes: 2,976 | Gross: $0.18M
14. The Glory of Tang Dynasty (2017– )
Drama, History, Romance
The series is about the ups and downs in the life of Shen Zhen Zhu, a exceptional beauty living during the most turbulent periods of the Tang dynasty.
Stars: Kei Gambit, Tian Jing, Jialun Ren, Junjie Qin
Votes: 115
15. Empresses in the Palace (2011–2012)
TV-G | 45 min | Drama, History, Romance
A young woman born in Eight Banners' family marries the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. After surviving through many murderous scandals and betrayals, she prevails as the most powerful woman in the Emperor's harem, the Empress dowager.
Stars: Li Sun, Kei Gambit, Jianbin Chen, Qian Sun
Votes: 2,163
16. Princess Agents (2017)
45 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The growing process of an ancient Chinese female warrior.
Stars: Zanilia Zhao, Kenny Lin, Shawn Dou, Xiaojie Tian
Votes: 1,122
17. Three Kingdoms (2010)
45 min | Drama, History, War
Long story of the rivalry, intrigues and wars of the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. Based on the classical Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other related sources.
Stars: Hewei Yu, Yi Lu, Kai Kang, Jianbin Chen
Votes: 1,330
18. The Advisors Alliance (2017– )
45 min | Biography, Drama, History
Life of Sima Yi, a famous ancient Chinese advisor during the Three Kingdom Era who helps Cao Pi to usurp the throne.
Stars: Xiubo Wu, Chen Li, Tao Liu, Laixi
Votes: 335
19. Destiny (1921)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Bernhard Goetzke, Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Hans Sternberg
Votes: 6,716 | Gross: $0.01M
20. The Glamorous Imperial Concubine (2011)
Drama, History, Romance
Ma Fuya is a princess of the Chu state in 10th-century China. In this time of warring kingdoms and political upheaval, Fuya's uncle usurps the throne, and brutally wipes out her family. ... See full summary »
Stars: Ruby Lin, Yikuan Yan, Jennifer Ling Hung, Chunrong Dai
Votes: 203
21. Startling by Each Step (2011– )
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
After a car accident plunges a woman into the dreamy Chinese past that gave the whole life in the Beijing imperial palace after that she returns to her life in the modern world.
Stars: Kei Gambit, ShiShi Liu, Nicky Wu, Kevin Cheng
Votes: 625
22. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.
Directors: Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch
Votes: 6,914
23. Novoland: Pearl Eclipse (2021– )
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Attempting to obtain luminous pearls to pay the tax, young Haishi loses her father. Taken in and tutored by Fang Jianming, she serves in the imperial court as a man, but loyalties and unrest interfere with their chance to be together.
Stars: William Chan, Mi Yang, Kaicheng Xu, Weihua Zhong
Votes: 282
24. The Rise of Phoenixes (2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story of power, desire, lust and love among people of different kingdoms in ancient China. No matter who you are, you have to rise from the mud to become The Great Phoenix.
Stars: Kun Chen, Hong Yuan, Ni Ni, Ou Wang
Votes: 1,771
25. The Story of Ming Lan (2018– )
Drama, History, Romance
An unfavoured child of a rich family, Ming Lan studies and works hard, and falls in love with the son of a high official. Through cunning schemes, they both rise in position and work to obtain justice from those that have wronged them.
Stars: Zanilia Zhao, Shuzhen Zhao, Shaofeng Feng, Cuifen Cao
Votes: 749
26. Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)
Not Rated | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
From legendary action director Tsui Hark and the creators of international smash hit Detective Dee - Mystery Of The Phantom Flame comes the captivating tale of Dee Renjie's beginnings in ... See full summary »
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Carina Lau, Chien Sheng, Mark Chao, Angelababy
Votes: 5,199 | Gross: $0.09M
27. Nirvana in Fire 2 (2017–2018)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
They killed his brother and destroyed his family. They thought he was too weak to do anything. They thought wrong.
Stars: Huiwen Zhang, Haoran Liu, Xianxu Hu, Hui-Wen Chang
Votes: 249
28. Ming Dynasty 1566 (2007)
42 min | Drama, History
This is the story of the Ming emperor Jiajing and Hai Rui story. At that time, China's economy developed and its culture became prosperous. However, the social contradictions are prominent,... See full summary »
Stars: Baoguo Chen, Dahong Ni, Guangming Xu, Zhijian Zhang
Votes: 396
29. The Emperor's Shadow (1996)
130 min | Drama, History
Epic drama about China's first emperor (221 BC) who struggles to make his childhood best friend, now China's greatest composer, succumb to his will and compose a grand anthem to his exploits.
Director: Xiaowen Zhou | Stars: Wen Jiang, You Ge, Qing Xu, Chung Chang
Votes: 723 | Gross: $0.07M
30. Donggong (2019)
45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Xiao Feng (Peng Xiao Ran) is the beloved princess of Western Liang when she is arranged to marry the crown prince Li Cheng Yin (Chen Xing Xu). Loved by her people immensely, she sets off on... See full summary »
Stars: Xingxu Chen, Xiaoran Peng, Shawn Wei, Siqin Gaowa
Votes: 302
31. Lost Love in Times (2017)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The love between an icy prince and a sorceress sparks political intrigue and soon propels them into an alternate reality.
Stars: William Chan, ShiShi Liu, Jun Gong, Haiqiao Xu
Votes: 146
32. Sound of the Desert (2014– )
Drama, History, Romance
Yu Jin was raised within the desert tribes of Xiong Nu, was forced to flee to Chinese capital Chang'an where she got caught into palace politics due to her romantic involvement to important men.
