In the context of the growing prosperity of the Chinese film market, many domestic films have emerged, not only winning the love of audiences at home, but also shining on the international stage. Here are 17 recommended domestic films, which cover different themes and styles, showing the diversity and innovation of Chinese films.
1."Farewell My Concubine" (1993): This classic film directed by Chen Kaige tells the story of the love-hate relationship between two Peking Opera actors, showing the charm of traditional Chinese culture and the complexity of human nature.
2."Alive" (1994): A realistic film directed by Zhang Yimou, based on Yu Hua's name**, which depicts the ups and downs of the fate of an ordinary peasant family in the vicissitudes of Chinese history.
3."Sunny Days" (1995): A coming-of-age film directed by Jiang Wen, set during the Cultural Revolution, showing the growth and confusion of a group of young people.
4."Sweet Honey" (1996): A love film directed by Chen Kexin, starring Li Ming, Maggie Cheung, Zeng Zhiwei and Yang Gongru, tells the story of Li Xiaojun and Li Qiao, who came to Hong Kong from Chinese mainland to beg for a living, and two lonely strangers produced the story of true love.
5."Hero" (2002): A martial arts film directed by Zhang Yimou, the film tells such a story: in the last years of the Warring States Period, the Seven Heroes rose together, but the Qin State was the most powerful, eager to annex the Six Kingdoms and dominate the world.
6."Infernal Affairs" (2002): The police film directed by Lau Wai-keung and Mak Siu-fai is a classic of Hong Kong police and gangster films, telling the story of two men with confused identities who are ** and *** undercover respectively, and after a fierce gladiatorial fight, they are determined to find their own story.
7."Let the Bullets Fly" (2010): A black comedy film directed by Jiang Wen, which tells the story of the gangster Zhang Muzhi, who turns into a Qing official "Ma Bond" to become the magistrate of Goose City, and starts a fierce battle with Huang Shilang, a bully who guards Goose City.
8."Tangshan Da**" (2010): A realistic film directed by Feng Xiaogang, adapted from Zhang Ling's ** "Aftershock", which tells the story of a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses who were separated in Tangshan Da** and unexpectedly reunited their families after 32 years.
9."Eyewitness Pursuit" (2017): A crime suspense film directed by Cheng Weihao, which tells the story of social reporter Xiao Qi, who accidentally discovers that a car accident nine years ago is not simple, so he decides to join forces with his female boss Maggie to investigate.
10."Fanghua" (2017): A youth literary film directed by Feng Xiaogang, set in the 1970s and 1980s, tells the story of a group of young people in the prime of life in the military art troupe full of ideals and passion, experiencing the germination of love in their growth and the life fate full of variables.
11."Wolf Warrior" (2017): An action military film directed by Wu Jing, which tells the story of Leng Feng, who takes off his military uniform and is involved in a rebellion in an African country.
12."I Am Not the God of Medicine" (2018): A realistic film starring Xu Zheng, based on real events, tells the story of Cheng Yong, the owner of an Indian god oil store, who jumped from a male health care product vendor who couldn't pay the rent to the exclusive ** merchant of Indian generic drug "Grenin".
13."Wushuang" (2018): A crime action movie directed by Zhuang **, which tells the story of the criminal genius "painter" and the counterfeiting genius Li Wen who combine their swords to create super counterfeit banknotes.
14."Nezha: The Demon Boy Descends to the World" (2019): An animated film directed by Dumpling, which tells the story of Nezha's growth experience of "being born a demon" but "fighting against the sky to the end".
15."The Wandering Earth" (2019): A science fiction film directed by Guo Fan, adapted from Liu Cixin's name of the same name**, the story is set in 2075, telling the story of the imminent destruction of the sun, and the solar system after the destruction is no longer suitable for human survival.
16."My Motherland and Me" (2019): A patriotic film co-directed by multiple directors, consisting of seven short stories, telling the great course and brilliant achievements of the People's Republic of China in the 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
17."One Second" (2020): A feature film directed by Zhang Yimou, adapted from Yan Geling's feature-length ** "Lu Criminal", which tells the story of Zhang Jiusheng who crossed thousands of miles of yellow sand at the expense of heavy penalties to see his daughter's images, and met Liu's daughter on the way looking for waste film to make lampshades, and Fan Film, a film projectionist who never made mistakes, and the story of the three of them forming an indissoluble bond.