List of Chinese films of the 1980s
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This is a list of films produced in mainland China ordered by year of release in the 1980s. For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see Category:Chinese films
1980[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Evening Rain | 巴山夜雨 | Wu Yonggang, Wu Yigong |
Drama | Co-winner of the first Golden Rooster for best picture in 1981 | |
亲缘 | Wu Tianming |
Li Weixin, Liu Dong |
Drama | ||
Legend of Tianyun Mountain | 天云山传奇 | Xie Jin | Drama | Co-winner of the first Golden Rooster for best picture in 1981 | |
Romance on Lushan Mountain | 庐山恋 | Drama |
1981[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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苏醒 | Joan Chen, Xu Huanshan |
Romance | Also known as 'Revival' | ||
A Deer of Nine Colors | 九色鹿 | Animated short | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | ||
沙鸥 | Zhang Nuanxin | Drama | Title literally means 'sand gull' and is the name of the lead character | ||
Longing for My Native Country | 乡情 | , |
, Ren Yexiang |
Drama | Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival |
邻居 | , |
Drama | |||
伤逝 | Shui Hua | Wang Xingang, |
Drama | ||
Ren Shen Guo | 人參果 | Animation | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | ||
The True Story of Ah Q | 阿Q正传 | Yan Shunkai | Drama | Entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival |
1982[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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逆光 | , |
Romance | |||
The Deer's Bell | 鹿铃 | Wu Qiang, |
Animated short | Winner of the third Golden Rooster for Best Animation in 1983. Shanghai Animation Film Studio | |
The Herdsman | 牧马人 | Xie Jin | Zhu Shimao, Liu Qiong |
Drama | Screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival |
My Memories of Old Beijing | 城南旧事 | Wu Yigong | , Zhang Fengyi, Zheng Zhenyao |
Drama | Winner of the third Golden Rooster for Best Director, Best Music and Best Supporting Actress in 1983 |
红象 | Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhang Jianya, |
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Children/Family | ||
Rickshaw Boy | 骆驼祥子 | Ling Zifeng | Siqin Gaowa, Zhang Fengyi |
Drama | Golden Rooster for Best Film in 1983 |
Strange Friends | 陌生的朋友 | , Zhang Chao |
Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
1983[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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候补队员 | Wu Ziniu | , |
Drama | ||
One and Eight | 一个和八个 | Zhang Junzhao | Tao Zeru, Chen Daoming, |
War | One of the first "Fifth Generation" films, cinematography by Zhang Yimou |
River Without Buoys | 没有航标的河流 | Wu Tianming | Li Wei, , |
Drama | |
雷雨 | Sun Daolin | Sun Daolin, |
Drama | Based on the play Thunderstorm |
1984[]
Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Shui Hua, |
Drama | |||
The Border Town | Ling Zifeng | Drama | Golden Rooster Award for Best Director | |
September | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Drama | ||
Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain | Xie Jin | War | ||
Yellow Earth | Chen Kaige | Wang Xueqi | Drama | Chen Kaige's directorial debut |
1985[]
Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Hu Mei, |
Romance | |||
The Black Cannon Incident | Huang Jianxin | Black comedy | Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival | |
Wu Ziniu | War | First Fifth Generation film to be banned | ||
Drama | ||||
Monkey King Conquers the Demon | ||||
Ge You | Drama | |||
Tian Zhuangzhuang | Drama | |||
Zhang Nuanxin | Drama | |||
Liu Miaomiao | Drama |
1986[]
Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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The Big Parade | Chen Kaige | Wang Xueqi | Drama | |
Huang Jianxin | Comedy/Science fiction | |||
A Girl from Hunan | Xie Fei | Naren Hua | Drama | Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
A Great Wall | Peter Wang | |||
Hibiscus Town | Xie Jin | Liu Xiaoqing, Jiang Wen |
Drama | |
The Horse Thief | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Drama | Named by Martin Scorsese as his favorite film of the 1980s | |
Wu Ziniu | ||||
Old Well | Wu Tianming | Zhang Yimou | Drama | |
Zhang Jianya | Drama/Thriller | Also known as Ice River | ||
Wu Yigong, Zhang Jianya |
Rosalind Chao, Chen Peisi |
Drama |
1987[]
Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Drama | ||||
Desperation | Zhou Xiaowen, |
Thriller | Also known as The Last Frenzy | |
Hu Mei | ||||
Zhou Xiaowen, Guo Fangfang |
Drama | |||
King of the Children | Chen Kaige | Drama | Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival | |
Red Sorghum | Zhang Yimou | Gong Li | Drama/War | Early Zhang Yimou effort, Golden Bear winner at Berlin |
Tian Zhuangzhuang | Drama | Also known as Drum Singers | ||
Biographical | ||||
Liu Miaomiao | War |
1988[]
Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Wu Ziniu | Drama | |||
Liu Miaomiao | Drama | |||
Evening Bell | Wu Ziniu | , Tao Zeru, |
War | Silver Bear-Jury Grand Prix winner at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival |
Feeling from Mountain and Water | Te Wei | Animated short | ||
The Filmmakers | Siqin Gaowa | Drama | ||
Wu Ziniu | Drama | |||
Zhang Jianya | Comedy | |||
King of Chess | Drama | |||
He Qun | War | |||
Zhou Xiaowen | Drama | Also known as The Price of Frenzy | ||
Tian Zhuangzhuang | Drama | Also known as Rock Kids | ||
Huang Jianxin | Jia Hongsheng | |||
Savage Land | Ling Zifeng | Liu Xiaoqing | Drama | |
Zhang Guoli, Ge You |
Comedy | |||
He Ping | Drama | |||
, Tao Zeru |
Drama | Also known as The Village of Widows | ||
Ling Zifeng | Liu Xiaoqing | Drama |
1989[]
Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Ge You | Drama | |||
Codename Cougar | Zhang Yimou, Yang Fengliang |
Gong Li, Ge You | Action/Thriller | |
Kawashima Yoshiko | He Ping | Biographical | ||
The Shining Arc | Zhang Junzhao | Entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival | ||
Unforgettable Life | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Drama | Also known as Special Operating Room and Illegal Lives | |
He Qun | Action/Thriller |
Mainland Chinese Film Production Totals[]
Year | Total Films[1] |
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1980 | 83 |
1981 | 105 |
1982 | 114 |
1983 | 127 |
1984 | 143 |
1985 | 127 |
1986 | 125 |
1987 | 146 |
1988 | 158 |
1989 | 136 |
See also[]
- Cinema of China
- Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures as chosen by the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards
References[]
- ^ Donald, Stephanie; Keane, Michael; Yin, Hong, eds. (2002). Media in China : Consumption, Content and Crisis. London: Routledge. p. 50. ISBN 0415406277.
External links[]
Categories:
- Lists of Chinese films by decade
- 1980s in Chinese cinema
- Lists of 1980s films