Pavilion of Women (2001)

House of Flying Daggers (2004)

Summary: A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

Release Date: January 14, 2005

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Yimou Zhang

Writers: Feng Li

, Bin Wang

, Yimou Zhang

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Beijing New Picture Film, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Edko Films, Xin Huamian Film

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Countries: China, Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 100,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,050,094

International: $ 81,813,851

Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

Summary: China in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that ar...

Release Date: December 18, 1991

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Director: Yimou Zhang

Writers: Tong Su

, Ni Zhen

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: PG

Production: ERA International, China Film Co-Production Corporation

Distributor: Orion Classics, MGM Home Entertainment, Films sans Frontières, MGM World Films

Countries: Hong Kong, China

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 2,603,061

Farewell My Concubine (1993)

Summary: Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

Release Date: October 15, 1993

Genres: Drama, Romance, Music

Director: Kaige Chen

Writers: Pik-Wah Lee

, Wei Lu

Runtime: 2 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Beijing Film Studio, Tomson Films, China Film Co-Production Corporation

Countries: China, Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,549,086

International: $ 1,897,998

Production: Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., China Film Co-Production Corporation, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Edko Films, Good Machine, Sony Pictures Classics, Zoom Hunt International Productions, Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Summary: A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

Release Date: January 12, 2001

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Ang Lee

Writers: Hui-Ling Wang

, James Schamus

, Kuo Jung Tsai

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: PG-13

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Fox Network, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Taiwan, Hong Kong, United States, China

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 17,000,000

Domestic: $ 128,530,421

International: $ 85,448,097

Production: Golden Harvest Company, Beijing ShengShi HuaRei Film Investment & Management Co., China Film Co-Production Corporation, Mandarin Films Distribution, New Film Studio of Beijing Starlight International Media Co. Ltd., Beijing ShengShi HuaRei Film Investment & Management Co., Prosperity Pictures, Shanghai Film Group, Time Antaeus Media Group

Ip Man (2008)

Summary: During the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to ...

Release Date: December 12, 2008

Genres: Action, Drama, Biography

Director: Wilson Yip

Writers: Edmond Wong

, Tai-Lee Chan

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: 13+

Distributor: Mandarin Films Distribution, Well Go USA Entertainment, Variance Films, Gravitas Ventures

Countries: Hong Kong, China

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 11,715,578

The White Countess (2005)

Summary: In 1930s Shanghai, a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd--and sometimes illicit--jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family.

Release Date: March 31, 2006

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Director: James Ivory

Writer: Kazuo Ishiguro

Runtime: 2 h 15 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Merchant Ivory Productions, Sony Pictures Classics, Shanghai Film Group, Rising Star, China Film Co-Production Corporation

Distributor: Sony Pictures Television

Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, China, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 16,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,669,971

International: $ 2,422,711

Production: Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Huayi Brothers Media, Taihe Film Investment Co. Ltd., Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Beijing Film Studio, China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), The Fourth Production Company Film Group, Star Overseas, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Columbia Pictures

Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

Summary: In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.

Release Date: April 22, 2005

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Director: Stephen Chow

Writers: Stephen Chow

, Kan-Cheung Tsang

, Xin Huo

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: Hong Kong, China, United States

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,108,591

International: $ 87,773,854

The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

Summary: A discovery made by a kung fu obsessed American teen sends him on an adventure to ancient China, where he joins up with a band of martial arts warriors in order to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

Release Date: April 18, 2008

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Rob Minkoff

Writer: John Fusco

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Casey Silver Productions, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Huayi Brothers Media

Distributor: Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, China, Hong Kong

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 52,075,270

International: $ 76,717,141

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Summary: In the Far East, Alex O'Connell, the son of famed mummy fighters Rick and Evy O'Connell, unearths the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin -- a shape-shifting entity cursed by a witch centuries ago.

Release Date: August 01, 2008

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Rob Cohen

Writers: Alfred Gough

, Miles Millar

, John L. Balderston

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, The Sommers Company, Alphaville Films, Beijing Happy Pictures, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Giant Studios, Hivemind, Internationale Filmproduktion Blackbird Dritte, Mel's Cite du Cinema, Nowita Pictures, Shanghai Film Group

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Home Box Office (HBO), FX Network, ION Television, Mill Creek Entertainment

Countries: United States, Germany, China, Canada, United Kingdom, Hong Kong

Language: English

Franchise: The Mummy

Movie budget: $ 145,000,000

Domestic: $ 102,491,776

International: $ 300,958,054

Fearless (2006)

Summary: A biography of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.

