Best Mandarin Language Movies by Year
2702
59
2025
Shu Qi
Roy Chiu, Esther Liu, Bamboo Chu-Sheng Chen, Xiao-Ying Bai, Yu-Fei Lai
Drama
Taiwan / China
Mandarin
2702
59
2024
Siew Hua Yeo
Chien-Ho Wu, Kang-sheng Lee, Anicca Panna, Vera Chen, Xenia Tan, Pete Teo
Thriller / Mystery
Singapore / Taiwan / France / USA
Mandarin
2702
59
2024
Wang Bing
Fang Lingping
Documentary
France / Luxembourg / Netherlands
Mandarin
2607
45
2019
Derek Tsang
Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee, Fang Yin, Ye Zhou, Yue Wu, Jue Huang
Crime / Drama / Romance
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2702
59
2019
Yonfan
Sylvia Chang, Wei Zhao
Animation / Drama / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2702
59
2019
Ye Lou
Li Gong, Tom Wlaschiha, Mark Chao, Pascal Greggory, Xiangli Huang
Drama / History / Period Film
China
Mandarin
NR
-
2019
Yu Yang
Yanting Lü, Joseph, Mo Han, Hao Chen, Qi Lü, Jiaming Zhang
Animation / Fantasy / Thriller
China
Mandarin
NR
-
2019
Frant Gwo
Jing Wu, Chuxiao Qu, Guangjie Li, Man-Tat Ng, Jin Mai Jaho, Mike Kai Sui
Sci-Fi
China
Mandarin
2626
47
2018
Gan Bi
Wei Tang, Jue Huang, Sylvia Chang, Hong-Chi Lee, Yongzhong Chen
Drama / Mystery
China / France
Mandarin
2706
61
2018
Wi Ding Ho
Lu Huang, Linda Jui-Chi Liu, Louise Grinberg, Ivy Yin, Kuo-Chu Chang
Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi
Taiwan / China / USA / France
Mandarin
2760
67
2018
Bo Hu
Yu Zhang, Yuchang Peng, Uvin Wang, Zi Xi, Xiangrong Dong, Jing Guo
Crime / Drama
China
Mandarin
NR
-
2018
Sicheng Chen
Haoran Liu, Baoqiang Wang, Yang Xiao, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Yuxian Shang
Action / Comedy / Adventure / Mystery
China
Mandarin
NR
-
2018
Raman Hui
Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Baihe Bai, Boran Jing, Yuchun Li, Tony Yo-ning Yang
Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
China
Mandarin
NR
-
2018
Dante Lam
Yi Zhang, Johnny Huang, Hai-Qing, Jiang Du, Luxia Jiang, Sanâa Alaoui
Action / Drama / Thriller / War / Adventure / Spy
China / Morocco
Mandarin
2702
59
2017
Vivian Qu
Le Geng, Mengnan Li, Weiwei Liu, Zhou Meijun, Jing Peng, Ke Shi, Yuexin Wang
Drama
China
Mandarin
NR
-
2017
Jing Wu
Jing Wu, Frank Grillo, Celina Jade, Gang Wu, Hans Zhang, Qian Yu, Nan Yu
Action / Drama / War / Adventure / Thriller
China
Mandarin
2709
62
2016
Xiaogang Feng
Chengpeng Dong, Wei Fan, Tao Guo, Zonghan Li, Hua Liu, Hewei Yu, Jia-yi Zhang
Comedy / Drama
China
Mandarin
NR
-
2016
Stephen Chow
Chao Deng, Yun Lin, Show Luo, Yuqi Zhang, Pierre Bourdaud
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Comedy
China
Mandarin
1547
20
2015
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Dahong Ni, Yun Zhou
Drama / Action / Period Film
Taiwan / China / Hong Kong / France
Mandarin
NR
-
2015
Raman Hui
Baihe Bai, Boran Jing, Wu Jiang, Elaine Jin, Wallace Chung, Eric Tsang
Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Adventure
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2692
55
2014
Yi'nan Diao
Fan Liao, Lun-Mei Gwei, Xuebing Wang, Jingchun Wang, Ailei Yu, Jingyang Ni
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2702
59
2014
Xiaoshuai Wang
Yuanzheng Feng, Zhong Lü, Hailu Qin, Hao Qin
Drama / Thriller
China
Mandarin
2616
46
2013
Ming-liang Tsai
Shiang-chyi Chen, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi Cheng Lee, Yi Chieh Lee, Yi Ching Lu
Drama
France / Taiwan
Mandarin
2647
50
2013
Kar Wai Wong
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Benshan Zhao
Action / Biography / Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2722
64
2013
Zhangke Jia
Wu Jiang, Tao Zhao, Baoqiang Wang, Lanshan Luo, Li Meng, Jia-yi Zhang
Drama / Crime
China
Mandarin
2702
59
2011
Shangjun Cai
Zhenjiang Bao, Jianbin Chen, Hong Tao
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Crime
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2704
60
2011
Yimou Zhang
Christian Bale, Paul Schneider, Shigeo Kobayashi, Atsurô Watabe
Drama / History / War
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2543
39
2010
Hark Tsui
Andy Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Bingbing Li, Carina Lau, Jean-Michel Casanova, Lu Yao
