Movies like Painted Skin 2008

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Painted Skin (2008)
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Painted Skin (2008)
Original name: 画皮
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong, Singapore
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Painted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xun stars as Xiao Wei, a fox spirit that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely, youthful appearance. When General Wang Sheng (Chen Kun) 'rescues' her from a band of bandits and brings her home, trouble brews as the demon falls in love with the general.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, rough, serious, stylized, epic, psychotronic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, supernatural, wuxia, escapades, good versus evil, deadly creature, uninhibited rivalry, medieval, ghost, heroes, love and romance, master warrior, supernatural ability, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, heroic mission, love triangle, supernatural power, husband wife relationship, ex lover, kung fu, sword, vampire, fight ...
Time: middle ages
Place: china, ancient china, asia
Keyword: chinese

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out stylized, serious, exciting and epic films with plots about martial arts, heroes, rivalry, wuxia, master warrior, danger and kung fu mostly in Action, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like Painted Skin: Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012), Zu Warriors (2001), The Bride with White Hair (1993), 14 Blades (2010), The Storm Warriors (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012)
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 131 min.
Story: According to demon lore, it takes hundreds of years to attain human form. Even then, lacking a human heart, a demon cannot experience the true pains and passions of existence. However, there is a legend that if a pure human heart is freely offered ...
Style: stylized, serious, psychotronic, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: supernatural, princess, imaginary, wuxia, medieval, supernatural ability, danger, legends and myths, supernatural power, kingdom, love triangle, sword and sorcery ...
Place: china, ancient china, asia
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Zu Warriors (2001)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story: King Sky (Ekin Cheng), the sole disciple of the Kun Lun Sect, falls in love with his master Dawn (Cecilia Cheung). Dawn is killed when Insomnia destroys the Kin Lun Mountain. King Sky waits for two hundred years and meets Enigma (Cecilia Cheung), ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, epic
Plot: martial arts, save the world, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, supernatural, rescue, supernatural ability, wuxia, escapades, rivalry, danger, legend ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: china, asia
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The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2011)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The Sorcerer and the White Snake is an ancient Chinese fable about a woman demon who falls in love with a mortal is brought to life through the latest advances in CGI and action techniques.
Style: serious, stylized, exciting, epic, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, supernatural, kung fu, good versus evil, heroes, escapades, rivalry, fall in love, deadly creature, love, snake woman ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (2015)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The story of Chinese legendary anti-hero Zhong Kui, a young man endowed with mysterious powers who is forced into a battle among the realms of Heaven, Earth and Hell in the course of his attempt to save his countrymen and the woman he loves.
Style: captivating, exciting, stylized, tense, entertaining ...
Plot: beast, folk hero, good versus evil, evil plot, supernatural ability, master warrior, escapades, supernatural, legends and myths, love affair, curses spells and rituals, love and romance ...
Place: china, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Bride with White Hair (1993)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The sensitive swordsman Cho Yi-Hang is tired of his life. He is the unwilling successor to the Wu-Tang clan throne and the unsure commander of the clan's forces in a war against foreign tribes and an evil cult. One day, he meets the beautiful ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, surreal, exciting, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, betrayal, kung fu, supernatural, love and romance, escapades, tragic hero, good versus evil, vengeance, female warrior, tragic love ...
Time: year 1993
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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14 Blades (2010)
Genre: Action, History, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, Singapore
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Trained in clandestine combat from childhood, the Jinyiwei were masters of the 14 Blades; eight being for torture, five for killing, and the last blade reserved for suicide when a mission failed. An elite force of secret agents with a license to ...
Style: exciting, stylized, suspenseful, serious, epic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, betrayal, rebellion, female killer, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, state affairs, emperor, medieval ...
Time: year 2010, 17th century, medieval times
Place: china, east asia, asia, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Storm Warriors (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Wind and Cloud find themselves up against a ruthless Japanese warlord intent on invading China.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, visually stunning, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, supernatural ability, supernatural, master warrior, heroes, good versus evil, friends, battles, medieval, imaginary, partner ...
