Lady of the Dynasty (
2015) | IMDb:
4.2
The tragic story of a Tang Dynasty imperial consort who was the favorite of the Emperor Xuanzong.
Produced by:
1911 (
2011) | IMDb:
5.7
China's first President Sun Yat-Sen and military commander Huang Xing lead the revolutionary Wuchang Uprising in a bid to put an end to the reign of the Qing Dynasty.
Produced by:
Wang Zhebin
Mao’s Last Dancer (
2009) | IMDb:
7.3
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
Directed by:
Bruce Beresford
Judge Dredd (
1995) | IMDb:
5.6
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Diane Lane
,
Armand Assante
,
Rob Schneider
,
Jürgen Prochnow
,
Max von Sydow
On Deadly Ground (
1994) | IMDb:
4.6
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making money for him.
Starring:
Steven Seagal
,
Michael Caine
,
Joan Chen
,
John C. McGinley
,
R. Lee Ermey
,
Shari Shattuck
Heaven & Earth (
1993) | IMDb:
6.8
In a small Vietnamese village torn apart by war, a young woman faces unimaginable horrors before deciding to escape to the city. There, she encounters a compassionate Marine who offers her hope and a chance at a new life, igniting the possibility of a future together.
Starring:
Tommy Lee Jones
,
Haing S. Ngor
,
Joan Chen
,
Thuan K. Nguyen
,
Hiep Thi Le
,
Dustin Nguyen
Directed by:
Oliver Stone
The Last Emperor (
1987) | IMDb:
7.7
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.
Tai-Pan (
1986) | IMDb:
5.5
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.