Top 250 Movies Like Fu Gui
A list of the best movies similar to Fu Gui. If you liked Fu Gui then you may also like: Nine Dead, Youth, Unfinished Comedy, Uniform, The Warrior and the Wolf and many more great movies featured on this list.
The film is adapted from Yu Hua's novel "Alive".
Unfinished Comedy
Two famous comedians from pre-Revolution days perform a series of sketches in a theatre for a group of Party cadres. The stage performances blend over into absurdist, self-contained fantasy episodes where the two comics allegorically parody Party propaganda and ideological orthodoxy.
The Warrior and the Wolf
Set during China's the Warring States Period (476-221 BC), benevolent warrior Chenkang Lu (Joe Odagiri) enters into a torrid love affair with a woman (Maggie Q) from the nomadic Harran tribe. Their relationship sends the warrior to a place where humans were once wolves...
Nanking
The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded together to save 250,000. Nanking shows the tremendous impact individuals can make on the course of history.
Night Train
Wu Hongyan is a female bailiff in a regional court in West China dealing with women awaiting execution—more often than not, sentenced for crimes of passion. Every weekend, without much luck, she looks for love at the Good Luck Matchmaking dance, until she meets the husband of one of her prisoners.
Rich and Strange
Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.
The Road Home
Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.
Blind Mountain
Young student Bai Xuemei is cheated and sold as a wife by human traffickers to a remote village. Raped and beaten, she leads the life of a sex slave and child-bearer with no hope of escape because of the villagers apathy and selfishness.
The Bridge
Factory workers in 1947 repair a bridge over Song Hua River so that Communist forces can use it.
The Transporter
Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.
Mulan
When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. She is spirited, determined and quick on her feet. Disguised as a man by the name of Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her innermost strength and embrace her true potential.
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.
The Fastest Guitar Alive
Confederate super-spy Johnny and his partner in crime Steve travel to San Francisco near the end of the Civil War, masquerading, respectively, as a singer/guitar instructor and a magic-elixir vendor. Once there, Johnny dons a fake wig, beard and mustache, and steals Union gold to bring back to the South, aided by a guitar that doubles as a gun.
Age of Bloom
A montage of scenes from vintage Chinese films—most of which were considered lost until some nitrate prints were discovered in a California warehouse in the 1990s—set to the song "Hua yang de nian hua" ("Age of Bloom") by Zhou Xuan.
Mojin: The Worm Valley
Legendary tomb explorer Hu Bayi is on a dangerous mission as he seeks out the Tomb of Emperor Xian, located on an island of monstrous creatures in this mystical action-adventure.
My Lucky Star
My Lucky Star is a 2013 Chinese romance film directed by Dennie Gordon and starring Zhang Ziyi and Leehom Wang. The film also serves as a prequel to the 2009 film Sophie's Revenge.
A Spray of Plum Blossoms
Bai Le De and Hu Lun tung are military cadets. After graduating, Hu Lin Tung is appointed captain of Guangdong headquarters and goes away. Later, Bae Le De is also appointed to a post at the same place. Hu Lun Ting falls in love with Luo Hua, daughter of the local commander.
Still Life
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.
To Be Alive!
"To Be Alive!" was designed to celebrate the common ground between different cultures by tracing how children in various parts of the world mature into adulthood.
Flight to Hong Kong
On an airliner bound for Hong Kong, Tony, a career crook who deals in stolen diamonds, agonizes over whether he should stick with his girlfriend or pursue Pamela, an intriguing novelist with whom he's instantly infatuated. Viewing Tony's dastardly deeds as great material for her new book, Pamela gladly encourages him to continue his criminal behavior.
Pali Road
PALI ROAD is a mysterious and thrilling journey in search for true love between two different worlds. Lily, a young doctor, wakes up from a car accident and discovers she is living a completely different life. Now married to her boyfriend’s rival, Dr. Mitch Kayne, and a mother to a 5-year-old son, she has an established life she remembers nothing about. Everyone around her denies that her boyfriend Neil ever existed. As Lily begins to doubt her own sanity, memories of Neil resurface, causing her to encounter unexplainable incidents. While desperately searching for the truth of her past life, she questions her entire existence; but in the end, she discovers the meaning of true love.
