1, "Farewell My Concubine": Douban rating 9.0
This movie is starring Leslie Cheung. A butterfly dress, a dance to the city. The movie tells the story of two Peking Opera artists, half a century of sorrow and happiness. It shows thoughts and feelings about traditional culture and life. The plot is very delicate and extremely tense. It is an exemplary work of Chinese elegance and vulgarity, and was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 46th Cannes Film Festival in France, which is the only Chinese film to have won this honor so far.
2, "Ghosts are coming" Douban rating 9.2
The film, directed by Jiang Wen, tells the story of a village villager who looks after Japanese prisoners during the Japanese invasion of China, but attracts the Japanese army to kill them. The point that the movie actually wants to make is not to show the hatred for the Japanese invasion of China. Rather, it shows the stupidity and numbness of ordinary Chinese people in the face of war.
3, "Teahouse" Douban rating 9.1
The story is about the teahouse owner Wang Lifa, who wants to make his father's teahouse hair up. To this end, he asked for help in all directions, eight parties should be entertained, but attracted all kinds of ridicule and cold treatment, the enthusiasm of her by this cruel reality of a deep blow. The play is set against the backdrop of the rise and fall of a teahouse in old Beijing, and tells the story of the social landscape and human feelings of that era.
4, "Reply from Heaven" Douban rating 9.5
The film is a very touching movie, a five-year-old child's mother left the country, so it was given to the grandfather to watch over, the grandchildren and grandpa gradually cultivated a deep affection for each other, but in the end, the mother came back, the child had to go back to his mother's side. Until finally, the grandfather passed away, and the child missed him very much.
Then he flies a kite and puts the letter he wrote to his grandfather into the sky. The movie has a very simple storyline, but it is full of affection.
5, "alive" Douban rating 9.1
The story is too realistic. So much so that at the time, it was once banned. But a good movie just can't be covered up, the movie is directed by Zhang Yimou, Ge You, Gong Li and other people starring. It tells the story of people's ignorance during the Cultural Revolution. In the end, Fugui's family all died, leaving Fugui alone in a tragic story.