Fandor 100 Essential Chinese Movies
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Among the many recent additions to the Fandor catalog, I am most excited by several classic Chinese films that I consider to be among the very best to have ever been made in that language: The Big Road, Street Angel (a film I love so dearly that I modeled my wedding photos after some of its iconic shots), Crossroads, Spring in a Small Town, to name a few. The sight of these titles got me thinking: what are the essential movies that anyone curious about Chinese cinema needs to see? The following video of 50 essential Chinese language films – and expanded list of 100 essential films found further below – is my attempt at an answer.
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Dalu
1935 — a.k.a. The Big Road, in 4 top lists Check -
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Ma lu tian shi
1937 — a.k.a. Street Angel, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ye mei gui zhi lian
1960 — a.k.a. The Wild Wild Rose, in 3 top lists Check -
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Liu san jie
1960 — a.k.a. Third Sister Liu, in 0 top lists Check -
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Liang Shan Bo yu Zhu Ying Tai
1963 — a.k.a. The Love Eterne, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 31, 2012; source