Best movies like All the King's Men

During the Min Dynasty, a Buddhist abbot charged with protecting a sacred scroll prepares to name his successor. An aristocrat and a general arrive at his secluded mountaintop monastery promising to help in his search, but are in fact scheming to secure the scroll for themselves. As they set about recommending corrupt successors, rival bands of martial artists lie in wait to steal the precious artifact, and the monastery is soon transformed into an epic battleground, with each player caught in a web of conspiracy and betrayal.

Set in China during the 1940s, story told through the eyes of a 10 year old boy of the relationship between the boy, his mysterious nanny and her weakling godbrother.

Although their characters and temperaments couldn't be less alike, 19-year olds Wei and Jie are best friends. They're also neighbours, living with widower fathers and problem siblings in the suburbs of Taipei. When Wei is promoted from the rank of nightclub parking valet to the rank of debt-collector in Brother Gu's gang, he persuades his boss to hire Jie to work alongside him. Things begin to go wrong when they are given a handgun to reward their success in the new job. Always excitable and volatile, Jie becomes reckless and dangerous when he has the gun in his hand. When they try to collect a debt from the boss of a rival gang, a fight erupts and Jie shoots the gang-boss. The boys find themselves on the run. But fate and their youthful dreams still have tricks to play.

A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.

A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung- Fu school in Taiwan has plans to bringing all other schools on the island under his domination, and part of his plan involves the murder of the grandfather.

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

Lee Khan, a high official under Mongolian Emperor Yuan of the Yuan dynasty procures the battle map of the Chinese rebel Chu Yuan-Chang's army. Rebel spies, aided by treachery within Khan's ranks, strive to corner him in an inn.

Seven child martial arts experts try to return a stolen diamond to its rightful owner.

The plot centres around Wu Tang villain, Abbot White, who wants to destroy the Shaolin monks and become supreme martial artist. In order to do so, he teams up with a clan of Ninjas, led by three masters – gold lamé ninja, white mustachioed ninja and black ninja – and succeeds in destroying the Shaolin temple and most of its inhabitants. However, there are some survivors. It is their job to pass on the knowledge of the Shaolin finger jab to a new generation, who must defeat the ninjas and Abbott White if peace and order is to be restored.

Despite the national resistance, the Manchurians have taken over China, but the Ching Emperor fears that the Shaolin Temple disciples would overthrow the dynasty. So he disguises himself as a disciple, in order to become a kung fu master and control the Shaolin monks. But according to custom, he must pass the test of the legendary 18 Bronzemen before he can leave the Temple.

A young man joins a kung-fu academy but fails to fit in. He soon runs off with the master's daughter and becomes a salt smuggler. He ends up joining with the school's top fighter - his former rival - against a local mob leader.

Five pretty girls go to Hong Kong to stay with their uncle who is a police superintendent. Soon they run into a gang of thieves, which gives them a chance to put their excellent kung fu skills to good use. This Bod Squad will kick your ass!

Swordplay master Adam Cheng returns to the role that brought him superstardom. This time, Chu Liang Hsiang has to fight a legion of fighters helmed by the Bastard swordsman himself Tsui Siu-Keung, who is united by one aim, and that is, to defeat the Romantic swordsman Chu Liu Hsiang and claim the title of best swordsman in the martial world.

When a comrade is captured by a hostile warlord, five martial arts masters confront the villain's foot soldiers, valiantly battling through their resistance until they come face to face with the warlord himself.

An honourable carriage driver finds love and death when he battles particularly homicidal street punks

Fists fly when four generations of old-school fighters compete for Madame Green Plum's beautiful daughter in this action-packed martial arts classic. Kung fu masters Silver Spear, Red Leaf, Fast Steed and Green Lotus must survive dangerous obstacles and fight each other to the death to wed the lovely maiden of the Green Jade Villa and inherit her millions. Tin Peng, Meng Fei, Chan Sing, Doris Lung, Tin Yau and Tong Wai star.

Immortal Warriors is a Taiwanese Martial Arts movie.

The place: Shanghai. The time: 1921. The Japanese aggression towards China is getting stronger each day. Enter Hsueh Ao-Lin, an agent of the government sent to uncover the Chinese traitors helping the enemy. Once inside, Hsueh must fight both the Japanese and his countrymen for his sake, and the future of China.

Tong Bo Wan and Chang Yi are two expert martial artists who protect the famous Whampoa wharf in Guangzhou from gangsters who are expoiting the dock workers.

Upon their invasion of Taiwan in 1874, the Japanese team up with a sinister tong to hold a martial arts tournament in a plot to root out and assassinate the region's top resistance fighters, thereby breaking the spirit of Chinese patriotism. Two local kung-fu masters prove more than a match for the invaders.

Sensing a rebellion is brewing in the small town of Lung Wei Village, the Manchu warlords command the village magistrate to hunt down the rebels. He hires four warriors, all of them expert martial artists, to stop the rebellion. The stakes are high: If they don't succeed, the rebels may change the course of Chinese history.

