| Title
|
Chinese Title
|
Director
|
Actors
|
Genre
|
Notability
|
| 1905
|
| Dingjun Mountain |
定軍山 |
Ren Jingfeng |
Tan Xinpei |
Historical Drama |
This recording of a Beijing opera performance constitutes the first Chinese film ever made
|
| 1913
|
| The Difficult Couple |
難夫難妻 |
Zhang Shichuan,
Zheng Zhengqiu |
|
Short |
First Chinese short feature film
|
| 1917
|
| Victims of Opium |
黑籍冤魂 |
Zhang Shichuan,
Guan Haifeng |
|
Drama/Social Criticism |
Based on a novel by Wu Jianren
|
| 1921
|
| Yan Ruisheng |
閻瑞生 |
Ren Pengnian |
|
Docudrama |
First full-length Chinese film, a dramatized recreation of a 1920 Shanghai murder case
|
| 1922
|
| Laborer's Love |
勞工之愛情 |
Zhang Shichuan |
|
Silent |
Earliest surviving complete film[1][2]
|
| An Empty Dream[3] |
? |
Ren Pengnian |
? |
Wuxia |
|
| The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai |
滑稽大王遊滬記 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Richard Bell, Zheng Zhengqiu, Zheng Zhegu |
Silent |
Slapstick comedy about a fictional visit by Charlie Chaplin
|
| The Sea Oath |
海誓 |
Dan Duyu |
Yin Mingzhu |
Drama |
|
| Women Skeletons |
紅粉骷髏 |
Guan Haifeng |
|
Action/Crime |
One of the earliest Chinese films with extensive martial arts scenes.
|
| 1923
|
| Dreams of a Taoist Priest |
清虛夢 |
Ren Pengnian |
|
Short |
Adapted from a short story in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
|
| The Filial Wife's Soup |
孝婦羹 |
Ren Pengnian |
Wang Fuqing |
Drama |
Adapted from a short story in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
|
| The Lotus Falls |
蓮花落 |
Ren Pengnian |
Zhang Huichong |
Drama |
Adapted from a classic Chinese opera
|
| Orphan Rescues Grandfather |
孤兒救祖記 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Wang Hanlun,
Zheng Xiaoqiu,
Wang Xianzhai
|
Drama |
First major success by Mingxing[4]
|
| The Predestined |
鬆柏緣 |
Ren Pengnian |
Xu Suzhen,
Wang Fuqing
|
Drama |
|
| The Widow Wants to Remarry |
古井重波記 |
Dan Duyu |
|
Drama |
|
| Zhang Xinsheng |
張欣生 |
Zhang Shichuan |
|
Crime |
Early Mingxing Film Company production based on a real-life patricidal case.[4]
|
| 1924
|
| The Abandoned Child |
棄兒 |
Dan Duyu |
Dan Erchun |
Drama |
Adaptation of Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist"
|
| A Couple Through Water and Fire |
水火鴛鴦 |
Cheng Bugao |
|
Romance |
Cast consisted of child actors, averaging about 10 years of age
|
| A Gallant Young Man |
俠義少年 |
|
|
Crime |
Alternate title: A Chivalrous Youth
|
| Dear Brother |
好兄弟 |
Ren Pengnian |
Zhang Huichong |
Drama |
|
| The Divorcee |
棄婦 |
Li Zeyuan
Hou Yao
|
Wang Hanlun |
Drama |
Tragedy advocating greater rights for women
|
| Lured Into Marriage |
誘婚 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zheng Zhengqiu,
Maxu Weibang,
Yang Naimei
|
Drama |
Alternate title: Love and Vanity
|
| Patriotic Umbrella |
愛國傘 |
Ren Pengnian |
Zhang Huichong |
Action/Crime |
|
| The Poor Children |
苦儿弱女 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Wang Hanlun
Yang Naimei
Wang Xianzhai |
Drama |
|
| Public Opinion |
人心 |
Gu Kenfu,
Chen Shouyin
|
Wang Yuanlong,
Zhang Zhiyun,
Xu Su'e
|
Romance |
Alternate title: Human Feelings
|
| Righteousness Above Family |
大義滅親 |
Ren Pengnian |
|
Drama |
Alternate title: The Edge of Chivalry
|
| The Soul of Yuli |
玉梨魂 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Wang Hanlun
Yang Naimei
Wang Xianzhai |
Drama/Social Criticism |
Adapted from a novel by Xu Zhenya, an early plea for increased rights for women.
