1. Boonie Bears: To the Rescue
The lives of the bear bothers change dramatically when a little girl finds herself in the forest and they must fight bad guys to bring her to safety.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
2. Samurai Banners (風林火山)
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
3. The Emperor and the Assassin (荆轲刺秦王)
In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.
It has an average vote of 6.955 on TMDB.
4. In the Heat of the Sun (阳光灿烂的日子)
Beijing, 1970s. The Cultural Revolution has driven most adults to the provinces leaving 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery known as "girls."
It has an average vote of 7.72 on TMDB.
5. Lotus Lantern (宝莲灯)
A young boy named Chen Xiang uses a magical lotus lantern to search for and rescue his mother, a goddess, from the cruel punishment she received from her brother, the king of the gods, for falling in love with a mortal man.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
6. The Gate of Heavenly Peace
The Gate of Heavenly Peace is a feature-length documentary about the 1989 protest movement, reflecting the drama, tension, humor, absurdity, heroism, and many tragedies of the six weeks from April to June in 1989. The film reveals how the hard-liners within the government marginalized moderates among the protesters , while the actions of radical protesters undermined moderates in the government. Moderate voices were gradually cowed and then silenced by extremism and emotionalism on both sides.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
7. The World (世界)
A young dancer, her security-guard boyfriend and others work at World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the Beijing suburbs.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
8. Dust of Angels (少年吔，安啦！)
A-Guo and A-Dou are two teenagers living in an industrial town in Taiwan, who fight, loaf, and cause trouble all day and hang out with Jie, a young gangster. When Jie's gangland patron is gunned down, the trio set out to revenge the killing. As a result, the two teens are forced into hiding.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
9. Sacrifice (金刚川)
In 1953, the Korean War is entering the final stage. The People's Volunteer Army of China has launched the last major battle in Kumsong. In order to arrive at the battleground on time and deliver enough force to the Kumsong front line, the soldiers have to defend themselves against the never ending bombing of enemy bombers and race with time to repair bridges, all under the circumstance of supply shortages and inferior equipment. The rarely told history slowly unfolds.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
10. Blind Massage (推拿)
A drama centered on the employees of a Nanjing massage parlor who share a common trait: they are all blind.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
11. The Sun Also Rises (太阳照常升起)
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
It has an average vote of 7.549 on TMDB.
12. Yu Pui Tsuen III (大內密探之零零性性)
Ming Dynasty secret agent Ling Ling Ling is assigned to investigate a drug poisoning involving a performance enhancing drug in the brothel, Ying Chun Kwok. Ling thought hard and finally came up a disguise as the author of Yuk Po Tuen to sneak into the brothel. The prostitutes in order to get their names into the book all tempted Ling, who in order to appaise the ladies, turned the book into a book of dirty stories. One day, a blind servant Yuk Chu Nui is auditioned, Ling learned that the buyer would receive the drug, so he bidded up the prices hoping to receive the evidence. Who would expect that someone else is bidding with a higher price?
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
13. The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven (大闹天宫)
Sun Wukong, aka the Monkey King, rebels against the Jade Emperor of Heaven as well as other gods who live there.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
14. Hidden Man (邪不压正)
A martial arts-infused spy thriller set in 1937 Beijing. A time when China was lurching between revolution, prosperity, and chaos.
It has an average vote of 6.617 on TMDB.
15. Never Say Never (八角笼中)
A former boxing champion takes decides to break a few rules and train orphans from China's remote countryside in order to give them a future.
It has an average vote of 7.19 on TMDB.
16. Failan (파이란)
After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
17. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge (賽德克‧巴萊：彩虹橋)
After the uprising at Wushe, Mona Rudao faces a guerrilla war against the militarily superior Japanese and Seediq clans. He and his followers must fight for their dignity and honor so that they can truly be "Seediq Bale" or "real men." Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge is Part two of the two-part, four-hour Taiwanese edition of the film Warriors of the Rainbow.
It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.
18. A Simple Life (桃姐)
The relationship between a middle-aged man and the elderly woman, who has been the family's helper for sixty years.
It has an average vote of 7.481 on TMDB.
19. To Live (活着)
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.
It has an average vote of 8.042 on TMDB.
20. 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.
