Best Movies from China by Year
2130
21
2023
Michael Mann
Adam Driver, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Patrick Dempsey, Penélope Cruz
Drama / Biography / Sports / History
USA / UK / Italy / China
English
2818
59
2023
M. Night Shyamalan
Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Action
USA / Japan / China
English
1163
12
2022
Joseph Kosinski
Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Bashir Salahuddin
Action / Drama / Adventure
China / USA
English
2623
37
2021
Paul Schrader
Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Babara
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
UK / China / USA
English
2802
55
2021
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tilda Swinton, Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego
Drama
Colombia / Thailand / France / Germany / Mexico / Qatar / UK / China / Switzerland
English
2219
23
2020
Paul Greengrass
Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Tom Astor, Travis Johnson, Andy Kastelic
Action / Adventure / Drama / Western
USA / China
English
2809
58
2020
Glen Keane, John Kahrs
Glen Keane, Brycen Hall, Ruthie Ann Miles, John Cho, Cathy Ang
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Sci-Fi
China / USA
English
1089
9
2019
Quentin Tarantino
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
UK / USA / China
English
2362
26
2019
James Gray
Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Kimberly Elise
Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA / China
English
2467
30
2019
Marielle Heller
Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson, Maryann Plunkett
Biography / Drama
China / USA
English
2712
47
2019
Derek Tsang
Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee, Fang Yin, Ye Zhou, Yue Wu, Jue Huang
Crime / Drama / Romance
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2712
47
2019
Pawo Choyning Dorji
Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Pem Zam
Drama / Family
Bhutan / China
Dzongkha
2790
52
2019
Yonfan
Sylvia Chang, Wei Zhao
Animation / Drama / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2790
52
2019
Ye Lou
Li Gong, Tom Wlaschiha, Mark Chao, Pascal Greggory, Xiangli Huang
Drama / History / Period Film
China
Mandarin
2809
58
2019
Ang Lee
Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong, Douglas Hodge
Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA / China
English
2818
59
2019
Marjane Satrapi
Rosamund Pike, Yvette Feuer, Mirjam Novak, Ralph Berkin, Sam Riley
Biography / Drama / Romance
UK / Hungary / China / France / USA
English
2818
59
2019
Danny Boyle
Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell, Meera Syal
Comedy / Fantasy / Music / Musical / Romance
UK / Russia / China
English
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
2733
48
2018
Gan Bi
Wei Tang, Jue Huang, Sylvia Chang, Hong-Chi Lee, Yongzhong Chen
Drama / Mystery
China / France
Mandarin
2809
58
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
2841
61
2018
Bo Hu
Yu Zhang, Yuchang Peng, Uvin Wang, Zi Xi, Xiangrong Dong, Jing Guo
Crime / Drama
China
Mandarin
NR
-
2018
Travis Knight
Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
USA / China
English
NR
-
2018
Sicheng Chen
Haoran Liu, Baoqiang Wang, Yang Xiao, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Yuxian Shang
Action / Comedy / Adventure / Mystery
China
Mandarin
NR
-
2018
Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier
Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Cameron Seely, Angela Lansbury
Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical
France / China / Japan / USA
English
NR
-
2018
Jon Turteltaub
Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
China / USA
English
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
NR
-
2018
Ruben Fleischer
Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, Reid Scott
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic
China / USA
English
2636
38
2017
Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Joe Cole, Pornchanok Mabklang, Panya Yimmumphai, Vithaya Pansringarm
Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / Sports
France / UK / Cambodia / USA / China
English
2637
39
2017
Patty Jenkins
Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / War / Comic / Period Film
USA / China / Hong Kong
English
2647
40
2017
Aaron Sorkin
Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong
Biography / Drama / Crime
China / USA
English
2790
52
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
2809
58
2016
Xiaogang Feng
Chengpeng Dong, Wei Fan, Tao Guo, Zonghan Li, Hua Liu, Hewei Yu, Jia-yi Zhang
Comedy / Drama
China
Mandarin
2809
58
2016
Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh
Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, J.K. Simmons
Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family
China / USA
English
NR
-
2016
Yimou Zhang
Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Pedro Pascal, Hanyu Zhang
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller / Period Film / Epic
China / USA
English
NR
-
2016
Stephen Chow
Chao Deng, Yun Lin, Show Luo, Yuqi Zhang, Pierre Bourdaud
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Comedy
China
Mandarin
NR
-
2016
Duncan Jones
Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
China / Canada / USA
English
1902
18
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
Colin Trevorrow
Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Irrfan Khan
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA / China
English
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
2699
46
2014
David Ayer
Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal
Action / Drama / War
UK / China / USA
English
2790
52
2014
Xiaoshuai Wang
Yuanzheng Feng, Zhong Lü, Hailu Qin, Hao Qin
Drama / Thriller
China
Mandarin
2742
49
2013
Kar Wai Wong
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Benshan Zhao
Action / Biography / Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2806
57
2013
Zhangke Jia
Wu Jiang, Tao Zhao, Baoqiang Wang, Lanshan Luo, Li Meng, Jia-yi Zhang
Drama / Crime
China
Mandarin
2809
58
2013
Shane Black
Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA / China
English
1775
16
2012
Rian Johnson
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Tech-Noir
USA / China
English
2803
56
2012
Susan Frömke, Matthew Heineman
Don Berwick, Shanon Brownlee, Steve Burd, David Fridovich, Wayne Jonas, Roy Litton
Documentary
USA / China / Germany
English
2790
52
2011
Shangjun Cai
Zhenjiang Bao, Jianbin Chen, Hong Tao
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Crime
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2791
53
2011
Yimou Zhang
Christian Bale, Paul Schneider, Shigeo Kobayashi, Atsurô Watabe
Drama / History / War
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2514
33
2010
Harald Zwart
Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson, Rongguang Yu, Zhensu Wu, Zhiheng Wang
Action / Drama / Family / Sports
USA / China
English
2655
41
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
2803
56
2010
Kaige Chen
You Ge, Xueqi Wang, Xiaoming Huang, Bingbing Fan, Qing Hai, Fengyi Zhang
Drama / History / Period Film
China
Mandarin
2490
32
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
2785
51
2009
Lixin Fan
Suqin Chen, Changhua Zhan, Qin Zhang, Yang Zhang
Documentary / Drama
Canada / China / UK
Mandarin
2699
46
2008
John Woo
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao
Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War / Epic
China
Mandarin
2790
52
2008
Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Jô Odagiri, Yi Huang, Milhem Cortaz
Thriller / Gangster
Brazil / China / Hong Kong / Japan
Portuguese
1678
14
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
2790
52
2007
Wen Jiang
Joan Chen, Jaycee Chan, Wen Jiang, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Yun Zhou
Drama
China
Mandarin
2480
31
2006
Zhang Ke Jia
Zhao Tao, Han Sanming, Li Zhubin, Xiang Haiyu, Zhou Lin, Ma Lizhen
Drama / Romance
China / Hong Kong / Japan
Mandarin
2742
49
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
2608
35
2005
Yimou Zhang
Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai, Jiamin Li, Lin Qiu, Jiang Wen
Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / China / Japan
Mandarin
2791
53
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
2802
55
2005
Xiaoshuai Wang
Yuanyuan Gao, Bin Li, Yang Tang, Xueyang Wang, Anlian Yao
Drama
China
Mandarin
663
4
2004
Yimou Zhang
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song
Action / Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
1217
13
2004
Kar Wai Wong
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Li Gong, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong, Ziyi Zhang
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
China / France / Germany / Hong Kong
Cantonese
1977
19
2004
Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow, Xiaogang Feng, Wah Yuen, Zhi Hua Dong, Kwok Kuen Chan
Action / Comedy / Crime / Fantasy / Period Film / Gangster
China / Hong Kong
Cantonese
2663
42
2004
Zhang Ke Jia
Tao Zhao, Taisheng Chen, Jue Jing, Zhong-wei Jiang, Yi-qun Wang
Drama / Romance
China / Japan / France
Mandarin
2803
56
2004
Chuan Lu
Duobuji, Zhang Lei, Qi Liang, Xueying Zhao, Ma Zhanlin
Action / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
1002
8
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
2414
28
2002
Kaige Chen
Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu, Hong Chen, Zhiwen Wang, Kaige Chen, Qiang Chen
