Best Movies from China   (114) Most Notable
Sorted by Rank
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Mandarin Films (Original Language)
Cantonese Films (Original Language)
 RATING   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 China, # 48 Overall Raise the Red Lantern 1991 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong / Taiwan DS
# 2 China, # 144 Overall Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Lee, Ang Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China BD
# 3 China, # 171 Overall Farewell My Concubine 1993 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong DS
# 4 China, # 729 Overall Red Sorghum 1987 Zhang, Yimou China Y
# 5 China, # 764 Overall The Story of Qiu Ju 1992 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong D
# 6 China, # 801 Overall House of Flying Daggers 2004 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong BD
# 7 China, # 952 Overall To Live 1994 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China D
# 8 China, # 971 Overall Hero 2002 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China BDS
# 9 China, # 1050 Overall Ju Dou 1990 Zhang, Yimou / Yang, Fengliang Japan / China D
# 10 China, # 1137 Overall The Blue Kite 1993 Tian, Zhuangzhuang China / Hong Kong Y
# 11 China, # 1144 Overall 2046 2004 Wong, Kar Wai China / France / Germany / Hong Kong BD
# 12 China, # 1192 Overall Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 2019 Tarantino, Quentin UK / USA / China BDS
# 13 China, # 1293 Overall Top Gun: Maverick 2022 Kosinski, Joseph China / USA BDS
# 14 China, # 1655 Overall Looper 2012 Johnson, Rian USA / China BDS
# 15 China, # 1656 Overall Lust, Caution 2007 Lee, Ang USA / China BD
# 16 China, # 1731 Overall Horse Thief 1986 Tian, Zhuangzhuang China Y
# 17 China, # 1942 Overall Kung Fu Hustle 2004 Chow, Stephen China / Hong Kong BD
# 18 China, # 1964 Overall The Assassin 2015 Hou, Hsiao-Hsien Taiwan / China / Hong Kong / France BD
# 19 China, # 1990 Overall Spring in a Small Town 1948 Fei, Mu China D
# 20 China, # 2015 Overall Platform 2000 Jia, Zhang Ke Hong Kong / China / Japan / France D
# 21 China, # 2120 Overall Shanghai Triad 1995 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China / France D
# 22 China, # 2190 Overall Ermo 1994 Zhou, Xiaowen Hong Kong / China
# 23 China, # 2194 Overall News of the World 2020 Greengrass, Paul USA / China BDS
# 24 China, # 2245 Overall Ad Astra 2019 Gray, James USA / China BD
# 25 China, # 2315 Overall Together 2002 Chen, Kaige China / South Korea D
# 26 China, # 2323 Overall Shower 1999 Zhang, Yang China D
# 27 China, # 2367 Overall Ye ban ge sheng 1937 Ma-Xu, Weibang China
# 28 China, # 2368 Overall A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 2019 Heller, Marielle China / USA BD
# 29 China, # 2371 Overall The Emperor and the Assassin 1999 Chen, Kaige France / Japan / China Y
# 30 China, # 2391 Overall City of Life and Death 2009 Lu, Chuan China / Hong Kong BD
# 31 China, # 2412 Overall The Karate Kid 2010 Zwart, Harald USA / China BDS
# 32 China, # 2439 Overall Still Life 2006 Jia, Zhang Ke China / Hong Kong / Japan D
# 33 China, # 2452 Overall A Prayer Before Dawn 2017 Sauvaire, Jean-Stéphane France / UK / Cambodia / USA / China BD
# 34 China, # 2480 Overall Not One Less 1999 Zhang, Yimou China