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Paths of the Soul
(གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ)
A journey into humanity and faith.
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- China • 2015
- Director Zhang Yang
- Cast Yang Pei, Nyima Zadui, Tsewang Dolkar, Tsring Chodron, Seba Jiangcuo
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Documentary
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video, Hoopla
House of Flying Daggers
(十面埋伏)
A blind dancer finds herself torn between love and duty as she fights acrobatic warriors in dazzlingly choreographed treetop battles.
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- China, Hong Kong • 2004
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi, Song Dandan, Zhao Hongfei, Guo Jun
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
So Long, My Son
(地久天长)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2019
- Director Wang Xiaoshuai
- Cast Wang Jingchun, Yong Mei, Qi Xi, Du Jiang, Ai Liya, Li Jingjing
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Long Day's Journey Into Night
(地球最后的夜晚)
A man returns to his hometown, where he is haunted by memories of his long-lost love.
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- China • 2018
- Director Bi Gan
- Cast Huang Jue, Tang Wei, Sylvia Chang, Lee Hong Chi, Chen Yongzhong
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on OVID, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Shadow
(影)
A king attempts to lead his displaced people out of exile.
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- China, Hong Kong • 2018
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Deng Chao, Sun Li, Ryan Zheng Kai, Wang Qian-Yuan, Wang Jingchun, Hu Jun
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
In the Mood for Love
(花樣年華)
Longing and loneliness collide in this understated romance.
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- Hong Kong, China • 2000
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Kelly Lai Chen, Siu Ping-Lam, Mama Hung
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
An Elephant Sitting Still
(大象席地而坐)
In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world.
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- China • 2018
- Director Hu Bo
- Cast Zhang Yu, Peng Yuchang, Wang Yu Wen, Congxi Li, Xiang Rong Dong
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, AsianCrush, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Last Train Home
(归途列车)
A documentary portrait of a Chinese family where the parents status as migrant workers only allow them to travel to their children once a year.
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- Canada, China, United Kingdom • 2009
- Director Lixin Fan
- Cast Changhua Zhang, Suqin Chen, Qin Zhang, Yang Zhang, Tingsui Tang
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy
Drug War
(毒戰)
A police captain partners with an arrested drug dealer to go undercover and catch his partner’s methamphetamine ring.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 2012
- Director Johnnie To
- Cast Louis Koo, 孙红雷, Huang Yi, Michelle Ye, Lam Suet, Wallace Chung
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama
- Available on Hi-YAH, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, YouTube Free, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Springtime in a Small Town
(小城之春)
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- China, Hong Kong, France • 2002
- Director Tian Zhuangzhuang
- Cast Jingfan Hu, Wu Jun, Xiao Keng Ye, Si Si Lu, Xin Baiqing
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hero
(英雄)
After surviving an assassination attempt, King of Qin summons a renowned warrior in hopes of uniting the Warring States of ancient China.
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- China, Hong Kong • 2002
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Dao-Ming
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV
City of Life and Death
(南京!南京!)
"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom..."
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- China, Hong Kong • 2009
- Director Lu Chuan
- Cast Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Hideo Nakaizumi, John Paisley, Beverly Peckous, Fan Wei
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Kanopy
Behemoth
(悲兮魔兽)
A sobering Chinese documentary about the environmental, sociological, and public health effects of coal-mining in China and Inner Mongolia.
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- China, France • 2015
- Director Zhao Liang
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor, Apple TV, Microsoft Store, Kanopy
Kaili Blues
(路边野餐)
In search of his brother's abandoned son, a doctor encounters a mysterious town of dreams and memories.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2016
- Director Bi Gan
- Cast Chen Yongzhong, Guo Yue, Linyan Liu, Feiyang Luo, Lixun Xie
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Fandor
Ash Is Purest White
(江湖儿女)
The violent love story of a young dancer and a mobster spanning from 2001 to 2017.
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- China, France, Japan • 2018
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Zhao Tao, Liao Fan, Feng Xiaogang, Xu Zheng, Zhang Yibai, Diao Yi'nan
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Farewell My Concubine
(霸王别姬)
When one member of an acting duo gets married their explosive breakup and tragic fall begin to take root.
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- China, Hong Kong • 1993
- Director Chen Kaige
- Cast Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Jiang Wenli, Ge You, Lu Qi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Ascension
An exploration of contemporary China through the lens of consumerism, innovation, and pursuit of the "Chinese Dream."
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- China • 2021
- Director Jessica Kingdon
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Better Days
(少年的你)
A bullied teen gangs up with a mysterious criminal who uses violence to protect her.
