Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "forbidden-city"

1. Aladdin (1992)

G | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A kind-hearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman

Votes: 466,721 | Gross: $217.35M

2. The Karate Kid (2010)

PG | 140 min | Action, Drama, Family

Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master.

Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith, Taraji P. Henson, Wenwen Han

Votes: 205,475 | Gross: $176.59M

3. The Last Emperor (1987)

PG-13 | 163 min | Biography, Drama, History

Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying

Votes: 111,494 | Gross: $43.98M

4. Shanghai Noon (2000)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A Chinese man travels to the Wild West to rescue a kidnapped Princess. After teaming up with a train robber, the unlikely duo takes on a Chinese traitor and his corrupt boss.

Director: Tom Dey | Stars: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Brandon Merrill

Votes: 135,200 | Gross: $56.94M

5. Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny (2018–2019)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Po, the Dragon Master, faces his greatest challenge: teaching Kung Fu to rambunctious panda kids with mysterious chi powers. They journey together, fighting villains and becoming legends.

Stars: Laya DeLeon Hayes, Makana Say, Gunnar Sizemore, Haley Tju

Votes: 1,505

6. 55 Days at Peking (1963)

Unrated | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.

Directors: Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton | Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson

Votes: 7,419

7. The Warlords (2007)

R | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

China, 1860s: Having his army slaughtered, General Qingyun joins 2 bandit leaders in raids on rebels and in blood oath. They form a Qing loyal army with eyes on rebel held Suzhou and Nanjing.

Directors: Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Wai-Man Yip | Stars: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jinglei Xu

Votes: 27,815 | Gross: $0.13M

8. 1911 (2011)

R | 99 min | Drama, History, War

A historical drama based on the founding of the Republic of China when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty.

Directors: Tao Hai, Wei Li, Guoqiang Tang, Li Zhang, Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Winston Chao, Bingbing Li, Chun Sun

Votes: 6,526 | Gross: $0.13M

9. Around the World in 80 Days (I) (1989)

PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A Victorian Age English gentleman takes a wager that he can circle the globe in the unprecedented time of just eighty days.

Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Julia Nickson, Peter Ustinov

Votes: 3,493

10. Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)

R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

In ancient China, Zhi Ming trains at the legendary Northern Shaolin temple to avenge the death of his father at the hands of a nefarious magistrate.

Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Jet Li, Jianqiang Hu, Qiuyan Huang, Zengyin Cao

Votes: 2,586

11. Marco Polo (1982–1983)

504 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The life and experiences of the thirteenth century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.

Stars: Ken Marshall, Denholm Elliott, Tony Vogel, David Warner

Votes: 1,307

12. Royal Tramp (1992)

R | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A jester is accidentally recruited by a cult leader to spy on a young and inexperienced Chinese emperor. Things don't go according to plan, and he ends up working for multiple opposing sides while trying to survive the madness.

Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung, Chingmy Yau, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng

Votes: 4,161

13. Chung Kuo: China (1972)

135 min | Documentary

A documentary on China, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. The 220-minute version consists of three parts. The first part, ... See full summary »

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Star: Giuseppe Rinaldi

Votes: 927

14. Startling by Each Step (2011– )

TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

After a car accident plunges a woman into the dreamy Chinese past that gave the whole life in the Beijing imperial palace after that she returns to her life in the modern world.

Stars: Kei Gambit, ShiShi Liu, Nicky Wu, Kevin Cheng

Votes: 616

15. The First Monday in May (2016)

PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary

Follows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibition in history, "China: Through The Looking Glass," an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton.

Director: Andrew Rossi | Stars: Anna Wintour, Andrew Bolton, John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld

Votes: 1,944 | Gross: $0.53M

16. Sex and the Emperor (1994)

92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Lee Lien-ying is an eunuch who enters the Forbidden City with a big secret. One that will have his head on the floor if the wrong people find out.

Director: Sherman Wong | Stars: Yvonne Hung Yung, Pounh Chong Soong, See-Ho Leung, Gwan Chin

Votes: 206

17. The Ugly Swans (2006)

105 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

The writer is invited to the town of Tashlinsk by the mutants who emerged after an unnatural and constant rain causing the evacuation of the city, and by the children who are studying the unearthly knowledge of mutants.

Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy | Stars: Gregory Hlady, Leonid Mozgovoy, Aleksey Kortnev, Rimma Sarkisyan

Votes: 1,649

18. Port Afrique (1956)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Rip Reardon, ex-Army flier, returns to his home in French Morocco and finds his wife dead, and he suspects she has been murdered. Police Colonel Moussac insists she committed suicide. Rip ... See full summary »

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Pier Angeli, Philip Carey, Dennis Price, Eugene Deckers

Votes: 222

19. Enter the Forbidden City (2018)

113 min | History

During the celebrations of the Emperor's 80th birthday, an opera troupe from southern China is invited to come to Beijing to perform for the Emperor. Afterwards, the opera troupe is allowed... See full summary »

Director: Mei Hu | Stars: Dalong Fu, Jinghan Ma, Yili Ma, Jirong Qiu

Votes: 52

20. The Sacred City (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, History

This British film was made about Canadian historian Dan Gibson, who has uncovered startling new archaeological evidence that Mecca was not the original Holy City of Islam.

Director: David Taylor | Stars: Dan Gibson, Matt Jamie, Ranj Nagra, Adel Shemari

Votes: 210

21. The Kingdom of the Nabateans, from Hegra to Medain Saleh (2004 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, History

Who were the Nabateans, caravan traders who once ruled over the Arabic peninsula all the way to Syria before building the majestic city of Petra?

Directors: Bernard George, Nassera Zaïd | Stars: Egle Barone-Visigalli, Giuseppe Orefici

Votes: 20

22. Secrets of the Forbidden City (2008 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary

How the magnificent Forbidden City came to be built is told by the main people who witnessed it.

Director: Mark Lewis | Stars: Jacqueline Chow, Thuan Chye Kee, Tony Quek, Jeffrey Riegel

Votes: 33

23. The Forbidden City, Pekin (1901)

Documentary, Short

Panoramic view in the Forbidden City, or private palaces of the Emperor of China, from the Wu-Men Gate, showing the buildings reserved for the exclusive use of the Emperor, and the ... See full summary »

Director: Raymond Ackerman

Votes: 40

24. Jean-Michel Jarre: Live a Pekin (2004 Video)

89 min | Music

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Stars: Jean-Michel Jarre, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Chinese National Orchestra, China National Opera House

Votes: 12

25. Beijing Connection (2021 Video)

Short, Sci-Fi

Arnaud, a french scientist, wakes up in a Chinese subway of Beijing, without remembering why he is there and how come he is even in this place. When he finds Baron Spinitz menacing him to ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Leonardo Talarico | Stars: Victor Manuel Borquez, Blandine Deschamps, Cecilia Garcés, Christian Leonardo Talarico

26. The Imperial City (1930)

Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short

This Traveltalk visit to China starts in Beijing, which at the time was officially called Peiping. Called the Imperial City, it consists of four separate districts. One of these is the ... See full summary »

Star: James A. FitzPatrick

Votes: 16

27. The Forbidden City (1901)

Documentary, Short

Another panoramic view, showing the Tai-Ho-Men or Great Harmony Gate, with its surrounding palaces. This scene gives a very adequate idea of the ruin caused by neglect of the magnificent ... See full summary »

28. Lost Civilizations (1995– )
Episode: China: Dynasties of Power (1995)

Documentary

Witness the glory of ancient China's greatest rulers and the secrets of their giant tombs. Learn the ruthless military tactics and weapons technology of these all-powerful rulers and ... See full summary »

Star: Sam Waterston

Votes: 6

29. Ancient Mysteries (1994–1998)
Episode: The Forbidden City: Dynasty and Destiny (1996)

Documentary, History, Mystery

Ancient Mysteries takes a look at the history and architecture of the Forbidden City in China. It looks at the lives of the emperors and their families who made it their home.

Stars: Pamela Crossley, Nicola Di Cosmo, Leonard Nimoy, Michael Nylan

Votes: 12

30. Laura McKenzie's Traveler (2003– )
Episode: Beijing (2009)

TV-G | 21 min | Biography, History, Reality-TV

The Great Wall is just one of the wonders that China has to offer. China, officially known as the People's Republic of China, is a fascinating destination with incredible sights and ... See full summary »

Stars: Charlie Dang, Laura McKenzie

31. Mysterious Earth (2017)
Episode: Ancient Mysteries of China (2017)

TV-PG | Documentary

One of Earth's oldest civilizations, China's historical records are immense, including data of early dynasties, warfare, ancient traditions, and architecture. China also possesses some of the world's most unique archaeological sites.

Directors: Valentin Abreu, Susana Lopez | Star: Anthony Rudd

32. Aku ja 7 ihmettä (2014–2016)
Episode: Kiina (2014)

60 min | Documentary

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Director: Tuomas Summanen | Star: Aku Hirviniemi