Top Chinese Movies


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

331. Story of Xiao-Yan, The ( Shang xue lu shang )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gangliang Fang
Actors: Liya Ai
Plot: Thirteen year old Xiao-Yan is devoted to her studies at her local school and determined to use them as a spring-board out of her mundane fate. Unfortunately for her, the school fees for the new term are set to increase from 20 yuan up to 24 and her mother, struggling to cope on her meager income while her husband is away working, is unwilling to stump up the new amount. Young Xiao-Yan is made of sterner stuff though and, in between looking after her two troublesome younger brothers during the holidays, she thinks of a way to raise the money herself. Initially she takes eggs from home and tries to sell them at the market, but this scheme proves to offer scant reward for her efforts. Inspired by the transactions of the local cattle market, Xiao-Yan forms an unsteady alliance with a street-smart urchin to raise a lamb with the intention of selling it on later for significant profit.

332. The Concrete Revolution

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Xiaolu Guo

333. Missing Star, The ( stella che non c'è, La )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gianni Amelio
Actors: Sergio Castellitto, Ling Tai, Angelo Costabile, Hiu Sun Ha, Catherine Sng, Xian-bi Tang

334. Detective, The ( C+ jing taam )

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Oxide Pang Chun
Actors: Aaron Kwok, Kai Chi Liu, Tak-Bun Wong, Siu-Ming Lau, Yiu-Cheung Lai, Fui-On Shing
Plot: In this stylish and gritty thriller, private detective Tam is hired to track down a missing woman. As the intricate trail unfolds it looks like it's murder and that supernatural forces may be at hand. But Tam can't trust anyone anymore and the truth is only revealed in the chilling climax

335. Tuya's Marriage ( Tuya de hun shi )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Quanan Wang
Actors: Yu Nan, Sen'ge, Zhaya, Bater

336. What Women Want

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daming Chen
Actors: Andy Lau, Li Gong, Kelly Hu, Osric Chau, Russell Wong, Jing Hu
Plot: A Chinese remake of the 2000 comedy in which a man suddenly gains the ability to read the thoughts of women and uses it to his advantage, but is soon questioning if it's a something wonderful or a curse.

337. High Tech, Low Life

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen T. Maing
Actors: Shihe Zhang, Shuguang Zhou

338. Life Without Principle ( Dyut meng gam )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Johnnie To
Actors: Ching Wan Lau, Terence Yin, Richie Ren, Felix Wong, Siu-Fai Cheung, Denise Ho
Plot: A criminal, a cop & a bank officer do whatever they have to do to solve their financial problems

339. Beijing Love Story

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chen Sicheng
Actors: Sicheng Chen, Le Geng, Carina Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Xuebing Wang, Nan Yu
Plot: A multi-generational look at love - all told through the perspective of Beijing - from young lovers who must decide between tradition or their own emotional to infidelity to ex-loves making a new entrance.

340. Twin Dragons ( Shuang long hui )

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ringo Lam, Hark Tsui
Actors: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Teddy Robin Kwan, Anthony Chan, Philip Chan, Sylvia Chang

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