| Year |
Title |
Director |
Actors |
Genre |
Notability |
| 1990 |
Black Snow |
Xie Fei |
Jiang Wen |
Drama |
|
| Ju Dou |
Zhang Yimou,
Yang Fengliang |
Gong Li |
Tragedy |
First Chinese film nominated for an Academy Award |
| 1991 |
Good Morning, Beijing |
Zhang Nuanxing |
|
Drama |
|
| Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch |
Tian Zhuangzhuang |
Jiang Wen, Liu Xiaoqing |
Biographical |
|
| Life on a String |
Chen Kaige |
|
|
|
| Raise the Red Lantern |
Zhang Yimou |
Gong Li |
Tragedy |
|
| The Swordsman in Double Flag Town |
He Ping |
|
|
|
| 1992 |
Bloody Morning |
Li Shaohong |
|
Drama |
|
| Family Portrait |
Li Shaohong |
|
Drama |
|
| Mama |
Zhang Yuan |
|
|
Zhang Yuan's directorial debut |
| The Story of Qiu Ju |
Zhang Yimou |
Gong Li |
Comedy/Drama |
Golden Lion winner of 1992 |
| 1993 |
Beijing Bastards |
Zhang Yuan |
|
|
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| The Blue Kite |
Tian Zhuangzhuang |
|
Scar Drama |
Grand Prix winner at the 1993 Tokyo International Film Festival |
| The Days |
Wang Xiaoshuai |
|
|
Wang Xiaoshuai's directorial debut |
| Farewell My Concubine |
Chen Kaige |
Gong Li, Leslie Cheung |
|
Palme D'or winner of 1992 |
| For Fun |
Ning Ying |
|
Comedy drama |
|
| An Old Man and his Dog |
Xie Jin |
|
Drama |
|
| Red Beads |
He Jianjun |
|
|
|
| Stand Straight, Don't Bend Over |
Huang Jianxin |
Gong Feng,
Da Shichang |
Comedy |
|
| A Woman from North Shaanxi |
Yang Fengliang |
Jia Hongsheng
Luo Yan |
Drama |
| 1994 |
Back to Back, Face to Face |
Huang Jianxin |
|
|
|
| Blush |
Li Shaohong |
|
Drama |
|
| Country Teachers |
He Qun |
Li Baotian |
Drama |
1994 Golden Rooster for Best Picture |
| Ermo |
Zhou Xiaowen |
|
|
|
| In the Heat of the Sun |
Jiang Wen |
Ning Jing |
|
|
| Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker |
He Ping |
|
|
|
| A Soul Haunted by Painting |
Huang Shuqin |
Gong Li |
Biographical |
|
| The Square |
Zhang Yuan |
|
Documentary |
|
| Story of Yunnan |
Zhang Nuanxing |
|
|
|
| To Live |
Zhang Yimou |
Gong Li |
|
|
| Woman Sesame Oil Maker |
Xie Fei |
|
|
Golden Bear winner of 1994 |
| The Wooden Man's Bride |
Huang Jianxin |
|
|
|
| 1995 |
A Mongolian Tale |
Xie Fei |
|
Drama |
|
| On the Beat |
Ning Ying |
|
Comedy |
|
| Postman |
He Jianjun |
|
|
|
| Red Cherry |
Ye Daying |
|
|
1996 Golden Rooster for Best Picture |
| Shanghai Triad |
Zhang Yimou |
Gong Li,
Li Baotian |
Drama |
|
| Sun Valley |
He Ping |
|
|
|
| Surveillance |
Huang Jianxin |
Gong Feng,
Ten Rujun |
Comedy |
|
| Weekend Lover |
Lou Ye |
Jia Hongsheng,
Wang Xiaoshuai |
Drama |
Lou Ye's directorial debut |
| The Winner |
Huo Jianqi |
|
|
|
| 1996 |
Behind the Wall of Shame |
Xie Jin |
Zhao Wei |
Drama |
Also known as Penitentiary Angel |
| East Palace, West Palace |
