Best movies like Beacon Fire on a Frontier
A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like Beacon Fire on a Frontier Starring Da Qi, Wang Xiaotang, Lie Tian, Renlin Li, and more. If you liked Beacon Fire on a Frontier then you may also like: Assembly, To Live, The East Is Red, Formosa Betrayed, A Hill in Korea and many more popular movies featured on this list. You can further filter the list even more or get a random selection from the list of similar movies, to make your selection even easier.
Political intrigue by the Nationalists among the Jingpo people after the liberation of China.
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To Live
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.
The East Is Red
Pre-Cultural Revolution propaganda at its most lavish, this model opera depicts the history and evolution of the Communist Party of China under Mao Zedong from its founding in July 1921 to the establishment of "New China" in 1949. Detailed in the musical are several key events in CPC history such as the Northern Expedition, the KMT-led Shanghai massacre of 1927, the Nanchang Uprising and formation of the People's Liberation Army, the Long March and the founding of the PRC on October 1, 1949.
Formosa Betrayed
In the early 1980s, an FBI Agent is assigned to investigate the murder of a respected professor. Through his investigation, he unearths a spider web of international secrets that has been thriving within college campuses across America for decades. His investigation takes him across the Pacific to the island nation of Taiwan, where with the help of the outspoken widow and an unlikely spy, he learns that the Professor's killing was not a random act, but a desperate move by a scandalous government intent on keeping its nefarious activities under wraps. Our detective soon finds himself on a collision course against the U.S. State Department, the Chinese Mafia, and the Nationalist Chinese Government - in a land where the truth is not what it seems and the only people he can trust, cannot be trusted at all. Inspired by actual events.
A Hill in Korea
Based on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers serving in the Korean War. Out on a routine patrol, the soldiers find that Chinese troop movements have cut them off from their own lines. They try to fight their way back to safety but with the enemy surrounding them on all sides, the prospects look bleak. Facing almost insurmountable odds, they decide to stand a fight.
Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy
Taking Tiger Mountain was the very first model film produced during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Set during the civil war in 1946, it follows a detachment of the People's Liberation Army in Mandchuria as they are fighting a group of bandits hiding in the mountains. Based on a novel from the 50s, Taking Tiger Mountain was first a revolutionary opera before being made into film by director Xie Tieli.
Di Renjie and Fire Unicorn
In the Lantern Festival, the people pray for the blessing of the Empress Wu Zetian, but a strange beast with a full body of fire appears. It is said that eating the flesh and blood of the unicorn can cure all diseases, so Wu Zetian orders the Secretary of the Da Lisi, Xue Xin, to find out the truth within seven days. When the young Dee comes to Chang'an to be promoted to the position of "Chancellor" of the Da Lisi, he learns of a strange case at the Shang Yuan Festival and that he needs to wait until the case is solved before he can report to the court. Dee, who had wanted to wait for his job to be solved, is intrigued by this strange case and becomes involved in it by mistake.
Operation Red Sea
A squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewaire, on the Arabian Peninsula, and fiercely fights against local rebel groups and Zaka, a terrorist organization.
The Founding of an Army
The Founding of an Army is a 2017 Chinese film commissioned by China's government to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
Cesar Chavez
A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Passionate but soft-spoken, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to working people.
Lei Feng
Lei Feng (December 18, 1940 – August 15, 1962) was a soldier of the People's Liberation Army in the People's Republic of China. After his death, Lei was characterised as a selfless and modest person who was devoted to the Communist Party, Chairman Mao Zedong, and the people of China. In the posthumous "Learn from Comrade Lei Feng" campaign, initiated by Mao in 1963, Lei became the symbol of nationwide propaganda; the youth of the country were encouraged to follow his example. After Mao's death, Lei Feng remained a cultural icon symbolizing selflessness, modesty, and dedication; his name entered daily speech and his imagery appeared on t-shirts and memorabilia.
