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