Hong Kong Film Awards' 103 Best Chinese Films

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March 15 2005: To celebrate one hundred years of Chinese cinema, Hong Kong Film Awards just release a list of The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures. 1948’s black and white classic Springtime in a Small Town by director Fei Mu is rank No. 1 on the list. Among 103 films on the list, there are 11 films from China (pre-1949), 13 films from the mainland China (post-1949), 61 films from Hong Kong (no surprise, since the list was prepare by Hong Kong filmmakers), 16 film from Taiwan (post-1949), 1 Hong Kong and the mainland China co-production and 1 Taiwan and Hong Kong co-production.

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  1. 1.
    Spring in a Small Town
    by Fei Mu
  2. 2.
    A Better Tomorrow
    by John Woo
  3. 3.
    Days of Being Wild
    by Kar Wai Wong
  4. 4.
    Yellow Earth
    by Chen Kaige
  5. 5.
    A City of Sadness (1989)
    by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
  6. 6.
    Long Arm of the Law
    by Johnny Mak
  7. 7.
    Kung Fu Classic - Dragon Gate Inn

  8. 8.
    ?
    Tou ben nu hai (Boat People) (1982)
    by Ann Hui
  9. 9.
    A Touch of Zen
    by King Hu
  10. 10.
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    by Ang Lee
  11. 11.
    Street Angel (1937)
    by Yuan Muzhi
  13. 13.
    ?
    Ban jin ba liang (The Private Eyes) (1976)
    by Michael Hui
  14. 14.
    Cheung fo
    by Johnnie To
  16. 16.
    The Chinese Connection
    by Wei Lo
  17. 17.
    ?
  18. 18.
    ?
  19. 19.
  20. 20.
    ?
    Dong fu ren (The Arch) (1970)
    by Tang Shuxuan
  21. 21.
    ?
    Yanzhi kou (Rouge) (1988)
    by Stanley Kwan
  22. 22.
    Chungking Express
    by Kar Wai Wong
  23. 23.
    ?
    Si shui liu nian (Homecoming) (1984)
    by Yim Ho
  24. 24.
  25. 25.
    Hong Gao Liang (Red Sorghum)
    by Zhang Yimou
  26. 26.
    ?
    Fu zi qing (Father and Son) (1981)
    by Allen Fong
  27. 27.
    ?
    Yi jiang chunshui xiang dong liu (Spring River Flows East) (1947)
    by Cai Chusheng / Zheng Junli
  28. 28.
    Comrades - Almost a Love Story
    by Peter Chan
  29. 29.
    The Goddess / Shen nu (1934)
    by Wu Yonggang
  30. 30.
    ?
    Dalu (The Highway) (1934)
    by Sun Yu
  31. 31.
    ?
    Feng jie (The Secret) (1979)
    by Ann Hui
  32. 32.
    Infernal Affairs (Wu jian dao)

  33. 33.
    Drunken Master
    by Woo-ping Yuen
  34. 34.
    ?
    Die bian (The Butterfly Murders) (1979)
    by Tsui Hark
  35. 35.
    Ashes of Time
    by Kar Wai Wong
  36. 36.
    Xianggang zhizao (Made in Hong Kong) (1997)
    by Fruit Chan
  37. 37.
    ?
    Qing gong mishi (Sorrows of the Forbidden City) (1948)
    by Zhu Shilin
  38. 38.
    ?
    Liang Shan-po and Chu Ying-t'ai (1963)
    by Li Han-Hsiang
  39. 39.
    ?
  41. 41.
    Kongbu fenzi (Terrorizer) (1986)
    by Edward Yang
  42. 42.
    The Killer

  43. 43.
    Once Upon a Time in China #1
    by Hark Tsui
  44. 44.
    Centre Stage
    by Stanley Kwan
  45. 45.
    The Story of Qiu Ju
    by Yimou Zhang
  46. 46.
    ?
    Wo zhe yi bei zi (This Life of Mine) (1950)
    by Shi Hui
  47. 47.
    ?
    Jiang shan mei ren (Kingdom and the Beauty) (1959)
    by Li Han-Hsiang
  48. 48.
    ?
    Dong nuan (The Winter) (1969)
    by Li Han-hsiang
  49. 49.
    ?
    An Autumn's Tale
    by Mabel Cheung
  50. 50.
    Chinese Ghost Story
    by Siu-Tung Ching

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Comments

Masterofoneinchpunch

Zu Warriors — 19 weeks ago

Now points to the correct release and not the 2001 version.

Jan 10, 09:06AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

crimeandpunishment

Raise the Red Lantern — 4 years ago

How could this masterpiece not be on this list?

Dec 22, 08:44AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

Naamiee

Frustrated — 4 years ago

This is really hard because I only know of the names in Chinese and I don’t know whether or not I’ve watched them…the answer to most of them is a “maybe”.

Jun 20, 09:10AM | 1 comment | Reply to this



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