Crime / Action / Thriller / Detective / Mystery
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2702
59
2010
Bing Wang
Cenzi Xu, Deguang Li, Haoyu Yang, Jielu Wang, Niansong Jing, Renjun Lian
Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / France / Belgium
Mandarin
2718
63
2010
Kaige Chen
You Ge, Xueqi Wang, Xiaoming Huang, Bingbing Fan, Qing Hai, Fengyi Zhang
Drama / History / Period Film
China
Mandarin
2371
33
2009
Chuan Lu
Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Hideo Nakaizumi, Wei Fan, Yiyan Jiang, Ryu Kohata
Drama / History / War / Epic / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2697
57
2009
Lixin Fan
Suqin Chen, Changhua Zhan, Qin Zhang, Yang Zhang
Documentary / Drama
Canada / China / UK
Mandarin
2772
70
2009
Jiayin Liu
Huifen Jia, Jiayin Liu, Zaiping Liu
Documentary / Drama
China
Mandarin
2590
43
2008
John Woo
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao
Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War / Epic
China
Mandarin
1513
19
2007
Ang Lee
Joan Chen, Chih-ying Chu, Anupam Kher, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wei Tang
Drama / Romance / Thriller / War / Spy / Period Film
USA / China
Mandarin
2570
42
2007
Wayne Wang
Henry O, Pavel Lychnikoff, Ryan Sanson, Angela Dierdorff Petro, Wes Deitrick
Drama / Romance
USA
Mandarin
2702
59
2007
Kang-sheng Lee
Kang-sheng Lee, Jane Liao, Dennis Nieh, Ivy Yi
Drama / Comedy
Taiwan
Mandarin
2702
59
2007
Wen Jiang
Joan Chen, Jaycee Chan, Wen Jiang, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Yun Zhou
Drama
China
Mandarin
2357
31
2006
Zhang Ke Jia
Zhao Tao, Han Sanming, Li Zhubin, Xiang Haiyu, Zhou Lin, Ma Lizhen
Drama / Romance
China / Hong Kong / Japan
Mandarin
2647
50
2006
Yimou Zhang
Jay Chou, Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Qin Junjie, Man Li, Ye Liu, Dahong Ni
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2692
55
2006
Quan'an Wang
Yu Nan, Ba'toer, Sen'ge, Bao'lier, Bao'erku, Zhaya, Ting Ting Ren
Drama / Romance
China
Mandarin
2702
59
2006
Ming-liang Tsai
Lee Kang-Sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Atun Normani
Comedy / Drama
Taiwan / Austria / France
Mandarin
2591
44
2005
Yimou Zhang
Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai, Jiamin Li, Lin Qiu, Jiang Wen
Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / China / Japan
Mandarin
2683
53
2005
Xiaoshuai Wang
Yuanyuan Gao, Bin Li, Yang Tang, Xueyang Wang, Anlian Yao
Drama
China
Mandarin
2696
56
2005
Changwei Gu
Jing An, Li Feng, Changwei Gu, Meiying Huang, Shi Junhui, Wenying Li
Drama
China
Mandarin
2697
57
2005
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Chen Chang, Mei Di, Su-jen Liao, Fang Mei, Qi Shu
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Taiwan
Mandarin
2704
60
2005
Kaige Chen
Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Ye Liu, Hong Chen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang
Action / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea
Mandarin
589
5
2004
Yimou Zhang
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song
Action / Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2552
40
2004
Zhang Ke Jia
Tao Zhao, Taisheng Chen, Jue Jing, Zhong-wei Jiang, Yi-qun Wang
Drama / Romance
China / Japan / France
Mandarin
2718
63
2004
Chuan Lu
Duobuji, Zhang Lei, Qi Liang, Xueying Zhao, Ma Zhanlin
Action / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
1775
23
2003
Ming-liang Tsai
Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Shih Chun
Drama / Comedy
Taiwan
Mandarin
970
11
2002
Yimou Zhang
Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen
Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance / History / Epic
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2392
34
2002
Kaige Chen
Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu, Hong Chen, Zhiwen Wang, Kaige Chen, Qiang Chen
Drama / Music
China / South Korea
Mandarin
2447
35
2002
Sijie Dai
Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu, Shuangbao Wang, Zhijun Cong
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
France / China