Zhang Yuan |
|
Drama |
|
| The Emperor's Shadow |
Zhou Xiaowen |
Ge You,
Jiang Wen |
Historical |
|
| The King of Masks |
Wu Tianming |
Zhu Xu |
Drama |
|
| Rainclouds Over Wushan |
Zhang Ming |
|
|
Also known as In Expectation |
| The Singer |
Huo Jianqi |
|
|
|
| Sons |
Zhang Yuan |
|
Docudrama |
Tiger Award winner at the 1996 International Film Festival Rotterdam |
| Temptress Moon |
Chen Kaige |
Gong Li, Leslie Cheung |
Historical/Drama |
|
| 1997 |
Frozen |
Wang Xiaoshuai |
Jia Hongsheng |
Drama |
Wang made this film under the name "Wu Ming" or "no name" |
| Keep Cool |
Zhang Yimou |
Jiang Wen
Li Baotian |
Black comedy |
|
| Live in Peace |
Hu Bingliu |
Pan Yu |
|
1998 Golden Rooster for Best Picture |
| Maiden Work |
Wang Guangli |
Ye You,
Lou Ming |
Drama |
|
| The Making of Steel |
Lu Xuechang |
Tian Zhuangzhuang,
Li Liping |
|
|
| The Opium War |
Xie Jin |
|
War/Historical |
1997 Golden Rooster for Best Picture |
| Out of Phoenix Bridge |
Li Hong |
|
Documentary |
|
| Red River Valley |
Feng Xiaoning |
Ning Jing |
Historical |
|
| Spicy Love Soup |
Zhang Yang |
Gao Yuanyuan |
Romantic |
Zhang Yang's directorial debut |
| Xiao Wu |
Jia Zhangke |
Wang Hongwei |
|
Jia Zhangke's directorial debut |
| 1998 |
Be There or Be Square |
Feng Xiaogang |
|
|
|
| Mr. Zhao |
Lü Yue |
|
|
Golden Leopard winner at the 1999 Locarno Film Festival |
| Once Upon a Time in Shanghai |
Peng Xiaolian |
|
Drama |
|
| So Close to Paradise |
Wang Xiaoshuai |
|
|
Also known as Ruan's Song |
| A Time to Remember |
Ye Daying |
Todd Babcock
Leslie Cheung
Mei Ting |
Romantic drama |
|
| 1999 |
A Beautiful New World |
Shi Runjiu |
Jiang Wu |
Comedy |
|
| Crazy English |
Zhang Yuan |
Li Yang |
Documentary |
Film about Li Yang, the founder of Crazy English |
| The Emperor and the Assassin |
Chen Kaige |
Gong Li |
Historical |
|
| Grief Over the Yellow River |
Feng Xiaoning |
Ning Jing |
War/Romance |
Also known as The Legend of the Yellow River or Lovers' Grief Over the Yellow River |
| The House |
Wang Xiaoshuai |
|
Comedy |
|
| Lotus Lantern |
|
|
Animation |
|
| Lunar Eclipse |
Wang Quan'an |
Yu Nan |
Romantic drama |
Wang Quan'an's directorial debut |
| Not One Less |
Zhang Yimou |
Wei Minzhi |
|
Golden Lion winner of 1999 |
| Postmen in the Mountains |
Huo Jianqi |
Liu Ye
Ten Rujun |
|
1999 Golden Rooster for Best Picture |
| The Road Home |
Zhang Yimou |
Zhang Ziyi |
|
2000 Golden Rooster for Best Picture |
| Scenery |
He Jianjun |
|
|
|
| Seventeen Years |
Zhang Yuan |
Li Bingbing |
Drama |
Best Director winner at the 1999 Venice Film Festival |
| Shower |
Zhang Yang |
|
Comedy |
Fipresci Prize winner at the 2000 Toronto Film Festival |
| Something About Secret |
Huang Jianxin |
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