Y
# 35 China, # 2490 Overall The Card Counter 2021 Schrader, Paul UK / China / USA BDS
# 36 China, # 2492 Overall The King of Masks 1996 Wu, Tian-Ming China / Hong Kong D
# 36 China, # 2492 Overall Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China / Japan D
# 37 China, # 2509 Overall Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2002 Dai, Sijie France / China D
# 38 China, # 2522 Overall Wonder Woman 2017 Jenkins, Patty USA / China / Hong Kong BDS
# 39 China, # 2524 Overall Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame 2010 Tsui, Hark China / Hong Kong BD
# 40 China, # 2532 Overall The World 2004 Jia, Zhang Ke China / Japan / France D
# 41 China, # 2533 Overall Molly's Game 2017 Sorkin, Aaron China / USA BDS
# 42 China, # 2575 Overall Yellow Earth 1984 Chen, Kaige China Y
# 43 China, # 2584 Overall Beauties and Skeletons 1921 unknown China
# 43 China, # 2584 Overall Sea Oath 1921 Duyu, Dan China
# 43 China, # 2584 Overall The Spring River Flows East 1947 Cai, Chusheng / Zheng, Junli China
# 43 China, # 2584 Overall Victory of the Chinese People 1950 Gerasimov, Sergei / Dukinsky, Ivan China / Soviet Union
# 43 China, # 2584 Overall Wild Torrent 1933 Cheng, Bugao China
# 44 China, # 2586 Overall The Most Terrible Time in My Life 1994 Hayashi, Kaizo Japan / China / Taiwan D
# 44 China, # 2586 Overall Temptress Moon 1996 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong D
# 45 China, # 2590 Overall Red Cliff 2008 Woo, John China BDS
# 46 China, # 2623 Overall Fury 2014 Ayer, David UK / China / USA BDS
# 47 China, # 2630 Overall Better Days 2019 Tsang, Derek China / Hong Kong B
# 47 China, # 2630 Overall Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom 2019 Choyning Dorji, Pawo Bhutan / China
# 48 China, # 2658 Overall Devils on the Doorstep 2000 Wen, Jiang China
# 49 China, # 2659 Overall Angels Wear White 2017 Qu, Vivian China D
# 49 China, # 2659 Overall Behemoth 2015 Zhao, Liang China / France
# 49 China, # 2659 Overall Chuang ru zhe 2014 Wang, Xiaoshuai China
# 49 China, # 2659 Overall Dangkou 2008 Yu, Nelson Lik-wai Brazil / China / Hong Kong / Japan
# 49 China, # 2659 Overall Liulian piao piao 2000 Chan, Fruit Hong Kong / France / China
# 49 China, # 2659 Overall No. 7 Cherry Lane 2019 Yonfan Hong Kong / China
# 49 China, # 2659 Overall Ren Shan Ren Hai 2011 Cai, Shangjun China / Hong Kong
# 49 China, # 2659 Overall Saturday Fiction 2019 Lou, Ye China
# 49 China, # 2659 Overall Seventeen Years 1999 Zhang, Yuan Italy / China Y
# 49 China, # 2659 Overall Tai yang zhao chang sheng qi 2007 Jiang, Wen China D
# 49 China, # 2659 Overall You hua hao hao shuo 1997 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China
# 50 China, # 2662 Overall Curse of the Golden Flower 2006 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China BD
# 50 China, # 2662 Overall The Grandmaster 2013 Wong, Kar Wai Hong Kong / China BDS
# 51 China, # 2664 Overall Last Train Home 2009 Fan, Lixin Canada / China / UK D
# 52 China, # 2670 Overall Ashes of Time 1994 Wong, Kar Wai Hong Kong / China / Taiwan Y
# 53 China, # 2671 Overall The Flowers of War 2011 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong BD
# 53 China, # 2671 Overall The Promise 2005 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea D
# 54 China, # 2674 Overall