Best Mainland Chinese Movies
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1. In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
134 min | Drama, Romance
Beijing, 1970s. Now that the CR has driven most adults to the provinces, 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery referred to as "girls."
Director: Wen Jiang | Stars: Yu Xia, Wei Chen, Shaobo Dai, Hua Fang
Votes: 5,528
85 (2)
Won 6 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Winner
35mm, Color, B&W (Ending), 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
4K restoration (L'Immagine Ritrovata)
Blu-ray [FR Spectrum: No ENG]
2. Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
139 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Villagers in World War II China are unsure what to do with the two enemy prisoners who have been left in their care.
Director: Wen Jiang | Stars: Wen Jiang, Kenya Sawada, Hongbo Jiang, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 8,617 | Gross: $0.02M
85 (5)
35mm, B&W, Color (Ending), 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
DVD (US: 140-min Director's Cut, DVD-9, 16:9, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, English Subtitles)
3. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song
Votes: 116,266 | Gross: $11.05M
76 (6)
Oscar Nominee
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award, Best Film Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (HK: Best PQ, English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (US, FR: Aspect Ratio Stretched)
4. City of Life and Death (2009)
R | 133 min | Drama, History, War
In 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone.
Director: Chuan Lu | Stars: Ye Liu, Wei Fan, Hideo Nakaizumi, Yuanyuan Gao
Votes: 11,717 | Gross: $0.12M
83 (6)
35mm, B&W, 2.20:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles)
5. No Man's Land (2013)
118 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A young lawyer from the city travels to the Gobi desert where he embarks on a series of adventures and challenges.
Director: Ning Hao | Stars: Zheng Xu, Duobujie, Nan Yu, Huang Bo
Votes: 2,753
Blu-ray [CHN HPM (Blufans exclusive): Out of print, ENG subs]
6. Waiting Alone (2004)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Chen Wen, an antique shop worker and aspiring author, who has just met the girl of his dreams. The only problem is that she only wants him as a very close friend, not as a boyfriend.
Director: Dayyan Eng | Stars: Yu Xia, Bingbing Li, Beibi Gong, Qi Gao
Votes: 1,200
77 (2)
Golden Rooster Best Film Nominee
Blu-ray [CHN HPM (Blufans exclusive): Out of print, ENG subs]
7. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
PG | 125 min | Drama, Romance
China in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Jingwu Ma, Saifei He, Cuifen Cao
Votes: 35,348 | Gross: $2.60M
88 (5)
Oscar Nominee
Won 2 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (FR: Best PQ, No English)
Blu-ray (DE: No English)
8. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
R | 171 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li, You Ge
Votes: 33,158 | Gross: $5.22M
89 (4)
Oscar Nominee
35mm, Color, B&W, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (UK: Best PQ, HD [Dated Source], English Subs, Region B)
Blu-ray (KOR: HD [Dated Source], English Subtitles)
9. A Touch of Sin (2013)
Not Rated | 130 min | Crime, Drama
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Wu Jiang, Baoqiang Wang, Tao Zhao, Lanshan Luo
Votes: 12,893 | Gross: $0.09M
80 (6)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee
2.8K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles)
10. Hero (2002)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang
Votes: 187,658 | Gross: $53.71M
86 (6)
Oscar Nominee
Won 7 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Picture Nominee
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, B&W, 2.39:1, DTS
Blu-ray (KOR: DTS-HD MA 5.1, Inferior English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (US: Dolby Digital 5.1, Inferior English Subtitles)
DVD (Best English Subtitles)
11. Mountain Patrol (2004)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Drama
A moving true story about volunteers protecting antelope against poachers in the severe mountains of Tibet.
Director: Chuan Lu | Stars: Duobujie, Lei Zhang, Dao Qi, Xueying Zhao
Votes: 5,431 | Gross: $0.14M
82 (6) Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Winner Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award Won 1 Golden Rooster Award, Best Film Winner 35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
12. The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014)
Not Rated | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
A story focusing on a conflict between a People's Liberation Army squad and a bandit gang in north-east China during the Chinese revolution.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Hanyu Zhang, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Kenny Lin, Nan Yu
Votes: 3,352 | Gross: $0.23M
68 (5), 3D: 5/5, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy remake
Won 1 2015 Golden Horse Award
Won 2 2016 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Film nominee
Won 3 2015 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film nominee
Dual 5K, Color, 2.39:1 [1.85:1], Dolby Atmos
Blu-ray 3D (HK: 1.85:1, MVC 27.92 Mbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 [96 kHz, 16-bit] 2,997 kbps, English Subtitles [Frequent depth conflict])
Blu-ray 3D (FR: 1.85:1, MVC 29.76 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 [48 kHz, 24-bit] 3,992 kbps No English)
Blu-ray 3D (DE: 1.85:1, MVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, No English)
2D Blu-ray (US: 1.85:1, AVC 31.70 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 [48 kHz, 16-bit] 2,319 kbps, English Subtitles)
13. Drug War (2012)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Honglei Sun, Yi Huang, Michelle Ye
Votes: 10,864 | Gross: $0.13M
82 (6)
Golden Horse Best Feature Film Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (HK: BD-50, Dolby TrueHD 7.1, English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (US: BD-25, DTS-HD MA 5.1, English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (DE: DTS-HD MA 7.1, No English)
14. The Wild Goose Lake (2019)
113 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam.
