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- DirectorWen JiangStarsYu XiaWei ChenShaobo DaiBeijing, 1970s. Now that the CR has driven most adults to the provinces, 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery referred to as "girls."85 (2)
Won 6 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Winner
35mm, Color, B&W (Ending), 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
4K restoration (L'Immagine Ritrovata)
Blu-ray [FR Spectrum: No ENG] - DirectorWen JiangStarsWen JiangKenya SawadaHongbo JiangVillagers in World War II China are unsure what to do with the two enemy prisoners who have been left in their care.85 (5)
35mm, B&W, Color (Ending), 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
DVD (US: 140-min Director's Cut, DVD-9, 16:9, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, English Subtitles) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsZiyi ZhangTakeshi KaneshiroAndy LauA romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.76 (6)
Oscar Nominee
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award, Best Film Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (HK: Best PQ, English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (US, FR: Aspect Ratio Stretched) - DirectorChuan LuStarsYe LiuWei FanHideo NakaizumiIn 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone.83 (6)
35mm, B&W, 2.20:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles) - DirectorDayyan EngStarsYu XiaBingbing LiBeibi GongChen Wen, an antique shop worker and aspiring author, who has just met the girl of his dreams. The only problem is that she only wants him as a very close friend, not as a boyfriend.77 (2)
Golden Rooster Best Film Nominee
Blu-ray [CHN HPM (Blufans exclusive): Out of print, ENG subs] - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsGong LiJingwu MaSaifei HeChina in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.88 (5)
Oscar Nominee
Won 2 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (FR: Best PQ, No English)
Blu-ray (DE: No English) - DirectorKaige ChenStarsLeslie CheungFengyi ZhangGong LiTwo boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.89 (4)
Oscar Nominee
35mm, Color, B&W, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (UK: Best PQ, HD [Dated Source], English Subs, Region B)
Blu-ray (KOR: HD [Dated Source], English Subtitles) - DirectorZhangke JiaStarsWu JiangBaoqiang WangTao ZhaoFour independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.80 (6)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee
2.8K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsJet LiTony Leung Chiu-waiMaggie CheungA defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.86 (6)
Oscar Nominee
Won 7 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Picture Nominee
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, B&W, 2.39:1, DTS
Blu-ray (KOR: DTS-HD MA 5.1, Inferior English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (US: Dolby Digital 5.1, Inferior English Subtitles)
DVD (Best English Subtitles) - DirectorChuan LuStarsDuobujieLei ZhangDao QiA moving true story about volunteers protecting antelope against poachers in the severe mountains of Tibet.82 (6)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Winner
Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital - DirectorHark TsuiStarsHanyu ZhangTony Ka Fai LeungKenny LinA story focusing on a conflict between a People's Liberation Army squad and a bandit gang in north-east China during the Chinese revolution.68 (5), 3D: 5/5, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy remake
Won 1 2015 Golden Horse Award
Won 2 2016 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Film nominee
Won 3 2015 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film nominee
Dual 5K, Color, 2.39:1 [1.85:1], Dolby Atmos
Blu-ray 3D (HK: 1.85:1, MVC 27.92 Mbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 [96 kHz, 16-bit] 2,997 kbps, English Subtitles [Frequent depth conflict])
Blu-ray 3D (FR: 1.85:1, MVC 29.76 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 [48 kHz, 24-bit] 3,992 kbps No English)
Blu-ray 3D (DE: 1.85:1, MVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, No English)
2D Blu-ray (US: 1.85:1, AVC 31.70 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 [48 kHz, 16-bit] 2,319 kbps, English Subtitles) - DirectorJohnnie ToStarsLouis KooHonglei SunYi HuangA drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.82 (6)
Golden Horse Best Feature Film Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (HK: BD-50, Dolby TrueHD 7.1, English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (US: BD-25, DTS-HD MA 5.1, English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (DE: DTS-HD MA 7.1, No English) - DirectorYi'nan DiaoStarsGe HuGwei Lun-MeiFan LiaoA gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam.Blu-ray (English subs)
- DirectorYi'nan DiaoStarsFan LiaoGwei Lun-MeiXuebing WangAn ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again.Blu-ray (English subs)
- DirectorBi GanStarsTang WeiJue HuangSylvia ChangA man went back to Guizhou, found the tracks of a mysterious woman. He recalls the summer he spent with her twenty years ago.Blu-ray 3D
- DirectorBo HuStarsYu ZhangYuchang PengUvin WangFour people in a Chinese city live through a complicated day as their lives intersect.
