The best Gong Li films
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Farewell My Concubine (1993) · To Live (1994) · Raise the Red Lantern (1991). (Updated Sep 10, 2024.)
From Red Sorghum to Saturday Fiction: Gong Li's classics, compiled from Douban ratings and recommendations on Zhihu and Qidian.
Automatically translated (original in 简体中文). See the original
Top 10
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1
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Juxian, in Chen Kaige's Palme d'Or winner.
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2
To Live (1994)
Jiazhen, opposite Ge You, through decades of a family's fate.
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3
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Songlian, the fourth wife in a great household.
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4
Red Sorghum (1987)
Her breakthrough, winner of the Golden Bear in Berlin.
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5
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
A peasant woman who won't stop seeking justice; best actress in Venice.
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6
Ju Dou (1990)
A forbidden love in a dye mill.
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7
Coming Home (2014)
A wife with amnesia waiting for her husband to return.
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8
2046 (2004)
A gambler named Su Li-zhen, for Wong Kar-wai.
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9
Shanghai Triad (1995)
Xiao Jinbao, a nightclub singer in 1930s Shanghai.
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10
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
The empress in a palace of intrigue.
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11
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
The geisha Hatsumomo in the Hollywood film.
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12
Temptress Moon (1996)
Chen Kaige's tale of love and revenge in 1920s China.
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13
Breaking the Silence (2000)
A mother raising her deaf son alone.
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14
Saturday Fiction (2019)
An actress-spy for Lou Ye.
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