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10 Best Movies Like Yellow Earth

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

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#1
The Good Earth

The Good Earth

1937★ 6.3

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

China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the y...

#2
M. Butterfly

M. Butterfly

1993★ 6.6

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

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks....

#3
The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music

1965★ 7.7

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

In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new lov...

#4
Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven

1981★ 6.0

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

During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher....

#5
Taking Sides

Taking Sides

2002★ 6.2

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

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Al...

#6
To Live

To Live

1994★ 8.1

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

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry....

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