Title: Movies banned in China Content: The People's Republic of China (PRC) bans a lot of movies for many reasons. The National Film Administration (国家电影局) decides for mainland China. Hong Kong and Macau have different political systems so the bans below do not apply. Taiwan, which is known as the Republic of China by those countries that recognize her, is not under the control and jurisdiction of the PRC. ==List of banned movies by subject (partial selection)== ===Regional=== ====Tibet==== thumb *Kundun (1997) *Seven Years in Tibet (1997) *The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom (2009) *Many movies of Keanu Reeves - he showed support for Tibet and then got banned.Callum Crumlish. Keanu Reeves films 'banned in China'. March 26, 2022 It is not because of the story of / the words in those movies. ====Japan==== *Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) *Monster Hunter (movie) was released and then banned. "The specific date of re-release is yet to be determined (具体重新上映时间另行通知)" , though.王峰. 电影《怪物猎人》遭停映 涉嫌种族歧视?制片方道歉了. Dahe.cn December 7, 2020 ===1989 Tiananmen Square protests=== *I Have Graduated (1992)Hong Kong Censors Issue Warning Over Tiananmen Film Screenings *The Square (1994 film) * The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1995) *Lan Yu (film) (2001) 藍宇 *Shang-Chi (2021)《尚氣與十環幫傳奇》現「8964」網民疑內地禁映原因. November 14, 2021 ===Gay=== *Beijing Bastards (1993) 北京杂种 *Farewell My Concubine (1993) 霸王别姬 *East Palace, West Palace (1997) 东宫西宫 *Brokeback Mountain (2005) *Call Me by Your Name (2017) ===Human rights=== thumb|right|Allowed for years, but banned since 2019 *Red Corner (1997) *Ten Years (2015 film) *The Bleeding Edge (2016) *South Park‘South Park’ Scrubbed From Chinese Internet After Critical Episode *Joker (2019 movie) *Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) because, in the movie, there is The Epoch Times (大纪元时报) newsrack.China Officially Bans Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ===General political=== *Father (2000) 冤家父子Award for banned Chinese film *Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) *V for Vendetta (movie) *The Lady (2011 film) *Detention (2019 film) *Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)【抵制京奧】傳中國明年停進口美國片 美電影《蜘蛛俠》或上映無期. Radio Free Asia because, in the movie, there is Statue of Liberty.Blockbuster movie Spiderman: No Way Home was BANNED in China after Sony refused government's demands to remove scenes showing the Statue of Liberty ===Pollution=== *Under the Dome (穹顶之下) (2015) *Behemoth (2015) *The Chinese Mayor (中国市长) (大同 (紀錄片)) (2015) ===Company does not even try to sell the film in China=== thumb *The Dark Knight (film) (2008)3C Films. Oct 25, 2019 *Suicide Squad (movie) A Hong Kong outdoor cinema planned to play The Dark Knight in October 2022. However, the Government told the cinema to not play the movie.Sarah Zheng, Hong Kong Cancels Screening of Batman Film, Citing Violence It is because the movie, which is violent, is under "category IIB".HK01. 《蝙蝠俠：黑夜之神》下周放映會突被禁 局長楊潤雄︰按機制辦事 "Category II" is further subdivided to two more categories, i.e. "A" and "B". ===Unknown reason=== *Christopher Robin (2018) (By BBC's observation, there has been a parody between the bear and president Xi Jinping)British Broadcasting Corporation (August 6, 2018). 英倫熱議：維尼熊電影吃了中國閉門羹 ==Punishment== *The director of To Live (1994 film) 活着 was banned from filmmaking for 2 years.Ebert, Roger. "To Live ." Chicago Sun Times. December 23, 1994. Retrieved November 15, 2011.Zhang Yimou. Frances K. Gateward, Yimou Zhang, University Press of Mississippi, 2001, pp. 63–4. *Summer Palace (2006 film) 颐和园 was submitted for competition overseas without being submitted to censorship first, in other words, without China´s authorization. The punishment included a movie production 5-year-ban on the maker of the movie. *For making the Lost in Beijing movie, Fang Li and the production company Beijing Laurel Films were banned from filmmaking for 2 years. ==The 3-tier system== Tong Ying Kit was punished in July 2021 for using a controversial slogan, may or may not be relevant. Inside the Red Brick Wall (理大圍城) was approved by Hong Kong censor - Derek Lee in 2021. Up to April 2022, he is still in office. Ying E Chi CinemaGovernment Telephone Directory Inside the Red Brick Wall is under "category III". In November 2021, the Hong Kong law on censorship was changed.Film Censorship (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 and updated guidelines come into effect It is not clear whether Revolution of Our Times (時代革命) (by Kiwi Chow) is allowed or banned.《时代革命》：“禁片”年代的海外放映 Chow's movie's name is the later half of the Tong's slogan (liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times) without former half, without the words of "liberate Hong Kong".HK documentary takes emotional win The rules say that Hong Kong "category III" movies cannot be shown to people under 18 years old.Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration ==Related pages== * Movie censorship * Political problems of China