If you love the Asian culture you will enjoy the following historical films and dramas with English subtitles.
Enjoy the beautiful music, costumes, fabrics, art, sets, architecture, furniture, sculpture, lighting, special effects, landscapes, philosophy, and stories.
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
Young Detective Dee is the adventures of a youthful Sherlock in Medieval China with state of the art CGI and a sea monster.
China – 2 hrs 13 min
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
In a world plagued by demons who cause great human suffering, young demon hunter Xuan Zang risks his all to conquer a water demon, a pig demon and the demon of all demons, Sun Wukong.
China – 1 hr 49 min
Eternal Love
(Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms)
Can two star-crossed lovers find their happy endings in their mortal and immortal lives?
China – 58 episodes
Can Fuyao, with the help of her friends, unravel the dangerous conspiracy originating from the heavens and restore peace to the land?
China – 66 episodes
A frost flower fairy who is unable to feel emotion is caught up in a love triangle with two warring deities.
China – 60 episodes
When two sides of the same woman fall in love with two different princes, can either find true love?
China – 24 episodes
Will they get a second chance at at love?
China -30 episodes
During the great unrest of 4th-century China, war breaks out between the feudal Northern Wei and Southern Liang dynasties.
China – 54 episodes
Can a young martial arts student fight against powerful political foes who seek to destroy his family and the nation? This story takes place 50 years after the first Nirvana in Fire.
China – 50 episodes
When the twin sons of an emperor and a concubine are separated, one grows up to become emperor and one lives secretly as a commoner.
China – 54 episodes
After a terrible car accident, 25-year-old Zhang Xiao travels from modern-day China back to the 18th century.
China – 35 episodes
After a car accident plunges a woman into the dreamy past that gave her an unforgettable romance with the “Fourth Prince,” she returns to her life in the modern world.
China – 35 episodes
When a woman’s life is forever changed by the evil acts of a vengeful man, can the three men who love her help rectify the wrong?
China – 52 episodes
Set in the Joseon Dynasty, this drama is about the Crown Prince Lee Yul who meets “Joseoson’s oldest unmarried woman” Hong Shim when he’s living under a new identity for 100 days.
Korea – 16 episodes
Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace
The road to becoming an empress is paved with treachery. Ruyi (Zhou Xun) is a consort who quickly learns to navigate the treacherous politics of the the royal court and move up the ranks.
China – 87 episodes
The Northern Wei Dynasty was obliterated one night leaving behind the Princess Feng Xin Er as an orphan. Although she escapes death, she enters her enemy’s territory and assumes the identity of Li Wei Young, the daughter of the Prime Minister.
China – 54 episodes
A Qing Dynasty drama that revolves around a palace maid as she navigates the dangers around the palace to eventually become a concubine of Emperor Qianglong.
China – 70 episodes
What doesn’t break you can make you stronger. A story about a young woman who was exploited in the past, having gone through hell and back to become an assassin.
China – 36 episodes
When a family was unjustly massacred by a great general, a young boy named Ning Que escaped and managed to survive in the wilds through his wits. Is he the son of the King of Underworld, or the savior of humanity against the Eternal Night?
China – 61 episodes
Jin Yu was raised with the people of Xiongnu, although her foster father is a Han. Due to political change within the Xiongnu, she was forced to flee to Chang’an, the then capital of the early Han Dynasty, changing her name to Xing Yue along the way. During her journey, she first meets the calm and kind Mo Xun, and later the handsome yet outwardly cold general Wei Wu Ji. Xing Yue falls for one, but was rejected. Will she untangle her love knot? Who will she choose in the end?
China – 35 episodes
Spirits have walked unnoticed through the mortal world since the dawn of time. A part of this world, yet separate, these immortal beings are regarded as nothing but legend by the humans around them. But what happens when these two worlds collide?
China
