Movies like Martial Universe: Nine Talisman Tower (2021)
The best movies like Martial Universe: Nine Talisman Tower (2021) are One Second (2020), A Writer's Odyssey (2021) and Caught by the Tides (2024). If Martial Universe: Nine Talisman Tower hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedI Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)8.3/10 from 1,884 votes
- NewestShrounding the Heavens Movie: Fighting Against Wang Teng with Copper Coffin (2026)Released 2026
- In ChineseOne Second (2020)Also in Chinese
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Writer's Odyssey (2021)
Lu Kongwen is the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor. But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning to accept a mission from Tu Ling to kill the author.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCaught by the Tides (2024)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWon't Back Down (2012)
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUpstream (2024)
A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a "stay-at-home" individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him to take on his responsibilities as the head of the family. When life's burdens hit hard, he must confront himself and start anew.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDwelling 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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWinged Creatures (2009)
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A waitress begins engaging in promiscuous sex, and a young girl whose father is among the dead gains unexpected fame.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe River (1984)
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Wrinkle in Time (2003)
Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to a place unlike any other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like this40 Acres (2025)
Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they make one last stand against a vicious militia hell-bent on taking their 40 Acres.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisImperial Dreams (2014)
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDoctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010)
Amy Pond and Rory Williams are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Eleventh Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisKid with the Golden Arm (1979)
Jin bei tong opens with a group of escort guards preparing to move a shipment of gold from the local government to an area stricken by famine... one of the very few Venom films where all six Venom actors are present within a single film.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDirt (2018)
In search of a lifeline for his struggling off road racing team, a man takes on a young car thief looking for a second chance, but as their worlds collide, they must struggle to forge a successful alliance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClan of the White Lotus (1980)
The Qing emperor releases all detained Shaolin disciples, but the vindictive White Lotus clan decides to exterminate all the disciples. One martial artist survives the onslaught, and constantly trains while in hiding for revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGirl 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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFast Girls (2012)
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Rescue (2020)
A rescue unit within the Chinese Coast Guard are forced to overcome their personal differences to resolve a crisis.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Am Elizabeth Smart (2017)
The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGigi & 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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEchoes of Encounter (TBA)
2040 Nanjing is full of green and has become the "big eyes of animals" heaven. Ban Xia insists on using radio stations to contact the world every day. In 2019, high school student Bai Yang became a radio enthusiast under his father's influence. When he made independent communication for the first time, he accidentally receives a signal from Ban Xia in 2040. The two embark on a communication journey across time and space.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)
After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisHow are You? (TBA)
A normal office worker, Wang Cuihua, is transported into a book and becomes a side character. She teams up with the story's main character, who is also a time traveler, to change the plot, solve crises in the alternate world, and ultimately return to modern life together.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The King's Avatar: For the Glory (2019)
In this prequel to the animated series The King's Avatar, Ye Xiu enters into the pro gaming world of Glory, and competes in the first Pro League series tournament.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWild Eyes: The Woman of the Prince (2026)
Eun Woo infiltrates the palace to kill Crown Prince Lee Hyun, only to fall in love with him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Coming SoonMovies like thisFights Break Sphere (2023)
The film is the beginning of the entire story of Battle Through the Heavens; Xiao Yan, a talented young cultivator, to restore his Dou Qi and regain his dignity, with the guidance of "Yao Lao", leaves Wu Tan City alone and steps into the treacherous and dangerous Magical Beast Mountain Range, the beginning of the trial journey of searching for the Heavenly Flames to improve his cultivation.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Fights Break Sphere 2 (2023)
To win the three-year agreement with Nalan Yanran, the chief disciple of the Cloud Sect, Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder journeyed to the Snake Clan Desert to seek the legendary Heavenly Flame-the Green Lotus Core Flame, in order to enhance their strength. In the Snake Clan Desert, they became unexpectedly involved in the racial conflict between the human race and the snake people. The Snake Clan Queen, Medusa, was in seclusion to advance to the Dou Zong realm, providing Xiao Yan with an opportunity. Xiao Yan, together with Qing Ling and Mu Li, infiltrated the Snake Clan's underground palace. Coincidentally, Medusa fell into demonic possession due to absorbing the Heavenly Flame, allowing Xiao Yan to effortlessly obtain the coveted "Green Lotus Core Flame." Meanwhile, outside the city, a monumental racial war between the human race and the snake people was unfolding. With Xiao Yan's greatly enhanced strength, he thwarted the long-planned conspiracy of the snake people.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Shrounding the Heavens Movie: Fighting Against Wang Teng with Copper Coffin (2026)
The first movie adaptation of Shrouding the Heavens is finally here with explosive action! Ye Fan and Wang Teng, two top geniuses, face each other in a fated battle. The Wang family from Beiyuan arrives with great power, while the Ji family’s elder is secretly plotting something, and Ji Ziyue is forced into a political marriage. Surrounded by enemies, Ye Fan becomes everyone’s target. As the Ancient Sacred Body clashes with ancient powers, who will rise as the true Great Emperor?
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Nuclear War: A Scenario (TBA)
Explores a ticking-clock scenario about what would happen in the event of a nuclear war, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who built the weapons and have been privy to the response plans and have been responsible for those decisions should they need to be made.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Token Groomsman (TBA)
Career-focused Scott has hit rock bottom at work when he finds himself invited to be a groomsman at an elite, luxury, destination wedding. The only problem is he doesn’t remember who the groom is! Enticed by the rich and powerful, and hoping to make some new business connections, Scott jets off to Italy planning to blend in and quickly cash out. But when sparks unexpectedly fly with the groom’s sister Mia, Scott has to decide between “closing the deal” for money, or for love.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Martial Universe: Nine Talisman Tower?
The closest matches to Martial Universe: Nine Talisman Tower are One Second (2020), A Writer's Odyssey (2021) and Caught by the Tides (2024). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Martial Universe: Nine Talisman Tower?
Start with One Second (2020), the closest match to Martial Universe: Nine Talisman Tower.
What is the highest-rated movie like Martial Universe: Nine Talisman Tower?
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018), rated 8.3/10 by 1,884 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Martial Universe: Nine Talisman Tower?
Shrounding the Heavens Movie: Fighting Against Wang Teng with Copper Coffin (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Chinese movies like Martial Universe: Nine Talisman Tower?
Yes: One Second (2020), A Writer's Odyssey (2021) and Caught by the Tides (2024).
How are movies similar to Martial Universe: Nine Talisman Tower chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Martial Universe: Nine Talisman Tower, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.