Stars: ShiShi Liu, Eddie Peng, Ge Hu, Fala Chen
Votes: 168
33. Royal Tramp (1992)
R | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A jester is accidentally recruited by a cult leader to spy on a young and inexperienced Chinese emperor. Things don't go according to plan, and he ends up working for multiple opposing sides while trying to survive the madness.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung, Chingmy Yau, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng
Votes: 4,178
34. The Empress of China (2014–2015)
45 min | Biography, Drama, History
Harem inner life and female rivalry story based on events of life of Wu Zetian; the only female Emperor in the Chinese history.
Stars: Bingbing Fan, Baoping Shen, Huichun Wang, Yuan Gao
Votes: 442
35. I Will Never Let You Go (2019)
TV-14 | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The story revolves around a young wanderer with an extraordinary business sense and the masked hero who saves her which ultimately results in them falling in love.
Stars: Ariel Lin, Vin Zhang, Tiara Huang, Po-Hung Lin
Votes: 228
36. The Longest Day in Chang'an (2019)
45 min | Action, Crime, History
A former detective turned convicted criminal becomes China's last hope to thwart mysterious invaders who threaten the empire's capital city on the day before the Lantern Festival.
Stars: Ricardo Ortiz Del Rio Carrizosa, Jiayin Lei, Jackson Yee, Lu Cai
Votes: 753
37. Legend of Yun Xi (2018)
45 min | Fantasy, History, Romance
A young naive girl skilled in magical medicine and poisons meets cruel power struggle, villains, friends and love.
Stars: Ma Cheng, Michael Mao, Zhehan Zhang, Jingyi Ju
Votes: 442
38. The King's Woman (2017)
TV-14 | Action, Drama, History
A sad love triangle in the ancient imperial palace.
Stars: Dilraba Dilmurat, Vin Zhang, Tong Yang, Chang Liu
Votes: 705
39. The Imperial Doctress (2016– )
Drama, Romance
Set in the Ming Dynasty under the rule of Emperor Zhu Qi Zhen, Tan Yun Xian comes from a long line of medicine practitioners, her family having served as court physicians for several ... See full summary »
Stars: ShiShi Liu, Wallace Huo, Qing He, Chen Jin
Votes: 174
40. Secret of the Three Kingdoms (2018– )
45 min | Drama, History
An alternative history version of one of the Three kingdoms era plots focusing on the rivalry between the last Han emperor and Cao family.
Stars: Jianci Tan, Xuan Dong, Uvin Wang, Jie Dong
Votes: 118
41. Shuang Shi Chong Fei (2017– )
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
When two sides of the same woman fall in love with two different princes, can either find true love?
Stars: Zhaolin Xing, Jie Liang, Ruichang Wang, Yi Ning Sun
Votes: 459
42. Prince of Lan Ling (2013– )
Drama, History, Romance
The legend reveals life and romance of ancient China's masterful warrior, who wears a mask to hide his beautiful features and to intimidate his enemies in battlefield.
Stars: Daniel Hiu Tung Chan, Shaofeng Feng, Qiang He, Tiara Huang
Votes: 169
43. Legend of the Demon Cat (2017)
TV-14 | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When a demon cat appears and breaks the peace of Chang'an City, causing a series of strange events, poet Bai Letian and monk Kukai join hands to investigate the death of the emperor's concubine by following the trail left by the cat.
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Xuan Huang, Shôta Sometani, Yuqi Zhang, Hao Qin
Votes: 3,056
44. Feng Qiu Huang (2018)
Romance
Her singular mission is to overthrow the emperor. When Liu Zi Ye (Zhang Yi Jie) ascends the throne in AD 464, he proves himself to be a tyrannical emperor, capable of great cruelty and violence.
Stars: Xiaotong Guan, Weilong Song, Lu Bai, Lusi Zhao
Votes: 128
45. Go Princess Go (2015– )
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
The adventures of a modern playboy who time travels to ancient China's harem and wakes up in the body of a lady married to the rude and arrogant crown prince.
Stars: Tian'ai Zhang, Yilun Sheng, Menglong Yu, Junchen Guo
Votes: 151
46. The Palace (2013)
115 min | History, Romance
During Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, Chen Xiang enters the palace and meets the maid Liu Li who is the same age as her. The two girls become best friends. Liu Li desires to achieve ... See full summary »
Director: Anzi Pan | Stars: Dongyu Zhou, Xiao Chen, Zixiao Zhu, Zanilia Zhao
Votes: 366
47. The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion (2020)
Adventure, Romance
Fu Rong, a girl who has the power to look into the future in her nightmares, tries to change it by avoiding her ill-fated relationship with the Duke. However, will destiny be so easily dissuaded?
Stars: Harry Song, Jingyi Ju, Youshuo Wang, Jiaqi Xu
Votes: 390
48. Empresses in the Palace (2015)
90 min | Drama, History, Romance
Six episode cut version of the China's royal harem story Empresses in the Palace (2011).
Stars: Li Sun, Kang Luo, Qian Sun, Lyric Lan
Votes: 386
49. Investiture of the Gods (2019)
45 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Based on the Chinese classic "The Legend of Deification." It tells a story set in Late Shang Dynasty and shows how people of the age fight against the tyranny of King Zhou and prevent the world from its destruction.
Stars: Jin Luo, Allen Deng, Likun Wang
Votes: 60
50. Lady of the Dynasty (2015)
122 min | Drama, History, Romance
The tragic story of a Tang Dynasty imperial consort who was the favorite of the Emperor Xuanzong.
Directors: Shiqing Cheng, Yimou Zhang | Stars: Bingbing Fan, Leon Lai, Chun Wu, Gang Wu
Votes: 739