Director: Yi'nan Diao | Stars: Ge Hu, Gwei Lun-Mei, Fan Liao, Regina Wan
Votes: 7,877
Blu-ray (English subs)
15. Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again.
Director: Yi'nan Diao | Stars: Fan Liao, Gwei Lun-Mei, Xuebing Wang, Jingchun Wang
Votes: 9,574
Blu-ray (English subs)
16. Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A man went back to Guizhou, found the tracks of a mysterious woman. He recalls the summer he spent with her twenty years ago.
Director: Bi Gan | Stars: Tang Wei, Jue Huang, Sylvia Chang, Hong-Chi Lee
Votes: 9,411 | Gross: $0.50M
Blu-ray 3D
17. An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)
230 min | Crime, Drama
Four people in a Chinese city live through a complicated day as their lives intersect.
Director: Bo Hu | Stars: Yu Zhang, Yuchang Peng, Uvin Wang, Zi Xi
Votes: 7,999 | Gross: $0.03M
18. Postmen in the Mountains (1999)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama
A father, a retiring mailman, walks his son over his job in the mountainous regions of Hunan province.
Director: Jianqi Huo | Stars: Rujun Teng, Ye Liu, Hao Chen, Hao Dang
Votes: 1,789 | Gross: $0.20M
80 (4)
Won 2 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 1.85:1
DVD (UK, HK, KOR: English Subtitles)
19. Havoc in Heaven (1961)
Not Rated | 114 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Sun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.
Directors: Wan Laiming, Cheng Tang | Stars: Yue-Feng Qiu, Run-Sheng Fu, Hans Alfredson, Ke Bi
Votes: 2,393
87 (2)
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award
2D Animation (35mm, Color), 1.37:1, Mono
2D-3D Conversion (Re-release)
Blu-ray 3D (CHN, TWN: New Aspect Ratio, Rescored, Redubbed, 20min Cut, English Subtitles, Region Free)
20. Kaili Blues (2015)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Mystery
While travelling the countryside to locate his nephew, a small town doctor finds himself interacting with people from his past and future.
Director: Bi Gan | Stars: Yongzhong Chen, Feiyang Luo, Lixun Xie, Guangqian Qin
Votes: 4,358 | Gross: $0.03M
Blu-ray [Grasshopper Films: 2.0 DTS-HD MA (Mandarin), ENG subs, "Diamond Sutra" short]
21. Soulmate (2016)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Two women who have been close friends since adolescence must cope with the changes that maturity brings.
Director: Derek Tsang | Stars: Dongyu Zhou, Sichun Ma, Toby Lee, Gang Cai
Votes: 3,175
75 (2), Soul Mate
Won 1 2016 Golden Horse Award
Won 1 2017 Hong Kong Film Award, Best Picture nominee
Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
HDTV
DVD (HK: English Subtitles)
22. To Live (1994)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama, War
After Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: You Ge, Gong Li, Ben Niu, Wu Jiang
Votes: 20,445 | Gross: $2.33M
89 (5)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
HDTV (1080p [Dated Source])
23. The Road Home (1999)
G | 89 min | Drama, Romance
Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng, Yulian Zhao
Votes: 13,919 | Gross: $1.28M
80 (6)
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
Won 2 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, B&W, 2.39:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
DVD (English Subtitles)
24. Angels Wear White (2017)
TV-14 | 107 min | Drama
In a small seaside town, two schoolgirls are sexually assaulted by a middle-aged man in a motel. Mia, a teenager who was working on reception that night, is the only witness. For fear of losing her job, she chooses to keep silence.
Director: Vivian Qu | Stars: Vicky Chen, Meijun Zhou, Ke Shi, Le Geng
Votes: 2,492
25. Youth (2017)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Romance, War
A look at the lives of members of a Military Cultural Troupe in the 1970s.
