
10 Best Movies Like The Opium Wars
If you loved The Opium Wars, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Waiting for Anya
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Opium Wars for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

The Last Rifleman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Opium Wars for fans of War & History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding...

The Scarlet and the Black
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Opium Wars for fans of War & History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...

Devils on the Doorstep
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Opium Wars for fans of War & Drama. 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...

Walking with the Enemy
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Opium Wars for fans of War & History & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness ...

The New One-Armed Swordsman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Opium Wars for fans of War & History & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques....