Hong Kong Film Awards' List of The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures - Updated (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

March 15, 2005

(Hong Kong Film Awards)

To celebrate one hundred years of Chinese cinema, Hong Kong Film Awards just release a list of The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures. 1948's black and white classic Springtime in a Small Town by director Fei Mu is rank No. 1 on the list. Among 103 films on the list, there are 11 films from China (pre-1949), 13 films from the mainland China (post-1949), 61 films from Hong Kong (no surprise, since the list was prepare by Hong Kong filmmakers), 16 film from Taiwan (post-1949), 1 Hong Kong and the mainland China co-production and 1 Taiwan and Hong Kong co-production.

 

 

 

 
Rank Title Year Region Director(s)
         
1 Springtime in a Small Town 1948 China FEI Mu
         
2 A Better Tomorrow 1986 Hong Kong John WOO
         
3 Days of Being Wild 1990 Hong Kong WONG Kar-Wai
         
4 Yellow Earth 1984 China (mainland) CHEN Kaige
         
5 City of Sadness 1989 Taiwan HOU Hsiao-Hsien
         
6 Long Arm of the Law 1984 Hong Kong Johnny MAK
         
7 Dragon Inn 1967 Taiwan King HU
         
8 Boat People 1982 Hong Kong Ann HUI
         
9 A Touch of Zen 1971 Taiwan King HU
         
10 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Taiwan / Hong Kong Ang LEE
         