|
| Tea-Picking Girl |
采茶女 |
Xu Hu |
Yang Naimei |
Romance |
|
| Tide of Evil |
孽海潮 |
Chen Shouyin |
|
Crime |
|
|
| Younger Brother |
弟弟 |
Dan Duyu |
He Rongzhu |
Drama |
|
| 1925
|
| A Blind Orphan Girl |
盲孤女 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Xuan Jinglin
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
Drama |
|
| A Fatal Love |
情天劫 |
Ren Pengnian |
Wang Fuqing
Ren Aizhu
|
Drama |
|
| A Home Truth |
情海風波 |
Zhang Huichong |
Zhang Huichong
Xu Su'e |
Crime/Action |
|
| A Peach Blossom in Human Form |
人面桃花 |
Chen Shouyin |
Huang Yulin
Mao Jianpei
|
Romance |
|
| A Pitiful Girl |
可憐的閨女 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zhang Zhiyun |
Drama |
|
| A Shanghai Woman |
上海一婦人 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Xuan Jinglin
Maxu Weibang
|
Drama |
|
| A String of Pearls |
一串珍珠 |
Li Zeyuan |
|
Drama |
Adaptation of Maupassant's "The Necklace"
|
| A Student's Suffering |
苦學生 |
Guan Haifeng |
|
Drama |
|
| Awakening |
覺悟 |
Ling Lianying |
|
Drama |
|
| Battle Exploits |
戰功 |
Xu Xinfu |
Wang Yuanlong
Zhang Zhiyun
|
War/Romance |
|
| Between Love and Filial Duty |
摘星之女 |
Li Zeyuan
Mei Xuechou
|
Wang Hanlun
Lei Xiadan
|
Romance |
|
| Cupid's Puppets |
愛伸的玩偶 |
Mei Xuechou
Hou Yao
|
|
Drama |
|
| The Dream of Women 1 |
南华梦 |
Zhang Puyi |
Zhang Wuzhi
Jiang Naifang
Yao Juezhen
Zhong Fudong |
Drama |
Alternate title: South China Dream
|
| The Dream of Women 2 |
南华梦 |
Zhang Puyi |
Zhang Wuzhi
Jiang Naifang
Yao Juezhen
Zhong Fudong |
Drama |
Alternate title: South China Dream
|
| Eternal Regret for Drunkenness |
醉鄉遺恨 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
|
Drama |
|
| The Good Brothers |
好哥哥 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zheng Zhegu
Yang Naimei
|
Drama |
|
| Heroine Li Feifei |
女俠李飛飛 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Fen Juhua
Wu Suxin
|
Action/Romance |
|
| The Last Conscience |
最后之良心 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Wang Xianzhai
Xuan Jinglin
|
Drama |
|
| Little Friend |
小朋友 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zheng Xiaoqiu
Xuan Jinglin
|
Drama |
Based on the novel Sans Famille by Hector Malot
|
| Out of Hell |
劫后緣 |
Zhang Huichong |
Zhang Huichong
Xu Su'e
|
Action |
Alternate title: Lovers From a Den of Thieves
|
| Past Loves |
前情 |
Zhu Shouju |
Wang Yingzhi |
Drama |
|
| The Person in the Boudoir Dream |
春閨夢裡人 |
Li Zeyuan
Mei Xuechou
|
Wang Hanlun |
War |
|
| Repentance |
立地成佛 |
Shao Zuiweng |
|
Drama |
|
| Some Girl |
重返故鄉 |
Dan Duyu |
Yin Mingzhu |
Morality Play |
Alternate title: Returning Home
|
| The Stormy Night |
風雨之夜 |
Zhu Shouju |
Wang Yingzhi
Han Yunzhen
|
Comedy |
|
| Tears on the Battlefield |
沙場淚 |
Cheng Bugao |
Zhou Wenzhu |
War/Romance |
|
| There's a Full Moon Tonight |
花好月圓 |
Qiu Qixiang |
Ding Ziming
Li Pingqian
|
Romance |
Alternate title: Conjugal Bliss
|
| True Love |
真愛 |
Chen Tian |
|
Tragedy |
|
| Unbearable Memories |
不堪回首 |
Qiu Qixiang |
Ding Ziming
Li Pingqian
|
Drama |
|
| Variations |
情弦變音記 |
Chen Zhizhen |
Wang Huixian
Wang Hanhui
|
Drama |
|
| Who is the Mother |
誰是母親 |
Gu Wuwei |
Gu Wuwei
Gu Baolian
|
Drama |
Based on Le Fils Naturel by Alexandre Dumas, fils
|
| Yanghua's Hate |
楊花恨 |
Shi Dongshan |
Han Yunzhen
