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Keep the Olympic Flame Alive with Movies about Beijing

There are 17 million stories in the Naked City, assuming, of course, the Naked City in question is Beijing. In honor of the Olympics, we’ve selected 11 great movies that take place in Beijing. Follow the stories of a bike messenger who loses his bike, student scaught up in the 1989 uprising, a young gay man in search of himself, an old codger watching his neighborhood get torn down around him, or yes, even the Last Emperor himself. Beyond the Bird’s Nest is where Beijing really gets interesting.