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Criterion Channel
79
6.7
/2200/
64
/81/
67
/40/
3.7
/19875/
99
/71/
87
/25/

Caught by the Tides (2025)
Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.0
/11463/
70
/535/
68
/347/
3.8
/29536/
99
/159/
70
/48/
85
/36/

Ash Is Purest White (2018)
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.1
/13776/
72
/413/
71
/365/
3.9
/24846/
95
/92/
74
/88/

A Touch of Sin (2013)
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
poster
Kanopy
75
6.9
/912/
66
/24/
67
/21/
3.6
/1670/
100
/16/
69
/12/
83
/7/

I Wish I Knew (2010)
Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid-1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day.
poster
Kanopy
75
6.9
/6939/
70
/245/
69
/239/
3.7
/12454/
89
/87/
69
/24/
79
/23/

Mountains May Depart (2015)
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
poster
73
6.4
/12558/
60
/426/
60
/256/
3.8
/64003/
90
/139/
43
/38/
92
/34/
cc age 13+

Memoria (2021)
After hearing a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, a Scottish woman begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.
poster
78
73
7.3
/7948/
72
/165/
72
/163/
4.0
/16041/
91
/55/
80
/235/
81
/10/

Still Life (2006)
A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.
poster
69
6.5
/610/
63
/16/
69
/16/
3.4
/2204/
73
/30/
70
/11/

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue (2021)
Filmmaker Jia Zhangke chronicles his local literature festival in Shanxi, China which includes a multi-generational roster of the country's most esteemed writers.
poster
Kanopy
75
64
7.1
/2554/
73
/70/
70
/60/
3.8
/5946/
89
/45/
72
/92/
75
/11/

24 City (2008)
As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
63
7.1
/3745/
70
/55/
69
/71/
3.8
/7344/
74
/46/
66
/101/
81
/23/

The World (2004)
At Beijing World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the city’s suburbs, a security guard betrays his dancer girlfriend by pursuing another woman.
poster
Kanopy
68
43
6.5
/454/
55
/14/
63
/16/
3.3
/1491/
95
/19/
69
/8/

White Building (2021)
Samnang, 20, faces the demolition of his lifelong home in Phnom Penh and the pressures from family, friends, and neighbors which arise and intersect in this moment of sudden change.
poster
63
22
6.5
/268/
70
/11/
58
/10/
3.4
/685/
57

Cry Me a River (2008)
An ancestral city; through its delicious botanical garden and its branched canals, we observe the clues and traces of its ancient culture. Two couples of men and women, former lovers, meet again one year later. The yesterday's breath of youth is still perceptible in their conversations. Is it still possible for us to love? Does youth really have an end? Like the networks linking the old city, what type of ecological existence does their culture require?
poster
AMC+
38
6
4.6
/413/
50
/8/
39
/6/
20
/23/

Plastic City (2009)
Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jungle, stand at the head of a massive pirated goods operation that brings in both money and influence. But their empire is crumbling, as corrupt politicians and rival gangs seek to end their power in the city. Yuda is soon got arrested and his dedicated son tries his best to save not just the family business, but his father's reputation.
poster
?
5.2
/9/
40
/2/
45
/1/

Neighbors (2019)
The 43rd edition screens Neighbors, with five segments about the theme “neighbors”: not only about physical proximity, but also about relationships. In Brazil, Olga is a 90-year-old black woman who lost her husband one year ago; her neighbors, who come from different parts of the world, interrupt her grief. In Russia, an employee tries so hard to please his boss that he becomes inconvenient. An Indian woman, with the help of her male friend, decides to learn how to drive, an uncommon practice for women in the country. In China, an elderly, owner of an old and decadent barbershop, argues with his son, who wants to change the business. In South Africa, a group of homeless fights for the right to housing.
poster
?
5.4
/56/
52
/7/
35
/4/

Moonlight Madness (2024)
When gold medal lawyer Hu Gongping was having a secret meeting with his lover She Xiaoman, a body suddenly fell from the sky in the room. Hu Gongping called for help from his assistant Zhu Shiqi, but he didn't want to panic and blurt out several lies, causing a series of chaos! With the emergence of various "family members" such as Xiong Dali, Lin Luanfeng, and Shi Shi, the situation continues to escalate. As the matter is about to be exposed, how will this hilarious "accident" end?
poster
?
6.5
/48/
60
/5/

Forgetting to Know You (2013)
Young Chinese parents Chen Xuesong and Cai Weihang find their marriage eroding as they deal with financial troubles, jealousy and constant bickering. When Weihang finds a photo of Xuesong and her ex-boyfriend, things spiral out of control.
poster
64
?
6.3
/166/
62
/4/
63
/3/
3.4
/331/

