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10 Best Movies Like The Rice Dumpling Vendors

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

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#1
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rice Dumpling Vendors for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#2
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

1998★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rice Dumpling Vendors for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). ...

#3
One Second

One Second

2020★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rice Dumpling Vendors for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond....

#4
Buddha Mountain

Buddha Mountain

2011★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rice Dumpling Vendors for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student...

#5
The Piano in a Factory

The Piano in a Factory

2011★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rice Dumpling Vendors for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

To fight for custody of his daughter who loves playing the piano, a steel factory worker decides to forge a piano from scratch....

#6
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rice Dumpling Vendors for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

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