Wang Naidong
|
|
Alternate title: Catkins
|
| The Young Factory Owner |
小廠主 |
Lu Jie |
Li Minghui
Wang Yuanlong
|
Drama |
|
| The Young Gentleman |
|
Dan Duyu |
Dan Erchun
He Rongzhu
|
Drama |
Adapted from Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
|
| Young Master Feng |
馮大少爺 |
Hong Shen |
|
|
Alternate title: The Playboy
|
| 1926
|
| A Couple's Secret |
夫妻之秘密 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Hu Die |
|
|
| A Lovelorn Actress |
多情的女伶 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Xuan Jinglin
Zhu Fei
|
Drama |
|
| Better Go Home |
不如歸 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Wang Fuqing |
War |
Adapted from a novel by Tokutomi Roka
|
| Family Heirloom |
傳家寶 |
Dan Duyu |
Yin Mingzhu
He Rongzhu
|
Mystery |
|
| Hell and Heaven |
地獄天堂 |
Gu Wuwei |
Gu Wuwei |
|
|
| Lady Meng Jiang |
孟姜女 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Hu Die |
|
Dramatization of a famous folk tale
|
| Live on Love |
同居之愛 |
Shi Dongshan |
|
|
|
| Love and Gold |
愛情與黃金 |
Zhang Shichuan
Hong Shen
|
Ding Ziming
Hong Shen
|
Drama |
|
| The Love Freak |
情場怪人 |
Ma-Xu Weibang |
|
|
Alternate title: Monster in Love.
|
| The Lucky Dolt |
呆中福 |
Zhu Shouju |
Xing Haha |
Comedy |
One of Chinese cinema's first full-length comedies, adapted from a Kunqu opera
|
| Midnight Lovers |
半夜情人 |
Xia Chifeng |
Chen Qiufeng |
Drama |
|
| Moral Principles |
道義之交 |
Liu Shen |
Ding Ziming |
Drama |
|
| Mother's Happiness |
兒孫福 |
Shi Dongshan |
Zhou Wenzhu |
Drama |
|
| Movie Actresses |
電影女明星 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Hu Die
Wang Hanlun
Wu Suxin
|
Drama |
|
| Orchid in an Empty Valley |
空谷蘭 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zhang Zhiyun,
Yang Naimei,
Zhu Fei
|
Drama |
Released in two parts. Based on the 1900 Japanese novel "No no Hana" (Wildflower) by Kuroiwa Ruikō.
|
| The Pearl Pagoda |
珍珠塔 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Hu Die |
Romance |
Adapted from a classic Qing dynasty novel
|
| The Prostitute's Son |
倡門之子 |
Chen Kengran |
Zheng Yisheng
Xu Qinfang
|
Drama |
|
| The Rich Man's Daughter |
富人之女 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Xuan Jinglin |
Drama |
|
| Seizing a National Treasure |
奪國寶 |
Zhang Huichong |
Zhang Huichong
Xu Su'e
|
Action |
|
| The Shadow on the Window |
窗前足影 |
Fu Zhuoqun |
Lu Jianfen |
|
|
| Three Girls in Shanghai |
上海三女子 |
Ren Yiping |
Yang Naimei
Han Yunzhen
Jiang Naifang |
|
Alternate title: Shanghai Three Women
|
| Uproar in the Studio |
大鬧畫室 |
Wan brothers |
|
Animation |
First Chinese animated short
|
| White Snake |
白蛇傳 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Hu Die
Wu Suxin
|
Action/Fantasy |
Tianyi Film Company production and a significant overseas success in Southeast Asia[4]
|
| Why Not Her? |
玉潔冰清 |
Bu Wancang |
Zhang Zhiyun |
Drama |
|
| The Worker's Wife |
工人之妻 |
Ren Pengnian |
Ren Aizhu |
Romance |
|
| 1927
|
| A Beauty of 16 |
二八佳人 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Ding Ziming |
Drama |
|
| Country of Women |
女兒國 |
Qiu Qixiang
Li Pingqian
|
Hu Die |
|
Based on a section of Journey to the West
|
| A Couple in Name |
挂名的夫妻 |
Bu Wancang |
Ruan Lingyu |
|
Mingxing Film Company production. Ruan Lingyu's movie debut.
