20 movies like The Last Princess of Manchuria, ordered by similarity : Departures(2008), Violence at Noon(1966), The Bitter Tea of General Yen(1933), The End of Summer(1962), After the Storm(2016), Rasputin and the Empress(1932), The King's Speech(2010), Howards End(1992), The Adventures of Marco Polo(1938), The Road Home(1999), Anna and the King of Siam(1946), Like Father, Like Son(2013) ...
Drama
Hong Kong
1990
109 Minutes
princess nationalist secret agent father fascinating spirited china japan mongolia palace royalty culture clash expatriates romance eccentricity yoshiko kawashima discovery fall transformation 1910s
A fictionalized account of the life and death of Kawashima Yoshiko, the last princess of Manchuria and a spy for the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Drama
Japan
2008
130 Minutes
Masahiro Motoki Tsutomu Yamazaki Ryôko Hirosue Kazuko Yoshiyuki Kimiko Yo Takashi Sasano Toru Minegishi Tetta Sugimoto Tatsuo Yamada Yukiko Tachibana
cellist japanese man japanese woman morgue employee fascinating gripping quirky japan morgue music dreams life job dream job mortality discovery transformation 2000s
A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.
Drama
Japan
1966
99 Minutes
Hideo Kanze Saeda Kawaguchi Narumi Kayashima Teruko Kishi Hôsei Komatsu Akiko Koyama Kei Satô Taiji Tonoyama Matsuhiro Toura Fumio Watanabe Sen Yano
maid victim rapist wife police officer father bleak disturbing sad japan commune school woods apartment serial rape postwar japan poverty murder investigation disillusionment
Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.
Drama
USA
1933
89 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Nils Asther Walter Connolly Gavin Gordon Toshia Mori Richard Loo Lucien Littlefield Clara Blandick
warlord missionary fiancé spy servant expatriate tense melodramatic spirited intricate china war zone orphanage war missionary work suicide interracial romance opposites attract honor escape
A Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.
Drama, Romance
Japan
1962
103 Minutes
Ganjirô Nakamura Setsuko Hara Yoko Tsukasa Keiju Kobayashi Michiyo Aratama Chieko Naniwa Daisuke Kato
father daughter mistress son-in-law grandson emotional melodramatic kyoto, japan household brewery aging father/daughter relationship family deception sister relationship romance love discovery 1960s
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Drama
Japan
2016
117 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe Yôko Maki Kirin Kiki Taiyô Yoshizawa
private detective family estranged father son mother mourner brooding charming emotional inspiring moving rousing japan town detective agency home family relationships second chance determination
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Drama, History
USA
1932
123 Minutes
John Barrymore Ethel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Ralph Morgan Diana Wynyard Tad Alexander C. Henry Gordon Edward Arnold Gustav von Seyffertitz Dawn O'Day Jean Parker
mystic czar nicholas ii child prince princess doctor dark intense russia palace party hypnosis czarina alexandra royalty rasputin assassination revolution quest rise fall
A prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia.
Drama, History
UK|USA|Australia
2010
118 Minutes
Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush Helena Bonham Carter Guy Pearce Timothy Spall Derek Jacobi Jennifer Ehle Anthony Andrews Claire Bloom Eve Best Michael Gambon
prince actor speech therapist queen elizabeth ii uplifting fascinating england royal palace royalty stuttering unlikely friendship teaching public speaking king george vi rise transformation quest 1940s
The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
Drama
UK|Japan|USA
1992
140 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Emma Thompson Helena Bonham Carter Vanessa Redgrave James Wilby Samuel West Jemma Redgrave Nicola Duffett Prunella Scales Susie Lindeman Adrian Ross Magenty
businessperson wealthy woman sister aunt emotional england mansion restaurant inheritance money jealousy romance class distinctions scandal discovery fall transformation 1910s
A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.
Drama, History
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Gary Cooper Sigrid Gurie Basil Rathbone George Barbier Binnie Barnes Ernest Truex Alan Hale
explorer princess emperor adviser assistant spirited melodramatic peking palace china marco polo expedition travel romance shipwreck discovery love adventure 13th century
Adventurer Marco Polo travels to China, where he finds the Emperor Kublai Khan, court intrigue, danger, and unexpected love.
Drama
1999
90 Minutes
Zhang Ziyi Honglei Sun Yulian Zhao Bin Li Guifa Chang Wencheng Sung Qi Liu Bo Ji Zhongxi Zhang
businessman father teacher mother student communist passionate gripping melodramatic china city rural community road school funeral family teaching reunion tradition father/son relationship
A Chinese businessman (Honglei Sun) recalls the story of the courtship of his mother (Ziyi Zhang) and father (Yulian Zhao), on the occasion of the old man's death.
