| Year |
Title |
Director |
Actors |
Genre |
Notability |
| 2000 |
Along the Railway |
Du Haibin |
|
Documentary |
|
| Breaking the Silence |
Sun Zhou |
Gong Li |
Drama |
| Devils on the Doorstep |
Jiang Wen |
Jiang Wen,
Kagawa Teruyuki
David Wu |
Black comedy/War |
Grand Prix winner at Cannes Film Festival |
| Father |
Wang Shuo |
Feng Xiaogang |
Drama |
Golden Leopard winner at the 2000 Locarno International Film Festival |
| Happy Angels |
Zhang Jianya |
|
Comedy |
|
| Happy Times |
Zhang Yimou |
Zhao Benshan,
Dong Lifan,
Dong Jie |
Comedy/Drama |
|
| I Love Beijing |
Ning Ying |
|
|
|
| A Lingering Face |
Lu Xuechang |
Ma Xiaoqing |
Drama |
|
| A Love of Blueness |
Huo Jianqi |
Pan Yueming,
Ten Rujun |
Romance |
|
| Love Story by Tea |
Jin Chen |
Chen Jianbin |
Drama |
|
| Platform |
Jia Zhangke |
Zhao Tao
Wang Hongwei |
Drama |
|
| Quitting |
Zhang Yang |
Jia Hongsheng |
Drama |
|
| Suzhou River |
Lou Ye |
Zhou Xun,
Jia Hongsheng |
Drama |
|
| Xi'an's Finest |
Huang Jianxin |
Sun Min
Ten Rujun |
Drama |
|
| 2001 |
All the Way |
Shi Runjiu |
|
|
|
| Big Shot's Funeral |
Feng Xiaogang |
|
|
|
| Beijing Bicycle |
Wang Xiaoshuai |
Cui Lin,
Li Bin |
Drama |
|
| Bus 44 |
Dayyan Eng |
|
Short |
|
| Fish and Elephant |
Li Yu |
|
Drama film |
Considered the first Chinese film to address lesbian issues |
| Go for Broke |
Wang Guangli |
|
Drama |
|
| Gone Is the One Who Held Me Dearest in the World |
Ma Liwen |
|
Drama |
|
| The Marriage Certificate |
Huang Jianxin |
Feng Gong
Lu Liping
Li Xiaoming |
Comedy/Drama |
|
| The Orphan of Anyang |
Wang Chao |
Sun Guilin
Yue Senyi |
Drama |
Director Wang Chao's directorial debut |
| Purple Sunset |
Feng Xiaoning |
|
War |
|
| Seafood |
Zhu Wen |
|
Drama |
|
| The Treatment |
Zheng Xiaolong |
|
|
|
| 2002 |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress |
Dai Sijie |
Zhou Xun,
Liu Ye,
Chen Kun |
Drama/Romance |
Chinese-French co-production |
| C.E.O. |
Wu Tianming |
Liang Shi |
|
|
| Chen Mo and Mei Ting |
Liu Hao |
Du Huanan,
Wang Lingbo |
Drama |
|
| Cry Woman |
Liu Bingjian |
|
Drama |
|
| Gada Meilin |
Feng Xiaoning |
|
Historical |
|
| Hero |
Zhang Yimou |
Jet Li,
Tony Leung,
Maggie Cheung |
Wuxia |
|
| I Love You |
Zhang Yuan |
Xu Jinglei,
Tong Dawei |
Drama |
|
| Incense |
Ning Hao |
|
|
|
| Life Show |
Huo Jianqi |
Tao Höng,
Tao Zeru |
Drama |
Golden Goblet at the 2002 Shanghai International Film Festival |
| The Missing Gun |
Lu Chuan |
Ning Jing,
Jiang Wen |
|
First use of digital film for a Chinese production |
| Railroad of Hope |
Ning Ying |
|
Documentary |
|
| Shanghai Women |
Peng Xiaolian |
Lu Liping,
Zheng Zhenyao |
|
|
| Sky Lovers |
Jiang Qinmin |
Liu Ye |
Romance |
|
| Spring Subway |
Zhang Yibai |
Xu Jinglei,
Geng Le,
Zhang Yang |
|
|
| Springtime in a Small Town |
Tian Zhuangzhuang |
|
Romance |
Remake of Spring in a Small Town |
| This Winter |
Zhong Hua |
|
Documentary |
|
| Together |
Chen Kaige |
Tang Yun,
Liu Peiqi,
Wang Zhiwen,
Chen Kaige |
Drama |
|
| Under the Skyscraper |
Du Haibin |
|
Documentary |
|
| Unknown Pleasures |
Jia Zhangke |
Zhao Weiwei, Wu Qiong, Zhao Tao |
Drama |
|
| Zhou Yu's Train |
Sun Zhou |
Gong Li |
Romance |
|
| 2003 |
Blind Shaft |
Li Yang |
Li Qiang,
Wang Shuangbao,
Wang Baoqiang |
Thriller |
|
| Cala, My Dog! |
Lu Xuechang |
Ge You,
Li Bin |
Comedy |
|
| Cell Phone |
Feng Xiaogang |
Ge You,
Fan Bingbing,
Zhang Guoli,
Xu Fan |
|
|
| Drifters |
Wang Xiaoshuai |
Duan Long |
Drama |
|
| The Foliage |
Lü Yue |
Liu Ye,
Shu Qi |
Drama |
|
| Green Tea |
Zhang Yuan |
Zhao Wei |
Romance |
|
| Jade Goddess of Mercy |
Ann Hui |
Nicholas Tse,
Zhao Wei |
|
|
| My Father and I |
Xu Jinglei |
Xu Jinglei,
Ye Daying |
|
Actress Xu Jinglei's directorial debut. |
| Nuan |
Huo Jianqi |
Guo Xiaodong,
Li Jia |
Romance |
2003 Golden Rooster winner for best film |
| Purple Butterfly |
Lou Ye |
Zhang Ziyi |
War |
|
| South of the Clouds |
Zhu Wen |
Li Xuejian,
Jin Zi |
Drama |
|
| Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks |
Wang Bing |
|
Documentary |
Award winning 9-hour documentary in three 3-hour segments |
| Uniform |
Diao Yi'nan |
Liang Hongli,
Zeng Shuoqiong |
Drama/Thriller |
|
| Warriors of Heaven and Earth |
He Ping |
Jiang Wen,
Kiichi Nakai,
Zhao Wei |
|
|
| 2004 |
Day and Night |
Wang Chao |
|
Drama |
|
| Delamu |
Tian Zhuangzhuang |
|
Documentary |
|
| Electric Shadows |
Xiao Jiang |
Xia Yu |
Drama |
|
| Green Hat |
Liu Fendou |
|
|
FIPRESCI Prize winner at the 2004 International Thessaloniki Film Festival. |
| House of Flying Daggers |
Zhang Yimou |
Zhang Ziyi,
Andy Lau,
Takeshi Kaneshiro |
Wuxia |
|
| Jasmine Women |
Hou Yong |
Zhang Ziyi,
Joan Chen,
Jiang Wen |
Drama |
|
| Jingzhe |
Wang Quan'an |
Yu Nan |
Drama |
|
| Kekexili: Mountain Patrol |
Lu Chuan |
|
Drama |
|
| A Letter from an Unknown Woman |
Xu Jinglei |
Xu Jinglei |
Drama |
|
| Manhole |
Chen Daming |
Ning Jing,
Sun Honglei,
Zhao Baogang |
Comedy/Crime |
|
| Plastic Flowers |
Liu Bingjian |
Liu Xiaoqing |
Drama |
|
| Shanghai Story |
Peng Xiaolian |
Josephine Koo,
Joey Wang |
|
2004 Golden Rooster for Best Film |
| Two Great Sheep |
Liu Hao |
Sun Yunkun |
Drama |
|
| The World |
Jia Zhangke |
Zhao Tao |
Drama |
|
| A World Without Thieves |
Feng Xiaogang |
Andy Lau |
Drama |
|
| 2005 |
About Love |
Zhang Yibai,
Yee Chin-yen,
Ten Shimoyama |
Wilson Chen,
Mavis Fan,
Yui Ichikawa,
Misaki Ito |
Romance |
Chinese-Japanese-Taiwanese co-production |
| Beautiful Men |
Du Haibin |
|
Documentary |
|
| Dam Street |
Li Yu |
|
Drama |
|
| Eat Hot Tofu Slowly |
Gong Feng |
Gong Feng |
Comedy |
|
| The Ghost Inside |
Herman Yau |
Liu Ye,
Barbie Hsu,
Gong Beibi |
Horror |
|
| Gimme Kudos |
Huang Jianxin |
Fan Wei
Wang Zhiwen
Chen Hao |
Comedy |
|
| Grain in Ear |
Zhang Lu |
Liu Lianji |
Drama |
|
| Mongolian Ping Pong |
Ning Hao |
|
Family |
|
| One Foot Off the Ground |
Chen Daming |
Li Qiang |
Comedy |
|
| Peacock |
Gu Changwei |
Zhang Jingchu,
Gao Weiguo,
Lu Yulai |
Drama |
Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival |
| Perpetual Motion |
Ning Ying |
Hung Huang,
Li Qinqin,
Liu Sola |
Drama |
|
| The Promise |
Chen Kaige |
Cecilia Cheung,
Liu Ye
Jang Dong-gun |
Fantasy |
|
| Rainbow |
Gao Xiaosong |
Chen Daoming |
|
|
| Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles |
Zhang Yimou |
Ken Takakura |
Drama |
|
| Shanghai Dreams |
Wang Xiaoshuai |
Gao Yuanyuan
Yao Anlian |
Coming-of-age |
Prix du Jury winner at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival |
| Sunflower |
Zhang Yang |
Joan Chen |
Drama |
|
| Take Father Home |
Ying Liang |
|
Drama |
|
| A Time to Love |
Huo Jianqi |
Zhao Wei |
|
|
| Waiting Alone |
Dayyan Eng |
Xia Yu,
Gong Beibi,
Li Bingbing |
Romantic comedy |
|
| You and Me |
Ma Liwen |
|
Drama |
|
| 2006 |
The 601st Phone Call |
Zhang Guoli |
Cecilia Cheung |
Comedy |
|
| The Banquet |
Feng Xiaogang |
Zhang Ziyi |
Historical/Drama |
|
| Bliss |
Sheng Zhimin |
Guan Jiangge,
He Xingquan,
He Qin |
Drama |
|
| Clay Fear |
Zhang Jiabei |
Lawrence Ng
Miao Pu |
Horror |
|
| Crazy Stone |
Ning Hao |
|
Comedy |
|
| Curiosity Kills the Cat |
Zhang Yibai |
Hu Jun,
Carina Lau |
|
|
| Curse of the Golden Flower |
Zhang Yimou |
Chow Yun-Fat |
Historical epic |
|
| Dong |
Jia Zhangke |
Liu Xiaodong |
Documentary |
|
| Dreams May Come |
Xu Jinglei |
|
|
|
| Fearless |
Ronny Yu |
Jet Li |
Wuxia |
|
| The Go Master |
Tian Zhuangzhuang |
Chang Chen |
Biographical |
|
| Jade Warrior |
Antti-Jussi Annila |
|
Fantasy |
Finnish-Chinese Co-production |
| Lease Wife |
Lu Xuechang |
Li Jiaxuan,
Pan Yueming |
Drama |
|
| Little Red Flowers |
Du Haibin |
|
Documentary |
Film documenting the young cast of Zhang Yuan's film |
| Little Red Flowers |
Zhang Yuan |
|
Drama |
|
| Luxury Car |
Wang Chao |
Tian Yuan |
Drama |
Prix un certain regard winner at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival |
| Karmic Mahjong |
Wang Guangli |
Francis Ng,
Cherrie Yip |
Comedy/Drama |
|
| Mini |
Jin Chen |
Liu Ye |
Romance |
|
| The Obscure |
Lü Yue |
Wang Zhiwen,
Wang Tong |
Drama |
|
| The Other Half |
Ying Liang |
|
Drama |
|
| PK.COM.CN |
Xiao Jiang |
Jaycee Chan,
Wilson Chen |
Drama |
|
| Shanghai Rumba |
Peng Xiaolian |
Yuan Qian,
Xia Yu |
|
|
| Still Life |
Jia Zhangke |
Zhao Tao,
Han Sanming |
Drama |
Golden Lion winner of 2006 |
| Stone Mountain |
Du Haibin |
|
Documentary |
|
| Summer Palace |
Lou Ye |
Hao Lei,
Guo Xiaodong |
Drama/Romance |
Banned after being submitted for competition at the Cannes Film Festival without official approval |
| Thirteen Princess Trees |
Lü Yue |
Liu Xin |
Drama |
Special Jury Prize winner at the 2006 Tokyo International Film Festival |