- DirectorJianqi HuoStarsRujun TengYe LiuHao ChenA father, a retiring mailman, walks his son over his job in the mountainous regions of Hunan province.80 (4)
Won 2 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 1.85:1
DVD (UK, HK, KOR: English Subtitles) - DirectorWan LaimingCheng TangStarsYue-Feng QiuRun-Sheng FuHans AlfredsonSun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.87 (2)
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award
2D Animation (35mm, Color), 1.37:1, Mono
2D-3D Conversion (Re-release)
Blu-ray 3D (CHN, TWN: New Aspect Ratio, Rescored, Redubbed, 20min Cut, English Subtitles, Region Free) - DirectorBi GanStarsYongzhong ChenFeiyang LuoLixun XieWhile travelling the countryside to locate his nephew, a small town doctor finds himself interacting with people from his past and future.Blu-ray [Grasshopper Films: 2.0 DTS-HD MA (Mandarin), ENG subs, "Diamond Sutra" short]
- DirectorDerek TsangStarsDongyu ZhouSichun MaToby LeeTwo women who have been close friends since adolescence must cope with the changes that maturity brings.75 (2), Soul Mate
Won 1 2016 Golden Horse Award
Won 1 2017 Hong Kong Film Award, Best Picture nominee
Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
HDTV
DVD (HK: English Subtitles) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsYou GeGong LiBen NiuAfter Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.89 (5)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
HDTV (1080p [Dated Source]) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsZiyi ZhangHonglei SunHao ZhengPrompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.80 (6)
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
Won 2 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, B&W, 2.39:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
DVD (English Subtitles) - DirectorVivian QuStarsVicky ChenMeijun ZhouKe ShiIn a small seaside town, two schoolgirls are sexually assaulted by a middle-aged man in a motel. Mia, a teenager who was working on reception that night, is the only witness. For fear of losing her job, she chooses to keep silence.
- DirectorXiaogang FengStarsXuan HuangMiao MiaoCaiyu YangA look at the lives of members of a Military Cultural Troupe in the 1970s.
- DirectorWen JiangStarsChow Yun-FatWen JiangYou GeIn 1920s China, a bandit arrives in a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, where he faces off against a tyrannical local nobleman.72 (6)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee
Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award, Best Picture Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (DTS-HD MA 5.1, English Subtitles) - DirectorWuershanStarsKun ChenHuang BoShu QiIn 1969 PRChina, two men survive a supernatural tomb. They later become tomb raiders with Shirley/Shu Qi. 20 years later in NYC, one is hired to find that tomb again and the 2 friends follow later.57 (5)
Won 1 2016 Golden Horse Award
Won 2 2016 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Nominee
3D Society's 2017 3D Feature Jury Prize Winner
Dual 5K, Color, 2.39:1, 1.85:1, Dolby Atmos
Blu-ray 3D (DE: 2.39:1, 1.85:1, DTS-HD MA 5.1, English Subtitles, Region B)
2D Blu-ray (US, TWN, THA: DTS-HD MA 5.1 [48 kHz, 16-bit] 2,209 kbps, English Subtitles) - DirectorStephen ChowChi-Kin KwokStarsZhang WenShu QiHuang BoTang Sanzang, an aspiring Buddhist hero tries to protect a village from three demons. He develops complex feelings for Miss Duan, the demon hunter who repeatedly helps him, and finally quests to meet the legendary Monkey King.75 (6)
Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film Nominee
2D-3D Conversion 2.8K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Atmos
2D Blu-ray (US: AVC 33.97 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1, English subs)
2D Blu-ray (TWN: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, English subs)
2D Blu-ray (AUS: DTS-HD MA 5.1, English subs)
2D Blu-ray (HK: No Mandarin Audio, English subs)
2D Blu-ray (JPN: Dolby Atmos, No English) - DirectorMu FeiStarsChaoming CuiWei LiYu ShiA lonely housewife finds her monotonous life altered when her childhood sweetheart returns to town.88 (4)
35mm, B&W, 1.37:1, Mono
DVD (English Subtitles) - DirectorZhuangzhuang TianStarsJingfan HuJun WuBai Qing XinThe eight-year marriage of Liyan and Yuwen has left them both unfulfilled and distant. A visitor arrives from Shanghai, a doctor who's an old school friend of Liyan's and, unbeknownst to her husband, Yuwen's childhood sweetheart.80 (5), Spring in a Small Town Remake
