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Mandarin Chinese Movies

A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Edward Yang · 45 critic votes
Streaming on YouTube TV
A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
Yi Yi (2000)
Edward Yang · 41 critic votes
A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose.
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
Tsai Ming-liang · 30 critic votes
Streaming on Kanopy, Metrograph, Kino Film Collection
On a dark, wet night in Taipei City, a cavernous old picture palace is about to close its doors forever. A meager audience, the remaining few staff, and perhaps even a ghost or two, watch King Hu’s wuxia classic "Dragon Inn", each haunted by memories and desires evoked by cinema itself.
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2003)
Wang Bing · 19 critic votes
A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.
Spring in a Small Town (1948)
Fei Mu · 14 critic votes
Free on Public Domain Movies, Darkroom · Streaming on FlixFling
A married couple living in a desolate small town in post-WWII China are paid a surprise visit by an old friend of the husband's.
A Touch of Zen (1971)
King Hu · 13 critic votes
Streaming on Criterion Channel
Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run from corrupt government officials, is joined in her endeavors by skilled Buddhist monks and an unambitious painter named Gu Sheng-zhai.
Millennium Mambo (2001)
Hou Hsiao-Hsien · 11 critic votes
Streaming on Kanopy, Kino Film Collection
In 2011, Vicky looks back on her life a decade earlier, recalling her turbulent relationship with her controlling boyfriend Hao Hao and her growing connection to a compassionate gangster amid the neon haze of Taipei's nightlife.
The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
Hou Hsiao-Hsien · 8 critic votes
An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Zhang Yimou · 8 critic votes
In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Ang Lee · 8 critic votes
Free on YouTube Free · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.
Platform (2000)
Jia Zhangke · 8 critic votes
China’s rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.
Vive L'Amour (1994)
Tsai Ming-liang · 7 critic votes
Free on Tubi TV · Streaming on Kanopy, Fandor Amazon Channel, Film Movement Plus
Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-kang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat.
An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)
Hu Bo · 7 critic votes
Free on Cineverse · Streaming on Fandor, Kanopy, OVID
In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.
Long Day's Journey into Night (2018)
Bi Gan · 6 critic votes
Streaming on Kanopy, Kino Film Collection
Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved and whom he has never been able to forget.
Dragon Gate Inn (1967)
King Hu · 5 critic votes
Streaming on Criterion Channel
China, year 1457. The Minister of Defense is executed, and his children are sentenced to exile by order of the tyrannical Tsao. Fearful of future revenge from the young people, Tsao sends cruel soldiers to murder them, but a brave group of swordsmen can change the course of the battle at the Dragon Inn.
Taipei Story (1984)
Edward Yang · 5 critic votes
A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest egg bailing her father out of financial trouble.
The Terrorizers (1986)
Edward Yang · 5 critic votes
An uncompromising look into urban life from the eyes of a voyeuristic photographer, a rebellious teenager, and a married couple teetering on the edge of adultery.
The Hole (1998)
Tsai Ming-liang · 5 critic votes
Streaming on Kanopy, OVID, Metrograph
In the final days of the year 1999, almost everyone in Taiwan has died from a strange plague that ravished the island. As rain pours down relentlessly, a single man is stuck with an unfinished plumbing job and a hole in his floor. This results in a very odd relationship with the woman who lives below him.
Still Life (2006)
Jia Zhangke · 5 critic votes
A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.
Stray Dogs (2013)
Tsai Ming-liang · 5 critic votes
Streaming on Kanopy
An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross paths with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert · 5 critic votes
Streaming on Hulu
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Liu Chia-liang · 4 critic votes
Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hi-YAH, ARROW
During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the anti-government movement; his son manages to escape to Shaolin Temple, where he plans to learn its secretive brand of martial arts to seek revenge.
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Chen Kaige · 4 critic votes
Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.
Oxhide II (2009)
Liu Jiayin · 4 critic votes
Streaming on OVID
4 years after Oxhide (2005), director Liu Jiayin and her parents reprise their roles for one night as they make and enjoy dumplings.
The Assassin (2015)
Hou Hsiao-Hsien · 4 critic votes
Free on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Kanopy
9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
Tsai Ming-liang · 3 critic votes
Streaming on Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel, OVID
In Taipei, four youths face alienation, loneliness, and moments of existential crisis amidst a series of minor crimes.
The River (1997)
Tsai Ming-liang · 3 critic votes
A young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river for a movie shoot, but nobody can provide him any relief.
