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Mandarin Films (Original Language)   (85 Most Notable)

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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 Mandarin, # 38 Overall Raise the Red Lantern 1991 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong / Taiwan DS
# 2 Mandarin, # 123 Overall Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Lee, Ang Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China DBOP
# 3 Mandarin, # 137 Overall Farewell My Concubine 1993 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong DS
# 4 Mandarin, # 342 Overall Yi Yi 2000 Yang, Edward Taiwan / Japan DB
# 5 Mandarin, # 589 Overall House of Flying Daggers 2004 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong DBO
# 6 Mandarin, # 672 Overall Red Sorghum 1987 Zhang, Yimou China Y
# 7 Mandarin, # 717 Overall The Story of Qiu Ju 1992 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong DO
# 8 Mandarin, # 830 Overall To Live 1994 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China D
# 9 Mandarin, # 847 Overall Hero 2002 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China DBOPS
# 10 Mandarin, # 942 Overall Ju Dou 1990 Zhang, Yimou / Yang, Fengliang Japan / China D
# 11 Mandarin, # 955 Overall A Touch of Zen 1969 Hu, King Taiwan Y
# 12 Mandarin, # 1012 Overall The Puppetmaster 1993 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan Y
# 13 Mandarin, # 1019 Overall The Blue Kite 1993 Tian, Zhuangzhuang China / Hong Kong Y
# 14 Mandarin, # 1099 Overall A Brighter Summer Day 1991 Yang, Edward Taiwan
# 15 Mandarin, # 1101 Overall Happy Together 1997 Wong, Kar Wai Hong Kong DBO
# 16 Mandarin, # 1240 Overall The Wedding Banquet 1993 Lee, Ang Taiwan / USA Y
# 17 Mandarin, # 1364 Overall Eat Drink Man Woman 1994 Lee, Ang Taiwan / USA YO
# 18 Mandarin, # 1366 Overall The Way of the Dragon 1972 Lee, Bruce Hong Kong DB
# 19 Mandarin, # 1419 Overall Lust, Caution 2007 Lee, Ang USA / China DO
# 20 Mandarin, # 1430 Overall What Time Is It There? 2001 Tsai, Ming-liang Taiwan / France Y
# 21 Mandarin, # 1475 Overall Horse Thief 1986 Tian, Zhuangzhuang China Y
# 22 Mandarin, # 1509 Overall The Time to Live and the Time to Die 1985 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
# 23 Mandarin, # 1764 Overall Platform 2000 Jia, Zhang Ke Hong Kong / China / Japan / France D
# 24 Mandarin, # 1863 Overall Shanghai Triad 1995 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China / France DO
# 25 Mandarin, # 1868 Overall Spring in a Small Town 1948 Fei, Mu China D
# 26 Mandarin, # 2060 Overall Together 2002 Chen, Kaige China / South Korea D
# 27 Mandarin, # 2066 Overall Shower 1999 Zhang, Yang China D
# 28 Mandarin, # 2096 Overall Ermo 1994 Zhou, Xiaowen Hong Kong / China
# 29 Mandarin, # 2103 Overall The Emperor and the Assassin 1999 Chen, Kaige France / Japan / China YO
# 30 Mandarin, # 2117 Overall Come Drink with Me 1966 Hu, King Hong Kong D
# 30 Mandarin, # 2117 Overall Ye ban ge sheng 1937 Ma-Xu, Weibang China
# 31 Mandarin, # 2210 Overall Still Life 2006 Jia, Zhang Ke China / Hong Kong / Japan D
# 32 Mandarin, # 2215 Overall Goodbye, Dragon Inn 2003 Tsai, Ming-liang Taiwan Y
# 33 Mandarin, # 2226 Overall Not One Less 1999 Zhang, Yimou China Y
# 34 Mandarin, # 2245 Overall The King of Masks 1996 Wu, Tian-Ming China / Hong Kong D
# 34 Mandarin, # 2245 Overall Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China / Japan D
# 35 Mandarin, # 2254 Overall Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2002 Dai, Sijie France / China D
# 36 Mandarin, # 2268 Overall Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame 2010 Tsui, Hark China / Hong Kong DB
# 37 Mandarin, # 2277 Overall The World 2004 Jia, Zhang Ke China / Japan / France D
# 38 Mandarin, # 2289 Overall City of Life and Death 2009 Lu, Chuan China / Hong Kong DB
# 39 Mandarin, # 2311 Overall A Thousand Years of Good Prayers 2007 Wang, Wayne USA DO
# 40 Mandarin, # 2318 Overall Yellow Earth 1984 Chen, Kaige China Y
# 41 Mandarin, # 2324 Overall Temptress Moon 1996 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong D
# 42 Mandarin, # 2327 Overall Red Cliff 2008 Woo, John China DBOPS
# 43 Mandarin, # 2360 Overall Vive L'Amour 1994 Tsai, Ming-liang Taiwan Y
# 44 Mandarin, # 2378 Overall Adynata 1983 Thornton, Leslie USA
# 44 Mandarin, # 2378 Overall Blue Moon 1997 I-cheng, Ko Taiwan
# 44 Mandarin, # 2378 Overall The Day the Sun Turned Cold 1994 Yim, Ho Hong Kong Y
# 44 Mandarin, # 2378 Overall Good Men, Good Women 1995 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Japan / Taiwan Y
# 44 Mandarin, # 2378 Overall Goodbye South, Goodbye 1996 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan Y
# 44 Mandarin, # 2378 Overall The Hole 1998 Tsai, Ming-liang Taiwan / France Y
# 44 Mandarin, # 2378 Overall Mahjong 1996 Yang, Edward Taiwan
# 44 Mandarin, # 2378 Overall Mr. Zhao 1998 Lu, Yue Hong Kong / China
# 44 Mandarin, # 2378 Overall The River 1997 Tsai, Ming-liang Taiwan Y
# 44 Mandarin, # 2378 Overall Son's Big Doll 1983 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
# 44 Mandarin, # 2378 Overall Springtime in a Small Town 2002 Tian, Zhuangzhuang China / Hong Kong / France / Netherlands Y
# 45 Mandarin, # 2389 Overall Devils on the Doorstep 2000 Wen, Jiang China
# 46 Mandarin, # 2390 Overall The Ditch 2010 Wang, Bing Hong Kong / France / Belgium
# 46 Mandarin, # 2390 Overall Help Me Eros 2007 Lee, Kang-sheng Taiwan DO
# 46 Mandarin, # 2390 Overall I Don't Want to Sleep Alone 2006 Tsai, Ming-liang Taiwan / Austria / France D
# 46 Mandarin, # 2390 Overall Meili shiguang 2002 Chang, Tso-chi Taiwan / Japan
# 46 Mandarin, # 2390 Overall Prince of Tears 2009 Yonfan Hong Kong
# 46 Mandarin, # 2390 Overall Ren Shan Ren Hai 2011 Cai, Shangjun China / Hong Kong
# 46 Mandarin, # 2390 Overall Seventeen Years 1999 Zhang, Yuan Italy / China Y
# 46 Mandarin, # 2390 Overall Tai yang zhao chang sheng qi 2007 Jiang, Wen China D
# 46 Mandarin, # 2390 Overall You hua hao hao shuo 1997 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China
# 47 Mandarin, # 2391 Overall Curse of the Golden Flower 2006 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China DBO
# 48 Mandarin, # 2394 Overall Last Train Home 2009 Fan, Lixin Canada / China / UK DOP
# 48 Mandarin, # 2394 Overall Three Times 2005 Hou, Hsiao-hsien France / Taiwan D
# 49 Mandarin, # 2400 Overall The Flowers of War 2011 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong
# 49 Mandarin, # 2400 Overall The Promise 2005 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea DO
# 50 Mandarin, # 2410 Overall Shanghai Dreams 2005 Wang, Xiaoshuai China
# 51 Mandarin, # 2411 Overall The Go Masters 1982 Duan, Ji-shun / Sato, Junya Japan / China
# 51 Mandarin, # 2411 Overall Mountain Patrol: Kekexili 2004 Lu, Chuan China / Hong Kong DO
# 52 Mandarin, # 2414 Overall Wild Rose 1930 Sun, Yu China
# 53 Mandarin, # 2426 Overall Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl 1998 Chen, Joan Hong Kong / USA / Taiwan
# 54 Mandarin, # 2432 Overall Beauties and Skeletons 1921 unknown China
# 54 Mandarin, # 2432 Overall Sea Oath 1921 Duyu, Dan China
# 54 Mandarin, # 2432 Overall The Spring River Flows East 1947 Cai, Chusheng / Zheng, Junli China
# 54 Mandarin, # 2432 Overall Wild Torrent 1933 Cheng, Bugao China
# 55 Mandarin, # 2436 Overall Crows and Sparrows 1949 Zheng, Junli China Y
# 55 Mandarin, # 2436 Overall Daybreak 1933 Sun, Yu China D
# 55 Mandarin, # 2436 Overall Dushi Fengguang 1935 Muzhi, Yuan China
# 55 Mandarin, # 2436 Overall The Highway 1934 Sun, Yu China
# 55 Mandarin, # 2436 Overall Red Persimmon 1995 Wang, Tong Taiwan
 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
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