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital - DirectorZhuangzhuang TianStarsTian YiWenyao ZhangXiaoman ChenThe lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.87 (3)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsGong LiWen JiangRujun TengWhen a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.85 (4)
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award, Best Film Winner
35mm, Eastmancolor, 2.39:1, Mono - DirectorJin XieStarsWen JiangLinian LiuXiaoqing LiuLove, humiliation, and politics play out in a distant village of China during the Cultural Revolution.86 (2)
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
Won 4 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 2.39:1
DVD (JPN: 16:9, Dolby Digital, No English) - DirectorKaige ChenStarsXueqi WangBai XueQuiang LiuA communist soldier travels to Shanbei to collect folk songs for propaganda while visiting a poor peasant family, giving hope to the teenage daughter in escaping an arranged marriage.84 (3)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Mono - DirectorJoan ChenStarsXiaolu LiLopsangZheng QianYoung teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.83 (4)
Won 7 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Winner
35mm, Color, 1.66:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby) - DirectorYe LouStarsXun ZhouHongsheng JiaZhongkai HuaAfter getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover.81 (6)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
4K restoration
Blu-ray [Strand Releasing: 4K restoration, 1080i, 5.1 DTS-HD MA (Mandarin), ENG subs]
Blu-ray [TWN Welcome Music: 2K restoration, 2.0 DTS-HD MA/2.0 Dolby TrueHD (Mandarin), ENG subs] - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsGong LiPeiqi LiuLiuchun YangA peasant woman seeks justice after the headman of her village has kicked her husband in the groin.82 (4)
Won 2 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award, Best Film Winner
16mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (JPN: No English) - DirectorYimou ZhangFengliang YangStarsGong LiWei LiBaotian LiIn rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.81 (5)
Oscar Nominee
35mm, Eastmancolor, 1.37:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (KOR: LPCM 2.0, English Subtitles)
Blu-ray (JPN: No English) - DirectorYang LiStarsYixiang LiBaoqiang WangShuangbao WangTwo coal miners and conmen looking for their next murder victim decide on a naïve country boy desperately looking for a job.81 (5)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee
16mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsGong LiDaoming ChenHuiwen ZhangLu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer recognizes him.81 (5)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award
Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award
4K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Atmos
Blu-ray (FR: No English) - DirectorShuchen WangJingda XuDing Xian YanStarsKe BiBanjô GingaDaisuke GôriTells the fable from Chinese mythology about the young warrior Nezha who takes on a group of evil dragons.83 (2)
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award
2D Animation (35mm, Color), 1.37:1, Mono
DVD - DirectorYukun XinStarsWeimin HuoXiaotian WangYun LuoA young man tries to get away from his family's overwhelming power, but when he accidentally kills a local thug, his fate will be intricately linked to his father's. A woman, who for years has been victim of domestic violence, finds comfort in the arms of her ex-lover. The news of the death of her husband arrives as she was planning his murder. An honest village chief plans to retire but an exceptional event related to his son will pull him into the abyss.83 (2)
Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
DVD (TWN) - DirectorYigong WuStarsJie ShenMin ZhangFengyi ZhangYingzi is a young, impressionable girl living on the southern side of Beijing in the late 1920s. Encountering people in the city, she tries to understand how people are really like inside through her own eyes.My Memories of Old Beijing, 83 (2)
Won 3 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1
HDTV - DirectorYonggang WuStarsLingyu RuanTian JianZhizhi ZhangStreet walker by night, devoted mother by day, a woman fights to get her young son an education amid criminal and social injustice in China.82 (3)
35mm, B&W, 1.37:1, Silent
DVD (English Subtitles) - DirectorTian-Ming WuStarsXu ZhuRenying ZhouZhigang ZhaoIn a remote area of China, in the 1930s, a street performer named Wang practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. Seeking to pass his art, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy, but quickly learns his new disciple's secret.81 (4)
