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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    Spring in a Small Town
    by Fei Mu

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  2. 2.
    A Better Tomorrow

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    Days of Being Wild
    by Kar Wai Wong

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    Yellow Earth
    by Chen Kaige

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    A City of Sadness (1989)
    by Hou Hsiao-Hsien

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    Long Arm of the Law
    by Johnny Mak

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    Kung Fu Classic - Dragon Gate Inn
    by King Hu

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    Tou ben nu hai (Boat People) (1982)
    by Ann Hui

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    Touch of Zen (Ws Sub Dol)
    by King Hu

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    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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    Street Angel (1937)
    by Yuan Muzhi

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    Ban jin ba liang (The Private Eyes) (1976)
    by Michael Hui

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    Cheung fo
    by Johnny To

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    Classic Kung Fu - The One-Armed Swordsman
    by Chang Cheh

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    The Chinese Connection
    by Wei Lo

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    Dong fu ren (The Arch) (1970)
    by Tang Shuxuan

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    Yanzhi kou (Rouge) (1988)
    by Stanley Kwan

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    Chungking Express
    by Kar Wai Wong

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    Si shui liu nian (Homecoming) (1984)
    by Yim Ho

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    Hong Gao Liang (Red Sorghum)
    by Zhang Yimou

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    Fu zi qing (Father and Son) (1981)
    by Allen Fong

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    Yi jiang chunshui xiang dong liu (Spring River Flows East) (1947)
    by Cai Chusheng / Zheng Junli

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    Comrades - Almost a Love Story
    by Peter Chan

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    The Goddess / Shen nu (1934)
    by Wu Yonggang

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    Dalu (The Highway) (1934)
    by Sun Yu

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    Feng jie (The Secret) (1979)
    by Ann Hui

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    Infernal Affairs (Wu jian dao)
    by Siu Fai Mak

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    Drunken Master
    by Woo-ping Yuen

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    Die bian (The Butterfly Murders) (1979)
    by Tsui Hark

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    Ashes of Time
    by Kar Wai Wong

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    Xianggang zhizao (Made in Hong Kong) (1997)
    by Fruit Chan

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    Qing gong mishi (Sorrows of the Forbidden City) (1948)
    by Zhu Shilin

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    Liang Shan-po and Chu Ying-t'ai (1963)
    by Li Han-Hsiang

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    Zu Warriors
    by Hark Tsui

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    Kongbu fenzi (Terrorizer) (1986)
    by Edward Yang

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    The Killer
    by Chung Lam

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    Once Upon a Time in China #1
    by Hark Tsui

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    Centre Stage
    by Stanley Kwan

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    The Story of Qiu Ju
    by Yimou Zhang

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    Wo zhe yi bei zi (This Life of Mine) (1950)
    by Shi Hui

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    Jiang shan mei ren (Kingdom and the Beauty) (1959)
    by Li Han-Hsiang

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    Dong nuan (The Winter) (1969)
    by Li Han-hsiang

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    An Autumn's Tale
    by Mabel Cheung

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    Chinese Ghost Story
    by Siu-Tung Ching

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Created by sienel on Nov 23, 2006.
 

Comments

crimeandpunishment
Steinbach

Raise the Red Lantern — 2 years ago

How could this masterpiece not be on this list?


Naamiee
Toronto

Frustrated — 2 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”.