21. Farewell My Concubine ( Ba wang bie ji )
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kaige Chen
Actors: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu
Plot: Two Beijing Opera stage brothers fight over the same woman as we witness China's late-twentieth century political history in a parallel story.
22. Flowers of War, The ( Jin líng shí san chai )
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Christian Bale, Paul Schneider, Shigeo Kobayashi, Atsurô Watabe
Plot: Based on the novel The 13 Women of Nanjing, from Chinese author Yan Gelin, it tells the story of the massacre of Nanjing, when thousands of women were raped and killed by the Japanese troops during and invasion in 1937. Christian Bale plays a priest who helps a group of prostitutes and students in a church during the invasion.
23. Eat Drink Man Woman ( Yin shi nan nu )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ang Lee
Actors: Sihung Lung, Yu-Wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu, Kuei-Mei Yang
Plot: The revolves around a Master Chef Chef Chu (Sihung Lung) and her daughters Jia-Jen, the oldest one (Kuei-Mei Yang), a bitter Christian school teacher, Jia-Chien, the middle child who is career oriented (Chien-lien Wu), and Jia-Ning, the youngest (Yu-Wen Wang). Each one is concerned about their hard working father who hasn't remarried after their mother passed away for many years.
24. Days of Being Wild ( A Fei zheng chuan )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Actors: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau
25. Fist of Legend ( Jing wu ying xiong )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gordon Chan
Actors: Jet Li, Shinobu Nakayama, Siu-hou Chin, Billy Chow
Plot: Chen Zhen leaves Shanghai for Kyoto and finds nothing but insult and abuse from the Japanese, especially after pursuing Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director. Yet when he learns of the death of his old kung fu master - he returns home determined to prove his master died not in a fight, but through poisoning. The honor of Chen and Japan are at stake, leading to one final, epic battle that will settle the score once and for all.
26. Shanghai Triad ( Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Li Gong, Baotian Li, Wang Xiaoxiao, Xuejian Li
27. Police Story ( Ging chaat goo si )
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Kwok-Hung Lam
Plot: Kevin Chan, a young, clean cop scores his first big takedown when he captures a drug lord. But the tables are turned when he is framed for the death of a fellow (dirty) cop and in order to continue his career he must clear his name.
28. Ip Man 2 ( Yip Man 2: Chung si chuen kei )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wilson Yip
Actors: Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Simon Yam, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Plot: Ip Man continues his journey to Hong Kong where he will spread his Wing Chun martial arts style.
29. Infernal Affairs II ( Mou gaan dou II )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wai-keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Actors: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Edison Chen, Carina Lau
30. Shadow ( Ying )
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Chao Deng, Li Sun, Ryan Zheng, Qianyuan Wang
Plot: During the Three Kingdoms era, an exiled king, violent and ambitious, seeks to reclaim his throne; his visionary general - who makes plans in secret; the women of the palace, who seek redemption in a world that rejects them and a simple commoner known as "Lord of the World" - all people who will shape this story, and history itself.