|
| Arrow of Hatred |
一仇箭 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Yang Aili |
Action |
Based on a story in Water Margin
|
| At the End of Her Rope |
浪女窮途 |
Mei Xueshou |
Yang Aili |
Drama |
|
| White Hibiscus |
白芙蓉 |
Chen Tian |
Zhang Huimin
Wu Suxin
|
Action/Romance |
|
| The Beauty Trap |
美人計 |
Zhu Shouju, et al. |
Zhang Zhiyun |
|
Based on two chapters in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
|
| The Cape Poet |
海角詩人 |
Hou Yao |
Li Dandan
Hou Yao
Lim Cho Cho
|
Drama |
|
| The Cave of the Silken Web |
盤絲洞 |
Dan Duyu |
Yin Mingzhu |
Silent. Shenmo |
Thought to be lost. Rediscovered in 2013.
|
| Dream of the Red Chamber |
紅樓夢 |
Ren Pengnian |
Lu Jianfen
Wen Yimin
|
Drama |
|
| Fallen Plum Blossoms |
梅花落 |
Zhang Shichuan
Zheng Zhengqiu
|
Zhang Zhiyun
Xuan Jinglin
|
Drama |
Released in three parts
|
| The Flirting Scholar |
唐伯虎點秋香 |
Shao Zuiweng
Qiu Qixiang
|
Chen Yumei
Lin Yongrong
|
Comedy |
|
| For Her Father's Sake |
為親犧牲 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zhang Zhiyuan |
Drama |
|
| General Xue Conquers the West |
薛仁貴征西 |
Gu Wuwei |
Lu Cuilan
Li Guifang
|
Action |
Released in two parts
|
| The Hero with White-Haired Legs |
大俠白毛腿 |
Qiu Qixiang |
Hu Die |
|
|
| Heroic Son and Daughter |
兒女英雄 |
Wen Yimin |
Wen Yimin
Fan Xuepeng
|
Action |
First of a five-part series
|
| The Industrial Magnate |
實業大王 |
Hong Ji
Zhou Kongkong
|
Tang Mali |
Drama |
Adapted from Les Misérables
|
| Legendary Luminous Pearl |
夜明珠 |
Chen Tian |
Zhang Huimin
Wu Suxin
|
Action/Crime |
|
| Ma Yongzhen of Shandong |
山東馬永貞 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zhang Huichong
Gong Jianong
|
Action |
Remade in 1972 as Boxer from Shantung
|
| Magnificent Destiny |
華麗緣 |
Chen Tian |
Lu Jianfen
Fan Xuepeng
|
Action |
Alternate title: Reunited
|
| The Monkey King's Struggles in the Kingdom of Chechi |
車遲國唐僧斗法 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zheng Xiaoqiu |
|
Adapted from Journey to the West
|
| Mutual Competition |
桃李爭春 |
Wang Yuanlong |
Zhou Wenzhu |
Romantic Comedy |
|
| The Old Man in the Moon Divorces |
月老離婚 |
Hou Yao |
Zhou Kongkong |
Romantic Comedy |
|
| Pitiful Qiuxiang |
可憐的秋香 |
Wang Yuanlong |
Li Minghui |
Romance |
|
| Princess Iron Fan |
鐵扇公主 |
Li Pingqian |
Hu Die
Chen Yumei
|
|
Based on the novel Journey to the West
|
| Real and False Daughters |
真假千金 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Xuan Jinglin
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
|
|
| Rebuild the Republic |
再造共和 |
Xia Chifeng |
Chen Qiufeng |
War |
|
| Reciprocity |
俠鳳奇緣 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Yang Naimei |
|
|
| Redressing a Grievance |
烏盆記 |
Zhu Shouju |
|
Crime |
First film made about real-life Chinese magistrate Judge Bao
|
| Resurrected Rose |
復活的玫瑰 |
Li Minwei |
Lim Cho Cho
Li Minwei
|
Drama |
|
| Romance of the Western Chamber |
西廂記 |
Hou Yao |
|
|
Adaption of the classic Chinese dramatic work by Wang Shifu
|
| Seeking Love on the Field of Romance |
|
Cheng Bugao |
Han Yunzhen |
Drama |
|
| Shandong Bandits |
山東響馬 |
Qian Xuefan |
Zheng Chaofan
Xu Qinfang
|
Action |
|
| Spring Dream by the Lake |
湖邊春夢 |
Bu Wancang |
Gong Jianong
Yang Naimei |
Drama |
|
| Tablet of Blood and Tears |
血淚碑 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Ding Ziming
Ruan Lingyu
|
Tragedy |
|
| Tian Qilang |