| Thru the Moebius Strip |
Glenn Chaika,
Kelvin Lee |
|
Animated |
China's first 3D-animated feature film |
| Tokyo Trial |
Gao Qunshu |
|
|
|
| Walking on the Wild Side |
Han Jie |
Lü Jie |
Drama |
Tiger Award at the 2006 International Film Festival Rotterdam |
| 2007 |
And the Spring Comes |
Gu Changwei |
Jiang Wenli |
Drama |
|
| Assembly |
Feng Xiaogang |
|
War |
|
| Blind Mountain |
Li Yang |
Huang Lu |
Drama |
|
| Blood Brothers |
Alexi Tan |
Liu Ye,
Daniel Wu,
Chang Chen,
Shu Qi |
Drama/Historical |
|
| Call for Love |
Zhang Jianya |
|
Romantic Comedy |
|
| The Case |
Wang Fen |
Wu Gang,
Wu Yujuan,
Wang Sifei,
Wang Hongwei |
Thriller |
|
| Cherry |
Zhang Jiabei |
Miao Pu
Tuo Guoquan |
Drama |
|
| Crossed Lines |
Liu Yiwei,
Lin Jinhe |
Fan Bingbing,
Xu Fan |
Comedy |
|
| Crossing Over |
Jin Chen |
|
Romance |
|
| Dangerous Games |
Wang Guangli |
Xia Yu |
Comedy |
|
| Fengming, a Chinese Memoir |
Wang Bing |
He Fengming |
Documentary |
|
| Getting Home |
Zhang Yang |
Zhao Benshan |
Black comedy |
|
| How Is Your Fish Today? |
Guo Xiaolu |
Guo Xiaolu,
Hao Ning |
Drama |
|
| The Knot |
Yin Li |
Chen Kun,
Vivian Hsu,
Li Bingbing |
Romance |
2007 Golden Rooster winner for best film |
| The Longest Night in Shanghai |
Zhang Yibai |
Zhao Wei,
Masahiro Motoki |
Romance |
|
| Lost in Beijing |
Li Yu |
Fan Bingbing,
Elaine Jin,
Tony Leung Ka Fai,
Tong Dawei |
Drama |
|
| Night Train |
Diao Yi'nan |
Liu Dan,
Qi Dao |
Thriller |
Grand Prix at the Warsaw International Film Festival |
| The Park |
Yin Lichuan |
Wang Deshun,
Li Jia |
Drama/Romance |
FIPRESCI Prize at the 2007 International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg |
| The Red Awn |
Cai Shangjun |
Yao Anlian,
Huang Lu |
Drama |
Golden Alexander winner at the 2007 International Thessaloniki Film Festival |
| The Sun Also Rises |
Jiang Wen |
Jiang Wen,
Joan Chen,
Anthony Wong,
Jaycee Chan |
Drama |
|
| Tuya's Marriage |
Wang Quan'an |
Yu Nan |
Drama |
Golden Bear winner of 2007 |
| Umbrella |
Du Haibin |
|
Documentary |
|
| Useless |
Jia Zhangke |
|
Documentary |
|
| The Warlords |
Peter Chan |
Jet Li,
Takeshi Kaneshiro,
Andy Lau |
Historical/War |
|
| The Western Trunk Line |
Li Jixian |
|
Drama |
|
| 2008 |
24 City |
Jia Zhangke |
Joan Chen,
Zhao Tao,
Lu Liping |
Drama |
|
| Crude Oil |
Wang Bing |
|
Documentary |
|
| Fujian Blue |
Weng Shouming |
|
Drama |
|
| I Am Liu Yuejin |
Ma Liwen |
|
Drama |
|
| In Love We Trust |
Wang Xiaoshuai |
Tian Yuan,
Yu Nan |
Drama |
Formerly titled Left Right |
| Lost, Indulgence |
Zhang Yibai |
|
Drama |
|
| Mei Lanfang |
Chen Kaige |
Leon Lai, Zhang Ziyi |
Biographical |
|
| Nanking Nanking |
Lu Chuan |
Liu Ye
Gao Yuanyuan |
War |
|
| Red Cliff |
John Woo |
|
Historical epic |
|
| Winter Story |
Zhu Chuanming |
Mao Mao,
An Qi |
Romance |
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