Movies Like Farewell My Concubine (1993)

Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 drama film from Chen Kaige with a MovieMagicScore of 7.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Lan Yu and In the Heat of the Sun.

Drama

Lan Yu

2001

A love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.

6.9

MagicScore

In the Heat of the Sun

1995

Beijing, 1970s. The Cultural Revolution has driven most adults to the provinces leaving 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery known as "girls."

7.8

MagicScore

The Best of Youth

2003

After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.

8.1

MagicScore

To Live

1994

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.

8.1

MagicScore

Hibiscus Town

1987

Based on a novel by the same name written by Gu Hua, a melodrama about the life and travails of a young woman who lives through the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution.

7.9

MagicScore

Platform

2001

China’s rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.

6.9

MagicScore

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

2002

During the Cultural Revolution, two young men are sent to a remote mining village where they fall in love with the local tailor's beautiful granddaughter and discover a suitcase full of forbidden Western novels.

6.8

MagicScore

Sight

2024

Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan in India, who was blinded by her stepmother, Wang must confront the trauma of living through the violent uprising in his youth, the Cultural Revolution.

6.1

MagicScore

The Last Emperor

1987

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

7.6

MagicScore

#10

Shanghai Express

1932

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.

6.9

MagicScore

#11

Saving Mr. Wu

2015

Mr. Wu, a Hong Kong movie star, is kidnapped in Beijing by Zhang Hua's gang. The police quickly form a task force and begin the search, ignoring that detectives in charge have only twenty hours before the deadline.

6.4

MagicScore

#12

Torch Song Trilogy

1988

Arnold is a gay man working as a drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

Dark Horse

2005

A young man spurs romance and helps his friend and himself go through the struggles of their ordinary life in Denmark.

6.7

MagicScore

#14

Tequila Sunrise

1988

In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.

6.1

MagicScore

#15

East Palace, West Palace

1996

A young gay man, identified as a writer, encounters a local policeman, who arrests him for public cruising in a park. The policeman is more than professionally curious about the young man, who seems to have the cop's number and suddenly kisses him.

6.2

MagicScore

#16

Like Grains of Sand

1995

A coming-of-age story. Shuji, a Japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend Hiroyuki, however, Hiroyuki is attracted to Kasane, the new girl in their class.

6.5

MagicScore

#17

Breakfast on Pluto

2005

In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.

7.2

MagicScore

#18

Madame Satã

2002

In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual and adopted father for a number of pariahs. João expresses himself on the stage of a cabaret as Madame Satã.

6.8

MagicScore

#19

Three Nights a Week

2022

When young Baptiste meets Cookie Kunty, a young Parisian drag queen, he feels compelled to start a new photographic project.

6.8

MagicScore

#20

Freak Show

2018

The story of teenager Billy Bloom who, despite attending an ultra conservative high school, makes the decision to run for homecoming queen.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Farewell My Concubine?

The top films similar to Farewell My Concubine by MovieMagicScore are Lan Yu (6.9), In the Heat of the Sun (7.8), The Best of Youth (8.1). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Farewell My Concubine worth watching?

Farewell My Concubine holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.9/10 from 707 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Farewell My Concubine?

Farewell My Concubine (1993) is a drama film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li.

Where can I find more recommendations like Farewell My Concubine?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Farewell My Concubine

This ranked list pairs Farewell My Concubine (1993), a drama film from Chen Kaige, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Leslie Cheung take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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