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Stories Set in Mongolia — top stories

Mongolia is a landlocked country of grass steppe and desert between Russia and China. Genghis Khan's unification of steppe tribes in 1206 built a vast empire still recalled in herder life, while decades as a Soviet ally ringed the capital with block housing beside felt tents. Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan and Flight of the Phoenix sit on its shelf. Open Mongolia on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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10 famous stories set in Mongolia

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 21 books, 29 movies, 1 TV show and 2 games set in Mongolia.

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Wonderland Sound and Vision-Tall Trees Productions-Flower Films-Columbia Pictures
movie

The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed the ladies target a rogue agent who might…

Setting: Miami, Florida, USA; MongoliaTime Period: 2003
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

X Filme Creative Pool-CTB Film Company-Andreevsky Flag Film Company-Kinofabrika-Eurasia Film Production
movie

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

Setting: MongoliaTime Period: 11th-12th Century
Flight of the Phoenix

Flight of the Phoenix

Optional Pictures-Davis Entertainment-Aldrich Group-20th Century Fox
movie

When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing Capt. Frank Towns and…

Setting: Mongolia; Gobi DesertTime Period: Contemporary
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes

Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes

movie

Before he lost his sight. Before he pledged his service to Kublai Khan. Hundred Eyes saw what made him into the deadly assassin who trains Marco Polo.

Setting: MongoliaTime Period: 13th Century
The Story of the Weeping Camel

The Story of the Weeping Camel

Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (HFF)
movie

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.

Setting: MongoliaTime Period: 2003
Skiptrace

Skiptrace

InterTitle Films-Cider Mill Pictures-Dasym Enetertainment-JC Group International-Talent International Media-Talent International Film Cultural Company
movie

A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.

Setting: Hong Kong; Russia; MongoliaTime Period: 2010s
The Cave of the Yellow Dog

The Cave of the Yellow Dog

Telepool-Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München-BKM Film-Lüthje & Schneider Filmproduktion-Schesch Filmproduktion
movie

The little nomad girl Nansal finds a baby dog in the Mongolian veld who becomes her best friend - against all rejections of her parents. A story about a Mongolian family of nomads - their traditional way of life and the…

Setting: MongoliaTime Period: 2000s
Babies

Babies

StudioCanal
movie

Babies also known as Baby(ies) and Bébé(s) is a 2009 French documentary film by Thomas Balmès that follows four infants from birth to when they are one year old. The babies featured in the film are two from rural areas:…

Setting: Namibia; Mongolia; Japan; California, USATime Period: 2009
Burn Your Maps

Burn Your Maps

Atmosphere Entertainment MM-After Dark Films-Patrick Aiello Productions
movie

A family in emotional turmoil is taken by surprise in this quirky adventure where an eccentric 8-year-old American boy Wes has an existential epiphany - He believes that he is in fact a Mongolian goat herder.

Setting: Mongolia; USATime Period: Contemporary
Behemoth

Behemoth

Ina
movie

Under the sun the heavenly beauty of grasslands will soon be covered by the raging dust of mines. Facing the ashes and noises caused by heavy mining the herdsmen have no choice but to leave as the meadow areas dwindle.…

Setting: MongoliaTime Period: Contemporary

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