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1. Return to Dust (2022)
131 min | Drama
The humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. To survive, they have to come together and build a home for themselves.
Director: Ruijun Li | Stars: Renlin Wu, Hai-Qing, Guangrui Yang, Dengping Zhao
Votes: 2,430
2. The Founding of a Republic (2009)
138 min | Drama, History, War
Inspired by true events, Founding of a Republic weaves a rousing tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
Directors: Sanping Han, Jianxin Huang | Stars: Guoqiang Tang, Guoli Zhang, Qing Xu, Jin Liu
Votes: 3,873
3. 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: 13,925 | Gross: $1.28M
4. 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: 9,369 | Gross: $0.59M
5. 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
6. Chûgoku no chôjin (1998)
TV-PG | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A salaryman and yakuza are each sent by their bosses to a remote Chinese village but discover more than they expected.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako, Michiko Kichise
Votes: 4,927
7. Dead Souls (2018)
495 min | Documentary, History
A dozen aging survivors are interviewed from Jiabiangou, a complex of three work camps in Northwest China where supposed rightists were sent for re-education in the 1950s and 1960s under Mao Zedong.
Director: Wang Bing
Votes: 380
8. Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
This examination of cultural and economic globalization follows the life-cycle of Mardi Gras beads from a small factory in Fuzhou, China, to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and to art galleries in New York City.
Director: David Redmon | Star: Roger Wong
Votes: 279
9. All in This Tea (2006)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
During the 1990s, David Lee Hoffman searched throughout China for the finest teas. He's a California importer who, as a youth, lived in Asia for years and took tea with the Dali Lama. ... See full summary »
Directors: Les Blank, Gina Leibrecht | Stars: David Lee Hoffman, Song Diefeng, Werner Herzog, Angela Justice
Votes: 322
10. Feng yue qi tan (1972)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Han Hsiang Li | Stars: Shen Wang, Wu Chi Liu, Betty Pei Ti, Ching Tien
Votes: 135
11. Ma bei shang de fa ting (2006)
101 min | Drama
The film follows three characters on a tour of the remote Yunman province of China where they travel with a horse to deal with legal disputes in mountain villages.
Director: Jie Liu | Stars: Baotian Li, Yaning Yang, Yulai Lü, Tingliang Li
Votes: 251
12. On the Rim of the Sky (2014)
102 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Gulu is a village of Yi people, located beyond the cliff's edge in Sichuan, China, there is no electricity. The villagers used the lianas and Heaven-Ladders to climb up and down the cliffs ... See full summary »
Director: Hongjie Xu
Votes: 17
13. Gui qu lai (2004)
88 min | Drama
Ah Shui returns with her sister to a remote mountain village in Hunan (Western China) by car(an S.U.V.) and remembers episodes of her life that are related to a water project. Despite being... See full summary »
Director: Wensheng Shen | Stars: Chuang Chen, Lu Xia, Jing Du, Guanzhen Liao
Votes: 33
14. The Barefoot Doctors of Rural China (1975)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. DOCUMENTARY FILM: highlights the ... See full summary »
Director: Diane Li
Votes: 5
15. Dream Team (2008)
104 min | Drama
Football coach turns to coaching tug-of-war to primary school kids.
Director: Dan Tang | Stars: Shanshan Chen, Bo Feng, Guangxi Huo, Liu Lei
Votes: 16
16. Meng quan lan hua shou (1979)
85 min | Action
Two Kung Fu fools try to defend a village from bandits.
Director: Karl Liao | Stars: Yuan-Bao Jing, Kung-Tze Ho, Chin Hu, Fei Lung
Votes: 29
17. Autumn (III) (2009)
6 min | Short, Drama
Qiu Lan, a young girl, lives with her aging father in a small farmhouse in rural Shaan Xi, China. It is 1935, and the winds of change are sweeping the nation. Motherless from a very young ... See full summary »
Director: Li Lu | Stars: Meeghan Henry, Yolanda Huang, Kate Tsang, Ben Wang
18. Shi wang zhi wang (1971)
Action, Drama
Director: Fung Wong | Stars: Kien Shih, Jing Chan, Oi-Seung Law, Fung Ko
19. La ciudad de Gao Feng (2012)
15 min | Short, Family, Fantasy
Gao Feng, an older rural widower with senile dementia, comes to town to settle with his son in the city. He became fascinated by the city, but his health prevents him from speaking and ... See full summary »
Director: Oriol Martinez | Stars: Wang Jung Feng, Zhu Liu Sheng
20. Changyou's Journey (2018)
6 min | Animation, Short, Biography
A young animator crafted this labor of love to inspire his father during his long battle with cancer and to pay tribute to the life he led, beginning with his childhood in rural China. A story of grief, perseverance, and enduring hope.
Director: Perry S. Chen