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1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
PG | 138 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 216,964 | Gross: $132.09M
2. The Way Back (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 133 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Dragos Bucur
Votes: 122,030 | Gross: $2.70M
3. Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.
Director: John Moore | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Miranda Otto, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson
Votes: 56,761 | Gross: $21.01M
4. The Conqueror (1956)
Approved | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, History
Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
Director: Dick Powell | Stars: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 3,868 | Gross: $4.50M
5. Coming Attractions (1978)
R | 84 min | Comedy
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis ... See full summary »
Director: Ira Miller | Stars: Royce D. Applegate, Lewis Arquette, Tom Baker, Dorothy Van
Votes: 620
6. The Sun Also Rises (2007)
116 min | Drama, Fantasy
Jiang Wen stars in his third directorial work that boasts a stellar cast including Joan Chen, Anthony Wong and Jaycee Chan. A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, ... See full summary »
Director: Wen Jiang | Stars: Wen Jiang, Joan Chen, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Jaycee Chan
Votes: 2,571
8. Marco the Magnificent (1965)
100 min | Adventure, Biography
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.
Directors: Denys de La Patellière, Raoul Lévy, Noël Howard | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Grégoire Aslan, Robert Hossein, Elsa Martinelli
Votes: 631
9. Destination Gobi (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1944, US Navy specialists run a weather station in the Gobi desert where they are harassed by Japanese warplanes but aided by local Mongol nomads.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Max Showalter, Murvyn Vye
Votes: 1,131
10. Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel (2003)
PG | 93 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
Directors: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni | Stars: Janchiv Ayurzana, Chimed Ohin, Amgaabazar Gonson, Zeveljamz Nyam
Votes: 6,414 | Gross: $1.74M
11. Dead Souls (2018)
495 min | Documentary, History
A dozen aging survivors are interviewed from Jiabiangou, a complex of three work camps in Northwest China where supposed rightists were sent for re-education in the 1950s and 1960s under Mao Zedong.
Director: Wang Bing
Votes: 379
12. The Ditch (2010)
112 min | Drama
It recounts the harrowing story of life at one of Mao's camps, at the end of the fifties, where 'rightists' were sent to be 're-educated through labor'.
Director: Wang Bing | Stars: Ye Lu, Renjun Lian, Cenzi Xu, Haoyu Yang
Votes: 538
13. Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
Passed | 67 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Seven maps, when found and put together, reveal the location of the treasures of Genghis Khan.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Peter Lorre, Thomas Beck, Pauline Frederick, Jayne Regan
Votes: 1,079
14. Desert Runners (2013)
99 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
A diverse cast of non-professional runners attempt to complete the most difficult ultramarathon race series on Earth. Their dramatic journey takes them across the World's most picturesque ... See full summary »
Director: Jennifer Steinman Sternin | Stars: Samantha Gash, Tremaine Kent, David O'Brien, Ricky Paugh
Votes: 546
15. Dinosaurs Alive (2007)
Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Short
This program presents some of the more recent ideas about dinosaurs that are gaining acceptance while following paleontologists searching for fossils over the decades in the Gobi Desert and New Mexico.
Directors: David Clark, Bayley Silleck | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sterling Nesbitt, Alan H. Turner
Votes: 398 | Gross: $43.97M
17. Outlaws of the Orient (1937)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Johnny Eaton, trouble-shooter for an American oil company drilling in China, leaves his bride-to-be to head for the Orient and straighten out problems at the inland-concession site his ... See full summary »
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Jack Holt, Mae Clarke, Harold Huber, Ray Walker
Votes: 29
18. Dinosaur Hunters (1996 TV Movie)
Documentary
More than 80 million years ago, the Oviraptor, a strange bird-like dinosaur, walked the sandy banks of an oasis in what is now the "Gobi in Mongolia." A creature that measured some 8 feet ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Carroll, Glen Gould, Roy Chapman Andrews, Mark Norell
Votes: 23
19. National Geographic: Dino Death Trap (2007 TV Movie)
Documentary
A fossil mother lode in the Gobi Desert is providing a window into a critical period of the Jurassic period when dinosaurs gained the huge size but where few fossils have been found.
