# List of Chinese films of the 1930s

This is a list of films produced in the Republican period of China ordered by year of release in the 1930s.
For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see Category:Chinese films.

## 1930

| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
| A Red Egg | 一個紅蛋 | Cheng Bugao | Gong Jianong, Gao Qianping | Social criticism | |
| A Romantic Girl | 浪漫女子 | Cheng Bugao | Xuan Jinglin, Gong Jianong | Romance | |
| The Cave of the Silken Web II | 續盤絲洞 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu | Shenmo fantasy | Sequel to the 1927 film of the same title |
| Circus Girl | 馬戲女 | Wang Yuanlong | Zhou Wenzhu, Wang Cilong | Action | |
| Elder Brother's Romance | 逃情的哥哥 | Wang Cilong | Wang Cilong, Chen Yunshang | Drama | Alternate title: Elder Brother's Elopement |
| Hall of the Broken Zither | 碎琴樓 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die, Xia Peizhen, Zheng Xiaoqiu | Tragedy | |
| New Journey to the West | 新西游記 | Zhang Shichuan | Zheng Xiaoqiu, Xia Peizhen | | Adapted from the classic novel Journey to the West |
| Nine Dragons Mountain | 大破九龍山 | Zhu Shouju | Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Jiduo | Action | Released in two parts |
| Peach Blossom Lake | 桃花湖 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die, Zheng Xiaoqiu | Crime | Released in two parts |
| The Pearl Cap | 珍珠冠 | Zhu Shouju | Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Jiduo | Crime/Romance | |
| The Road to Riches | 黃金之路 | Cheng Bugao | Zhou Wenzhu, Zhu Fei | Drama | Alternate title: The Golden Road |
| Spring Dream in the Old Capital | 古城春夢 | Sun Yu | Ruan Lingyu, Wang Ruilin, Lim Cho Cho | | Ruan Lingyu's breakthrough role; also known as Remembrance of Peking or Reminiscences of Beijing |
| Suicide Contract | 自殺合同 | Zhu Shilin | Ruan Lingyu, Liu Jiqun | Comedy-Drama | Ruan's first film for the Lianhua Film Company. Directing debut for Zhu Shilin |
| Virtuous Mother from a Brothel | 倡門賢母 | Cheng Bugao | Xuan Jinglin, Xia Peizhen | Drama | |
| Wild Flowers | 野草閑花 | Sun Yu | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan | | Alternate title: Wild Flowers Among the Weeds |
| Yang Naiwu | 楊乃武與小白菜 | Qiu Qixiang | Chen Yumei, Sun Min | Docudrama | Dramatization of the infamous late Qing dynasty case of Yang Naiwu and Little Cabbage |

## 1931

| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
| A Couple in Life and Death | 生死夫妻 | Zhang Shichuan | Wang Xianzhai, Xuan Jinglin, Gong Jianong | Drama | |
| A Free Soul | 自由魂 | Wang Cilong | Tang Tianxiu, Zhou Wenzhu, Gao Zhanfei | Drama | Alternate title: The Bloody Crysanthemum (碧血黃花) |
| An Amorous History of the Silver Screen | 銀幕艷史 | Cheng Bugao | Xuan Jinglin, Xia Peizhen | Drama | This is a partially lost film about a woman's rise from prostitution to stardom from Mingxing Film Company. Released in two parts |
| Arsène Lupin | 亞森·羅賓 | Li Pingqian | Chen Yumei, Sun Min | Mystery | Adapted from the stories by Maurice Leblanc |
| Between Themselves | 夫妻之間 | Li Pingqian | Chen Yumei, Sun Min | Drama | |
| Blue Skies After the Rain | 雨過天青 | Xia Chifeng | Chen Qiufeng, Lin Ruxin | Drama | Filmed on location in Japan. First Chinese production with sound on film. |
| The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes | 福爾摩斯偵探案 | Li Pingqian | Li Pingqian, Chen Yumei | Mystery | Alternate title: Stories of Sherlock Holmes |
| Farewell to Yuren | 玉人永別 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Xuan Jinglin, Zheng Xiaoqiu | Tragedy | |
| The Flying General | 飛將軍 | Ren Pengnian | Wu Lizhu | Crime | |
| Heartaches | 心痛 | Yang Xiaozhong | Wan Laitian, Ding Ziming | Drama | |
| Heng Niang | 恆娘 | Shi Dongshan | Zhou Wenzhu, Tang Tianxiu, Zhu Fei | Fantasy | Adapted from a story of the same title in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio |
| In Old Beijing | 舊時京華 | Zhang Shichuan | Wang Xianzhai Zheng Xiaoqiu | Drama | Alternate title: Splendors of the Old Capital |
| Love and Duty | 戀愛與義務 | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan | Romance/Tragedy | Early Lianhua Film Company production, previously thought lost, a complete print was discovered in South America in the 1990s |
| Lucky Stars | 銀星幸運 | Zhang Shichuan | Zheng Xiaoqiu, Hu Die | Musical Review | |
| The Murderess | 殺人的小姐 | Tan Zhiyuan, Gao Lihen | Liang Saizhen, Yan Yuexian, Cai Chusheng | Mystery | |
| Oriental Nights | 東方夜譚 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu | Fantasy | Adapted from One Thousand and One Nights |
| The Peach Girl | 桃花泣血記 | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu | Drama | |
| Pleasures of the Dance Hall | 歌場春色 | Li Pingqian, Qiu Qixiang, Shao Zuiweng | Xuan Jinglin, Chen Yumei | Drama | First sound film from the Tianyi Film Company, with several American technicians imported from Hollywood to assist and train Chinese personnel |
| Shadow of Red Tears | | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, Zheng Xiaoqiu | Drama | Released in two parts |
| Shadow on the Window | 窗上人影 | Cheng Bugao | Xuan Jinglin, Gong Jianong | Mystery | |
| Sing-Song Girl Red Peony | 歌女紅牡丹 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die Xia Peizhen | | First Chinese sound film (wax discs) |
| The Singing Beauty | 虞美人 | Cheng Kengran | Xu Qinfang, Zhu Fei | Romance/Tragedy | |
| A Spray of Plum Blossoms | 一剪梅 | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan, Wang Cilong | Drama | |
| Spring in the Jade Palace | 玉堂春 | Zhuang Guojun | Ruan Lingyu | Drama | Adapted from two Peking operas |
| Struggle Between Love and Desire | 愛欲之爭 | Wang Cilong | Gao Zhanfei, Tang Tianxiu, Zhou Wenzhu | Drama | |
| Such a Paradise | 如此天堂 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, Gong Jianong | Drama | Released in two parts |
| Three Heroes of the Wang Family | | Wang Yuanlong | Wang Yuanlong, Tang Tianxiu | War | |
| Two Stars of the Milky Way | 銀漢雙星 | Shi Dongshan | Jin Yan | | Also known as Two Stars of the Silver Screen |
| Unlucky to be Born a Daughter | 不幸生為女兒身 | Cheng Bugao | Gao Qianping | Drama | |

## 1932

| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
| A Kindly Mother | 慈母 | Zhang Shichuan | Yan Yuexian, Wang Xianzhai | Drama | |
| A Lonely Bird | 落霞孤鶩 | Cheng Bugao | Hu Die, Gong Jianong | Drama | Adapted from the novel of the same title by Zhang Henshui |
| A Music Teacher | 海外鵑魂 | Jin Qingyu | Zi Luolan, Jin Yan | Drama | |
| A Young Actress | 小女伶 | Qiu Qixiang | Yuan Meiyun | Drama | |
| Beloved Enemy | 可愛的仇敵 | Cheng Bugao | Zheng Xiaoqiu, Liang Saizhen | Drama | |
| Facing the National Crisis | 共赴國難 | Cai Chusheng, Shi Dongshan, Sun Yu, Wang Cilong | Chen Yen-yen, Zheng Junli | War | |
| Fate in Tears and Laughter | 啼笑因緣 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, Xia Peizhen, Wang Xianzai, Gong Jianong, Zheng Xiaoqiu | Romantic drama | |
| Hell at Sea | 海上閻王 | Wang Cilong | Wang Cilong, Zhou Wenzhu, Tang Tianxiu | Action | |
| Humanity | 人道 | Bu Wancang | Jin Yan, Lim Cho Cho | Drama | |
| Love and Death | 愛與死 | Cheng Bugao | Gao Qianping | Drama | |
| Love and Life | 戀愛與生命 | Tang Jie, Wang Jiting | Gong Jianong, Hu Ping | | |
| Loving Blood of the Volcano | 火山情血 | Sun Yu | Li Lili, Zheng Junli | Drama | |
| Old Hate, New Sorrow | 舊恨新仇 | Li Pingqian | Gong Jianong, Ai Xia | Musical/Drama | |
| One Night of Luxury | 一夜豪華 | Shao Zuiweng | Chen Yumei, Hu Shan, Sun Mei | Drama | Adapted from the short story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant |
| Pink Dream | 粉紅色的夢 | Cai Chusheng | Gao Zhanfei, Zheng Junli, Tan Ying | Drama | Also known as Dream in Pink |
| Poetry Written on a Banana Leaf | 芭蕉葉上詩 | Li Pingqian | Wang Renmei, Li Lili | Musical | |
| Regrets | 失足恨 | Dan Duyu | Yuan Congmei | Drama | Alternate title: Mistaken Marriage |
| South Seas Beauty | 南海美人 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu | | |
| Spring Dream in the Old Capital II | 續故都春夢 | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan | Drama | Sequel to the 1931 release of the same title |
| Spring in the South | 南國之春 | Cai Chusheng | Gao Zhanfei, Chen Yen-yen | Drama | |
| Three Modern Women | 三個摩登女性 | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan | Drama | |
| Two Daughters of the Northeast | 東北二女子 | Li Pingqian | Hu Shan, Lu Lixia | War/Romance | Alternate title: Two Orphan Girls on the Battlefield (戰地二孤女) |
| Wild Rose | 野玫瑰 | Sun Yu | Jin Yan, Wang Renmei | Romance/Drama | |

## 1933

| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
| A Modern Woman | 現代一女性 | Li Pingqian | Ai Xia, Sun Min | | Lead actress Ai Xia also wrote the screenplay |
| A Movie Actress | 一個女明星 | Tang Xiaodan | Hu Shan | | |
| A Waif | 苦兒流浪記 | Shao Zuiweng | | Drama | Based on the novel Sans Famille by Hector Malot |
| A Woman's Life | 生機 | Shao Zuiweng | Chen Yumei | Drama | |
| Actress on the Way | 健美之路 | Chen Kengran | Xu Qinfang, Zheng Xiaoqiu | | |
| An Isolated Army | 孤軍 | Chen Tian | Ye Juanjuan | War | |
| Bai Jinlong | 白金龍 | Tang Xiaodan | | Romance | |
| Battlefield Adventures | 戰地歷險記 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, Zheng Xiaoqiu. Gong Jianong | War | |
| Chicken and Duck | 雞鴨夫妻 | Wang Fuqing | Liu Chunshan, Gu Mengchi | | |
| Children of Our Time | 時代的女兒 | Li Pingqian | Zhao Dan, Ai Xia | Drama | |
| Combat | 肉搏 | Hu Tu | Shu Xiuwen | Drama | |
| Consciousness | 覺悟 | Wen Yimin | Fan Xuepeng | Drama | |
| Cosmetics Market | 肥分市場 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, Ai Xia | | Early sound film |
| The Cries of Women | 女性的吶喊 | Shen Xiling | Wang Ying, Gong Jianong | Drama | |
| Dawn Over the Metropolis | 都會的早晨 | Cai Chusheng | Wang Renmei | Drama | |
| Daybreak | 天命 | Sun Yu | Li Lili, Gao Zhanfei | Drama | Lianhua Film Company production |
| Deep Sorrows | 離恨天 | Wang Yuanlong | Qian Siying | Tragedy | |
| Drifting | 飄零 | Tang Xiaodan | Hu Shan | | Alternate title: Willow Catkins II |
| Fallen Angel | 春風楊柳 | Wang Fuqing | Yang Naimei, Xia Peizhen | | |
| The Future | 前程 | Cheng Bugao, Zhang Shichuan | Xuan Jinglin, Sun Min | Drama | |
| Light of Motherhood | 母性之光 | Bu Wancang | Jin Yan, Lai Cheuk-Cheuk | | |
| Little Toys | 小玩意 | Sun Yu | Ruan Lingyu, Li Lili | Drama | |
| Lost Love | | Zhang Shichuan | Zhang Zhiyun, Yan Yuexian | Drama | |
| Love and Tears of a Tenant | 鐵板紅淚錄 | Hong Shen | Wang Ying | Drama | |
| Morning Glory | 晨曦 | Wu Wenchao | | War | |
| Mother and Son | 母與子 | Tang Jie | Xuan Jinglin, Zheng Xiaoqiu | | |
| National Existence | | Tian Han | Shu Xiuwen | | |
| New Year's Eve | 除夕 | Jiang Qifeng | Liu Jiqun, Chen Yen-yen | Drama | |
| Night in the City | 城市之夜 | Fei Mu | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan | Drama | Fei Mu's directorial debut, now lost. Alternate title: City Nights |
| Oppression | 壓迫 | Gao Lihen | Gong Jianong, Xia Peizhen | Social Criticism | |
| Remnants of Spring | 殘春 | Zhang Shichuan | Xu Lai, Zheng Xiaoqiu | | |
| Romance in Spring | 春水情波 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die, Sun Min | Drama | |
| Sister's Tragedy | 姊姊的悲劇 | Gao Lihen, Wang Jiting | Zheng Xiaoqiu, Hu Ping | | |
| Spring Dream of the Lute | 琵琶春怨 | Li Pingqian | Gao Qianping, Zheng Xiaoqiu | | |
| Spring Silkworms | 春蠶 | Cheng Bugao | Ai Xia | Leftist Drama | Mingxing Film Company production, an adaptation of the Mao Dun-penned short story |
| Stirrings of Love | 春潮 | Zheng Yingshi | Gao Zhanfei, Wang Renmei | Drama | |
| Struggle | 奮斗 | Shi Dongshan | Chen Yen-yen | Drama | |
| Such Heroes | 如此英雄 | Zhuang Guojun | Han Langen, Liu Jiqun, Tan Ying | Comedy | |
| Sweetgrass Beauty | 香草美人 | Chen Kengran | Xie Yunqing, Xia Peizhen | Drama | |
| Vicious Neighbors | 惡鄰 | Ren Pengnian | Wu Lizhu | Drama | Originally about 100 minutes running time, 42 minutes still exist |
| Wild Torrent | 狂流 | Cheng Bugao | Hu Die, Xia Peizhen, Gong Jianong | Drama | |
| Willow Catkins | 飛絮 | Shao Zuiweng | Yuan Meiyun | | |

## 1934

| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
| 24 Hours in Shanghai | 上海二十四小時 | Shen Xiling | Zhao Dan, Gu Lanjun, Gu Meijun | Drama | |
| A Beautiful Night | 良宵 | Yang Xiaozhong | Tan Ying, Tang Tianxiu | | |
| A Brief Life | 路柳牆花 | Xu Xinfu | Hu Die, Xuan Jinglin | Drama | |
| A Woman Prisoner | 女犯 | Wang Tianbei | Xu Suzhen | Drama | |
| The Big Road | 大路 | Sun Yu | Jin Yan, Li Lili | Drama | |
| Bigamy | 重婚 | Wu Cun | Gao Zhanfei, Yan Yuexian, Gao Qianping | Drama | |
| Body Building | 健美運動 | Dan Duyu | | | |
| Buried With Flowers | 百花洲 | Wen Yimin | Chen Yumei, Ye Qiuxin | Tragedy | |
| The Classic for Girls | 女兒經 | Zhang Shichuan, Yao Sufeng, Zheng Zhengqiu, Xu Xingfu, Li Pingqian, Chen Kengran, Shen Xiling, Cheng Bugao | Ensemble cast | Comedy/Drama | Collection of short stories against the background of a women's class reunion. Aka: A Bible for Girls |
| Cotton Blossom Village | 飛花村 | Zheng Yingshi | Gao Zhanfei, Hu Ping | Drama | |
| Dawn | 黎明 | Wang Yuanlong, Shao Zuiweng | Wang Yuanlong, Fan Xuepeng | | |
| The Doctrine of Women | 婦道 | Chen Kengran | Xu Qinfang | | |
| Elapse | 似水流年 | Gao Lihen | Hu Shan Zhao Dan | | |
| Enemies of Women | 女性的仇敵 | Chen Kengran | Xu Qinfang, Zhao Dan | | |
| Exhibition | 展覽會 | Chen Kengran | Xia Peizhen, Sun Min | | |
| Flame of Youth | 青春之火 | Qiu Qixiang | Ye Qiuxin, Chen Yumei | | |
| Flames | 烈焰 | Hu Rui | Hu Ping | Drama | |
| Flowers in the Storm | 暴雨梨花 | Ma-Xu Weibang | Gao Zhanfei, Chen Yen-yen | Drama | |
| Give Back My Home | 還我山河 | Wang Cilong | Liang Saizhen, Gao Zhanfei | | |
| Go Northwest | 道西北去 | Cheng Bugao | Xu Lai, Gong Jianong | | |
| The Goddess | 神女 | Wu Yonggang | Ruan Lingyu | Drama | Distributed by the Lianhua Film Company |
| Golden Age | 黃金時代 | Bu Wancang | Jin Yan, Yin Mingzhu | Drama | |
| Goodbye, Shanghai | 再會吧，上海 | Zheng Yunbo | Ruan Lingyu, Zhang Yi | | |
| Homecoming | 歸來 | Zhu Shilin | Ruan Lingyu, Gao Zhanfei | Drama | |
| Hot-Blooded Youth | 熱血青年 | Tang Jie | Wang Yuanlong, Ye Qiuxin | Drama | |
| Iron Bird | 鐵鳥 | Yuan Congmei | Chen Yen-yen, Gao Zhanfei | Romance/War | |
| Joyous Enemies | | Qiu Qixiang | Chen Yumei | | Based on the novel of the same title by Zhang Henshui |
| Just One Night | 春宵曲 | Wen Yimin | Ye Qiuxin | Drama | |
| Kids | 人間仙子 | Dan Duyu | Yuan Meiyun | Drama | |
| Kindred Feelings | 骨肉之恩 | Jiang Qifeng | Ma-Xu Weibang, Chen Yen-yen | | |
| Life | 人生 | Fei Mu | Ruan Lingyu | | |
| Lucky Land | 吉地 | Shao Zuiweng | Chen Yumei, Tian Fang | | |
| Mr. Wang | 王先生 | Shao Zuiweng | Tang Jie | Comedy | First in a series of popular live-action comedies based on the cartoon character created by Ye Qianyu |
| Mrs. Mai | 麥夫人 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die | | Alternate titles: 美德夫人 and 紅船外史 |
| Mutual Hatred | 同仇 | Cheng Bugao | Wang Ying | Drama | |
| Never Give Up | 泰山鴻毛 | Zhang Shichuan | Gong Jianong, Xu Lai | Drama | |
| Orchid in an Empty Valley | 空谷蘭 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, Gao Zhanfei | Drama | Sound remake of the 1926 silent of the same title. |
| Perfumed Snowy Sea | 香雪海 | Fei Mu | Ruan Lingyu, Gao Zhanfei | Drama | |
| Plunder of Peach and Plum | 桃李劫 | Ying Yunwei | Yuan Muzhi | Drama | Diantong Film Company production. |
| Queen of Sports | 體育皇后 | Sun Yu | Li Lili | | |
| Raging Waves of the China Sea | 中國海的怒潮 | Yueh Feng | Yuan Meiyun | Drama | |
| Reborn Flowers | 再生花 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die | Drama | Lost second part of Twin Sisters |
| Renzhu | 紉珠 | Shao Zuiweng, Gao Lihen | Fan Xuepeng | | |
| Romance of Hua Mountain | 華山艷史 | Cheng Bugao | Xu Lai, Gong Jianong | | |
| Romance on the Stage | 台艷史 | Xue Juexian | Xue Juexian | Romance | Alternate title: 璇宮艷史 |
| Salt Tide | 鹽潮 | Xu Xinfu | Hu Die | Drama | |
| The Shining Path | | Zheng Zhenduo | Zheng Junli, Tan Ying | Drama | |
| Song of the Fishermen | 漁光曲 | Cai Chusheng | Wang Renmei | Drama | First Chinese film to win an award at an international film festival (the Moscow Film Festival) |
| Three Sisters | 三姊妹 | Li Pingqian | Zhao Dan, Hu Die | | Adapted from a novel by Japanese author Kan Kikuchi |
| Twin Sisters | 姊妹花 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die | Drama | Exists, but second part (Reborn Flowers) is lost |
| Two to One | 二對一 | Zhang Shichuan | Gong Jianong, Gao Qianping | Drama | |
| Virtuous Wife | 賢惠夫人 | Min Mo | Xu Suzhen, He Zhigang | Drama | |
| The Wind | 風 | Wu Cun | Gao Zhanfei, Tan Ying | Drama | |
| Women | 女人 | Shi Dongshan | Li Minghui, Hu Ping | Tragedy | |
| Year of Plenty | 豐年 | Li Pingqian | Ai Xia | Drama | Alternate title: Golden Valley (黃金谷) |
| Youth | 青春 | Zhu Shilin | Tan Ying, Zhu Fei | | |

