Hong Kong Film Award
Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures
Columns: Rank | Title | Year | Region | Director(s)
1 | Spring in a Small Town | 1948 | China | Fei Mu | 2 | A Better Tomorrow | 1986 | Hong Kong | John Woo | 3 | Days of Being Wild | 1990 | Hong Kong | Wong Kar-wai | 4 | Yellow Earth | 1984 | China | Chen Kaige | 5 | City of Sadness | 1989 | Taiwan | Hou Hsiao-hsien | 6 | Long Arm of the Law | 1984 | Hong Kong | Johnny Mak | 7 | Dragon Gate Inn | 1967 | Taiwan | King Hu | 8 | Boat People | 1982 | Hong Kong | Ann Hui | 9 | A Touch of Zen | 1971 | Taiwan | King Hu | 10 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 2000 | China/Hong Kong/Taiwan/USA | Ang Lee | 11 | Street Angel | 1937 | China | Yuan Muzhi | 12 | A Brighter Summer Day | 1991 | Taiwan | Edward Yang | 13 | The Private Eyes | 1976 | Hong Kong | Michael Hui | 14 | The Mission | 1999 | Hong Kong | Johnnie To | 15 | One-Armed Swordsman | 1967 | Hong Kong | Chang Cheh | 16 | Fist of Fury | 1972 | Hong Kong | Lo Wei | 17 | In the Heat of the Sun | 1994 | China | Jiang Wen | 18 | In the Face of Demolition | 1953 | Hong Kong | Li Tie | 19 | A Chinese Odyssey | 1995 | Hong Kong | Jeffery Lau | 20 | The Arch | 1970 | Hong Kong | Tang Shu-Shuen | 21 | Rouge | 1987 | Hong Kong | Stanley Kwan | 22 | Chungking Express | 1994 | Hong Kong | Wong Kar-wai | 23 | Homecoming | 1984 | Hong Kong | Yim Ho | 24 | The Time to Live and the Time to Die | 1985 | Taiwan | Hou Hsiao-hsien | 25 | Red Sorghum | 1987 | China | Zhang Yimou | 26 | Father and Son | 1981 | Hong Kong | Allen Fong | 27 | The Spring River Flows East | 1947 | China | Cai Chusheng , Zheng Junli | 28 | Comrades: Almost a Love Story | 1996 | Hong Kong | Peter Chan | 29 | The Goddess | 1934 | China | Wu Yonggang | 30 | The Big Road | 1934 | China | Sun Yu | 31 | The Secret | 1979 | Hong Kong | Ann Hui | 32 | Infernal Affairs | 2002 | Hong Kong | Andrew Lau , Alan Mak | 33 | Drunken Master | 1978 | Hong Kong | Yuen Wo Ping | 34 | The Butterfly Murders | 1979 | Hong Kong | Tsui Hark | 35 | Ashes of Time | 1994 | Hong Kong | Wong Kar-wai | 36 | Made in Hong Kong | 1997 | Hong Kong | Fruit Chan | 37 | Sorrows of the Forbidden City | 1948 | China | Zhu Shilin | 38 | The Love Eterne | 1963 | Hong Kong | Li Han-Hsiang | 39 | The Story of A Discharged Prisoner | 1967 | Hong Kong | Lung Kong | 40 | Zu Warriors | 1983 | Hong Kong | Tsui Hark | 41 | The Terrorizers | 1986 | Taiwan | Edward Yang | 42 | The Killer | 1989 | Hong Kong | John Woo | 43 | Once Upon a Time in China | 1991 | Hong Kong | Tsui Hark | 44 | Center Stage | 1992 | Hong Kong | Stanley Kwan | 45 | The Story of Qiu Ju | 1992 | China | Zhang Yimou | 46 | This Life of Mine | 1950 | China | Shi Hui | 47 | Kingdom and the Beauty | 1959 | Hong Kong | Li Han Hsiang | 48 | The Winter | 1969 | Taiwan | Li Han Hsiang | 49 | An Autumn's Tale | 1987 | Hong Kong | Mabel Cheung | 50 | A Chinese Ghost Story | 1987 | Hong Kong | Ching Siu-Tung | 51 | The Purple Hairpin | 1959 | Hong Kong | Li Tie | 52 | The Orphan | 1960 | Hong Kong | Lee Sun-Fung | 53 | Two Stage Sisters | 1965 | China | Xie Jin | 54 | City on Fire | 1987 | Hong Kong | Ringo Lam | 55 | Farewell My Concubine | 1993 | Hong Kong/China | Chen Kaige | 56 | Yi Yi: A One and a Two | 2000 | Taiwan | Edward Yang | 57 | Cold Nights | 1955 | Hong Kong | Lee Sun-fung | 58 | Po Xiao Shi Fen | 1967 | Taiwan | Sung Tsu-shou | 59 | Raining in the Mountain | 1979 | Taiwan | King Hu | 60 | Police Story | 1985 | Hong Kong | Jackie Chan | 61 | C'est la vie, mon chéri | 1993 | Hong Kong | Derek Yee | 62 | The Wedding Banquet | 1993 | Taiwan | Ang Lee | 63 | Platform | 2000 | China | Jia Zhangke | 64 | The Wild, Wild Rose | 1960 | Hong Kong | Wang Tian-Lin | 65 | The Great Devotion | 1960 | Hong Kong | Chor Yuen | 66 | My Intimate Partner | 1960 | Hong Kong | Kim Chun | 67 | Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind | 1980 | Hong Kong | Tsui Hark | 68 | Ah Ying / Ban Bian Ren | 1983 | Hong Kong | Allen Fong | 69 | Durian Durian | 2000 | Hong Kong | Fruit Chan | 70 | Little Toys | 1933 | China | Sun Yu | 71 | Ai Le Zhong Nian | 1949 | China | Sang Hu | 72 | The House of 72 Tenants | 1973 | Hong Kong | Chor Yuen | 73 | Nomad | 1982 | Hong Kong | Patrick Tam | 74 | Dust in the Wind | 1986 | Taiwan | Hou Hsiao-hsien | 75 | 92 Legendary La Rose Noire | 1992 | Hong Kong | Jeffrey Lau | 76 | Shaolin Soccer | 2001 | Hong Kong | Stephen Chow | 77 | Song at Midnight | 1937 | China | Ma-Xu Weibang | 78 | China Behind | 1974 | Hong Kong | Tong Shu-Shuen | 79 | The Spooky Bunch | 1980 | Hong Kong | Ann Hui | 80 | Taipei Story | 1985 | Taiwan | Edward Yang | 81 | The Blue Kite | 1993 | China | Tian Zhuangzhuang | 82 | Long Live the Mistress | 1948 | China | Sang Hu | 83 | Mambo Girl | 1957 | Hong Kong | Yi Wen | 84 | Feast of a Rich Family | 1959 | Hong Kong | Lee Sun-Fung , Li Tie , Ng Wui , Lo Ji-Hung | 85 | Execution in Autumn | 1972 | Taiwan | Lee Hsing | 86 | Hibiscus Town | 1986 | China | Xie Jin | 87 | God of Gamblers | 1989 | Hong Kong | Wong Jing | 88 | As Tears Go By | 1988 | Hong Kong | Wong Kar-wai | 89 | Happy Together | 1997 | Hong Kong | Wong Kar-wai | 90 | In the Mood for Love | 2000 | Hong Kong | Wong Kar-wai | 91 | Myriad of Lights | 1948 | China | Shen Fu | 92 | Festival Moon | 1953 | Hong Kong | Zhu Shilin | 93 | Parents' Hearts | 1955 | Hong Kong | Kim Chun | 94 | Lin Zexu | 1959 | China | Zheng Junli , Cen Fan | 95 | Dream of the Red Chamber | 1962 | China | Cen Fan | 96 | Digital Master | 1983 | Hong Kong | Kirk Wong | 97 | Shanghai Blues | 1984 | Hong Kong | Tsui Hark | 98 | The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter | 1984 | Hong Kong | Liu Chia-Liang | 99 | The Black Cannon Incident | 1985 | China | Huang Jianxin | 100 | Rebels of the Neon God | 1992 | Taiwan | Tsai Ming-liang | 101 | In the Hands of a Puppet Master | 1993 | Taiwan | Hou Hsiao-hsien | 102 | Summer Snow | 1995 | Hong Kong | Ann Hui | 103 | Not One Less | 1998 | China | Zhang Yimou