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2. My Memories of Old Beijing (1983)

96 min | Drama

Yingzi is a young, impressionable girl living on the southern side of Beijing in the late 1920s. Encountering people in the city, she tries to understand how people are really like inside through her own eyes.

Director: Yigong Wu | Stars: Jie Shen, Min Zhang, Fengyi Zhang, Zhenyao Zheng

Votes: 516

3. 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

5. Hibiscus Town (1987)

164 min | Drama, History, Romance

Love, humiliation, and politics play out in a distant village of China during the Cultural Revolution.

Director: Jin Xie | Stars: Wen Jiang, Linian Liu, Xiaoqing Liu, Ning Xu

Votes: 1,374

6. 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: 9,878

7. 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

8. Ju Dou (1990)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance

In rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.

Directors: Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang | Stars: Gong Li, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi

Votes: 9,021 | Gross: $1.99M

9. New Year's Day (1989)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

A man returns to his sublet apartment to find the previous tenants, three offbeat young women, still in residence, under the mistaken belief that they have the apartment until the end of New Year's Day.

Director: Henry Jaglom | Stars: Maggie Wheeler, Gwen Welles, Melanie Winter, Henry Jaglom

Votes: 341

10. The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

A peasant woman seeks justice after the headman of her village has kicked her husband in the groin.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Kesheng Lei

Votes: 6,662 | Gross: $1.89M

11. Feng huang qin (1993)

90 min | Drama

A heart-warming but yet funny story of a hi-school where boys and girls are merged to study in the same class for the first time.

Director: Qun He | Stars: Baotian Li, Xue Ju, Xueqi Wang, Zongdi Xiu

Votes: 117

12. Red Cherry (1995)

120 min | Drama, War

It is 1940. Chuchu and Luo Xiaoman are Chinese students who have been sent to study in Moscow, at the international school. She is 13; he is 12. Xiaoman is from Yanan, Mao's base after the ... See full summary »

Director: Daying Ye | Stars: Ke-Yu Guo, Xiao-Li Xu, Igor Ledogorov, Vyacheslav Butenko

Votes: 748

13. Yi dai tian jiao Cheng Ji Si Han (1998)

113 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Chronicles the first half of Genghis Khan's life, from his lowly beginnings after his father is killed until he rescues his wife and becomes the first Khan of a united Mongol confederation.

Directors: Mailisi, Saifu | Stars: Liya Ai, Tumen, Baasanjav Mijid, Bayaertu

Votes: 116

14. Lover's Grief Over the Yellow River (1999)

105 min | Drama, War

The film tells the story of a grounded American pilot during the Second World War who learns about the noble spirit of the Chinese poeple when he is rescued by the communist-led Chinese ... See full summary »

Director: Xiaoning Feng | Stars: Jing Ning, Paul Kersey, Xinjun Wang, Tumen

Votes: 325

15. Piao liang ma ma (2000)

90 min | Drama

Gong Li stars in this low-key drama about a single mother who will do anything to provide for her son. Sun Liying (Li) struggles to care for her hearing-impaired child Zheng Da (Gao Xin) after her taxi driver husband divorces.

Director: Zhou Sun | Stars: Gong Li, Xin Gao, Jingming Shi, Yue Guan

Votes: 478

16. Hero (2002)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

85 Metascore

A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang

Votes: 187,681 | Gross: $53.71M

17. Tian di ying xiong (2003)

R | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

54 Metascore

A Chinese emissary is sent to the Gobi desert to execute a renegade soldier. When a caravan transporting a Buddhist monk and a valuable treasure is threatened by thieves, however, the two warriors might unite to protect the travelers.

Director: Ping He | Stars: Wen Jiang, Kiichi Nakai, Xueqi Wang, Wei Zhao

Votes: 4,444 | Gross: $0.08M

18. House of Flying Daggers (2004)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

89 Metascore

A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song

Votes: 116,275 | Gross: $11.05M

19. The Promise (2005)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

53 Metascore

Empowered by the love of a slave (Jang), a royal concubine (Cheung) is given the chance to make an extraordinary decision.

Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Cecilia Cheung, Jang Dong-Gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Nicholas Tse

Votes: 9,491 | Gross: $8.19M

20. Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

R | 114 min | Action, Drama, Romance

70 Metascore

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Ye Liu

Votes: 45,970 | Gross: $6.57M

21. The Knot (2006)

117 min | Drama, Romance, War

A Taiwanese medical student defects to Mainland China due to Nationalist persecution, became an army surgeon during Korean War, and later went to Tibet as a doctor, while pining for his ... See full summary »

Director: Li Yin | Stars: Kun Chen, Vivian Hsu, Bingbing Li, Steven Cheung

Votes: 505

22. Zhu meng (2008)

94 min | Documentary, Sport

A documentary shot over the course of five years telling five stories in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics: the construction of the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium, Gold medal ... See full summary »

Director: Jun Gu | Stars: Pierre De Meuron, Linlin Deng, Guilan Gao, Jian Gao

Votes: 32

23. Mei Lanfang (2008)

150 min | Biography, Drama, History

A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.

Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Leon Lai, Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hong Chen

Votes: 1,629

24. Aftershock (2010)

Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, History

The epic story of a family separated as a result of the Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976.

Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Daoming Chen, Chen Li, Yi Lu, Fan Xu

Votes: 9,742 | Gross: $0.06M

26. The Enchanting Shadow (1960)

83 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe in the rumors, but after running into a Taoist swordsman, he meets a beautiful lady ghost.

Director: Han Hsiang Li | Stars: Betty Loh Ti, Lei Zhao, Rhoqing Tang, Chih-Ching Yang

Votes: 254

27. The Love Eterne (1963)

126 min | Fantasy, Musical, Romance

The story about the life of the students at a university in Hangchow. Chu Ying-Tai is a female who has to be disguised as a man in order to gain entry into the school.

Director: Han Hsiang Li | Stars: Betty Loh Ti, Ivy Ling Po, Li-Chu Chang, Yanyan Chen

Votes: 516

29. Come Drink with Me (1966)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime

Bandits kidnap a governor's son and demand their imprisoned leader to be set free in exchange. The governor's daughter, a skilled martial artist, is sent to rescue him, but eventually finds herself overmatched and in need of assistance.

Director: King Hu | Stars: Pei-Pei Cheng, Hua Yueh, Chih-Ching Yang, Hung-Lieh Chen

Votes: 4,926

30. The Arch (1968)

94 min | Drama

A woman falls in love with a visiting cavalry captain, but chooses to suppress it for the sake of her daughter.

Director: Shu Shuen Tong | Stars: Lisa Lu, Roy Chiao, Hilda Chow Hsuan, Szu-yun Chen

Votes: 246

32. Raining in the Mountain (1979)

120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In Ming Dynasty China, the abbot of the San Pao Buddhist monastery must choose a successor. Among the high dignitaries invited, there are some who are after the priceless parchment kept in the temple: the Mahayana Sutras.

Director: King Hu | Stars: Feng Hsu, Yueh Sun, Lin Tung, Feng Tien

Votes: 1,498

33. Homecoming (1984)

96 min | Drama

Coral, a Hong Kong woman tortured by city life, returns to her hometown to visit her two old friends. They all find that some precious things in life that disappear through the years can never be recovered.

Director: Ho Yim | Stars: Josephine Koo, Siqin Gaowa, Weixiang Xie, Yun Zhou

Votes: 188

34. Painted Faces (1988)

TV-PG | 112 min | Drama

The story of Beijing Opera School, its teacher Master Yu and his students.

Director: Alex Law | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Ching-Ying Lam, Pei-Pei Cheng, John Sham

Votes: 571

35. Eight Taels of Gold (1989)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Chinese ex-pat returns to his home town in China after a long absence in New York.

Director: Mabel Cheung | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Sylvia Chang, Lawrence Ah-Mon, Man-Kuen Chan

Votes: 292

36. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

PG | 125 min | Drama, Romance

China in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Jingwu Ma, Saifei He, Cuifen Cao

Votes: 35,357 | Gross: $2.60M

37. Farewell My Concubine (1993)

R | 171 min | Drama, Music, Romance

84 Metascore

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li, You Ge

Votes: 33,170 | Gross: $5.22M

38. The Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994)

99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother.

Director: Ho Yim | Stars: Siqin Gaowa, Chung-Hua Tou, Jingwu Ma, Zi Wei

Votes: 260

39. Summer Snow (1995)

101 min | Comedy, Drama

The Suns are a typical Hong Kong family: May, forty something, works for a trading company; her husband, Bing, works as a low-grade civil servant, and Allen, their teenage son, is still at ... See full summary »

Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Josephine Siao, Kar-Ying Law, Allen Ting, Roy Chiao

Votes: 828

40. Stage Door (1996)

87 min | Comedy, Drama

Cross the Hu-du-men - the demarcation between the back and front stage in Cantonese opera, and you leave yourself behind to absorb totally in your character. Lang Kim-sum is a charismatic ... See full summary »

Director: Kei Shu | Stars: Josephine Siao, Anita Yuen, Daniel Hiu Tung Chan, Waise Lee

Votes: 229

41. Made in Hong Kong (1997)

109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Autumn Moon (Sam Lee), a low-rent triad living in Hong Kong, struggles to find meaning in his hopelessly violent existence.

Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Sam Lee, Neiky Hui-Chi Yim, Wenders Li, Ka-Chuen Tam

Votes: 3,008

42. Ordinary Heroes (1999)

128 min | Drama

Ordinary Heroes is a 1999 Cantonese-language film directed by Ann Hui. It was co-produced by Hong Kong and China. It concerns social reform activists in Hong Kong. The film's Chinese title ... See full synopsis »

Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Kwan-Ho Tse, Mo-Chan Chik

Votes: 324

43. In the Mood for Love (2000)

PG | 98 min | Drama, Romance

87 Metascore

Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Siu Ping-Lam, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung

Votes: 166,954 | Gross: $2.73M

44. Fulltime Killer (2001)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

54 Metascore

Two very different hitmen find themselves to be in each other's way. They use all their skill to solve the problem.

Directors: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Kelly Lin, Simon Yam

Votes: 6,777 | Gross: $0.01M

45. The Touch (2002)

PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages.

Director: Peter Pau | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Ben Chaplin, Richard Roxburgh, Sihung Lung

Votes: 1,764

46. Infernal Affairs (2002)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

75 Metascore

A story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop.

Directors: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Stars: Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Eric Tsang

Votes: 131,487 | Gross: $0.17M

47. Running on Karma (2003)

93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A monk turned body-builder, with the gift to see into people's lives, befriends a female cop, and uses his gift to change the force of Karma and her destiny.

Directors: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Andy Lau, Cecilia Cheung, Eddie Cheung, Wong Chun

Votes: 3,325

48. Perhaps Love (2005)

108 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A love triangle develops during the making of a musical in mainland China.

Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xun Zhou, Jacky Cheung, Ji Jin-hee

Votes: 2,714

49. Ye yan (2006)

Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

A loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at a night banquet.

Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, You Ge, Daniel Wu, Xun Zhou

Votes: 7,172

50. Exiled (2006)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

73 Metascore

A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.

Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Nick Cheung, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng, Simon Yam

Votes: 9,651 | Gross: $0.05M

51. Painted Skin (2008)

103 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

An action-thriller centered on a vampire-like woman who eats the skins and hearts of her lovers.

Directors: Gordon Chan, Andy Wing-Keung Chin, Danny Ko | Stars: Donnie Yen, Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Wei Zhao

Votes: 5,281

52. Prince of Tears (2009)

122 min | Drama

Two sisters whose family moves to Taiwan after their father fights in the civil war against the communists in mainland China, find their lives turned upside-down after their parents are thrown into jail and accused of being spies.

Director: Yonfan | Stars: Hsiao-chuan Chang, Xuan Zhu, Wing Fan, Terri Kwan

Votes: 255

53. Echoes of the Rainbow (2010)

Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The ups and downs of a Hong Kong family and their shoe shop as seen through the eyes of their eccentric eight-year-old son.

Director: Alex Law | Stars: Simon Yam, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Aarif Lee, Buzz Chung

Votes: 2,386

54. Lovers' Rock (1964)

95 min | Drama, Romance

In this melodrama, set in a tiny Chinese fishing village, two rival fishermen compete for a young woman's love. She does love one of them, but as she is obligated to the other, she cannot ... See full summary »

Director: Lei Pan | Stars: Pei-Pei Cheng, Chuang Chiao, Tsung-Hsin Huang, Liu Hung

Votes: 32

56. Execution in Autumn (1972)

99 min | Drama

Peigang, his family's only son for three generations running, is to be executed on account of larceny, but not without the intervention of his grandmother.

Director: Hsing Lee | Stars: Hui-Lou Chen, Shao-Ching Chou, Bi-Hui Fu, Su Han

Votes: 283

57. The Longest Bridge (1976)

140 min | Drama, History, War

A battalion of Chinese soldiers defend the Sihang (4 Bank) warehouse from the invading Japanese army in 1937 at the end of the Battle of Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War. There ... See full summary »

Director: Shan-Hsi Ting | Stars: Chun-Hsiung Ko, Brigitte Lin, Feng Hsu, Sylvia Chang

Votes: 170

59. Jia ru wo shi zhen de (1981)

99 min | Drama

Taiwanese film about the dark days of the Cultural Revolution and the young people who were destroyed by it, centered on a group of students who perform Nikolai Gogol's play The Inspector General.

