Movies Like Hibiscus Town (1987)

Hibiscus Town is a 1987 drama, history, romance film from Xie Jin with a MovieMagicScore of 7.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with To Live and Platform.

Drama History Romance

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

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

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

Farewell My Concubine

1993

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

7.9

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

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 Good Earth

1937

China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.

6.3

MagicScore

The Handmaiden

2016

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

8.2

MagicScore

Love, Simon

2018

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.

8.0

MagicScore

#10

Reminders of Him

2026

When Diem's custodial grandparents adamantly refuse Kenna's attempts to see her daughter, Kenna discovers unexpected compassion, and then something truer and deeper, with former NFL player and local bar owner Ledger. As their secret romance develops, so do the dangers for both of them, leading Kenna toward heartbreak and, ultimately, the hope for a second chance.

7.7

MagicScore

#11

Doctor Zhivago

1965

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

7.5

MagicScore

#12

Leave Her to Heaven

1945

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

7.4

MagicScore

#13

Legends of the Fall

1994

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.

7.4

MagicScore

#14

Regretting You

2025

Morgan Grant and her daughter Clara explore what's left behind after a devastating accident reveals a shocking betrayal and forces them to confront family secrets, redefine love, and rediscover each other.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

12 Strong

2018

A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

6.3

MagicScore

#16

Twilight

2008

When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated cautions, Bella can't stay away from him, a fatal move that endangers her own life.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

On Swift Horses

2025

In the 1950s, a seemingly sensible newlywed and her wayward brother-in-law undertake parallel journeys of risk, romance, and self-discovery.

6.2

MagicScore

#18

Music in Darkness

1948

A blind upper-class pianist falls in love with a young servant.

6.1

MagicScore

#19

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

#20

The Painted Veil

2006

A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

7.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Hibiscus Town?

The top films similar to Hibiscus Town by MovieMagicScore are To Live (8.1), Platform (6.9), Sight (6.1). Each shares drama/history/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Hibiscus Town worth watching?

Hibiscus Town holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.9/10 from 55 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Hibiscus Town?

Hibiscus Town (1987) is a drama, history, romance film directed by Xie Jin, starring Liu Xiaoqing, Jiang Wen, Zheng Zaishi.

Where can I find more recommendations like Hibiscus Town?

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 Hibiscus Town

This ranked list pairs Hibiscus Town (1987), a drama and history and romance film from Xie Jin, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Liu Xiaoqing 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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