Blush 1994 Li, Shaohong China / Hong Kong Y
# 54 China, # 2674 Overall Mr. Zhao 1998 Lu, Yue Hong Kong / China
# 54 China, # 2674 Overall Springtime in a Small Town 2002 Tian, Zhuangzhuang China / Hong Kong / France / Netherlands Y
# 55 China, # 2676 Overall Long Day's Journey Into Night 2018 Bi, Gan China / France BD
# 56 China, # 2683 Overall Memoria 2021 Weerasethakul, Apichatpong Colombia / Thailand / France / Germany / Mexico / Qatar / UK / China / Switzerland B
# 56 China, # 2683 Overall Shanghai Dreams 2005 Wang, Xiaoshuai China
# 57 China, # 2684 Overall Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare 2012 Frömke, Susan / Heineman, Matthew USA / China / Germany DS
# 57 China, # 2684 Overall The Go Masters 1982 Duan, Ji-shun / Sato, Junya Japan / China
# 57 China, # 2684 Overall Mountain Patrol: Kekexili 2004 Lu, Chuan China / Hong Kong D
# 57 China, # 2684 Overall Mulberry Child 2011 Cooper, Susan Morgan USA / China
# 57 China, # 2684 Overall Sacrifice 2010 Chen, Kaige China D
# 58 China, # 2688 Overall A Touch of Sin 2013 Jia, Zhangke China BD
# 59 China, # 2691 Overall Cities of Last Things 2018 Ho, Wi Ding Taiwan / China / USA / France
# 59 China, # 2691 Overall Gemini Man 2019 Lee, Ang USA / China BDS
# 59 China, # 2691 Overall I Am Not Madame Bovary 2016 Feng, Xiaogang China
# 59 China, # 2691 Overall Iron Man 3 2013 Black, Shane USA / China BDS
# 59 China, # 2691 Overall Kung Fu Panda 3 2016 Carloni, Alessandro / Yuh, Jennifer China / USA BDS
# 59 China, # 2691 Overall Over the Moon 2020 Keane, Glen / Kahrs, John China / USA S
# 59 China, # 2691 Overall Wild Rose 1930 Sun, Yu China
# 60 China, # 2699 Overall Radioactive 2019 Satrapi, Marjane UK / Hungary / China / France / USA
# 60 China, # 2699 Overall Yesterday 2019 Boyle, Danny UK / Russia / China BDS
# 61 China, # 2700 Overall Unknown Pleasures 2002 Jia, Zhang Ke South Korea / France / Japan / China D
# 62 China, # 2713 Overall Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks 2002 Wang, Bing China / Netherlands
# 63 China, # 2728 Overall Crows and Sparrows 1949 Zheng, Junli China Y
# 63 China, # 2728 Overall Daybreak 1933 Sun, Yu China D
# 63 China, # 2728 Overall Dushi Fengguang 1935 Muzhi, Yuan China
# 63 China, # 2728 Overall The Highway 1934 Sun, Yu China
NR Bumblebee 2018 Knight, Travis USA / China BDS
NR Detective Chinatown 2 2018 Chen, Sicheng China
NR The Great Wall 2016 Zhang, Yimou China / USA BDS
NR The Grinch 2018 Cheney, Yarrow / Mosier, Scott France / China / Japan / USA BDS
NR Jurassic World 2015 Trevorrow, Colin USA / China BDS
NR The Meg 2018 Turteltaub, Jon China / USA BDS
NR The Mermaid 2016 Chow, Stephen China BD
NR Monster Hunt 2015 Hui, Raman China / Hong Kong BD
NR Monster Hunt 2 2018 Hui, Raman China S
NR Ne Zha 2019 Yang, Yu China D
NR Operation Red Sea 2018 Lam, Dante China / Morocco BDS
NR Venom 2018 Fleischer, Ruben China / USA BDS
NR The Wandering Earth 2019 Gwo, Frant China
NR Warcraft: The Beginning 2016 Jones, Duncan China / Canada / USA BDS
NR Wolf Warrior 2 2017 Wu, Jing China BD
 RATING   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
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Media Availability Codes (Amazon.com)
T   Theaters (US)
B   Blu-ray Disc
D   DVD
V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
S   Soundtrack