Category: Chinese Movies&TV

This art-house film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai tells about love affairs between six local young people in Hong Kong. It boasts an impressive cast including Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau.

Helmed by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, "A City of Sadness" revolves around a family during the "White Terror" period imposed by Kuomintang. It is the first film to deal with the 2/28 Incident in 1947, a turning point in Taiwan history when thousands of people were killed.

This nearly three-hour long drama written and directed by Edward Yang tells about the lives of a Taipei middle-class family through three generations. The film moves at a very slow pace and seems to lack any climax but manages to present the day-to-day life as it is.

This love-triangle story, based on the short play by Li Tianji, is directed by Fei Mu and produced by Wenhua Film Company, a private production company based in Shanghai. The subtle film, albeit lacking a complicated plot, is a good example of a psychological study of its characters. It has been highly praised for exploring characters' feelings and emotions under delicate situations. It is considered to be a pioneer in using poetic language in cinema.

This three-hour-plus, two-part epic written and directed by Cai Chusheng and Zheng Junli is a milestone of Chinese cinema. It tells the heart-wrenching story of a family's suffering in wartime Shanghai during the Sino-Japanese war in the 1930s and 40s and depicts a protagonist's jaw-dropping transformation from an aspiring young man to a venal, crooked official.

This gangster-cop flick directed by Wai-keung Lau and Alan Mak is widely considered to be a breakthrough of Hong Kong's cop genre. It rejuvenated the local film market and made people excited about Hong Kong cinema again.