Related Titles
Movies Like The River Without Buoys
Find movies like The River Without Buoys (1984) using TMDB similarity plus Movie Rankings community context. Our top current pick is So Long, My Son. Browse 18 related titles with direct links to rankings, cast pages, and matchup data.
These picks blend TMDB similar-title seeds with Movie Rankings community ranking context.
Open The River Without Buoys
Jump to the canonical movie page for ranking stats, credits, and deeper discovery paths.
See where to watch The River Without Buoys
Check current US streaming, rental, and purchase options for The River Without Buoys.
Compare The River Without Buoys
Browse popular head-to-head ranking pages and jump into a matchup for The River Without Buoys.
Language ranking
See how The River Without Buoys compares with other top-ranked Chinese drama movies.
Best Chinese Drama Movies
Studio ranking
See where The River Without Buoys lands among the top-ranked movies associated with Xi'an Film Studio.
Open best xi'an film studio movies
Explore Language Rankings
So Long, My Son
2019
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
Deep in the Heart
2014
An unrecognizable, charred corpse discovered in a remote mountain village in China connects three local stories.
Gigi & Nate
2022
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
Lighting Up the Stars
2022
Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
2020
In the Chinese town of Fuyang, four brothers go about their day-to-day lives, their destinies shaped by love and challenges.
One Second
2020
A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.
Pickpocket
1997
A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt.
The Boys from Fengkuei
1983
Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city.
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
1998
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
Black Dog
2024
On the edge of the Gobi desert in Northwest China, Lang returns to his hometown after being released from jail. While working for the local dog patrol team to clear the town of stray dogs before the Olympic Games, he strikes up an unlikely connection with a black dog. These two lonely souls embark on a journey together.
Babylon
1980
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.
Blind Massage
2014
The employees of a massage parlour share a close bond with each other as they all share a trait in common, they are all visually impaired.
Buddha Mountain
2011
In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.
Caught by the Tides
2025
Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
Tigertail
2020
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Girl in the Box
2016
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
Hardball
2001
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
The Book of Love
2017
After tragedy strikes Henry and Penny, he befriends a tenacious young girl and discovers she is constructing a raft to sail across the Atlantic to find her lost father. Together, along with some unlikely friends, they set forth to construct the vessel and subsequently rebuild their lives.
What are the best movies like The River Without Buoys?
So Long, My Son is the strongest current recommendation on this page for viewers looking for movies like The River Without Buoys.
How many recommendations are on the The River Without Buoys page?
This page currently lists 18 related titles for The River Without Buoys.
How often does the Movies Like The River Without Buoys page update?
This page refreshes whenever Movie Rankings rebuilds the related-title view for The River Without Buoys. It was last generated from site data on May 14, 2026.
Sources & freshness
Last refreshed from site data on May 14, 2026.