East Asia
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Farewell My Concubine
In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.
Defining films
Farewell My Concubine
Still Life
Raise the Red Lantern
Du Du
A Touch of Zen
Red Sorghum
Taipei Story
Spring in a Small Town
Platform
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
Yellow Earth
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Hero
My Name Is Khan
House of Flying Daggers
Ip Man 2
Kung Fu Panda 3
The Kite Runner
Fearless
To Live
The Flowers of War
Bumblebee
The Legend of Drunken Master
Lust, Caution
Directors
Films by decade
Ne Zha 2
Marry Me
The Wandering Earth II
The Shadow's Edge
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Over the Moon
Black Dog
Dead to Rights
Return to Dust
The Eight Hundred
Limbo
Man in Love
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
Nobody
Lighting Up the Stars
Monster Hunter
Her Story
Meg 2: The Trench
New Gods: Nezha Reborn
One Second
I Am What I Am
Raging Fire
In the Same Breath
Green Snake
Long Day's Journey Into Night
My Name Is Khan
Ip Man 2
Kung Fu Panda 3
The Flowers of War
Bumblebee
A Dog's Journey
The Karate Kid
Ip Man 3
Abominable
Ip Man 4: The Finale
Better Days
Ne Zha
Peppermint
Rambo: Last Blood
An Elephant Sitting Still
Dying to Survive
The Great Wall
The Space Between Us
Let the Bullets Fly
Mile 22
Aftershock
A Touch of Sin
A Dog's Way Home
Still Life
Platform
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
Hero
House of Flying Daggers
The Kite Runner
Fearless
Lust, Caution
The Forbidden Kingdom
Curse of the Golden Flower
Devils on the Doorstep
City of Life and Death
Infernal Affairs II
Mountain Patrol
Infernal Affairs III
Suzhou River
Crazy Stone
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
A World Without Thieves
The Message
Summer Palace
Blind Shaft
Happy Times
Beijing Bicycle
Farewell My Concubine
Raise the Red Lantern
Du Du
To Live
The Legend of Drunken Master
The Road Home
In the Heat of the Sun
Not One Less
Judou
The Story of Qiu Ju
The King of Masks
Shanghai Triad
The Blue Kite
Xiao Wu
Postmen in the Mountains
Keep Cool
Back to Back, Face to Face
A Confucian Confusion
Mahjong
The Dream Factory
Swordsman
Be There or Be Square
Lotus Lantern
Black Snow
Red Sorghum
Taipei Story
Yellow Earth
The Ghost
Terrorizer
Mysterious Island
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Hibiscus Town
Five Element Ninjas
Return to the 36th Chamber
That Day, on the Beach
Teahouse
Tiger on the Beat
Legendary Weapons of China
Martial Arts of Shaolin
My Memories of Old Beijing
Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Secrets of the Heavenly Book
Masked Avengers
Terracotta Warrior
My Young Auntie
The Black Cannon Incident
Martial Club
Old Well
A Touch of Zen
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
The Five Venoms
Heroes of the East
Crippled Avengers
Nezha Conquers the Dragon King
Raining in the Mountain
The New One-Armed Swordsman
Legend of the Mountain
The Kid With the Golden Arm
Executioners from Shaolin
Dirty Ho
The Fate of Lee Khan
Invincible Shaolin
Five Shaolin Masters
Mad Monkey Kung Fu
Vengeance
Blood Brothers
The Valiant Ones
Challenge of the Masters
The Duel
Shaolin Mantis
The Heroic Ones
Marco Polo
The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven
Come Drink With Me
Have Sword Will Travel
The Love Eterne
The Invincible Fist
Flying Dagger
The Story of Sue San
Sons of the Good Earth
Dead End
The Goddess of
The Singing Thief
Inside the Forbidden City
The Perfumed Arrow
Ting Yee-shan
Call of the Sea (Lo Wei
Crocodile River (Lo Wei
The Mermaid (Kao Li
The Female Prince (See Luk Chow
The Warlord and the Actress (Ho Meng-hwa
Come Rain, Come Shine (Tang Huang
Her Pearly Tears (Wang Tian-lin
It’s Always Spring (Yi Wen
Song Without Words (Lo Wei
The Girl With the Golden Arm (Tang Huang
Spring in a Small Town
Confucius
Remorse at Death
Princess Iron Fan
Three Girls
Dream of the Red Mansions
Love in the Wild
The Woman With the False Face
The Goddess
Life
Song of China
Symphony of Lianhua
Blood on Wolf Mountain
Song at Midnight
Street Angel
The Big Road
New Women
Crossroads
The Boatman's Daughter
Song of the Fishermen
Murder in the Oratory
Nightmares in Spring Chamber
Sea of Scented Snow
Chengshi zhi ye
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AWARDS
Bibliography
Film dates sometimes differ depending on the completion or release date.
Films directed by Zhang:
General Awards:
Listed as general and then individual film awards. Please note this is not a comprehensive list: only international and major national awards are included. Awards are listed only for films directed or shot by Zhang Yimou.