Movie List for "china"

Red Sorghum (1988) Drama History Romance Movie

When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army. Year 1988.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Jianyu Chen, Yan Mo, Wei Zhu
Actors: Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Rujun Teng

The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014) Action Adventure Biography Movie

A story focusing on a conflict between a People’s Liberation Army squad and a bandit gang in north-east China during the Chinese revolution. Year 2014.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Biography
Director: Hark Tsui
Writer: Bo Qu, Jianxin Huang, Hark Tsui
Actors: Hanyu Zhang, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Kenny Lin

Peking Opera Blues (1986) Comedy Action Movie

The movie is set in chaotic 1920’s China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen’s underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. The movie tells the story of three young women and two young me… Year 1986.

Generes: Comedy, Action
Director: Hark Tsui
Writer: Raymond To
Actors: Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung

Yesterday (2019) Comedy Fantasy Music Movie

A struggling musician realizes he’s the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where they never existed. Year 2019.

Generes: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Director: Danny Boyle
Writer: Richard Curtis, Jack Barth
Actors: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino

Crazy Stone (2006) Comedy Crime Drama Movie

What do you get when you have a precious jewel, a group of bumbling thieves intent on getting their hands on it, the mob wanting a piece of the action, and a loyal but mischievous security guard all thrown together? Crazy Stone. I… Year 2006.

Generes: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Hao Ning
Writer: Hao Ning, Xiaojun Yue, Cheng Zhang
Actors: Tao Guo, Teddy Lin, Hua Liu

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) Action Adventure Fantasy Movie

A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the … Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Luc Besson
Writer: Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières, Luc Besson
Actors: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen

Raise the Red Lantern (1991) Drama History Romance Movie

A young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household. Year 1991.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Tong Su, Ni Zhen
Actors: Gong Li, Jingwu Ma, Saifei He

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) Action Crime Drama Movie

Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name while on the run as a fugitive from the law. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Edward Zwick
Writer: Richard Wenk, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
Actors: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge

Red Amnesia (2014) Crime Drama Thriller Movie

Deng is a stubborn retired widow who spends her days caring about her two grown up sons and her elderly mother, despite her family efforts to stop her. But her daily routine starts derailing when she keeps receiving anonymous calls.. Year 2014.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang
Writer: Xiaoshuai Wang, Lei Fang, Fei Li
Actors: Zhong Lü, Yuanzheng Feng, Hailu Qin

Farewell My Concubine (1993) Drama Music Romance Movie

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and will endure some of the most troublesome times in China’s history. Year 1993.

Generes: Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Kaige Chen
Writer: Pik-Wah Lee, Wei Lu
Actors: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li

Shanghai Triad (1995) Crime Drama History Movie

A provincial boy related to a Shanghai crime family is recruited by his uncle into cosmopolitan Shanghai in the 1930s to be a servant to a ganglord’s mistress. Year 1995.

Generes: Crime, Drama, History
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Feiyu Bi, Li Xiao
Actors: Gong Li, Baotian Li, Xiaoxiao Wang

Too Cool to Kill (2022) Comedy Movie

In order to fully realize his dream of being a comedian, Wei Chenggong (Wei Xiang) accidentally broke into a dangerous scam under the “persuasion” of actress Milan (Li Ma). But Wei Chenggong didn’t know he was already involved in … Year 2022.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Wenxiong Xing, Ru Qian
Writer: Wenxiong Xing
Actors: Li Ma, Xiang Wei, Minghao Chen

Dragon (2011) Action Crime Drama Movie

A papermaker gets involved with a murder case concerning two criminals leading to a determined detective suspecting him and the former’s vicious father searching for him Year 2011.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Writer: Oi Wah Lam, Joyce Chan
Actors: Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tang Wei

Little Cheung (1999) Drama Movie

In 1997, Little Cheung is a street-wise nine-year-old boy living in a bustling neighbourhood of Hong Kong, just before the reunification with China. His parents are always working at their restaurant, so Little Cheung becomes much cl Year 1999.

Generes: Drama
Director: Fruit Chan
Writer: Fruit Chan
Actors: Yuet-Ming Yiu, Wai-Fan Mak, Yuet-Man Mak

Dragon Inn (1992) Action Thriller Movie

During the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Siu-yan, a power-crazed eunuch who rules his desert region of China as if he were the Emperor, ruthlessly thwarts plots against him and sets a trap for one of this enemies at the Dragon Gate Inn. Year 1992.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Raymond Lee, Siu-Tung Ching, Hark Tsui
Writer: Tan Cheung, Xiaohe Lü, Hark Tsui
Actors: Tony Ka Fai Leung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung