1,702 Films & TV Shows Set In Asia During The 20th Century
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Bulbbul
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1900s The 1880sA child bride grows up to be an enigmatic woman presiding over her household, harboring a painful past as supernatural murders of men plague her village.
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The Sacrifice
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea The 1950sIn 1953, the Korean War is entering the final stage. The People's Volunteer Army of China has launched the last major battle in Kumsong. In order to arrive at the battleground on time and deliver enough force to the Kumsong front line, the soldiers have to defend themselves against the never ending bombing of enemy bombers and race with time to repair bridges, all under the circumstance of supply shortages and inferior equipment. The rarely told history slowly unfolds.
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Caught in Time
๐จ๐ณ China The 1990sA detective tracks down a gang of criminals ten years after they initially evaded arrest.
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Love Song 1980
Beijing The 1980sSet in Beijing during the early 1980s, Zhengwu and Zhengwen are brothers in their twenties, living their most vibrant and youthful years. Zhengwu takes his classmates and younger brother, Zhengwen out for dinner, in which he introduces Mao Zhen and her best friend, Feng Siyi. Zhengwen becomes enamored of Mao Zhen, an amicable, outgoing, and mystic young woman.
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The Queen's Gambit: Limited Series
Kentucky Nevada New York Ohio ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico ๐ท๐บ Russia The 1950s The 1960sIn a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction.
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Zeroville
California ๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1970s The 1980s The 1960sSex, cinema and punk rock. 1969 โ A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.
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Avengers: Endgame
New York New Jersey California ๐ณ๐ด Norway Tokyo Prefecture Africa - General The 1970s The 1940s The 2010s The 2020s The 2000sPart of the journey is the end. โ After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
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Dumbo
New York Missouri Florida ๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1910sSoar to new heights. โ A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.
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Ip Man 4: The Finale
California ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong The 1960sFollowing the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future for his son.
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Long Shot
New York District of Columbia ๐ธ๐ช Sweden ๐ต๐น Portugal ๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐ต๐ญ Philippines ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam ๐จ๐ด Colombia The 2020s The 2010s The 1990sUnlikely but not impossible. โ Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriterโmuch to the dismay of her trusted advisers.
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Anna
๐ท๐บ Russia New York The 1980s The 1990sNever make the weapon the target โ Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
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Born a King
๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia The 1910sA coming-of-age story set in 1919 about 14 year old Faisal, an Arab prince who is dispatched from the deserts of Arabia to London by his warrior father, Prince Abd Al-Aziz, on a high stakes diplomatic mission to secure the formation of his country.
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Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
๐ป๐ณ Vietnam The 1960sOutnumbered. Outgunned. Never out of courage โ Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tรขn. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.
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Mr. Jones
Wales England ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine The 1930sIn 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalinโs forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruinโthe policy is tantamount to mass murder.
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Leaving Afghanistan
๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan The 1980sThe War Is Over. Not Their Mission. โ 1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the mujahideen after his airplane crashes. As a result the 108th motorized infantry division's long awaited return home gets put on hold for one last mission: bring the General's son back. Based on true events the previously untold story of the courageous and tragic withdrawal campaign (through the Salang pass) reveals the danger the horror and the complexity of human nature during wartime.
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Earthquake Bird
Tokyo Prefecture The 1980sLook beyond what you see โ Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.
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Lev Yashin. The Dream Goalkeeper
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1950s The 1960sAn ordinary working class boy, like all his peers, he played football day and night and dreamed of being a striker. But no matter which team he played for - in the yard, at the factory, or in the army - he was inevitably put in goal.
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Funan
๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia The 1970sCambodia, April 1975 โ Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards an uncertain futureโฆ
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Balkan Line
๐ท๐ธ Serbia ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina ๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovo ๐ท๐บ Russia The 1990sNo choice โ After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK terrorists. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the Russian peacekeepers arrive.
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Beanpole
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1940sSet in post-WWII Leningrad as two female soldiers return from war and attempt to rebuild their lives in the ravaged city.
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Midway
Hawaii ๐จ๐ณ China Tokyo Prefecture ๐ฒ๐ญ Marshall Islands Pacific Ocean The 1940s The 1930sOne battle turned the tide of war. โ The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
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Sonchiriya
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1970sSet in the Chambal valley, the film follows the story of a legion of dreaded, warring dacoits who once terrorized the Indian heartlands.
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Celebration
๐ท๐บ Russia The 1940sBlockade Leningrad, December 31. In the country house of the Resurrection, living "in a special situation," six people and a chicken gather, who no one can cook. Previously, the cook was engaged in this, but the Voskresenskys were taken away from her on the eve - hard times came on the outside, and the situation is also difficult inside: the youngest son brought a hungry girl, the eldest daughter of an unknown man for whom she is going to marry. Before the New Year there are few minutes left, and the number of problems grows snowball.
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Ave Maryam
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia The 1990sA devoted nun who cares for her elder sisters must choose between upholding her vows or pursuing her forbidden feelings for a fascinating pastor.
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Kalank
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1950s The 1940sSet in 1945, in Pre-Independent India, the elite, opulent and solemn world of the Chaudhry family, and the wild, mysterious and musical underbelly of the town, Hira Mandi, clash when Roop Chaudhry encounters Zafar, a daredevil from Hira Mandi, unleashing deep-buried truths, secrets of betrayal and affairs that threaten to bring both worlds crashing down.
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