Chinese Republican Era Dramas/Movies
A list that collects Chinese dramas with the genre or setting of Republican Era (1912–1949) which took place after 1911's Xinhai Revolution.
This list is by no means complete and not all dramas/movies on it have been released yet, so feel free to add fitting dramas/movies yourself. :)
JulyMoon Oct 6, 2021
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![The Chronicles of a Town Called Jian]()
Set during the Republican era, the story tells of a young girl by the name of Du Chun Xiao. A smart young girl who uses her strange but unique ability to deduct ...more -
![Mission in Parallel]()
Su Lyu Xia, a bright girl, shoulders the mission of maintaining the comic space. She is supposed to enter the body of the supporting actress to correct the plot. However, she enters ...more -
![The New Snow Leopard]()
The story recounts the experiences of Zhou Wen, a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy for rich kids. After killing Japanese that was there at that time he was captured and sentenced to ...more -
![Epiphyllum Dream]()
Set during the Republican era. Cheng Ci Hang is a respectable police officer, with a strong sense of justice, however, things turn complicated when he finds himself solving an array of strange ...more -
![City of Life and Death]()
"City of Life and Death" takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. ...more -
![Love for Three Lifetimes]()
This drama, set in the Early Republic era, tells the story of Gu Zhi Xia, the long-lost daughter of a military governor. Originally named Ling Xue, she lost her memories on her ...more -
![The Red]()
In 1937, the Japanese imperialists launched a brutal war of aggression against China, the Chinese nation has entered a critical period of vital importance. Xu Tian was a color-blind accountant in Shanghai ...more -
![Love at Second Sight]()
Si Ning, in an unknown way, finds herself in a script she wrote for a writing contest. The last thing she remembers, is that she wanted to make final touches to it, ...more -
![Extremely Urgent]()
Extremely Urgent takes place after the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. Thanks to the weak post-Qing warlord government, thieves from all over have their eyes on the country’s treasures, many ...more -
![Youth in the Flames of War]()
A group of brave youth who are not afraid of bullets, guns, and hardships. The students stay firm in their beliefs to save their country. From the years 1937 to 1946, Tsinghua ...more -
![Siege in Fog]()
An arrogant third master of a powerful family falls in love at first sight with a pretty young maiden and uses every means possible to force her hand in marriage, despite her ...more -
![The Snow Queen]()
During the time when Manchuria was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan, a young woman from the Northern Country engages in a life-and-death struggle against her enemies and earns the ...more -
![Love and Passion]()
The story promises to be an epic melodrama fraught with the onslaught of war in the 1930's, painstaking love triangles and a complicated romance that is met with opposition at every turn. -
![Brotherhood in the War]()
After the Mukden Incident of September 18, 1931, Ma Zhong Qiu and his family's peaceful life erupts in chaos. Ma Zhong Qiu grows from a low-level swordsman to a righteous police officer, ...more -
![The Stalker]()
Li Zheng Bai is an economics professor with nothing to his name. Due to a chance encounter, he is drawn into a long-standing war against the puppet republic installed by the Japanese, ...more -
![Switch of Fate]()
The son of the famous doctor Gu Feng in Qingyuantang pharmacy was accidentally drowned and Gu Feng’s mother blamed his death on their butler, Fang Cheng. Fang Cheng felt grudged, as his ...more -
![Great Expectations]()
A small town man brings along his mother and his best friend to the big city to find work. Their temporarily lodge with an old buddy of his, who is at the ...more -
![Code Name]()
In 1941. Feng Jiu Si, the young police officer working within the British Concession, witnessed the death of a member of the underground Chinese Communist Party and was unfortunately marked as a ...more -
![Magic City]()
A story that takes place at the Shanghai Bund during the 1930's. It revolves around a man from a clan of magicians who treads on a path of patriotism after starting on ...more -
![Code Thirteen]()
During the Anti-Japanese War, a group of highly trained female spies hold the key to defeating the enemies. Guo Chun Guang is a highly trained spy for the Communist Party who goes ...more -
![Autumn Cicada]()
The year is 1941, and East Asia is being torn apart by war – on land, at sea, and in the air. Imperial Japanese forces occupied Hong Kong and worked with native ...more -
![Tientsin Mystic 2]()
Guo De You and his team continue to investigate the eight strange incidents of the republic. (Source: DramaWiki) -
![Jade]()
Set during the Republican era. Dong Fang Jing Qi was brought up by her foster father who taught her about medicine. Before he dies, he tells her about the family’s enemy. To ...more -
![Blossom in Heart]()
Gu Hai Tang, a beautiful young woman searching for her missing father, arrives in Kunyang and clashes with Yue Xuan, the Lang Family's second son. An argument leads to an uneasy acquaintance. ...more -
![Four Ladies]()
~~ Adapted from the novel “Pride & Prejudice” by Jane Austen. -
![Hot Blooded Youth]()
In early Republican-era Shanghai, a city fractured by foreign-run concessions and rampant crime, Wu Qian enters a shady competition to save his best friend's ailing grandmother. His involvement pulls him into a ...more -
![Spy Hunter]()
In the spring of 1931, after The Communist Party successfully set up many communication stations in China, they set their sight on Western Europe and assigned 2 of their agents ''Asthray'" and ...more -
![Twelve Legends]()
A creature born from a stone falls in love with a mythical woman and their romance spans two thousand years. Jin Xing Jian, who was once a stone has turned into an ...more -
