Shadow Magic
(2000) [PG]

Beijing, 1902: an enterprising young portrait photographer named Liu Jinglun, keen on new technology, befriends a newly-arrived Englishman who's brought projector, camera, and Lumiere-brothers' shorts to open the Shadow Magic theater. Liu's work with Wallace brings him conflict with tradition and...  More

Beijing Bicycle
(2001) [M]

Set in modern-day Beijing, this powerful and evocative drama depicts, in brilliant detail, the daily struggle that the millions of citizens of Beijing face day in and day out. When a young man, Guei, arrives in Beijing from a rural village he finds a job as a delivery boy. Discovering that...  More

The Last Emperor
(1987) [M]

Bernardo Bertolucci's epic film tells the incredible story of Pu Yi, who in 1908 at the age of three became ruler of nearly half the world's population. He was the "Son of Heaven", "Lord of Ten Thousand Years" and the last emperor of China.

His reign was short and three years later a...  More

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(2000) [M]

Amazing martial arts fighting sequences (choreographed by Yuen wo Ping - The Matrix), stunning special effects, action, adventure and romance made Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon an international critical and commercial smash. Martial arts masters Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) and Shu Lien (Michelle...  More

Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker
(1994) [M]

A woman inherits her father's fireworks factory, as he had no son. The business does well and everything works in an orderly fashion until one day, an itinerant painter is hired to decorate the doors and vases at the factory. The woman, forbidden to marry and thereby involve outsiders in the...  More

Yellow Earth
(1984) [G]

A Communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect traditional folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust...  More

Ju Dou
(1990) [M]

A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed in glowing technicolour, this tale of romantic and...  More

Raise The Red Lantern
(1991) [M]

China in the 1920's. After her fathers death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerfull family. Fifty year old Chen has already three wives, each of them living in seperate houses within the great castle. The competition between the wives is tough, as...  More

The Story Of Qiu Ju
(1992) [M]

This simple tale of a peasant woman reflects on rural Chinese society today. When her husband is assaulted by the village chief, Qiu Ju decides that only an apology, the ultimate loss of face, will do. What follows is a journey through a tangle of bureaucracy in her search for justice. Mandarin...  More

The Wedding Banquet
(1993) [M]

A gay New Yorker stages a marriage of convenience with a young woman to satisfy his traditional Taiwanese family, but the wedding becomes a major inconvenience when his parents fly in for the ceremony. Director Ang Lee came to international prominence with this warm-hearted comedy, which centers...  More