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The 18 closest matches on shared genres, ranked by match strength and rating — with where each is streaming in your region.
The closest matches
- 01Drama·History·WarEmpire of the Sun1987Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps.
- 02Animation·Adventure·Drama·FamilyKensuke's Kingdom2024A young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard.
- 03Drama·WarThe Children of Huang Shi2008About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.
- 04Drama·History·War·TV MovieGoodnight, Mister Tom1998A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.
- 05Drama·RomanceIn the Heat of the Sun1994Beijing, 1970s. The Cultural Revolution has driven most adults to the provinces leaving 14-year-old Monkey and his pals with free rein over the city.
- 06Drama·History·WarThe Flowers of War2011A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937.
- 07DramaLion2016A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home.
- 08Drama·Romance·HistoryRed Sorghum1988An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies.
- 09Family·Fantasy·DramaThe Secret Garden2020Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her.
- 10Drama·AdventureI Am David2003A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination.
- 11Action·Thriller·CrimeShe Rides Shotgun2025Newly released from prison and marked for death by unrelenting enemies, Nate must now protect his estranged 11-year-old daughter, Polly, at all costs.
- 12War·DramaThe Inn of the Sixth Happiness1958All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was where she belonged.
- 13Drama·WarDevils on the Doorstep2001During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town.
- 14Drama·Romance·History·WarThe Chinese Widow2017It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale.
- 15Drama·WarGezhi Town2025A group of Chinese refugees and straggler soldiers, led by a machinist, defend their mountain town, "Gezhi," against a surprise attack by Japanese reconnaissance troops in a desperate fight using civilian ingenuity…
- 16DramaThe Book Thief2013While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others.
- 17Crime·DramaA Touch of Sin2013Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village.
- 18Drama·War·HistoryThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas2008When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas.