When the three most feared fighters in the land are defeated by The First Family and leader Chen Tien Wei is elected Chief of the Martial World, the treachery that follows will find the noble leader attempting to uncover the traitor that has poisoned the clan from the inside in a dazzling martial arts epic from Chen Chi Hua. "Militant Dragon and Tiger," "Devil Stars," and "Three Horrid Mice" have tormented the countryside for far too long. Upon their defeat at the hands of the First Family, Wei is elected Chief of the Martial World by the grateful population of the Chinese countryside. His house subsequently beset upon by a malevolent band of anonymous fighters and vengeful wizards who seek to destabilize Wei's reign, Wei must now seek out the betrayer who lurks in his midst and restore his honor before his rule collapses under the weight of disloyalty

This early Taiwanese Wuxia film is a classic genre tale of a revenge-seeking swordswoman (Cheung Ching-ching).

The story of Rider of Revenge revolves around a convict on the death row, who has killed many people and hidden a huge stash of loot somewhere. Several parties race against time and each other to get him out of jail, including the dashing daughter of the chief constable (Shang-Kuan Ling Feng), an upright lone swordsman (Tien Peng), a chivalrous young man (Chiang Pin), and gangsters coveting the treasure.

A swordsman uses a specialized weapon made from a deformed sword, the lethal hook, to fight an underworld clan to clear his family name and save the girl he loves in ancient China.

A mysterious masked venom clan wreak havoc in the martial world as feuds erupt over a the coveted dazzling scimitar. Superb Taiwan swordplay action Venoms style.

The General's daughter (Polly Kuan) teams up with the righteous leader of a poor band of salt traders (Pai Ying) to help smash the reign of terror over the town's folk by the army. A personal quest for revenge develops between the two heads of each side resulting in a bloody and bleak conclusion for all...

Top star, Chang Yi plays a swordsman, who is out to avenge his father and uncle. The story starts with a lecherous young master who wants to rape the daughter of Chang Yi's uncle. When they resist, the young master and his goons kill the uncle. Chang Yi appears and kills the young master and his goons. The young master's father goes to Chang Yi's home to take revenge and kills his father in the process

Taiwanese Kung Fu actor Yip Fei, (Snuff Bottle Connection) stars in this superb swordplay film from Taiwan. A swordsman known for his flute playing style: dispatches his foes in the bloodiest of ways.

Set in Sung Dynasty at a tumultuous time when China is invaded by the northern Jin Empire, the story revolves around swordsman Ge (David Tong Wai), who is wronged for murdering the son of the Prime Minister. Luckily, his superb kung fu helps him escape. But when the Sung General Chang is killed by the Jin Admiral Wanyan, and Chang's beautiful daughter Chu (Han Hsiang Chin) is seeking a patriotic hero to avenge his father's death, Ge pledges to assassinate Wanyan within ten days and marry Chu. But he has to first deal with the four kung fu masters serving under the Jin Admiral.

Thrilling basher from Taiwan set amidst the dangerous and contemporary world of gangsters & counterfeiters. A young Special agent investigates the core of the racket.

This true story covers ground-breaking research into the aviation that took place at the Groom Lake Testing Facility, otherwise known as Area 51, which ensured US Aerial supremacy from the Cold War through to the present day. Utilising CIA documents that have recently been declassified this programme identifies specific individuals who worked at the top secret base in a variety of roles – the radar specialists, pilots and security guards. Their personal testimonies provide a unique impression not just of the work that was carried out, but of the site itself. We reveal just how tight security had to be to keep the development of the U2, A12 and HAVE BLUE aviation programmes under wraps. This is a film that concentrates on delivering history and factual accuracy in a fresh and engaging style – one that answers the question ‘what really happened at Area 51’?

On New Year's Eve with brilliant fireworks, the lonely Wu Jie drove to the river bank, intending to kill herself, but was interrupted by screams. Wu Jie came to the river and found a swollen female corpse. The corpse seems to be preventing Wu Jie from looking for shortness in the dark. Originally thought it was a simple electric fish accident, after the forensic autopsy, the left ring finger of the deceased's left hand was cut off, and her heart was also dug out! At this time, an anonymous The phone call saved the overwhelmed and clueless police officers and let Wu Jie know the identity of the deceased was a lost migrant worker! He followed the line to find Lin Yousheng. Not only was Lin Yousheng stunned to learn that Wu Jie had brought the news of his girlfriend's death, He was even regarded as the number one suspect in the murder of his girlfriend... "Interpol" and "Illegal Migrant Worker" had to jointly pursue the murderer!

A student and political activist becomes the new housemate of a solitary painter. He is brusque and disillusioned, she is filled with hope. Outside, Taiwan is heading towards new presidential elections. Contemporary Asian cinema at its best, in which it's all about timing and rhythm. A visually impressive, layered thriller about politics, art and murder.

A most touching and consistently heart-gripping war drama depicts the heroic deeds of General Chang Tsu-chung who was even held in high esteem and dubbed as “Mars of China” by his Japanese counterpart, General Itagaki during Sino-Japanese war.