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Xuan Huang, Miao Miao, Caiyu Yang, Elane Zhong
Votes: 3,473 | Gross: $1.89M
26. Let the Bullets Fly (2010)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In 1920s China, a bandit arrives in a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, where he faces off against a tyrannical local nobleman.
Director: Wen Jiang | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Wen Jiang, You Ge, Carina Lau
Votes: 13,142 | Gross: $0.06M
72 (6)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee
Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award, Best Picture Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (DTS-HD MA 5.1, English Subtitles)
27. Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015)
Not Rated | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1969 PRChina, two men survive a supernatural tomb. They later become tomb raiders with Shirley/Shu Qi. 20 years later in NYC, one is hired to find that tomb again and the 2 friends follow later.
Director: Wuershan | Stars: Kun Chen, Huang Bo, Shu Qi, Angelababy
Votes: 4,361 | Gross: $1.24M
57 (5)
Won 1 2016 Golden Horse Award
Won 2 2016 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Nominee
3D Society's 2017 3D Feature Jury Prize Winner
Dual 5K, Color, 2.39:1, 1.85:1, Dolby Atmos
Blu-ray 3D (DE: 2.39:1, 1.85:1, DTS-HD MA 5.1, English Subtitles, Region B)
2D Blu-ray (US, TWN, THA: DTS-HD MA 5.1 [48 kHz, 16-bit] 2,209 kbps, English Subtitles)
28. Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Tang Sanzang, an aspiring Buddhist hero tries to protect a village from three demons. He develops complex feelings for Miss Duan, the demon hunter who repeatedly helps him, and finally quests to meet the legendary Monkey King.
Directors: Stephen Chow, Chi-Kin Kwok | Stars: Zhang Wen, Shu Qi, Huang Bo, Show Lo
Votes: 13,981 | Gross: $0.02M
75 (6)
Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film Nominee
2D-3D Conversion 2.8K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Atmos
2D Blu-ray (US: AVC 33.97 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1, English subs)
2D Blu-ray (TWN: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, English subs)
2D Blu-ray (AUS: DTS-HD MA 5.1, English subs)
2D Blu-ray (HK: No Mandarin Audio, English subs)
2D Blu-ray (JPN: Dolby Atmos, No English)
29. Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017)
PG-13 | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A monk and his three disciples continue on their journey to battle demons.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Kris Wu, Kenny Lin, Chen Yao, Yun Lin
Votes: 3,565 | Gross: $0.88M
56 (4), 3D: 5/5
Won 1 2018 Hong Kong Film Award
Dual 3D, Color, 2.39:1 [1.90:1 IMAX], Dolby Atmos
2D Blu-ray (US: English Subtitles)
30. Spring in a Small Town (1948)
98 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely housewife finds her monotonous life altered when her childhood sweetheart returns to town.
Director: Mu Fei | Stars: Chaoming Cui, Wei Li, Yu Shi, Wei Wei
Votes: 3,354
88 (4)
35mm, B&W, 1.37:1, Mono
DVD (English Subtitles)
31. Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
PG | 116 min | Drama, Romance
The eight-year marriage of Liyan and Yuwen has left them both unfulfilled and distant. A visitor arrives from Shanghai, a doctor who's an old school friend of Liyan's and, unbeknownst to her husband, Yuwen's childhood sweetheart.
Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian | Stars: Jingfan Hu, Jun Wu, Bai Qing Xin, Xiaokeng Ye
Votes: 1,366 | Gross: $0.04M
80 (5), Spring in a Small Town Remake Won 1 Golden Rooster Award 35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital
32. The Blue Kite (1993)
140 min | Drama, History
The lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian | Stars: Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen, Liping Lü
Votes: 3,259 | Gross: $0.36M
87 (3) 35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
33. Red Sorghum (1988)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, History, Romance
When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Rujun Teng, Ji Liu
Votes: 9,874
85 (4) Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award, Best Film Winner 35mm, Eastmancolor, 2.39:1, Mono
34. Hibiscus Town (1987)
164 min | Drama, History, Romance
Love, humiliation, and politics play out in a distant village of China during the Cultural Revolution.
Director: Jin Xie | Stars: Wen Jiang, Linian Liu, Xiaoqing Liu, Ning Xu
Votes: 1,373
86 (2)
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
Won 4 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 2.39:1
DVD (JPN: 16:9, Dolby Digital, No English)
35. Yellow Earth (1984)
TV-PG | 89 min | Drama, History, Music
A communist soldier travels to Shanbei to collect folk songs for propaganda while visiting a poor peasant family, giving hope to the teenage daughter in escaping an arranged marriage.