Won 2 Golden Rooster Awards
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR) - DirectorZhangke JiaStarsTao ZhaoZhou LanSanming HanA town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.79 (6)
1080i, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital
DVD (English Subtitles) - DirectorKaige ChenStarsGong LiFengyi ZhangZhou SunIn pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.79 (6)
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, DTS
DVD (English Subtitles) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsMinzhi WeiHuike ZhangZhenda Tian13-year old Wei Minzhi is the new substitute teacher of a mountain village school. She is told not to lose any of her pupils under any circumstances.78 (6)
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award, Best Film Winner
16mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR) - DirectorPeter Ho-Sun ChanStarsWei ZhaoHuang BoDawei TongA story centered around a divorced couple living in a southern Chinese city Shenzhen and dealing with the disappearance of their missing son.81 (2)
Won 1 2015 Hong Kong Film Award, Best Picture nominee
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award
Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (HK: English Subtitles) - DirectorXiaogang FengStarsDaoming ChenChen LiYi LuThe epic story of a family separated as a result of the Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976.79 (4)
Won 2 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Nominee
Won 4 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (HK: English Subtitles) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsKen TakakuraKiichi NakaiShinobu TerajimaA Japanese father travels to China's Yunnan province in the place of his ailing son to film a folk-opera singer.77 (6)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital - DirectorXiaolu XueStarsJet LiZhang WenGwei Lun-MeiExplores the subject of parental love and autism in kids.79 (3)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles) - DirectorYang ZhangStarsBenshan ZhaoQiwen HongDandan SongA black comedy about a migrant construction worker who tries to bring home the body of his friend, who died far from his town.79 (3)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award, Best Feature Film Nominee
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital
DVD (English Subtitle) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsGong LiBaotian LiXiaoxiao WangA provincial boy related to a Shanghai crime family is recruited by his uncle into cosmopolitan Shanghai in the 1930s to be a servant to a ganglord's mistress.77 (5)
Oscar Nominee
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)
Blu-ray (HK: LPCM 2.0, English Subtitles) - DirectorZhangke JiaStarsJianbin ChenJoan ChenLiping LüWhen a factory is being torn down in Chengdu, China, workers reflect on their experiences and the importance of the factory in their lives.76 (6)
- DirectorZhangke JiaStarsTao ZhaoTaishen ChengJue JingAn exploration on the impact of urbanization and globalization on a traditional culture.76 (6)
Blu-ray (UK: English Subtitles, Region Free) - DirectorZhangke JiaStarsTao ZhaoYi ZhangLiang JingdongThe life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.76 (6)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee
Blu-ray (English Subtitles) - DirectorXiaopeng TianStarsLei ZhangZijie LinWenlun WuThe all-powerful Monkey King was imprisoned by the Gods for 500 years, but when a child releases him from his curse, the Monkey King must now save an innocent village from the evil Mountain Lord and his monstrous army.79 (2)
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award
CGI 3D, Color, 2.39:1
2D HDTV
2D DVD - DirectorZhangke JiaStarsHongwei WangHongjian HaoBaitao ZuoA small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt.79 (2)
- DirectorJohn WooStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiTakeshi KaneshiroFengyi ZhangThe first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).75 (6)
Won 5 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Picture Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (Original International Version, English Subtitles) - DirectorJohn WooStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiTakeshi KaneshiroFengyi ZhangSecond and final part of epic tale about a legendary battle that changed the course of China history.75 (6)
Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award, Best Picture Nominee
