Best Chinese Movies for Intermediate to Upper Mediate Lvl's

user38145
July 25, 2015, 03:39 PM posted in I Have a Question

What are the best current Chinese movies to watch for someone who's trying to make a jump from intermediate to upper intermediate?  The lessons are great, but I think I need to start watching visuals as I hear the discussions.  

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ZhouRui
July 25, 2015, 04:52 PM

天下無賊 {tiān xià wú zéi} "A World Without Thieves" is a good movie. We watched it in my second-year Chinese class. The actor who plays the villain is named 葛優 {gě yōu}. He is one of the great modern-day Chinese actors. I recommend all of his movies. Information about "A World Without Thieves:"

Another good movie with Ge You is 非誠勿擾 {fēi chéng wù rǎo}. It was really popular. Information about 非誠勿擾

Here is some general information on Ge You and a list of movies he's been in:

Another great movie is called "The Road Home" 我的父親母親 {wǒ de fùqīn mǔqīn}. It was Zhang Ziyi's first film. It's a charming movie. I highly recommend it.

Enjoy!!

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waiguoren

I've watched all these movies based on your suggestion! 多谢!

I particularly liked 'A World Without Thieves'

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ZhouRui

Great!!

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hansimei

谢谢!I've seen the third but not the first two. "Charming" describes "The Road Home" well; I really adored it.

Always good to get new recommendations!

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藍狗
August 03, 2015, 10:48 PM

All good films. Another good film with葛優 and also starring鞏俐 is活著(To live), directed by 張藝謀。 I think the best movie in recent years , but is banned in China is 天註定 directed by賈樟柯.

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ZhouRui

Looking forward to watching it. Thanks!

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waiguoren
August 04, 2015, 01:43 PM

Here's a pretty good list of Chinese movies, courtesy of Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_China#Rise_of_the_Fifth_Generation

Some of my favourite Chinese movies are:

Lost in Being (2007) - 苹果

Aftershock (2010) - 唐山大地震  

Beijing Bicycle (2001)  - 十七岁的单车

Can anyone else think of some good Chinese films?

 

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藍狗

These are all good films. 風行網is the only site I know of that you can watch them outside China. Some may be found on Youtube also. 神槍手與智多星 (大陸:犯罪、動作、喜劇)。 邊境風雲 (大陸:犯罪、動作、戲劇)。 私人訂製 (大陸:喜劇)。 雙食記 (大陸:戲劇,犯罪)。 歸來(ComingHome,大陸:戲劇) 飲食男女(台灣: 戲劇、文藝)。 流浪神狗人 (台灣:戲劇 )。 幫幫我愛神 (台灣:戲劇、文藝)。

Two good movies directed by 姜文: 太陽照樣起來 and 鬼子來了. The latter was banned in China, and may still be.