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Xueqi Wang, Bai Xue, Quiang Liu, Tuo Tan
Votes: 2,572
84 (3) 35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Mono
36. Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)
R | 99 min | Drama
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year ... See full summary »
Director: Joan Chen | Stars: Xiaolu Li, Lopsang, Zheng Qian, Jie Gao
Votes: 3,678 | Gross: $1.00M
83 (4) Won 7 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Winner 35mm, Color, 1.66:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
37. Suzhou River (2000)
83 min | Drama, Romance
After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover.
Director: Ye Lou | Stars: Xun Zhou, Hongsheng Jia, Zhongkai Hua, Anlian Yao
Votes: 6,427 | Gross: $0.10M
81 (6)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
4K restoration
Blu-ray [Strand Releasing: 4K restoration, 1080i, 5.1 DTS-HD MA (Mandarin), ENG subs]
Blu-ray [TWN Welcome Music: 2K restoration, 2.0 DTS-HD MA/2.0 Dolby TrueHD (Mandarin), ENG subs]
38. The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
A peasant woman seeks justice after the headman of her village has kicked her husband in the groin.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Kesheng Lei
Votes: 6,656 | Gross: $1.89M
82 (4)
Won 2 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award, Best Film Winner
16mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (JPN: No English)
39. Ju Dou (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance
In rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.
Directors: Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang | Stars: Gong Li, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi
Votes: 9,020 | Gross: $1.99M
81 (5)
Oscar Nominee
35mm, Eastmancolor, 1.37:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (KOR: LPCM 2.0, English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (JPN: No English)
40. Blind Shaft (2003)
Unrated | 92 min | Crime, Drama
Two coal miners and conmen looking for their next murder victim decide on a naïve country boy desperately looking for a job.
Director: Yang Li | Stars: Yixiang Li, Baoqiang Wang, Shuangbao Wang, Jing Ai
Votes: 2,914 | Gross: $0.03M
81 (5) Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee 16mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital
41. Coming Home (2014)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer recognizes him.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Daoming Chen, Huiwen Zhang, Tao Guo
Votes: 6,688 | Gross: $0.38M
81 (5)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award
Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award
4K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Atmos
Blu-ray (FR: No English)
42. Prince Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King (1979)
65 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Tells the fable from Chinese mythology about the young warrior Nezha who takes on a group of evil dragons.
Directors: Shuchen Wang, Jingda Xu, Ding Xian Yan | Stars: Ke Bi, Banjô Ginga, Daisuke Gôri, Junko Hori
Votes: 1,288
83 (2)
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award
2D Animation (35mm, Color), 1.37:1, Mono
DVD
43. The Coffin in the Mountain (2014)
119 min | Drama, Mystery
A young man tries to get away from his family's overwhelming power, but when he accidentally kills a local thug, his fate will be intricately linked to his father's. A woman, who for years ... See full summary »
Director: Yukun Xin | Stars: Weimin Huo, Xiaotian Wang, Yun Luo, Yuzen Yang
Votes: 2,222
83 (2)
Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
DVD (TWN)
44. My Memories of Old Beijing (1983)
96 min | Drama
Yingzi is a young, impressionable girl living on the southern side of Beijing in the late 1920s. Encountering people in the city, she tries to understand how people are really like inside through her own eyes.
Director: Yigong Wu | Stars: Jie Shen, Min Zhang, Fengyi Zhang, Zhenyao Zheng
Votes: 516
My Memories of Old Beijing, 83 (2)
Won 3 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1
HDTV
45. Shen nu (1934)
TV-PG | 85 min | Drama
Street walker by night, devoted mother by day, a woman fights to get her young son an education amid criminal and social injustice in China.
Director: Yonggang Wu | Stars: Lingyu Ruan, Tian Jian, Zhizhi Zhang, Keng Li
Votes: 2,475
82 (3)
35mm, B&W, 1.37:1, Silent
DVD (English Subtitles)
46. The King of Masks (1995)
91 min | Drama
In a remote area of China, in the 1930s, a street performer named Wang practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. Seeking to pass his art, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy, but quickly learns his new disciple's secret.
Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Xu Zhu, Renying Zhou, Zhigang Zhao, Li Chen
Votes: 3,474 | Gross: $1.10M
81 (4) Won 2 Golden Rooster Awards 35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
47. Still Life (2006)
Unrated | 111 min | Drama
A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Tao Zhao, Zhou Lan, Sanming Han, Lizhen Ma
Votes: 7,307 | Gross: $0.07M
79 (6)
1080i, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital
DVD (English Subtitles)
48. The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
R | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance
In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Gong Li, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Xiaohe Lü
Votes: 6,470 | Gross: $1.33M
79 (6)
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, DTS
DVD (English Subtitles)
49. Not One Less (1999)
G | 106 min | Drama
13-year old Wei Minzhi is the new substitute teacher of a mountain village school. She is told not to lose any of her pupils under any circumstances.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao
Votes: 9,361 | Gross: $0.59M
78 (6) Won 1 Golden Rooster Award Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award, Best Film Winner 16mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
50. Dearest (2014)
128 min | Drama
A story centered around a divorced couple living in a southern Chinese city Shenzhen and dealing with the disappearance of their missing son.
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Stars: Wei Zhao, Huang Bo, Dawei Tong, Lei Hao
Votes: 2,617
81 (2)
Won 1 2015 Hong Kong Film Award, Best Picture nominee
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award
Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (HK: English Subtitles)
51. Aftershock (2010)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, History
The epic story of a family separated as a result of the Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976.
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Daoming Chen, Chen Li, Yi Lu, Fan Xu
Votes: 9,737 | Gross: $0.06M
79 (4)
Won 2 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Nominee
Won 4 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (HK: English Subtitles)
52. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
PG | 107 min | Drama
A Japanese father travels to China's Yunnan province in the place of his ailing son to film a folk-opera singer.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Shinobu Terajima, Ken Nakamoto
Votes: 5,628 | Gross: $0.25M
77 (6) 35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital
53. Ocean Heaven (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Explores the subject of parental love and autism in kids.
Director: Xiaolu Xue | Stars: Jet Li, Zhang Wen, Gwei Lun-Mei, Yuanyuan Zhu
Votes: 2,762
79 (3)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles)
54. Getting Home (2007)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
A black comedy about a migrant construction worker who tries to bring home the body of his friend, who died far from his town.
Director: Yang Zhang | Stars: Benshan Zhao, Qiwen Hong, Dandan Song, Degang Guo
Votes: 1,904
79 (3)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award, Best Feature Film Nominee
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital
DVD (English Subtitle)
55. Shanghai Triad (1995)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, History
A provincial boy related to a Shanghai crime family is recruited by his uncle into cosmopolitan Shanghai in the 1930s to be a servant to a ganglord's mistress.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Baotian Li, Xiaoxiao Wang, Xuejian Li
Votes: 6,025 | Gross: $2.30M
77 (5)
Oscar Nominee
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
Blu-ray (HK: LPCM 2.0, English Subtitles)
56. 24 City (2008)
Not Rated | 112 min | Documentary, Drama
When a factory is being torn down in Chengdu, China, workers reflect on their experiences and the importance of the factory in their lives.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Jianbin Chen, Joan Chen, Liping Lü, Tao Zhao
Votes: 2,339
76 (6)
57. The World (2004)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
An exploration on the impact of urbanization and globalization on a traditional culture.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Tao Zhao, Taishen Cheng, Jue Jing, Zhongwei Jiang
Votes: 3,490 | Gross: $0.06M
76 (6)
Blu-ray (UK: English Subtitles, Region Free)
58. Mountains May Depart (2015)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama, Romance
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Tao Zhao, Yi Zhang, Liang Jingdong, Zijian Dong
Votes: 6,392 | Gross: $0.08M
76 (6)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee
Blu-ray (English Subtitles)
59. Monkey King: Hero Is Back (2015)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The all-powerful Monkey King was imprisoned by the Gods for 500 years, but when a child releases him from his curse, the Monkey King must now save an innocent village from the evil Mountain Lord and his monstrous army.
Director: Xiaopeng Tian | Stars: Lei Zhang, Zijie Lin, Wenlun Wu, Zirong Tong
Votes: 4,716
79 (2)
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award
CGI 3D, Color, 2.39:1
2D HDTV
2D DVD
60. Pickpocket (1997)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama
A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Hongwei Wang, Hongjian Hao, Baitao Zuo, Ma Jinrei
Votes: 3,295
79 (2)
61. Red Cliff (2008)
R | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 48,498 | Gross: $0.63M
75 (6)
Won 5 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Picture Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (Original International Version, English Subtitles)
62. Red Cliff II (2009)
142 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Second and final part of epic tale about a legendary battle that changed the course of China history.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 25,355 | Gross: $0.63M
75 (6)
Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award, Best Picture Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (Original International Version, English Subtitles)
63. Kong que (2005)
136 min | Drama
China in the late 1970s and early 1980s: the life of an ordinary working family as seen through its three siblings.
Director: Changwei Gu | Stars: Jing An, Li Feng, Changwei Gu, Meiying Huang
Votes: 1,125
78 (2) Won 1 Golden Rooster Award
64. Jia fang yi fang (1997)
90 min | Comedy
Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course ... See full summary »
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: You Ge, Xiaogang Feng, Pei Liu, Bing He
Votes: 1,731
78 (2)
Won 3 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (CHN: English Subtitles, Region Free)
65. Operation Mekong (2016)
Not Rated | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Inspired by the true story known as the Mekong Massacre--two Chinese commercial vessels are ambushed while traveling down the Mekong River in the waters of the Golden Triangle, one of the largest drug-manufacturing regions in the world. 13 sailors are executed at gunpoint, and 900,000 methamphetamine pills are recovered at the scene. Upon discovery, the Chinese government immediately sends a band... See full summary »
Director: Dante Lam | Stars: Hanyu Zhang, Eddie Peng, Baoguo Chen, Chun Sun
Votes: 5,312 | Gross: $0.80M
72 (5)
Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award
2.8K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Atmos
Blu-ray (US: Upcoming)
Blu-ray (HK: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, English Subtitles)
66. Operation Red Sea (2018)
TV-MA | 142 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
PLA Navy Marine Corps launch a hostage rescue operation in the fictional Republic of Ihwea and undergo a fierce battle with rebellions and terrorism.
Director: Dante Lam | Stars: Yi Zhang, Johnny Huang, Hai-Qing, Jiang Du
Votes: 7,949 | Gross: $1.54M
77 (3) Won 3 2019 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Picture nominee
67. Electric Shadows (2004)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in... See full summary »
Director: Jiang Xiao | Stars: Yu Xia, Haibin Li, Yijing Zhang, Zhongyang Qi
Votes: 1,071 | Gross: $0.01M
75 (5)
68. Assembly (2007)
124 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A soldier fights to gain recognition for comrades who died during the Chinese Civil War.
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Hanyu Zhang, Chao Deng, Wenkang Yuan, Yan Tang
Votes: 7,335
76 (3)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee
Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
Won 4 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles)
69. Blind Mountain (2007)
95 min | Crime, Drama
A young woman is kidnapped and sold to a villager in the mountains.
Director: Yang Li | Stars: Lu Huang, Youan Yang, Yuling Zhang, Yunle He
Votes: 2,091 | Gross: $0.01M
73 (6) 35mm, Color, 1.66:1, Dolby Digital
70. He ni zai yi qi (2002)
PG | 116 min | Drama, Music
A violin prodigy and his father travel to Beijing, where the father seeks the means to his son's success while the son struggles to accept the path laid before him.
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu, Hong Chen, Zhiwen Wang
Votes: 4,476 | Gross: $0.60M
73 (6)
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Nominee
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital
DVD (English Subtitles)
71. Crazy Racer (2009)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Assassins, scammers, gangsters, cops, a washed-up bicycle racer, and a body continually cross paths; usually with negative outcomes.
Director: Ning Hao | Stars: Huang Bo, Kung-Wei Lu, Morris Hsiang Jung, Jack Kao
Votes: 2,617
76 (2), Silver Medalist
Blu-ray [CHN Disk Kino: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (Mandarin), ENG subs]
72. Keep Cool (1997)
93 min | Comedy
A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker -- who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover -- seeks for monetary compensation for his ... See full summary »
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Wen Jiang, Baotian Li, Ying Qu, Xinyi Liu
Votes: 2,251
76 (2) 35mm, Color, 1.85:1
73. Be There or Be Square (1998)
103 min | Comedy, Romance
Two people from Beijing working in Los Angeles whose paths constantly cross in a foreign city attempt to balance work with friendship/love in spite of mounting disasters each time they meet.
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: You Ge, Fan Xu, Bobby C. King
Votes: 1,341
Be There or Be Square, 76 (2)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (CHN: English Subtitles, Region Free)
74. The Mermaid (2016)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Shan, a mermaid, is sent to assassinate Xuan, a developer who threatens the ecosystem of her race, but ends up falling in love with him instead.
Director: Stephen Chow | Stars: Chao Deng, Show Lo, Yuqi Zhang, Yun Lin
Votes: 10,170 | Gross: $3.23M
73 (5), 3D: 3/5
2017 Hong Kong Film Awards Best Picture nominee
Dual (3/5) & 2D-3D Conversion (2/5) 5K, Color, 2.39:1 [1.90:1 IMAX], Dolby Atmos
Blu-ray 3D (HK: 1.90:1, MVC 46.93 Mbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 [96 kHz, 16-bit] 2,585 kbps, English Subtitles)
2D Blu-ray (US: 2.36:1, AVC 24.88 Mbps, DTS-HD 5.1 [48 kHz, 24-bit] 3,650 kbps, English Subtitles)
75. Blind Massage (2014)
114 min | Drama
A drama centered around the employees of a Nanjing massage parlor who share a common trait: they are all blind.