The Founding of a Republic
The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
A Tale of Three Cities
A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is ravaged by war and revolution.
Liberation
Based on real life events, the film is set in January 1949 and focuses around a group of soldiers involved in the final stages of the Battle of Pingjin
Romance on Lushan Mountain
The film tells the story about the daughter of a Nationalist general who revisits the famous summer resort Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi province in 1980 and falls in love with the son of a senior general of the Chinese Communist Party.
The Birth of New China
In the spring and summer of 1949, the People's Liberation Army launched an offensive under the orders of Mao Zedong and Zhu De, they crossed the Yangtze River and Nanjing was liberated on April 23 which signaled the fall of the KMT regime, Chiang Kai-Shek fled to Taiwan; on October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong standing on the rostrum of Tiananmen, solemnly declared the foundation of the People's Republic of China.
Who Is Undercover
In 1946, to prevent the Chinese civil war, Zhou Enlai who represented the Communists held a talk with the Chinese Nationalist Party, and George C. Marshall, who represented the Americans at Plum Village in Nanjing. A lost notebook stirred the already turbulent peace talk. The ripples alert the three sides and a battle of spy and anti-spy began. Many historical figures like Zhou Enlai, George Marshall, Chiang Kai-shek, Soong May-ling, He Yingqing, Chen Cheng, and Hu Zongnan are depicted in the movie. Other fictional persona such as the ace agent Xiong Huiquan, the female journalist, and a secret spy who belongs to the Confidential Bureau adds tension to the critical moment.
From Victory to Victory
In 1947, the Chinese Red Army sets a trap for the Nationalist forces in Jiangsu province.
Loyal Army Brave Hearts
Set in the liberation war of Hainan Island, PLA learn to sail boats and blow up enemy's warship in an encounter action.
Soldier in White
A heroic People's Liberation Army nurse continues caring for wounded and getting them safely to hospital even though she has been wounded.
In Soupy Mountain
Set in the 1950s, the PLA exterminates residual bandits in the Yunwushan Mountain.
The Great Triumph
Several members of a Nationalist Chinese Army unit that is trapped between Japanese forces and another Chinese unit take revenge when their unit is almost wiped out.
Four Crossings of Chishui
The Red Army and Nationalist forces battle over the Chishui River in 1935.
Yu dao nu chao
The People's Liberation Army and the Nationalists battle over Longwang Island in 1947.
Soul of the Sea
The sailors on a Kuomintang warship revolt, arrest their officers and defect to the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The Fire Boy
In 1950, Xiao Sun, a scout of the People's Liberation Army, comes to the mountainous area of ​​Zhawangzhai to track down a Kuomintang bandit commander.
A General Wearing the Sword
In the winter of 1948, two high-ranking Nationalist officers plan to defect to the Communist side.
The Gunshots of Secrecy Bureau
An agent infiltrating the Nationalist Party in wartime Shanghai finds himself under threat.
Dinglong Town
A Nationalist spy is operating in Dinglong, China, a Communist-held area, after World War II.
Wu du mang mang
Police attempt to stop Nationalist agents from destroying public buildings in Ruancheng after the Red Army occupies the city.
Si li tao sheng
The Nationalists have a secret mission of sending a truckload of coins into the mountains but the commander of the army unit guarding the warehouse where the coins are stored wants them for his own use.
Persian Cat Is on Action
Operation Bosimao is put into effect by Chinese Nationalists to attempt to assassinate the mayor of Shanghai and slow Communist military action against a nearby island.
Political intrigue by the Nationalists among the Jingpo people after the liberation of China.
A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like Beacon Fire on a Frontier Starring Da Qi, Wang Xiaotang, Lie Tian, Renlin Li, and more. If you liked Beacon Fire on a Frontier then you may also like: Assembly, To Live, The East Is Red, Formosa Betrayed, A Hill in Korea and many more popular movies featured on this list. You can further filter the list even more or get a random selection from the list of similar movies, to make your selection even easier.
Assembly
Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang.