All-time favourite:
1. To Live (1994) Award-winning bitter-sweet drama, a witty true-to-life portrayal of the turbulent times and major events in China from 1940s to 1970s.
Can you figure out from the movie why it was banned in China when first released in early 1990s?
2. A World without Thieves (2004) Hilarious comedy set on a train journey from Tibet beset by gangs of thieves.
Hilarious play on old Chinese revolutionary jargons and poetic verses in a beautifully choreographed plot!
3. Raise the Red Lantern (1991) Heart-wrenching drama about a Chinese rich men's pre-1949 practice of
taking concubines whose bitter infighting, sufferings and rebellions are superbly portrayed:
4. Big Shot's Funeral (2001) Hilariously creative of Chinese comedies, a satirical depiction of
the insanity of China's
money-hungry advertising world (NB the scene from 1:32:57 to 1:35:19 contains the most hilarious and must-see rantings
of some insane business executives locked up in a mental institution but, alas, its displayed English subtitles
are actually misplaced ones for the scene from 1:35:19 to 1:37:39):
A selection of most recent Chinese thrillers, dramas and comedies:
5. The Hutong Cowboy (2024) Hilarious comedy about a divorced native Beijing taxi-driver-turned
internet celebrity who tries to negotiate with his ex-wife the right to speak at their son's wedding:
6. The Last Frenzy (2024): Crazy spending spree following a misdiagnosed terminal illness:
7. No More Bets (2023) About online betting scams:
8. Tainted Love (2023) About online dating scams:
9. Post-truth (2023):
10. Lost in Russia (2020):
11. Crazy Alien (2019):
9. Dying to Survive (2018) :
12. Hello Mr. Billionaire (2018):
13. Impossible (2015):
14. Breakup Buddies (2014):
To be continued...