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Movies Like The Time of Huan Nan

If you liked The Time of Huan Nan (2024), a drama and fantasy movie directed by Li Ding, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Kaili Blues

    Kaili Blues (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    Chen Sheng goes off in search of his nephew who has been abandoned by his father. Along the way, he encounters numerous people from his past and also those from his future.

  2. 2Long Day's Journey Into Night

    Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved and whom he has never been able to forget.

  3. 3Starry Starry Night

    Starry Starry Night (2011)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and fantasy

    May is worried about her mother and father, whose marriage is on the rocks, and she yearns to return to the woods where her grandfather lives. One day, May befriends a boy as lonely as she is. When reality catches up…

  4. 4The Sun Also Rises

    The Sun Also Rises (2007)

    ★ 7.5/10Also fantasy and drama

    A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.

  5. 5Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains

    Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    In the Chinese town of Fuyang, four brothers go about their day-to-day lives, their destinies shaped by love and challenges.

  6. 6Mio in the Land of Faraway

    Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and fantasy

    Under the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy…

  7. 7Jonathan

    Jonathan (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.

  8. 8Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back

    Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017)

    ★ 6/10Also fantasy

    Tang Monk brings three disciples on a journey to the West. On the outside, everything seems harmonious. However, tension is present beneath the surface, and their hearts and minds are not in agreement. After a series…

  9. 9End of Sentence

    End of Sentence (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see…

  10. 10Horns

    Horns (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and fantasy

    In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

  11. 11A Tooth Fairy Tale

    A Tooth Fairy Tale (2025)

    ★ 8.5/10Also fantasy

    Van, the brave son of a tooth fairy leader, meets the goblins girl Gemma on his first mission. Despite the myths about ancient disputes between fairies and goblins, they share common values. When the greedy Spider…

  12. 12Nine Days

    Nine Days (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasy

    A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.

  13. 13Scarecrow

    Scarecrow (1973)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.

  14. 14The Continent

    The Continent (2014)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Three men living in the Eastern most island of China go on a road trip to the Western most end of the country, and facing crises of love, friendship, and faith on their journey to the West.

  15. 15The Parts You Lose

    The Parts You Lose (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.

  16. 16Justice League vs. the Fatal Five

    Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also fantasy

    The Justice League faces a powerful new threat — the Fatal Five! Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman seek answers as the time-traveling trio of Mano, Persuader and Tharok terrorize Metropolis in search of budding Green…

  17. 17Bunraku

    Bunraku (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    In a world with no guns, a mysterious drifter, a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs, headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins.

  18. 18The Last Mimzy

    The Last Mimzy (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more…

  19. 19The Rescue

    The Rescue (2020)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A rescue unit within the Chinese Coast Guard are forced to overcome their personal differences to resolve a crisis.

  20. 20Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

    Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

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