Drama
USA
1946
128 Minutes
Irene Dunne Rex Harrison Linda Darnell Lee J. Cobb Gale Sondergaard Mikhail Rasumny Dennis Hoey Tito Renaldo
king teacher wife son daughter engaging spirited thailand bangkok royal palace school culture clash friendship jealousy social change westernization discovery transformation 1860s
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
Drama
Japan
2013
120 Minutes
Machiko Ono Yôko Maki Masaharu Fukuyama Lily Franky Kirin Kiki Jun Fubuki Jun Kunimura Shôgen Hwang
father son biological father mother emotional gripping incredible powerful rousing tender japan home hospital outdoors small town city switched identities birth family relationships
Ryota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.
Comedy, Drama
2017
100 Minutes
François Damiens Cécile de France Guy Marchand André Wilms Alice De Lencquesaing Este Ban Lyès Salem Brigitte Roüan
man father sister amusing charming engaging endearing inspiring town identity father/son relationship search secret discovery 2010s
A middle-aged bomb disposal expert faces a different kind of explosive situation when he learns that the man who raised him is not his biological father and the woman he is seeing may be his half sister.
Drama
USA
1992
96 Minutes
John Doe Adam Horovitz David Carradine Timothy Leary Arlo Guthrie Barton Heyman Jennifer Balgobin John Cusack Bill Cobbs Lin Shaye
biker store clerk farmer eccentric factory worker stranger charming offbeat spirited amusing desert the open road nevada los angeles road trip friendship dying wish mission self-discovery obsession
Two strangers meet on the road and travel through Nevada on motorcycle to find an elusive spot where they can dump another man's ashes.
Drama, Action
USA|Sweden|Norway
2011
114 Minutes
Donnie Yen Takeshi Kaneshiro Wei Tang Jia-Min Li Wei Zheng Kang Yu Chun-Yuan Wang Zhusheng Yin
chinese man man demon killer investigator wife thrilling suspenseful intense gory brooding patriotic china shop village murder robbery survival past crimes secret
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
120 Minutes
Amber Tamblyn Alexis Bledel America Ferrera Blake Lively Jenna Boyd Bradley Whitford Nancy Travis Rachel Ticotin Mike Vogel Michael Rady Leonardo Nam
teen girl friend love interest father grandfather grandmother amusing emotional maryland south carolina mexico greece friendship family romance traveling coming of age teen angst transformation discovery
Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
Romance, Drama, History
UK|USA
2009
104 Minutes
Emily Blunt Rupert Friend Paul Bettany Miranda Richardson Jim Broadbent Thomas Kretschmann Jesper Christensen Mark Strong Jeanette Hain Julian Glover Michael Maloney
uncle prince prime minister assassin queen king emotional england castle queen victoria political corruption romance royalty humiliation wedding fall rise transformation 1840s
A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
2007
105 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Sanjay Dutt Saif Ali Khan Vidya Balan Jackie Shroff Jimmy Sheirgill Boman Irani Raima Sen Parikshat Sahni Sharmila Tagore
king prince queen father brother guard spectacular engaging india kingdom fort palace mental illness royalty abuse class conflict betrayal suicide quest transformation
A king, on the advice of his brother, imposes land seizures and other atrocities on the peasants, and a barrage of bullets shatters the fragile peace of the land.
Drama
France
2003
116 Minutes
Roschdy Zem Ivry Gitlis Emma Suárez Valentina Cervi Rita Durão Silke Ayako Fujitani Bassem Samra Georges Abe Amar Attia
hustler artist beautiful woman conductor elderly man fascinating spirited engaging italy russia japan spain street traveling romance art unlikely friendship romantic dilemma mentorship adventure
Sansa is a young man. The camera pursues him, takes a peep at him, tries to catch his face, his look, his cap. The camera gets out of breath running after the man, becoming an observer, a ... See full summary »
Drama
2009
97 Minutes
Sandrine Bonnaire Kevin Kline Valerie Lagrange Francis Renaud Alexandra Gentil Alice Pol Didier Ferrari Laurence Colussi Élisabeth Vitali Daniel Martin Dominic Gould
housekeeper doctor chess player husband daughter expatriate emotional engaging spirited corsica hotel house bar chess self-discovery passion family individuality relationships transformation
A chambermaid (Sandrine Bonnaire) begs a reclusive employer (Kevin Kline) to teach her chess, then discovers that she has a real talent for the game.