China Synopsis
“376 journalists working in 76 countries expose how the rich play hide and keep”
A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.
Other Titles From Field of Vision
The 2017–2019 China Window
The Panama Papers holds position #143 of 248 China films in the 2017–2019 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Panama Papers premiered alongside 76 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 76 other China films in 2018.
The 627th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
55 audience reviews — more than 66% of China films in our index.
Review volume (66th percentile) outruns trending popularity (39th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Panama Papers, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- money laundering · 4
- car bomb · 3
- iceland · 3
- billionaire · 3
- investigative journalism · 2
- whistleblower · 2
- international crime · 2
- russia · 2
- corrupt judge · 2
- panama · 1
- malta · 1
- british prime minister · 1
- tax evasion · 1
- investigative journalist · 1
- financial scandal · 1
- kremlin · 1
- panama papers · 1
- wealth distribution · 1
- tax haven · 1
- income inequality · 1
- corruption · 29
- corrupt politician · 8
- political corruption · 7
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #518 of 946 China films indexed here (45th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among China Documentary productions specifically: #41 of 52 (top 79%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Australia, China, Germany, Iceland, Malta, Panama, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Maltese, Russian, Spanish |
| Production Companies | Field of Vision, Bungalow Media + Entertainment, Great Point Media |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | October 6, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt8951058 |