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1. Dancing Through the Shadow (2021)
110 min | Drama
This is a riveting narrative of the life of Tia Zhang, a young Chinese ballerina who came of age during the reign of Mao Zedong. The story takes place in Beijing, China, and spans over a ... See full summary »
Director: Leif Bristow | Stars: Kristina Tonteri-Young, Jonathan Kim, Uni Park, Mung-Ling Tsui
Votes: 34
2. Chung Kuo: China (1972)
135 min | Documentary
A documentary on China, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. The 220-minute version consists of three parts. The first part, ... See full summary »
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Star: Giuseppe Rinaldi
Votes: 927
3. L'udienza (1972)
112 min | Drama, Mystery
A young man from north Italy named Amedeo decides to come to Rome.He has a crazy idea in his head to meet the pope.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Enzo Jannacci, Claudia Cardinale, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 759
4. Detektor (2000)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Daniel Jul is a 28-year-old psychiatrist still living with his mom. He and his friend Ronny have one thing in common: they like searching for metallic objects in the ground. One day they ... See full summary »
Director: Pål Jackman | Stars: Mads Ousdal, Hildegun Riise, Ingjerd Egeberg, Allan Svensson
Votes: 1,446
5. Human Remains (1998)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Film clips of the 20th century's great dictators with narration in first person combine to form a fascinating portrait of power and evil.
Director: Jay Rosenblatt | Stars: Eva Braun, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Lenin
Votes: 489
6. The Birth of New China (1989)
171 min | Drama, History
In the spring and summer of 1949, the People's Liberation Army launched an offensive under the orders of Mao Zedong and Zhu De, they crossed the Yangtze River and Nanjing was liberated on ... See full summary »
Directors: Qiankuan Li, Guiyun Xiao | Stars: Yue Gu, Fazeng Guo, Kai Huang, Huaizheng Liu
Votes: 74
7. Osvobozhdyonnyy Kitay (1951)
105 min | Documentary
The first feature about the PRC shown in the US, showing workers in cooperatives, youth at school, mass athletic events, holiday parades, and leaders making speeches; the friendship with the USSR is stressed.
Directors: Sergey Gerasimov, Eduard Volk | Stars: Zedong Mao, Leonid Khmara, Enlai Zhou
Votes: 21
8. Waking the Green Tiger (2011)
78 min | Documentary, History, News
Seen through the eyes of activist, farmers and journalists, Waking the Green Tiger follows an extraordinary campaign to stop a huge dam project on the Upper Yangtze river in southwestern ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Marcuse | Stars: David Hewlett, Jianqiang Liu, Jun Ma, Geping Qu
Votes: 20
9. The Concrete Revolution (2004)
62 min | Documentary
A look at life in a rapidly developing new China. Workers recruited from villages into Beijing's construction industry tell their stories of a culture in flux. Their displacement from loved... See full summary »
Director: Xiaolu Guo
Votes: 30
10. Nihao Hamtaï: Magma, first Chinese tour (2016)
86 min | Documentary
Director: Coralie Van Rietschoten | Stars: Christian Vander, Stella Vander
11. The Life of Mao (1976 TV Movie)
65 min | Documentary
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Zedong Mao, Mizuho Suzuki, Nagisa Ôshima
Votes: 10
12. The War of the Planets: The Flight of the Moths (2019)
120 min | Sci-Fi
In the year 3000, the nuclear war that has ravaged planet Earth 500 years earlier seems almost a distant memory. A new greener and bluer world flourished from the ashes of the old and a new world has been taken over by giant moths.
Director: Nick Peterson | Stars: Old-Nick, Vincent X. Hall, Alex Hall, John Waterhouse
13. Near Peer: China (2022)
43 min | Documentary, Short, War
This film examines the Chinese military. Subject matter experts discuss Chinese history, current affairs, and military doctrine. Topics range from Mao, to the PLA, to current advances in ... See full summary »
Director: Kimball Johnson | Stars: Geoffrey Babb, Brad Marvel, Dave McCaughrin, John Modinger
14.
20 seiki awâ (1968–1969)
Episode:
Mô Takutô to bunka daikakumei
(1969)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Hideo Kanze, Zedong Mao, Rokkô Toura
Votes: 19
15.
Firstpost: Flashback (2023– )
Episode:
Tibet's Dark Chapter: Unmasking China's Brutal Invasion
(2023)
10 min | Documentary, Short, News
For centuries, China and Tibet co-existed as independent cultures. But in 1950, Communist China's army rolled into Tibet, signalling the end of Tibetan freedoms and culture. Palki Sharma ... See full summary »
Star: Palki Sharma Upadhyay
16.
Ideas Men (2013– )
Episode:
Solving the New iPhone
(2014)
5 min | Comedy
The Ideas Men think of what a new iPhone will need to be as popular as ever.
Director: Riyad Barmania | Stars: Stuart Ashen, Daniel Barker