Best movies like The Legend of the Nanhai Mermaid
A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like The Legend of the Nanhai Mermaid Starring Chai Wei, Zhao Ziluo, Kingdom Yuen, Wu Chengxuan, and more. If you liked The Legend of the Nanhai Mermaid then you may also like: The Warlords, The Willoughbys, Northanger Abbey, The Kidnappers, All About Women 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.
Based on stories from Gan Bao’s popular medieval book «In Search of the Sacred, In Search of the Supernatural» (Soushen Ji), but happened in years of early Chinese Republic and War of Separatism. Young orphan Lu Xinzhi became a pro rogue. One day Lu and his younger brother Mao Mao went to rob the abandoned Shen's Mansion.
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The Willoughbys
When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
Northanger Abbey
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
The Kidnappers
After losing their father in the Boer War, orphaned brothers Harry and Davy must leave their home in Scotland to live with their grandmother and cantankerous grandfather in Nova Scotia. The boys want nothing more than a pet dog, but their grandfather refuses to get them one. Then, when the brothers find an abandoned baby, they decide to keep it – but the foundling may not have been abandoned after all.
All About Women
A series of intertwining stories focus on the lives and transformations of three women and their romantic relationships.
If There Be Thorns
Christopher and Cathy Dollanganger live together as man and wife with Cathy's two sons who are unaware of the incestuous nature of their parents' relationship. But when a mysterious woman moves in next door and befriends the younger boy, Bart, he begins a strange transformation and displays accusatory behavior towards Cathy and Christopher. When Christopher discovers their mysterious neighbor is, in fact, his mother Corrine Dollanganger, all of the family's long-hidden secrets are revealed in a tragic climax.
Escape to Witch Mountain
Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.
Dark of the Sun
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
Dragon Tiger Gate
Three young martial arts masters emerge from the back streets of Hong Kong to help the powerless fight injustice.
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his uncle is a warlock, Lewis begins learning magic, but when he rebelliously resurrects an evil warlock he must find the secret of the house and save the world from destruction.
The Hazing
The Evil Dead meets Scream as an evil professor, through an ancient staff and a book of incantation, possesses the bodies of a group of fraterity and sorority pledges during a night of "hazing" activities in an abandoned mansion. When the students meet one grisly death after another, the survivors finally realize it's the professor who is possessing their friends and killing them all off. Now none of them trust each other-- is it their friends or puppets of the professor that they're hanging with? Somone better figure it out quick... or none of them will make it through the hellish night of The Hazing!
Dark House
A young man sets out on a trip that takes him to an abandoned mansion that holds the origins of his dark family legacy.
Mao Zedong 1949
The film is set in 1949, as the members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China prepare to establish a new Chinese state, the People's Republic of China.
Monster Hunt
Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.
Tai Chi Hero
Chinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second instalment of the "Tai Chi" trilogy continues the journey of Yang Luchan, a gifted child with a fleshy growth on his forehead who helped save a village from a frightening army of steampunk soldiers bearing strange machines with the knowledge of Tai Chi that they entrusted him with.
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
Crystalstone
Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister Maria refuse to be separated from each other by their caretaker aunt. With a cross as their guide, they embark on a perilous, but ultimately rewarding adventure in search of a mystical gem that holds the key to happiness. They escape the fearsome metal hook of a pirate and are helped by a delightfully drunken Captain in their quest for the magic stone.
House of Shadows
Audrey investigates a murder that occured 23 years ago in a dark mansion. She searches for the dead body, the killer, and the truth.
The Leprechaun's Curse
Tilly has inherited a Manor House. Soon, she will learn just how she has managed to inherit it when an evil Leprechaun begins to stalk her down, taking out anyone in its way - for his gold.
New Gods: Yang Jian
Fifteen hundred years after the war of gods, the heaven declined. Yang Jian, the God of Erlang, made a living by working as a catcher. One day, Yang Jian was ordered to hunt down a young man, his own nephew.
The Fate of Swordsman
A straightforward mission turns into much more for an expert martial artist. During the tumultuous time of the Shenlong Era of the Tang Dynasty, martial artist Xie Yun Liu is commanded by his master to escort Prince Li Chong Mao to the capital city of Chang’an. As Yun Liu and Chong Mao are traveling through the Fenghua Valley, they witness Crown Prince Li Chong Jun and Princess Li Hua Wan being attacked,and Yun Liu ends up reluctantly coming to the rescue. Hailed as their savior, Yun Liu is invited back to the imperial Li family’s mansion for a celebration, only to find himself in the thick of other assassination attempts by the warring Wu family. When Yun Liu is challenged to a deadly battle by Lu Wei Lou, the head of the Ming Sect, can he survive the predicament with his life?
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
Tarzan is joined by a reporter and her fiance on a journey to find a boy who was abandoned in the jungle six years earlier. The search party must also battle an evil native, who is out to kill the boy and take over as chief of his brother's tribe.
The Golden Monk
The film tells the story of a monk who realizes he is the reincarnation of Golden Child / Taming Dragon Lohan who was cast down from heaven to experience life and death one hundred times as he broke a sacred rule by falling in love with another fairy, Jade. While Golden Child’s memories were erased, Jade refused to forget their love and accumulated goodwill over one hundred reincarnations…
The Winter of Three Hairs
San mao (3 hairs) was a very popular Chinese comic strip first published in 1935-37, continued from 1948 into the 1990s, about a young orphan boy struggling with life in Shanghai.
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.
Beginning of the Great Revival
A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
The Story of the South China Sea
Set in the early 1970s, enemy warships encroach the islands of South China Sea frequently. The Chinese Navy fights the enemy and protects the islands and people from invasion.
Secret Decree
Set in the Anti-Japanese War, three different forces run into a complicated situation full of bloody conflicts. Who is fighting for country and who betrays?
Du jiang zhen cha ji
PLA send scouts to get through Yangtze River to collect enemy information of defense.
In Search of Spirits
"Sou Shen Ji" is composed of 5 independent horror stories, adapted from the mobile game of the same name, "Sou Shen Ji" game is based on the novel of the same name written by Gan Bao of the Jin Dynasty, "Shan Hai Jing" and other strange novels, traditional Chinese immortals Xia elements are also innovatively integrated into it, presenting a colorful and bizarre world of Xia Xia in the game. Collecting, growing, and fighting are the core of the "Search for Gods" game. Players can surrender hundreds of monsters in the game, and can use the magic pot to train the collected monsters. In addition, "Town Demon Tower", "Explore Other Worlds", dozens of people challenged "Premature Behemoths", "Imperial Soul Fighting" and other original gameplays that are rich in fairy style appeared in the game, allowing players to experience the most abundant , Wonderful Xianxia game experience.
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Jialing County is hit earlier than expected by a flood in 1982 and control measures were not yet implemented.
Based on stories from Gan Bao’s popular medieval book «In Search of the Sacred, In Search of the Supernatural» (Soushen Ji), but happened in years of early Chinese Republic and War of Separatism. Young orphan Lu Xinzhi became a pro rogue. One day Lu and his younger brother Mao Mao went to rob the abandoned Shen's Mansion.
A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like The Legend of the Nanhai Mermaid Starring Chai Wei, Zhao Ziluo, Kingdom Yuen, Wu Chengxuan, and more. If you liked The Legend of the Nanhai Mermaid then you may also like: The Warlords, The Willoughbys, Northanger Abbey, The Kidnappers, All About Women 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.
The Warlords
A heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi.