Zhang Yimou

Yi Qin'e is taken to the cultural troupe by her uncle Hu Sanyuan to learn to sing Qinqiang Opera. From then on, her life unfolds with ups and downs. She achieves glorious artistic accomplishments, yet also experiences a profound sense of loneliness beyond ordinary people's comprehension.

The Lead

https://peakfilm.net/images/t/original/axf9FmfmLpfPte3OYNc3BcusyhV.png/the-lead-logo.png

In the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, after returning to China, embark on a secret mission. Sold out by a traitor, the team find themselves surrounded by threats on all sides.

Cliff Walkers

https://peakfilm.net/images/t/original/5z64IwNeLqPTEFY1qZcDuhC5XXr.png/cliff-walkers-logo.png

After a critical intelligence leak, a national security unit launches an intensive investigation. But successive setbacks in their arrest operations reveal a shocking truth: the trail leads back to within the unit itself. Amidst a storm of trust and betrayal, a silent battle begins to unfold...

Scare Out

https://peakfilm.net/images/t/original/2vCfnc99n180HsPmwBaqV50i7Ai.png/scare-out-logo.png

An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.

Red Sorghum

https://peakfilm.net/images/t/original/xi8hF9kxK8OrUWgWUuZiE7rbT9G.png/red-sorghum-logo.png

A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

The Flowers of War

https://peakfilm.net/images/t/original/8gkKvY915qsFNEAFoaN9JH4gyvV.png/the-flowers-of-war-logo.png

Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.

The Road Home

https://peakfilm.net/images/t/original/1zpZoJocawAINllKqrFCeGKwiDZ.png/the-road-home-logo.png

The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class divide and parental disapproval, romance blooms against turbulent times.

Under the Hawthorn Tree

https://peakfilm.net/images/t/original/hxepECUp36P3vuE2pYVbjvAyDeO.png/under-the-hawthorn-tree-logo.png

In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.

Raise the Red Lantern

https://peakfilm.net/images/t/original/loaNvOXnq2rzE2F7HXsbd5p0IUe.png/raise-the-red-lantern-logo.png

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

Curse of the Golden Flower

https://peakfilm.net/images/t/original/v8MPv4WMnugnk4bydj6EAXXHPqW.png/curse-of-the-golden-flower-logo.png

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.

To Live

https://peakfilm.net/images/t/original/r7DBK8CzvC3737iZpYqpoz9Qnm3.png/to-live-logo.png

European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

The Great Wall

https://peakfilm.net/images/t/original/4H9tiG6IfXLf5dBi9nFNWobLE3R.png/the-great-wall-logo.png

During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.