The best Chinese-language films of the 1990s
The top 3 according to 19 votes from people: The Mission (1999) · Farewell My Concubine (1993) · A Chinese Odyssey (1995). (Updated Dec 21, 2025.)
From Days of Being Wild and A Brighter Summer Day to Chungking Express, Farewell My Concubine and The Wedding Banquet: the 1990s films in the Hong Kong Film Awards' 2005 poll of the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures, in order.
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Top 15
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1
The Mission (1999)
Johnnie To. Five bodyguards protect a triad boss. 14th.
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2
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Chen Kaige. Two Peking Opera actors across half a century. Palme d'Or. 55th.
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3
A Chinese Odyssey (1995)
Jeffrey Lau. Stephen Chow's Joker and Zixia, in two parts. 19th.
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4
Days of Being Wild (1990)
Wong Kar-wai. Leslie Cheung's Yuddy looks for his birth mother. 3rd of the hundred.
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5
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Edward Yang. Teenagers in 1960s Taipei and a killing. 12th.
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6
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
Peter Chan. Leon Lai and Maggie Cheung as two mainlanders making a living in Hong Kong. 28th.
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7
Made in Hong Kong (1997)
Fruit Chan. Drifting teenagers on a housing estate on the eve of the handover. 36th.
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8
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
Tsui Hark. Jet Li as Wong Fei-hung. 43rd.
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9
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
Zhang Yimou. Gong Li as a peasant woman seeking justice. Golden Lion at Venice. 45th.
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10
In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
Jiang Wen. A teenager in a Beijing army compound during the Cultural Revolution. 17th.
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11
Chungking Express (1994)
Wong Kar-wai. Two heartbroken cops. 22nd.
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12
Center Stage (1992)
Stanley Kwan. Maggie Cheung as 1930s silent star Ruan Lingyu. 44th.
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13
C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993)
Derek Yee. A down-and-out musician and a sick young woman fall in love. 61st.
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14
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Ang Lee. A gay man stages a fake wedding for his parents. Golden Bear. 62nd.
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15
Ashes of Time (1994)
Wong Kar-wai. A wuxia prequel with characters from Jin Yong. 35th.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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