# Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture

The Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture is an award given to the best film at the Golden Rooster Awards.

## Award winners

| Ceremony | Year | Title | Chinese Title | Director |
| 1st | 1981 | Evening Rain | 巴山夜雨 | Wu Yonggang, Wu Yigong |
| 1st | 1981 | Legend of Tianyun Mountain | 天云山传奇 | Xie Jin |
| 2nd | 1982 | Neighbor | 邻居 | Xu Guming, Zheng Dongtian |
| 3rd | 1983 | Rickshaw Boy | 骆驼祥子 | Ling Zifeng |
| 3rd | 1983 | At Middle Age | 人到中年 | Wang Qimin |
| 4th | 1984 | Voice from Hometown (Xiang yin) | 乡音 | Hu Bingdang |
| 5th | 1985 | The Girl in Red (Hong yi shao nu) | 红衣少女 | Lu Xiaoya |
| 6th | 1986 | Wild Mountains (Ye shan) | 野山 | Yan Xueshu |
| 7th | 1987 | Dr. Sun Yat-sen | 孙中山 | Ding Yinnan |
| 7th | 1987 | Hibiscus Town | 芙蓉镇 | Xie Jin |
| 8th | 1988 | Red Sorghum | 红高梁 | Zhang Yimou |
| 8th | 1988 | Old Well | 老井 | Wu Tianming |
| 9th | 1989 | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded |
| 10th | 1990 | Founding Ceremony (Jue zhan zhi hou) | 开国大典 | Li Qiankuan, Xiao Guiyun |
| 11th | 1991 | Jiao Yulu | 焦裕禄 | Wang Jixing |
| 12th | 1992 | Decisive Engagement: The Liaoxi-Shenyang Campaign | 大决战 | Li Jun |
| 13th | 1993 | The Story of Qiu Ju | 秋菊打官司 | Zhang Yimou |
| 14th | 1994 | Country Teachers | 凤凰琴 | He Qun |
| 15th | 1995 | The Accused Uncle Shangang | 被告山杠爷 | Fan Yuan |
| 16th | 1996 | Red Cherry | 红樱桃 | Ye Daying |
| 17th | 1997 | The Opium War | 鸦片战争 | Xie Jin |
| 18th | 1998 | Live in Peace | 安居 | Hu Bingliu |
| 19th | 1999 | Postmen in the Mountains | 那山那狗那人 | Huo Jianqi |
| 20th | 2000 | The Road Home | 我的父亲母亲 | Zhang Yimou |
| 20th | 2000 | Roaring Across the Horizon | 横空出世 | Chen Guoxing |
| 20th | 2000 | Fatal Decision | 生死抉择 | Yu Benzheng |
| 21st | 2001 | Mao Zedong, 1925 | 毛泽东在1925 | Zhang Jinbiao |
| 22nd | 2002 | Pretty Big Feet | 美丽的大脚 | Yang Yazhou |
| 22nd | 2002 | Charging Out Amazon | 冲出亚马逊 | Song Yaming |
| 23rd | 2003 | The River Wild | 惊涛骇浪 | Qu Junjie |
| 23rd | 2003 | Nuan | 暖 | Huo Jianqi |
| 24th | 2004 | Shanghai Story | 美丽上海 | Peng Xiaolian |
| 25th | 2005 | On the Mountain of Tai Hang | 太行山上 | Wei Lian Shen Dong Chen Jian |
| 25th | 2005 | Kekexili: Mountain Patrol | 可可西里 | Lu Chuan |
| 26th | 2007 (2006) | The Knot | 云水谣 | Yin Li |
| 27th | 2009 (2008) | Assembly | 集结号 | Feng Xiaogang |
| 27th | 2009 (2008) | Forever Enthralled | 梅兰芳 | Chen Kaige |
| 28th | 2011 (2010) | Shenzhou 11 | 飞天 | Shen Dong |
| 29th | 2013 (2012) | American Dreams in China | 中国合伙人 | Peter Chan Ho-sun |
| 29th | 2013 (2012) | The Story of Zhou Enlai | 周恩来的四个昼夜 | Chen Li |
| 30th | 2015 (2014) | Wolf Totem | 狼图腾 | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
| 31st | 2017 (2016) | Operation Mekong | 湄公河行動 | Dante Lam |
| 32nd | 2019 (2019) | The Wandering Earth | 流浪地球 | Frant Gwo |
| 33rd | 2020 (2020) | Leap | 夺冠 | Peter Chan |
| 34th | 2021 (2021) | Island Keeper | 守岛人 | Chen Li |
| 35th | 2022 (2022) | The Battle at Lake Changjin | 长津湖 | Chen Kaige Tsui Hark Dante Lam |
| 36th | 2023 |
| 36th | 2023 | Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms | 封神第一部：朝歌风云 | Wuershan |
| 36th | 2023 | Hidden Blade | 无名 | Cheng Er |
| 36th | 2023 | Ping Pong: The Triumph | 中国乒乓之绝地反击 | Deng Chao Yu Baimei |
| 36th | 2023 | Born to Fly | 长空之王 | Liu Xiaoshi |
| 36th | 2023 | A Guilty Conscience | 毒舌大状 | Jack Ng |
| 36th | 2023 | The Wandering Earth 2 | 流浪地球2 | Frant Gwo |