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The best Chinese films & series
The best of Chinese cinema and television, in one place.
Chinese cinema and television spans an unusually wide range: historical epics rooted in dynastic intrigue, animated fantasy series stretching cultivation myths across dozens of episodes, taut urban crime thrillers, and intimate dramas shaped by political upheaval. The picks here run from a 1967 Shaw Brothers fantasy to a 2026 Macau police thriller — capturing big-budget spectacle and quieter, character-driven work in equal measure. A good place to get lost for a long time.
Chinese films
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The Shadow's Edge
A retired tracking expert pulled back into action to catch a dangerous professional theft crew — Macau police work.
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Blades of the Guardians
A Tang Dynasty escort mission — the second-most-wanted fugitive delivering the most-wanted to Chang'an — with propulsive road-movie energy.
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Ne Zha 2
Ne Zha and Ao Bing get a fragile second chance, then face dragon-clan and celestial trials that test everything.
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The Cave of the Silken Web
Monkey King and companions must rescue their Buddhist monk master from seven spider-witches who believe eating him grants immortality.
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The Black Pearl
Women are beaten, raped, tortured, and killed — an unflinching drama set inside a brutal prison.
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Lust, Caution
Wartime Shanghai: a secret agent seduces a Japanese puppet-government official, with desire and duty pulling in opposite directions.
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Crush The Wicked
A detective and a vengeful survivor hunt a serial killer who resurfaces to commit one last desperate crime.
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Summer Palace
A consuming relationship at a Beijing university is overtaken by the 1989 student riots, scarring both characters permanently.
Chinese series
Series
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality
A poor village boy joins a minor sect by chance and advances through mediocre aptitude and sheer persistence — slow-burn cultivation epic.
Series
A Dream Within a Dream
Pulled into a scripted world as a tragic heroine fated to be discarded, a woman finds every escape attempt loops back to a fatal outcome.
Series
Fights Break Sphere
In a land where strength is everything, Xiao Yan fights to reclaim his place after losing the talents that once defined him.
Series
Keep Running
A Chinese game-variety show modelled on Running Man — physical challenges and team comedy with rotating celebrity guests.
Series
Natural High
Shen Teng and friends leave the cities behind to reconnect with nature — a loose, cheerful outdoor reality show.
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Soul Land 2: The Peerless Tang Clan
Ten thousand years after the Tang Sect's founding, it is in decline — can new talent revive its fading glory?
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Wonderland
Fifteen guests share a compound for 21 days, tasked with building an ideal community from scratch.
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Renegade Immortal
Wang Lin, an ordinary countryside youth, pursues immortality through sheer will — a cultivation story driven by defiance over destiny.
Frequently asked
Where should I start with Chinese fantasy animation?
Ne Zha 2 is a good entry point for mythology-driven animation — Ne Zha and Ao Bing face dragon-clan and celestial trials after a second-chance resurrection. For a longer cultivation-saga format, A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality builds its world steadily from a humble beginning in a minor sect.
What Chinese films deal with historical or wartime stories?
Lust, Caution is set in occupied Shanghai during World War II, following a secret agent tasked with seducing a Japanese puppet-government official. Blades of the Guardians draws on Tang Dynasty setting, following an escort mission to Chang'an entangled in fugitive politics.
Are there Chinese reality shows worth watching?
Keep Running is a fast-paced game-variety format based on the Korean show Running Man. Wonderland takes a slower, more reflective approach — 15 guests spend 21 days together in a community outside the city, trying to build an ideal society from scratch.