Movies banned in China

The People's Republic of China (PRC) bans a lot of movies for many reasons. The National Film Administration (Guo Jia Dian Ying Ju ) 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
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. 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 (Ju Ti Zhong Xin Shang Ying Shi Jian Ling Xing Tong Zhi )" , though.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests
I Have Graduated (1992)
The Square (1994 film)
The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1995)
Lan Yu (film) (2001) Lan Yu
Shang-Chi (2021)
Gay
Beijing Bastards (1993) Bei Jing Za Chong
Farewell My Concubine (1993) Ba Wang Bie Ji
East Palace, West Palace (1997) Dong Gong Xi Gong
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Human rights
Red Corner (1997)
Ten Years (2015 film)
The Bleeding Edge (2016)
South Park
Joker (2019 movie)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) because, in the movie, there is The Epoch Times (Da Ji Yuan Shi Bao ) newsrack.
General political
Father (2000) Yuan Jia Fu Zi
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) because, in the movie, there is Statue of Liberty.
Pollution
Under the Dome (Qiong Ding Zhi Xia ) (2015)
Behemoth (2015)
The Chinese Mayor (Zhong Guo Shi Chang ) (Da Tong (Ji Lu Pian )) (2015)
Company does not even try to sell the film in China
The Dark Knight (film) (2008)
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. It is because the movie, which is violent, is under "category IIB". "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)
Punishment
The director of To Live (1994 film) Huo Zhao was banned from filmmaking for 2 years.
Summer Palace (2006 film) Yi He Yuan 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 (Li Da Wei Cheng ) was approved by Hong Kong censor - Derek Lee in 2021. Up to April 2022, he is still in office. Inside the Red Brick Wall is under "category III". In November 2021, the Hong Kong law on censorship was changed. It is not clear whether Revolution of Our Times (Shi Dai Ge Ming ) (by Kiwi Chow) is allowed or banned. 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".
The rules say that Hong Kong "category III" movies cannot be shown to people under 18 years old.
Related pages
Movie censorship
Political problems of China
References
Censorship
Lists of movies
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