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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Lao gong zhi ai qing
1922, in 0 top lists Check -
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Xiao Wanyi
1933 — a.k.a. Little Toys, in 2 top lists Check -
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Zi mei hua
1934 — a.k.a. Twin Sisters, in 0 top lists Check -
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Shen nu
1934, in 10 top lists Check -
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Yu guang qu
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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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 ban ge sheng
1935, in 3 top lists Check -
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Shi zi jie tou
1937 — a.k.a. Crossroads, in 1 top list Check -
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Yi jiang chun shui xiang dong liu
1947 — a.k.a. The Spring River Flows East, in 5 top lists Check -
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Taitai Wansui
1947, in 1 top list Check -
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Xiao cheng zhi chun
1948 — a.k.a. Spring in a Small Town, in 10 top lists 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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Wuya yu maque
1949 — a.k.a. Crows and Sparrows, 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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Qing gong mi shi
1948 — a.k.a. Sorrows of the Forbidden City, in 1 top list Check -
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Wo zhe yi bei zi
1950 — a.k.a. Life of a Beijing Policeman, in 3 top lists Check -
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Wu Xun zhuan
1951 — a.k.a. The Life of Wu Xun, in 0 top lists Check -
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Wei lou chun xiao
1953, in 1 top list Check -
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Zhu Fu
1956 — a.k.a. New Year Sacrifice, in 1 top list Check -
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Man Bo nu lang
1957 — a.k.a. Mambo Girl, in 2 top lists Check -
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Hao men ye yan
1959, in 1 top list Check -
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Lin zexu
1959 — a.k.a. The Opium Wars, in 2 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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Ye mei gui zhi lian
1960 — a.k.a. The Wild Wild Rose, in 3 top lists Check -
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Ke lian tian xia fu mu xin
1960 — a.k.a. The Great Devotion, in 1 top list Check -
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Liu san jie
1960 — a.k.a. Third Sister Liu, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hong se niang zi jun
1961 — a.k.a. The Red Detachment of Women, in 1 top list Check -
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Liang Shan Bo yu Zhu Ying Tai
1963 — a.k.a. The Love Eterne, in 4 top lists Check -
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Yang ya ren jia
1965, in 1 top list Check -
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Wutai jiemei
1964 — a.k.a. Two Stage Sisters, in 6 top lists Check -
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Po xiao shi fen
1968, in 2 top lists Check -
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Du bei dao
1967 — a.k.a. The One-Armed Swordsman, in 4 top lists Check -
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Long men kezhan
1967 — a.k.a. Dragon Inn, in 8 top lists Check -
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Xia nü
1971 — a.k.a. A Touch of Zen, in 15 top lists Check -
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Dong fu ren
1968 — a.k.a. The Arch, in 6 top lists Check -
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Dong nuan
1969 — a.k.a. The Winter, in 1 top list Check -
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Jia zai Tai Bei
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
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Qiu Jue
1972 — a.k.a. Execution in Autumn, in 3 top lists Check -
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Jing wu men
1972 — a.k.a. Fist of Fury, in 8 top lists Check -
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Zai jian Zhongguo
1978 — a.k.a. China Behind, in 1 top list Check -
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Ying lie qian qiu
1976 — a.k.a. Everlasting Glory, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ban jin ba liang
1976 — a.k.a. The Private Eyes, in 4 top lists Check -
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Shao Lin san shi liu fang
1978 — a.k.a. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, in 8 top lists Check -
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Jui kuen
1978 — a.k.a. Drunken Master, in 9 top lists Check -
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Dip bin
1979 — a.k.a. The Butterfly Murders, in 3 top lists Check -
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Fung gip
1979 — a.k.a. The Secret, in 2 top lists Check -
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Zhuang dao zheng
1980 — a.k.a. The Spooky Bunch, in 3 top lists Check -
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Foo ji ching
1981 — a.k.a. Father and Son, in 1 top list Check -
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Tau ban no hoi
1982 — a.k.a. Boat People, in 8 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 31, 2012; source