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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 Amazon Video, OVID
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 DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
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 Freevee, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Hoopla, Vudu, Alamo on Demand, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, , YouTube, Pluto TV, Apple TV, Plex Player, fuboTV, Xumo Play
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 DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, OVID, Kino Now, Kanopy, Metrograph, YouTube, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
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 No streaming locations found.
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 Kino Now, Kanopy, Apple TV
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.
Drug War
(毒戰)
A police captain partners with an arrested drug dealer to go undercover and catch his partner’s methamphetamine ring.
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- 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 Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Hi-YAH, YouTube Free, Alamo on Demand, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Pluto TV, Apple TV, Plex Player, Amazon Prime Video
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, Amazon Video, OVID, Kanopy, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV
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 DIRECTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Pluto TV, Apple TV
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, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV, Max, Max Amazon Channel
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 Hoopla, Kino Now, 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, Microsoft Store, Hoopla, Kanopy, Apple TV
Kaili Blues
(路边野餐)
In search of his brother's abandoned son, a doctor encounters a mysterious town of dreams and memories.
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- China • 2016
- Director Bi Gan
- Cast Chen Yongzhong, Guo Yue, Linyan Liu, Feiyang Luo, Lixun Xie
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Fandor, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Apple TV
Our Time Machine
When an influential Chinese artist realizes his father is suffering from Alzheimer's, he invites him to collaborate on an ambitious project.
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- China, United States • 2019
- Director S. Leo Chiang, Yang Sun, Shuang Liang
- Cast Tong Zhengwei
- Genre Documentary, Drama, Family
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kanopy, Eventive, 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 DIRECTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, YouTube, Paramount Plus, Apple TV, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Paramount+ Amazon Channel
Inu-oh
(犬王)
A cursed dancer and a musician stun society with electrifying concerts.
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- Japan, China • 2022
- Director Masaaki Yuasa
- Cast Avu-chan, Mirai Moriyama, Tasuku Emoto, Kenjiro Tsuda, Yutaka Matsushige, Kuroemon Katayama
- Genre Animation, Drama, Music
- Available on DIRECTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV, Hulu
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 No streaming locations found.
I Wish I Knew
(海上传奇)
The stories of Shanghai, 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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
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, Vudu, OVID, AsianCrush, Tubi TV, Apple TV, Cineverse
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 Freevee, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, AsianCrush, Kanopy, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Cineverse, Amazon Prime Video
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
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 Freevee, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
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 Freevee, Amazon Video, Vudu, OVID, AsianCrush, Tubi TV, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Cineverse
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 Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
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
Coming Home
(归来)
Separated during the Cultural Revolution, a man returns home to his wife to find that she no longer remembers him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, France • 2014
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Gong Li, Chen Daoming, Guo Tao, Zhang Jiayi, Yan Ni
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Invisible Hands
Where are your products really coming from?
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- Ghana, China, India • 2017
- Director Shraysi Tandon
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy, Apple TV
Chinese Portrait
(我的镜头)
Wang Xiaoshuai's personal portrait of contemporary China.
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- China • 2018
- Director Wang Xiaoshuai
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Vudu, Kanopy
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 Freevee, Microsoft Store, Rakuten Viki, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Hi-YAH, AsianCrush, YouTube Free, Alamo on Demand, Kanopy, Peacock Premium, Tubi TV, YouTube, Pluto TV, Darkmatter TV, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Peacock, Cineverse, Midnight Pulp
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 in three different time periods.
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- China, France, Japan • 2015
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Zhao Tao, Sylvia Chang, Dong Zijian, Zhang Yi, Liang Jingdong
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, Metrograph, YouTube, Apple TV
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 Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video
One Second
(一秒钟)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 2020
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Liu Haocun, Zhang Yi, Fan Wei, Yu Ailei, Shaobo Zhang, Li Xiaochuan
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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 Freevee, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Apple TV
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 DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, YouTube
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 DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
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.
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.
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 Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Angels Wear White
(嘉年华)
Respectability has no morals.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2017
- Director Vivian Qu
- Cast Vicky Chen, Zhou Meijun, Shi Ke, Geng Le, Liu Weiwei, Peng Jing
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, OVID, Kanopy, Apple TV
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 2004
- Director Lu Chuan
- Cast Duobujie, Zhang Lei, Qi Dao, Xueying Zhao, Zhanlin Ma, Xueying Zhao
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Shanghai Triad
(摇啊摇，摇到外婆桥)
Shuisheng is thrust into the glamorous and deadly world of 1930s Shanghai after he is hired to serve a gang lord's mistress.
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- France, China • 1995
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Gong Li, Li Baotian, Sun Chun, Wang Xiaoxiao, Li Xuejian, Liu Jiang
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
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 Kino Now, Kanopy, Apple TV
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
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.
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 Redbox, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, FlixFling, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
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, Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV, Max, Max Amazon Channel
Suzhou River
(苏州河)
Is it possible to relive a past love?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Platform
(站台)
An amateur theater troupe evolves after China's "open door" policy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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