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (Original International Version, English Subtitles) - DirectorChangwei GuStarsJing AnLi FengChangwei GuChina in the late 1970s and early 1980s: the life of an ordinary working family as seen through its three siblings.78 (2)
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award - DirectorXiaogang FengStarsYou GeXiaogang FengPei LiuFour friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.78 (2)
Won 3 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (CHN: English Subtitles, Region Free) - DirectorDante LamStarsHanyu ZhangEddie PengBaoguo ChenInspired by the true story known as the Mekong Massacre--two Chinese commercial vessels are ambushed while traveling down the Mekong River in the waters of the Golden Triangle, one of the largest drug-manufacturing regions in the world. 13 sailors are executed at gunpoint, and 900,000 methamphetamine pills are recovered at the scene. Upon discovery, the Chinese government immediately sends a band of elite narcotics officers led by Captain Gao Gang (Zhang Hanyu) to the Golden Triangle to uncover the truth behind the murders. Tea field owner and Golden Triangle-based intelligence officer Fang Xinwu (Eddie Peng) joins the investigation. After it is discovered that the drugs seized on the Chinese ships had been planted by the henchman of a notorious drug cartel leader named Naw Khar, the governments of Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and China launch a joint task force to apprehend the criminal. The road to justice is, however, paved with dangerous and deadly obstacles.72 (5)
Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award
2.8K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Atmos
Blu-ray (US: Upcoming)
Blu-ray (HK: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, English Subtitles) - DirectorDante LamStarsYi ZhangJohnny HuangHai-QingPLA Navy Marine Corps launch a hostage rescue operation in the fictional Republic of Ihwea and undergo a fierce battle with rebellions and terrorism.77 (3)
Won 3 2019 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Picture nominee - DirectorJiang XiaoStarsYu XiaHaibin LiYijing ZhangTwo childhood friends escape reality through cinema against the backdrop of China's raging cultural revolution.75 (5)
- DirectorXiaogang FengStarsHanyu ZhangChao DengWenkang YuanA soldier fights to gain recognition for comrades who died during the Chinese Civil War.76 (3)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee
Won 1 Hong Kong Film Award
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
Won 4 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Winner
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles) - DirectorYang LiStarsLu HuangYouan YangYuling ZhangA young woman is kidnapped and sold to a villager in the mountains.73 (6)
35mm, Color, 1.66:1, Dolby Digital - DirectorKaige ChenStarsYun TangPeiqi LiuHong ChenA violin prodigy and his father travel to Beijing, where the father seeks the means to his son's success while the son struggles to accept the path laid before him.73 (6)
Won 4 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Nominee
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital
DVD (English Subtitles) - DirectorNing HaoStarsHuang BoKung-Wei LuMorris Hsiang JungAssassins, scammers, gangsters, cops, a washed-up bicycle racer, and a body continually cross paths; usually with negative outcomes.76 (2), Silver Medalist
Blu-ray [CHN Disk Kino: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (Mandarin), ENG subs] - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsWen JiangBaotian LiYing QuA spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker -- who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover -- seeks for monetary compensation for his smashed computer. The lover's and the onlooker's lives intertwine as two people collaborate. The onlooker's fate faces an unpredictable turn and mirrors the lover's life.76 (2)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1 - DirectorXiaogang FengStarsYou GeFan XuBobby C. KingTwo people from Beijing working in Los Angeles whose paths constantly cross in a foreign city attempt to balance work with friendship/love in spite of mounting disasters each time they meet.Be There or Be Square, 76 (2)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
Blu-ray (CHN: English Subtitles, Region Free) - DirectorStephen ChowStarsChao DengShow LoYuqi ZhangShan, a mermaid, is sent to assassinate Xuan, a developer who threatens the ecosystem of her race, but ends up falling in love with him instead.73 (5), 3D: 3/5