Mandarin
2529
38
2002
Bing Wang
Documentary / Biography
China / Netherlands
Mandarin
2702
59
2002
Tso-chi Chang
Wing Fan, Meng-jie Gao, Wan-mei Yu, Mao-ying Tien, Yu-chih Wu
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
Taiwan / Japan
Mandarin
2758
66
2002
Zhuangzhuang Tian
Jingfan Hu, Jun Wu, Bai Qing Xin, Xiao Keng Ye, Si Si Lu
Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / France / Netherlands
Mandarin
1723
22
2001
Ming-liang Tsai
Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-Ching Lu, Tien Miao
Drama
Taiwan / France
Mandarin
2696
56
2001
Xiaoshuai Wang
Lin Cui, Bin Li, Xun Zhou, Yuanyuan Gao, Shuang Li, Yiwei Zhao, Yan Pang
Drama
France / Taiwan / China
Mandarin
99
2
2000
Ang Lee
Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, Pei-pei Cheng
Adventure / Drama / Action / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China
Mandarin
202
4
2000
Edward Yang
Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang
Drama
Taiwan / Japan
Mandarin
2018
26
2000
Zhang Ke Jia
Hong Wei Wang, Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang, Tian Yi Yang
Drama / History / Comedy
Hong Kong / China / Japan / France
Mandarin
2675
52
2000
Jiang Wen
Wen Jiang, Hongbo Jiang, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ding Yuan
Drama / War / Epic / Comedy
China
Mandarin
2345
30
1999
Kaige Chen
Li Gong, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Xiaohe Lu, Zhiwen Wang
Drama / Epic / History
France / Japan / China
Mandarin
2503
36
1999
Yimou Zhang
Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao, Zhimei Sun
Drama / Comedy
China
Mandarin
2696
56
1999
Yimou Zhang
Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng, Yulian Zhao, Bin Li, Guifa Chang, Wencheng Sung
Drama / Romance
China
Mandarin
2702
59
1999
Yuan Zhang
Lin Liu, Bingbing Li, Yeding Li, Song Liang, Yun Li
Drama / Crime
Italy / China
Mandarin
2691
54
1998
Ming-liang Tsai
Kuei-Mei Yang, Kang-sheng Lee, Tien Miao, Hsiang-Chu Tong
Drama / Musical / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi
Taiwan / France
Mandarin
2758
66
1998
Yue Lu
Yi-Nan Chen, Jing-ming Shi, Zhi-Hua Zhang
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2771
69
1998
Joan Chen
Lu Lu, Lopsang, Zheng Qian, Jie Gao, Qianqian Li, Yue Lu, Qian Qiao, Cheng Jiang
Drama
Hong Kong / USA / Taiwan
Mandarin
1168
16
1997
Kar Wai Wong
Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chen Chang
Drama / Romance
Hong Kong
Mandarin
2702
59
1997
Yimou Zhang
Wen Jiang, Baotian Li, Qu Ying, You Ge, Yimou Zhang
Comedy / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2758
66
1997
Ko I-cheng
Tracy Su, Leon Dai, David Wang, Zhang han
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Experimental
Taiwan
Mandarin
2591
44
1996
Tian-Ming Wu
Zhigang Zhang, Zhigang Zhao, Renying Zhou, Xu Zhu
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2637
49
1996
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Kevin Lin, Caifei He, Shih Chang, Liankun Lin
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2758
66
1996
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Jack Kao, Hsu Kuei-ying, Lim Giong, Annie Shizuka Inoh
Drama / Crime
Taiwan
Mandarin
2758
66
1996
Edward Yang
Chen Chang, Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Virginie Ledoyen
Drama / Crime / Comedy / Gangster
Taiwan
Mandarin
2065
27
1995
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Baotian Li
Drama / Crime / Gangster
Hong Kong / China / France
Mandarin
2758
66
1995
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Annie Shizuka Inoh, Giong Lim, Jack Kao
Drama / History / Romance
Japan / Taiwan
Mandarin
2783
71
1995
Tong Wang
Tao shu, Lu zhi, Shi jun, Zhang Shi
Drama / Documentary
Taiwan
Mandarin
937
10
1994
Yimou Zhang
You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Xiao Cong, Deng Fei, Tao Guo, Wu Jiang, Zhang Lu
Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
1346
17
1994
Ang Lee
Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang, Chien-Lien Wu, Sylvia Chang
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Taiwan / USA
Mandarin
2236
28
1994
Xiaowen Zhou