Director: Ye Lou | Stars: Xiaodong Guo, Hao Qin, Lei Zhang, Ting Mei
Votes: 1,596
75 (2) Won 6 Golden Horse Awards, Best Film Winner
76. 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: 2,569
75 (2)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award
HDTV (1080i, 720p)
DVD (HK: DVD-9, 16:9, DTS 5.1, English Subtitles)
77. Happy Times (2000)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An aging bachelor has to engage his old, laid-off friends to keep a blind girl happy as a masseuse at a non-existent massage parlor.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Lifan Dong, Benshan Zhao, Jie Dong, Biao Fu
Votes: 4,179 | Gross: $0.24M
71 (6) 35mm, Color, 1.85:1, DTS
78. American Dreams in China (2013)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of three friends who build a successful English language school in China called "New Dream". This school helps the dreams of Chinese teenagers come true. Before they stood proudly... See full summary »
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Stars: Xiaoming Huang, Dawei Tong, Chao Deng, Du Juan
Votes: 2,882
74 (2)
Won 3 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
Won 2 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Nominee
2.8K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (CHN: No English)
79. The Spring River Flows East (1947)
192 min | Drama, War
1930's China. The village of a poor family is taken over by the occupying Japanese army. One son, Zhongliang, leaves his wife and young son to join a medic group for the Chinese Army. The ... See full summary »
Directors: Chusheng Cai, Junli Zheng | Stars: Yang Bai, Jin Tao, Yinyan Wu, Yunzhu Shangguan
Votes: 369
The Spring River Flows East, 72 (3)
35mm, B&W, 1.37:1, Mono
4K Restoration [L'Immagine Ritrovata]
80. If You Are the One (2008)
130 min | Comedy, Romance
After making a killing, Fen returns to China a rich man. After seeking a wife on internet, he meets many women but only likes air hostess Liang/Shu Qi, who's in love with a married man and only wants friendship.
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: You Ge, Shu Qi, Wei Fan, Alex Fong
Votes: 3,783
72 (3)
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award
Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles)
81. Platform (2000)
154 min | Drama, History
A theatre troupe from rural Fenyang struggles under the decline of communism and rise of popular culture in China in the 1980s.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Hongwei Wang, Tao Zhao, Liang Jingdong, Tian-yi Yang
Votes: 3,076
71 (4)
82. I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
After being swindled by her ex-husband, a woman takes on the Chinese legal system.
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Bingbing Fan, Wei Fan, Xiaogang Feng, Tao Guo
Votes: 2,484 | Gross: $0.44M
71 (4)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee
Color, 1.37:1 (Circle), Dolby Digital
DVD (HK: English Subtitles)
83. Mr. Six (2015)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A well respected man residing in what's left of old-Beijing attempts to exonerate his son from his wrongdoings with his own methods and beliefs.
Director: Hu Guan | Stars: Xiaogang Feng, Hanyu Zhang, Qing Xu, Kris Wu
Votes: 4,273 | Gross: $1.42M
72 (2)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award
Won 2 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Nominee
3.4K, Color, 2.66:1
Blu-ray (CHN: LPCM 2.0, English Subtitles)
84. A World Without Thieves (2004)
113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A con-team couple (Andy Lau & Rene Liu) head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter travelling home with his life savings challenges their fate as thieves.
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Andy Lau, Rene Liu, Baoqiang Wang, You Ge
Votes: 5,539
71 (3) Won 1 Golden Horse Award, Best Feature Film Nominee Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award 35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
85. Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (1970)
129 min | Musical, War
Yang Zirong, a reconnaissance soldier, goes undercover and infiltrates a group of rebellious bandits to aid a leading communist force in destroying them.