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- China • 2019
- Director Derek Tsang
- Cast Zhou Dongyu, Jackson Yee, Huang Jue, Yin Fang
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, AsianCrush, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
I Wish I Knew
(海上传奇)
The stories of Shanghai – its history, its people, and its architecture -- spanning over more than a century.
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- China • 2010
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Zhao Tao, Chen Danqing, Toon Wang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wei Wei, Rebecca Pan
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Balloon
(དབུགས་ལྒང་།)
Following the death of a grandparent, a family grapples with whether to treat a surprise (and unwanted) pregnancy as the reincarnation of their lost relative.
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- China • 2019
- Director Pema Tseden
- Cast Sonam Wangmo, Jinpa, Yangshik Tso, Konchok, Dudul
- Genre Drama
- Available on iQIYI
Office
(華麗上班族)
A takedown of capitalist corruption and greed that's savvily packaged as a song-and-dance extravaganza.
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- China, Hong Kong • 2015
- Director Johnnie To
- Cast Chow Yun-Fat, Sylvia Chang, Eason Chan, Tang Wei, Wang Ziyi, Lang Yueting
- Genre Music, Drama
- Available on Fandor, OVID, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Tubi TV, AsianCrush, Cineverse
Our Time Will Come
(明月幾時有)
A fight for justice during japan's occupation of Hong Kong.
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- China, Hong Kong • 2017
- Director Ann Hui
- Cast Zhou Xun, Deannie Yip, Eddie Peng, Wallace Huo, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Masatoshi Nagase
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, AsianCrush, Freevee, Cineverse
Invisible Hands
Where are your products really coming from?
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- Ghana, China, India • 2017
- Director Shraysi Tandon
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Still Life
(三峡好人)
A man and woman witness societal changes in their hometown, which is headed for demolition.
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- China, Hong Kong • 2006
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Han Sanming, Zhao Tao, Wang Hongwei, Zhubin Li, Haiyu Xiang, Lin Zhou
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Coming Home
(归来)
Separated during the Cultural Revolution, a man returns home to his wife to find that she no longer remembers him.
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- China, France • 2014
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Gong Li, Chen Daoming, Guo Tao, Zhang Jiayi, Yan Ni
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home
The World
(世界)
Employees experience alienation at a Beijing theme park filled with recreations of famous monuments.
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- China, Japan, France • 2004
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Zhao Tao, Cheng Taishen, Jue Jing, Jiang Zhongwei, Yi-qun Wang, Wang Hongwei
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Assassin
(刺客聶隱娘)
Whether it is love or loyalty, for her next mission... a sacrifice will be made.
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- Taiwan, China, Hong Kong • 2015
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Nikki Hsieh, Sheu Fang-Yi, Ethan Juan, Tetsuya Komuro
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Hi-YAH, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, YouTube Free, Pluto TV, VIX , AsianCrush, Cineverse, Kanopy
Eat Drink Man Woman
(飲食男女)
Food unites the diverging lives of a widowed chef and his four daughters
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- Taiwan, China • 1994
- Director Ang Lee
- Cast Sihung Lung, Yu-Wen Wang, Wu Chien-Lien, Yang Kuei-Mei, Winston Chao, Sylvia Chang
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Summer Palace
(颐和园)
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- China, France • 2006
- Director Lou Ye
- Cast Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Hu Ling, Zhang Xianmin, Cui Lin, Zeng Meihuizi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Mountains May Depart
(山河故人)
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored over the course of two decades.
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- China, France, Japan • 2015
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Zhao Tao, Sylvia Chang, Dong Zijian, Zhang Yi, Liang Jingdong
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Kung Fu Hustle
(功夫)
Sing and his friend Bone pretend to be members of the Axe Gang in order to gain respect.
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- Hong Kong, China • 2004
- Director Stephen Chow
- Cast Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Lam Tze-chung, Bruce Leung Siu-Lung, Eva Huang
- Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Blind Shaft
(盲井)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Germany, Hong Kong • 2003
- Director Li Yang
- Cast Li Yixiang, Baoqiang Wang, Wang Shuangbao, Jing Ai, Bao Zhenjiang, Sun Wei
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
2046
Reality and fiction blend for a grieving sci-fi writer desperate to understand — and forget.
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- Hong Kong, China, France • 2004
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Gong Li, Faye Wong, Takuya Kimura, Zhang Ziyi, Carina Lau
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV
Hooligan Sparrow
Maverick activist Ye Haiyan and her colleagues protest the sexual abuse of six elementary school girls by their principal.
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- China, United States • 2016
- Director Nanfu Wang
- Cast Ye Haiyan
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Angels Wear White
(嘉年华)
Respectability has no morals.
