Adventure, Drama, History
The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Titanic
Out of Africa
In the Mood for Love
2046
The Maples
Shanghai Express
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
The Procession to Lying-in-State
Jungle Fever
West Side Story
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Monster's Ball
Black Tea
Made in Hong Kong
Electric Shadows
I Miss You When I See You
Liberty Heights
Searching for Skylab, America's Forgotten Triumph
Push
A Better Tomorrow
SIMILAR MOVIES
Titanic
IMDB 7.9 | Nov , 1997
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.Out of Africa
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1985
Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.In the Mood for Love
IMDB 8.1 | Sep , 2000
In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time together, they develop feelings for each other, but their relationship remains chaste and unspoken, reflecting societal constraints and their own moral compass.2046
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2004
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.The Maples
IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 1980
A Chinese drama set in 1966, during the Cultural Revolution.Shanghai Express
IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 1932
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
IMDB 6.9 | May , 1919
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.The Procession to Lying-in-State
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2022
Coverage of the ceremonial procession of the Queen's coffin through central London to lying-in-state at Westminster Hall. HM the King and members of the royal family take part in the procession as the cortège makes its way from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster. The doors of Westminster Hall will open for the first members of the public to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II.Jungle Fever
IMDB 6.4 | Jun , 1991
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.West Side Story
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1961
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, but this doesn't stop two romantics from each gang falling in love.The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
IMDB 5.5 | Jul , 2008
Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.Monster's Ball
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2001
A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.Black Tea
IMDB 5.9 | Feb , 2024
Aya, a young Ivorian woman in her early thirties, says no on her wedding day, to everyone’s astonishment. After emigrating to Asia, she works in a tea export shop with Cai, a 45-year-old Chinese man. Aya and Cai fall in love but can their affair survive the turmoil of their past and other people’s prejudices?Made in Hong Kong
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 1997
Hong Kong 1997, where young people dream of love and death, suicide and murder. Moon is a cynical young debt collector, smitten by Ping, a young woman dying of kidney disease. A suicide note from a student they don't know ends up intertwining their fates.Electric Shadows
IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 2005
For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in custody. Her tiny apartment, he discovers, is a shrine to his favorite escape, the movies.I Miss You When I See You
IMDB 5.4 | Apr , 2018
Jamie re-encounters his old school friend, Kevin, who has been suffering from depression, and must make a choice between following his heart or society.Liberty Heights
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 1999
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.Searching for Skylab, America's Forgotten Triumph
IMDB 7 | Feb , 2019
The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting these pieces back together and re-tracing the Skylab program back to its very conception reveals the cornerstone of human space exploration.Push
IMDB 6.1 | Feb , 2009
After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue psychics dedicated to destroying Division. Together with Cassie, a teenage clairvoyant, Nick goes in search of a missing girl and a stolen suitcase that could be the key to accomplishing their mutual goal.A Better Tomorrow
IMDB 7.4 | Aug , 1986
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.