Discoveries from China World Cinema

Demons escape from hell on a mission to devour the essence of 49 individuals of extreme masculinity or femininity.

A young man goes from China to Hollywood on short notice to find his girlfriend. He ends up connected with two others in his quest, which gets much more complicated than he envisioned.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, opium was packaged by British merchants as "Fu Shou Ointment" and sold to China, and countless people suffered greatly. Cigarette restaurants in Guangzhou are blooming everywhere, smokers flock to them, sinking corpses at the bottom of the river, selling children for cigarettes are common, and countless families are broken and people die. Lin Zexu (Yao Yao), the Minister of the Imperial Household, is ordered to go south to sell cigarettes, but he is subjected to repeated reprisals for his involvement in the black chain of government and business interests behind opium, assassins and human bombs

The surrounding areas of the Devil's Sea is also known as the Bermuda Triangle of Asia. Due to electromagnetic interference, aviation accidents are common in the region. Lin Hao and his daughter Yi are passengers of Flight GZ261. As it flies over the Devil's Sea, the plane malfunctions, causing an emergency landing on a crocodile island. Hao and other driving passengers encounter enormous sized crocodiles and spiders and engages in a battle for survival. When Yi is captured by the giant beasts, Hao fights for his life to rescue her daughter.

The film was adapted from a real story, that tells a young boy Wang Xinyang's life has completely changed because of sudden leukemia. Facing the unknown tomorrow, Xinyang is still optimistic and strong.

Banned for exposing the dark side of his law firm, a lawyer returns and faces new challenges.

Tiezhu (Li) is a private eye recruited by the police to investigate the criminal activities surrounding action icon Yuen Bao (Chan). A long-time fan of Bao’s, the asthma patient Tiezhu can hardly believe his luck when he saves his idol’s life during a set accident. But as the two become friends and Tiezhu is brought in to reshape the sci-fi action film that Bao is working on, Bao’s sneaky manager, Tai (Danny Chan Kwok-kwan), is determined to turn his action crew into drug traffickers.

In the distant future, the Earth has become a dazzling intersection of immigrants from various planets in the vast universe, known as the "Interstellar City". On this future planet, an unprecedented disaster is quietly approaching - the Pegasus meteor shower suddenly hits the Earth like a doomsday rain. Mediator Haitang surprisingly discovered that these meteor meteorite fragments contain terrible energy that causes organisms to mutate strangely. As the mutation incidents continue to escalate, the Earth has fallen into unprecedented panic and turmoil. In order to explore the truth behind the meteorite fragments, Captain Qin Long of the Interstellar Administration leads Haitang and the technological wizard Ivan on an adventure journey across the stars and against the clock. In this adventure, they not only have to fight a desperate battle with ferocious and abnormal mutant monsters, but also uncover a huge conspiracy that may rewrite the fate of the Earth.

A story of a businessman who accidentally boards a train bound for Russia with his mother and has to overcome difficulties with his mother and problems in his family life.

Zhang Wansen plans to confess his love to Lin Beixing, a girl he has had a crush on for a long time after the college entrance examination, but the sudden concert accident turned everything into an irreversible tragedy. Helpless Zhang Wansen unexpectedly restarted this summer, and returned to Lin Beixing before the tragedy. The secret of restarting summer seems to be not as simple as imagined...

The once beautiful and lush Planet Keplar is now dry and near death after its precocious Kar-Lalo plant was exploited by Earthers to extinction. The Kar-Lalo plant was known throughout the galaxy as a source for super energy.

The film mainly tells about the bizarre cases in the Lop Nur area during the Republic of China. Shi Chuqi, the president of the mysterious incident investigation organization "Seven Sons", led the team members to solve the mystery. The film focuses on many mysterious and unresolved events based on elements such as exploring the unknown and revealing the truth. It also adds science fiction elements of ancient space civilization to satisfy the audience's curiosity.

Lord of Darkness Artha was born from human struggle and resentment. In ancient times he formed an army of undead to conquer the world. At the moment of final battle human leaders used blood to forge the holy sword to seal Artha. For thousands of years, legends have fallen one after another, and Artha has made a comeback.

The story of a widowed old man living by the Green Lake in Kunming, trying to heal the emotional trauma of three generations and rebuild family ties.

In the last years of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou is unruly in his governance. He is seduced by the fox demon Su Daji and becomes licentious, while demons and disasters are rampant in the city of Shang. Ji Chang's adopted son Lei Zhenzi makes a scene in the Ghost Ridge Cave, and Daji harbors resentment towards him. Lei Zhenzi fights fiercely against Daji, unraveling Daji's conspiracy, defeating the demons and forging a new legend...

The legend of Ran Bi Wa talks about a monkey who was raised by humans. When he sets off to the Holy Mountain to steal fire for humankind, a journey begins from which he will return transformed into a man.

A crazy scientist creates a dinosaur hybrid using different genetical material. After the giant monster escapes, it spreads chaos across the laboratory...

Zhang Da, a Chinese police detective in a Southeast Asian country is looking for his trafficked son. He meets a Chinese woman, who was trafficked as a child.

The Flower King Yaojun of the Hundred Flowers Banquet was violently killed in front of the eyes of the immortals, and many immortals were killed one after another. Legend has it that there is a temple on the top of Kunlun Mountain, Yunyandu, which can be pawned to take all things, and the flower fairy white peony went to Yunyandu in order to seek the truth and met the evil god king. The order of winter blossom is imminent, the white peony is unwilling to succumb to the blossom against the time, suffer the heavenly punishment, the god king turns into a divine beast Pixiu to absorb the water of the rivers, lakes and seas to extinguish the heavenly calamity thunder and fire on the white peony, and the two fall in love. Bai Peony found that the owner of Yunyandu was a woman exactly like himself, and the Shenjun was inextricably linked to this person. The real murderer who took the birthday at the Hundred Flowers Banquet was also about to move, plotting to seize Yunyandu...

A woman finds the key to a room in the attic that her husband forbids her from entering. When she opens the door, she is confronted with the haunting existence of the woman her husband refuses to forget.

A university swimmer's sudden death sparks suspicions among classmates, leading her friend and rival to uncover chilling secrets lurking beneath the surface; A young man's infatuation with a nearby sculptor takes a sinister turn as he delves deeper into her world, revealing unsettling truths; An editor's pursuit of romance with his assistant turns perilous when a series of accidents, linked to mysterious wishing sheets, haunt him and his friends.

Tie Jun, feigning a limp to pull rickshaw, breaks Hai Cheng's leg while ferrying his neighbour Qian Jin. Hai Cheng asks for a large sum of money, but since Tie Jun is penniless, he takes him home and turns to the bedridden Qian Jin for help. They agree that Hai Cheng stays with Qian Jin, and Tie Jun feeds them both till Hai Cheng recovers. Days bring conflicts, outbursts, and reconciliations as many tales of the "three lame men" unfold in three months...

Set during the background of the World War 2 Japanese surrender in 1945, the movie tells the tale of a lawless city where underworld crime runs rampant

A game that has been played for a millennium, a game that can identify truth and lies, a game that can identify loyalty and treachery and distinguish between right and wrong.

A movie adaptation of the popular Chinese television series.

Chen Chuan (Francis Ng) is a simple man who seems to be cursed with bad luck all the time. Convinced by a blind fortune teller that he must eliminate the "villain" that is bringing him the ills, Chen vows to kill the person responsible for his misfortunes. But he soon has second thoughts when he suspect that the "villain" is none other than his own wife.

Film tells about Song Yirui, the leader of a certain anti-criminal task force, who led the team to conduct an in-depth investigation of a land acquisition case.

The film revolves around the story of Li Yitian, who struggles in a big city, showing the current situation of the life of a new generation of young people, focusing on the ordinary people who are trying to live in contemporary society, and their pain and struggle from ideals to helplessness to new life.

In the vast space, the astronauts lost connection with the ground. He recalled his greatest father in the most desperate situation. Father and son run across time, guarding love and family. The story is full of joy, warmth, tears and wonders.

Online writer Tang Nan Nan crosses path with Zhu Hou, a second-generation rich boy “sea turtle”, resulting in hilarious situations and face-offs.

A satirical comedy set during the 1976 earthquake of Tangshan, which then zips forward to 2009 offering a Matrix-like science fiction story of contemporary China.

After a drinking contest with some questionable local spirits, three friends wake naked on a beach to discover two are handcuffed to a locked suitcase, one has a strange new tattoo, and none of them have any clue what happened the night before. When they soon find themselves pursued by local gangsters, their only shot at making it home - and to the altar - is to piece together the previous night's events while on the run.

In Kui Zhou, an anti-gang operation uncovers corruption as various forces target the Public Security Bureau. Amid the chaos, an unlikely duo stumbles upon a key criminal, triggering a high-stakes investigation into a web of crime and conspiracy.

A hundred years ago, Immortal Master Yu Xu sealed beasts in eight states, and the Southwest scared tree turned into wilted wood (a spiritual source). In the 40th year of the Zhao Dynasty, Gu Niantong, a perished cult, wanted to break the seal of the Immortal Master, to refine the sacred tree and turn it into a tree demon to poison all living beings. Up till now, the late emperor specially ordered Tang Lingfeng, the hidden supervisor of the Demon Division, and others to command the southwest to pacify the evil spirits. Conquering the tree demon requires the giant beast created by Gong Shujia, and the way to mobilize the giant beast is the "Spirit Source Secret Technique" recorded in "Luban Wiki", ,,

In the 1990s, two girls and a boy enter a booming society with the hope of fulfilling their many dreams.

Shan Yuan, as the eldest sister in the family, is eager to get ahead. She listens to the words of Li Yunlai, who runs the "China Blue Trade" and goes south to make money, but accidentally enters a pyramid scheme organization. Eight years later, Dan Yuan transformed into a counter-propaganda warrior, rescuing civilians trapped in pyramid schemes while searching for Li Yunlai, determined to redeem her life that had been stolen.

