Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures
To celebrate a century of Chinese cinema, the Hong Kong Film Awards unveiled a list of Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures (which in fact includes 103 films) during the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony on 27 March 2005. The list, selected by a panel of 101 filmmakers, critics and scholars, includes 24 films from Mainland China (11 from pre-1949 and 13 from post-1949), 61 from Hong Kong, 16 from Taiwan, and 2 co-productions.
| Rank | Title | Year | Region | Language | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Li Tie |
| 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 |
| 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 Wo 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 | The Story of A Discharged Prisoner | 1967 | Hong Kong | Cantonese | Lung Kong |
| 40 | Zu Warriors | 1983 | Hong Kong | Cantonese | Tsui Hark |
| 41 | The 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 | Li Tie |
| 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: A One and a Two | 2000 | Taiwan | Mandarin / Taiwanese | Edward Yang |
| 57 | Cold Nights | 1955 | Hong Kong | Cantonese | Lee Sun-fung |
| 58 | Po Xiao Shi Fen | 1967 | Taiwan | Sung Tsu-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 Zhong Nian | 1949 | China | 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 | Tong 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 | Tai Tai Wan Sui | 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, Li Tie, 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 (+) | Wong Kar-wai |
| 91 | Myriad of Lights | 1948 | China | Mandarin | Fu Shen |
| 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 |
| 95 | Dreams of the Red Chambers | 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 | Liu Chia-Liang |
| 99 | The Black Cannon Incident | 1985 | China | Mandarin | Huang Jianxin |
| 100 | Rebels of the Neon God | 1992 | Taiwan | Mandarin / Taiwanese | Tsai Ming-liang |
| 101 | In the Hands of a Puppet Master | 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 |
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