Wings Over Everest
An experienced mountain rescue team is tasked with recovering crucial documents from Everest’s notorious death zone
More Dead than Alive
When the multiple murderer Cain is released from prison after 18 years, he wants to settle down as a rancher and never touch a gun again. But his former life haunts him; not only that nobody wants to give him a job, some villains also want to pay him back. So he has to accept the offer of showman Ruffalo to perform as "Killer Cain" in his traveling shooting show. However after 18 years without practice even Ruffalo's young assistant Billy shoots better than Cain.
Elvis Found Alive
In this mockumentary spoof of Elvis theories, Elvis has been FOUND ALIVE! After visiting Graceland, a Freedom of Information Act request is made for US government files on Elvis Presley. Incredibly, documents arrived from the FBI revealing an address for Federal Agent "Jon Burrows," Elvis' 1970's alias, in Simi Valley, California.
Holy Robe of Shaolin Temple
Disguised as a Holy Monk of the Golden Light Temple, Tian Yuan challenges the high priest of Shaolin for ultimate rule of the holy place. But just as combat ensues, Emperor Tang's guards overrun the temple, killing all in their path (except a small group of priests who escape with the venerated - and magical - holy robe). The evil emperor will lose power if he can't locate the robe. But the monks aren't giving it up without a helluva fight!
The Chinese Ring
Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
Ivy + Bean
Ivy and Bean never expected to be friends. Ivy is quiet, thoughtful and observant. Bean is playful, exuberant and fearless. However, sometimes an adventure reveals that opposites can become the best of friends.
The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven
Sun Wukong, aka the Monkey King, rebels against the Jade Emperor of Heaven as well as other gods who live there.
Matchless Mulan
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Rouran army invaded the border, and the country called up military residents to go out to battle. To perform the duty for her father, Hua Mulan disguised herself as a man and came to battlefield.
Deadend of Besiegers
Wuwechimato journeys to China to learn Chinese kung fu but finds himself on board a boat filled with Japanese pirates whose only mission is plunder and pillage. When he intervenes on behalf of an adolescent Chinese girl about to be kidnapped, he is targeted by the pirates while also assumed by the Chinese villagers to be one of the pirates. Only when the girl hides him and teaches him some of her language, does he manage to convince other important villagers of his innocence.
Set Off
Lao Cui, a good-for-nothing but kind-hearted man running a Chinese restaurant in Cyprus. He comes home to Beijing only to find his wife cheated on him, pregnant with his best friend's baby. Devastated, Cui's misfortune is further compounded by the news that his business partner is going to sell his restaurant. Before he flies back to Cyprus, Cui bumps into a sassy girl named Xiao Xia, and his real nightmare has only just begun ...
Big Blade Wang Wu
Moslems vs. Manchus martial arts action as we follow the legend of swordsman Wang Wu and the "Reformation" resistance in the late Qing Dynasty. Based on a true life individual.
Genghis Khan
Much more accurate description of the life of Genghis Khan than any western films, including his military and political skills.
Christmas for Keeps
At Christmastime, a close-knit group of childhood friends returns home after 10 years to take part in the celebration of life of their beloved high school teacher.
Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance
Ivy and Bean sign up for ballet, only to learn they'll be dancing in a recital in front of hundreds of people. Time to get out of it — tout suite!
Lobster Cop
Four police officers open up a lobster restaurant as a cover in order to catch a notorious drug dealer, only to find their secret recipe is more popular than they expect. When they get caught up in their new business venture, they find a bigger conspiracy at work.
The Cop, the Criminal and the Clown
A bungling robber steals and resells for next to nothing a seemingly worthless piece of art that had 50 00$ belonging to a member of the Marseillaise Mafia hidden its framework. Dressed as a priest in an effort to hide from the dangerous threats, he is then mistaken by two police officers for Claude Laurin, a police investigator who they think is undercover.
The Way of the Bug
A young man from a rural village travels a long way to meet his long-lost grandfather on his deathbed, only to find himself taking over the large triad enterprise his grandfather left behind, with hilarious results.
Wu Hai
Yang Hua and Miao Wei form a happily married couple living in Wuhai, a small city surrounded with astonishing desert scenery in Inner Mongolia. Yet, the husband, Yang Hua, often feels stressed over the financial differences between his and his wife’s families. He partners with his friend Luo Yu in commercial lending, but unfortunately the business fails and he becomes bogged down in debts. One day, Yang Hua's family, friends, debts collectors, and debtors come one after another, depriving him of his last bit of dignity.
