# List of Chinese films of 2009

The following is a list of mainland Chinese films first released in year 2009. There were 88 Chinese feature films released in China in 2009.

## Highest-grossing films

The following are the 10 highest-grossing Chinese films released in China in 2009.
| Rank | Title | Gross (in million yuan) |
| 1 | The Founding of a Republic | ¥393.287 |
| 2 | Bodyguards and Assassins | ¥269.430 |
| 3 | Red Cliff: Part II | ¥243.540 |
| 4 | A Simple Noodle Story | ¥239.376 |
| 5 | The Message | ¥205.195 |
| 6 | City of Life and Death | ¥159.810 |
| 7 | Look for a Star | ¥108.135 |
| 8 | Crazy Racer | ¥104.959 |
| 9 | On His Majesty's Secret Service | ¥100.223 |
| 10 | Sophie's Revenge | ¥91.987 |

## Films released

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Bodyguards and Assassins | Teddy Chen | Donnie Yen Leon Lai Nicholas Tse | Action/Drama/Historical | Hong Kong/China co-production Winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film |
| Chengdu, I Love You | Cui Jian, Fruit Chan | Gao Yuanyuan | Science-fiction/Drama | |
| China Idol Boys | Lin Huaquan | | Musical | |
| City of Life and Death | Lu Chuan | Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan | War/Historical | |
| Cow | Guan Hu | Huang Bo, Yan Ni | Black Comedy | |
| Crazy Racer | Ning Hao | Huang Bo | Comedy | |
| Dance for Love | Wen Shuo, Du Wangping | Ai Yuhan | Drama | |
| Diago | Zhang Chi | Carl Wu | Drama | |
| Eagle Flute | Tao Jiang | Luoeryi Querjian, Danba Xiamu | Drama | |
| Empire of Silver | Christina Yao | Zhang Tielin, Aaron Kwok, Hao Lei | Historical/Drama | Hong Kong/China co-production |
| Eternal Beloved | Faye Yu | Faye Yu, Duan Yihong | Romance | |
| Evening of Roses | Ng See-Yuen | Ruby Lin | Romantic comedy | |
| Examination 1977 | Jiang Haiyang | Wang Xuebing, Sun Haiying | Drama | |
| The Founding of a Republic | Huang Jianxin | Tang Guoqiang, Zhang Guoli, Xu Qing, Jin Liu, Chen Kun, Wang Xueqi, Vivian Wu | War/Historical | Celebrating the 60th year after the founding of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Civil War fought with the Republic of China. Featuring more than 90 guest actors from the Greater China Region. |
| Gasp | Zheng Zhong | John Savage, Ge You, Kelly Lin | Comedy/Drama | |
| Invisible Killer | Wang Jing | Yin Xiaotian, Feng Bo, Li Yixiang | Thriller | |
| Iron Men | Yin Li | Wu Gang, Liu Ye | Drama | |
| Judge | Liu Jie | Ni Dahong | Drama | |
| Jump | Stephen Fung | Zhang Yuqi | Comedy | China/Hong Kong co-production |
| Lao Wu's Oscar | Li Kelong | Li Yixiang | Comedy/Romance | |
| Legend of the Tang Empire | Jin Tiemu | | Docudrama | |
| Lemonade | Pu Jun | | Romance | |
| Looking for Jackie | Fang Gangliang, Jiang Ping | Jackie Chan, Zhang Yishan | Action | |
| Love in Translation | Liang Shan | Vanessa Branch, Dong Yanlin | Romance | |
| Martial Spirit | Kau Chim Man | Theresa Fu Owodog Da Zhengwei | | |
| Memory of Love | Wang Chao | Yan Bingyan, Li Naiwen | Romance/Drama | French/Chinese/Bulgarian co-production |
| The Message | Gao Qunshu, Chen Kuo-fu | Huang Xiaomin, Li Bingbing | Spy/Thriller | |
| Mulan | Jingle Ma, Wei Dong | Zhao Wei, Chen Kun, Jaycee Chan | Historical/Drama/Action | |
| My Internship Life | Zhang Rao | Shen Jiani, Hai Yitian | Romance | |
| One 2008th | Chen Kaige Stanley Kwan Tsui Hark Xie Jin Gu Changwei Wang Xiaoshaui Zhang Yibai Lu Chuan Wang Guangli | Aaron Kwok, Bowie Lam, Jane Zhang, Yao Ming, Betty Sun | | |
| One Night in Supermarket | Yang Qing | Li Xiaolu, Qiao Renliang | Comedy/Crime | |
| Oxhide II | Liu Jiayin | Liu Jiayin | Docudrama | |
| Red Cliff: Episode 2 | John Woo | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi | Historical epic | |
| Red River | Zhang Jiarui | Zhang Jingchu | Drama | |
| A Simple Noodle Story | Zhang Yimou | Sun Honglei, Ni Dahong | Thriller/Comedy | Entered into the 60th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Snowfall in Taipei | Huo Jianqi | Chen Bolin, Tang Yao, Yang Yu-ning | Romance | Chinese/Taiwanese co-production |
| Sophie's Revenge | Eva Jin | Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing, So Ji-sub | Comedy | Chinese/South Korean co-production |
| Spring Fever | Lou Ye | Qin Hao | Drama | Entered into the 2009 Cannes Film Festival |
| Taishan Kung-Fu | Wang Ping | Wu Yue, Xu Huanhuan | Action | |
| Tracing Shadow | Francis Ng Marco Mak | Francis Ng Jaycee Chan | Wuxia/comedy | Hong Kong-Chinese co-production |
| Trail of the Panda | Zhong Yu | Daichi Hanashima | Family | Disney-financed mainland production |
| The Treasure Hunter | Chu Yen-Ping | Jay Chou, Lin Chiling, Chen Daoming | Action | Chinese/Taiwanese co-production |
| The Warrior and the Wolf | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Maggie Q | Historical/Drama | |
| Weaving Girl | Wang Quan'an | Yu Nan | Drama | |
| Wheat | He Ping | Fan Bingbing, Wang Xueqi, Wang Zhiwen | Action/Historical/Drama | |