Friday, December 03, 2010

100 Best Chinese Movies

Hong Kong Film Awards, 2005

1. Spring in a Small Town, Fei Mu (1948)
2. A Better Tomorrow, John Woo (1986)
3. Days of Being Wild, Wong Kar-wai (1990)
4. Yellow Earth, Chen Kaige (1984)
5. City of Sadness, Hou Hsiao-Hsien (1989)
6. Long Arm of the Law, Johnny Mak (1984) Sammo Hung
7. Dragon Gate Inn, King Hu (1967)
8. Boat People, Ann Hui (1982)
9. Touch of Zen, King Hu (1971)
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee (2000)
11. Street Angel, Yuan Muzhi (1937) Zhou Xuan
12. A Brighter Summer Day, Edward Yang (1991)
13. Private Eye, Hui Brothers (1976)
14. The Mission, Johnny To (1999)
15. One Armed Swordsman, Chang Cheh (1967) Shaw Brothers
16. Fist of Fury, Lo Wei (1972) Bruce Lee
17. In the Heat of the Sun, Jiang Wen (1994)
18. In the Face of Demolition (1954) Bruce Lee
19. Chinese Odyssey, Jeffrey Lau (1994)
20. The Arch, Tang Shu Shuen (1970)
21. Rouge, Anita Mui (1988)
22. Chungking Express, Wong Kar-wai (1994)
23. Homecoming, Yim Ho (1984)
24. A Time to Live and a Time to Die, Hou Hsiao-Hsien (1985)
25. Red Sorghum, Zhang Yimou (1987)
26. Father and Son, Allen Fong (1981)
27. The Spring River Flows East, Cai Chusheng and Zheng Junli (1947)
28. Comrades, Almost a Love Story, Peter Chan (1996)
29. The Goddess, Wu Yonggang (1934)
30. The Big Road, Sun Yu (1934)
31. The Secret, Ann Hui (1979)
32. Infernal Affairs, Andrew Lau and Alan Mak (2002)
33. Drunken Master, Yuen Woo-ping (1978)
34. The Butterfly Murders, Tsui Hark (1979)
35. Ashes of Time, Wong Kar-wai (1994)
36. Made in Hong Kong, Fruit Chan (1997)
37. Sorrows of the Forbidden City, Shilin Zhu (1948) Zhou Xuan
38. Butterfly Lovers, Li Han-hsiang (1968)
39. Story of a Discharged Prisoner, Patrick Lung Kong (1967)
40. Zu Warriors of the Magic Mountain, Tsui Hark (1983)
41. The Terrorizers, Edward Yang (1986)
42. The Killer, John Woo (1989)
43. Once Upon a Time in China, Tsui Hark (1991)
44. Center Stage, Stanley Kwan (1992)
45. The Story of Qiu Ju, Zhang Yimou (1992)
46. This Life of Mine, Shi Hui (1950)
47. The Kingdom and the Beauty, Li Han-hsiang (1959)
48. The Winter, Li Han-hsiang (1969)
49. An Autumn’s Tale, Mabel Cheung (1987)
50. A Chinese Ghost Story, Ching Siu-tung (1987)
51. The Purple Hairpin, Li Tie (1959)
52. The Orphan, Lee Sun-Fung (1960) Bruce Lee
53. Two Stage Sisters, Xie Jin (1965)
54. City on Fire, Ringo Lam (1987)
55. Farewell My Concubine, Chen Kaige (1993)
56. Yi Yi, Edward Yang (2000)
57. Cold Nights, Lee Sun-Fung (1955)
58. The Break of Dawn, Sung Tsun-shou (1967)
59. Raining in the Mountain, King Hu (1979)
60. Police Story, Jackie Chan (1985)
61. C’est la vie, mon chérie, Derek Yee (1993)
62. The Wedding Banquet, Ang Lee (1993)
63. Platform, Jia Zhangke (2000)
64. The Wild, Wild Rose, Wang Tian-lin (1960)
65. The Great Devotion, Chor Yuen (1960)
66. My Intimate Partner, Chun Kim (1960)
67. Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind, Tsui Hark (1980)
68. Ah Ying, Allen Fong (1983)
69. Durian Durian, Fruit Chan (2000)
70. Little Toys, Sun Yu (1933)
71. Sorrows and Joy in Middle Age, Sang Hu (1949)
72. The House of 72 Tenants, Chor Yuen (1973)
73. Nomad, Patrick Tam (1982)
74. Dust in the Wind, Hou Hsiao-Hsien (1986)
75. 92 Legendary La Rose Noire, Jeffrey Lau (1992)
76. Shaolin Soccer, Steven Chow (2001)
77. Song at Midnight, Ma-Xu Weibang (1937)
78. China Behind, Tang Shu Shuen (1974)
79. The Spooky Bunch, Ann Hui (1980)
80. Taipei Story, Edward Yang (1985)
81. The Blue Kite, Tian Zhuangzhuang (1993)
82. Long Live the Mistress, Sang Hu (1948)
83. Mambo Girl, Evan Yang (1957)
84. Feast of a Rich Family, Lee Tit, Law Chi-Hung, Lee Sun-Fung, Ng Wui (1959)
85. Execution in Autumn, Hsing Lee (1972)
86. Hibiscus Town, Xie Jin (1986)
87. God of Gamblers, Wong Jing (1989)
88. As Tears Go By, Wong Kar-wai (1989)
89. Happy Together, Wong Kar-wai (1997)
90. In the Mood for Love Wong Kar-wai (2000)
91. Myriad of Lights, Shen Fu (1948)
92. Festival Moon, Shilin Zhu (1959)
93. Parents’ Hearts, Chun Kim (1955)
94. Lin Zexu, Zheng Junli (1959)
95. Dream of the Red Chamber, Fan Cen (1962)
96. Health Warning, Kirk Wong (1983)
97. Shanghai Blues, Tsui Hark (1984)
98. Invincible Pole Fighters, Lau Kar-leung (1983)
99. The Black Cannon Incident, Huang Jianxin (1985)
100. Rebels of a Neon God, Tsai Ming-liang (1992)
101. The Puppetmaster, Hou Hsiao-Hsien (1993)
102. Summer Snow, Ann Hui (1995)
103. Not One Less, Zhang Yimou (1999)


China (pre-communist) 11
PRC 13
Hong Kong 61
Taiwan 16


1930s 5
1940s 6
1950s 10
1960s 12
1970s 11
1980s 30
1990s 22
2000s 7

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