What Time Is It There? (2001)
Tsai Ming-liang · 3 critic votes
A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.
2046 (2004)
Wong Kar-wai · 3 critic votes
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
The World (2004)
Jia Zhangke · 3 critic votes
At Beijing World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the city’s suburbs, a security guard betrays his dancer girlfriend by pursuing another woman.
Three Times (2005)
Hou Hsiao-Hsien · 3 critic votes
In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.
Lust, Caution (2007)
Ang Lee · 3 critic votes
During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.
Yellow Earth (1984)
Chen Kaige · 2 critic votes
A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust.
Dust in the Wind (1986)
Hou Hsiao-Hsien · 2 critic votes
A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, and so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.
Red Sorghum (1988)
Zhang Yimou · 2 critic votes
An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.
In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
Jiang Wen · 2 critic votes
Beijing, 1970s. The Cultural Revolution has driven most adults to the provinces leaving 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery known as "girls."
Hero (2002)
Zhang Yimou · 2 critic votes
During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.
The Taste of Watermelon (2004)
Tsai Ming-liang · 2 critic votes
Hsiao-Kang, now working as an adult movie actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.
Kaili Blues (2015)
Bi Gan · 2 critic votes
Free on Fandor · Streaming on Hoopla, Metrograph
Chen Sheng goes off in search of his nephew who has been abandoned by his father. Along the way, he encounters numerous people from his past and also those from his future.
Mrs. Fang (2017)
Wang Bing · 2 critic votes
In a quiet village in southern China, Fang Xiuying is sixty-seven years old. Having suffered from Alzheimer's for several years, with advanced symptoms and ineffective treatment, she was sent back home. Now, bedridden, she is surrounded by her relatives and neighbors, as they witness and accompany her through her last days.
So Long, My Son (2019)
Wang Xiaoshuai · 2 critic votes
Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
Love and Duty (1931)
Bu Wancang · 1 critic vote
The film tells the story of Yang Naifan (Ruan Lingyu) who runs from her arranged marriage to be with her true love, Li Zuyi (Jin Yan). The film details the poverty she must endure for breaking with tradition.
The Goddess (1934)
Wu Yonggang · 1 critic vote
A young prostitute, who is trying to give her infant son a good start in life, must contend with a coercive pimp and the prejudices of others.
City Scenes (1935)
Yuan Muzhi · 1 critic vote
A novelist uses all his money to buy gifts for the woman he loves who in turn is also seeing a business man, using him for expensive presents. As a consequence the writer is unable to pay the rent, whilst the womans family goes hungry as her fathers business suffers. A joyful comedy that expresses the dangers of consumerism for the careless spender.
Street Angel (1937)
Yuan Muzhi · 1 critic vote
In old Shanghai, two sisters, a prostitute and a singer, try to escape from the local scoundrels with the help of a trumpet player and a newspaper seller.
The Spring River Flows East (1947)
Cai Chusheng, Zheng Junli · 1 critic vote
1930's China. The village of a poor family is taken over by the occupying Japanese army. One son, Zhongliang, leaves his wife and young son to join a medic group for the Chinese Army. The other son, Zhangmin goes into hiding to protect his family. The focus shifts back and forth from the brothers' parents and Zhongliang's wife and son to Zhongliang's newfound life of luxury in a town not too far away. The plight of Zhongliang's mother, his wife, Sufan and her son, Kongeson is contrasted with Zhongliang's rise in a flourishing company.
The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)
Li Han-hsiang · 1 critic vote
This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. The empress mother has the tutor go to Kiang-Nan to bring him back.
The Arch (1968)
Tang Shu Shuen · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Kanopy
A widow upholds feudal virtue by suppressing her love for a cavalry captain in favor of her daughter.
Vengeance (1970)
Chang Cheh · 1 critic vote
Free on Shout! Factory TV · Streaming on Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
A violent martial artist is bent on avenging his older brother, who was killed by a cabal of four wicked businessmen and a cheating wife.
The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
King Hu · 1 critic vote
Free on Tubi TV, Plex, Cineverse · Streaming on Midnight Pulp, Fawesome
Lee Khan, a high official under Mongolian Emperor Yuan of the Yuan dynasty procures the battle map of the Chinese rebel Chu Yuan-Chang's army. Rebel spies, aided by treachery within Khan's ranks, strive to corner him in an inn.
China Behind (1974)
Tang Shu Shuen · 1 critic vote
A group of Mainlanders fleeing the Cultural Revolution risk all to reach the adjacent British ‘haven’ of Hong Kong; yet what they find there is a far cry from their dreams of liberty.
Raining in the Mountain (1979)
King Hu · 1 critic vote
Free on Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel · Streaming on Kanopy, Fandor Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel
In Ming Dynasty China, the retiring abbot of a Buddhist monastery invites two dignitaries to help him choose a successor, not suspecting that both of them have hired help to steal a priceless parchment kept in the temple.
Evening Rain (1980)
Wu Yigong, Wu Yonggang · 1 critic vote
At the tail end of the Cultural Revolution, Qiu Shi, a poet who has been in prison for six years, is transferred elsewhere by boat under the guard of two officers. During transit, he meets a series of passengers, who have also faced hardships in recent times.
Light Cavalry Girl (1980)
Shen Jie · 1 critic vote
A wordless short documentary following the Bayi Women's Light Motorcycle Team, a military stunt unit, as they ride down stone staircases, through water and fire, and into slow-motion jumps.
The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
Hou Hsiao-Hsien · 1 critic vote
Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city.
Daughter of the Nile (1987)
Hou Hsiao-Hsien · 1 critic vote
Free on Tubi TV
Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
Black Snow (1990)
Xie Fei · 1 critic vote
A man returns to his native Beijing after serving in a labor camp, to find that he has no family or prospects or friends. He tries to make a living, but his old underworld contacts drag him back into a life of crime.
Ju Dou (1990)
Zhang Yimou, Yang Fengliang · 1 critic vote
Tianqing falls in love with Ju Dou, his uncle's wife who is tortured for being childless. However, after they have an affair, they discover that his uncle is impotent and try to conceal the truth.
A Confucian Confusion (1994)
Edward Yang · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Criterion Channel
Over the course of a few days, the paths of a group of young friends, lovers, and acquaintances in Taipei intersect, prompting them to arrive at realizations about their lives.
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
Peter Chan · 1 critic vote
Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out.
Goodbye South (1996)
Hou Hsiao-Hsien · 1 critic vote
In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his sidekick, Flathead, and their girlfriends, Pretzel and Ling. He is also the originator of petty crime schemes, which promise to get the gang nowhere fast.
Mahjong (1996)
Edward Yang · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Criterion Channel
Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager and a sensitive young local who tries to protect her caught dangerously in the middle.
Out of Phoenix Bridge (1997)
Hong Li · 1 critic vote
Li Hong spends several months in a tiny room no bigger than a closet with four girls from a remote village in Hunan province who have come to Beijing to work as domestics.
Not One Less (1999)
Zhang Yimou · 1 critic vote
Set in the People's Republic of China during the 1990s, the film centers on a 13-year-old substitute teacher, Wei Minzhi, in the Chinese countryside. Called in to substitute for a village teacher for one month, Wei is told not to lose any students.
Shower (1999)
Zhang Yang · 1 critic vote
An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.
Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
Jiang Wen · 1 critic vote
During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the prisoners. The townspeople then struggle to accommodate the prisoners. One is a bellicose Japanese nationalist, the other a nervous translator. Will the townspeople manage to keep the prisoners until the New Year?
Shanghai Women (2002)
Xiaolian Peng · 1 critic vote
After Women’s Story, Peng returns to the most straightforward representation of women’s issues in Shanghai Women, a film about three rural women. As the first work in Peng’s Shanghai Trilogy, Shanghai Women describes the problem that women encounter trying to secure urban (residential) space through the story of women from three generations.
Cell Phone (2003)
Feng Xiaogang · 1 critic vote
Follows the story of a television host who's hidden so much personal and secret information on his phone, that when it gets out, catastrophe strikes.
The Hand (2004)
Wong Kar-wai · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Criterion Channel
Hong Kong, 1960s. Zhang, a shy tailor's assistant, is riveted by his imperious client Miss Hua. Upon meeting her, she seduces him to make sure he will truly remember her when designing her garments. After this intimate first encounter, a rapport develops between the two. Entry is for the theatrically released extended version, not the segment from the Eros anthology.
Summer Palace (2006)
Lou Ye · 1 critic vote
Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
Disorder (2009)
Huang Weikai · 1 critic vote
Streaming on OVID, DocAlliance Films
A "city symphony" full of dark humor that weaves together a collage of absurd sounds and events.
