Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like China

If you loved China, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Battleground

Battleground

1949★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to China for fans of War & Drama & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatri...

#2
Dark of the Sun

Dark of the Sun

1968★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to China for fans of War & Drama & Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadis...

#3
Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun

1945★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to China for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but ...

#4
400 Bullets

400 Bullets

2021★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to China for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

One cold winter night in Afghanistan is about to get a whole lot worse for Rana Rae, a Gurkha soldier left to guard a British military outpost, when Captain Noah Brandt arrives loo...

#5
The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

1961★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to China for fans of War & Drama & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue...

#6
Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to China for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who lo...

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