Movie List for "china"

Farewell My Concubine (1993) Drama Music Romance Movie

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and will endure some of the most troublesome times in China’s history. Year 1993.

Generes: Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Kaige Chen
Writer: Pik-Wah Lee, Wei Lu
Actors: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li

Shanghai Triad (1995) Crime Drama History Movie

A provincial boy related to a Shanghai crime family is recruited by his uncle into cosmopolitan Shanghai in the 1930s to be a servant to a ganglord’s mistress. Year 1995.

Generes: Crime, Drama, History
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Feiyu Bi, Li Xiao
Actors: Gong Li, Baotian Li, Xiaoxiao Wang

Too Cool to Kill (2022) Comedy Movie

In order to fully realize his dream of being a comedian, Wei Chenggong (Wei Xiang) accidentally broke into a dangerous scam under the “persuasion” of actress Milan (Li Ma). But Wei Chenggong didn’t know he was already involved in … Year 2022.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Wenxiong Xing, Ru Qian
Writer: Wenxiong Xing
Actors: Li Ma, Xiang Wei, Minghao Chen

Dragon (2011) Action Crime Drama Movie

A papermaker gets involved with a murder case concerning two criminals leading to a determined detective suspecting him and the former’s vicious father searching for him Year 2011.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Writer: Oi Wah Lam, Joyce Chan
Actors: Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tang Wei

Little Cheung (1999) Drama Movie

In 1997, Little Cheung is a street-wise nine-year-old boy living in a bustling neighbourhood of Hong Kong, just before the reunification with China. His parents are always working at their restaurant, so Little Cheung becomes much cl Year 1999.

Generes: Drama
Director: Fruit Chan
Writer: Fruit Chan
Actors: Yuet-Ming Yiu, Wai-Fan Mak, Yuet-Man Mak

Dragon Inn (1992) Action Thriller Movie

During the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Siu-yan, a power-crazed eunuch who rules his desert region of China as if he were the Emperor, ruthlessly thwarts plots against him and sets a trap for one of this enemies at the Dragon Gate Inn. Year 1992.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Raymond Lee, Siu-Tung Ching, Hark Tsui
Writer: Tan Cheung, Xiaohe Lü, Hark Tsui
Actors: Tony Ka Fai Leung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung

Kung Fu Hustle (2004) Action Comedy Fantasy Movie

In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious “Axe Gang” while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf. Year 2004.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Stephen Chow
Writer: Stephen Chow, Kan-Cheung Tsang, Xin Huo
Actors: Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Qiu Yuen

The Great Wall (2016) Action Adventure Fantasy Movie

In ancient China, a group of European mercenaries encounters a secret army that maintains and defends the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Tony Gilroy
Actors: Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe

Snafu (2022) Action Thriller Movie

Two ex-special forces soldiers must escort a group of civilians along Baghdad’s “Highway of Death” to the safety of the Green Zone. Year 2022.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Scott Waugh
Writer: Arash Amel
Actors: Jackie Chan, John Cena, Pilou Asbæk

Wolf Warrior 2 (2017) Action Adventure Drama Movie

China’s deadliest special forces operative settles into a quiet life on the sea. When sadistic mercenaries begin targeting nearby civilians, he must leave his newfound peace behind and return to his duties as a soldier and protector. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Jing Wu
Writer: Jing Wu, Qun Dong, Yi Liu
Actors: Jing Wu, Frank Grillo, Celina Jade

Liu lian piao piao (2000) Drama Movie

Hong Kong life from the perspective of a young northern mainland Chinese woman working as a prostitute in Hong Kong. Year 2000.

Generes: Drama
Director: Fruit Chan
Writer: Fruit Chan, Wai-Keung Chan, Zhi Min Sheng
Actors: Hailu Qin, Wai-Fan Mak, Xiao Ming Biao

Mulan (1998) Animation Adventure Comedy Movie

To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heroines in the process. Year 1998.

Generes: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
Writer: Robert D. San Souci, Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders
Actors: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong

Gone with the Bullets (2014) Action Comedy Drama Movie

Set in 1920s Shanghai, Ma Zouri and Xiang Feitian establish a notorious beauty pageant called the Flowers Competition. All of the city’s elite attend the gala event, but when Wanyan Ying unexpectedly wins, it sets into motion a se… Year 2014.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Drama
Director: Wen Jiang
Writer: Wen Jiang, Shuo Wang, Liao Yimei
Actors: Wen Jiang, You Ge, Yun Zhou

Back to 1942 (2012) Drama Movie

A deadly drought in 1942 takes its toll on central China’s Henan province during the war against Japan. Year 2012.

Generes: Drama
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Writer: Zhenyun Liu
Actors: Guoli Zhang, Hanyu Zhang, Wei Fan

Over the Moon (2020) Animation Adventure Comedy Movie

In this animated musical, a girl builds a rocket ship and blasts off, hoping to meet a mythical moon goddess. Year 2020.

Generes: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Glen Keane, John Kahrs
Writer: Audrey Wells, Jennifer Yee McDevitt, Alice Wu
Actors: Glen Keane, Brycen Hall, Ruthie Ann Miles