She, A Chinese (2009)
Xiaolu Guo · 1 critic vote
This is the story of Mei, a young woman on a trip from East to West after her escape from her provincial Chinese village. Beginning in Chongqing and a disastrous factory job, Mei soon heads out for London and a marriage to an older man where her entrapment begins anew.
Let the Bullets Fly (2010)
Jiang Wen · 1 critic vote
Free on Plex Channel, Amasian TV · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local godfather.
Drug War (2012)
Johnnie To · 1 critic vote
Free on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free · Streaming on Kanopy, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hi-YAH
A drug cartel boss is arrested in a raid and coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.
A Touch of Sin (2013)
Jia Zhangke · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Kanopy, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Kino Film Collection
Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village. A migrant discovers the possibilities of owning a firearm. A receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one job to the next.
The Grandmaster (2013)
Wong Kar-wai · 1 critic vote
Free on Tubi TV, YouTube Free, Plex · Streaming on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Fawesome, Howdy Amazon Channel
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.
Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
Diao Yinan · 1 critic vote
Free on Amasian TV · Streaming on Kanopy, Hi-YAH Amazon Channel
Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again.
The Golden Era (2014)
Ann Hui · 1 critic vote
Free on Pluto TV, Fandango at Home Free · Streaming on OVID
The story of writer Xiao Hong comes alive through memories of her great love affair, literary influence and escape from China during World War II.
Behemoth (2015)
Zhao Liang · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Fandor
Under the sun, the heavenly beauty of grasslands will soon be covered by the raging dust of mines. Facing the ashes and noises caused by heavy mining , the herdsmen have no choice but to leave as the meadow areas dwindle. In the moonlight, iron mines are brightly lit throughout the night. Workers who operate the drilling machines must stay awake. The fight is tortuous, against the machine and against themselves. Meanwhile, coal miners are busy filling trucks with coals. Wearing a coal-dust mask, they become ghostlike creatures. An endless line of trucks will transport all the coals and iron ores to the iron works. There traps another crowd of souls, being baked in hell. In the hospital, time hangs heavy on miners' hands. After decades of breathing coal dust, death is just around the corner. They are living the reality of purgatory, but there will be no paradise.
Hedonists (2016)
Jia Zhangke · 1 critic vote
The closure of an unprofitable state-run coal mine in Shanxi, China forces three middle-aged men who worked there to search for employment elsewhere.
Angels Wear White (2017)
Vivian Qu · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, OVID
The true story of a French WW1 deserter who, with the support of his wife, spends a decade in disguise as a woman.
The Great Buddha+ (2017)
Huang Hsin-yao · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Kanopy
Security guard Pickle and his trash collector friend Belly Button kill time together in night shifts watching the American-educated boss's dash-cam recordings of his various sexual encounters with women. Against the buddies' will, something horrifying rather than erotic reveals.
Ash Is Purest White (2018)
Jia Zhangke · 1 critic vote
Free on Tubi TV · Streaming on Kanopy, Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Dead Pigs (2018)
Cathy Yan · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Kanopy
A pig farmer, a busboy, a salon owner, an expat architect and a jaded rich girl cross paths as thousands of dead pigs float down the Yangtze River toward Shanghai.
Dead Souls (2018)
Wang Bing · 1 critic vote
Streaming on OVID, DocAlliance Films
In Gansu Province, northwest China, lie the remains of countless prisoners abandoned in the Gobi Desert sixty years ago. Designated as ultra-rightists in the Communist Party’s Anti-Rightist campaign of 1957, they starved to death in the reeducation camps. The film invites us to meet the survivors of the camps to find out firsthand who these persons were, the hardships they were forced to endure and what became their destiny.
Shadow (2018)
Zhang Yimou · 1 critic vote
Free on Tubi TV, YouTube Free, Pluto TV · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Kanopy
In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (2019)
Gu Xiaogang · 1 critic vote
In the Chinese town of Fuyang, four brothers go about their day-to-day lives, their destinies shaped by love and challenges.
Saturday Fiction (2020)
Lou Ye · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
Iconic actress Jean Yu returns to Japanese-occupied China to star in a play directed by her former lover. However, her undercover work for the Allies soon places her life in grave danger.
Caught by the Tides (2024)
Jia Zhangke · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Kanopy
Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
Resurrection (2025)
Bi Gan · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Kanopy, Criterion Channel
In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making.

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