List of the best Kaige Chen movies: Farewell My Concubine(1993), Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet(2002), The Emperor and the Assassin(1999), Yellow Earth(1984), Caught in the Web(2012), My People, My Country(2019), Killing Me Softly(2002), Monk Comes Down the Mountain(2015), The Big Parade(1988), The Emperor and the Assassin(1999) ... ...
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
China|Hong Kong
1993
157 Minutes
Director
Leslie Cheung Fengyi Zhang Gong Li Qi Lü You Ge Di Tong Da Ying Han Lei Zhi Yin
actor singer prostitute teacher headmaster bleak dark solemn moving china opera house school brothel beijing abuse opera friendship prostitution love forbidden love
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and will endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
Drama
Spain|UK|Germany|Finland|China|USA|Japan|Canada
2002
91 Minutes
Director
Aki Kaurismäki Werner Herzog Spike Lee Markku Peltola Kati Outinen Marko Haavisto Frédérique Tirmont Ana Sofia Liaño
actress farmer husband elderly person sick person tribesman dense fascinating profound south america florida new york city rural community desert time fate illness scandal delusions humanity
This series of vignettes offers ruminations on time, fate and other human mysteries, Each of the film's seven directors conjures a scenario that speaks to some facet of universal experience.
Drama, History
China|Japan|France
1999
160 Minutes
Director
Gong Li Fengyi Zhang Xuejian Li Sun Zhou Wang Zhiwen Kaige Chen Lu Xiaohe Gu Yongfei Haifeng Ding Benshan Zhao Changjiang Pan
heir assassin concubine striking intense passionate china palace conspiracy war assassination quest love 3rd century b.c.
In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.
Drama
China
1984
89 Minutes
Director
Xue Bai Wang Xueqi Tan Tuo Quiang Liu
peasant soldier communist girl solemn powerful striking gripping china countryside village poverty cultural revolution arranged marriage freedom folk music discovery escape 1930s
'Yellow Earth' focuses on the story of a communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns... See full summary »
Drama
China
2012
117 Minutes
Director
Yuanyuan Gao Mark Chao Chen Hong Wang Xueqi Chen Yao Luodan Wang Ran Chen Yi Zhang
The story begins on a bus, when white-collar worker Ye refuses to give up her seat to a senior citizen. Her defiance is videotaped by a journalist intern and played during a news show. The ... See full summary »
Drama
China
2019
158 Minutes
Director
Hu Guan Kara Wai Gong Beibi Huang Bo You Ge Yi Zhang Jia Song Qianyuan Wang Arthur Chen Li Ya Tong Liu Haoran
An anthology film consist of 7 short stories directed by several different directors, which are based on 7 moments since the founding of People's Republic of China.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK
2002
100 Minutes
Director
Heather Graham Joseph Fiennes Natascha McElhone Ulrich Thomsen Ian Hart Jason Hughes Helen Grace Kika Markham
wife husband lover emotional sultry london romance passion mystery
A woman faces deadly consequences for abandoning her loving relationship with her boyfriend to pursue exciting sexual scenarios with a mysterious celebrity mountaineer.
Action, Drama, History
2015
123 Minutes
Director
Jaycee Chan Chang Chen Aaron Kwok Baoqiang Wang Wah Yuen Chiling Lin
monk priest son sultry mountain monastery fate journey martial arts pursuit
Drama
1988
94 Minutes
Director
Huang Xueqi Sun Chun Lu Lei Wu Ruofu
sergeant recruit teen boy older man dreamy fascinating fiery beijing barracks parade military training funeral discipline nationalism sacrifice transformation 1980s
Chinese soldiers are put through endless and often harsh maneuvers as they prepare to take part in an upcoming parade.
Drama, History
China|Japan|France
1999
160 Minutes
Director
Gong Li Fengyi Zhang Xuejian Li Sun Zhou Wang Zhiwen Kaige Chen Lu Xiaohe Gu Yongfei Haifeng Ding Benshan Zhao Changjiang Pan
heir assassin concubine striking intense passionate china palace conspiracy war assassination quest love 3rd century b.c.
In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.