Chinese death movies

List of the best Chinese death movies selected by visitors to our site: Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield, For a Few Bullets, Gemini Man, Youth, Lost in White, Wolf Warrior 2, Namiya, The Looming Storm, The Thousand Faces of Dunjia, Black Coal, Thin Ice.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, detective, history
CountryChina
Duration01:42

An imperial guard searches for the truth behind a conspiracy that framed him and his partners. The proof of his innocence lies with a wanted woman named Bei Zhai... but will she reveal what she knows? In this intense prequel to BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES, the only thing he can truly trust is his sword.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genreaction, comedy
CountryChina

When a professional thief sees his lifetime goal of being the best potentially realized in stealing a rare artifact, he finds himself entangled in a worldwide plot involving the Soviets, the Japanese and a band of outsiders. It’s up to him and a special agent to save the world!

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, action
CountryUSA, China
Duration02:07

Ageing assassin, Henry Brogen tries to get out of the business but finds himself in the ultimate battle—fighting his own clone who is 25 years younger than him, and at the peak of his abilities.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, military, history
CountryChina
Duration02:10

A group of performing art troupe members each face their own trials and tribulations in Chengdu; from escaping a family scandal to dealing with unrequited love, each experiences rejection that shapes their lives.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecrime
CountryChina
Duration01:33

Lost in White takes places in the north-east of China, where two bodies have been found under the ice of a frozen lake, their remains made unidentifiable by carnivorous fish, but still bearing the mark of having been dragged with an ice hook. In charge of the investigation is Captain Zhou (Tony Leung Ka Fai), a dedicated cop who's dragging along his teenage daughter Xinyi (Zhou Dongyu). Soon he's joined by Wang Hao (Tong Dawei) a young Shanghai detective who's on a missing person case that has led him to the same village where the murders happened. The two cases prove to be connected: the missing person and the two victims were part of a quartet of businessmen who ten years ago opened a refinery in the region, and disposed of chemical waste in an unethical way that has poisoned the waters and led to malformed babies in the following decade. Is the missing businessman the killer, the next victim or a red herring?

Markimdb: 5.9
Genreaction
CountryChina
Duration01:35

China's deadliest special forces operative settles into a quiet life on the sea. When sadistic mercenaries begin targeting nearby civilians, he must leave his newfound peace behind and return to his duties as a soldier and protector.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrefantasy, drama
CountryChina

Based on Keigo Higashino's international bestseller The Miracles of the Namiya General Store comes director Han Jie's take on the fantastical novel. TFBoys' Karry Wang stars as Xiao Bo, one of three orphans on the run who take refuge in a derelict corner store. Once there, they find a mysterious letter seeking advice, leading to an emotional adventure through time and unexpected connections with their own past.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryChina

Yu, a self-assured factory guard, fancies himself a detective and begins poking his nose into a murder investigation.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genreaction, fantasy
CountryChina, Hong Kong
Duration01:12

The world is on the brink of catastrophe in a chaotic age where evil demons roam. In order to keep evil at bay, a mysterious organisation from the pugilist world emerges. A new constable and a young girl with a mysterious past are also drawn into this group, and the group embarks on an incredible adventure.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryChina
Duration01:50

Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama
CountryChina

The changes in Chinese society from the 1980s to the present day, as experienced by two families.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genreaction, fantasy
CountryChina, Hong Kong
Duration01:33

The third installment of the blockbuster fantasy series sees the return of the Monkey King (Aaron Kwok) in his most action-packed adventure yet! While continuing their epic journey to the West, the Monkey King and his companions are taken captive by the Queen of an all-female land, who believes them to be part of an ancient prophecy heralding the fall of her kingdom. With a lot of sorcery and a little bit of charm, the travelers devise a plan to escape. But when their trickery angers the mighty River God, they realize they might just bring about the foretold destruction - unless they can find a way to quell her wrath.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA, China, Canada, Mexico
Duration02:23

Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction
CountryChina, Hong Kong, USA
Duration01:45

In Beijing, a young martial artist's skill places him in position to experience opportunities and sacrifices.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, drama, crime
CountryTaiwan, China, France, USA

This is a story about a common man who has extraordinary events in his mundane life. The film depicts the protagonist's turns of events in three eras, three seasons, three nights, in the same city, as told with reverse chronology.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genremelodrama, military, history
CountryChina, Denmark

It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and raise more hope for his citizens. After completing its mission, a unit of the US Air Force is forced to make an emergency landing in China. Its commander Jack Turner (Emilie Hirsch) barely survives but gets rescued by Ying (Crystal Liu), a local widow who will stop at nothing to hide him from the Japanese occupant.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, China, USA
Duration01:59

    Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, cartoon, crime
    CountryChina
    Duration01:25

    Three parties pursue the million dollars that driver Xiao Zhang stole to help out his girlfriend.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrehorror, drama, detective
    CountryChina
    Duration01:27

    A killing spree takes place in a northern China's hospital, an old elevator goes to the 18th floor - underground.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA, China
    Duration02:27

    A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, drama, history
    CountryTaiwan, China, Hong Kong, France
    Duration01:45

    A female assassin during the Tang Dynasty who begins to question her loyalties when she falls in love with one of her targets.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA, China
    Duration01:37

      John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction
      CountryHong Kong, China
      Duration01:23

      Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi (Zhang) tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Kong, waiting tables at a bar that caters to expats. But it s not long before the mix of foreigners, money, and triad leaders draw him once again to the fight.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy
      CountrySouth Africa, China, USA
      Duration02:23

      An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, China, Japan, United Kingdom
      Duration02:28

      Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryChina, USA

      A disgraced NYPD detective after being thrust into a citywide manhunt for a cop killer, is given a shot at redemption.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, China, Canada
      Duration02:02

      In a world where human beings and puppets live together, when the members of the cast of a children's television show aired during the 1990s begin to get murdered one by one, puppet Phil Philips, a former LAPD detective who fell in disgrace and turned into a private eye, takes on the case at the request of his old boss in order to assist detective Edwards, who was his partner in the past.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada, China
      Duration02:34

      In the prehistoric past, Keda, a young and inexperienced hunter, struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe when bison hunting goes awry. On his way back he will find an unexpected ally.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
      CountryUSA, Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden, China
      Duration02:10

      Sophia, a new high school student, tries to make friends with Barbara, who tells her that “she kills giants,” protecting this way her hometown and its inhabitants, who do not understand her strange behavior.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, China
      Duration02:24

      As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Norway, China, Canada, USA, France
      Duration01:59

      The quiet family life of Nels Coxman, a snowplow driver, is upended after his son's murder. Nels begins a vengeful hunt for Viking, the drug lord he holds responsible for the killing, eliminating Viking's associates one by one. As Nels draws closer to Viking, his actions bring even more unexpected and violent consequences, as he proves that revenge is all in the execution.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
      CountryUSA, Italy, United Kingdom, China
      Duration02:08

      The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, detective, biography, history
      CountryChina, Japan, Hong Kong
      Duration02:03

      During the Late Tang Dynasty, a manor is invaded by a demon cat and a sense of unrest befalls the capital of Changan. A poet is charged with investigating the case and meets up with a monk. The two work together and pull apart the thread of clues to reveal a history of truths leading to the events.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genreaction, drama, biography
      CountryHong Kong, China
      Duration01:48

        Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong.Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the troubled youth of Hong Kong. His growing reputation soon brings challenges from powerful enemies, including pre-eminent Hung Gar master, Hung Quan. However, when corrupt colonial officials stage a life-or-death contest with formidable British boxer, Twister, to humiliate the Chinese people, the masters quickly forget their differences. Soon, the eyes of the nation are on the one man capable of securing a victory-Grandmaster Ip Man!

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, fantasy
        CountryChina

        Keen to bring honor to his clan, young villager Dong Yilong embarks on a perilous journey to compete in a tournament that selects warriors for battle.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryChina

        A road movie that follows three young men yearning after their ideals.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA, China, United Arab Emirates, Canada
        Duration02:24

          The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, Belgium, Luxembourg, China, Germany
          Duration02:25

          Michael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar, the field agent on the case, soon realises that Michael is just a pawn in a much bigger game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
          CountryFrance, Belgium, China, USA
          Duration02:21

          A foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, China, Canada, Australia
          Duration02:29

          A nanny, working for a family whose son has just passed away, finds herself put in charge of caring for a lifelike doll that the couple treat as a real child.

          Markimdb: 2.8
          Genreaction, adventure
          CountryChina, USA, Hong Kong

          Yan Jian, a young Chinese IT engineer who volunteers to go to North Africa and help the company he works for to win a competition. The winner can own the right to control the communication between south and north. French spy Michael works for the West. His boss ordered him to go to the North Africa and win the competition, and they can control the great mineral resources of Africa. He hired the best mercenary in Africa whose name is Lauder and a former general Kabbah to help him. Yan has discovered their conspiracy, he is the only one who can stop them.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrefantastic, action, drama
          CountryChina
          Duration01:13

          When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, Japan, China
          Duration02:17

          Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, military, sport
          CountryUnited Kingdom, China, USA
          Duration02:11

          19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryChina
          Duration02:01

          Jin Ying is currently experiencing two of life’s most depressing moments: She is jilted by her fiancé, and her loving grandmother passes away. Heartbroken, she decides to visit the European city of Prague, and hopes to use the time to heal her inner pain. While in Prague, she meets a young Chinese man named Punk. There, she slowly unravels a secret romance her grandmother once experienced long ago.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genreaction, comedy, crime
          CountryHong Kong, China

          After being dumped by his fiancé, heartbroken Hong Kong police officer Fallon Zhu gains 200+ pounds. His superiors demote him to the job of escorting convicts to Japan. When a convict in his custody mysteriously dies, he must team up with citizen Thor to solve the mystery.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genreaction, drama, military, history
          CountryChina, Hong Kong
          Duration02:26

          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.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrethriller, crime, detective
          CountryChina
          Duration00:55

          A man lives in a lovely apartment with his wife and 2 children. He is obsessed with cleanliness, has strange dreams and struggles with a mystery in his past. He goes to a bad part of town hunting for a long lost brother, leaving his wife and children in their car. As he tries to get cooperation from neighbors, the wife finds her children are missing. A stranger wearing a dark motorcycle helmet appears, frightening her. As the story unfolds this stranger follows them becoming more and more threatening.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrecomedy, melodrama
          CountryChina

          A pathetic minor league Soccer Goalkeeper was given a task - to spend 1 Billion in thirty days, if successful he will get 30 Billion. However, he's not allowed to tell anyone about the task and he must not own any valuables by end of it.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrecomedy, melodrama
          CountryChina
          Duration01:41

          Lu Jin is a handsome, wealthy hotel executive whose drive for perfection is matched only by his taste for fine cuisine. When he checks into the Rosebud, he's dissatisfied with everything he sees and is ready to take action... until flamboyant female sous chef Gu Shengnan creates the perfectionist what may be a perfect meal. Now, these bitter rivals find themselves brought together in the kitchen in this light-hearted romantic comedy, infused with fun and flavors to create a delicious dish that foodies around the world wouldn't dare to miss.




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