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Beijing : Top 10 Chinese Movies

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1. Beijing Bicycle

(Wang Xiaoshuai; 2001) A young bike messenger has his ride stolen and attempts to get it back.
2. Spring in a Small Town

(Fei Mu; 1948) A man returns home to find his childhood sweetheart married. Voted best Chinese film of all time.
3. Yellow Earth

(Chen Kaige; 1984) A Red Army soldier is posted to a desolate province to collect folk songs and finds misery.
4. Platform

(Jia Zhangke; 2000) Epic account of the changes in China’s pop culture during the 1980s.
5. To Live

(Zhang Yimou; 1994) Tragedy and black humor in the tale of one family from the 1940s to the 1980s.
6. A Touch of Zen

(King Hu; 1969), Sword-play films, have been popular in China since the 1920s, but this revitalized the genre.
7. Raise the Red Lantern

(Zhang Yimou; 1991) Intrigue between the multiple wives of a wealthy overlord.
8. Farewell My Concubine

(Chen Kaige; 1993) The film that really put Chinese cinema back on the map.
9. Hero

(Zhang Yimou; 2002) Martial arts waltz that to date is the most successful film ever made in China.
10. Peacock

(Gu Changwei; 2005) The tribulations of a working-class family in a small rural town.