China Movies Database is an online database of information related to Chinese films, actors and directors.
Hao Wu (吴皓, Wu Hao, born 1972) is a Chinese-American film director, producer, and writer, director of People’s Republic of Desire, about China’s live-streaming phenomenon … Read more
Writer and director Song Wen is co-founder of the Xining FIRST International Film Festival which, celebrating independent films and emerging filmmakers. In 2015 he started … Read more
Four friends meet again after many years at a private dinner in a Japanese spa resort in China. Related articles: The Enigma of Arrival technical … Read more
Born in 1967, Zhang Yang grew up in Beijing, studied until 1988 at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong, from which he graduated with a degree … Read more
Zhou Zhou was born in Anqing, Anhui Province in eastern China in 1984. He graduated from Radio and Television Journalism at Huazhong University of Science … Read more
Festival President Sabrina Baracetti and Festival Coordinator Thomas Bertacche have announced the full lineup of the 21st edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival, … Read more
Lu Qingyi is a Chinese director from Dushan, Guizhou Province in southwest China. Lu Qingyi left home at the age of 15 and worked as … Read more
A First Farewell won the Best Asian Future Film Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival, is set in deep northwestern China, in the impressive … Read more
The best Chinese Science Fiction Movies from Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan The science fiction genre in China until a few years ago was considered … Read more
The 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival will pay tribute to the trailblazers of Chinese cinema – legendary actress LI Lihua and the Fifth Generation … Read more
Raymond Chow (鄒文 懐), the producer of dozens of classics from Hong Kong who found Bruce Lee, dies at age 91. Edward Yau, Hong Kong’s … Read more
The best Horror Movies from Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan Chinese folklore, black magic, and ghost stories have always inspired horror films in Hong Kong, … Read more
Chinese movies 2018. 2018 was characterized by many actions, thriller, fantasy, and animation films. Action films and comedies, which are always very successful in China, … Read more
Following the discovery of a painter’s corpse electrocuted in a bathtub while the police are investigating the murder, Bei Wei, a model played by actress … Read more
In 2004 we met at the Venice Film Festival, a young Wang Xiaoshuai. We had the opportunity to talk about the new Chinese cinema and … Read more
The best Chinese Animated Movies A list of Chinese animated films of all time, including adaptations of Chinese folklore, fantasy & sci-fi movies, and a … Read more
Simon Chung is a Hong Kong film director, that moved to Canada from the age of fifteen. He graduated from York University in Toronto, where … Read more
Chinese movies in 2017. The most popular Chinese feature films and series released in 2017 (so far). Here are the most popular and interesting movies … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — “The Great Buddha +” led the pack Sunday with 10 nominations, including best feature film and a best new director, for … Read more
Guo Ke Interview: Twenty Two is a Chinese documentary about 22 Chinese ‘comfort women’, victims of sexual enslavement by Japanese soldiers during the WWII The … Read more
A Chinese-language documentary (and mainland China box-office sensation) completed with over 32,000 contributions from crowdfunding, “Twenty Two” was shot a few years ago. by James Verniere … Read more
HONG KONG (AP) — Kevin Kwan believes that America will embrace the “Crazy Rich Asians” movie, which is based on his best-selling novel of the … Read more
A patriotic film reportedly inspired by evacuations of Chinese civilians in Libya and Yemen has become China’s biggest-ever grossing domestic movie. BEIJING (AP) — A … Read more
The most surprising thing about Getting Home is that it’s inspired by a true story … What happened in reality? Zhang Yang: I came across … Read more
Restored in 4K by Udine’s Far East Film Festival, Fruit Chan‘s anarchic cult movie returns to Hong Kong’s cinemas on the 1st of July, exactly … Read more
UDINE – Who turned out the lights? Nobody did, and the fuses haven’t blown. And no, it’s not even a power cut. Electricity has just … Read more
The first preview of the 2017 line-up: from the bizarre comedy – produced by Pang Ho-cheung – Nail Clipper Romance about a red-haired girl who … Read more
We asked a few questions to the legendary American director John Carpenter about Big Trouble in Little China, the cult movie that takes place in … Read more
Interview with Jia Zhangke Back in 2001, during a trip to Beijing, we had the opportunity to conduct an interview with the talented and up-and-coming … Read more
FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON is the first film in a series initiated by the president of Paris’ Musée d’Orsay, Serge Lemoine, and the production, … Read more
“Three” is an anthology of three horror shorts from three different Asian countries.In “Dumplings” an aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties; however, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient. In “Box” a soft spoken young woman has a bizarre recurring nightmare about being buried in a box in the snow. Searching for her long lost sister, she realizes her dreams and reality may … Read more
Hong Kong’s preeminent director John Woo transforms genres from both the East and the West to create this explosive and masterful action film. Featuring Hong Kong’s greatest star, Chow Yun-fat, as a killer with a conscience, the film is an exquisite dissection of morals in a corrupt society, highlighted with slow-motion sequences of brilliantly choreographed gun battles on the streets of Hong Kong.
Chan Ka Kui is a Hong-Kong policeman, who single handedly captures and arrests a big drug lord. The drug-lord then frames Chan with the murder of a corrupt cop. Now a fugitive cop killer, Chan Ka Kui must try to catch the drug lord and clear his name.
A take-no-prisoners cop is on the trail of the triads when his partner is killed during a gun battle. His guilt propels him into an all-out war against the gang, including an up-and-coming soldier in the mob who turns out to be an undercover cop. The two men must come to terms with their allegiance to the force and their loyalty to each other as they try to take down the gangsters.
Lai and his boyfriend, Ho, arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong, seeking a better life. Their highly contentious relationship turns abusive and results in numerous break-ups and reconciliations. When Lai befriends another man, Chang, he sees the futility of continuing with the promiscuous Ho. Chang, however, is on his own personal journey and, ultimately, both Lai and Ho find themselves far from home and desperately lonely.
A disillusioned killer embarks on his last hit but first he has to overcome his affections for his cool, detached partner. Thinking it’s dangerous and improper to become involved with a colleague, he sets out to find a surrogate for his affections. Against the sordid and surreal urban nightscape, he crosses path with a strange drifter looking for her mysterious ex-boyfriend and an amusing mute trying to get the world’s attention in his own unconventional … Read more
Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher’s death (Huo Yuanjia) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia boss. That man is a disguised Chen Zhen, who intends to infiltrate the mob when they form an alliance with the Japanese. Disguising himself as a caped fighter by night, Chen intends to take out everyone involved as … Read more
Chen Zhen returns to the international compound of China only to learn of his beloved teacher’s death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on with his mastery of martial arts while investigating his teacher’s murder.
Billy Lo is a Hong Kong-based movie actor, who is a box office draw. His girlfriend, Ann Morris, is a singer who is also climbing to the top. Now it seems the syndicate wants Billy and Ann to join their “management firm”. But Billy knows that they will be treated like property, so he refuses and tells her to do the same. So they try to “encourage” him to join but he still refuses. He … Read more
During the reign of King Zhou (Tony Leung Ka-fai), an official enters his bedchamber, and is devoured by the monstrous tails of Daji (Fan Bingbing), his concubine. Outside their city, several warriors within a metal wagon discuss their strategies to free the Invisible People and their Chief, when Jiang Ziya (Jet Li) appears to them. He tells them that when King Zhou was younger, he let himself become possessed by the Black Dragon for his … Read more