swap_horiz The Mural (2011) Alternatives

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Iron Monkey (1993)

Iron Monkey is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Yuen Woo-ping. The story follows Donnie Yen as Wong Kar-Wai, a yo...

Hong Kong Period 1993 Donnie Yen

8.4 Great

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Green Snake (1993)

Green Snake is a 1993 wuxia film from Hong Kong, directed by Tsui Hark. It offers a unique adaptation of the classic Whi...

Supernatural Female Lead Hong Kong 1993

8.2 Great

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Ne Zha (2019)

Ne Zha is a 2019 mainland China animated wuxia film adapting the mythological figure from Chinese folklore. The movie’s...

Fantasy Mythology Animated 2019

8.1 Great

4

Legend of the Mountain

1979 supernatural wuxia film directed by King Hu, filmed concurrently with Raining in the Mountain in South Korea, blend...

Classic Supernatural 1970S Wuxia

7.5 Good

5

Five Shaolin Masters

1974 Shaw Brothers wuxia directed by Chang Cheh, following five survivors of the Qing dynasty's destruction of the Shaol...

Period 1974 Shaw Brothers Shaolin

7.4 Good

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Monkey King: Hero Is Back

Chinese animated fantasy (2015) loosely based on Journey to the West that became one of the highest-grossing domestic an...

Fantasy Animated 2015 Mainland China

7.4 Good

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The Monkey King: Hero Is Back (2015)

2015 Chinese animated film loosely based on Journey to the West that became one of the highest-grossing domestically pro...

Fantasy Family Animated 2015

7.4 Good

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Zu Warriors

Directed by Tsui Hark, this influential 1983 Hong Kong fantasy wuxia film pioneered the use of Hollywood-style special e...

Fantasy Supernatural 2000S Wuxia

7.3 Good

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Painted Skin (2008)

2008 Chinese fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, adapting a Pu Songling tale in which Zhou Xun plays a demon who steal...

Fantasy Supernatural Romance Period

6.8 Fair

10

Painted Skin: The Resurrection

2012 Chinese fantasy sequel directed by Wuershan, starring Zhao Wei and Chen Kun, that became one of China's highest-gro...

Fantasy Supernatural Sequel 2012

6.7 Fair

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The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

Chinese fantasy film (2021) based on onmyoji-inspired Yin-Yang Master mythology, released theatrically during the Lunar...

Fantasy Netflix Supernatural 2020

6.5 Fair

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The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020)

2020 Chinese fantasy film adapted from the Onmyoji game franchise, following yin-yang masters battling supernatural forc...

Fantasy Supernatural 2020 Mark Chao

6.5 Fair

13

The Battle Wizard

1977 Shaw Brothers fantasy-wuxia known for wildly surreal special effects—including a laser-shooting snake—and adapted f...

Fantasy Supernatural Swordplay Shaw Brothers

6.3 Fair

14

A Chinese Ghost Story III

Third entry in Hong Kong's Chinese Ghost Story series (1991), directed by Ching Siu-tung with a new cast, following the...

Fantasy Supernatural Sequel Hong Kong

6.2 Fair

15

The Lost Bladesman (2011)

Hong Kong action film (2011) directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong, starring Donnie Yen as Three Kingdoms general Guan Yu...

Period 2011 Donnie Yen Three Kingdoms

6.1 Fair

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White Vengeance (2011)

Chinese historical epic (2011) directed by Daniel Lee, dramatizing the politically charged Feast at Hong Gate between ri...

Epic Period 2011 Mainland China

5.8 Mediocre

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The Yin-Yang Master (2021)

Chinese fantasy film (2021) directed by Guo Jingming, adapted from onmyoji-inspired source material and released on Netf...

Fantasy Supernatural 2021 Mainland China

5.7 Mediocre

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Zu Warriors (2001)

2001 Hong Kong CGI-heavy fantasy directed by Tsui Hark, a big-budget revisitation of his 1983 Zu Warriors from the Magic...

Fantasy Supernatural Remake 2001

5.4 Mediocre

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The Great Wall (2016)

Chinese-American fantasy action film (2016) directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Matt Damon, depicting an international mer...

Fantasy 2016 Period Zhang Yimou

5.4 Mediocre

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The Legend of Yang Jian (2023)

The Legend of Yang Jian is a 2023 mainland Chinese mythological fantasy film about the Erlang Shen figure Yang Jian, dra...

Fantasy Mythology 2023 Period

4.3 Poor