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- China • 2017
- Director Vivian Qu
- Cast Vicky Chen, Zhou Meijun, Shi Ke, Geng Le, Liu Weiwei, Peng Jing
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
(黑眼圈)
After a day laborer is badly beaten, a young man takes him in and nurses him back to health.
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- Malaysia, China, Taiwan • 2006
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-Sheng, Norman Atun, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Pearlly Chua, Lee-Lin Liew, Leonard Tee
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Memories Look at Me
(Ji yi wang zhe wo)
The present is mixed up with the past, and the steps towards the future may walk along the path of eternal loss.
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- China • 2012
- Director Song Fang
- Cast Song Fang
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Mountain Patrol
(Kekexili)
Inspired by real life, a depiction of the struggle between vigilante rangers and bands of poachers in a remote region of Tibet.
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- China, Hong Kong • 2004
- Director Lu Chuan
- Cast Duobujie, Zhang Lei, Qi Dao, Xueying Zhao, Zhanlin Ma, Xueying Zhao
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel
Human Flow
When there is nowhere to go, nowhere is home.
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- Germany, United States, China • 2017
- Director Ai Weiwei
- Cast Boris Cheshirkov, Marin Din Kajdomcaj, Princess Dana Firas of Jordan, Abeer Khalid
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, FlixFling, Kanopy, Hoopla
A Touch of Sin
(天注定)
Sin is in all of us --- it just takes different forms.
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- China, Japan, France • 2013
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Jiang Wu, Baoqiang Wang, Zhao Tao, Zhang Jiayi, Luo Lanshan, Han Dong
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, Metrograph, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Mrs. Fang
(方绣英)
Having suffered from Alzheimer's for several years, Fang Xiuying, now bedridden, is surrounded by her relatives and neighbors as they witness and accompany her through her last days.
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- China, France, Germany • 2018
- Director Wang Bing
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
People's Republic of Desire
What Will You Find If You Pin All Your Hopes Online?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2018
- Director Hao Wu
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Have a Nice Day
(大世界)
A darkly funny animated neo-noir following a young driver who steals a million dollars from a crime boss.
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- China • 2018
- Director Liu Jian
- Cast Yang Siming, Cao Kou, Ma Xiaofeng, Zhu Changlong, Cao Ka
- Genre Animation, Crime
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
China Heavyweight
In southwestern China, state athletic coaches scour the countryside to recruit poor, rural teenagers who can throw a good punch.
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- Canada, China, Finland • 2012
- Director Yung Chang
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy
The Card Counter
An ex-military interrogator-turned-gambler is haunted by ghosts of his past.
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- United Kingdom, China, United States • 2021
- Director Paul Schrader
- Cast Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Babara, Bobby C. King
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Last Emperor
The last Emperor of China is subjugated after Japanese invasion.
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- United Kingdom, Italy, China • 1987
- Director Bernardo Bertolucci
- Cast John Lone, Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen, Vivian Wu, Dennis Dun, Ruocheng Ying
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Suzhou River
(苏州河)
Is it possible to relive a past love?
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- Germany, China, France • 2000
- Director Lou Ye
- Cast Zhou Xun, Jia Hongsheng, Zhongkai Hua, Nai An, Yao Anlian, Zhang Ming Fang
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
(ལུང་ནག་ན)
A teacher in search of inspiration travels to the most remote school in the world.
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- Bhutan, China • 2019
- Director Pawo Choyning Dorji
- Cast Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Keldon Lhamo Gurung, Pem Zam, Chimi Dem
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla
Platform
(站台)
An amateur theater troupe evolves after China's "open door" policy.
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- Hong Kong, China, Japan • 2001
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Zhao Tao, Wang Hongwei, Liang Jingdong, Tian Yi Yang, Wang Bo, Han Sanming
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Prayer Before Dawn
The fight starts from the inside.
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- United Kingdom, France, China • 2018
- Director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
- Cast Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Pornchanok Mabklang, Nicolas Shake, Billy Moore, Panya Yimmumphai
- Genre Drama, Action, Crime
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
The Wild Goose Lake
(南方车站的聚会)
A gangster, recently freed from prison, finds trouble amid Wuhan's shadows and neon.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, France • 2019
- Director Diao Yi'nan
- Cast Hu Ge, Gwei Lun-mei, Liao Fan, Wan Qian, Qi Dao, Huang Jue
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Emperor and the Assassin
(荆轲刺秦王)
As the king's cruelty mounts, his hidden assassin finds her loyalty faltering.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Japan, France • 1998
- Director Chen Kaige
- Cast Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Sun Zhou, Xiaohe Lü, Zhiwen Wang, Chen Kaige
- Genre History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
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