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List of Chinese films
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Cinema of China |
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| List of Chinese films |
This is a chronological list of films produced in mainland China. For an A-Z listing of Chinese films see Category:Chinese films
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| Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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| 1905 | The Battle of Dingjunshan | This recording of a Beijing opera performance constitutes the first Chinese film ever made | |||
| 1913 | The Difficult Couple | Short | First Chinese short film |
| Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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| 1920 | [[]] | ||||
| 1921 | Yan Ruisheng | Reng Pengnian | First full-length Chinese film | ||
| 1922 | Laborer's Love | Zhang Shichuan | Silent | ||
| 1923 | |||||
| 1924 | [[]] | ||||
| 1925 | [[]] | ||||
| 1926 | Hao er zi | ||||
| Uproar in the Studio | Wan brothers | Animation | First Chinese animated short | ||
| 1927 | Romance of the Western Chamber | Hou Yao | Adaption of the Classic Chinese dramatic work by Wang Shifu | ||
| 1928 | The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple | Zhang Shichuan | |||
| Mulan Joins the Army | Hou Yao | ||||
| The White Cloud Pagoda | Zheng Zhengqiu | Ruan Lingyu | |||
| 1929 | Ai qin jia | ||||
| Baba ai mama | |||||
| Fenzhuang lou |
| Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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| 1930 | Sing-Song Red Peony | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die | First Chinese sound film | |
| Spring Dream of an Old Capital | Ruan Lingyu | Ruan Lingyu's breakthrough role; also known as Remembrance of Peking or Reminisces of Beijing | |||
| Chang men xian mu | |||||
| Wild Flowers | Ruan Lingyu | ||||
| 1931 | Love and Duty | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu | Previously thought lost, a complete print was discovered in South America in the 1990s | |
| Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood | Ruan Lingyu | ||||
| 1932 | Three Modern Women | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu | ||
| 1933 | Little Toys | Sun Yu | Ruan Lingyu | ||
| Night in the City | Fei Mu | Fei Mu's directorial debut, now lost | |||
| Spring Silkworms | Chen Bugao | Mingxing Film Company production, an adaptation of the Mao Dun-penned short story | |||
| Twin Sisters | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die | Mingxing Film Company production, Chinese title: "Zimei hua" | ||
| Wild Torrents | Chen Bugao | ||||
| 1934 | The Goddess | Wu Yonggang | Ruan Lingyu | Silent | Distributed by the Lianhua Film Company |
| New Women | Cai Chusheng | Ruan Lingyu | Ruan Lingyu's last film before her suicide | ||
| Song of the Fishermen | Cai Chusheng | First Chinese film to win an award at an international film festival (the Moscow Film Festival) | |||
| 1935 | The Big Road | Sun Yu | |||
| Song of China | Fei Mu | Zheng Junli | Also known as Filial Piety | ||
| Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm | Xu Xingzhi | Yuan Muzhi | AKA "Children of a Troubled Time" | ||
| 1936 | [[]] | ||||
| 1936 | Crossroads | Shen Xiling | One of the first sound productions in China | ||
| Street Angel | Yuan Muzhi | Zhao Dan, Zhou Xuan |
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| 1938 | Eight Hundred Heroes | Ying Yunwei | Yuan Muzhi | Dramatic interpretation of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse | |
| 1939 | Mulan Joins the Army | Bu Wancang | Solitary Island period film |
| Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Bi yu zan | ||||
| 1941 | Bi hai qing tian | ||||
| Bi luo gong zhu | [[]] | [[]] | |||
| Princess Iron Fan | Wan brothers | Animation | First Chinese animated feature film | ||
| 1942 | Biao zhun fu ren | ||||
| Bo ai | [[]] | [[]] | |||
| 1943 | Bu qiu ren | ||||
| 1944 | [[]] | ||||
| 1945 | [[]] | ||||
| 1946 | [[]] | ||||
| 1947 | Emperor's Dream | Animation | |||
| Spring in a Small Town | Fei Mu | Drama | Named the greatest Chinese language film made by the Hong Kong Film Awards | ||
| The Spring River Flows East | Zheng Junli, Cai Chusheng |
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| 1948 | Go After an Easy Prey | Animation | North East Film Studio | ||
| 1949 | Crows and Sparrows | Zheng Junli |
| Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | This Life of Mine | Shi Hui | Shi Hui | ||
| Bai mao nu | |||||
| 1951 | [[]] | ||||
| 1952 | [[]] | ||||
| 1953 | [[]] | ||||
| 1954 | [[]] | ||||
| 1955 | [[]] | ||||
| 1956 | The Proud General | Animated Featurette | |||
| 1957 | New Year's Sacrifice | Sang Hu | Adaptation of the Lu Xun-penned short story | ||
| 1958 | Nie Er | Zheng Junli | Zhao Dan | Biopic | |
| 1959 | Chuang Tapestry | Animation | |||
| The Lin Family Shop | Shui Hua | Adaptation of the Mao Dun-penned short story | |||
| Lin Zexu | Zheng Junli | Zhao Dan | Biopic | ||
| Fishing Child | Animation | Shanghai Animation Film Studio |
| Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Red Detachment of Women | Xie Jin | Film adaptation of the ballet of the same name | ||
| 1961 | Havoc in Heaven (Part I) | Animation | |||
| 1962 | [[]] | ||||
| 1963 | The Cowboy's Flute | Animation | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | ||
| Waves on the Southern Shore | Cai Chusheng | ||||
| 1964 | Havoc in Heaven (Part II) | Animation | |||
| 1965 | Stage Sisters | Xie Jin | Shanghai Film Studio production | ||
| 1966 | [[]] | ||||
| 1967 | [[]] | ||||
| 1968 | [[]] | ||||
| 1969 | [[]] |
| Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | ]] | ||||
| 1971 | [[]] | ||||
| 1972 | [[]] | ||||
| 1973 | Little 8th Route Army | Animation | |||
| 1974 | [[]] | ||||
| 1975 | [[]] | ||||
| 1976 | Bruce Against Iron Hand | ||||
| 1977 | Ao Jinma | ||||
| 1978 | [[]] | ||||
| [[]] | [[]] | [[]] | [[]] | ||
| 1979 | [[]] |
| Year | Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Evening Rain | Wu Yonggang, Wu Yigong |
Winner of the first Golden Rooster for best picture in 1981 | ||
| Our Corner | Tian Zhuangzhuang | ||||
| 1981 | A Deer of Nine Colors | Animation | |||
| 1982 | The Deer's Bell | Animation | |||
| 1983 | One and Eight | Zheng Junzhao | One of the first "Fifth Generation" films, cinematography by Zhang Yimou | ||
| River Without Buoys | Wu Tianming | ||||
| 1984 | On the Hunting Ground | Tian Zhuangzhuang | |||
| Yellow Earth | Chen Kaige | Chen Kaige's directorial debut | |||
| 1985 | The Big Parade | Chen Kaige | |||
| 1986 | Girl from Hunan | Xie Fei | |||
| A Great Wall | |||||
| Hibiscus Town | Xie Jin | ||||
| The Horse Thief | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Named by Martin Scorsese as his favorite film of the 1980s | |||
| Old Well | Wu Tianming | ||||
| 1987 | Drum Singer | Tian Zhuangzhuang | |||
| Red Sorghum | Zhang Yimou | Gong Li | Zhang Yimou's directorial debut | ||
| King of Children | Chen Kaige | ||||
| 1988 | Feeling from Mountain and Water | Animation | |||
| Rock 'n' Roll Kids | Tian Zhuangzhuang | ||||
| 1989 | Codename Couger | Zhang Yimou | Gong Li |
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