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1970s Beijing: two school friends, both with different backgrounds and families, lose touch, only to rekindle the romance in New York City, where they must decide between a present love or a future love.
- Love O2O (2016) Chinese Title: 微微一笑很倾城. Where to Watch: Netflix. Gaming is a huge industry in China, and Love O2O depicts it realistically, with plenty of romance thrown in.
- Love You Forever (2019) Chinese Title: 我在時間盡頭等你. Where to Watch: Disney Plus. Lin Ge, a talented musician, is best friends with Qiu Qian. She’s an aspiring dancer—and he happens to be deeply in love with her.
- Better Days (2019) Chinese Title: 少年的你. Where to Watch: Amazon Prime | Netflix. This Oscar-nominated movie tackles a difficult (but very relevant topic): school bullying.
- Us and Them (2018) Chinese Title: 後來的我們. Where to Watch: Netflix. “Us and Them” is a poignant love story that’s one of my favorite Chinese movies. Jianqing and Xiaoxiao are twenty-somethings who meet by chance while they’re going home for the New Year.
- Under The Hawthorne Tree
- Beijing Meets Seattle
- Tuhao 520
- IGirl
- This Is Not What I Expected
- The Ex Files
- So Young
- A Season of Good Rain
- My Old Classmate
- Agree with Our List? Have Another Film to add? Straight-Up Disagree?
Under the Hawthorn Tree(Mandarin: 山楂树之恋)—China. Directed by Zhang Yimou. First released September 2010. Running time 1hr 24mins. Starring Zhou Dongyu and Shawn Dou. Not all romance movies are about laughter and tears — some come with serious social commentary. Zhang Yimou brings us a story set in the backdrop of the tumultuous Cultural Revolution, ...
Finding Mr. Right / Beijing Meets Seattle(Chinese: 北京遇上西雅图)—China. Directed by Xue Xiaolu. First released February 2013. Running time 2hr 2min. Starring Tang Wei and Wu Xiubo. In another Chinese romance movie with a social commentary angle, Tang Wei stars in this Seattle-based blockbuster playing the role of a pregnant mistress of a wealthy busines...
Tuhao 520 (Chinese: 土豪520; also known in English as Love Without Distance)–China. Dialog in Mandarin Chinese. Directed by Aubrey Lam. First released May 2015. Running time 1hr 42min. Starring Jing Li, Tianyu Ma, and Francis Ng. Looking for something more ridiculous, gaudy and over the top? Look no further than Tuhao 520,which tells a love story bet...
iGirl(Mandarin: 梦情人)—Hong Kong. Dialog available in Cantonese or Mandarin Chinese. Directed by Kam Ka-wai. First released March 2016. Running time 1hr 30mins. Starring Chrissie Chau, Connie Man, Joyce Cheng, Ekin Cheng, Dominic Ho, and Lam Tsz-chung. We had a chance to watch iGirl one too many times while our Asia Editor Richard was traversing Asia...
This is Not What I Expected(Chinese: 我喜欢你)—China. Directed by Xu Hongyu. First released April 2017. Running time 1hr 46min. Starring Zhou Dongyu and Takeshi Kaneshiro, with appearances by Lin Chi-ling. Zhou Dongyu treats us to a symphony of fine dining, cute/cheerful antics, and playful jealousy in her latest production This is Not What I Expected....
The Ex-Files(Chinese: 前任攻略)—China. Directed by Tian Yusheng. First released 2014. Running time 1hr 47min. Starring Han Geng, Helen Yao, Ryan Zheng, Ban Jiajia, and Wang Likun. While we’re focused on rom-coms, why not bring up another favorite of ours? The Ex-Files explores how our ex-girlfriends and ex-boyfriends impact our relationships in the pre...
So Young(Chinese: 致我们终将逝去的青春, or “To our youth that is fading away”)—China. Directed by Zhao Wei. First released April 2013. Running time 2hr 2min. Starring Yang Zishan, Mark Chao, Han Geng, Jiang Shuying, Bao Beier, Zheng Kai, Zhang Yao, Tong Liya, and Liu Yase. Not all stories of love are filled with joy however — sometimes, love is difficult and...
A Season of Good Rain(Chinese: 好雨時節) – China / Korea co-production. Directed by Hur Jin-ho. First released October 2009. Running time 1hr 40min. Starring Jung Woo-sung and Gao Yuanyuan. A Season of Good Rainis one of my personal favorites, telling the story of Dong-Ha (Jung Woo-sung) and May (Gao Yuanyuan) who were classmates years ago brought to C...
My Old Classmate(Chinese: 同桌的妳)—China. Directed by Frant Gwo. First released April 2014. Running time 1hr 38min. Starring Zhou Dongyu and Lin Gengxin. We round off our list with a favourite of Cinema Escapist, My Old Classmate— a touching coming-of-age story dotted with tragedies throughout. Zhou Dongyu stars alongside Lin Gengxin in a romantic fil...
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- Lust, Caution. Ang Lee US/Mainland China/Taiwan/Hong Kong, 2007. This celebrated historical spy thriller made headlines after its release, mostly for the graphic sex scenes that earned it an NC-17 rating in the US and heavy censorship in China.
- Secret. Dir Jay Chou Taiwan, 2007. If you need a fix of sweetness and whimsy, pick up this high-school fairytale from Taiwanese heartthrob Jay Chou, who both directs and stars.
- In the Mood for Love. Dir Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong, 2000. For broken hearts, there’s no better (or, perhaps, worse) director than Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-wai, a man who specialises in melancholy films steeped in a moody haze of missed connections, unconsummated desire and quiet sorrow.
- Farewell My Concubine. Chen Kaige Mainland 1993. Chen Kaige's Palme d'Or-winning classic is so revered for its mix of epic historical tragedy, personal suffering and on-offstage identity crises that it's easy to forget that the film's also a portrayal of seething, smouldering desire, both realised and not.
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Aug 22, 2014 · This list shows the top ten classic Chinese love movies in the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan: 1. Almost a Love Story (1996) 甜蜜蜜. The year of 1996 coincided with the eve of the Hong Kong’s handover from British to Chinese government, and also one year after the death of the song queen Teresa Teng.
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