Back to ChinaSite.com homepage!
  

ChinaSite.com:
Movies

   The Complete Reference to the Web Sites of  Chinese Movies
  [ by Weiqing Huang ]
  
Please also see:
   
  Chinese Movie and Film Festivals

 Go to Top!
  Beijing Bicycle at Berlin International Fim Festival (February 7-18, 2001) (*****)

(German/English) 
  Film Festival and Awards

 Go to Top!
  Bai Hua (Hundreds Flowers) Film Awards (*****) (China)

(Chinese GB Only) 
 
the largest film awards in China.
  Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (*****) (Taiwan)

(Chinese Big5 Only) 
  Hong Kong Film Award (*****) (Hong Kong)

(Chinese Big5/English) 
  The Hong Kong International Film Festival (****) (Hong Kong)

(English) 
  Asia's First Digital Film Festival (*****) (Singapore)

(English) 
 
The Web site is jointly produced by Asiacontent.com and the Singapore International Film Festival. Targeting global film enthusiasts, the Web site will showcase Asian independent short films, animation and video in English.
  Chinese Movies and TV Shows

 Go to Top!
  LanYu (Official Website) (*****)

(Chinese GB/Big5/English) 
 
adapted from the Internet novel "Beijing Story" by Beijing Comrades, which was the first frank exploration of gay lives and loves to appear in mainland China, and it very quickly became hugely popular throughout the country's vast underground gay community. Beijing Story pioneered the idea of publishing 'illicit' Chinese fiction on the internet, setting a precedent since copied by several other authors.
  In the Mood for Love  
 
  Lan Yu on BoyTo.com (***)

(Chinese GB Only) 
 
a news and information collection site.
  Lan Yu on Sina (***)

(Chinese GB Only) 
 
a news and information collection site.
  Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon (****)

(English) 
 
a file by Ang Lee, and casted by Chow Yun F and Michelle Yeoh.
  Shadow Magic (****)

(English) 
 
a file by Ann Hu, Sony Pictures Classics release.
  Lotus Lantern (*****)

(Chinese GB Only) 
 
one of the best children's cartoon film in China.
  
  Can't be short of one

(Chinese GB Only) 
 
directed by Zhang Yimou.
  
  A list of new movies and TV series from mainland China

(Chinese GB Only) 
  China Movie Chair (*****)

(Chinese GB Only) 
 
is a good place to know what's going on in China's cinemas.
  Movies World (****)

(Chinese GB Only) 
  Chinese Movie (***)

(Chinese GB Only) 
 
by Tangram
  Shanghai Film Art Center (****)

(Chinese GB Only) 
 
by Shanghai Radio, Film, Television Bureau
  Central Motion Picture Corporation (****)

(Chinese Big5 Only) 
 
a Taiwan film studio.
  Mandarin Films' Virtual Theatre (***)  
 
of Mandarin Films Distribution Co. Ltd. features beautiful graphics. This site is in Hong Kong, so it is pretty slow.
  Movies on Chinaroad (***)

(Chinese GB Only) 
  Hot Film (***)

(Chinese GB Only) 
 
is a web site introducing US movies as well as Chinese movies to Chinese audiences.
  Hong Kong Cinema (****) at Stanford University.

(English) 
 
is kind of out of date. They only have information before 1997.
  Xiu Xiu -- The Sent Down Girl (***)

(English) 
 
A Film by Joan Chen. The film's Chinese name is "Tian Yu".
  Shui Hu (****)  
 
a TV series movie from a famous Chinese classic novel.
  Who Am I?  (***)

(Chinese Big5 Only) 
 
Jackie Chen's action movie.
  Hong Fen (Red Dust) (****)

(Chinese Big5 Only) 
 
a Chinese film of a story "reforming" the prostitute when the Communist Party took over the government.
  Temptress Moon, a movie directed by CHEN Kaige  
 
  Shanghai Triad (****)  
 
(Chinese name: Yao Er Yao, Yao Dao Wai Puo Qiao -- Scull and Scull, Scull the Boat to Grandma Bridge) of ZHANG Yimou.
  Comedy and Culture  
 
Boston Review's article on The Story of Qiu Ju.
  Shelly Kraicer's Chinese Cinema Page (***)  
 
contains reviews on recent Chinese films written by Shelly Kraicer.
  City of Sadness (***)  
 
a typical Taiwanese film, provided by UC Berkeley's CinemaSpace
  Up for the Rising Sun (****)  
 
is a new (1997) Hong Kong movie and it has a wonderful story.
  Chungking Express (****)  
 
(Chinese name: Chongqing Senlin) is the latest (1996 summer) film from Hong Kong's New Wave director Wong Kar-Wai.
  InnoWEB Cinema Online (****)

(English /Chinese Big5) 
  Movies and Gossips (****)  
 
by SinoLogic
  US Movies

 Go to Top!
  Tarzan (****)

(Chinese Big5 Only) 
 
and Tarzan (English Version) -- Disney's new animation movie.
  Mulan (Taiwan Version) (*****)

(Chinese GB Only) 
 
and Mulan (English Version) -- Disney's new animation movie.
  Saving Private Ryan (****)

(Chinese GB Only) 
  Rush Hour (**) starred by Jackie Chan.  
  Rush Hour -- Hollywood Online (***)  
  Red Corner (*****)  
  Red Corner (***)   at Cinema1.
 
Severity for those who resist -- casted by Richard Gere.
  Seven Years in Tibet (***) on Cinema1.  
  Seven Years in Tibet (***) on Mandalay.
  Sound Tracks on Seven Years in Tibet
  The Edge (***)

(Chinese Big5 Only) 
  The Replacement Killers (***)

(Chinese Big5 Only) 
  Character (***)

(Chinese Big5 Only) 
  Documentary Films

 Go to Top!
  China Gold Rush (***) (New York)

(English) 
 
filmed,  East-West Corridor Communications, against the backdrop of millennium fever, this intercultural documentary travels from Times Square to Tiananmen Square providing insight into the dynamic culture of 21st-century China.
  The Gate of Heavenly Peace (TIAN AN MAN) (*****) (Boston)  
 
is a documentary film about the protests at Tiananman in 1989, and the resulting Beijing Massacre of June 4, 1989.
  Zhou Enlai, Centennial (****)  
  Japanese War Crimes and Trials: Murder Under the Sun  
  More Than Rice (***)  
 
a documentary about contemporary China through the eyes of Chinese students and professors.
  Dalai Lama (****)  
 
is a 90-minute-long documentary film regarding the 14th Dalai Lama and major historical events happened in Tibet from the 1930's to the 1950's. It is now available on the Internet for real-time broadcasting or for download.
   Tibetan Women Refugees (***)  
 
  is an one hour documentary film.
  Movie Makers and Publishers 

 Go to Top!
  Disney (Taiwan) (****)

(Chinese Big5 Only) 
  Shanghai Paradise Film & TV (Group) Co. (****)

(English /Chinese GB) 
  Shanghai Film Factory icn_2star.gif (371 bytes)  
  Long Shong International Films Co. Ltd. (****)

(English /Chinese GB) 
 
is a Taiwan based film publisher and producer.
  Please also see Audio and Video Stores and Advertisements 

 Go to Top!