Liya Ai, Peiqi Liu, Zhijun Ge, Haiyan Zhang, Zhenguo Yan, Xiao Yang
Drama / Comedy
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2524
37
1994
Ming-liang Tsai
Kuei-Mei Yang, Chao-jung Chen, Kang-sheng Lee
Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
2758
66
1994
Ho Yim
Gaowa Siqin, Chung Hua Tou, Jingwu Ma, Zhi Wei
Drama / Mystery
Hong Kong
Mandarin
135
3
1993
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu, Da Ying, You Ge, Chun Li
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Epic
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
1001
12
1993
Ang Lee
Winston Chao, May Chin, Dion Birney, Jeanne Kuo Chang
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Taiwan / USA
Mandarin
1122
13
1993
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Tianlu Li, Giong Lim, Chung Lin, Yang Liyin, Xin Shufen
Drama / Documentary / Biography
Taiwan
Mandarin
1163
15
1993
Zhuangzhuang Tian
Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen, Liping Lu
Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2692
55
1993
Fei Xie
Siqin Gaowa, Yujuan Wu, Kesheng Lei, Baoguo Chen, Xiaoguang Hu
Drama
China
Mandarin
836
8
1992
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei
Comedy / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
39
1
1991
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
814
7
1991
Edward Yang
Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Guozhu Zhang, Elaine Jin, Wang Juan, Zhang Han
Drama / Romance
Taiwan
Mandarin
1125
14
1990
Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang
Li Gong, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi, Ji-an Zheng
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan / China
Mandarin
2700
58
1989
Ziniu Wu
Chong Peipei, Qi Zhao, Ruolei Liu, Yaming Ge, Zeru Tao, Xiang Zongi, Min Sun
Drama / War
China
Mandarin
745
6
1987
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Liu Jia, Cunhua Ji
Drama / War / Period Film
China
Mandarin
1799
25
1986
Zhuangzhuang Tian
Rigzin Tseshang, Jiji Dan, Jamco Jayang, Gaoba, Drashi
Drama
China
Mandarin
2768
68
1986
Edward Yang
Cora Miao, Li-Chun Lee, Shih-Chieh King, Pao-Ming Ku, Ming Liu, An Wang
Crime / Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
1673
21
1985
Hsiao-hsien Hou
T'ien Feng, Mei Fang, T'ang Ju-yun, Yu An-Shun, Hsiao Ai
Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
2718
63
1982
Ji-shun Duan, Junya Sato
Rentaro Mikuni, Misako Konno, Nobuko Otowa, Hideji Otaki, Yoshiko Mita
Drama / Romance / Mystery / Epic / Spy / Action / Detective
Japan / China
Mandarin
1416
18
1972
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Chuck Norris, Ping-Ao Wei, Chung-Hsin Huang, Robert Wall
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Hong Kong
Mandarin
905
9
1969
King Hu
Hsu Feng, Pai Ying, Tien Peng, Roy Chiao, Shih Chun
Action / Adventure / Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
2772
70
1967
King Hu
Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Chun Shih, Ying Bai, Feng Hsu, Chien Tsao, Han Hsieh
Action / Adventure
Taiwan / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2307
29
1966
King Hu
Pei-pei Cheng, Hua Yueh, Hei Chan, Hung Lieh Chen, Yin-Chieh Han, Feng Ku
Action / Crime / Gangster
Hong Kong
Mandarin
2725
65
1960
Tian-Lin Wang
Grace Chang, Yang Chang, Po-Chien Chin, Chi Hsieh, Ta Lei, Enjia Liu, Li Ma
Musical / Romance
Hong Kong
Mandarin
2783
71
1949
Junli Zheng
Dan Zhao, Yinyan Wu, Daolin Sun, Yunzhu Shangguan
Drama
China
Mandarin
1780
24
1948
Mu Fei
Chaoming Cui, Wei Li, Yu Shi, Wei Wei, Hongmei Zhang
Drama / Romance
China
Mandarin
2630
48
1947
Chusheng Cai, Junli Zheng
Yang Bai, Tao Jin, Yang Nai, Yunzhu Shangguan, Xiuwen Shu, Yinyan Wu
Drama / War
China
Mandarin
2307
29
1937
Weibang Ma-Xu
Menghe Gu, Ping Hu, Shan Jin, Chao Shi, Wenzhu Zhou
Horror
China
Mandarin
2783
71
1934
Yu Sun
Yan Jin, Yanyan Chen, Li-li Li, Ming Luo, Junili Zheng
Comedy / Musical / Drama / War
China
Mandarin
2630
48
1933
Bugao Cheng
Die Hu, Zhiyuan Tan, Jianong Gong, Xianzhai Wang
Drama
China
Mandarin
2783
71
1933
Yu Sun
Zhanfei Gao, Li-li Li, Juanjuan Ye, Congmei Yuan
Drama
China
Mandarin (Silent)
