Xah Favorite China Movies

By Xah Lee. Date: .

Most of these movies are about china in war time, in 1900s. Pre ww2, or with Japan during ww2, or the bloody civil war afterwards, or the massive famine and hardtimes under Mao's cultural revolution.

Shanghai Triad. 1995

Shanghai Triad movie 1995
Shanghai Triad 摇啊摇，摇到外婆桥 1995 Shanghai Triad
Red Sorghum movie
Red Sorghum 红高粱 Buy at amazon

Director: 张艺谋 (Yimou Zhang). • The flaying of human animals alive.

To Live 活着 1994

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to live 2025-05-03 38608 【活着】【To Live】 1945-1978 解放、饥荒、文革 About Liberation, famine, cultural revolution
To Live movie
To Live 活着 Buy at amazon
The story of Qiu Ju
The story of Qiu Ju 秋菊打官司

Ju Dou 菊豆 • Directed by Yang Fengliang, 张艺谋 (Yimou Zhang), Plot Summary: A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural …

Raise The Red Lantern
Raise The Red Lantern 大红灯笼高高挂 Director: 张艺谋 (Yimou Zhang).

一个都不能少 Not One Less Director: 张艺谋 (Yimou Zhang)• about a 13-years old substitute teacher in a poor rural area of China. Wonderful film.

和你在一起 Together Director: 陈凯歌