List of Chinese films
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List of Chinese films |
This is a chronological list of films produced in mainland China. For an A-Z listing of Chinese films see Category:Chinese films
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[edit] Pre-1920s
Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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1905 | The Battle of Dingjunshan | This recording of a Beijing opera performance constitutes the first Chinese film ever made | |||
1913 | The Difficult Couple | Short | First Chinese short film |
[edit] 1920s
Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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1920 | [[]] | ||||
1921 | Yan Ruisheng | Reng Pengnian | First full-length Chinese film | ||
1922 | Laborer's Love | Zhang Shichuan | Silent | ||
1923 | |||||
1924 | [[]] | ||||
1925 | [[]] | ||||
1926 | Hao er zi | ||||
Uproar in the Studio | Wan brothers | Animation | First Chinese animated short | ||
1927 | Romance of the Western Chamber | Hou Yao | Adaption of the Classic Chinese dramatic work by Wang Shifu | ||
1928 | The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple | Zhang Shichuan | |||
Mulan Joins the Army | Hou Yao | ||||
The White Cloud Pagoda | Zheng Zhengqiu | Ruan Lingyu | |||
1929 | Ai qin jia | ||||
Baba ai mama | |||||
Fenzhuang lou |
[edit] 1930s
Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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1930 | Sing-Song Red Peony | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die | First Chinese sound film | |
Spring Dream of an Old Capital | Ruan Lingyu | Ruan Lingyu's breakthrough role; also known as Remembrance of Peking or Reminisces of Beijing | |||
Chang men xian mu | |||||
Wild Flowers | Ruan Lingyu | ||||
1931 | Love and Duty | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu | Previously thought lost, a complete print was discovered in South America in the 1990s | |
Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood | Ruan Lingyu | ||||
1932 | Three Modern Women | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu | ||
1933 | Little Toys | Sun Yu | Ruan Lingyu | ||
Night in the City | Fei Mu | Fei Mu's directorial debut, now lost | |||
Spring Silkworms | Chen Bugao | Mingxing Film Company production, an adaptation of the Mao Dun-penned short story | |||
Twin Sisters | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die | Mingxing Film Company production, Chinese title: "Zimei hua" | ||
Wild Torrents | Chen Bugao | ||||
1934 | The Goddess | Wu Yonggang | Ruan Lingyu | Silent | Distributed by the Lianhua Film Company |
New Women | Cai Chusheng | Ruan Lingyu | Ruan Lingyu's last film before her suicide | ||
Song of the Fishermen | Cai Chusheng | First Chinese film to win an award at an international film festival (the Moscow Film Festival) | |||
1935 | The Big Road | Sun Yu | |||
Song of China | Fei Mu | Zheng Junli | Also known as Filial Piety | ||
Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm | Xu Xingzhi | Yuan Muzhi | AKA "Children of a Troubled Time" | ||
1936 | [[]] | ||||
1936 | Crossroads | Shen Xiling | One of the first sound productions in China | ||
Street Angel | Yuan Muzhi | Zhao Dan, Zhou Xuan |
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1938 | Eight Hundred Heroes | Ying Yunwei | Yuan Muzhi | Dramatic interpretation of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse | |
1939 | Mulan Joins the Army | Bu Wancang | Solitary Island period film |
[edit] 1940s
Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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1940 | Bi yu zan | ||||
1941 | Bi hai qing tian | ||||
Bi luo gong zhu | [[]] | [[]] | |||
Princess Iron Fan | Wan brothers | Animation | First Chinese animated feature film | ||
1942 | Biao zhun fu ren | ||||
Bo ai | [[]] | [[]] | |||
1943 | Bu qiu ren | ||||
1944 | [[]] | ||||
1945 | [[]] | ||||
1946 | [[]] | ||||
1947 | Emperor's Dream | Animation | |||
Spring in a Small Town | Fei Mu | Drama | Named the greatest Chinese language film made by the Hong Kong Film Awards | ||
The Spring River Flows East | Zheng Junli, Cai Chusheng |
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1948 | Go After an Easy Prey | Animation | North East Film Studio | ||
1949 | Crows and Sparrows | Zheng Junli |
[edit] 1950s
Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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1950 | This Life of Mine | Shi Hui | Shi Hui | ||
Bai mao nu | |||||
1951 | [[]] | ||||
1952 | [[]] | ||||
1953 | [[]] | ||||
1954 | [[]] | ||||
1955 | [[]] | ||||
1956 | The Proud General | Animated Featurette | |||
1957 | New Year's Sacrifice | Sang Hu | Adaptation of the Lu Xun-penned short story | ||
1958 | Nie Er | Zheng Junli | Zhao Dan | Biopic | |
1959 | Chuang Tapestry | Animation | |||
The Lin Family Shop | Shui Hua | Adaptation of the Mao Dun-penned short story | |||
Lin Zexu | Zheng Junli | Zhao Dan | Biopic | ||
Fishing Child | Animation | Shanghai Animation Film Studio |
[edit] 1960s
Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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1960 | Red Detachment of Women | Xie Jin | Film adaptation of the ballet of the same name | ||
1961 | Havoc in Heaven (Part I) | Animation | |||
1962 | [[]] | ||||
1963 | The Cowboy's Flute | Animation | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | ||
Waves on the Southern Shore | Cai Chusheng | ||||
1964 | Havoc in Heaven (Part II) | Animation | |||
1965 | Stage Sisters | Xie Jin | Shanghai Film Studio production | ||
1966 | [[]] | ||||
1967 | [[]] | ||||
1968 | [[]] | ||||
1969 | [[]] |
[edit] 1970s
Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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1970 | ]] | ||||
1971 | [[]] | ||||
1972 | [[]] | ||||
1973 | Little 8th Route Army | Animation | |||
1974 | [[]] | ||||
1975 | [[]] | ||||
1976 | Bruce Against Iron Hand | ||||
1977 | Ao Jinma | ||||
1978 | [[]] | ||||
[[]] | [[]] | [[]] | [[]] | ||
1979 | [[]] |
[edit] 1980s
Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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1980 | Evening Rain | Wu Yonggang, Wu Yigong |
Winner of the first Golden Rooster for best picture in 1981 | ||
Our Corner | Tian Zhuangzhuang | ||||
1981 | A Deer of Nine Colors | Animation | |||
1982 | The Deer's Bell | Animation | |||
1983 | One and Eight | Zheng Junzhao | One of the first "Fifth Generation" films, cinematography by Zhang Yimou | ||
River Without Buoys | Wu Tianming | ||||
1984 | On the Hunting Ground | Tian Zhuangzhuang | |||
Yellow Earth | Chen Kaige | Chen Kaige's directorial debut | |||
1985 | The Big Parade | Chen Kaige | |||
1986 | Girl from Hunan | Xie Fei | |||
A Great Wall | |||||
Hibiscus Town | Xie Jin | ||||
The Horse Thief | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Named by Martin Scorsese as his favorite film of the 1980s | |||
Old Well | Wu Tianming | ||||
1987 | Drum Singer | Tian Zhuangzhuang | |||
Red Sorghum | Zhang Yimou | Gong Li | Zhang Yimou's directorial debut | ||
King of Children | Chen Kaige | ||||
1988 | Feeling from Mountain and Water | Animation | |||
Rock 'n' Roll Kids | Tian Zhuangzhuang | ||||
1989 | Codename Couger | Zhang Yimou | Gong Li |
[edit] 1990s
[edit] 2000s
[edit] See also
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