Top Chinese Movies


The Top Chinese Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Chinese List". Lists are calculated daily.

101. Sorcerer and the White Snake , The ( Bai she chuan shuo )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Siu-Tung Ching
Actors: Jet Li, Shengyi Huang, Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi
Plot: A young physician finds himself falling in love with Madame White Snake - in actuality a 1000-year-old snake demon. Before his soul is lost forever, the powerful sorcerer Abott Fahai will attempt to stop the demon and save his life.

102. Black Dragon aka Mr. Canton and Lady Rose ( Ji ji )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Ah Lei Gua, Chun Hsiung Ko
Plot: A country boy arrives in Hong Kong in the 1930s to find a job. In his first day he rescues a local crime boss who, while dying, appoints him the new head of the gang. He is placed in charge of the gang's nightclub and inherits the problems it brings, but benefits from the good luck brought with purchasing roses from a poor old lady. When the old lady's daughter comes to visit however, the new Canton godfather attempts to repay her with a good deed.

103. Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon ( Saam gwok dzi gin lung se gap )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Daniel Lee
Actors: Andy Lau, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Maggie Q, Vanness Wu

104. Naked Killer ( Chik loh go yeung )

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
Actors: Chingmy Yau, Simon Yam, Carrie Ng, Madoka Sugawara

105. Back to 1942 ( Yi jiu si er )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Actors: Adrien Brody, Tim Robbins, Fan Xu, Daoming Chen
Plot: Henan province, China - 1942 - as a drought strikes, the government fights a war with Japan and corruption runs rampant. American journalist T.H. White searches for answers as millions suffer and die in one of the darkest periods in 20th-century China.

106. Millenium Mambo ( Qian xi man po )

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou
Actors: Qi Shu, Jack Kao, Chun-hao Tuan, Yi-Hsuan Chen

107. Dragon ( Wu xia )

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Chan
Actors: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Yu Wang, Donnie Yen, Wei Tang
Plot: A martial arts expert looks to put his checkered past behind him and start over, but he is dogged by detectives and a vindictive former master.

108. King of Masks, The ( Bian Lian )

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tian-Ming Wu
Actors: Zhigang Zhang, Zhigang Zhao, Renying Zhou, Xu Zhu
Plot: In sexist 1930's China, an aging maskmaker wishes to pass on his knowledge to a male heir and purchases a child on the black market.

109. Armour of God, The ( Long xiong hu di )

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Alan Tam, Rosamund Kwan, Lola Forner
Plot: Jackie Chan portrays a professional fortune hunter who's out to get rich by recovering exotic artifacts. To persuade Jackie to locate the items missing from the Armour of the Gods (which is thought to possess supernatural power) a cult of malevolent monks abducts Jackie's ex-girlfriend Lorelei and holds her captive.

110. Vengeance ( Fuk sau )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Johnnie To
Actors: Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Testud, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Ka Tung Lam

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