Top 20 movies like Chindia
Top 20 Movies like Chindia
- 1. A Passage to India
- 2. Billu
- 3. Black Narcissus
- 4. Dragon Lord
- 5. Love and Magnets
- 6. Breakin' All the Rules
- 7. Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
- 8. A First Farewell
- 9. Merry & Gay
- 10. India Speaks
- 11. Barricade
- 12. The Namesake
- 13. Changing Partner
- 14. I Origins
- 15. A Girl from Hunan
- 16. Dragon Day
- 17. Scotch
- 18. Annie Hall
- 19. The Last Emperor
- 20. Shanghai Express
1. A Passage to India
Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
2. Billu (बिल्लू)
When a famous Bollywood actor visits a small village for a film's shoot, a lowly hairdressers claim that they were once childhood friends soon makes him the centre of attention.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
3. Black Narcissus
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
4. Dragon Lord (龍少爺)
Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, the pair leap into action. Also, Cowboy's wealthy father is kidnapped by the villainous and lethal Big Boss, and the scene is set for a furious martial arts showdown.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
5. Love and Magnets (Les aimants)
Back in Montréal after spending five years in Guatemala, Julie moves in with her elder sister, Jeanne, a chronic liar and woman of rather loose sexual morals... Disillusioned with love, Jeanne is nevertheless engaged to Noël. However, Jeanne and Noël lead separate lives, and only communicate by leaving each other messages on the fridge.Everything suddenly becomes very complicated. Jeanne compels Julie to take up with Noël so she can have a fling with a passionate musician. Noël, meanwhile, sets Julie up with Michel -- without Jeanne's knowledge. Julie mixes things up even further. Egged on by her friend Marie-Ève, she alters the contents of the messages on the fridge in an attempt to breathe new life into Jeanne and Noël's relationship. Along the way, she also begins to fall for the seductive Michel. The tables are turned on everyone... In the game of love and truth, illusion leads to betrayal, but love conquers all.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
6. Breakin' All the Rules
After being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking up. When it becomes a smash bestseller, he starts giving his player cousin, Evan, choice tips on how to win the battle of the sexes. After Evan's beautiful girlfriend, Nikki, utters the words "we need to talk", Evan panics and decides to leave her before she can leave him. But when Nikki realizes Evan's connection to break-up guru Quincy, it's these players that end up getting played.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
7. Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
The Byrds are a young couple both working as reporters but for different newspapers. When Mike invents the story of how they had the idea to make a baby his wife at first becomes furious about his article but then she adapts to it and starts to write the story from her side in the other newspaper. Making the articles reality they are now acpecting their first child...
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
8. A First Farewell (第一次的离别)
When Isa is not at school or working on his parents' farmyard, he spends carefree days with his friends - until the outside world starts forcing him to say one goodbye after another.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
9. Merry & Gay
Broadway star Becca comes home for the holidays to see her family and find out if there is still a spark with her high school sweetheart Sam. Sam is hesitant to let Becca in, but their moms have other plans.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
10. India Speaks
A documentary of explorer Richard Halliburton's travels on the Indian sub-continent, featuring a mix of real and staged footage.
11. Barricade
In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
12. The Namesake
After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their native India and blending into American culture. Although parents Ashoke and Ashima are proud of the sacrifices they make to give their children opportunities, their son Gogol strives to forge his own identity without forgetting his heritage.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
13. Changing Partner (夜夜伴肥嬌)
Two mismatched Hong Kong police detectives, Yau and Yue, were assigned to work undercover as a live-in couple to track down a serial killer accused of murdering adulterers. In the meantime, Yau is coping with his girlfriend having left him, and Yue is losing her boyfriend to a college girlfriend of his.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
14. I Origins
A molecular biologist's study of the human eye has far-reaching implications about humanity's scientific and spiritual beliefs.
It has an average vote of 7.595 on TMDB.
15. A Girl from Hunan (湘女萧萧)
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.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
16. Dragon Day
When Duke Evans, out of work NSA analyst, is evicted from his home he moves his family to his grandfather's old cabin. However here they are also threatened when a hellish cyber-attack is unleashed on the US rendering anything with a computer chip useless. He must now keep his family alive, fight off would be thieves and a newly corrupted government and ultimately make the hardest decision of his life- to survive. Written by Patterson, Matt
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
17. Scotch (Scotch)
Two friends who are almost forty, confront the difficulties of loving, in their own way.
18. Annie Hall
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
19. The Last Emperor
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
It has an average vote of 7.627 on TMDB.
20. Shanghai Express
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.