Release Date: September 22, 2006

Genres: Action, Drama, Biography

Director: Ronny Yu

Writers: Chris Chow

, Richard Epcar

, Chi-Long To

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Golden Harvest Company, Beijing Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Prosperity Pictures, Wide River Investments

Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: China, Hong Kong, United States

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 24,633,730

International: $ 43,439,118

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)

Summary: Set three years after Dragon Inn, innkeeper Jade has disappeared and a new inn has risen from the ashes - one that's staffed by marauders masquerading as law-abiding citizens, who hope to unearth the fabled lost city buried in the...

Release Date: December 15, 2011

Genres: Action, Adventure

Director: Hark Tsui

Writer: Hark Tsui

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Beijing Liangzi Group, Beijing Poly-bona Film Publishing Company, Bona Entertainment, Bona International Film Group, China Film Co-Production Corporation, China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), Film Workshop, SMG Pictures, Shanda Pictures, Shineshow

Distributor: Distribution Workshop, Indomina Releasing, Cinedigm Entertainment Group, Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment

Countries: China, Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 170,276

International: $ 3,153,105

Warriors of Virtue (1997)

Summary: A young boy is whisked away to the mythical land of Tao where he becomes the center of a conflict between an evil lord and a group of animal warriors.

Release Date: May 02, 1997

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Ronny Yu

Writers: Michael Vickerman

, Hugh Kelley

, Dennis K. Law

Runtime: 2 h 11 min

MPAA: G

Production: China Film Co-Production Corporation, IJL Creations, Law Brothers Entertainment

Distributor: Image Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Countries: China, Hong Kong, Canada, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 6,524,620

International: $ 12,416

Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003)

Summary: A Chinese emissary is sent to the Gobi desert to execute a renegade soldier. When a caravan transporting a Buddhist monk and a valuable treasure is threatened by thieves, however, the two warriors might unite to protect the travel...

Release Date: September 23, 2003

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Ping He

Writers: Richard Epcar

, Ping He

, Rui Zhang

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Huayi Brothers Media, Taihe Film Investment Co. Ltd., Xi'an Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia

Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Countries: China, Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 82,936

International: $ 6,023,242

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)

Summary: A Japanese father travels to China's Yunnan province in the place of his ailing son to film a folk-opera singer.

Release Date: December 22, 2005

Genre: Drama

Director: Yimou Zhang

Writers: Yimou Zhang

, Jingzhi Zou

, Bin Wang

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Beijing New Picture Film, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Edko Films, Toho Company, Xin Huamian Film, Zhang Yimou Studio

Countries: China, Japan, Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 7,500,000

Domestic: $ 252,325

International: $ 3,500,000

Women Who Flirt (2014)

Summary: When a woman decides to take it upon herself to win back the love of her live, she realizes she'll have to sink to using her female prowess -- and becoming what she despises the most -- a woman who flirts.

Release Date: November 26, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Director: Ho-Cheung Pang

Writers: Fu-man Luo

, Ho-Cheung Pang

, Youyou Zhang

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

Production: China Film Co-Production Corporation, Huayi Brothers Media, Making Film

Distributor: Huayi Brothers Media

Country: China

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 375,495

International: $ 38,780,637

Ju Dou (1990)

Summary: In rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.

Genres: Drama, Romance

Directors: Yimou Zhang

, Fengliang Yang

Writer: Heng Liu

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: China Film Co-Production Corporation, China Film Release Import and Export Company, Tokuma Shoten, Xi'an Film Studio

Distributor: Filmax, Miramax, Live Home Video, Cinémax, Artisan Home Entertainment, Razor Digital Entertainment

Countries: China, Japan

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 1,986,433

The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)

Summary: In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.

Release Date: November 14, 1998

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Director: Kaige Chen

Writers: Kaige Chen

, Peigong Wang

, Hiroshi Aramata

Runtime: 2 h 42 min

MPAA: 14+

Production: Shin Corporation, Le Studio Canal+, New Wave Company, Beijing Film Studio, Nippon Film Development and Finance, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Pricel, Le Studio Canal+

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Home Video

Countries: China, France, Japan

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,267,239

Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

Summary: Villagers in World War II China are unsure what to do with the two enemy prisoners who have been left in their care.

Release Date: March 14, 2001

Genres: Comedy, Drama, War

Director: Wen Jiang

Writers: Wen Jiang

, Haiying Li

, Xing Liu

Runtime: 2 h 19 min

Production: Asian Union Film & Entertainment, Beijing Zhongbo-Times Film Planning, CMC Xiandai Trade Co., China Film Co-Production Corporation, Huayi Brothers Advertising, Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd.

Distributor: Cowboy Pictures

Country: China

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 18,944