The 40 most popular chinese movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.


The Shadow's Edge
2025 · 2h 22m · CN
Macau Police brings the tracking expert police officer out of retirement to help catch a dangerous group of professional thieves.


Kung Fu Soccer
2026 · 1h 46m · HK
Dismissed as underdogs before they even step onto the pitch, the Emei Women's Football Team enters the prestigious Supreme Invincible Cup determined to prove everyone wrong. Led by captain Shuangshuang, star striker Yulong, and mentor Xu Feng, the team combines martial arts mastery with football skill in a thrilling quest for victory. Against mounting challenges and impossible odds, they fight to make their mark and chase their championship dream.


The Furious
2026 · 1h 53m · HK
When Wang Wei's daughter is abducted by a criminal organization and law enforcement declines to intervene due to corruption, Wei embarks on a solo mission to find her. His sole ally is Navin, a determined journalist whose wife has also mysteriously disappeared. Together, this improbable pair confronts the kidnappers in a fierce martial arts confrontation, driven by an intense desire for retribution.


Farewell My Concubine
1993 · 2h 51m · CN
In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.


Ne Zha 2
2025 · 2h 24m · CN
After a catastrophic event leaves their bodies destroyed, Ne Zha and Ao Bing are granted a fragile second chance at life. As tensions rise between the dragon clans and celestial forces, the two must undergo a series of perilous trials that will test their bond, challenge their identities, and decide the fate of both mortals and immortals.


Blades of the Guardians
2026 · 2h 6m · CN
Dao Ma, the "second most wanted fugitive," is entrusted by his benefactor, the chief of Mo family clan, to take on a mysterious escort mission-escorting the "most wanted fugitive" to Chang'an.


Hero
2002 · 1h 39m · HK
During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.


The Legend of Hei 2
2025 · 1h 59m · CN
When an attack shatters the fragile peace between the spirit world and humanity, Hei teams up with Luye, the last disciple of his Shifu Wuxian, to expose a conspiracy that threatens both realms - and the bond they've sworn to protect.


The Wandering Earth II
2023 · 2h 54m · CN
Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.


Lost in Beijing
2007 · 1h 52m · CN
A look at modern-day life in China's capital centered on a ménage-a-quatre involving a young woman, her boss, her husband and her boss's wife.


The Legend of Hei
2019 · 1h 42m · CN
When cat spirit Luo Xiaohei's home is deforested by humans, he must find a new one. He runs into a group of other spirit creatures who take him under their wing with dreams of reconquering the land they say is rightfully theirs. However, they run into a human known as Wuxian who separates Luo Xiaohei from the other spirits and the two go on a journey, with the cat spirit learning to control his abilities as well as forming his own thoughts on whether or not he should ally with the spirits or the humans.


Panda Plan: The Magical Tribe
2026 · 1h 40m · CN
The panda "Huhu" is about to move into a brand new panda enclosure when he's suddenly confronted by international robbers. Huhu falls off a cliff while battling the robbers, only to awaken to discover he's in a mysterious tribe. To return to the enclosure, this intriguing team helps the tribe solve various problems...


Ne Zha
2019 · 1h 50m · CN
A young boy is born as the reincarnation of a demonic power, into a society that hates and fears him. Destined by prophecy to bring destruction to the world, Nezha must choose between good and evil to see if he can change his fate.


Fearless
2006 · 1h 43m · CN
After going through a series of tragic events in his life, martial arts master Huo Yuanjia returns to Tianjin and must fight four international soldiers, in order to safeguard his nation's pride.


Allied
2016 · 2h 4m · CN
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.


Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
2023 · 2h 28m · CN
Based on the most well-known classical fantasy novel of China, Fengshenyanyi, the trilogy is a magnificent eastern high fantasy epic that recreates the prolonged mythical wars between humans, immortals and monsters, which happened more than three thousand years ago.


Once Upon a Time in the Middle East
2026 · 2h 21m · CN
Seeking a fresh start, chef Xu Fu travels to the Middle East to support his family and repay his debts. Alongside restaurant manager Ma Junsheng, he transforms the struggling Dragon Restaurant into a thriving business. But when war engulfs the city, their hard-won success is shattered and the restaurant becomes a refuge for those caught in the conflict. As danger closes in, Xu Fu must risk everything to protect his newfound community and preserve a small beacon of hope amid the devastation.


Abominable
2019 · 1h 37m · CN
A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.


A Place Called Silence
2024 · 1h 59m · CN
Chen Yutong, a girl's middle school student, was bullied at school, but her mother Li Han was unable to save her daughter from the "hell." Everyone around her turned a blind eye, and a collective silence brewed greater violence.


Wish Dragon
2021 · 1h 39m · US
Determined teen Din is longing to reconnect with his childhood best friend when he meets a wish-granting dragon who shows him the magic of possibilities.


Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · 2h 5m · CN
In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.


Monster Hunter
2020 · 1h 43m · CN
US Ranger Captain Artemis and her team are part of a UN joint security mission north of Hemat, in Afghanistan. While searching for a missing team (Bravo), they are transported to a strange world where powerful monsters rule with deadly ferocity. Faced with relentless danger, the team encounters a mysterious hunter who may be their only hope to find a way home.


Big World
2024 · 2h 11m · CN
Liu Chunhe, suffering from cerebral palsy, bravely breaks through the shackles of body and mind to realize the dream stage for his grandmother, while trying to find the coordinates of his own life. After experiencing a summer transformation, he finally embarked on a new journey.


The Wandering Earth
2019 · 2h 6m · CN
When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.


Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 · 1h 54m · CN
During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.


V
2026 · 2h 40m · CN
In the early 1990s, this city of desire, once a land of opportunity, was plagued by rampant crime and a breakdown of order. Man Tsz-keung, a working-class man desperate to change his fate, meets flight attendant Lok Ka-yuen, and the two team up to rob a large sum of money. This success fuels Man Tsz-keung's madness, pushing him into a deeper power struggle with wealthy businessman Chan Fai-yin. Meanwhile, mainland police officer Qi Honggang and Hong Kong police officer Guan Suchen continue their investigation of Wan Ziqiang, leading to a joint operation between the two police forces, setting the stage for a clash between good and evil. This film is fictional.


The Forbidden Kingdom
2008 · 1h 44m · CN
An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself travelling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.


It's My Time
2026 · 1h 47m · CN
At the age of seventy, a fiercely non-conformist grandmother partners with a lethargic, underachieving young prodigy to navigate the highly competitive and eccentric subculture of speedcubing, defying familial skepticism and generational expectations.


House of Flying Daggers
2004 · 1h 59m · CN
In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.


Operation Condor
1991 · 1h 47m · HK
Hired by a Spanish baron, Hong Kong treasure hunter Jackie, a.k.a. "Asian Hawk" and his entourage seek WWII Nazi gold buried in the Sahara Desert.


Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force
2025 · 2h 25m · CN
Taishi Wen Zhong led the army of Shang Dynasty including Deng Chanyu and four generals of the Mo Family to Xiqi. With the help of Kunlun immortals such as Jiang Ziya, Ji Fa led the army and civilians of Xiqi to defend their homeland.


The Foreigner
2017 · 1h 54m · CN
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.


Unleashed
2005 · 1h 43m · CN
Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs, where Danny is the main contender. When Bart's crew is in a car accident, Danny escapes and meets a blind, kindhearted piano tuner who takes him in and uses music to free the fighter's long-buried heart.


CJ7
2008 · 1h 28m · HK
A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much, much more once the young boy starts to play with it.


Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass
2025 · 1h 39m · CN
During a chase inside a museum, Tom and Jerry find an ancient magical compass and end up being transported through time. Lost in a distant era, they will need to work together to find a way back home.


Dunhuang Warriors
2026 · 2h 3m · CN
During a time of unrest in Shazhou, a once-prosperous Tang Dynasty outpost now under Tibetan control, a rebellion led by Zhang Yichao sparks hope for liberation. As the conflict intensifies, a group of unlikely heroes—including a thief, a deserter, and a general’s daughter—unite to fight for their people’s freedom.


Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
2025 · 2h 27m · CN
Under Genghis Khan, the Mongolian army pushes west to destroy the Jin Dynasty, setting its sights on the Song Dynasty next. Amid internal conflicts among martial arts schools, Guo Jing unites the Central Plains' warriors to defend Xiangyang, embodying courage and loyalty in the fight for the nation.


Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
2024 · 2h 6m · CN
In 1980s Hong Kong, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun, a mainland refugee, struggles to survive in the Kowloon Walled City by joining underground fights. Betrayed by crime boss Mr. Big while trying to buy a fake ID, he steals drugs from him and seeks refuge in the Walled City, where he encounters Cyclone, a compassionate yet authoritative crime lord.


Red Cliff
2008 · 2h 25m · CN
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.


Resurrection
2025 · 2h 39m · CN
In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream in exchange for eternal life, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see - until a woman appears. As she allows him to dream one final time, his life of different identities is replayed as they journey through his century of existence.
Chinese cinema encompasses the Fifth Generation directors who broke through internationally in the 1980s, the wuxia martial-arts epic, and one of the largest domestic box offices in the world.