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1. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
R | 139 min | Drama
The life histories of four East Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin
Votes: 18,275 | Gross: $32.86M
2. 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: 9,882
3. 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: 3,475 | Gross: $1.10M
4. The Horse Thief (1986)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
A Tibetan man struggles to provide for his family.
Directors: Zhuangzhuang Tian, Peicheng Pan | Stars: Rigzin Tseshang, Jiji Dan, Daiba, Drashi
Votes: 1,555
5. A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1989)
145 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
China 2.200 years ago. It's the time of the Qin dynasty. The emperor seeks immortality by busily letting his alchemists search for a formula and building the famous terracotta army from the... See full summary »
Director: Siu-Tung Ching | Stars: Yimou Zhang, Gong Li, Tian-Ming Wu, Rongguang Yu
Votes: 1,088
6. Song of the Phoenix (2013)
110 min | Drama, History, Music
The life and trials of You Tianming, a young suona apprentice who forms his own suona troupe at a time when the traditions of suona music are declining in Chinese society. As a grown man, ... See full summary »
Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Peng Chi, Xianxu Hu, Mincheng Li, Yang Mo
Votes: 676
7. King of the Children (II) (1988)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
This film is adapted from the novel of Ah Cheng. During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), a young man is assigned to teach in village school.
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Yuan Xie, Xuewen Yang, Shaohua Chen, Caimei Zhang
Votes: 657
8. The Black Cannon Incident (1985)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy
Engineer Zhao Shuxin likes playing chess a lot. Once during his business trip, he loses a black cannon chessman which leads to unexpected consequences for him.
Director: Jianxin Huang | Stars: Zifeng Liu, Ming Gao, Gerhard Olschewski, Hui Ge
Votes: 509
9. The Old Well (1987)
129 min | Drama, Romance
A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village. The well collapses and they are trapped. Their enforced confinement leads to ... See full summary »
Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Yujing Liang, Yuqing Liao, Liping Lü, Xingli Niu
Votes: 370
10. Lo kong ching chuen (2007)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Tracing the life of a left-wing film projectionist and his family over 40 years of Hong Kong history.
Director: Leung Chun 'Samson' Chiu | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, John Sham, Hee Ching Paw, Karen Mok
Votes: 344
11. Full Circle (2012)
105 min | Drama
A moving road movie about two retired bus drivers, old Zhou and old Ge, who find themselves in the same retirement home and decide to escape for one final escapade with a gang of other senior citizens.
Director: Yang Zhang | Stars: Huanshan Xu, Tian-Ming Wu, Bin Li, Bingyan Yan
Votes: 203
12. Life (1984)
125 min | Drama
In a transitioning 1980s China, an ambitious young man struggles with life choices represented by two women; one from his traditional, poverty-stricken peasant background, and another who offers a more affluent, modern urban life.
Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Lijing Zhou, Yufang Wu, Baocheng Gao, Bai Xue
Votes: 97
13. River Without Buoys (1983)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
The film describes the frustrated experience and love of Pan Laowu, who drains off waste water. It reflects the suffering brought about by the ultra-left route.
Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Ronghua Hu, Wei Li, Baosen Song, Qingming Tang
Votes: 43
14. The 8th Shanghai International Film Festival (2005 TV Special)
50 min
Films nominated for the Jinjue awards include The Qing ren jie (2005),Young Andersen (2005) , Qiu qiu ni biao yang wo (2005), and In My Father's Den (2005).
Stars: Fann Wong, Huu Phuc Dang, Brendan Fraser, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 39
15. C.E.O. (2002)
Drama
Ling Min becomes the manager of Haier Factory when the factory is almost bankrupted. He has had no formal education, but on his own, he systematically studies Western theories of industrial... See full summary »
Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Liang Shi, Zong-Hua Li, Yue Ma, Juan Zi
Votes: 30
16. An Unusual Love (1998)
Drama, Romance
The day before his wedding, Tian gets into a serious accident, and falls into a coma. He will probably be a vegetable for the rest of his life. His fiancee, Shu, dedicates her life to ... See full summary »
Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Li Yuan, Yunlong Liu, Beibi Gong
Votes: 14
17. Gadfly (2004)
45 min | Drama, History
Based on the novel of the same name by Ethel Lilian Voynich, adaptation by Chinese filmmakers in Ukraine with Ukrainian actors and Ukrainian crew members. This television series has twenty episodes.
Stars: Aleksandr Nikitin, Maria Korotchenko, Igor Bezgin, Oleksandr Bezruchko
18. Qin yuan (1980)
Drama
Chen Yunxuan and his daughter Xiujuan escape from China to Taiwan in 1949 but leave Chen's pregnant wife behind. 30 years later Xiujuan meets her mother and a brother she never knew.
Directors: Wenji Teng, Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Weixin Li, Dong Liu, Min Xu
19. New Chinese Cinema (1989 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.
Director: Tony Rayns | Stars: Kaige Chen, Mei Hu, Jianxin Huang, Jianzhong Huang
20. Wo men shi shi jie (1988)
Drama, History
In 1940, the desert areas of northwest China suffered from a famine year, and the people of all ethnic groups prayed for rain and no results. In desperation, a foreign priest came, and the ... See full summary »
Directors: Fangfang Guo, Ping He | Stars: Zai Jian Qiu, Gang Wang, Jianxin Yu, Shuangli Zhang
21. Ba Shan Hong Lang (1961)
Director: Fu Sang | Stars: Yang Huizhen, Yiping Mang, Zhong Qu, Shisheng Shen