Best award winning movies with a sob story from China

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a sob story from China! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a sob story from China, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Captain (2019)

Based on the true story of a pilot who had to ensure the safety of 128 passengers and crew members on the plane when its windshield became damaged mid-flight. The incident is regarded as one of the miracles in aviation history.

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2019-09-30 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Zhang Hanyu, Oho Ou

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stoic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    nailbiter
  3. Ranked #2 for
    tightly packed

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2 The Climbers (2019)

May 1960. Mount Everest, the second step under the cliff. The four members of the China Everest Climbing Commando are attacking the most difficult and most difficult "second step". This is their fifth assault. The first four failures have cost them too much physical strength - finally, the wind and snow stop the gap.

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2019-09-30 | Adventure / Action

Cast

Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pleasing fans
  2. Ranked #2 for
    realistic
  3. Ranked #2 for
    ultrarealistic

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3 The Eight Hundred (2020)

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

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2020-08-14 | War / History

Cast

Wang Qian-Yuan, Zhang Yi

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    herky-jerky camera work
  2. Ranked #1 for
    jingoistic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    patriotic

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4 The Wandering Earth (2019)

When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.

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2019-02-05 | Science Fiction / Action

Cast

Qu Chuxiao, Li Guangjie

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    Space Opera
  2. Ranked #2 for
    rationalism
  3. Ranked #3 for
    sacrificial character

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5 Better Days (2019)

A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.

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2019-10-25 | Drama

Cast

Zhou Dongyu, Jackson Yee

Rating

rating icon 8.177
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    protector
  2. Ranked #4 for
    soulful acting
  3. Ranked #4 for
    severe editing

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6 Lighting Up the Stars (2022)

Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.

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2022-06-24 | Drama

Cast

Zhu Yilong, En You Yang

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    significant
  2. Ranked #2 for
    less convincing
  3. Ranked #3 for
    award-worthy performance

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7 Back to 1942 (2012)

In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by the most tragic famine in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, epidemic disease and the corruption of the ruling Kuomintang government.

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2012-11-01 | War / Drama

Cast

Zhang Guoli, Xu Fan

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #75 for
    great story
  2. Ranked #83 for
    sad
  3. Ranked #238 for
    Treasure Hunt

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8 Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)

Following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future for his son.

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2019-12-19 | Action / Drama

Cast

Donnie Yen, Wu Yue

Rating

rating icon 7.262
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    beat down
  2. Ranked #1 for
    grand finale
  3. Ranked #1 for
    teaching tool

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9 Ash Is Purest White (2018)

Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.

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2018-09-21 | Crime / Romance

Cast

Zhao Tao, Liao Fan

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #63 for
    vertiginous
  2. Ranked #104 for
    like Scarface
  3. Ranked #128 for
    femme fatale

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10 The White Storm (2013)

An operation in Thailand against a notorious drug lord changes the destiny of a Hong Kong Police Department narcotic team. Five years later, a drug dealing brings them together again.

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2013-11-29 | Drama / Action

Cast

Nick Cheung, Lau Ching-wan

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #91 for
    most thrilling
  2. Ranked #98 for
    vehicular carnage
  3. Ranked #139 for
    True Crime

Trailer

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