Top Chinese Movies


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

41. Police Story 2 ( Ging chaat goo si juk jaap )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung
Plot: After being demoted from detective to traffic cop, a highly successful officer finds himself the target of a Triad member seeking revenge against him and his girlfriend.

42. Blue Kite, The ( Lan feng zheng )

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian
Actors: Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen, Liping Lu

43. Legend of Drunken Master, The ( Jui kuen II )

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Actors: Jackie Chan, Lung Ti, Anita Mui, Felix Wong
Plot: To battle a group of smugglers, dutiful son Fei-Hung must use his patented "Drunken Boxing" fighting style, in which a swig of alcohol empowers him to defeat his foes.

44. Touch of Zen, A ( Xia nu )

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: King Hu
Actors: Ying Bai, Roy Chiao, Feng Hsu, Chun Shih
Plot: An artist stumbles upon a young woman on the run from corrupt officials and is caught up in her quest to survive.

45. Grandmaster, The ( Yi dai zong shi )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Cung Le
Plot: A biography of the great martial arts master Ip Man - the legendary man who would train and mentor Bruce Lee.

46. Assassin, The ( Nie yin niang )

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Actors: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Shao-Huai Chang
Plot: During the Tang Dynasty period in China, Nie Yinniang returns from exhile with a new mission - to oust the tyrannical governors who will not submit to the authority of the emperor. But she is faced with a dilemma when she has to choose between the man she loves and following the "order of the Assassins".

47. Dragons Forever ( Fei lung mang jeung )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Corey Yuen
Actors: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Biao Yuen, Pauline Yeung
Plot: A chemical plant in Hong Kong with questionable ethics hires a young, hot-shot lawyer to protect them. But when the lawyer falls for a woman who will stop at nothing to get the plant shut down, he looks into the issue himself and doesn't like what he finds. Calling in his two most trusted friends Samo and Biao - he will get to the bottom of things, no matter the cost.

48. Big Boss, The aka Fists of Fury ( Tang shan da xiong )

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wei Lo
Actors: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Ying-Chieh Han
Plot: Bruce Lee stars as a man sworn to do no harm. As he helps his cousins in an ice factory, he discovers something that draws him to violence and his only choice is to act out against evil.

49. Story of Qiu Ju, The ( Qiu Ju da guan si )

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei
Plot: A pregnant peasant seeks justice when her husband is kicked in the groin by the local village chief - but as her journey takes her further and further away from her husband and village - her frustration over the hierarchy will not deter her from getting these wrongs righted.

50. Drug War ( Du zhan )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Johnnie To
Actors: Louis Koo, Honglei Sun, Yi Huang, Michelle Ye
Plot: An accident lands a drug kingpin in the hands of police and he makes a deal: he will become an undercover agent in order to avoid the death penalty. But even though he initially helps out, the police captain suspects he has ulterior motives that could threaten the entire operation.

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