田七郎 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zhang Huichong |
|
|
| The Wandering Songstress |
天涯歌女 |
Ouyang Yuqian |
Li Dandan |
Tragedy |
|
| The Woman Lawyer |
女律師 |
Qiu Qixiang |
Hu Die |
Drama |
Adapted from The Merchant of Venice
|
| Yang Guifei |
楊貴妃 |
Dan Duyu |
He Rongzhu |
Drama |
Story of legendary imperial concubine Yang Guifei
|
| 1928
|
| A Complicated Plot |
柳暗花明 |
Lu Jie |
Li Minghui
Zhou Wenzhu
Chen Yishang
|
Drama |
Released in two parts
|
| A Luminous Pearl |
夜光珠 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Chen Yumei |
Crime |
|
| A Shanghai Dance Hostess |
上海一舞女 |
Wang Cilong |
Zhou Wenzhu
Wang Naidong
|
Drama |
|
| A Stressful Wedding |
奮斗的婚姻 |
Cheng Bugao |
Hu Die
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
|
|
| A Traveler's Strange Tale |
海外奇緣 |
Chen Tian |
Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin |
Action/Adventure |
|
| A Young Detective |
小偵探 |
Bu Wancang |
Gao Zhanfei |
Crime |
|
| An Ardent Couple |
熱血鴛鴦 |
Jiang Qifeng |
Tang Tianxiu |
Romance |
|
| Ashes of the Lotus |
美人關 |
Bu Wancang |
Xiao Ying
Yang Naimei
|
War |
|
| The Beloved |
意中人 |
Wan Laitian |
Li Minghui
Wan Laitian
Sun Min
|
Romance |
|
| Burning of the Red Lotus Temple |
火燒紅蓮寺 |
Zheng Zhengqiu (pt.1)
Zhang Shichuan (pts.2-19)
|
Zheng Xiaoqiu
Xia Peizhen
Hu Die |
Action |
19 parts, adapted from a martial arts novel by Pingjiang Buxiaosheng
|
| Dream of the Red Chamber |
紅樓夢 |
Cheng Shuren |
Xia Peizhen
Yin Mingzhu
|
Drama |
|
| Evil's Shadow |
妖光俠影 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Yang Aili |
Action |
Adapted from a section of Journey to the West
|
| Fabulous Swordsman |
荒唐劍客 |
Wang Yuanlong |
Wang Yuanlong
Tang Tianxiu
|
Action |
|
| Five Avenging Women |
五女復仇 |
Gao Xiping |
Lim Cho Cho
Li Dandan
Yan Shanshan
|
Crime |
|
| The Flying Hero |
航空大俠 |
Chen Tian |
Zhang Huimin
Wu Suxin
|
Action/Adventure |
|
| The Flying Shoes |
飛行鞋 |
Pan Chuitong |
|
|
Adapted from a German children's story
|
| Four Heroes of the Wang Family |
王氏四俠 |
Shi Dongshan |
Wang Yuanlong |
Action |
|
| The Girl Detective |
女偵探 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Hu Die |
Crime |
|
| The Great Swordsman's Revenge |
大俠復仇記 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Xiao Ying
Hu Die
|
Action |
Remade in Hong Kong in 1949
|
| Guanyin Receives the Way |
觀音得道 |
|
Lim Cho Cho
Li Dandan
|
|
The Miao Shan legend version of Guanyin
|
| He and She |
江湖情俠 |
Wen Yimin |
Fan Xuepeng
Wen Yimin
|
Action |
Alternate title: "Jianghu Lovers"
|
| Heritage of Trouble |
泣荊花 |
Zhu Shaoquan |
Fan Xuepeng
Wen Yimin
|
|
|
| Hero Gan Fengchi |
大俠甘風池 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Wang Guiling
Yang Aili
|
Action |
|
| The Heroine in Black |
黑衣女俠 |
Zheng Zhengqiu
Cheng Bugao
|
Ding Ziming
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
Action |
|
| The Heroine Saves a Lady |
侠女救夫人 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Hu Die |
Action |
|
| Imperial Concubine Yang of Beijing |
北京楊貴妃 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Yang Naimei
Ruan Lingyu
|
Drama |
The Yang Guifei story, retold in a modern setting
|
| It's Me |
就是我 |
Zhu Shouju |
Wang Naidong
Tang Tianxiu
|
Crime |
|
| Kick |
一腳踢出去 |
Zhang Shichuan
Hong Shen
|
Ding Ziming
Gong Jianong
|
Romance |
First Chinese film having sports as a background. Alternate title: "Classmates' Romance"
