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Films from the country "chine", sorted by revenue
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Rainclouds Over Wushan (1996)
, 1h36Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Mai Qiang (Zhang Xianming) is a lonely thirty-year-old river signalman living in Wushan, on the banks of the Yangtze River. Lonely, he is pushed to meet women by his more socially adept friend (Wang Wenqiang. One day, after getting drunk, he meets a young widow, Chen Qing (Zhong Ping). Chen, works in a small inn destined to be flooded when the Three Gorges Dam is complete and dreams of a better life. Mai, thinking she is the woman he dreams of every night, forces her to have sex but is shamed by his actions when he realizes what he has done the next morning.
On the Beat (1995)
, 1h42Directed by Ning Ying (宁瀛)
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Zhang Guoli
On the Beat consists mainly of a series of vignettes involving members of a local precinct in the Beijing Public Security Bureau. Filmed in the slow months of December, January, and February the members of the PSB find they have little in the way of substantive police work. Instead they spend time (and manpower) on small incidents like the chasing of a possibly rabid dog, the arrest of a small-time con artist, and the reprimanding of a man who sells posters of a woman in a bathing suit.
The Blue Kite (1994)
, 2h20Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Pu Cunxin, Lü Liping, Guo Donglin
The story is told from the perspective of a young boy (铁头, Tietou, literally meaning 'iron head') growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in Beijing. Three episodes – Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution – show the family members evolving, e.g. from the real father, the "loving patriarch," to the protective but unemotional stepfather.
Evening Bell (1989)
, 1h30Directed by Wu Ziniu
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Taking place in the immediate aftermath of the Second Sino-Japanese War (the Chinese branch of the Second World War), Evening Bell follows a small platoon of five Chinese soldiers who must negotiate a devastated landscape, burying bodies, disarming mines, and eventually facing off against a starving band of Japanese soldiers who do not yet know that the war has ended.
The Horse Thief (1986)
, 1h28Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Origin Chine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about Tibet
The film follows the titular horse thief, Norbu as he struggles to support his family in Tibet. After his son dies, however, Norbu strives to change his ways. Mirroring the starkness of the landscape, the film is nearly free of dialogue, with only the occasional terse exchange between characters.
Hibiscus Town (1987)
, 2h44Directed by Xie Jin
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Jiang Wen, Liu Xiaoqing
The film follows Hu Yuyin (Liu Xiaoqing), a young and hardworking woman in a small Chinese town on the eve of the Cultural Revolution. She is happily married and runs a successful roadside food stall selling spicy beancurd. Yuyin is supported by Party members Li Mangeng (Zhang Guangbei), who once wanted to marry her, and Director Gu (Zheng Zaishi), a war veteran in charge of the granary. But in 1964 the Four Cleanups Movement sends a Party work-team to root out Rightists and capitalist roaders. The team is led by Li Guoxiang (Xu Songzi), a single woman, assisted by Wang Qiushe (Zhu Shibin), a former poor peasant who has lost his land because of his drinking. At a public struggle session, Yuyin is declared to be a "new rich peasant." Both her home and business are taken from her and her husband, Li Guigui (Liu Linian) is executed for trying to kill Li Guoxiang.
, 1h33Directed by Xie Jin
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Qin Yi
Before the establishment of PRC, Lin Jie, the daughter of the boss of East China Basketball Team in Shanghai, falls in love with the leading player of the team, Tian Zhenhua. During a game against foreign marine soldiers, the boss takes bribery and orders the team to lose the game. Due to his nationalist dignity, however, Tian leads the team to victory, against the will of the boss. As a result, the boss hires thugs to beat Tian, and also forces his daughter to marry a rich man. 18 years later, Tian is now the coach of Shanghai Woman Basketball Team. Xiao Jie, the daughter of Lin, is a girl with basketball talent but also has prejudice towards sports career. Tian educates and helps her with patience. Xiao Jie was injured in a game and hospitalized. Tian and Lin accidentally reunite when both visiting Xiao Jie and their love is reborn. Xiao Jie is later elected into national team and will participate in international games.
Dingjun Mountain (1905)
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Historical, Romance
Le film est composé de trois scènes enregistrées à l'Opéra de Pékin durant une représentation de La Bataille du Mont Dingjun avec le chanteur Tan Xinpei.
Dangerous Liaisons (2012)
, 1h50Directed by Hur Jin-ho
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Zhang Ziyi, Jang Dong-gun, Cecilia Cheung, Lisa Lu
Shanghai, September 1931: Wealthy businessman and serial seducer Xie Yifan (Jang Dong-gun) is introduced to his uncle's granddaughter, Du Fenyu (Zhang Ziyi), when his maternal grandmother, Du Ruixue (Lisa Lu), arrives at his apartment one day. Fenyu, a young widow who's just arrived from Northeast China (aka Manchuria) where the Japanese are making incursions, is staying at the country home of Madam Du, her grand-aunt.
Caught in the Web (2012)
, 1h57Directed by Chen Kaige
Origin Chine
Genres Drama
Actors Gao Yuanyuan, Yao Chen, Wang Xueqi
Set in Hangzhou(杭州方向), in modern-day China, a young woman becomes embroiled in controversy after a cell phone video of her being disrespectful on a public bus to an elderly person goes viral. The aftermath effects her personal and professional life and brings her face to face with the video's poster, an ambitious journalist.
People Mountain People Sea (2011)
, 1h31Directed by Cai Shangjun
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Wu Xiubo, Chen Jianbin, Tao Hong
Dans une carrière d’exploitation en Chine a lieu un meurtre au couteau. La police ayant laissé le meurtrier s’échapper, le frère de la victime, Lao Tie, décide de partir sur ses traces, espérant au passage toucher une récompense qui lui permettra de payer une partie de ses dettes.
Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010)
, 1h54Directed by Zhang Yimou
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Zhou Dongyu, Lü Liping, Sun Haiying
Set during the end of China's Cultural Revolution in a small village in Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, this film is about a pure love that develops between a beautiful high school student, Zhang Jing Qiu and a handsome young prospector named Lao San. Jing Qiu is one of the "educated youth" sent to be "re-educated" through work in the countryside under a directive from Chairman Mao Zedong.
Old Boys (2010)
, 42minutesOrigin Chine
Genres Drama, Comedy
Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaoshuai, two boys, used to be good friends in their childhood, because they were both crazy about Michael Jackson and have both been rejected by the most beautiful girl in school. Once they had grown up, neither of them was rich or living a very comfortable life. After learning about the death of Michael Jackson, they decided to take part in a singing competition. They performed a song called "Old Boys," which contained their old memories. Unfortunately, they failed the competition once they reached the top 50. However, their performance touched the judges and a lot of the audience. Taking part in the competition ended up being an important new experience in their lives.
The Ditch (2011)
, 1h49Directed by Wang Bing (王兵)
Origin Chine
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
The background to the setting is Mao Zedong's disastrous Hundred Flowers Campaign from 1956–57, during which Chinese intellectuals were advised to contribute their opinions on national policy issues. During the campaign, thousands of citizens were branded "right-wing deviants" for their criticism of the Communist Party, were sentenced to forced labour. One such "deviant" in the film is a self-proclaimed party member since 1938. One professor says he has been imprisoned over semantics: saying he was detained for saying the phrase “dictatorship of the proletariat” was “too narrow” and suggesting it be replaced by “dictatorship of the people”.