## 1935

| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
| A Beauty's Heart | 美人心 | Xu Xinfu | Hu Die | Drama | |
| A Hero of Our Time | 時勢英雄 | Ying Yunwei | Hu Ping, Shang Guanwu | Drama | Alternate title: Businessmen in Wartime |
| An Abandoned Woman | 秋扇明燈 | Tan Youliu | Li Lili | Drama | |
| At the Foot of E Mei Mountain | 峨眉山下 | Wan Laitian | | War | |
| The Beauty's Favor | 美人恩 | Wen Yimin | | | Adapted from a novel by Zhang Henshui |
| The Beginning of Life | 人之初 | Shi Dongshan | Wei Heling, Yuan Meiyun | | Alternate title: Old People (老人) |
| Big Family | 大家庭 | Zhang Shichuan | Ensemble cast | | |
| The Boatman's Daughter | 船家女 | Shen Xiling | Gao Zhanfei, Xu Lai | Drama | |
| Brothers | 兄弟行 | Cheng Bugao | Hu Die, Gao Zhanfei | | |
| The Carefree Gentlemen | 無愁君子 | Shen Fu | Han Langen, Liu Jiqun | Comedy | |
| Cityscape | 都市風光 | Yuan Muzhi | Lan Ping, Gu Menghe, Zhou Boxun | Comedy/Musical | |
| End of Spring | | Wu Cun | Xu Lai, Gong Jianong | War | |
| Fang Yunying | 方芸英 | Le Jiyun | Hu Shan, Wei Heling | | |
| Four Sisters | 四姊妹 | Yang Xiaozhong | Liang Saizhen | | Featured the Liang Sisters, a popular 1930s stage and club act |
| Fragrance of the Night | 夜來香 | Cheng Bugao | Hu Die, Zhao Dan | | |
| Hard Struggle | 堅苦的奮斗 | Gao Lihen | Fan Xuepeng | | |
| Homesick | 鄉愁 | Shen Xiling | | Drama | |
| Human Relations | 人倫 | Li Pingqian | Gong Jianong, Zheng Xiaoqiu | Drama | Alternate title: Homeless (無家可歸) |
| The Jadeite Horse | 翡翠馬 | Xu Xinfu | Wang Zhengxin, Yan Yuexian | Crime | |
| The Legend of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | 紅羊豪俠傳 | Yang Xiaozhong | Tong Yuejuan | | |
| Life's Sad Song | 生之哀歌 | Yang Hansheng | Li Minghui, Wang Yin | Drama | |
| Little Angel | 小天使 | Wu Yonggang | | | |
| Loyal Patriots | 熱血忠魂 | Zhang Shichuan, Wu Cun, Zheng Zhengqiu, Xu Xinfu, Li Pingqian, Shen Xiling, Cheng Bugao | | Drama | Alternate titles: Spirit of the People (民族魂), Loyal Heroes (熱血英雄) |
| Mother | 母親 | Wen Yimin | Fan Xuepeng | Drama | |
| National Customs | 國風 | Luo Mingyou, Zhu Shilin | Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Junli | Drama | Ruan Lingyu's final film |
| New Women | 新女性 | Cai Chusheng | Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Junli | Drama | |
| The New Peach Blossom Fan | 新桃花扇 | Ouyang Yuqian | | | Early Xinhua Film Company production |
| The Night Before the Wedding | 新婚的前夜 | Dan Duyu | Li Minghui, Yuan Congmei | | |
| The Peach Blossom Dream | 桃花夢 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu | Allegory | |
| Refugees | 逃亡 | Yueh Feng | Yuan Meiyun | | |
| Settle Down by the Han River | 寒江落雁 | Ma-Xu Weibang | Chen Yen-yen | Drama | |
| Song of China | 天倫 | Fei Mu, Luo Mingyou | Zheng Junli | Drama | New Life Movement film; also known as Filial Piety |
| Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm | 風雲兒女 | Xu Xingzhi | Yuan Muzhi, Wang Renmei | Drama/War | Also known as Children of Troubled Times Origin of the Chinese National Anthem |
| Spirit of Freedom | 自由神 | Situ Huimin | Wang Ying | Drama | Also known as The Goddess of Freedom |
| The Tempest | 暴風雨 | Yuan Congmei | Yuan Meiyun, Wei Heling | Drama | Alternate title: The Martyr (犧牲者) |
| Three Daughters-in-Law | 三個媳婦 | Wang Tianbei | Xu Suzhen, He Zhigang | Drama | |
| Three Girls | 重歸 | Gao Lihen | | Drama | |
| Troubled Sisters | | Wu Wenchao | Hu Shan, Xia Peizhen | Drama | |
| The Wedding Night | 花燈之夜 | Yueh Feng | Yuan Meiyun | | |
| Women as Vipers | 蛇蠍美人 | Yang Xiaozhong | Zhang Yi, Chen Yen-yen | Drama | Alternate title: Whirlpool |
| Young Auntie | 小姨 | Min Qian | Xia Peizhen | Drama | |

## 1936

| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
| A Little Orphan Girl | 小孤女 | Yang Xiaozhong | Chen Juanjuan, Zhang Zhizhi | Drama | |
| A Night of Madness | 狂歡之夜 | Shi Dongshan | Gu Eryi, Hu Ping, Jin Shan, Zhou Xuan | Drama | Adapted from The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol |
| Back to Nature | 道自然去 | Sun Yu | Jin Yan, Li Lili | | Adapted from the 1902 stage play The Admirable Crichton |
| The Battle Between Peach and Plum | 桃李爭艷 | Li Pingqian | Ye Qiuxin, Gu Lanjun | | |
| Blood on Wolf Mountain | 狼山喋血記 | Fei Mu | Lan Ping, Li Lili | Drama | "National Defense" film |
| By the Huangpu River | 黃浦江邊 | Shao Zuiweng | Chen Qiufeng, Tang Jie | | |
| The Desert Island | 浪淘沙 | Wu Yonggang | Jin Yan, Zhang Zhizhi | Action | Alternate title: Gold and Sand |
| The Diamond Case | 金剛鑽 | Xu Xinfu | Gu Lanjun, Wang Zhengxin | Crime | |
| Downtrodden Peach Blossom | 劫後桃花 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, Gao Zhanfei, Shu Xiuwen | | |
| Family Members | 父母子女 | Hu Xinling | Gong Qiuxia | Drama | |
| Flowers and Grass | 花花草草 | Gao Lihen | | | |
| Girl in an Isolated City | 孤城烈女 | Wang Cilong | Chen Yen-yen, Zheng Junli | | |
| The Graduate | | Dan Duyu | Bai Hong | Romance | |
| Grave-Sweeping Day | 清明時節 | Ouyang Yuqian | Li Minghui, Zhao Dan | | |
| The Guangling Tide | 廣陵潮 | Chen Kengran | Yuan Meiyun, Wang Yin | | |
| Hai Tanghong | 海堂紅 | Zhang Shichuan | Bai Yushuang, Wang Xianzhai | Musical/Drama | Alternate title: Red Begonia |
| Happiness is at the Door | 喜臨門 | Yueh Feng | Zhou Xuan | Romance | |
| Little Lingzi | 小玲子 | Cheng Bugao | Tan Ying | Drama | |
| Lost Lambs | 迷途的羔羊 | Cai Chusheng | | Drama | Deals with the sufferings and tragic fates of street urchins |
| Mother Love | 母愛 | Jin Qingyu | Lim Cho Cho | Drama | |
| Mr. Wang's Marvelous Heroism | 王先生奇俠傳 | Zuo Ming | Tang Jie | Comedy | |
| New and Old Shanghai | 新舊上海 | Cheng Bugao | Ensemble cast | Drama | |
| Night Club | 夜會 | Li Pingqian | Gu Lanjun, Gong Jianong | | |
| Soaring Aspirations | 壯志凌雲 | Wu Yonggang | Jin Yan, Wang Renmei | Drama | |
| Song of Hatred | 長恨歌 | Shi Dongshan | Mei Xi Wang Renmei | | Alternate title: Human Feelings (人情) |
| Song of Triumph | 凱歌 | Bu Wancang | Yuan Meiyun, Wang Yin | | |
| Spring Dream in the Plum Garden | 桃源春夢 | Yang Xiaozhong | Han Langen, Liu Jichun | Comedy | |
| Spring Flowers | 春之花 | Wu Cun | Gao Zhanfei, Yan Yuexian | | |
| Tomboy | 化身姑娘 | Fang Peilin | Yuan Meiyun | Drama/Romance | Released in two parts |
| The Treasure Map | 百寶圖 | Yueh Feng | Wang Yin, Zhou Xuan | Adventure | |
| Two Little Sisters | 小姊妹 | Xu Fenling | Yuan Meiyun, Wang Yin | | |
| Unchanged Heart in Life and Death | 生死同心 | Ying Yunwei | Yuan Muzhi, Chen Boer | Drama | |
| Women's Rights | 女權 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, Zhao Dan | Drama | Alternate title: Love's Runaway (愛情的逃亡者) |

## 1937

| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
| A Match Made in Heaven | 天作之合 | Shen Fu | Han Langen, Bai Lu | Drama | |
| Always Keep Smiling | 永遠的微笑 | Wu Cun | Hu Die, Gong Jianong, Gong Qiuxia | Drama | |
| The Battle of Shanghai | | Lai Man-wai | | Documentary | Collection of documentary footage of the invasion of Shanghai by Japan, as filmed by Lai Manwai and others. |
| Crossroads | 十字街頭 | Shen Xiling | Zhao Dan, Bai Yang | Drama | Early sound film |
| The Disappearing Corpse | | Xu Xinfu | Xu Xinyuan, Gu Meijun | Mystery | First of the Chinese-made Charlie Chan movies |
| Dream Universe | 夢裡乾坤 | Cheng Bugao | Tan Ying, Shu Xiuwen | | Alternate titles: Heaven and Earth in a Dream Long Night, Many Dreams (夜長夢多) |
| Flexible Girls | 彈性女兒 | Chen Kengran | Lu Ming, Yan Yuexian | Drama | |
| Flight by Night | 夜奔 | Cheng Bugao | Mei Xi, Tan Ying | | |
| Flower of Society | 社會之花 | Zhang Shichuan | Bai Yang, Gong Jianong | Drama | |
| Four Daughters | 四千金 | Wu Cun | Bai Yang, Gong Jianong | Drama | |
| The Free World | 自由天地 | Shen Fu | Chen Yen-yen, Liu Qiong | Drama | |
| Full of Vim and Vigor | 生龍活虎 | Xu Xinfu | Wang Jiting, Gu Lanjun | Crime | |
| The General's Daughter | 將軍之女 | He Mengfu | Lai Cheuk-Cheuk | War | |
| Gold-Plated City | 鍍金的城 | Fei Mu | | | Also known as The Gilded City |
| The Lost Pearl | 人海遺珠 | Zhu Shilin | Li Lili, Liu Qiong | Drama | |
| Martyrs of the Northern Front | 北戰場精忠錄 | Fei Mu | | | |
| The Money Tree | 搖錢樹 | Tan Youliu | Shu Xiuwen | Drama | Adapted from the Chinese stage version of Juno and the Paycock |
| Mother's Secrets | 母親的秘密 | Zhang Shichuan | Sun Min, Gong Jianong | | |
| Murder in the Oratory | 斬經堂 | Fei Mu | | Opera | |
| Mysterious Flower | 神秘之花 | Yueh Feng | Bai Yang | Crime | |
| New Year's Coin | 壓歲前 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Rongrong | Drama | Also known as New Year's Gift |
| Night Rain by the Xiang River | 瀟湘夜雨 | Wang Cilong | Gao Zhanfei, Diao Banhua | Romance | |
| Secret Code | 秘電碼 | Various | Gao Zhanfei | War | |
| So Busy | 如此繁華 | Ouyang Yuqian | Li Lili | | |
| Song at Midnight | 夜半歌聲 | Ma-Xu Weibang | Jin Shan, Gu Menghe | Horror | A Chinese adaptation of Phantom of the Opera |
| Song of a Loving Mother | 慈母曲 | Zhu Shilin, Luo Mingyou | Ensemble cast | Drama | |
| Soul and Body Gate | 靈肉之門 | Zhong Shigen | Lim Cho Cho | | |
| Spring Arrives Everywhere | 春到人間 | Sun Yu | Chen Yen-yen, Mei Xi | | |
| Street Angel | 馬路天使 | Yuan Muzhi | Zhao Dan, Zhou Xuan | Drama | |
| Strange Case in an Ancient Pagoda | 古塔奇案 | Zhang Shichuan | Wang Xianzhai, Gong Qiuxia | Crime | |
| Symphony of Lianhua | 聯華交響曲 | Various | Ensemble cast | Anthology | Collection of short films by the Lianhua studio's directors, and featuring Lianhua's top acting talents |
| Unexpected Luck | 飛來福 | Yang Xiaozhong | Han Langen, Liu Jiqun | Comedy | |
| Vistas of Art | 藝海風光 | Various | Ensemble cast | | Three short stories with performing arts settings: movies <<電影城>>, theater <<話劇團>>, dance <<歌舞班>> |
| Wang Laowu | 王老五 | Cai Chusheng | Wang Cilong, Lan Ping | Drama | Alternate title: Fifth Brother Wang |
| Youth on the March | 青年進行曲 | Shi Dongshan | Shi Chao, Hu Ping | Drama | |

## 1938

| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
| The Beggar's Daughter | 乞丐千金 | Bu Wancang | Chen Yen-yen, Mei Xi | Romance | |
| Diao Chan | 貂蟬 | Bu Wancang | Gu Lanjun, Jin Shan | Historical | Xinhua Film Company production, also known as The Sable Cicada |
| Eight Hundred Heroes | 八白壯士 | Ying Yunwei | Yuan Muzhi, Chen Boer | War | Dramatic interpretation of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse |
| Fight to the Last | 熱血忠魂 | Yuan Congmei | Li Lili, Gao Zhanfei | Action | "Resistance film," made in unoccupied territory. Alternate title: Loyal Patriots |
| The Lady of the Camellias | 茶花女 | Li Pingqian | Yuan Meiyun, Liu Qiong | Drama | Adapted from The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils |
| Love and Duty | 戀愛與義務 | Bu Wancang | Jin Yan, Yuan Meiyun | Drama | Sound remake of the 1931 silent of the same title, with Jin Yan reprising his role. Original title: Unexpected Tears of Blood (情天血淚) |
| Melancholy Hatred | 離恨天 | Wu Yonggang | Wang Renmei, Liu Qiong | Romance | Alternate English titles: Bitter Separation, A Sailor's Love |
| The Pearl Tunic | 珍珠衫 | Xu Xinfu | Xu Xinyuan, Gu Meijun | Mystery | A Charlie Chan mystery |
| Pirates of the Yellow Sea | 黃海大盜 | Wu Yonggang | Wang Renmei, Gao Zhanfei | Action | Alternate title: Pirates of the Yellow River |
| Protect Our Land | 保衛我們的土地 | Shi Dongshan | Wei Heling, Shu Xiuwen | War | |
| Save Her Mother | 歌兒救母記 | Zhang Shichuan | Gong Qiuxia, Shu Shi | Drama | |
| Stars Around the Moon | 三星伴月 | Fang Peilin | Zhou Xuan | | |
| Sunrise | 日出 | Yueh Feng | Yuan Meiyun, Lu Luming | Drama | Adapted from the stage play of the same title by Cao Yu |

## 1939

| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
| A Dancing Girl | 紅粉飄零 | Chen Kengran | Lu Ming, Gong Jianong | Drama | |
| A Money-Colored World | 金銀世界 | Li Pingqian | Gu Lanjun, Liu Qiong | | |
| All Quiet in the Pagoda | 荒塔沉冤 | Yang Xiaozhong | Chen Yen-yen, Tong Yuejuan | Fantasy | Remake of the 1926 silent, White Snake (白蛇傳) |
| Bloody Battle in an Ancient City | | Xu Suling | | War | |
| Children of China | 中華兒女 | Shen Xiling | Zhao Dan, Bai Yang | | Film format is that of a prologue and 4 short stories |
| Defending Our Home Village | 保家鄉 | He Feiguang | | War | "National defense" film |
| The Empress Wu Tse-tien | 武則天 | Fang Peilin | Bai Hong | Drama/Historical | |
| The Good Husband | 好丈夫 | Shi Dongshan | Shu Xiuwen | War | |
| Groans and Struggles | 碧玉雄心 | Yueh Feng | Yuan Meiyun, Wang Yin | War | "National defense" film |
| Lady Meng Jiang | 孟姜女 | Wu Cun | Zhou Xuan | | Remake of the 1926 silent of the same title |
| The Leper Girl | 麻瘋女 | Ma-Xu Weibang | Tan Ying | Horror | |
| Li Sanniang | 李三娘 | Zhang Shichuan | Zhou Xuan, Shu Shi | | |
| Mother and Daughter | 雲裳仙子 | Yueh Feng | Chen Yunshang | | Remake of 1933's Light of Motherhood |
| Mulan Joins the Army | 木蘭從軍 | Bu Wancang | Chen Yunchang | Historical/War | Solitary Island period film |
| The New Hell | 新地獄 | Wu Cun | Zhou Xuan | | |
| The Radio Station Murder | 播音台大血案 | Xu Xinfu | Gong Qiuxia, Xu Xinyuan, Gu Meijun | Mystery | A Charlie Chan mystery |
| Sexy Devil | 欲魔 | Yueh Feng | Tan Ying | Drama | |
| Singing Through Tears | 歌聲淚痕 | Wu Cun | Gong Jianong | Musical | |
| Three Chinese Swordsmen | 中國三劍客 | Chen Yiqing | Han Langen | Action/Comedy | Alternate title: Three Swordsmen |
| Visiting Shanghai After 60 Years | 六十年後上海灘 | Yang Xiaozhong | Han Langen, Liu Jiqun | Fantasy | |
| Wang Baochuan | 王寶釧 | Wu Cun | Diao Banhua | Drama/Historical | |
| The Young Mistress's Fan | 少奶奶的扇子 | Li Pingqian | Yuan Yunmei | | Remake of the 1928 silent of the same title |

## Mainland Chinese Film Production Totals

| Year | Total Films |
| 1930 | 117 |
| 1931 | 87 |
| 1932 | 62 |
| 1933 | 89 |
| 1934 | 82 |
| 1935 | 50 |
| 1936 | 46 |
| 1937 | 39 |
| 1938 | 41 |
| 1939 | 52 |