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Top Ten Movies
From the sublime of "In the Mood for Love" to the ridiculous of "Drunken Master 2", this selection of movies is sure to have something to intrigue and enthrall, to make you laugh and then make you cry. Transport yourself to the cinematic world of Chinese people, passion and places with our selection of movies below.
Raise the Red Lantern
Directed by Zhang Yimou
Raise the Red Lantern is one of the more sublimely beautiful and openly disturbing films of the 1990s.
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Directed by Zhang Yimou
Raise the Red Lantern is one of the more sublimely beautiful and openly disturbing films of the 1990s.
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Judou
Directed by Zhang Yimou
"A magnificent melodrama; visually sumptuous and emotionally draining..."
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Directed by Zhang Yimou
"A magnificent melodrama; visually sumptuous and emotionally draining..."
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Chungking Express
Directed by Wong Kar Wai
Two loosely interlinked stories, both about lovelorn cops who get involved with women who are wrong for them...
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Directed by Wong Kar Wai
Two loosely interlinked stories, both about lovelorn cops who get involved with women who are wrong for them...
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City on Fire
Directed by Ringo Lam
The inspiration for Reservoir Dogs, this 1987 crime movie is a good example of the thriller HK-style.
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Directed by Ringo Lam
The inspiration for Reservoir Dogs, this 1987 crime movie is a good example of the thriller HK-style.
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In the Mood for Love
Directed by Wong Kar Wai
A beautifully-tailored, low key (but always dramatic) story which details the developing relationship between a young man and woman.
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Directed by Wong Kar Wai
A beautifully-tailored, low key (but always dramatic) story which details the developing relationship between a young man and woman.
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Drunken Master 2
Directed by Lau Karleung & Jackie Chan
Possibly Jackie Chan's best film in years, this kung-fu comedy is one that every self-proclaimed HK action fan has seen.
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Directed by Lau Karleung & Jackie Chan
Possibly Jackie Chan's best film in years, this kung-fu comedy is one that every self-proclaimed HK action fan has seen.
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Infernal Affairs
Directed by Lau Karleung & Mak Siufai
For a fresh serving of HK cinema the surprise isn't the blistering action sequences but the battle of wits between a pair of iconic heroes.
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Directed by Lau Karleung & Mak Siufai
For a fresh serving of HK cinema the surprise isn't the blistering action sequences but the battle of wits between a pair of iconic heroes.
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Beijing Bicycle
Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
According to the film's director, in this film "the bicycle may be only a material symbol, but it is also a symbol of China". A story of a country boy trying to make his way in Beijing.
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Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
According to the film's director, in this film "the bicycle may be only a material symbol, but it is also a symbol of China". A story of a country boy trying to make his way in Beijing.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Directed by Ang Lee
A rich, romantic take on the wuxia, China's heroic swordsman genre, from the eclectic Ang Lee.
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Directed by Ang Lee
A rich, romantic take on the wuxia, China's heroic swordsman genre, from the eclectic Ang Lee.
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Farewell My Concubine
Directed by Chen Kaige
Chen's visually spectacular epic is sumptuous in every respect. Intelligent, enthralling, rhapsodic.
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Directed by Chen Kaige
Chen's visually spectacular epic is sumptuous in every respect. Intelligent, enthralling, rhapsodic.
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