Director: Jenny Kubo | Stars: Salvatore Vecchio, Matthew Carrano, James M. Clark, David Eberth
Votes: 63
20. Nomadic Doctor (2017)
38 min | Documentary, Short
An extraordinary human life.
Director: Mart Bira | Stars: Doyod Erdenechuluun, Erdenebaatar Janzandulam, Munkhbadrakh Luvsanchultem, Bira Tsedevsuren
Votes: 7
21. Welcome to Shamatown (2010)
104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western
Shama Town has a legend of buried treasures around the town. When the town leader decides to promote Shama Town as a tourist destination, it unfortunately only attracts a gang of international thieves intent on finding the buried treasures
Director: Weiran Li | Stars: Bei'er Bao, Bingkun Cao, Yuen Che, Wei Gan
Votes: 179
22. Dino Gangs (2011)
100 min | Documentary
Dinosaur expert Dr Phil Currie goes on a quest to prove that Tyrannosaurs were more intelligent and far more dangerous than we ever imagined, and they hunted in deadly, killer packs.
Director: Tim Walker | Stars: Paul Barrett, Roger Benson, Anthony D. Call, Philip Currie
Votes: 27
23. A Slow Odyssey: The Great Wall of China (2019 TV Movie)
89 min | Documentary
A spectacular aerial journey following the world's longest monument, The Great Wall. In slow-TV style, fly 2,500 kilometres along the wall, from the Yellow Sea to the Gobi Desert.
Director: Eric Harwood
Votes: 8
24. Of Hunters and Eagles: The Golden Eagle Festival of Western Mongolia (2012)
Not Rated | 26 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
In one of the most inaccessible regions of Mongolia, our teams captured exclusive 3D footage of a western Mongolian Eagle Festival. For almost two weeks, we lived with a hunter and his ... See full summary »
Directors: Al Caudullo, Dorn Ratanathatsanee
25.
I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970)
Episode:
This Is Murder
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
When Tony has to escort a princess around, Jeannie announces that due to a family feud she has to kill her. To save the princess Tony sends Jeannie around the world with tasks so massive that she will miss the three days of her visit.
Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Hayden Rorke, Bill Daily
Votes: 218
26.
Planet Earth (2006)
Episode:
Deserts
(2006)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Family
A large and growing part of earth's land mass is covered in desert - each one widely varied in composition and dryness. Wildlife species have adapted in different ways to these different ... See full summary »
Director: Alastair Fothergill | Stars: David Attenborough, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Clarke, Huw Cordey
Votes: 3,058
27.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
The Great Wall of China
(1997)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History
The Great Wall of China mirrors China's turbulent history. Over two millenia the Chinese built, expanded or demolished parts of the wall in response to interstate rivalry, civil war, threat... See full summary »
Star: Earl Boen
Votes: 38
28.
Amazing Train Journeys (2011– )
Episode:
Mongolie
(2016)
Documentary
Beginning of the journey in Ulan-Bator,the capital of Mongolia.Philippe takes the train to Konkhor: from the railway station Philippe travels on a 4x4 van through the pastures to meet a ... See full summary »
Directors: Alex Badin, Nicolas Boer, William Japhet | Star: Philippe Gougler
29.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
Equus: Story of the Horse: Origins
(2019)
TV-G | 53 min | Documentary, Family
The evolutionary journey of the horse, from its tiny ancient ancestor, the Dawn Horse, to the modern statuesque steed. Scientists explain the genetic basis of a horse's abilities and ... See full summary »
Director: Niobe Thompson | Stars: Niobe Thompson, Martin S. Fischer, David Lambert, Michael Dickinson
Votes: 36
30.
The Silk Road (2019)
Episode:
Gobi, The Forbidden Oasis
(2019)
26 min | Documentary
A Uyghur family invite Alfred into their home, where he learns about their way of life and growing techniques. Gaochang was once an important way-stage on the Silk Road and a famous centre ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier Lefebvre | Star: Alfred de Montesquiou
Votes: 8
31.