|
| The King of Money |
金錢之王 |
Jiang Qifeng |
Zhou Wenzhu |
Crime |
|
| Luoyang Bridge |
蔡狀元建造洛陽橋 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zhu Fei
Ruan Lingyu
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Adapted from the classical opera "Number One Scholar Cai Builds the Luoyang Bridge", the story of early structural engineer Cai Xiang
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| Ma Zhenhua |
馬振華 |
Zhu Shouju
Wang Cilong
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Zhou Wenzhu
Wang Cilong
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Drama |
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| Marriage for Peace |
二度梅 |
Zhu Shouju |
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Historical Drama |
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| The Mountain of Fire |
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Yang Xiaozhong |
Yang Aili
Wang Guilin
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| Mulan Joins the Army |
木蘭從軍 |
Hou Yao |
Li Dandan |
War |
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| My Love Became My Stepmother |
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Wang Yuanlong |
Tan Xuerong
Wang Yuanlong |
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| Northeast China Hero |
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Ren Pengnian |
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Action |
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| Patriotic Souls |
愛國魂 |
Zheng Jiduo |
Zheng Jiduo
Tang Tianxiu
|
Drama |
One of China's first "Resistance films", urging opposition to Japanese encroachment on Chinese territory.
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| Reviving Romance |
在世姻緣 |
Gao Xiping |
Lim Cho Cho
Li Dandan
Yan Shanshan
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Drama |
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| Robin Hood |
盧鬢花 |
Dan Duyu |
Dan Erchun
He Rongzhu
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Action |
Story of the legendary folk hero, transplanted to China. Alternate title: "The Small Swordsman" (小劍客)
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| Robin Hood Wipes Out the Monster |
盧鬢花 (續集) |
Dan Duyu |
Dan Erchun
He Rongzhu
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Action |
Sequel. Alternate title: "The Towering Demon" (萬丈魔)
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| Romance on the Battlefield |
戰地情天 |
Li Minwei
Pan Chuitong
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War/Romance |
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| Secret History of the Qing Court |
清宮秘史 |
Wang Cilong |
Zhou Wenzhu
Wang Cilong
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Historical Drama |
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| Shadows in the Imperial Palace |
古宮魔影 |
Jiang Qifeng |
Zhou Wenzhu
Chen Yitang
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Adapted from an episode in Journey to the West
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| She Wants to be Free |
花國大總統 |
Zhang Weishou |
Yang Naimei |
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| Silver Gun Bandit |
銀槍盜 |
Wang Yuanlong |
Wang Yuanlong
Zhou Wenzhu
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Crime |
Alternate title: "Who But Myself Can Do It?"