Place: asia, china
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The Bride with White Hair 2 (1993)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min.
Story: For ten years, Cho has been in the snow of Mount Shin Fung waiting for a rare flower to blossom that will cure his wife who, back in Chung Yuan, is slowly killing all of the members of the Eight Big Clans. Something Cho did to her early in their ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, stylized, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wuxia, wedding, femdom, badass female lead, swashbuckler, martial arts, mountain, wizards and magicians, betrayal, obsessive quest, escapades, vengeance ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 127 min.
Story: At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi decided to retire and move to the United States with his girlfriend Shirley. But before his wedding, Bayi discovers his first love Ding Shitian, who supposedly had died in the "One ...
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, non-linear, rough ...
Plot: tomb, grave robber, chinese emperor, treasure hunter, treasure hunt, grave robbing, love triangle, unrequited love, investigation, wuxia, supernatural, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Green Snake (1993)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A mischievous snake who assumes human form interferes with the romance between her reptilian sister and a hapless man.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, stylized, serious, cult classic ...
Plot: martial arts, monk, good versus evil, hidden identity, dangerous attraction, snake, fall in love, supernatural, rivalry, danger, curses spells and rituals, clergy ...
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Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each ...
Style: captivating, exciting, stylized, serious, anime ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, ninja, master warrior, tragic love, martial arts, supernatural ability, state affairs, forbidden love, battles, uninhibited rivalry, heroes, supernatural ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan, ancient china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: China
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Flying Swords of Dragon Gate picks up three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over - innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the ...
Style: exciting, stylized, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, battles, mistress, heroes, danger, eunuch, kung fu, medieval, desert, escapades, rivalry ...
Time: 15th century
Place: china, ancient china, seattle, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (2014)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In the twilight of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial court is plagued by corruption as tyrants rule over the land. With the Manchurians preying on a weakened empire, war is imminent. To save the victims from their suffering, sorceress Jade Raksha ...
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, stylized, tense ...
Plot: martial arts, female warrior, wizards and magicians, tragic love, betrayal, supernatural ability, wuxia, witch, heroes, good versus evil, rivalry, escapades ...
Place: china, ancient china
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
Style: stylized, light, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, female warrior, master warrior, wuxia, sword fight, heroes, medieval, love and romance, fight, revenge, sword and sorcery ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century
Place: china, asia, ancient china
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The Brave Archer (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Guo Jing and Yang Kang are the sons of two rebels. The rebels are killed by imperial soldiers and the boys are rescued by six pugilists later. The pugilists agree to separate the two boys, tutor them separately in martial arts, and let them meet ...
Style: serious, realistic, epic, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, archer, archery, wuxia, violent content, power relations, family relations, love and romance, heroes, vengeance, dishonesty ...
Place: china, asia
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The Lost Bladesman (2011)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: During the warring period of the three kingdoms, ancient China is in turmoil. To unify the country, general Cao Cao (Jiang Wen), the real power behind the Emperor, enlists the aid of the greatest warrior in the land, Guan Yu (Donnie Yen). However, ...
Style: stylized, emotional, exciting, action packed, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, battles, war, warlord, rivalry, love and romance, forbidden love, military, heroes, danger, master warrior, medieval ...
Place: china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Dragon (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.
Style: stylized, melancholic, surreal, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, culture clash, violence, danger, heroes, starting over, gangster, twists and turns, society, mafia ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1917
Place: china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
An Empress and the Warriors (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After the death of her father, a woman is forced to take over as empress and fight to save her kingdom.
Style: captivating, stylized, tense, serious, epic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, betrayal, swordsman, state affairs, political unrest, female warrior, medieval, daring rescue, assassination, leadership, uninhibited rivalry, danger ...
Time: ancient times
Place: ancient china, china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Kung Fu Jungle (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.