Wild China (2008)
Episode:
Beyond the Great Wall
(2008)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary
China's heartland with its Han people is the centre of a 5,000-year-old civilization. This land contains the Great Wall, the Temple of Heaven, and Beijing's Olympic Stadium, and it's home ... See full summary »
Director: George Chan | Star: Bernard Hill
Votes: 105
32.
SciShow (2012– )
Episode:
Geological Misfits: 4 Small Weird Places
(2021)
12 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Baby volcanoes, a miniature mountain ranges and a tiny dessert aren't what they appear to be. A closer look or a broader view reveals aspects of these geological features that aren't so ... See full summary »
Star: Hank Green
33.
The New Environmentalists (2013–2021)
Episode:
From Liberia to Mongolia
(2019)
Documentary
What we take from and put back into the Earth reflects the very nature of who we are as human beings. Meet people from Washington, Liberia, Macedonia, the Cook Islands, Mongolia, and Chile who believe end results depend upon how we begin.
Directors: John Antonelli, Will Parrinello, Matt Yamashita | Stars: Bayarjargal Agvaantseren, Alfred Brownell, Alberto Curamil, Belen Curamil
34.
Dinosaur Planet (2003– )
Episode:
White Tip's Journey
(2003)
Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
A lone female velociraptor, ill suited to life on her own, struggles to survive in the Gobi desert. Eventually she is accepted by a small pack of velociraptors where she can hunt with the ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Christian Slater, Scott Sampson, Lutz Riedel, Ana Claudia Talancón
Votes: 42
35.
Pugwall (1989–1991)
Episode:
Back to Earth
(1991)
Family, Music
Pugwall's recording session in Japan is a failure. The gang must decide on their future as a band.
Director: John Gauci | Stars: Jason Torrens, Rebecca Blomberg, Jay McCormack, Ricky Fleming
36.
Newsthink (2020– )
Episode:
How China Plans to Dominate in Space
(2020)
Documentary
Here is a brief overview of China's progress in creating a space program and some of their near term objectives.
Star: Cindy Pom
37.
Sideprojects (2020– )
Episode:
The Most Mysterious Discoveries Made by Satellites
(2022)
15 min | Documentary
Simon Whistler discusses and displays images of five of the strangest discoveries detected from satellite imaging.
Star: Simon Whistler
38.
Be Amazed (2015– )
Episode:
They Threw 12,000 Tons of Orange Peels in a Forest. 16 Years Later They Returned to See the Results...
(2022)
20 min | Documentary
Every once in a while a waste product turns out to be too valuable to throw away. In this case its orange peels. So what about coffee bean skins you may ask. Let's find out.
39.
Plant Science: An Introduction to Botany (2017)
Episode:
The Desert Bonanza of Plant Shapes
Documentary
Star: Catherine Kleier
40.
PBS Eons (2017– )
Episode:
The Mystery of the Mashed-Up Dinosaurs
(2023)
9 min | Documentary
Paleontologists are accustomed to looking a strange animals. So when they say Therizinosaurs are weird it's a good bet they're strange by any standard. But paleontologists think they know why.
Star: Blake de Pastino
41.
Mossy Earth (2021– )
Episode:
How China Turned the Desert Green (and why it went wrong)
(2022)
In 1978 Chine embarked on a forestation program to block the spread of the Gobi Dessert. In halting the desert the program appears successful but it was done at the expense of biodiversity.
42.
Trey the Explainer (2015– )
Episode:
Paleo Profile - Andrewsarchus
(2017)
6 min | Documentary, History
Andrewsarchus is an obvious predator known from a single skull that roughly resembles a very large wolf. But close inspection suggests it is an ungulate (e.g. horses, pigs etc.) most ... See full summary »
Star: Trey Swenton
43.
Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode:
Mongolie, un rêve de liberté
(2015)
Documentary
Beginning of the journey in Ulaan Baatar: Raphael meets at Genghis Khan square Mogi, his guide, and they begin the visit of the capital: a antique shop owner who is collecting traditional ... See full summary »
Director: Olivier Corre | Star: Raphaël de Casabianca