11 Street Angel 1937 China YUAN Mu-Jih
         
12 A Brighter Summer Day 1991 Taiwan Edward YANG
         
13 The Private Eye 1976 Hong Kong Michael HUI
         
14 The Mission 1999 Hong Kong Johnnie TO
         
15 One-Armed Swordsman 1967 Hong Kong CHANG Cheh
         
16 Fist of Fury 1972 Hong Kong LO Wei
         
17 In the Heat of the Sun 1994 China (mainland) JIANG Wen
         
18 In the Face of Demolition 1953 Hong Kong LI Tie
         
19 A Chinese Odyssey 1995 Hong Kong Jeffrey LAU
         
20 The Arch 1970 Hong Kong TANG Shu-Shuen
         
21 Rouge 1988 Hong Kong Stanley Kwan
         
22 Chungking Express 1994 Hong Kong WONG Kar-Wai
         
23 Homecoming 1984 Hong Kong YIM Ho
         
24 The Time to Live and the Time to Die 1985 Taiwan HOU Hsiao-Hsien
         
25 Red Sorghum 1987 China (mainland) ZHANG Yimou
         
26 Father and Son 1981 Hong Kong Allen FONG
         
27 The Spring River Flows East 1947 China CAI Chusheng
         
28 Comrades: Almost a Love Story 1996 Hong Kong Peter CHAN
         
29 The Goddess 1934 China WU Yonggang
         
30 The Highway 1934 China SUN Yu
         
31 The Secret 1979 Hong Kong Ann HUI
         
32 Infernal Affairs 2002 Hong Kong LAU Wai-Keung / MAK Siu-Fai
         
33 Drunken Master 1978 Hong Kong YUEN Wo-Ping
         
34 The Butterfly Murders 1979 Hong Kong TSUI Hark
         
35 Ashes of Time 1994 Hong Kong Wong Kar-Wai
         
36 Made in Hong Kong 1997 Hong Kong Fruit CHAN
         
37 Sorrows of the Forbidden City 1948 China ZHU Shilin
         
38 Liang Shan-po and Chu Ying-t'ai 1963 Hong Kong LI Han-Hsiang
         
39 The Story of A Discharged Prisoner 1967 Hong Kong LUNG Kong
         
40 Zu Warriors 1983 Hong Kong TSUI Hark
         
41 The Terrorizer 1986 Taiwan Edward YANG
         
42 The Killer 1989 Hong Kong John WOO
         
43 Once Upon of Time in China 1991 Hong Kong TSUI Hark
         
44 The Actress 1992 Hong Kong Stanley KWAN
         
45 Story of Qiuju 1992 China (mainland) ZHANG Yimou
         
46 This Life of Mine 1950 China (mainland) SHI Hui
         
47 Kingdom and the Beauty 1959 Hong Kong LI Han-Hsiang
         
48 Dong Nuan (literal: Winter Warm) 1969 Taiwan LI Han-Hsiang
         
49 An Autumn's Tale 1987 Hong Kong Mabel CHEUNG
         
50 A Chinese Ghost Story 1987 Hong Kong CHING Siu-Tung
         
51 The Purple Hairpin 1959 Hong Kong LI Tie
         
52 The Orphan 1960 Hong Kong LEE Sun-Fung
         
53 Two Stage Sisters 1965 China (mainland) XIE Jin
         
54 City on Fire 1987 Hong Kong Ringo LAM
         
55 Farewell My Concubine 1993 Hong Kong / China (mainland) CHEN Kaige
         
56 Yi Yi 2000 Taiwan Edward YANG
         
57 Cold Nights 1955 Hong Kong LEE Sun-Fung
         
58 Po Xiao Shi Fen (literal: Moment of Dawn) 1967 Taiwan SUNG Tsu-Shou
         
59 Raining in the Mountain 1979 Taiwan King HU
         
60 Police Story 1985 Hong Kong Jackie CHAN
         
61 C'est la Vie, Mon Chéri 1993 Hong Kong YEE Tung-Sheng
         
62 The Wedding Banquet 1993 Taiwan Ang LEE
         
63 The Platform 2000 China (mainland) JIA Zhangke
         
64 The Wild, Wild Rose 1960 Hong Kong WANG Tian-Lin
         
65 The Great Devotion 1960 Hong Kong CHOR Yuen
         
66 My Intimate Partner 1960 Hong Kong KIM Chun
         
67 Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind 1980 Hong Kong TSUI Hark
         
68 Ah Ying / Ban Bian Ren 1983 Hong Kong Allen FONG
         
69 Durian Durian 2000 Hong Kong Fruit CHAN
         
70 Little Toys 1933 China SUN Yu
         
71 Ai Le Zhong Nian (literal: Happiness and Sadness of Middle Age) 1949 China SANG Hu
         
72 The House of 72 Tenants 1973 Hong Kong CHOR Yuen
         
73 Nomad 1982 Hong Kong Patrick TAM
         
74 Dust in the Wind 1986 Taiwan HOU Hsiao-Hsien
         
75 92 Legendary La Rose Noire 1992 Hong Kong Jeffrey LAU
         
76 Shaolin Soccer 2002 Hong Kong Stephen Chow
         
77 Song at Midnight 1937 China MA-XU Weibang
         
78 China Behind 1974 Hong Kong TONG Shu-Shuen
         
79 The Spooky Bunch 1980 Hong Kong Ann HUI
         
80 Taipei Story 1985 Taiwan Edward YANG
         
81 The Blue Kite 1993 China (mainland) TIAN Zhuangzhuang
         
82 Tai Tai Wan Sui (literal: Viva! My Wife) 1948 China SANG Hu
         
83 Mambo Girl 1957 Hong Kong YI Wen
         
84 Feast of a Rich Family 1959 Hong Kong LEE Sun-Fung / LI Tie / NG Wui / LO Ji-Hung
         
85 Execution in Autumn 1972 Taiwan LEE Hsing
         
86 Hibiscus Town 1986 China (mainland) XIE Jin
         
87 God of Gamblers 1989 Hong Kong Wong Jing
         
88 As Tears Go By 1989 Hong Kong WONG Kar-Wai
         
89 Happy Together 1997 Hong Kong WONG Kar-Wai
         
90 In the Mood for Love 2000 Hong Kong WONG Kar-Wai
         
91 The Light of Ten Thousand Homes 1948 China SHEN Fu
         
92 Festival Moon 1953 Hong Kong ZHU Shilin
         
93 Fu Mu Xin (Hearts of Father and Mother) 1955 Hong Kong KIM Chun
         
94 Lin Zexu 1959 China (mainland) ZHENG Junli / CEN Fan
         
95 Dreams of the Red Chambers 1962 China (mainland) CEN Fan
         
96 Digital Master 1983 Hong Kong Kirk WONG
         
97 Shanghai Blues 1984 Hong Kong TSUI Hark
         
98 Eight Diagram Pole Fighter 1984 Hong Kong LIU Chia-Liang
         
99 The Black Cannon Incident 1985 China (mainland) HUANG Jianxin
         
100 Rebels of the Neon God 1992 Taiwan TSAI Ming-Liang
         
101 In the Hands of a Puppet Master 1993 Taiwan HOU Hsiao-Hsien
         
102 Summer Snow 1995 Hong Kong Ann HUI
         
103 Not One Less 1998 China (mainland) ZHANG Yimou
         
Thanks to "dleedlee" and "Goosnargh" for the correction on film no. 39.