In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling β but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
Casts Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson, Annabel Leventon, Shizuko Hoshi, Richard McMillan, Vernon Dobtcheff, David Hemblen, Damir Andrei
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Tommy
The Zodiac
Farewell My Concubine
Driving Miss Daisy
The Wanderers
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Shower
Still Life
Topaz
K-19: The Widowmaker
Red Corner
The Phantom of the Opera
A Girl from Hunan
My Brother Is an Only Child
Kundun
The Right Stuff
House of Flying Daggers
A Perfect World
That Thing You Do!
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
IMDB 8.4 | Jan , 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.Tommy
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1975
After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.The Zodiac
IMDB 5.5 | Jul , 2005
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.Farewell My Concubine
IMDB 7.9 | Jan , 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.Driving Miss Daisy
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1989
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.The Wanderers
IMDB 7 | Jul , 1979
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang βThe Wanderers.βBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
IMDB 6.8 | May , 2002
During the Cultural Revolution, two young men are sent to a remote mining village where they fall in love with the local tailor's beautiful granddaughter and discover a suitcase full of forbidden Western novels.Shower
IMDB 7 | Sep , 1999
An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.Still Life
IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 2006
A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.Topaz
IMDB 6 | Dec , 1969
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.K-19: The Widowmaker
IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 2002
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.Red Corner
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1997
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.The Phantom of the Opera
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 2004
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as The Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the crew.A Girl from Hunan
IMDB 5.9 | May , 1987
Xiao Xiao is sold into arranged marriage with a 2 year old boy, who she must raise as his nanny until he is old enough to marry her. She is expected to honour tradition and to toe the line so far as social proprieties are concerned, but the young girl rebels against the edicts of her elders until at 16, she falls in love with another man.My Brother Is an Only Child
IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 2007
Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome, charismatic, and loved by all, while younger Accio is sulky, hot-headed, and treats life as a battleground β much to his parents' chagrin. After the former is drawn into left-wing politics, Accio joins the fascists out of spite, but his flimsy beliefs are put to test when he falls for Manrico's like-minded girlfriend.Kundun
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1997
The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.The Right Stuff
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 1983
As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges.House of Flying Daggers
IMDB 7.3 | May , 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.A Perfect World
IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 1993
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.That Thing You Do!
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 1996
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.