Movies Like Nanking (2007)

Nanking is a 2007 documentary, drama, history film from Bill Guttentag with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with John Rabe and City of Life and Death.

Documentary Drama History

John Rabe

2009

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

7.1

MagicScore

City of Life and Death

2009

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.

7.4

MagicScore

The Flowers of War

2011

A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

7.4

MagicScore

Dead to Rights

2025

During the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, a postman poses as a photo developer, helping Japanese forces while secretly sheltering Chinese refugees. He later risks his life evacuating them and revealing evidence of the atrocities.

8.0

MagicScore

Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre

1995

Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre depicts the brutal events behind the Nanking Massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese army against the Chinese people during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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

The Wasted Times

2016

Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army.

6.9

MagicScore

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

1958

All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn the money to send herself to a poor, remote village. There she eventually lives a full and happy life: running the inn, acting as "foot inspector", advising the local Mandarin, and even winning the heart of mixed race Captain Lin Nan. But Gladys discovers her real destiny when the country is invaded by Japan and the Chinese children need her to save their lives. Based on a true story.

6.7

MagicScore

The Children of Huang Shi

2008

About 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.

6.7

MagicScore

#10

The Wrath of Vajra

2013

In the 1930s , a Japanese cult called The Temple of Hades was ordered to cooperate with the Japanese military to destroy China. They buy so many young children from poor family , who will be trained as a lethal killing machine and serve the Empire of Japan. One of them is Vajra , who was forced by his captors to fight for the food , and accidentally causing the death of his brother. Several years later , Vajra grown up and become one of the biggest killer in the Hades sect. Vajra escapes to China and joins Shaolin , where he receives spiritual enlightenment and determined to support China against Japan.

5.4

MagicScore

#11

Saint-Exupéry

2024

The story takes us back to 1930 and centres around Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, an Airmail pilot in Argentina. When his best friend who happens to be Airmail’s best pilot Henri Guillaumet disappears in the Andes, Saint-Ex decides to set out in search of him, against all odds. This impossible quest forces him to push beyond his limits, turning his capacity to dream into his greatest strength...

5.2

MagicScore

#12

The General Died at Dawn

1936

China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a large sum of money to Mr. Wu with the task of buying weapons in Shanghai to help end General Yang's tyranny that keeps an entire province under his ruthless iron boot.

6.3

MagicScore

#13

Once Upon a Time in America

1984

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

8.4

MagicScore

#14

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

8.0

MagicScore

#15

Like A Rolling Stone

2024

Based on the story of a 50-year-old aunt who took a driving trip. The naive and romantic Li Hong has had many dreams in her life, longing for college at 18, love at 25, and travel at 45. ...... But for those things that are "more important to others", she can only wait and wait again and again and again. At 50, she is determined not to wait any longer and to live a different life!

7.9

MagicScore

#16

Blind Mountain

2007

Young student Bai Xuemei is cheated and sold as a wife by human traffickers to a remote village. Raped and beaten, she leads the life of a sex slave and child-bearer with no hope of escape because of the villagers apathy and selfishness.

7.7

MagicScore

#17

Mulan: Rise of a Warrior

2009

When barbarian hordes threaten her homeland, the brave and cunning Mulan disguises herself as a male soldier to swell the ranks in her aging father's stead. The warrior's remarkable courage drives her through powerful battle scenes and brutal wartime strategy. Mulan loses dear friends to the enemy's blade as she rises to become one of her country's most valuable leaders — but can she win the war before her secret is exposed?

7.5

MagicScore

#18

Saving Face

2004

A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

7.3

MagicScore

#19

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

2005

A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career threaten to derail his musical aspirations.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Piccadilly

1929

A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.

6.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Nanking?

The top films similar to Nanking by MovieMagicScore are John Rabe (7.1), City of Life and Death (7.4), The Flowers of War (7.4). Each shares documentary/drama/history themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Nanking worth watching?

Nanking holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 52 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Nanking?

Nanking (2007) is a documentary, drama, history film directed by Bill Guttentag, starring Hugo Armstrong, Rosalind Chao, Stephen Dorff.

Where can I find more recommendations like Nanking?

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About movies like Nanking

This ranked list pairs Nanking (2007), a documentary and drama and history film from Bill Guttentag, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Hugo Armstrong 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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