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| The Spider Gang |
蜘蛛黨 |
Mei Xuechou |
Sun Min |
Crime |
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| Strange Knight |
漁叉怪俠 |
Sun Yu |
Sun Min
Yan Yuexian
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Action |
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| Strange Lady |
奇女子 |
Shi Dongshan |
Yang Naimei
Zhu Fei
Gao Zhanfei
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| The True and False Monkey King |
真假孫行者 |
Li Zeyuan |
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|
Adapted from a section of Journey to the West
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| Two Swords |
雙劍俠 |
Chen Kengran |
Xu Qinfang |
Action |
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| The Tyrant Huang Tian Takes a Wife |
黃天霸招親 |
Lei Yutian |
Han Yuqing
Wang Guiling
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Drama |
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| White Cloud Pagoda |
白雲塔 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Zheng Xiaoqiu
Hu Die
Ruan Lingyu
|
Drama |
Released in two parts
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| Wu Song Sheds Blood in Mandarin Duck Tower |
武鬆血濺鴛鴦樓 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Wang Zhengqing |
Action |
Based on a story in Water Margin
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| The Young Mistress's Fan |
少奶奶的扇子 |
Hong Shen,
Zhang Shichuan
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Xuan Jinglin |
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Adapted from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
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| 1929
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| A Clever Fool |
聰明笨伯 |
Mei Xuechou |
Xu Xizhen |
Comedy |
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| A Duel of Swordsmen |
雙雄斗劍 |
Shi Dongshan |
Gao Zhanfei
Ma-Xu Weibang
Hu Shan |
Action |
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| A Girl Bandit |
女盜蘭姑娘 |
Zhang Huimin |
Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
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Crime/Action |
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| A Roving Hero |
理想中的英雄 |
Hu Zongli |
Hu Zongli |
Action/Adventure |
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| A Strange Hero Saves the Nation |
奇俠救國記 |
Wang Cilong |
Wang Yuanlong
Tang Tianxiu
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Action/Romance |
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| A Woman's Heart |
情欲寶鑑 |
Li Pingqian |
Ruan Lingyu |
Drama |
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| After the Robbery |
劫后孤鴻 |
Li Pingqian |
Ruan Lingyu
Li Pingqian
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Tragedy |
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| Revenge of an Actress |
女伶復仇記 |
Bu Wancang |
Wang Hanlun
Gao Zhanfei
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Drama |
Alternate title: Blind Love
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| An Adopted Daughter |
塵海奇俠 |
Zhang Huimin |
Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
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Action/Romance |
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| An Orphan |
雪中孤雛 |
Zhang Huimin |
Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
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Drama/Action |
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| Beauty Under the Blade |
刀下美人 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Han Yunzhen
Zhu Fei
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Drama |
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| Blood of the Lovers |
愛人的血 |
Cheng Bugao |
Hu Die
Zheng Xiaoqiu
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Drama |
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| Black Cat |
黑貓 |
Wang Yuanlong |
Wang Yuanlong
Zhang Meiyu
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Action |
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| Burning of Seven Star Mansion |
火燒七星樓 |
Yu Boan |
Qian Siying |
Action |
First of a five-part series, released 1929-30.
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| The Candy Beauty |
糖美人 |
Chen Baoqi |
Yuan Congmei |
Drama |
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| The Camel King |
駱駝王 |
Wang Yuanlong |
Tang Tianxiu
Wang Yuanlong
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|
|
| Detective No.55 |
五十五號偵探 |
Wang Yuanlong |
Wang Yuanlong
Tang Tianxiu
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Crime |
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| The Detective's Wife |
偵探之妻 |
Zhang Huimin |
Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
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Crime |
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| The Devil Incarnate |
混世魔王 |
Ma-Xu Weibang |
Ma-Xu Weibang |
Horror |
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| The Diamond Case |
金剛鑽 |
Dan Duyu |
Yin Mingzhu
Dan Erchun
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Adventure |
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| Divorce |
離婚 |
Cheng Bugao |
Gong Jianong
Hu Die
Zheng Xiaoqiu
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Drama |
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Lao She. Remade in 1992.
