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10 Best Movies Like Confucius

If you loved Confucius, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

1995★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Confucius for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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 th...

#2
The Edge of Heaven

The Edge of Heaven

2007★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Confucius for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young wo...

#3
Gasland

Gasland

2010★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Confucius for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to t...

#4
Jo's Boy

Jo's Boy

2010★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Confucius for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Grandson of a legendary rugby player, son of a legendary rugby player, and he himself a legendary rugby player, Jo Canavero raises his only son, Tom, in a small village in the Tarn...

#5
A World Without Thieves

A World Without Thieves

2004★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Confucius for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A con-team couple head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter traveling home with his life savings challenges their fate as...

#6
In viaggio con Adele

In viaggio con Adele

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Confucius for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Adele, a twenty-five year old girl who suffers from mental disorder, has never met her father and has always lived under the protective wing of her mother Margherita. Everything ch...