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Directed by Zhang YimouGenres Drama,
War,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musiques du monde,
Musical films,
Political filmsActors Gong Li,
Jiang Wen,
Zhang YimouRating72%
The film takes place in a rural village in China's eastern province of Shandong during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It is narrated from the point of view of the protagonist’s grandson, who reminisces about his grandmother, Jiu'er (S: 九儿, T: 九兒, P: Jiǔ'ér). She was a poor girl who was sent by her parents into a pre-arranged marriage with an old man, Li Datou, who owns a distillery., 2h5
Directed by Zhang YimouOrigin Hong kongGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Films about families,
Political filmsActors Gong Li,
Niu Ben,
Guo Tao,
Zhang YimouRating82%
In the 1940s. Xu Fugui (Ge You) is a rich man's son and compulsive gambler, who loses his family property to a man named Long'er. His behaviour also causes his long-suffering wife Jiazhen (Gong Li) to leave him, along with their daughter, Fengxia and their unborn son, Youqing., 1h54
Directed by Zhang YimouOrigin ChineGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Political filmsActors Zhou Dongyu,
Lü Liping,
Sun HaiyingRating71%
Set during the end of China's Cultural Revolution in a small village in Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, this film is about a pure love that develops between a beautiful high school student, Zhang Jing Qiu and a handsome young prospector named Lao San. Jing Qiu is one of the "educated youth" sent to be "re-educated" through work in the countryside under a directive from Chairman Mao Zedong., 1h49
Directed by Zhang YimouOrigin ChineGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Politique,
Political filmsActors Gong Li,
Guo Tao,
Zhang Huiwen,
Liu Peiqi,
Zu Feng,
Ding JialiRating71%
The story is adapted from the novel, The Criminal Lu Yanshi (陆犯焉识; 陸犯焉識) written by novelist Geling Yan. Lu Yanshi (陆焉识; 陸焉識, "Yanshi" literally means "how to recognize") was a professor before being sent to the labor camp (laogai, literally "reform through labor") during the Cultural Revolution. He escaped from the labor camp in Xining to meet his long-missed wife Feng Wanyu (冯婉瑜; 馮婉瑜) and daughter Dandan (Chinese: 丹丹). However, the police were already waiting outside the house to arrest him. Dandan, who was then a teenage ballerina, could not play the leading role in Red Detachment of Women due to her father's outlaw status. Under the temptation of regaining the leading role, Dandan revealed her parents' secret meeting plan to the police. The meeting ended with the capture of Lu and Dandan getting the supporting role. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, Lu came home only to find his broken family, his wife suffering from amnesia and his daughter working as textile worker. Under the shock of a former official's sexual harassment, his wife sometimes recognized him as Officer "Fang" instead of being her husband. To reawaken his wife's memory, Lu played out as a total stranger just to be near with his wife. Although she recognized him as a letter reader or a piano tuner, he never could be able to be close enough to live with his chaste wife. During these years, Lu continued to write to his wife as a way of communicating with her, and to convince his wife to forgive their daughter. The movie ended with Feng waiting to receive her husband outside the railway station and Lu standing with her on a snowy day, pretending to be pedicab driver., 2h5
Directed by Zhang Yimou,
Hou Hsiao-hsienOrigin ChineGenres DramaThemes Feminist films,
Political filmsActors Gong Li,
Li BaotianRating80%
The film is set in 1920s China during the Warlord Era, years before the Chinese Civil War. Nineteen-year-old Songlian (Sònglián, played by Gong Li), whose father has recently died and left the family bankrupt, marries into the wealthy Chen family, becoming the fourth wife or rather the third concubine or, as she is referred to, the Fourth Mistress (Sì Tàitai) of the household. Arriving at the palatial abode, she is at first treated like royalty, receiving sensuous foot massages and brightly lit red lanterns, as well as a visit from her husband, Master Chen (Ma Jingwu), the master of the house, whose face is never clearly shown., 2h17
Directed by Kenneth BranaghOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
Action,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Théâtre,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
Films about royaltyActors Paul Scofield,
Kenneth Branagh,
Ian Holm,
Emma Thompson,
Alec McCowen,
Simon ShepherdRating74%
