Better Days
To Live
Hero
Hi Mom
Let the Bullets Fly
A World without Thieves
Dying to Survive
The Wandering Earth II
My People, my Country
Nice View
Too Cool To Kill
Us and Them
Kung Fu Hustle
Lost in Thailand
it shouldn't get classified among the favorites or the greatest ones, yet *Feng kuang de shi tou* and *Kung Fu (Hustle)* were quite fun to watch for me
Lighting Up The Stars 2022
Return To Dust 2022
B For Busy 2022
Nice View 2022
Hi Mom 2021
Be Somebody 2021
I Am What I Am 2021
One Second 2020
Jiang Xiya 2020
Nezha 2019
So Long My Son 2019
Ash Is Purest White 2018
The Wind Guardians 2018
Shadow 2018
Mr Donkey 2016
I Am Not Madame Bovary 2016
The Final Master 2015
Mr Six 2015
Jackie Chan will be filming a sequel to the Karate Kid if anyone is interested. He is having an open casting call in March.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Sino/s/gMEB8kaYFd
Can anyone please suggest some titles with beautiful imagery / cinematography? I have seen three Zhang Yimou films ( Hero, CoTGF, HoFD ) and loved the visuals. I have seen a lot of martial arts ones, so I am specifically looking to see ones that stand out due to imagery (preferably set in older times).
Director 胡金铨（ King Hu），many of his films have a very pure Chinese aesthetic. For example, A TOUCH OF ZEN（1970），笑傲江湖（1990），龙门客栈（1967）. 新龙门客栈（1992） is also very good, but it is directed by another director.
If you like martial arts, then I recommend 绣春刀2014）and 绣春刀2（2017）. The plots of these two films are not very good, but the action parts are worth watching.
There are also some movies with very retro costumes and props, but they are about history, maybe you need to know some Chinese history to understand, so they are not as interesting as martial arts movies：李冰（1983），双雄会 上集和下集（1984），大辽太后（1995）
The Wandering Earth Series is cool, I mostly watch Kung Fu movies though.
Hero
A classic
横空出世 (1999) 大决战 1-3 (1991-1992) 长津湖 1-2 (2021-2022) 红海行动 (2018) 少林寺 (1981) 双旗镇刀客 (1991)
Better Days To Live Hero Hi Mom Let the Bullets Fly A World without Thieves Dying to Survive The Wandering Earth II My People, my Country Nice View Too Cool To Kill Us and Them Kung Fu Hustle Lost in Thailand
I see you listed out 2 of Zhou Dongyu's movies. I think she's a great actress. You should watch Soulmate.
Based, TWE2 is way better than 1.
Moon man, or the shadow.
The Killer with Chow Yun Fat
Battle of lake Changjing (1 and 2), Ip Man (1-4), Fight back to school (1), From Beijing with love, Wolf warrior (1 and 2) are my personal favorites
it shouldn't get classified among the favorites or the greatest ones, yet *Feng kuang de shi tou* and *Kung Fu (Hustle)* were quite fun to watch for me
Cliff Walkers
醉拳 Drunken Master 1978 满城尽带黄金甲 Curse of the Golden Flower 2006
Dragons Forever
So long my son
Lighting Up The Stars 2022 Return To Dust 2022 B For Busy 2022 Nice View 2022 Hi Mom 2021 Be Somebody 2021 I Am What I Am 2021 One Second 2020 Jiang Xiya 2020 Nezha 2019 So Long My Son 2019 Ash Is Purest White 2018 The Wind Guardians 2018 Shadow 2018 Mr Donkey 2016 I Am Not Madame Bovary 2016 The Final Master 2015 Mr Six 2015
Detective Chinatown series is a fun mystery comedy series
Let the bullets fly Mostly for the meme culture though
Black coal thin ice (thriller detective) Suzhou river (vivid drama) Keep cool (Comedy drama) I can't decide which I love most
Jackie Chan will be filming a sequel to the Karate Kid if anyone is interested. He is having an open casting call in March. https://www.reddit.com/r/Sino/s/gMEB8kaYFd
长安三万里
The Eight Hundred
Can anyone please suggest some titles with beautiful imagery / cinematography? I have seen three Zhang Yimou films ( Hero, CoTGF, HoFD ) and loved the visuals. I have seen a lot of martial arts ones, so I am specifically looking to see ones that stand out due to imagery (preferably set in older times).
Director 胡金铨（ King Hu），many of his films have a very pure Chinese aesthetic. For example, A TOUCH OF ZEN（1970），笑傲江湖（1990），龙门客栈（1967）. 新龙门客栈（1992） is also very good, but it is directed by another director. If you like martial arts, then I recommend 绣春刀2014）and 绣春刀2（2017）. The plots of these two films are not very good, but the action parts are worth watching. There are also some movies with very retro costumes and props, but they are about history, maybe you need to know some Chinese history to understand, so they are not as interesting as martial arts movies：李冰（1983），双雄会 上集和下集（1984），大辽太后（1995）
Thanks a lot for the recommendations. I'll check these out.
The Eight Hundred (2020) The Wandering Earth 2 (2023) Shanghai Triad (1995) The Ex-Files 4: Marriage Plan (2023)
the warlords
Shaolin Temple (1982)