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
In a war that has left more than 25,000 wounded, ALIVE DAY MEMORIES: HOME FROM IRAQ looks at a new generation of veterans. Executive Producer James Gandolfini interviews ten Soldiers and Marines who reveal their feelings on their future, their severe disabilities and their devotion to America. The documentary surveys the physical and emotional cost of war through memories of their "alive day," the day they narrowly escaped death in Iraq.
Extinct or Alive: The Tasmanian Tiger
A trio of experts venture into Tasmania's undeveloped wilderness in search of the Tasmanian Tiger, one of the most terrifying predators ever to walk the earth.
I Am Still Alive
The story tells of a 16-year-old girl who is sent to live with her long-lost, and off-the-grid, father in the Canadian wilderness. When he’s murdered by men from his past, the girl and her dog are forced to survive on their own. Things get even more complicated when the men return, and the girl has a chance to exact vengeance.
Love and Bruises
Hua, a young woman from Beijing, is a recent arrival in Paris. Exiled in an unknown city, she wanders between her tiny apartment and the university, drifting between former lovers and recent French acquaintances. She meets Matthieu, a young worker who falls madly in love with her. Possessed by an insatiable desire for her body, he treats Hua like a dog. An intense affair begins, marked by Matthieu’s passionate embraces and harsh verbal abuse. When Hua determines to leave her lover, she discovers the strength of her addiction, and the vital role he has come to play in her life as a woman.
True North
The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.
China Rose
A man arrives in China to search for his son, whom he hasn't seen in many years. A female American Embassy employee, who knows the country and speaks the language, is assigned to assist him, but soon they run into more trouble than they expected.
Guns N'Roses
The film tells the story of a group of Chinese youths who robbed a bank of the “Manchuguo”, a puppet regime formed in China’s northeastern provinces by Japanese invaders in the 1930s and ’40s.
Over Again
The story follows two childhood friends as they go back in time to try and prevent the suicide of their other best friend.
Java Head
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot marry her due to a long-running feud between their fathers. After a lengthy voyage, he returns with a very exotic, noble Chinese wife, which scandalizes the conservative town. His other son, a "landlubber", seeks to convert to steamships, to the disgust of his father. Even worse, he is secretly dealing in contraband.
The White-Haired Girl
Yang Bailao, a tenant farmer, lives with his daughter Xi'er. The despotic landlord, Huang Shiren, attempts to forcibly take Xi'er for himself. On the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival, Huang forces Yang to sell his daughter as repayment of the debt Yang owes him.
The Last Empress
There were three women lived with Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, during 1922 and 1924. Wan-jung, the Queen, ended up with being insane. Tan Yuling died. Wenxiu, a concubine, was eliminated from the Royal family. This is the story of the fate of three women, including the wife and cousin of who have a lesbian relationship
The White Snake: A Love Affair
The two sisters of Lingshe Mountain - White Snake and Green Snake - devoted themselves to cultivating of immortality. The White Snake was in danger during the tribulation. Fortunately, Xu Xian, who went to the mountain to search for medicine, rescued her. In a dream White Snake learns the words of the poem "Enter the world, know the warmth and the cold" and enters the city in search of a cause. The Great Demon King of the Yin Division coveted the White Snake's pearl for nearly a thousand years. Knowing that the White Snake is alive, he sent his subordinate judges to seal the city for her search. White Snake meets Xu Xian and cures his classmate Gao Jin's critically ill father. When he finds out that the White Snake is a demon, he tells the Underworld that he will take revenge.
The Bride With Painted Skin
After the death of princess Hanyang of the southern Tang Dynasty, she turned into a skeleton succubiness, who borrowed the first beautiful woman in the south of the Yangtze river, Ximen Yan skin, and transformed into a young woman with a charming an. Scholar Wang Ziyu encounters the skeleton succubus that incarnate Ximen Yan accidentally, see admire, knot Qin Jin in all. Unexpectedly, the bride is hiding under the skin of demons. The wife Chen Ying that is driven out of a house prince jade, see Wang Jia encounters evil spirit misfortune, invite exorcist path grows urn and its apprentice small steamed stuffed bun. Kill the skeleton banshee on the earth, the exorcist Daoren who is bent on behead, and stage a battle of love and hatred between people and demons. The film is based on the Chinese classical novel Liaozhai Zhiyi.
