All-time favourite:

1. 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!

 

2. To Live (1994) Award-winning bitter-sweet drama about the tumultuous life in China from 1940s to 1970s:

 

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:

 

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):

 

12. Hello Mr. Billionaire (2018):

 

13. Impossible (2015):

 

14. Breakup Buddies (2014):

 

 


To be continued...