Style: exciting, stylized, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, serial killer, police investigation, prison, good versus evil, character study, heroes, psychopath, master warrior, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Jade Warrior (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Finland, Netherlands, China, Estonia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love struck sword hero fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance, in a far away place and a far away time, in the cold north, in modern ...
Style: serious, stylized, epic, exciting, romantic drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: legends and myths, martial arts, reincarnation, curses spells and rituals, escapades, good versus evil, danger, rivalry, supernatural, supernatural ability, medieval, destiny ...
Place: finland, china, europe, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the Onmyoji to keep the supernatural forces in line. But as political events become highly charged, friction within the order leads to betrayal. ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, epic, serious ...
Plot: destiny, danger, supernatural, ghost, heroic mission, escapades, intrigue, dishonesty, betrayal, battles, medieval, curses spells and rituals ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Dragon Inn (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story: During the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Sui Yan, the power-hungry and ruthless eunuch leader of East Chamber, craves his own kingdom. He intends on destroying the rebelling clans by using a traitorous secretary's children as bait. Ultimately, the two ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, stylized, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, rescue, rivalry, medieval, danger, master warrior, escapades, good versus evil, heroic mission, kung fu, battles ...
Place: china, japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He ...
Style: stylized, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: martial arts, monkey king, wuxia, kung fu, true love, legends and myths, changing the past or future, reincarnation, giant spider, religions or cults, monk, love triangle ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Tai Chi Zero (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In legendary Chen Village, everyone is a martial arts master, using their powerful Chen Style Tai Chi in all aspects of their lives. Lu Chan has arrived to train, but the villagers are forbidden to teach Chen Style to outsiders, and do their best to ...
Style: stylized, serious, offbeat, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, master warrior, superhuman powers, mortal combat, super weapon, battles, teaching the ways of the world, danger, society, rivalry, supernatural, medieval ...
Time: 2010s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Swordsman II (1992)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jet Li plays Ling, a student from the Blue Mountain school of martial arts, who, along with fellow students and Kiddo, find themselves embroiled in a country-wide political/clan war with the Highlander clan in the forefront of the battle.
Style: cult classic, surreal, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, medieval, tough heroes, transgender, wire fu, kung fu fighting, martial artist, ancient, hardcore, fight ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Wrath of Vajra (2013)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, scenic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shaolin, martial arts, mortal combat, danger, vengeance, imaginary, medieval, master warrior, escapades, contests and competitions, good versus evil, superhuman powers ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 2010s
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Shaolin Intruders (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: On a routine courier mission, the prestigious Chin Hu chief was murdered by four mysterious monks. When all evidence points to Ching Hua (Liu Yu-Po), his friend Lei Hsin (Derek Yee) is determined to clear his name by barging in the Shaolin Temple ...
Style: fast, tense, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, fight, power relations, danger, master warrior, heroes, betrayal, escapades, dishonesty, youth ...
Time: middle ages
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Having slept for a century, the monstrous Tree Devil is now awaken and starts finding lost souls again. One stormy night, a wise High Priest and his student Fong pass by the Orchid Temple and realize that it is haunted. Fong encounters two evil ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, atmospheric, tense, stylized
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: ghost, medieval, martial arts, kung fu, macabre, wuxia, vampire, fate, hiking, debt, temple, storm ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. No one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, and the beautiful ...
Style: atmospheric, scary, talky, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ghost, supernatural, martial arts, sword fight, good versus evil, wuxia, monster, curses spells and rituals, kung fu, fall in love, danger, rescue ...
Time: year 1987
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Four (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An undercover agent is assigned by his corrupt chief to infiltrate a rival department and sabotage their investigation of counterfeit currency. What he discovers is the counterfeiter's real plan. To overthrow the capital. Not by flooding it ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, scary, captivating ...
Plot: martial arts, supernatural, investigation, secret agent, rivalry, zombie, medieval, undercover, danger, wuxia, military officer, officer ...
Place: china, asia, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
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