The Peacock Princess
Tells the story of a corrupt emperor, his bigoted philosophies, and the princess who convinces him to change his evil ways.
Inside an Old Grave
Base on "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". an Chinese classic A love story between a young scholar and a spirit of a dead girl.
Covered: Alive in Asia
Christian musician Israel Houghton leads his band Israel & New Breed on a tour supporting their newest album of multicultural, hybrid-genre songs.
Dong jin xu qu
“It’s a story, adapted from the homonymous drama, that the new Forth Army struggles with the branch of Jiangsu-Shandong-Anhui of Kuomindang for Anti-Japanese, solidification and against surrender, abruption during the way going east.It reflects the complicate situation during the Anti-Japanese War andthe victory of the Anti-Japanese unibus policies of the CCP Center and Chairman Mao.” From the English Red Movie blurb
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.
Secret Order Intercept
Set in the anti-Japanese war, a Japanese commander who killed a lot of Chinese receives an order to return to Japan. Scouts from the eighth route army must intercept the executioner before he leaves China.
The Stars are Bright Tonight
In the winter of 1948, the Huaihai battlefield. The telephone operator Yuxiang (played by Huang Xiaolei) rescued the rural girl Yuxiang (played by Li Xiuming) who was about to hang herself during the mission. Yuxiang has nothing to do with her, and she is willing to accept her personally and tell her sufferings of being homeless.
Made Out Alive
A few friends find themselves in the middle of an evacuated bio hazard zone. Soon forced with the reality that the area they are in has become overrun with zombie like infected people. The characters are forced to make choices that leave some dead and help some survive.
Midnight Visit Record
A reporter from the TV station went to Zhangtou Village, a remote mountain village known for monkey opera, arranged by colleagues Fang Hong and Xiaobin on the TV station to interview. However, after entering the village, many strange things happened to them one after another. Out of the professional instinct of discovering and revealing secrets, the three reporters went deep into the mountain forest to find out, but "Xiaoguang" suddenly went crazy and even disappeared, covering the mountain village with strange things with an unknown fear.
A Day in the Life of a Teddy Bear
Jinxi is a violinist, about to fulfill her dream of moving to Vienna to continue with her music studies. While trying to settle her affairs before departing, her encounter with Panos, a Greek architect newly arrived to Shanghai, will have a disrupting effect on her life. During the course of one day, their relationship will go through ups and downs and bring them in front of life-changing dilemmas.
Huayao Bride in Shangrila
"Huayao Bride in Shangri-la" (2005) features a beautiful and wild village girl of the Hua Yao Yi minority tribe in Yunnan. Dancing with flying dragons, she has to choose between love and her passion for the colourful dances.
Jin Tai Lang's Happy Life
When your parents don’t approve of your spouse, is a happy life possible? Mi Xiao is a reporter for a Beijing news agency who meets and falls in love with Jin Liang, a gynecologist. When Xiao Mi insists on marrying Liang, Xiao Mi’s single mother, Wang Shu Hua, nearly has a heart attack but is forced to accept the relationship. But when living with Liang’s father, Jin Tai Zhu, turns out to be more difficult than imagined, Xiao Mi’s mother refuses to just stand by and just watch.
Qiu Haitang
During the Republic of China, a Beijing Opera actor named Wu Yuqin specializes in performing in female roles. He takes the stage name Qiu Haitang and is invited to dinner by an admiring warlord Yuan. He later meets Luo Xiangqi, a graduate of a female performance school. The two of them fall in love but it turns out that she is warlord Yuan's wife...
200 Cigarettes from Now
Fall 2019, Xia gaps from college and moves to Boston, working as a remote screenwriter. Living together with her best friend Jie, a struggling actor, they throw themselves into a faraway filmmaking dream, spending their time together on chain-smoking, daydreaming, and just being self-indulgent as if they have all the time in the world to kill.
After Being Trapped
After the leader of Qingdao CPC was trapped by enemy, a new leader comes. He makes efforts to save the predecessor and find out the traitor.
The film is adapted from Yu Hua's novel "Alive".
A list of the best movies similar to Fu Gui. If you liked Fu Gui then you may also like: Nine Dead, Youth, Unfinished Comedy, Uniform, The Warrior and the Wolf and many more great movies featured on this list.
Nine Dead
Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?