Best Chinese history movies

Sacrifice (2020)

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.

The Volunteers: To the War (2023)

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, New China was faced with "internal and external troubles". Since the outbreak of the Korean Civil War, the U.S. military has repeatedly provoked the border between China and North Korea, and civilians have been brutally bombed. In order to maintain the hard-won peace and long-term stability for generations, in October 1950, the Chinese People's Volunteers entered North Korea, and the "Resist US Aid Korea" war kicked off.

Railway Heroes (2021)

The historical story of an enemy fighting the wits and courage of an extraordinary brave group of ordinary heroes known as the "Lunan Railway Brigade" who desperately fight to defend their homeland.

Decisive Engagement: The Liaoxi Shenyang Campaign (1991)

First part of the Decisive Engagement trilogy. Directed by Pingfen Li et al.

Hands Up! (2003)

Mulan the Heroine (2020)

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Mulan joined the army for his father and returned with honor. Ten years later, Rouran broke the border again, and Mulan resolutely returned to the battlefield. To save Tuoba, Mulan fell into the enemy. In prison, Mulan saw through Kunpeng's tricks. Kunpeng killed Khan and blamed Mulan. Mulan battled Kunpeng to protect innocent people. The princess pointed out that the real murderer was Kunpeng. Kunpeng was killed in the melee. The chaos subsided. This film celebrates peace and national harmony, and shows that Mulan, as a woman, does not abandon her compatriots, does not abandon her country, and constantly strives for the outstanding quality and family feelings.

Purple Butterfly (2003)

Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encounter reunites her with Itami, an ex-lover and officer with a secret police unit tasked with dismantling Purple Butterfly.

Matchless Mulan (2020)

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.

Lady of the Dynasty (2015)

The tragic story of a Tang Dynasty imperial consort who was the favorite of the Emperor Xuanzong.

The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death (2024)

The movie focuses on the battle of Cheolwon, where the 63rd Army of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPVA) was ordered to enter the battlefield of Cheolwon in May 1951, just after a month-long battle, to fight against four divisions of the United Nations Army (UNA). The volunteers fought with bloodshed and finally brought the enemy to the negotiation table.

Decisive Engagement: The Huai-hai Campaign (1991)

Winner of the Golden Rooster for Best Film in 1992

Coyote's Deadly Action (2023)

In 1943, in the Lunan area of ​​Shandong Province, Chen Tian Fang, commander of the Lunan Independent Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, led his troops to block the Japanese army. Chief of Staff Lu Chong received an urgent message and mobilized Qin Feng's Canglang Commando to go to Ganyu in the northernmost part of Jiangsu to rescue our party comrade Wang Hua who was imprisoned by the Japanese army. During the rescue process, Wang Hua was attacked and sacrificed. Ouyang Bing's identity as a communist was exposed and he left the military command action team. Through the secret message Wang Hua left on Ouyang Bing before his death, Ouyang Bing learned the location of the tungsten to the west of Shijiagou. The Canglang Commando rushed to Jixiang Village, where the Japanese army was also looking for tungsten. The Canglang Commando and others blocked the Japanese army, withstood the Japanese offensive and successfully transferred the tungsten.

Decisive Engagement: Beiping-Tianjin Campaign (1992)

Winner of the Golden Rooster for Best Film in 1992

Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)

A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

My War (2016)

Historical drama following the Chinese volunteers sent to fight in the Korean War against the US where they experienced life and death and established profound revolutionary feelings.

The Founding of an Army (2017)

The Founding of an Army is a 2017 Chinese film commissioned by China's government to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.

The Hundred Regiments Offensive (2015)

The Japanese has invaded far into china, defeating the Kuomintang (KMT) soldiers many times and pushing them back into Central China. There was a general sentiment among anti-Japanese resistance forces that the Communist Party of China (CCP) was not contributing enough to the war, and that they were only interested in expanding their power. As a result, the CCP planned a major offensive against the Japanese, consisting of 105 regiments, called the Hundred Regiments Offensive.

Snow Leopard Secret War (2021)

Snow Leopard Secret War is set in 1943, when the war in the pacific was still going on, causing the Japanese army to be affected and had to switch to defense mode. However, they were carrying out another battle plan, a large-scale attack began, they also tasked agents with lying in the area and illegally transporting weapons. . At this time, the leader of the Independent Troupe Tiger Tou Son Bat Lo Luu Vien found the spies and successfully prevented an impending war.

Death and Glory in Changde (2010)

Directed by Shen Dong and starring Ray Lui, An Yixuan and Yuan Wenkang, Death and Glory in Changde recalls one of the most cruel and controversial battles during China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), Changde Battle, in November 1943.

Eight Hundred's March To Beipo (2020)

In order to rescue Li Xifeng, the soul of the army of China, who was trapped by 100,000 barbarians in the North Slope, General Huang Zizai organized 800 prisoners and civilians... A team of eight hundred men entered the North Slope City through the secret passageway of the tomb after thousands of dangers and rescued Li who was holding on to the fight.

Salute to the Heroes (2020)

In 1950, the Korean War broke out, the war on both sides of the Yalu River, a new serious threat to China's security. Countless outstanding young people have joined the Chinese People’s Volunteers to defend their hard-won happy homeland and the new China.

Battle on Shangganling Mountain (1956)

(From Wikipedia)- "Battle on Shangganling Mountain follows a group of Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers who are holding Triangle Hill for several days against US forces. Short of both food and water, they hold their ground until the relief troops arrive. The movie portray the battle as a Chinese victory over an American invasion, and the People's Volunteer Army soldiers were shown as Chinese war heroes."

Along the Sungari River (1947)

Unfortunate events beset a poor Chinese girl as she escapes from invading Japanese forces, narrowly avoids being raped, and seeks solace in a neighboring village.

82 Warriors (2013)

On March 18, 1943, 82 warriors from the 4th Company of the 19th Regiment of the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army fought in a blocking battle at Liulaozhuang in Huaiyin, Jiangsu Province. In order to cover the safe transfer of the main force and party and government agencies, as a force The weak side stubbornly resisted more than 10 attacks by more than 1,000 Japanese troops. Although all 82 commanders and combatants died heroically, the Japanese army suffered a huge result of more than 170 casualties and more than 200 injuries. There are no mountains, hills, forests or swamps here, and there are no tall buildings to block the enemy. The asymmetric combat with troops and weapons and equipment against the enemy achieved extraordinary results under impossible circumstances and fought an unrestricted war. The fourth company blocked the Japanese troops for more than 10 hours, successfully covering the safe transfer of the people in Liulaozhuang

Ice Sniper (2022)

Landmine Warfare (1963)

In the Japanese war, a village on the edge of Chinese-controlled territory faces constant attacks. The leaders and the people of the village and other nearby villages join together to form a militia and plant land-mines to halt the Japanese.

The Great Turning: Push Forward into Mountain Da Bie Shan (1996)

Cross the Yalu River (2021)

The Beginning (2024)

In the summer of 1917, Mao Zedong and his fellow student Xiao Zisheng, who were studying at Hunan First Normal University, embarked on a journey of poverty with only pen and ink, without a single word. Over the course of more than a month, they traveled to five places, measured the world with their footsteps, and felt the people with their hearts. In the process of opening up the "wordless book" of society, Mao Zedong gradually realized the location of the "great source" he explored day and night. This journey became an extremely important starting point in his life path.

1921 (2021)

Tells the story of a Communist Party's early history during the turbulent era, examining the remarkable Chinese revolutionary leaders' zeal and contrition for the ascension of the Chinese people.