After the strange death of the official Zheng, the main suspects in his murder turn out to be dancer Feng Ruyu and her missing brother. After examining the evidence, imperial detective Lu Xiong sets out to the Hesawa City

Rumor has it that a group of people entrenched in Birdcage Mountain are secretly building a very powerful weapon - a "mass murderer" (weapon of mass destruction) - and another group is closely following the rumor. They sent their own agents to penetrate inside the Toranaga Mountains for reconnaissance. Subsequently, they sent troops to attack Birdcage Mountain ...... short film before finally revealing what this "weapon of mass destruction" that has attracted the world's attention is, can be described as suspenseful

The film tells three stories about young people during different periods of Chinese history: the development of the Great Northern Wilderness, the Large-scale Development of Western Chinese, and the new era of socialism. Countless young people, filled with passion, integrated their personal ideals into the current of the times and composed a song of youth. Through the ordinary stories of young people, the film depicts the great development of the times and showcases the patriotic spirit of generations of young people.

Yu began to worry about his ex girlfriend and hesitated to make a decision on an abortion or allowing a birth of their baby. This also sparks a conflict accidentally with his present lover.

The story takes place on a wonderful night in Changsha. Nightbird Jing Weiwei met He Xixi, who was about to leave her hometown tomorrow morning at a bookstore, and they arranged to take a night trip together.

It tells the story of Li Hongju, a Mao opera singer at the bottom of society, and her daughter who use their perseverance to support a Mao opera troupe and a broken family.

Chang E was chosen to become the bride of a god and forced to separate with Hou Yi, the man that she loves. However, they refuse to accept their fate and put up a fight against the immortals.

Yuangong, the deacon, opened the shrine and exposed the holy book to the human world. He is now punished to guard the book for life by the jade emperor for breaking heaven’s law. In order to pass this holy book to human beings, he would have to get by the antagonist fox.

After a decade as a Beijing drifter, Fang Chunshu returns to Chengdu, grappling with urban alienation from her single mother, until a local youth helps her rediscover familial bonds through emerging cultural spaces and find renewed purpose amid the city's transformation.

"Whatever happens," "The children are still young," "He's already gone," "Someone you used to love," "It's the new year," are catchphrases used so casually in day-to-day interactions that represent how the Chinese people have become accustomed to unconditionally compromise and give way in the face of problems. There are always endless problems in life - there's danger when you stray into the tiger’s den, parents who neglect their duties and find the children troublesome, people who smoke in the elevators without a care for others, those who fail in love, fail in business and go bankrupt, couples who experience a marriage crisis and families that fall apart... When life hits difficulties, is the "come what may" attitude a solution or is it the catalyst to a bigger predicament? An all-star lineup interprets the most realistic story and explores the philosophy of facing life with a smile. (Source: ChineseDrama.info)

A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.

Mr. Zhong passed away suddenly. He left behind only one small problem. The small courtyard where his ex-wife Li Yu lived was left to her by Mr. Zhong when they divorced. The transfer procedures were not completed. Now, his current wife Shen Qing has become the legal heir. The two began a dispute of emotion and law.

A fat girl with cheerful and generous personality gets caught between her feeling for her childhood sweetheart and a famous idol, after an unexpected appearance change.

Reaper 3C guides souls to the afterlife until he meets the cheerful Heng Sha, who worries about her grandmother's health. As 3C grows closer to Heng Sha, a fortune teller predicts he will fall in love, forever altering his existence as a Reaper - but if he interferes with anybody's fate, it could cost him his life too.

After being released from prison, Zhang Shanhe vows to raise his daughter alone, only to face relentless retaliation from a gang after saving a former ally. With his friends dead and his daughter kidnapped, Zhang Shanhe goes on a desperate mission to rescue her and confront the criminals.

Prequel to animation series "Journey to the West", Su Yi, a princess of the heavenly realm, befriends Sun Wukong in the mortal world and falls in love with him. However, Sun Wukong is violently treated as a demon by other gods and suppressed under the Five Fingers Mountain. In the past 300 years, the god Rulai has taught the Wukong how to uphold justice in his heart. Sun Wukong protects the Longevity Monk and goes to the other side of the world to retrieve the fire of creation for the benefit of the world, but finally returns after many ups and downs. The conspiracy surfaced and the fate of the master and disciples was rewritten.

The former "street gangster" Li Qingrang (Huang Xuan) is released from prison and re-employed in a series of obstacles, and his chance encounter with an old acquaintance Wang Daji (Dong Jewel), so that he carries a conspiracy to join the "Home for the Sick", which hides what unknown transactions? And what kind of thrilling story will he collide with the hot boss of Lai Fu Hotel (Liu Yan)? As conspiracies and conflicts continue to emerge, on the one hand there are patients who are more like family than those who spend time together, and on the other hand there is an old acquaintance who throws money-making olive branches, what should he do, and whether the "Home for the Sick" Lai Fu Hotel can be saved from danger. ......

The young man, who has come to Hainan alone to repeat his studies, meets a group of "salty boys" with similar taste and a group of "weed girls" with different backgrounds.