Dead Pigs
2018 2h 2m movie Film China

Dead Pigs

海上浮城

Synopsis

海上浮城

A pig farmer, a busboy, a salon owner, an expat architect and a jaded rich girl cross paths as thousands of dead pigs float down the Yangtze River toward Shanghai.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Dead Pigs. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Comedy + Drama in China

90 China titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dead Pigs itself).

The 2017–2019 China Window

Dead Pigs holds position #110 of 248 China films in the 2017–2019 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. The Untamed: Special Edition
    #1

    The Untamed: Special Edition

    ★ 9.5 · 2019
  2. Ling Cage: Incarnation
    #2

    Ling Cage: Incarnation

    ★ 9.0 · 2019
  3. Once Upon a Bite
    #3

    Once Upon a Bite

    ★ 9.0 · 2018
  4. All Is Well
    #4

    All Is Well

    ★ 9.0 · 2019
  5. Fights Break Sphere
    #5

    Fights Break Sphere

    ★ 8.8 · 2017
  6. Burning Ice
    #6

    Burning Ice

    ★ 8.8 · 2017
  7. Blue Planet II
    #7

    Blue Planet II

    ★ 8.6 · 2017
  8. Day And Night
    #8

    Day And Night

    ★ 8.6 · 2017

The 2010s China Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dead Pigs premiered alongside 76 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 76 other China films in 2018.

The 570th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).

Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).

Audience Engagement

52
Reviews
65th
Review-volume percentile
34th
Popularity percentile

52 audience reviews — more than 65% of China films in our index.

Review volume (65th percentile) outruns trending popularity (34th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Reception Benchmarks

6.9
TMDB Rating
52
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #388 of 946 China films indexed here (59th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.2 points above the China average of 6.7/10.

Among China Comedy productions specifically: #83 of 214 (top 39%).

Production Details

Primary CountryChina
All Production CountriesChina, United States of America
Original LanguageChinese
Spoken LanguagesEnglish, Mandarin
Production CompaniesSeesaw Entertainment, Beijing Culture
Runtime2h 2m
Release DateJanuary 19, 2018
IMDbtt7476810