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| Done With One Heart |
同心劫 |
Bu Wancang |
Ding Ziming |
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| Encounter in a Poor Village |
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Zhang Feifan |
Yan Yuexian
Yang Aili |
Action/Romance |
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| Escape From the Tiger's Mouth |
虎口余生 |
Zhu Shaochuan |
Fan Xuepeng
Shang Guanwu
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Action |
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| Fabulous General |
荒唐將軍 |
Shi Dongshan |
Chen Yumei
Gao Zhanfei
|
Action |
Alternate title: The River Hero Stabs the Tiger
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| Flower of the Silver Screen |
銀幕之花 |
Zheng Jiduo |
Ruan Lingyu
Zheng Jiduo
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Tragedy |
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| Flying Heroine Lü Sanniang |
飛俠呂三娘 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Tang Tianxiu |
Action |
|
| Four Heroes of the Wang Family, II |
王氏四俠 (續集) |
Wang Yuanlong |
Wang Yuanlong
Jin Yan
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Action |
Sequel to the 1928 film of the same title
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| The Greatest Hero |
無敵英雄 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Zhang Huichong
Xu Sue
Gao Zhanfei |
Action |
|
| The Head Lost at Midnight |
半夜飛頭記 |
Jiang Qifeng |
Tang Tianxiu |
Action |
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| Hero in the Flames |
火裡英雄 |
Zhang Huimin |
Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
|
Action |
Alternate title: Fireman
|
| Heroine in Red |
紅俠 |
Wen Yimin |
Fan Xuepeng
Wen Yimin
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Action |
|
| Hot-Blooded Man |
熱血男兒 |
Wan Laitian |
Wan Laitian
Yang Aili
Gao Zhanfei |
Romance |
Alternate title: Her Love
|
| Don't Change Your Husband |
情海重吻 |
Xie Yunqing |
Tang Tianxiu
Chen Yitang
|
|
|
| The Life of the Rich |
富人的生活 |
Cheng Bugao |
Hu Die
Zhu Fei
|
Drama |
|
| Miscarriage of Justice |
|
Wang Yuanlong |
Wang Yuanlong
Tang Tianxiu
|
|
Alternate title: The Frame-Up
|
| My Son Was a Hero |
兒子英雄 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Liu Jiqun |
Action/Adventure |
Alternate title: Poor Daddy. Oldest surviving full-length Chinese film.
|
| Nights of Terror |
恐怖之夜 |
Zhang Huimin |
Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
|
Suspense |
|
| Papa Loves Mama |
爸爸愛媽媽 |
Cheng Bugao |
Hu Die
Xia Peizhen
Gong Jianong
|
Drama |
|
| Passion's Precious Mirror |
|
Li Pingqian |
Ruan Lingyu
Zheng Jiduo
|
Drama |
|
| Petty Tyrant Zhang Chong |
小霸王張沖 |
Zhang Huichong |
Xu Sue
Zhang Huichong
|
|
Released in two parts
|
| Pirates |
海上霸王 |
Li Shaohua |
Xu Xuzhen |
Action |
|
| Repentance |
懺悔 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Gong Jianong
Han Yunzhen
Zhu Fei
|
Drama |
|
| Romantic Swordsman |
風流劍客 |
Sun Yu |
Gao Qianping
Jin Yan
|
Action/Romance |
Alternate title: The Rose and the Lady. (薔薇與美人) First lead role for Jin Yan, 1930s matinee idol.
|
| Secret Anguish |
隱痛 |
Chen Kengran |
|
|
|
| Sister I Love You |
妹妹我愛你 |
Dan Duyu |
Yin Mingzhu
Dan Erchun
|
Comedy |
|
| Strange Hero in a Desolate Village |
荒村怪俠 |
Zhang Huimin |
Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
|
Action |
|
| Tears and Flowers |
血淚黃花 |
Zheng Zhengqiu
Cheng Bugao
|
Hu Die
Gong Jianong
Xia Peizhen
|
|
Released in two parts. Alternate title: Huang Lu's Romance
|
| Under the Iron Heel |
鐵蹄下 |
Wang Yuanlong |
Wang Yuanlong |
|
Alternate title: In Hell
|
| White Mouse |
|
Wang Yuanlong |
Wang Yuanlong
Tang Tianxiu
|
|
|
| Who Is the Thief? |
|
Wang Cilong |
Tang Tianxiu
Wang Zhengxin
|
|
|
| Women Pirates |
女海盜 |
Zheng Jiduo |
Lin Meiru
Zheng Jiduo
|
|
|
| Young Compatriots on the Battlefield |
戰地小同胞 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Zheng Xiaoqiu
Gao Qianping
|
|
|
| Young Hero Liu Jin |
小英雄劉進 |
Cheng Bugao |
Zheng Xiaoqiu |
Action |
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