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10 Best Movies Like The Opium War

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

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#1
The Lost Bladesman

The Lost Bladesman

2011★ 6.3

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

During the warring period of the three kingdoms, ancient China is in turmoil. To unify the country, general Cao Cao, the real power behind the Emperor, enlists the aid of the great...

#2
Curse of the Golden Flower

Curse of the Golden Flower

2006★ 6.9

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

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dom...

#3
Devils on the Doorstep

Devils on the Doorstep

2001★ 8.2

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

During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at w...

#4
Zulu

Zulu

1964★ 7.4

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

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drif...

#5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003★ 7.2

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

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or d...

#6
Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn

1979★ 6.1

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

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership....

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