2017 Hong Kong Film Awards Best Picture nominee
Dual (3/5) & 2D-3D Conversion (2/5) 5K, Color, 2.39:1 [1.90:1 IMAX], Dolby Atmos
Blu-ray 3D (HK: 1.90:1, MVC 46.93 Mbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 [96 kHz, 16-bit] 2,585 kbps, English Subtitles)
2D Blu-ray (US: 2.36:1, AVC 24.88 Mbps, DTS-HD 5.1 [48 kHz, 24-bit] 3,650 kbps, English Subtitles) - DirectorYe LouStarsXiaodong GuoHao QinLei ZhangA drama centered around the employees of a Nanjing massage parlor who share a common trait: they are all blind.75 (2)
Won 6 Golden Horse Awards, Best Film Winner - DirectorWen JiangStarsWen JiangJoan ChenAnthony Chau-Sang WongJiang Wen stars in his third directorial work that boasts a stellar cast including Joan Chen, Anthony Wong and Jaycee Chan. A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.75 (2)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award
HDTV (1080i, 720p)
DVD (HK: DVD-9, 16:9, DTS 5.1, English Subtitles) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsLifan DongBenshan ZhaoJie DongAn aging bachelor has to engage his old, laid-off friends to keep a blind girl happy as a masseuse at a non-existent massage parlor.71 (6)
35mm, Color, 1.85:1, DTS - DirectorPeter Ho-Sun ChanStarsXiaoming HuangDawei TongChao DengThe story of three friends who build a successful English language school in China called "New Dream". This school helps the dreams of Chinese teenagers come true. Before they stood proudly in the American stock market, many stories happened with them.74 (2)
Won 3 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
Won 2 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Nominee
2.8K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (CHN: No English) - DirectorChusheng CaiJunli ZhengStarsYang BaiJin TaoYinyan Wu1930's China. The village of a poor family is taken over by the occupying Japanese army. One son, Zhongliang, leaves his wife and young son to join a medic group for the Chinese Army. The other son, Zhangmin goes into hiding to protect his family. The focus shifts back and forth from the brothers' parents and Zhongliang's wife and son to Zhongliang's newfound life of luxury in a town not too far away. The plight of Zhongliang's mother, his wife, Sufan and her son, Kongeson is contrasted with Zhongliang's rise in a flourishing company.The Spring River Flows East, 72 (3)
35mm, B&W, 1.37:1, Mono
4K Restoration [L'Immagine Ritrovata] - DirectorXiaogang FengStarsYou GeShu QiWei FanAfter making a killing, Fen returns to China a rich man. After seeking a wife on internet, he meets many women but only likes air hostess Liang/Shu Qi, who's in love with a married man and only wants friendship.72 (3)
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award
Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles) - DirectorZhangke JiaStarsHongwei WangTao ZhaoLiang JingdongA theatre troupe from rural Fenyang struggles under the decline of communism and rise of popular culture in China in the 1980s.71 (4)
- DirectorXiaogang FengStarsBingbing FanWei FanXiaogang FengAfter being swindled by her ex-husband, a woman takes on the Chinese legal system.71 (4)
Won 2 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film Nominee
Color, 1.37:1 (Circle), Dolby Digital
DVD (HK: English Subtitles) - DirectorHu GuanStarsXiaogang FengHanyu ZhangQing XuA well respected man residing in what's left of old-Beijing attempts to exonerate his son from his wrongdoings with his own methods and beliefs.72 (2)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award
Won 2 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film Nominee
3.4K, Color, 2.66:1
Blu-ray (CHN: LPCM 2.0, English Subtitles) - DirectorXiaogang FengStarsAndy LauRene LiuBaoqiang WangA con-team couple (Andy Lau & Rene Liu) head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter travelling home with his life savings challenges their fate as thieves.71 (3)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award, Best Feature Film Nominee
Won 1 Hundred Flowers Award
35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital - DirectorTieli XieStarsXiangling TongJinbo ShenKuixi HanYang Zirong, a reconnaissance soldier, goes undercover and infiltrates a group of rebellious bandits to aid a leading communist force in destroying them.71 (2)
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsChow Yun-FatGong LiJay ChouDuring China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.67 (6)
Oscar Nominee