Director: Toon Wang | Stars: Alan Tam, Kuan-Chen Hu, Lin Hsiang, Feng Chang

Votes: 140

60. Xin hai shuang shi (1981)

121 min | Drama, History

Patriotic extravaganza concerning early 20th century political events in Taiwan.

Director: Shan-Hsi Ting | Stars: Lung Ti, Feng-Jiao Lin, Tung-Shing Yee, Yue Wong

Votes: 41

61. Growing Up (1983)

100 min | Drama

The story follows a young man as he changes from an intelligently aware youth, to a teenager with much less confidence than he once had, and finally, to a stable adult.

Director: Kun-Hou Chen | Stars: Chun-Fang Chang, Fu-Sheng Tsui, Doze Niu, Chuan-Wen Cheng

Votes: 404

62. Old Mao's Second Spring (1984)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

Story of Lao Mo, a Taiwanese veteran who does not want to live a lonely life as an old man.

Director: You-Ning Lee | Stars: Yueh Sun, Chun-Fang Chang, Jen-Lei Chen, Pei-Hsin Chang

Votes: 36

63. Kuei-mei, a Woman (1985)

152 min | Drama

This film tells of a woman's never-ending struggle to keep herself and her family fed and clothed.

Director: Yi Chang | Stars: Hui-Shan Yang, Hsiang-Ping Hu, Li-Chun Lee, Ming Liu

Votes: 219

65. Gui hua xiang (1987)

112 min | Biography, Drama

Ti Hung's parents die when she is twelve. When she is sixteen, she determines to change her fate, swearing to forget about the poverty. Based upon her famous clever hands at embroidery and ... See full summary »

Director: Kun-Hou Chen | Stars: Hsiao-Fen Lu, Hsiu-Ling Lin, Simon Yam, Emil Chau

Votes: 73

66. My Mother's Tea House (1988)

93 min | Drama

The hostess of a tea house bought a girl for touting, but her virtuous son releases the girl.

Director: Kun-Hou Chen | Stars: Sylvia Chang, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Chieh-mei Yang, Tsung-Sheng Lee

Votes: 24

67. A City of Sadness (1989)

157 min | Drama, History

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung-Young Chen, Jack Kao

Votes: 6,102

68. Song of the Exile (1990)

100 min | Drama

After the Sino-Japanese War, Kwei Dz, one of the family members of Japanese soldiers accepted a Chinese officer's proposal and remained in China. Later they had a daughter named Ann. The ... See full summary »

Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Maggie Cheung, Siu-Kwong Chung, Tan Lang Jachi Tian, Waise Lee

Votes: 558

69. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

Not Rated | 237 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

91 Metascore

Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax.

Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang, Elaine Jin

Votes: 12,787

70. Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (1992)

107 min | Comedy, Drama, History

Two drama companies happened to share one auditorium for rehearsal. Friction was inevitable. One of them played 'Peach Blossom', a comedy in medieval costume. Another played 'Secret Love', ... See full summary »

Director: Stan Lai | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Shih-Chieh King, Pao-Ming Ku, Li-Chun Lee

Votes: 442

71. The Wedding Banquet (1993)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Winston Chao, May Chin, Ah-Lei Gua, Sihung Lung

Votes: 17,151 | Gross: $6.93M

72. Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

80 Metascore

A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Wang Yu-wen, Chien-Lien Wu

Votes: 23,209 | Gross: $7.29M

73. Super Citizen Ko (1995)

121 min | Drama

At an old age, a former political prisoner is determined to find out where his fellow sufferers have laid since their secret execution, while Taiwan embarks on a tumultuous path of democratization.