![The Great Craftsman]()
At the beginning of the 1920s, military conflicts in the Warlord era resulted in unbearable conditions. Amidst the chaos, Shen Qi Nan's family experiences a terrible misfortune. His father is killed after ...more -
![Candle in the Tomb: The Wrath of Time]()
Tomb raider and head of the Xieling Clan, Chen Yu Lou joins hands with warlord Luo Lao Wai and heads to Xiangxi to explore tombs of the Yuan dynasty. On his journey, ...more -
![The Story of Souls from Endless Books]()
A story about a bright and sunny girl who gets into an accident that opens doors for her to explore the worlds within different novels in a quest to save a friend. ...more -
![Young Blood Agency]()
Four hot-blooded youths form an investigative agency in a quest for the truth. Young Blood Agency is an investigative agency during the Republican era that is dedicated to solving mysterious cases. Their ...more -
![A Love Never Lost]()
Following the Boxer Rebellion, the Qing Dynasty sought to rejuvenate themselves by sending promising young men to military school in Japan. Among them were Qing aristocrat Liang Xiang, revolutionary Yang Kai Zhi, ...more -
![The Crossing]()
It tells the story of various people trying to flee Shanghai to the island of Taiwan at the end of World War II. (Source: kisskh) ~~ Based on the sinking of the ...more -
![Xiang Long]()
The drama tells the story of two young lads growing up during the early years of the Republic of China (1912-49). Bai Lu Sheng, whose family was killed by warlords, lives as ...more -
![Night Wanderer]()
On the summer night of Shanghai in 2021, Zong Ying, a forensic expert, bumped into an unexpected visitor at home who also claimed to be the owner of the apartment No. 699. ...more -
![Love in a Fallen City]()
During a mission, young general Lu Hao Ting falls in love with the maiden Gu Wan Yi. Their love strengthens him as he and his comrades fight to rid the land of ...more -
![The Mystic Nine Side Story: Flowers Bloom in February]()
138. The Mystic Nine Side Story: Flowers Bloom in February
Chinese Movie - 201623 points by 1 votersThe side story narrates the effort of relocating a cultural relic safeguarded beneath an ancient tomb during the Sino-Japanese era. Er Yue Hong undertook this mission by approaching the tomb which on ...more -
![Love in Han Yuan]()
A story about a socialite in Shanghai whose family falls to ruin and starts on a journey to become a spy. Lu Han Zhi's fate is intertwined between two men from opposing ...more -
![Wu Xia]()
In a remote Chinese village, ordinary paper maker Liu Jin Xi lives with his wife Ayu and two sons. When two bandits attempt to rob a nearby general store, Liu Jin Xi ...more -
![When Shui Met Mo: A Love Story]()
A beautiful yet heart-wrenching tale follows the romance between the son of the number one tea merchant in Jiangnan and a tea harvest girl. Cheng Jing Mo is the only son and ...more -
![Hu Tong]()
"Hutong" is divided into three era chapters, and three representative eras are selected: 50, 80 and today in the 21st century. It tells the story of the three generations of women from ...more -
![When Shui Met Mo: A Love Story Season 2]()
143. When Shui Met Mo: A Love Story Season 2
Chinese Drama - 2019, 12 episodes18 points by 1 votersThe drama follows the love story between the heir of a tea business and a tea picker. (Source: iQIYI) -
![Detective]()
Set in the early Republican era, the story follows a policeman with a dual personality who lifts the veil on a series of strange cases. The year is 1911 and China is ...more -
![Dream Detective]()
Chen Si is a righteous detective who got partnered up with Yuan Bu Jie, a dream reader with unrivaled interpreting skills as well as a dark past. They work together to find ...more -
![Eight Strange Cases of the Republic]()
Set in the republican area, it revolves around eight strange cases that resurface after the suicide of Baizong Wei and the emerge of a corpse in Hai River. (Source: DramaWiki) -
![A Touch of Green]()
The drama tells the story of air force pilots and their families from 1945 to 1971. As the husbands embarked on patriotic missions to fight against the enemies, their families must confront ...more -
![Heroes]()
The Refornment Movement of 1898 resulted in the "Six Heroes" dying. Huo Yuan Jia, who was filled with patriotic enthusiasm, had been eager to participate; however, he fell into the enemy's trap ...more -
![Mystery of Antiques Season 3]()
An evil conspiracy has swept the capital in the year 1928. The chief of police has used his birthday celebration as an excuse to imprison notable people in the antique industry. At ...more -
![The Founding of an Army]()
The story begins in 1927 at the beginning of the Nanchang uprising, known as the first major Kuomintang–Communist engagement. -
![The Master of Cheongsam]()
After Lu Yuan Zhi fell apart from his teacher and suffered oppression from his seniors, he left Beiping and headed to Shanghai. With his hard work, he earns recognition in Shanghai. When ...more -
![The Ferryman: Legends of Nanyang]()
This play is about the story of Xia Dong Qing and Zhao Li, the soul ferryman, helping the souls who stayed in the world because they have something to do with them. ...more -
![The Case Solver]()
The play is set in the turbulent period of the Republic of China in Shanghai. In a turbulent era, the forensic doctor Che Su Wei and the gentleman detective Gu Yuan are ...more -
![The Case Solver Season 2]()
The play is set in the turbulent period of the Republic of China in Shanghai. In the 1930s, Shanghai's most prosperous city, Shiliyangchang, was also known as the "Magic Capital of the ...more -
![Legacy]()
Set in the late 1920s, it follows the three daughters of Shanghai department store giant Xinghua as they go head to head against each other to determine the true heir who will ...more -
![Half a Lifelong Romance]()
Set in the Republican-era Shanghai, Gu Man Zhen works as an assistant in a factory, while Gu Man Lu works at a nightclub to support the family. Gu Man Zhen falls in ...more
