Inspired by Matt’s earlier top 100 Italian films restored, I present a list that was made in 2005 consisting of mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Spoiler: it’s actually 103. 1 Spring in a Small Town 1948 China Mandarin Fei Mu 2 A Better Tomorrow 1986 Hong Kong Cantonese John Woo 3 Days of Being Wild 1990 Hong Kong Cantonese (+) Wong Kar-wai 4 Yellow Earth 1984 China Mandarin Chen Kaige 5 City of Sadness 1989 Taiwan Taiwanese (+) Hou Hsiao-hsien 6 Long Arm of the Law 1984 Hong Kong Cantonese Johnny Mak 7 Dragon Gate Inn 1967 Taiwan Mandarin King Hu 8 Boat People 1982 Hong Kong Cantonese (+) Ann Hui 9 A Touch of Zen 1971 Taiwan Mandarin King Hu 10 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 China/Hong Kong/Taiwan/USA Mandarin Ang Lee 11 Street Angel 1937 China Mandarin Yuan Muzhi 12 A Brighter Summer Day 1991 Taiwan Mandarin (+) Edward Yang 13 The Private Eyes 1976 Hong Kong Cantonese Michael Hui 14 The Mission 1999 Hong Kong Cantonese Johnnie To 15 One-Armed Swordsman 1967 Hong Kong Mandarin Chang Cheh 16 Fist of Fury 1972 Hong Kong Mandarin / English Lo Wei 17 In the Heat of the Sun 1994 China Mandarin Jiang Wen 18 In the Face of Demolition 1953 Hong Kong Cantonese Lee Tit 19 A Chinese Odyssey 1995 Hong Kong Cantonese / Mandarin Jeffery Lau 20 The Arch 1970 Hong Kong Mandarin Tang Shu Shuen 21 Rouge 1987 Hong Kong Cantonese Stanley Kwan 22 Chungking Express 1994 Hong Kong Cantonese (+) Wong Kar-wai 23 Homecoming 1984 Hong Kong Cantonese / Mandarin Yim Ho 24 The Time to Live and the Time to Die 1985 Taiwan Mandarin / Taiwanese Hou Hsiao-hsien 25 Red Sorghum 1987 China Mandarin Zhang Yimou 26 Father and Son 1981 Hong Kong Cantonese Allen Fong 27 The Spring River Flows East 1947 China Mandarin Cai Chusheng,*Zheng Junli 28 Comrades: Almost a Love Story 1996 Hong Kong Cantonese Peter Chan 29 The Goddess 1934 China (Silent) Wu Yonggang 30 The Big Road 1934 China (Silent) Sun Yu 31 The Secret 1979 Hong Kong Cantonese Ann Hui 32 Infernal Affairs 2002 Hong Kong Cantonese Andrew Lau,*Alan Mak 33 Drunken Master 1978 Hong Kong Cantonese Yuen Woo-Ping 34 The Butterfly Murders 1979 Hong Kong Cantonese Tsui Hark 35 Ashes of Time 1994 Hong Kong Cantonese Wong Kar-wai 36 Made in Hong Kong 1997 Hong Kong Cantonese Fruit Chan 37 Sorrows of the Forbidden City 1948 China Mandarin Zhu Shilin 38 The Love Eterne 1963 Hong Kong Cantonese / Mandarin Li Han-Hsiang 39 Story of a Discharged Prisoner 1967 Hong Kong Cantonese Patrick Lung Kong 40 Zu Warriors 1983 Hong Kong Cantonese Tsui Hark 41 Terrorizers 1986 Taiwan Mandarin / Taiwanese Edward Yang 42 The Killer 1989 Hong Kong Cantonese John Woo 43 Once Upon a Time in China 1991 Hong Kong Cantonese / English Tsui Hark 44 Center Stage 1992 Hong Kong Mandarin (+) Stanley Kwan 45 The Story of Qiu Ju 1992 China Mandarin Zhang Yimou 46 This Life of Mine 1950 China Mandarin Shi Hui 47 Kingdom and the Beauty 1959 Hong Kong Mandarin Li Han Hsiang 48 The Winter 1969 Taiwan Mandarin Li Han Hsiang 49 An Autumn's Tale 1987 Hong Kong Cantonese (+) Mabel Cheung 50 A Chinese Ghost Story 1987 Hong Kong Cantonese Ching Siu-Tung 51 The Purple Hairpin 1959 Hong Kong Cantonese Lee Tit 52 The Orphan 1960 Hong Kong Cantonese Lee Sun-Fung 53 Two Stage Sisters 1965 China Mandarin Xie Jin 54 City on Fire 1987 Hong Kong Cantonese / Mandarin Ringo Lam 55 Farewell My Concubine 1993 Hong Kong/China Mandarin Chen Kaige 56 Yi Yi 2000 Taiwan Mandarin / Taiwanese Edward Yang 57 Cold Nights 1955 Hong Kong Cantonese Lee Sun-fung 58 At Dawn 1967 Taiwan Sung Tsun-Shou 59 Raining in the Mountain 1979 Taiwan Mandarin King Hu 60 Police Story 1985 Hong Kong Cantonese Jackie Chan 61 C'est la vie, mon chéri 1993 Hong Kong Cantonese Derek Yee 62 The Wedding Banquet 1993 Taiwan Mandarin / English Ang Lee 63 Platform 2000 China Mandarin Jia Zhangke 64 The Wild, Wild Rose 1960 Hong Kong Mandarin Wang Tian-Lin 65 The Great Devotion 1960 Hong Kong Cantonese Chor Yuen 66 My Intimate Partner 1960 Hong Kong Cantonese Kim Chun 67 Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind 1980 Hong Kong Cantonese Tsui Hark 68 Ah Ying / Ban Bian Ren 1983 Hong Kong Cantonese / Mandarin / English Allen Fong 69 Durian Durian 2000 Hong Kong Cantonese / Mandarin Fruit Chan 70 Little Toys 1933 China (Silent) Sun Yu 71 Ai le zhongnian 1949 China Mandarin Sang Hu 72 The House of 72 Tenants 1973 Hong Kong Cantonese Chor Yuen 73 Nomad 1982 Hong Kong Cantonese Patrick Tam 74 Dust in the Wind 1986 Taiwan Hou Hsiao-hsien 75 92 Legendary La Rose Noire 1992 Hong Kong Cantonese Jeffrey Lau 76 Shaolin Soccer 2001 Hong Kong Cantonese Stephen Chow 77 Song at Midnight 1937 China Mandarin Ma-Xu Weibang 78 China Behind 1974 Hong Kong Tang Shu Shuen 79 The Spooky Bunch 1980 Hong Kong Cantonese Ann Hui 80 Taipei Story 1985 Taiwan Mandarin Edward Yang 81 The Blue Kite 1993 China Mandarin Tian Zhuangzhuang 82 Long Live the Missus! 