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As inspired by Sean Gilman's essential list ranking the Chinese-language films he's seen, I've decided to make my own paltry list. Rankings are inexact, but will be regularly updated.
- Yi Yi (2000, Edward Yang)
- A Touch of Zen (1971, King Hu)
- In the Mood for Love (2000, Wong Kar-wai)
- A Brighter Summer Day (1991, Edward Yang)
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003, Tsai Ming-liang)
- Platform (2000, Jia Zhangke)
- Dragon Inn (1967, King Hu)
- Chungking Express (1994, Wong Kar-wai)
- Stray Dogs (2013, Tsai Ming-liang)
- The Hole (1998, Tsai Ming-liang)
- Mahjong (1996, Edward Yang)
- A City of Sadness (1989, Hou Hsiao-hsien)
- Days of Being Wild (1990, Wong Kar-wai)
- Ashes of Time (1994, Wong Kar-wai)
- The Terrorizers (1986, Edward Yang)
- Mountains May Depart (2015, Jia Zhangke)
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978, Lau Kar-leung)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, Ang Lee)
- A Confucian Confusion (1994, Edward Yang)
- The Assassin (2015, Hou Hsiao-hsien)
- Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018, Bi Gan)
- Taipei Story (1985, Edward Yang)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011, Johnnie To)
- That Day, on the Beach (1983, Edward Yang)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014, Johnnie To)
- 2046 (2004, Wong Kar-wai)
- Hard-Boiled (1992, John Woo)
- The Fate of Lee Khan (1973, King Hu)
- Bullet in the Head (1990, John Woo)
- The River (1997, Tsai Ming-liang)
- The Grandmaster (2013, Wong Kar-wai)
- Millennium Mambo (2001, Hou Hsiao-hsien)
- Still Life (2006, Jia Zhangke)
- Drug War (2012, Johnnie To)
- Fallen Angels (1995, Wong Kar-wai)
- Romancing in Thin Air (2012, Johnnie To)
- Happy Together (1997, Wong Kar-wai)
- What Time Is It There? (2001, Tsai Ming-liang)
- Police Story (1985, Jackie Chan)
- Nomad (1982, Patrick Tam)
- Ash Is Purest White (2018, Jia Zhangke)
- Legend of the Mountain (1979, King Hu)
- Oxhide II (2009, Liu Jiayin)
- Dangerous Encounters – First Kind (1980, Tsui Hark)
- Raining in the Mountain (1979, King Hu)
- The Killer (1989, John Woo)
- The World (2004, Jia Zhangke)
- Hero (2002, Zhang Yimou)
- An Elephant Sitting Still (2018, Hu Bo)
- 24 City (2008, Jia Zhangke)
- Vive L'Amour (1994, Tsai Ming-liang)
- School on Fire (1988, Ringo Lam)
- As Tears Go By (1988, Wong Kar-wai)
- Kaili Blues (2015, Bi Gan)
- The Hedonists (2016, Jia Zhangke)
- I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006, Tsai Ming-liang)
- A Touch of Sin (2013, Jia Zhangke)
- Kung Fu Hustle (2004, Stephen Chow)
- Green Snake (1993, Tsui Hark)
- One-Armed Swordsman (1967, Chang Cheh)
- The Goddess (1934, Wu Yonggang)
- Blind Detective (2013, Johnnie To)
- Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996, Hou Hsiao-hsien)
- Exiled (2006, Johnnie To)
- To Live (1994, Zhang Yimou)
- Oxhide (2005, Liu Jiayin)
- Unknown Pleasures (2002, Jia Zhangke)
- Face (2009, Tsai Ming-liang)
- The Odd One Dies (1997, Patrick Yau and Johnnie To)
- Come Drink With Me (1966, King Hu)
- The Wayward Cloud (2005, Tsai Ming-liang)
- Daughter of the Nile (1987, Hou Hsiao-hsien)
- City on Fire (1987, Ringo Lam)
- Rebels of the Neon God (1992, Tsai Ming-liang)
- Expectations (1982, Edward Yang)
- My Blueberry Nights (2007, Wong Kar-wai)
- SPL II: A Time for Consequences (2015, Soi Cheang)
- Xiao Wu (1997, Jia Zhangke)
- The Midnight After (2014, Fruit Chan)
- Raise the Red Lantern (1991, Zhang Yimou)
- The Mission (1999, Johnnie To)
- A Better Tomorrow (1986, John Woo)
- House of Flying Daggers (2004, Zhang Yimou)
- Secret Goldfish (2016, Bi Gan)
- Office (2015, Johnnie To)
- Useless (2007, Jia Zhangke)
- I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016, Feng Xiaogong)
- Cry Me a River (2008, Jia Zhangke)
- In the Heat of the Sun (1994, Jiang Wen)
- I Wish I Knew (2010, Jia Zhangke)
- Ju Dou (1990, Zhang Yimou)
- A Family Tour (2018, Ying Liang)
- Another Year (2016, Shengze Zhu)
- In Our Time (1982, Tao Te-chen/Edward Yang/Ko I-chen/Chang Yi)
- The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019, Herman Yau)
- A Chinese Ghost Story (1987, Ching Siu-tung)
- The Great Buddha+ (2017, Huang Hsin-yao)
- Police Story 2 (1988, Jackie Chan)
- The Poet and Singer (2012, Bi Gan)
- Dong (2006, Jia Zhangke)
- Three (2016, Johnnie To)
- The Mermaid (2016, Stephen Chow)
- Xiao Shan Going Home (1995, Jia Zhangke)
- Mission: Impossible II (2000, John Woo)
- Life Without Principle (2011, Johnnie To)
- Red Sorghum (1987, Zhang Yimou)
- The Wedding Banquet (1993, Ang Lee)
- Turn Left, Turn Right (2003, Johnnie To & Wai Ka-fai)
- Red Cliff (2008, John Woo)
- Red Cliff Part II (2009, John Woo)
- The Great Wall (2016, Zhang Yimou)
- Curse of the Golden Flower (2006, Zhang Yimou)
- The Story of Qiu Ju (1992, Zhang Yimou)
- A Taste of Killing and Romance (1994, Veronica Chan)
- Pushing Hands (1991, Ang Lee)
- Ip Man (2008, Wilson Yip)
- Shower (1997, Zhang Yang)
- Ip Man 2 (2010, Wilson Yip)
- Cape No. 7 (2008, Wei Te-Sheng)
- Secret (2007, Jay Chou)
- Happy Times (2000, Zhang Yimou)
- The Road Home (1999, Zhang Yimou)
- Shadow (2018, Zhang Yimou)
- A City Called Macau (2019, Li Shaohong)
- People's Republic of Desire (2018, Hao Wu)
- Forever Young (2018, Li Fangfang)
- The Bucket (2019, Jia Zhangke)
- Game of Death (1978, Robert Clouse)
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