Life After Life (2017)
A hare is let loose in the forest, a dog gives chase and the boy tears after them, his father in tentative pursuit. Minutes pass, the forest falls silent, and when the boy re-enters the frame, something has changed: he now speaks with the voice of his dead mother. Mingchung shows little surprise at Xiuying’s return, he even asks why she didn’t come earlier. She says she’ll leave again once she’s completed one simple task, to replant the tree that stands before their now abandoned home.
poster
39
?
5.6
/118/
10
/1/
55
/4/

Where Has Time Gone? (2017)
A short film omnibus featuring the work of five directors representing five countries involved in the 2017 BRICS summit, an annual international relations conference held between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The collection—taking the concept of time as a unifying theme—depicts the economic, political, and social alienations and contradictions that create, compound, and structure issues as wide-ranging as poverty, class stratification, and homeless; familial distress; spousal abuse; and natural disaster.
poster
?
6.1
/16/

A Song for You (2020)
In A Song for You – a road movie and a music industry insider comedy, with lots of songs – young Ngawang leaves behind a nomadic existence on the Tibetan plateau for big city Lhasa nightclubs. His dream is to record an album and be heard around the country. Cutting an album costs money, which he doesn’t have. One day he meets a woman who looks just like his Loyiter, a talisman of the goddess of art and music. Impossible, says his father, as only the pure of heart meet her, only in their dreams. But, Ngawang perseveres. She takes him on a journey of discovery through life and love.
poster
?
5.9
/36/

Perfect Life (2009)
Perfect Life, the second feature by Emily Tang (Tang Xiaobai), at first revolves around Li Yueying, a young woman in the cold north-east of China. In a world where no one is waiting for an untrained, inexperienced woman, she knows that in order to fulfil her dreams she will have to resort to her own stubbornness and selfishness. Her father deserted her mother and the money saved by the family is destined for her younger brother's studies. When she stops working for a shop making artificial limbs in order to take a job as a chambermaid, she attracts the attention of a mysterious criminal, Mongol. Then in the editing, the documentary story of Jenny from Hong Kong starts to emerge. She thought she had her life perfectly worked out, but when her marriage breaks down, she also finds herself in financial problems and has to fight for the custody of her children.
poster
66
?
6.5
/342/
65
/6/
64
/8/
3.5
/476/

Useless (2008)
Observations of three varied corners of China’s garment industry: workers in a large-scale production line factory; a designer who rallies against the mass-machine-production of clothes and has created the eponymous hand-made collection called ‘Useless’ (Wuyong) for Paris Fashion Week; and finally the simple life of increasingly out-of-work tailors in small town Fengdang.
poster
68
?
5.8
/68/
60
/3/
57
/3/
3.4
/478/
90
/10/

The Calming (2020)
A filmmaker is constantly on the move after recently ending a relationship. As she travels alone between Beijing, Nanjing, Hong Kong and Japan, she observes and engages with her ever-changing environs while seeking an inner calm.
poster
67
?
6.8
/167/
67
/9/
68
/4/
3.4
/208/

Tracing Her Shadow (2021)
An old Chinese woman visits Japan to find her missing daughter whom she adopted in post-WWII China. Her granddaughter and a retired Japanese policeman join her search.
poster
60
?
6.6
/119/
55
/2/
60
/7/

Walking on the Wild Side (2006)
Han Jie’s feature debut draws on his own experiences growing up in a desolate mining district in northern China’s Shanxi province. A Chinese road movie, Walking on the Wild Side charts a young gang’s continuous flights from one kind of trouble to the next. Mirroring the stark and barren landscape, the film relays the grim story of these delinquents’ dreams of liberty and easy money. Played by nonprofessional actors who are real life troublemakers, the film offers a realism that is at once oppressive, cruel, and sympathetic.
poster
?
6.2
/68/
60
/3/
54
/5/

K (2015)
A mongolian interpretation of Kafka's "The Castle".
poster
?
5.8
/60/
70
/1/
55
/2/

Our Ten Years (2007)
Throughout ten years of a key era in Chinese and Hong Kong history, a girl becomes fixated on a fellow commuter who she observes regularly. While the two never speak to one another, the girl captures her appearance and life changes during the years through various means such as photos and drawings.
poster
?
5.3
/22/
100
/1/

Yulu (2011)
The film uses a documentary approach to tell the stories of 12 Chinese pioneers, chosen from the fields of business and the arts. The protagonists reflect upon their life journeys against the backdrop of modern China.
poster
?

Untitled Jia Zhangke Film (2026)
Jia Zhangke told Deadline that he was set to begin production on his next film in October or November 2024, which will be a “road, travelogue film” following a “female character who will travel from a place that is extremely cold, to a place that is extremely warm.”


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