HKFAs Top 100 Chinese Motion Pictures
In 2005, the Hong Kong Film Awards unveiled a list of the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures (which, in fact, includes 103 films) to celebrate a century of Chinese cinema. The list was selected by a panel of 101 filmmakers, critics and scholars. You can see the list and regional breakdown below.
Mainland China: 24 films
Hong Kong: 61 films
Taiwan: 16 films
Co-productions: 2
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1. Spring in a Small Town
Chinese Movie - 1948
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2. A Better Tomorrow
Hong Kong Movie - 1986
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3. Days of Being Wild
Hong Kong Movie - 1990
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4. Yellow Earth
Chinese Movie - 1984
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5. A City of Sadness
Taiwanese Movie - 1989
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6. Long Arm of the Law
Hong Kong Movie - 1984
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7. Dragon Gate Inn
Taiwanese Movie - 1967
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8. Boat People
Hong Kong Movie - 1982
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9. A Touch of Zen
Taiwanese Movie - 1971
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10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Chinese Movie - 2000
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11. Street Angel
Chinese Movie - 1937
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12. A Brighter Summer Day
Taiwanese Movie - 1991
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13. The Private Eyes
Hong Kong Movie - 1976
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14. The Mission
Hong Kong Movie - 1999
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15. One-Armed Swordsman
Hong Kong Movie - 1967
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16. Fist of Fury
Hong Kong Movie - 1972
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17. In the Heat of the Sun
Chinese Movie - 1994
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18. Wei lou chun xiao
Hong Kong Movie - 1953
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19. A Chinese Odyssey Part One - Pandora's Box
Hong Kong Movie - 1995
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20. Rouge
Hong Kong Movie - 1988
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21. Chungking Express
Hong Kong Movie - 1994
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22. Homecoming
Hong Kong Movie - 1984
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23. The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Taiwanese Movie - 1985
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24. Red Sorghum
Chinese Movie - 1987
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25. Father and Son
Hong Kong Movie - 1981
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26. The Spring River Flows East
Chinese Movie - 1947
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27. Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Hong Kong Movie - 1996
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28. The Goddess
Chinese Movie - 1934
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29. The Big Road
Chinese Movie - 1935
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30. Infernal Affairs
Hong Kong Movie - 2002
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31. Drunken Master
Hong Kong Movie - 1978
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32. The Butterfly Murders
Hong Kong Movie - 1979
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33. Ashes of Time
Hong Kong Movie - 1994
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34. Made in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Movie - 1997
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35. Sorrows of the Forbidden City
Chinese Movie - 1948
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36. The Love Eterne
Hong Kong Movie - 1963
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37. Story of a Discharged Prisoner
Hong Kong Movie - 1967
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38. Zu Warriors
Hong Kong Movie - 2001
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39. The Terrorizers
Taiwanese Movie - 1986
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40. The Killer
Hong Kong Movie - 1989
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41. Once Upon a Time in China
Hong Kong Movie - 1991
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42. Center Stage
Hong Kong Movie - 1991
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43. The Story of Qiu Ju
Chinese Movie - 1992
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44. The Kingdom and the Beauty
Hong Kong Movie - 1959
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45. The Winter
Taiwanese Movie - 1969
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46. An Autumn’s Tale
Hong Kong Movie - 1987
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47. A Chinese Ghost Story
Hong Kong Movie - 1987
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48. The Purple Hairpin
Hong Kong Movie - 1959
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49. The Orphan
Hong Kong Movie - 1960
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50. Stage Sisters
Chinese Movie - 1965
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51. City On Fire
Hong Kong Movie - 1987
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52. Farewell My Concubine
Chinese Movie - 1993
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53. The Arch
Hong Kong Movie - 1968
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54. Yi Yi
Taiwanese Movie - 2000
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55. Cold Nights
Hong Kong Movie - 1955
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56. At Dawn
Taiwanese Movie - 1968
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57. Raining in the Mountain
Hong Kong Movie - 1979
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58. Police Story
Hong Kong Movie - 1985
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59. C'est La Vie, Mon Cheri
Hong Kong Movie - 1994
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60. The Wedding Banquet
Taiwanese Movie - 1993
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61. Platform
Chinese Movie - 2000
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62. The Wild, Wild Rose
Hong Kong Movie - 1960
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63. The Great Devotion
Hong Kong Movie - 1960
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64. My Intimate Partner
Hong Kong Movie - 1960
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65. Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
Hong Kong Movie - 1980
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66. Ah Ying
Hong Kong Movie - 1983
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67. Durian Durian
Hong Kong Movie - 2000
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68. Little Toys
Chinese Movie - 1933
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69. Sorrows and Joys of a Middle-Aged Man
Chinese Movie - 1949
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70. The House of 72 Tenants
Hong Kong Movie - 1973
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71. Nomad
Hong Kong Movie - 1982
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72. Dust in the Wind
Taiwanese Movie - 1986
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73. 92 Legendary La Rose Noire
Hong Kong Movie - 1992
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74. Shaolin Soccer
Hong Kong Movie - 2001
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75. Song at Midnight
Chinese Movie - 1937
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76. China Behind
Hong Kong Movie - 1974
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77. The Spooky Bunch
Hong Kong Movie - 1980
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78. Taipei Story
Taiwanese Movie - 1985
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79. The Secret
Hong Kong Movie - 1979
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80. The Blue Kite
Chinese Movie - 1993
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81. Mambo Girl
Hong Kong Movie - 1957
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82. Feast of a Rich Family
Hong Kong Movie - 1959
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83. Execution in Autumn
Taiwanese Movie - 1972
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84. Hibiscus Town
Chinese Movie - 1987
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85. God of Gamblers
Hong Kong Movie - 1989
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86. As Tears Go By
Hong Kong Movie - 1988
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87. This Life of Mine
Chinese Movie - 1950
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88. Happy Together
Hong Kong Movie - 1997
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89. In the Mood for Love
Hong Kong Movie - 2000
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90. Myriad of Lights
Chinese Movie - 1959
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91. Festival Moon
Hong Kong Movie - 1953
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92. Parents' Hearts
Hong Kong Movie - 1955
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93. Lin Zexu
Chinese Movie - 1959
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94. Dream of the Red Chamber
Hong Kong Movie - 1962
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95. Health Warning
Hong Kong Movie - 1983
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96. Shanghai Blues
Hong Kong Movie - 1984
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97. The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
Hong Kong Movie - 1984
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98. The Black Cannon Incident
Chinese Movie - 1985
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99. Rebels of the Neon God
Taiwanese Movie - 1992
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100. The Puppetmaster
Taiwanese Movie - 1993