1948 China Mandarin Sang Hu 83 Mambo Girl 1957 Hong Kong Mandarin Yi Wen 84 Feast of a Rich Family 1959 Hong Kong Cantonese Lee Sun-Fung,*Lee Tit,*Ng Wui,*Lo Ji-Hung 85 Execution in Autumn 1972 Taiwan Mandarin Lee Hsing 86 Hibiscus Town 1986 China Mandarin Xie Jin 87 God of Gamblers 1989 Hong Kong Cantonese Wong Jing 88 As Tears Go By 1988 Hong Kong Cantonese / Mandarin Wong Kar-wai 89 Happy Together 1997 Hong Kong Mandarin / Cantonese / Spanish Wong Kar-wai 90 In the Mood for Love 2000 Hong Kong Cantonese / Shanghainese Wong Kar-wai 91 Myriad of Lights 1948 China Mandarin Shen Fu 92 Festival Moon 1953 Hong Kong Mandarin Zhu Shilin 93 Parents' Hearts 1955 Hong Kong Cantonese Kim Chun 94 Lin Zexu 1959 China Mandarin Zheng Junli,*Cen Fan 95 Dream of the Red Chamber 1962 China Mandarin Cen Fan 96 Digital Master 1983 Hong Kong Cantonese Kirk Wong 97 Shanghai Blues 1984 Hong Kong Cantonese Tsui Hark 98 The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter 1984 Hong Kong Cantonese Lau Kar-Leung 99 The Black Cannon Incident 1985 China Mandarin Huang Jianxin 100 Rebels of the Neon God 1992 Taiwan Mandarin / Taiwanese Tsai Ming-liang 101 The Puppetmaster 1993 Taiwan Mandarin / Taiwanese / Japanese Hou Hsiao-hsien 102 Summer Snow 1995 Hong Kong Cantonese Ann Hui 103 Not One Less 1998 China Mandarin Zhang Yimou |
Point of clarification: I think mainland China would exclude Hong Kong and Taiwan.
As for the list, I have seen these ones:
Originally Posted by Wyldesyde19 (Post 2307582)
2 A Better Tomorrow 1986 Hong Kong Cantonese John Woo
6 Long Arm of the Law 1984 Hong Kong Cantonese Johnny 7 Dragon Gate Inn 1967 Taiwan Mandarin King Hu 8 Boat People 1982 Hong Kong Cantonese (+) Ann Hui 9 A Touch of Zen 1971 Taiwan Mandarin King Hu 10 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 China/Hong Kong/Taiwan/USA Mandarin Ang Lee 14 The Mission 1999 Hong Kong Cantonese Johnnie To 15 One-Armed Swordsman 1967 Hong Kong Mandarin Chang Cheh 16 Fist of Fury 1972 Hong Kong Mandarin / English Lo Wei 22 Chungking Express 1994 Hong Kong Cantonese (+) Wong Kar-wai 32 Infernal Affairs 2002 Hong Kong Cantonese Andrew Lau,*Alan Mak 33 Drunken Master 1978 Hong Kong Cantonese Yuen Woo-Ping 42 The Killer 1989 Hong Kong Cantonese John Woo 50 A Chinese Ghost Story 1987 Hong Kong Cantonese Ching Siu-Tung 54 City on Fire 1987 Hong Kong Cantonese / Mandarin Ringo Lam 60 Police Story 1985 Hong Kong Cantonese Jackie Chan 67 Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind 1980 Hong Kong Cantonese Tsui Hark 88 As Tears Go By 1988 Hong Kong Cantonese / Mandarin Wong Kar-wai 98 The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter 1984 Hong Kong Cantonese Lau Kar-Leung I think all are worth a watch, but the bolded are especially good. |
I've seen these:
Spring in a Small Town City of Sadness A Touch of Zen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon A Brighter Summer Day Chungking Express The Killer Farewell My Concubine Yi Yi Happy Together In the Mood for Love The Puppetmaster |
Hmm; I like Better Tomorrow, but I don't know about it being higher than The Killer or Crouching Tiger...
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Originally Posted by Rockatansky (Post 2307598)
Point of clarification: I think mainland China would exclude Hong Kong and Taiwan.
As for the list, I have seen these ones: I think all are worth a watch, but the bolded are especially good. |
I wanna highlight a few films I’ve seen:
One Armed Swordsmen, The Time to Live and a Time to Die, Terorrizers, The Wedding Banquet, and Dust in the Wind. |
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