modern china movies

A Touch of Sin (2013)
7.2 / 10

Drama, Crime, Action

Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

Ju Dou (1990)
7.259 / 10

Drama

A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her...

Shanghai Triad (1995)
6.762 / 10

Drama, Crime

Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda,...

Flavors of Youth (2018)
6.9 / 10

Animation, Romance, Drama

The rigorous city life of China, while bustling and unforgiving, contains the everlasting memories of days past. Three stories told in three...

Soul Mate (2016)
7.3 / 10

Romance, Drama

The films spans two decades as the story unfolds in a series of flashbacks that begin when Qiyue and Ansheng were just thirteen. The two became...

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2002)
7.6 / 10

Documentary

A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist...

Code Name: Cougar (1989)
5.5 / 10

Drama, Thriller

A commercial airliner on a routine flight between Taipei and Seoul is hijacked and taken to mainland China by the Taiwan Revolutionary Army Front....

Up the Yangtze (2007)
7.3 / 10

Documentary

A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze - navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." The Yangtze is about to be...

This Is Sanlitun (2013)
8.1 / 10

Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance

British sad sack Gary is a failed entrepreneur who has just arrived in Beijing's stylish Sanlitun district, allegedly to start a business. There are...

Chinese Portrait (2018)
6.9 / 10

Documentary

Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaux of people and environments....

China's Van Goghs (2016)
6.5 / 10

Documentary

An intimate portrait of a peasant-turned oil painter transitioning from making copies of iconic Western paintings to creating his own authentic works...

Today and Me (2022)
0 / 10

Drama

Weaving Girl (2009)
6.1 / 10

Drama

Li Li, intelligent young woman is working in a mill Xian'an. The company knows the difficulties. Her husband, who worked in the same company, was...

The Other Half Of The Sky (2016)
8 / 10

Documentary

They are four of the most successful businesswomen in China: Belonging to a generation who experienced the austerity of China's cultural revolution,...

The Barefoot Doctors of Rural China (1969)
0 / 10

Documentary

Diane Li, a graduate student in communication at the University of Stanford, was permitted for five weeks to visit the People’s Republic of China...

Stay Awesome, China! (2019)
6.7 / 10

Documentary

To really understand China, you have to get to know its people! Winston "SerpentZA" Sterzel travels across China’s first tier cities – Beijing,...

In Public (2001)
6.1 / 10

Documentary

A fragmentary landscape for a little train station in a suburban area and a bus stop in a mining town. A lonely soldier in his heavy coat, a tired...

Redefining China's Family: Women (2008)
0 / 10

Documentary, Family

10 May 2007 - China's staggering economic growth has overshadowed a more subtle shift in Chinese society. In domestic life, many women are now ignore...

How to Die in China (2017)
0 / 10

Documentary

Game developer Elliott Marc Jones, his girlfriend Stephenie and musician Matthew Sayers travel to three major Chinese cities to conquer the country's...

Overloaded Peking (2002)
0 / 10

Documentary

A documentary about Peking in the dawn of the new Millenium. Contains interviews with Jia Zhangke and dj Gaohu