Blu-ray (English Subtitles) - DirectorXiaoshuai WangStarsLin CuiXun ZhouBin LiA seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.67 (5)
Golden Horse Best Feature Film Nominee - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsXuejian LiTaishen ChengDongyu ZhouRomance sparks between a young woman and a young man from different economic backgrounds during China's Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and '70s.69 (2)
Blu-ray (JPN: No English)
Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital - DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsShaofeng FengShawn DouAnkhnyam RagchaaDuring China's Cultural Revolution, a young urban student is sent to live with Mongolian herders, where he adopts a wolf cub.65 (6)
Won 2 Golden Rooster Awards, Best Film Winner
2D-3D Conversion 2.8K (3/4) and Dual 5K (1/4)
Blu-ray 3D (English Subtitles) - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsChristian BaleNi NiXinyi ZhangAn American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.64 (6)
35mm, 1080p, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
Blu-ray (English Subtitles) - DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiZiyi ZhangJin ZhangThe story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.73 (6)
Won 6 2013 Golden Horse Awards, Best Picture nominee
Won 12 2014 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Picture winner
Won 2 2013 Golden Rooster Awards
Won 2 2014 Hundred Flowers Awards, Best Film winner
35mm
2D-3D Conversion (Re-release)
2D Blu-ray (KOR: Best PQ, International Cut, English Subtitles) - DirectorAnn HuiStarsTang WeiShaofeng FengZhiwen WangThe life story of Xiao Hong, one of China's most famous essayists and novelists, who reflected the progressive thinking not frequently seen during the 1930s.64 (4)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award, Best Feature Film nominee
Won 5 2015 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Picture winner
Won 1 Golden Rooster Award, Best Film nominee
Blu-ray (HK: ENG subs) - DirectorZhangke JiaStarsWei Wei ZhaoQiong WuTao ZhaoTwo unemployed Chinese teenagers have trouble resisting the temptations of the Western world.62 (5)
- DirectorAnn HuiStarsWei ZhaoNicholas TseYunlong LiuThe film has been made after a popular novel that is devoted to the everyday work of a drug police team. The protagonist is a courageous police woman whose relations with three men in her life make up the plot of the film. She is always faced with a difficult choice between sentiments and duty, law and her own understanding of what is just and fair.64 (2)
Hundred Flowers Awards Best Film Nominee - DirectorWen JiangStarsWen JiangYou GeYun ZhouSet in 1920s Shanghai, Ma Zouri and Xiang Feitian establish a notorious beauty pageant called the Flowers Competition. All of the city's elite attend the gala event, but when Wanyan Ying unexpectedly wins, it sets into motion a series of tragic events that change their destinies.60 (2)
Dual 2.8 & 4 & 5K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Atmos
2D HDTV (140-min Cut, 1080p, No English)
2D DVD (120-min Cut, 16:9, Dolby Digital 5.1, English Subtitles) - DirectorNing HaoStarsTao GuoTeddy LinHua LiuWhat do you get when you have a precious jewel, a group of bumbling thieves intent on getting their hands on it, the mob wanting a piece of the action, and a loyal but mischievous security guard all thrown together? Crazy Stone. It's a fast paced, wisecracking caper comedy that will have you engaged and entertained from the word go. This is China's answer to Ocean's Eleven, with many comic twists and turns thrown in for good measure.70 (3)
Won 1 Golden Horse Award, Best Feature Film Nominee
Hundred Flowers Awards Best Film Nominee
1080p, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital
DVD (HK: English Subtitles) - DirectorSheng DingStarsJackie ChanLeehom WangYoo Seung-junAn old soldier kidnaps a young General of an enemy state and takes him on a long journey to collect the reward.
- DirectorYang ZhangStarsJiayi DuZheng FangBing HeA young wealthy businessman's icy attitude toward his working-class background is about to thaw as he is forced to reconnect with his elderly father and mentally challenged younger brother, who together run a public bathhouse.
- DirectorKuo-Fu ChenQunshu GaoStarsXun ZhouBingbing LiHanyu ZhangFollowing a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government in 1942 Nanjingn (Nanking), the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and mouse" ensues as the Chinese code-breaker attempts to send out a crucial message while protecting his/her own identity.