Drama / Music
China / South Korea
Mandarin
2559
34
2002
Sijie Dai
Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu, Shuangbao Wang, Zhijun Cong
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
France / China
Mandarin
2663
42
2002
Bing Wang
Documentary / Biography
China / Netherlands
Mandarin
2794
54
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
2819
60
2002
Zhang Ke Jia
Wei Wei Zhao, Qiong Wu, Qing Feng Zhou, Hong Wei Wang, Ru Bai, Xi An Liu
Drama / Gangster / Caper
South Korea / France / Japan / China
Cantonese
124
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
2010
20
2000
Zhang Ke Jia
Hong Wei Wang, Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang, Tian Yi Yang
Drama / History / Comedy
Hong Kong / China / Japan / France
Mandarin
2781
50
2000
Jiang Wen
Wen Jiang, Hongbo Jiang, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ding Yuan
Drama / War / Epic / Comedy
China
Mandarin
2790
52
2000
Fruit Chan
Hailu Qin, Wai-Fan Mak, Xiao Ming Biao, Wai Yiu Yung
Drama
Hong Kong / France / China
Cantonese
2399
27
1999
Kaige Chen
Li Gong, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Xiaohe Lu, Zhiwen Wang
Drama / Epic / History
France / Japan / China
Mandarin
2619
36
1999
Yimou Zhang
Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao, Zhimei Sun
Drama / Comedy
China
Mandarin
2790
52
1999
Yuan Zhang
Lin Liu, Bingbing Li, Yeding Li, Song Liang, Yun Li
Drama / Crime
Italy / China
Mandarin
2794
54
1998
Yue Lu
Yi-Nan Chen, Jing-ming Shi, Zhi-Hua Zhang
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2790
52
1997
Yimou Zhang
Wen Jiang, Baotian Li, Qu Ying, You Ge, Yimou Zhang
Comedy / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2608
35
1996
Tian-Ming Wu
Zhigang Zhang, Zhigang Zhao, Renying Zhou, Xu Zhu
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2694
45
1996
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Kevin Lin, Caifei He, Shih Chang, Liankun Lin
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2134
22
1995
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Baotian Li
Drama / Crime / Gangster
Hong Kong / China / France
Mandarin
980
7
1994
Yimou Zhang
You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Xiao Cong, Deng Fei, Tao Guo, Wu Jiang, Zhang Lu
Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2286
24
1994
Xiaowen Zhou
Liya Ai, Peiqi Liu, Zhijun Ge, Haiyan Zhang, Zhenguo Yan, Xiao Yang
Drama / Comedy
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2694
45
1994
Kaizo Hayashi
Masatoshi Nagase, Shirô Sano, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Yang Haitin, Hou De Jian
Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Post-Noir / Detective
Japan / China / Taiwan
Japanese
2791
53
1994
Kar Wai Wong
Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
Hong Kong / China / Taiwan
Cantonese
2794
54
1994
Shaohong Li
Ji Wang, Zhiwen Wang, Caifei He, Liwei Zhang, Ruoli Wang
Drama / Romance
China / Hong Kong
Cantonese
142
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
1162
11
1993
Zhuangzhuang Tian
Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen, Liping Lu
Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
833
6
1992
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei
Comedy / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
43
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
1125
10
1990
Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang
Li Gong, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi, Ji-an Zheng
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan / China
Mandarin
757
5
1987
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Liu Jia, Cunhua Ji
Drama / War / Period Film
China
Mandarin
1711
15
1986
Zhuangzhuang Tian
Rigzin Tseshang, Jiji Dan, Jamco Jayang, Gaoba, Drashi
Drama
China
Mandarin
2803
56
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
2692
44
1950
Sergei Gerasimov, Ivan Dukinsky
Documentary / War
China / Soviet Union
Russian
2862
62
1949
Junli Zheng
Dan Zhao, Yinyan Wu, Daolin Sun, Yunzhu Shangguan
Drama
China
Mandarin
1781
17
1948
Mu Fei
Chaoming Cui, Wei Li, Yu Shi, Wei Wei, Hongmei Zhang
Drama / Romance
China
Mandarin
2692
44
1947
Chusheng Cai, Junli Zheng
Yang Bai, Tao Jin, Yang Nai, Yunzhu Shangguan, Xiuwen Shu, Yinyan Wu
Drama / War
China
Mandarin
2302
25
1937
Weibang Ma-Xu
Menghe Gu, Ping Hu, Shan Jin, Chao Shi, Wenzhu Zhou
Horror
China
Mandarin
2862
62
1934
Yu Sun
Yan Jin, Yanyan Chen, Li-li Li, Ming Luo, Junili Zheng
Comedy / Musical / Drama / War
China
Mandarin
2692
44
1933
Bugao Cheng
Die Hu, Zhiyuan Tan, Jianong Gong, Xianzhai Wang
Drama
China
Mandarin
2862
62
1933
Yu Sun
Zhanfei Gao, Li-li Li, Juanjuan Ye, Congmei Yuan
Drama
China
Mandarin (Silent)