Director: Tieli Xie | Stars: Xiangling Tong, Jinbo Shen, Kuixi Han, Shu-Fang Qi
Votes: 56
71 (2)
86. Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
R | 114 min | Action, Drama, Romance
During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Ye Liu
Votes: 45,965 | Gross: $6.57M
67 (6) Oscar Nominee Blu-ray (English Subtitles)
87. Beijing Bicycle (2001)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama
A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang | Stars: Lin Cui, Xun Zhou, Bin Li, Yuanyuan Gao
Votes: 4,743 | Gross: $0.16M
67 (5) Golden Horse Best Feature Film Nominee
88. Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010)
114 min | Drama, Romance
Romance sparks between a young woman and a young man from different economic backgrounds during China's Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and '70s.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Xuejian Li, Taishen Cheng, Dongyu Zhou, Rina Sa
Votes: 3,727
69 (2) Blu-ray (JPN: No English) Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
89. Wolf Totem (2015)
PG-13 | 121 min | Adventure, Drama
During China's Cultural Revolution, a young urban student is sent to live with Mongolian herders, where he adopts a wolf cub.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Shaofeng Feng, Shawn Dou, Ankhnyam Ragchaa, Zhusheng Yin
Votes: 6,229 | Gross: $0.21M
65 (6) Won 2 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner 2D-3D Conversion 2.8K (3/4) and Dual 5K (1/4) Blu-ray 3D (English Subtitles)
90. The Flowers of War (2011)
R | 146 min | Drama, History, Romance
An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang, Tianyuan Huang
Votes: 55,723 | Gross: $0.01M
64 (6) 35mm, 1080p, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital Blu-ray (English Subtitles)
91. The Grandmaster (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ziyi Zhang, Jin Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 36,786 | Gross: $6.59M
73 (6)
Won 6 2013 Golden Horse Awards, Best Picture nominee
Won 12 2014 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Picture winner
Won 2 2013 Golden Rooster Awards
Won 2 2014 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film winner
35mm
2D-3D Conversion (Re-release)
2D Blu-ray (KOR: Best PQ, International Cut, English Subtitles)
92. The Golden Era (2014)
177 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life story of Xiao Hong, one of China's most famous essayists and novelists, who reflected the progressive thinking not frequently seen during the 1930s.
Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Tang Wei, Shaofeng Feng, Zhiwen Wang, Yawen Zhu
Votes: 1,252 | Gross: $0.10M
64 (4)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award, Best Feature Film nominee
Won 5 2015 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Picture winner
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award, Best Film nominee
Blu-ray (HK: ENG subs)
93. Unknown Pleasures (2002)
Unrated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
Two unemployed Chinese teenagers have trouble resisting the temptations of the Western world.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Wei Wei Zhao, Qiong Wu, Tao Zhao, Qing Feng Zhou
Votes: 2,549 | Gross: $0.01M
62 (5)
94. Goddess of Mercy (2003)
110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The film has been made after a popular novel that is devoted to the everyday work of a drug police team. The protagonist is a courageous police woman whose relations with three men in her ... See full summary »
Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Wei Zhao, Nicholas Tse, Yunlong Liu, Jianbin Chen
Votes: 509
64 (2) Hundred Flowers Awards Best Film Nominee
95. Gone with the Bullets (2014)
140 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Set in 1920s Shanghai, Ma Zouri and Xiang Feitian establish a notorious beauty pageant called the Flowers Competition. All of the city's elite attend the gala event, but when Wanyan Ying ... See full summary »
Director: Wen Jiang | Stars: Wen Jiang, You Ge, Yun Zhou, Shu Qi
Votes: 1,840
60 (2)
Dual 2.8 & 4 & 5K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Atmos
2D HDTV (140-min Cut, 1080p, No English)
2D DVD (120-min Cut, 16:9, Dolby Digital 5.1, English Subtitles)
96. Crazy Stone (2006)
98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
What do you get when you have a precious jewel, a group of bumbling thieves intent on getting their hands on it, the mob wanting a piece of the action, and a loyal but mischievous security ... See full summary »
Director: Ning Hao | Stars: Tao Guo, Teddy Lin, Hua Liu, Gang Liu
Votes: 4,447
70 (3)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award, Best Feature Film Nominee
Hundred Flowers Awards Best Film Nominee
1080p, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
DVD (HK: English Subtitles)
97. Little Big Soldier (2010)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An old soldier kidnaps a young General of an enemy state and takes him on a long journey to collect the reward.
Director: Sheng Ding | Stars: Jackie Chan, Leehom Wang, Yoo Seung-jun, Peng Lin
Votes: 16,017
98. Shower (1999)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A young wealthy businessman's icy attitude toward his working-class background is about to thaw as he is forced to reconnect with his elderly father and mentally challenged younger brother, who together run a public bathhouse.
Director: Yang Zhang | Stars: Jiayi Du, Zheng Fang, Bing He, Wu Jiang
Votes: 4,224 | Gross: $1.15M
99. The Message (2009)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government in 1942 Nanjingn (Nanking), the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a ... See full summary »
Directors: Kuo-Fu Chen, Qunshu Gao | Stars: Xun Zhou, Bingbing Li, Hanyu Zhang, Xiaoming Huang
Votes: 4,219
100. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)
110 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Two youths sent for a Maoist "re-education" in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor's granddaughter.
Director: Sijie Dai | Stars: Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu, Shuangbao Wang
Votes: 4,585 | Gross: $0.67M
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