191. Horse Thief, The ( Dao ma zei )
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian, Peicheng Pan
Actors: Rigzin Tseshang, Jiji Dan, Jamco Jayang, Gaoba, Daiba, Drashi
192. Frozen ( Jidu hanleng )
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang
Actors: Hongshen Jia, Xiaoqing Ma, Yu Bai, Geng Li, Yefu Bai, Ye Wei
193. Flowers of Shanghai ( Hai shang hua )
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou
Actors: Shuan Fang, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Michiko Hada, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Michelle Reis, Jack Kao
194. Emperor & the Assassin, The ( Jing ke ci qin wang )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kaige Chen
Actors: Li Gong, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Xiaohe Lu, Zhiwen Wang, Kaige Chen
195. Time to Live and the Time to Die, The ( Tong nien wang shi )
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou
Actors: Mei-Feng, Yu-Yuen Tang, Feng Tien, Shufen Xin, Ann-Shuin Yiu
196. Fulltime Killer ( Chuen jik sat sau )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Johnny To, Ka-Fai Wai
Actors: Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Simon Yam, Kelly Lin, Cherrie Ying, Suet Lam
197. Assembly ( Ji jie hao )
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Actors: Hanyu Zhang, Chao Deng, Wenkang Yuan, Yan Tang, Fan Liao, Baoqiang Wang
Plot: Gu Zidi is officer in the People's Liberation Army during Chinese Civil War and is sent to prison for breaking orders. He and friend Wang are freed from army prison to go back to battle. Gu is in charge of securing a mine and to defend the rest of the company's flank. He is ordered not to retreat his men until he hears a bugle call. The unit is soon surrounded by the enemy. Gu and Wang (mortality wounded) are the last ones standing and they decide to blow the mine to protect the bodies of their fallen comrades laid deep inside. Gu wakes up in a hospital where he is believed to be a POW. There are no records of his unit, their brave actions or proof that he is an ally. He spends his life trying to prove his story and his unit's sacrifice.
198. Young Master, The ( Shi di chu ma )
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen, Pai Wei, Lily Li, Kien Shih, Ing-Sik Whang
199. Better Days ( Shao nian de ni )
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Derek Tsang
Actors: Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee, Fang Yin, Jue Huang, Yue Wu, Yao Zhang
Plot: Set around the Chinese gaokao- a two-day national college exam that determines the future for millions of students, Chen Nian, a relentlessly bullied female student, under crushing pressure, starts a relationship with a small-time criminal leading down a dangerous path.
200. Pushing Hands ( Tui shou )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ang Lee
Actors: Bin Chao, Victor Chan, Lester Chit-Man Chan, Fanny De Luz, Audrey Haight, Jackson King
Plot: Retired Chinese Tai-Chi master, Master Chu moves to Westchester, NY with son Alex, his American daughter-in-law Martha, and their son Jeremy. But his presence causes Martha to suffer a severe case of writers block while his son must figure out how to balance Chinese tradition with a Western lifestyle.
