Best Mainland Chinese Movies
Best Mainland Chinese Movies
Best Mandarin Movies
Best Mandarin Movies
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- DirectorWen JiangStarsYu XiaWei ChenShaobo DaiBeijing, 1970s. Now that the CR has driven most adults to the provinces, 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery referred to as "girls."85 (2)
Won 6 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Winner
35mm, Color, B&W (Ending), 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
4K restoration (L'Immagine Ritrovata)
Blu-ray [FR Spectrum: No ENG] - DirectorWen JiangStarsWen JiangKenya SawadaHongbo JiangVillagers in World War II China are unsure what to do with the two enemy prisoners who have been left in their care.85 (5)
35mm, B&W, Color (Ending), 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
DVD (US: 140-min Director's Cut, DVD-9, 16:9, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, English Subtitles) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsZiyi ZhangTakeshi KaneshiroAndy LauA romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.76 (6)
Oscar Nominee
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award, Best Film Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (HK: Best PQ, English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (US, FR: Aspect Ratio Stretched) - DirectorChuan LuStarsYe LiuWei FanHideo NakaizumiIn 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone.83 (6)
35mm, B&W, 2.20:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles) - DirectorDayyan EngStarsYu XiaBingbing LiBeibi GongChen Wen, an antique shop worker and aspiring author, who has just met the girl of his dreams. The only problem is that she only wants him as a very close friend, not as a boyfriend.77 (2)
Golden Rooster Best Film Nominee
Blu-ray [CHN HPM (Blufans exclusive): Out of print, ENG subs] - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsGong LiJingwu MaSaifei HeChina in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.88 (5)
Oscar Nominee
Won 2 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (FR: Best PQ, No English)
Blu-ray (DE: No English) - DirectorKaige ChenStarsLeslie CheungFengyi ZhangGong LiTwo boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.89 (4)
Oscar Nominee
35mm, Color, B&W, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (UK: Best PQ, HD [Dated Source], English Subs, Region B)
Blu-ray (KOR: HD [Dated Source], English Subtitles) - DirectorJia Zhang-keStarsWu JiangBaoqiang WangTao ZhaoFour independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.80 (6)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee
2.8K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsJet LiTony Leung Chiu-waiMaggie CheungA defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.86 (6)
Oscar Nominee
Won 7 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Picture Nominee
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, B&W, 2.39:1, DTS
Blu-ray (KOR: DTS-HD MA 5.1, Inferior English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (US: Dolby Digital 5.1, Inferior English Subtitles)
DVD (Best English Subtitles) - DirectorChuan LuStarsDuobujieLei ZhangDao QiA moving true story about volunteers protecting antelope against poachers in the severe mountains of Tibet.82 (6)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Winner
Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital - DirectorHark TsuiStarsHanyu ZhangTony Ka Fai LeungKenny LinA story focusing on a conflict between a People's Liberation Army squad and a bandit gang in north-east China during the Chinese revolution.68 (5), 3D: 5/5, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy remake
Won 1 2015 Golden Horse Award
Won 2 2016 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Film nominee
Won 3 2015 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film nominee
Dual 5K, Color, 2.39:1 [1.85:1], Dolby Atmos
Blu-ray 3D (HK: 1.85:1, MVC 27.92 Mbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 [96 kHz, 16-bit] 2,997 kbps, English Subtitles [Frequent depth conflict])
Blu-ray 3D (FR: 1.85:1, MVC 29.76 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 [48 kHz, 24-bit] 3,992 kbps No English)
Blu-ray 3D (DE: 1.85:1, MVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, No English)
2D Blu-ray (US: 1.85:1, AVC 31.70 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 [48 kHz, 16-bit] 2,319 kbps, English Subtitles) - DirectorJohnnie ToStarsLouis KooHonglei SunYi HuangA drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.82 (6)
Golden Horse Best Feature Film Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (HK: BD-50, Dolby TrueHD 7.1, English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (US: BD-25, DTS-HD MA 5.1, English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (DE: DTS-HD MA 7.1, No English) - DirectorYi'nan DiaoStarsGe HuLun-Mei GweiFan LiaoA gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam.Blu-ray (English subs)
- DirectorYi'nan DiaoStarsFan LiaoLun-Mei GweiXuebing WangAn ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again.Blu-ray (English subs)
- DirectorBi GanStarsTang WeiJue HuangSylvia ChangA man went back to Guizhou, found the tracks of a mysterious woman. He recalls the summer he spent with her twenty years ago.Blu-ray 3D
- DirectorBo HuStarsYu ZhangYuchang PengUvin WangFour people in a Chinese city live through a complicated day as their lives intersect.
- DirectorJianqi HuoStarsRujun TengYe LiuHao ChenA father, a retiring mailman, walks his son over his job in the mountainous regions of Hunan province.80 (4)
Won 2 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 1.85:1
DVD (UK, HK, KOR: English Subtitles) - DirectorWan LaimingCheng TangStarsYue-Feng QiuRun-Sheng FuHans AlfredsonSun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.87 (2)
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award
2D Animation (35mm, Color), 1.37:1, Mono
2D-3D Conversion (Re-release)
Blu-ray 3D (CHN, TWN: New Aspect Ratio, Rescored, Redubbed, 20min Cut, English Subtitles, Region Free) - DirectorBi GanStarsYongzhong ChenFeiyang LuoLixun XieWhile travelling the countryside to locate his nephew, a small town doctor finds himself interacting with people from his past and future.Blu-ray [Grasshopper Films: 2.0 DTS-HD MA (Mandarin), ENG subs, "Diamond Sutra" short]
- DirectorDerek TsangStarsDongyu ZhouSichun MaToby LeeTwo women who have been close friends since adolescence must cope with the changes that maturity brings.75 (2), Soul Mate
Won 1 2016 Golden Horse Award
Won 1 2017 Hong Kong Film Award, Best Picture nominee
Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
HDTV
DVD (HK: English Subtitles) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsYou GeGong LiBen NiuAfter Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.89 (5)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
HDTV (1080p [Dated Source]) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsZiyi ZhangHonglei SunHao ZhengPrompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.80 (6)
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
Won 2 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, B&W, 2.39:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
DVD (English Subtitles) - DirectorVivian QuStarsVicky ChenMeijun ZhouKe ShiIn a small seaside town, two schoolgirls are sexually assaulted by a middle-aged man in a motel. Mia, a teenager who was working on reception that night, is the only witness. For fear of losing her job, she chooses to keep silence.
- DirectorXiaogang FengStarsXuan HuangMiao MiaoCaiyu YangA look at the lives of members of a Military Cultural Troupe in the 1970s.
