Comments
Suggestions of similar film to Purple Sunset
There are 22 films with the same director, 61589 with the same cinematographic genres (including 3165 with exactly the same 2 genres than
Purple Sunset), 7796 films with the same themes, to have finally
70 suggestions of similar films.
If you liked
Purple Sunset, you will probably like those similar films :
, 2h26
Directed by Feng XiaogangOrigin ChineGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Political films,
Disaster filmsActors Adrien Brody,
Tim Robbins,
Zhang Guoli,
Xu Fan (徐帆),
Li Qian,
Feng YuanzhengRating68%
The film is set in Henan, China in the winter of 1942, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Master Fan is a wealthy landlord in a village in Henan. When the village is suffering from famine, Fan still has plenty of food to feed his family and the villagers. A group of bandits come and rob the village, eventually burning it down to the ground. Fan's son died in the process of stopping the bandits., 2h11
Directed by Feng XiaogangOrigin ChineGenres Drama,
Fantasy,
Action,
HistoricalThemes Films about families,
Sports films,
Théâtre,
Martial arts films,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
Kung fu films,
Wuxia films,
Films about royaltyActors 周迅 (Zhou Xun),
Zhang Ziyi,
Daniel Wu,
Huang Xiaoming,
Aaron ShangRating63%
It is the end of the Tang Dynasty and China is divided. The Crown Prince, Wu Luan, is deeply in love with the noblewoman Little Wan. However, his father, the Emperor, decides to marry Little Wan. Wu Luan, deeply hurt, flees to a remote theatre to study the arts of music and dance. Shortly after Wu Luan's departure, the Emperor is murdered by his brother, Li. The film begins as Empress Wan sends messengers to the theatre, informing Wu Luan that the Emperor has died, and that his uncle will succeed the throne. Unknown to Wan, the usurping Emperor Li has already dispatched riders to assassinate Wu Luan. However, Wu Luan survives the attack and returns to court where he is met by Empress Wan and her lady-in-waiting Qing Nu, the daughter of Minister Yin, who is officially still engaged to Wu Luan., 2h4
Directed by Feng XiaogangGenres Action,
HistoricalThemes Political filmsActors Hu Jun,
Liao Fan,
Tiffany Tang,
Deng Chao,
Luo HaiqiongRating72%
The story begins in 1948 during the Huaihai Campaign of the Chinese Civil War. Gu Zidi, a PLA captain, commands his 9th Company in siege to a town defended by NRA forces. The company captures the town despite sustaining heavy casualties in an ambush. After witnessing his political commissar being brutally killed by an enemy field gun operator, Gu orders the surrendering NRA prisoners-of-war to be shot, but his command is met mainly with refusal. Gu is imprisoned as punishment. He quickly befriends his cellmate, Wang Jincun, an army teacher and pacifist who is jailed for showing cowardice on the battlefield. Gu's superior, Colonel Liu Zeshui, soon sends Gu and his remaining 46 men off on a new assignment: to defend to the last man (with limited resources) the regiment's flank — an old mine on the south bank of the Wen River — and to not retreat until he hears the bugle call for assembly with the regiment. Gu also receives permission to take Wang as his new political commissar., 2h54
Directed by Robert Wise,
Richard LangOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
Musical theatre,
Historical,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about families,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about religion,
Théâtre,
Musical films,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on musicals,
Children's filmsActors Julie Andrews,
Christopher Plummer,
Eleanor Parker,
Bill Lee,
Bill Lee,
Richard HaydnRating80%
Maria is a free-spirited young Austrian woman studying to become a nun at Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg in 1938. Her love of music and the mountains, her youthful enthusiasm and imagination, and her lack of discipline cause some concern among the nuns. The Mother Abbess, believing Maria would be happier outside the abbey, sends her to the villa of retired naval officer Captain Georg von Trapp to be governess to his seven children—Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl. The Captain has been raising his children alone using strict military discipline following the death of his first wife. At first, the children treat Maria as they did their former governesses—playing tricks on her as a way of gaining their father's attention. Maria responds with kindness and patience, and soon the children come to trust and respect her., 1h29
Directed by Joseph LoseyOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Political films,
Films about capital punishment,
Films based on playsActors Dirk Bogarde,
Tom Courtenay,
Leo McKern,
Barry Foster,
Peter Copley,
James VilliersRating74%
During World War I, in the British trenches at Passchendaele, an army private, Arthur Hamp (Tom Courtenay) is accused of desertion. He is to be defended at his trial by an officer, Captain Hargreaves (Dirk Bogarde). Hamp had been a volunteer at the outbreak of the war and was the sole survivor of his company but then decided to 'go for a walk': he had contemplated walking to his home in London but after more than 24 hours on the road, he's picked up by the Military Police and sent back to his unit to face court-martial for desertion.