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Netflix
77
7.3
/1717/
72
/125/
69
/20/
3.7
/2392/
100
/24/
85
/15/
73
/10/

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2017)
Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic displays, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang creates his most ambitious project yet: Sky Ladder, a visionary, explosive event that he pulls off in his hometown in China after 20 years of failed attempts.
poster
76
7.3
/10544/
71
/200/
72
/228/
3.8
/10814/
85
/13/
83
/121/

Red Sorghum (1988)
An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.
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73
6.8
/3513/
65
/54/
62
/68/
3.5
/3980/
100
/6/
77
/47/

Lumière & Company (1995)
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
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79
48
7.4
/1171/
75
/40/
73
/39/
3.7
/2292/
100
/13/
83
/4/

Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life.
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70
45
7.2
/2464/
73
/65/
74
/56/
3.8
/1987/
58
/8/

Keep Cool (1997)
China, the 1990s. A young bookseller is in love with a woman. The woman is now with another guy, a rich man. The rich man sends his people to beat the bookseller. In the fight, the laptop computer from a man looking at the scene gets broken. Who will pay for the computer? The bookseller wants revenge. Will it be useful? The bookseller and the laptop owner are from different ages and classes. They are two different points of view, two different Chinas. How will they fight for justice?
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Kanopy
71
28
7.2
/1036/
66
/25/
65
/28/
3.5
/1598/
81
/2/

Trespassing Bergman (2013)
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special film buffs, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (An abridged version of Bergman's Video, 2012.)
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63
19
6.7
/1141/
55
/22/
66
/29/
3.3
/415/
65
/2/

A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1989)
An awakened immortal warrior struggles between defending the emperor and the actress he believes to be his love of old.
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59
18
6.1
/649/
56
/38/
60
/25/
3.0
/286/

My Country, My Parents (2021)
This anthology drama presents four short films honoring Chinese families, spotlighting the struggles of key groups across four pivotal eras: the revolution, construction, reform and opening up, and the new era, while highlighting their perseverance, dedication to ideals, and commitment to passing on the national spirit through generations.
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67
13
7.2
/425/
59
/13/
69
/15/
3.5
/237/

Old Well (1987)
A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village. The well collapses and they are trapped. Their enforced confinement leads to them exploring their feelings for each other and those around them.
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6.8
/51/

Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower' (2007)
Behind the scenes look at the making of Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower".
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10
/1/

New Chinese Cinema (1989)
Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.
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10
/1/

A Documentary About The Movie One Second (2020)
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6.8
/53/
80
/2/

'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece (2004)
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poster
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6.6
/12/
64
/7/

Zhang Yimou's "Shadow" (2018)
Documentary about the making of Zhang Yimou's fiction movie Shadow.
poster
55
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6.0
/214/
53
/6/
52
/6/

The Big Parade (1986)
Army volunteers train for places in China's 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching unit.
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Netflix
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7.2
/89/
74
/11/
68
/6/

Making of House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Main Characters/Performers: 1. Xiao Mei - first appearing as new star dancer in lavish Peony Pavilion brothel, Mei is believed to be the blind daughter of a rebel group's recently assassinated leader- played by Zhang Ziyi . 2. Jin - police captain in the ruling Tang emperor's service, enlisted by his superior Leo to play the role of double agent by helping Mei escape and getting her to lead him - and government troops - to the rebel stronghold - played by Takeshi Kaneshiro. 3. Leo - introduced as a high ranking policeman in the Tang emperor's service, Leo turns out to a mole planted years earlier by the rebels working to overthrow the corrupt ruling Tang government - played by Andy Lau.
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6.5
/71/
82
/2/

Cause: The Birth of Hero (2002)
The movie follows director Zhang Yimou as he is preparing to make the movie Hero.
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Big Fish in China (1994)
Recording of the documentary 'Big Fish in China', a film looking at the work and life of Zhang Yimou, one of China's most famous film directors, and his leading lady and partner, Gong Li.
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知识改变命运 (1999)
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Beauty and Pureness (2004)
A documentary on the filming of the movie House of Flying Daggers


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