Director: Jen Wan | Stars: Chiu-Yen Chen, I-Chen Ko, Yang Lin, Ming-Ming Su

Votes: 274

74. Jin tian bu hui jia (1996)

120 min | Comedy, Drama

It all starts on Mr. Chen's 60th birthday. To a semi-retired dentist, still physically fit and full of charisma, reaching 60 is not the best of news. His wife constantly says he is now an ... See full summary »

Director: Sylvia Chang | Stars: Sihung Lung, Ah-Lei Gua, Winston Chao, Rene Liu

Votes: 108

75. Wo de shen jing bing (1997)

114 min | Comedy

This is a four-part anthology comedy. The themes of four parts are: car, house, body and friendship. The central characters are a plastic surgeon Chen, a nurse, an experienced maid, three ... See full summary »

Director: Shaudi Wang | Stars: Shiang-chyi Chen, Chieh-Hui Hsu, Pao-Ming Ku, Cheng-sheng Lin

Votes: 26

76. Flowers of Shanghai (1998)

Unrated | 113 min | Drama

73 Metascore

In the "flower houses" (upscale brothels) of Shanghai, various interweaving stories of love, loyalty, and deceit play out subtly.

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, Carina Lau

Votes: 4,079

77. Tian ma cha fang (1999)

93 min | Drama, History, Romance

1945-1947, Taiwan. A teenage couple were deeply in love despite objections from the girl's family. Their tragic story is played out in travelling troupes, tea-houses and western-style cafes... See full summary »

Director: Cheng-sheng Lin | Stars: Giong Lim, Shu-shen Hsiao, Leon Dai, Kun-chang Chen

Votes: 155

78. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

94 Metascore

A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen

Votes: 281,668 | Gross: $128.08M

79. The Cabbie (2000)

94 min | Comedy, Romance

Ah Quan is a taxi driver who enjoys his life as a driver. One day he meets and falls in love with a pretty cop. The only way to get the cop's attention is to get as many tickets as possible on purpose.

Directors: Hwa-Kun Chang, Yi-Wen Chen | Stars: Rie Miyazawa, Chung-Heng Chu, Tai-Bo, Joyce H. Cheng

Votes: 372

80. The Best of Times (2001)

109 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Although their characters and temperaments couldn't be less alike, 19-year olds Wei and Jie are best friends. They're also neighbours, living with widower fathers and problem siblings in ... See full summary »

Director: Tso-chi Chang | Stars: Wing Fan, Meng-Chieh Kao, Wan-mei Yu, Mao-ying Tien

Votes: 398

81. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)

82 min | Drama, Comedy

83 Metascore

On a dark, wet night a historic and regal Chinese cinema sees its final film. Together with a small handful of souls they bid "Goodbye, Dragon Inn".

Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Chun Shih

Votes: 6,176 | Gross: $0.03M

82. 20:30:40 (2004)

113 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Three women in different stages of their lives - 20, 30, 40 - face the hardships of the female existence.

Director: Sylvia Chang | Stars: Sylvia Chang, Rene Liu, Angelica Lee, Kate Yeung

Votes: 1,351

83. The Wayward Cloud (2005)

Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

45 Metascore

Hsiao-Kang, now working as a pornographic actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.

Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-ching Lu, Kuei-Mei Yang

Votes: 5,638

84. Shen hai (2005)

108 min | Drama, Romance

Just coming out of the jail, depressed and close-hearted, Ah Yu met two men with different characters from each other. One is a businessman, charming and mature; the other is a young ... See full summary »

Director: Wen-tang Cheng | Stars: Tarcy Su, Yi-ching Lu, Leon Dai, Wu-shan Huang

Votes: 109

85. Island Etude (2006)

Not Rated | 108 min | Adventure, Drama

A deaf man decided to cycle around Taiwan before graduating from college.

Director: Huai-En Chen | Stars: Ming-hsiang Tung, Danny Deng, Saya Chang, Tender Huang

Votes: 643

86. Cape No. 7 (2008)

129 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A unusual group of people in a village on the coast of Taiwan form a band to perform at a beach concert, while the lead singer searches for the intended recipient of 7 lost love letters.

Director: Te-Sheng Wei | Stars: Van Fan, Chie Tanaka, Min-Hsiung, Wei-min Ying

Votes: 4,459

87. Cannot Live Without You (2009)

93 min | Drama

A down and out man and his daughter live in an illegal hovel. The two live a happy peaceful life until the authorities intervene when the child reaches school age.

Director: Leon Dai | Stars: Yo Hsuan Chao, Akira Chen, Chih-Ju Lin, Sze-Chi Lo

Votes: 613

88. Monga (2010)

Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Set in 1980s Taiwan after the end of military dictatorship, Monga centers around the troubled lives of five boys coming of age together. The narrator of the story, Mosquito, is invited to ... See full summary »

Director: Doze Niu | Stars: Ethan Juan, Mark You-Ting Chao, Ju-Lung Ma, Chia-Yen Ko

Votes: 3,126



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