101 Essential Chinese Movies
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An authoritative list of the greatest films from Mainland China by critic and China film historian Simon Fowler.
Missing from IMDb:
1. Reconnaissance Across The Yangtze (1954) by Xiaodan Tang
2. Sons and Daughters of the Grassland (1974) by Fu Jie
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Er shi si cheng ji
2008 — a.k.a. 24 City, in 2 top lists Check -
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Lichun
2007 — a.k.a. And the Spring Comes, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ji jie hao
2007 — a.k.a. Assembly, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ren dao zhong nian
1982 — a.k.a. At Middle Age, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bei kao bei, lian dui lian
1994 — a.k.a. Back to Back, Face to Face, in 0 top lists Check -
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Xiao cai feng
2002 — a.k.a. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ye yan
2006 — a.k.a. The Banquet, in 0 top lists Check -
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Shiqi sui de dan che
2001 — a.k.a. Beijing Bicycle, in 2 top lists Check -
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Dalu
1935 — a.k.a. The Big Road, in 4 top lists Check -
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Da wan
2001 — a.k.a. Big Shot's Funeral, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ben ming nian
1990 — a.k.a. Black Snow, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mang shan
2007 — a.k.a. Blind Mountain, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mang jing
2003 — a.k.a. Blind Shaft, in 4 top lists Check -
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Lang shan die xue ji
1936 — a.k.a. Blood on Wolf Mountain, in 0 top lists Check -
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Lan feng zheng
1993 — a.k.a. The Blue Kite, in 8 top lists Check -
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Shou ji
2003 — a.k.a. Cell Phone, in 1 top list Check -
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Guizi lai le
2000 — a.k.a. Devils on the Doorstep, in 7 top lists Check -
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Zao Chun Er Yue
1963 — a.k.a. Threshold of Spring, in 2 top lists Check -
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Dong gong xi gong
1996 — a.k.a. East Palace, West Palace, in 1 top list Check -
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Ba qian li lu yun he yue
1947 — a.k.a. Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ba wang bie ji
1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check -
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Zhao le
1993, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mei Lanfang
2008 — a.k.a. Forever Enthralled, in 0 top lists Check -
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Jian guo da ye
2009 — a.k.a. The Founding of a Republic, in 0 top lists Check -
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Jidu hanleng
1996 — a.k.a. Frozen, in 1 top list Check -
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Xiangnu xiaoxiao
1987 — a.k.a. A Girl from Hunan, in 0 top lists Check -
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Wu Qingyuan
2006 — a.k.a. The Go Master, in 1 top list Check -
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Shen nu
1934, in 10 top lists Check -
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Ying xiong
2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 6 top lists Check -
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Fu rong zhen
1987 — a.k.a. Hibiscus Town, in 3 top lists Check -
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Dao ma zei
1986 — a.k.a. The Horse Thief, in 6 top lists Check -
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Shi mian mai fu
2004 — a.k.a. House of Flying Daggers, in 5 top lists Check -
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Yang guang can lan de ri zi
1994 — a.k.a. In the Heat of the Sun, in 4 top lists Check -
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Bian Lian
1995 — a.k.a. The King of Masks, in 0 top lists Check -
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Tian yun shan chuan qi
1980 — a.k.a. Legend of Tianyun Mountain, in 1 top list Check -
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Yi ge mo sheng nu ren de lai xin
2004 — a.k.a. Letter from an Unknown Woman, in 0 top lists Check -
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Lin jia pu zi
1959 — a.k.a. The Lin Family Shop, in 2 top lists Check -
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Lin zexu
1959 — a.k.a. The Opium Wars, in 2 top lists Check -
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Xiao Wanyi
1933 — a.k.a. Little Toys, in 2 top lists Check -
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Ping guo
2007 — a.k.a. Lost in Beijing, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hei jun ma
1996 — a.k.a. A Mongolian Tale, in 0 top lists Check -
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Cheng nan jiu shi
1983 — a.k.a. My Memories of Old Beijing, in 1 top list Check -
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Wanjia denghuo
1948 — a.k.a. The Lights of Ten Thousand Homes, in 2 top lists Check -
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Lao jing
1987 — a.k.a. The Old Well, in 1 top list Check -
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San Mao liu lang ji
1949 — a.k.a. The Winter of Three Hairs, in 0 top lists Check -
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Xiao Wu
1997 — a.k.a. Pickpocket, in 3 top lists Check -
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Zhantai
2000 — a.k.a. Platform, in 10 top lists Check -
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Nashan naren nagou
1999 — a.k.a. Postmen in the Mountains, in 0 top lists Check -
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Da hong denglong gaogao gua
1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern, in 21 top lists Check -
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Hong ying tao
1996 — a.k.a. Red Cherry, in 0 top lists Check
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