Once upon a time in china

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows once upon a time in china

poster The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad

149mn - Romance, Adventure, Fantasy

A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.

poster Marching On

Marching On

118mn - War, Drama

After finding a golden coin, a young orphaned boy's wild spending leads him down a path of materialism and debt, until he escapes to his uncle's countryside retreat where he learns three essential life le…

poster The Mystery of Mr. Wong

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

68mn - Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him into the heart of Chinatown and to t…

poster A Romance of the Redwoods

A Romance of the Redwoods

91mn - Drama, Romance, Western

A young girl travels west to live with her uncle during the California Gold Rush only to find that he has been killed by Indians and his identity assumed by an outlaw.

poster Jack the Chimney Sweep

Jack the Chimney Sweep

Jack is taken on a sea-snail to the lair of a fairy, who magically turns him into a prince. He thoroughly enjoys the dancing and fawning of the court. Then he wakes up, and it turns out that he's an ordin…

poster Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

10mn - Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk. Borrowing on cinematographic methods reminiscent of 'Georges …

poster The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird

75mn - Drama, Fantasy

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Do…

poster Indochina: Children Gathering Coins Scattered by Western Women

Indochina: Children Gathering Coins Scattered by Western Women

1mn - Documentary

Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.

poster A Night Out

A Night Out

After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.

poster A Pueblo Legend

A Pueblo Legend

A love story set among Native Americans.

poster Midnight

Midnight

7mn - Animation, Music

It's a straight musical involving a barbershop quartet of alley cats and some dogs summoned from the pound to quiet them to little success. The animation and visual gags are simple and old fashioned, but …

poster Road to Bali

Road to Bali

Two song-and-dance men flee Australia to escape shotgun weddings, only to find themselves deep-sea diving for treasure in exotic Bali, where they compete for the affections of a beautiful princess while d…

poster Dream Street

Dream Street

132mn - Romance, Drama

Three men in London compete for the love of a dance-hall girl.

Sumurun

103mn - Adventure, Drama, Romance

The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.

poster Little Old New York

Little Old New York

107mn - Comedy, Romance

An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.

poster Mary and Gretel

Mary and Gretel

7mn - Animation, Family, Fantasy

Alice in Wonderland meets the Garden of Eden in this surreal fable of a drunk rabbit, bowling dwarfs, and the two bewildered girls of the title.

poster As a Boy Dreams

As a Boy Dreams

A cabin-boy gets to take center stage during a riotous adventure story involving mutineers and pirates and buried treasure.

poster The Texan

The Texan

Tex Benton, riding across the country, sees a turtle, catches a jack rabbit and tests out the old fable of the tortoise and the hare; when the rabbit wins, Tex vows to model his behavior on that style. In…

poster The Oyster Princess

The Oyster Princess

A pampered American oyster tycoon decides to buy a husband for his daughter, but things don’t go quite as planned. Along the way there are mishaps, misunderstandings and a foxtrot sequence that must be se…

poster Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

13mn - Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

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