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Here is the list of our Asian movies based on true events. Subscribe now to watch these movies based on true stories online with 20% off. And stay notified about Asia-related insights & latest offers!

The absurdity and cruelty of real life have always been the best creative subjects in the film industry. Through the imagination and plots where truth and fiction meet, movies based on true events can often touch our hearts. They also give deeper resonance and emotion.

The plot of such films comes from life, and it thus has more real emotions and an appeal. It makes you think if this is going to happen in real life or what if this happens to you. You would always feel that the stories are closer to the real life, as if they are happening around you. It seems that audiences can be more involved in the roles of the film.

Identity anxiety around the world keeps us searching for antiheroes, traditions and selves. Films based on true stories are inspiring, which may be one of the reasons that they seem to be more inclined to popular literature and modern characters in recent years.

We should note that movies based on true events often have different interpretations of real events for the sake of dramatic effect or focusing point of view. This is different from documentaries. Documentaries try to bring truth to audiences and are therefore included in the tag as well.

Watching films is a kind of entertainment and learning, but it urges oneself for constant self-reflection, too. Good true story movies may also tell us that this kind of stories where real life is more splendid than the drama, are the most touching ones. Hope you enjoy watching these movies based on true stories online.

Note: There may be other kinds of Asian true story content such as TV series or web series in this tag.

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  • Chronicle of Longwang – Li Yifan
  • We Were Smart (Shamate I Love You) – Li Yifan
    • We Were Smart (Shamate I Love You) – Li Yifan
    • We Were Smart (Shamate I Love You) – Li Yifan

    • $299.00
    • The post-90s migrant workers living in China's cities have developed a culture of expressing stress with exaggerated hairstyles, known as the Shamate group. This film chronicles Shamate's emergence and its disintegration over the years.
  • We Will Have Everything – Jiang Nengjie
    • We Will Have Everything – Jiang Nengjie
    • We Will Have Everything – Jiang Nengjie

    • $2.99$199.00
    • Mentally disabled group is large in China, but they rarely appear in ordinary people's vision. With extraordinary patience and love from the charity, can these special people enjoy basic human rights and strive to live independently?
  • Shang’ajia – Jin Jiang
    • Shang’ajia – Jin Jiang
    • Shang’ajia – Jin Jiang

    • $2.99$199.00
    • A group of Lisu people without a registered ID (Hukou) live their primitive life in the mountains by the Nujiang River in Yunnan. In addition to misfortune and hardships, they also have simple happiness.
  • Why Not Coming Back – Hui Dapeng
    • Why Not Coming Back – Hui Dapeng
    • Why Not Coming Back – Hui Dapeng

    • $2.99$139.00
    • Most of the remains of the Chinese expeditionary soldiers who fought in Myanmar have not been properly preserved even until today. When can they return home and rest in peace?
  • Jia Yi – Jiang Nengjie
    • Jia Yi – Jiang Nengjie
    • Jia Yi – Jiang Nengjie

    • $2.99$229.00
    • Jiayi is a left-behind child who has to endure the bitter taste of separation from parents. However, she still has to forget sadness and grows up in pain and joy with her brother.
  • The Sichuan Army Veteran Peng Guochen – Jiang Nengjie
  • The Ninth Grade – Jiang Nengjie
    • The Ninth Grade – Jiang Nengjie
    • The Ninth Grade – Jiang Nengjie

    • $2.99$199.00
    • A group of students are at a crossroads in life preparing for the High School Entrance Exam, and most of them are left-behind children. Can they get good grades to change their own destiny?
  • Miners, the Horsekeeper and Pneumoconiosis – Jiang Nengjie
  • Mr. Long Yunsong – Jiang Nengjie
    • Mr. Long Yunsong – Jiang Nengjie
    • Mr. Long Yunsong – Jiang Nengjie

    • $2.99$229.00
    • Kuomintang (KMT) veteran Long Yunsong participated in the Sino-Japanese war by glory, but he is sick and experiences injustice in old age. Can he really be recognized by the state before he dies?
  • Children at a Village School – Jiang Nengjie
    • Children at a Village School – Jiang Nengjie
    • Children at a Village School – Jiang Nengjie

    • $2.99$299.00
    • This documentary is about a school in the mountainous area of Hunan and focuses on left-behind children in three families. Due to contradiction between backward rural appearance and urban development, the fate of the three generations interwoven together.
  • Lost Mountain – Gu Tao
    • Lost Mountain – Gu Tao
    • Lost Mountain – Gu Tao

    • $2.99$279.00
    • Gelibao, a former hunter, raises more than 100 Oroqen hunting horses in the traditional way. One day, his horse is shot by poachers. The sky of Wulubutie has turned to grey...
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