The film begins with Chorus, in this case a person in modern dress, introducing the subject of the play. He is walking through an empty film studio and ends his monologue by opening the doors to begin the main action. Chorus reappears several times during the film, his speeches helping to explain and progress the action., 2h11
Directed by John MaddenOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Historical,
RomanceThemes French war films,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Political filmsActors Nicolas Cage,
Penélope Cruz,
John Hurt,
Christian Bale,
David Morrissey,
Irène PapasRating59%
The bucolic beauty of Greece's Ionian islands has been invaded by Italy, bringing a large Italian garrison and a few Germans to the tranquil island of Cephallonia, which immediately surrenders. Captain Antonio Corelli, a Greek-speaking officer of the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division with an irrepressibly jovial personality and a passion for the mandolin, and who trains his battery of men – who have never fired a shot – in choral singing, initially alienates a number of the villagers, including Pelagia. The daughter of the village doctor, Pelagia, is an educated and strong-willed woman, and while at first offended by the Italian soldier's behaviour, she slowly warms to his certain charm as they are forced to share her father's home when the doctor agrees to put him up in exchange for medical supplies., 2h5
Directed by Werner HerzogOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Documentary,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Politique,
Prison films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidents,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Christian Bale,
Steve Zahn,
Jeremy Davies,
Marshall Bell,
Toby Huss,
Pat HealyRating72%
Dieter Dengler, a German-born U.S. Navy pilot in squadron VA-145, is shot down in his A-1 Skyraider over Laos in February 1966, while on a combat mission. He survives the crash only to be pursued, and ultimately captured, by the Pathet Lao. Dengler is given the chance for leniency by the Province Governor if he signs a document condemning America, but he refuses. He is tortured and taken to a prison camp. There he meets fellow American military soldiers and pilots, such as Gene DeBruin and Duane W. Martin, along with Y.C., Procet, and Phisit, some of whom have been captive for years. Dengler begins planning an escape, much to the disbelief of his fellow combatants, who have been downtrodden through physical and psychological torture by the camp guards., 2h34
Directed by Steven SpielbergOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Films about children,
Seafaring films,
Prison films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political filmsActors Christian Bale,
John Malkovich,
Miranda Richardson,
Nigel Havers,
Joe Pantoliano,
Leslie PhillipsRating76%
Japan had been at war with China since 1937 before declaring war on the United States and the United Kingdom. Amidst the war, Jamie Graham, a British upper middle class schoolboy fascinated with Japanese planes and pilots, is enjoying a privileged and spoiled life in the Shanghai International Settlement. At a costume party he attends with his parents, he wanders off and encounters a Japanese airplane that had been shot down. Nearby he finds a camp full of Japanese troops in a trench and is taken aback. Jamie's father finds him and forces him to leave, Jamie not realizing the impending danger. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Japanese begin to occupy the Shanghai International Settlement and in the ensuing chaos to escape the city and catch the next ferry out of Shanghai, Jamie is separated from his parents in the crowds of panicking people. Over the crowds of people Jamie's mother shouts at him to wait for them back at their house and promises that they will come back for him. He spends some time living in his deserted house, occupying his time by waiting and eating remnants of food but eventually he ventures out into the city and finds it bustling with Japanese troops., 1h54
Directed by Thomas CarterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Musical theatre,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Dance films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about religion,
Jazz films,
Musical films,
Political films,
Films about Jews and JudaismActors Robert Sean Leonard,
Christian Bale,
Frank Whaley,
Barbara Hershey,
Kenneth Branagh,
Tushka BergenRating67%
In 1939 Hamburg, Peter Müller and Thomas Berger join their friends Arvid and Otto at a swing club called The Bismarck. They have a good time, dancing and enjoying the music.