HISTORICAL MOVIES: CHINA
The Emperor and the Assassin (1999) - English subtitles/ 221 B.C. unification of China
The Emperor's Shadow (1999) - China/English subtitles
Hero -- China's first emperor unifies the nation
Genghis Khan (1965) -- 1206-1227
Conqueror (1956) -- Mongols under Genghis Khan vs. Tartars
The Mongols (1961)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) -- 1275, in China
Marco Polo (1962)
Marco Polo (1997) -- 1295 with Kublai Khan, opening up the east to trade with the west.
IMPERIALISM: CHINA
Tai Pan (1986) -- the First Opium War
55 Days at Peking (1963) -- 1898-1901 Boxer Rebellion in China
The Soong Sisters (1997) -- the lives of three sisters who all married among the highest rank of officials in the Republic of China (1911-1949).
The Sand Pebbles (1966) -- 1926 China
Shanghai Triad (1995)--Chinese singer gets mixed up with gangsters in 1930s Shanghai
World War II in China
The Last Emperor (1987) -- Pu Yi, emperor of China & emergence of Communist China
Story of a Prostitute (1965) -- love story set during Sino-Japanese War between a soldier and a comfort woman
Empire of the Sun (1987) -- a British boy becomes a victim of the Japanese invasion of China
Devils on the Doorstep (2000) -- Chinese villagers hold two Japanese prisoners of war
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) -- service in China and reaction to Japanese invasion
Flying Tigers (1942) -- fighting the Japanese in Burma and China
Bombs Over Burma (1942) -- devoted woman risks life for sake of China on espionage mission
Post-War China
Farewell, My Concubine (1993) spanning warlord era to past the cultural revolution in China
To Live (1994) -- a married couple experience the effects of the Communist victory, the Great Leap Forward, and The Cultural Revolution
The Blue Kite (1994) -- horrible effects of the Cultural Revolution
Tian yu: The Sent Down Girl (1998) -- in the Cultural Revolution, teen-aged girl condemned to manual labor in remote area of China
Dr. Bethune (1990) -- life of Canadian Doctor Norman Bethune who became a hero in China during Mao Tse-Tung's rise to power.
Bethune (1977) -- Canadian doctor who aided Mao Tse-Tung's army
Last Emperor (Bertolucci)-- the Qing Dynasty falls to nationalists, and the emperor later becomes a pawn in Japanese-controlled Manchuria.
Not One Less (1999)--a rural Communist confronts post-Deng modernization efforts in contemporary China.
The Story of Qiu Ju (1993) -- woman battles frustrating court system in modern China.
Tibet:
Kundun (1997) -- Dalai Lama resists Chinese take-over of Tibet; 1959
The Korean War
Truman (1995) -- Harry S. Truman, president, 1945-1952
Give 'Em Hell, Harry! (1975) -- President Harry S. Truman
Field of Honor (1986) -- a Dutch mercenary sergeant in 1951 in the Korean War
Hell in Korea (1956) -- U.N. patrol fights Chinese troops
MacArthur (1977) -- leader in Korean War, fired by Truman
Inchon! (1982) -- brilliant but risky move by MacArthur in Korean War turns the tide for awhile
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955) -- air war in the Korean War
All the Young Men (1960) -- Korean War
Pork Chop Hill (1959) -- Korean War
Men of the Fighting Lady (1954) -- air war in Korea
Prisoner of War (1954) -- mistreatment of American P.O.W.s during Korean War