5th Generation Project
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All films I have seen in my exploration of the 5th Generation, the most influential cohort of mainland Chinese filmmakers.
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1 - Directors from Beijing Film Academy Class of 1982
1a. Director course (1-151)
Chen Kaige (20), Tian Zhuangzhuang (15), Zhang Jianya* (15), Wu Ziniu (12), Peng Xiaolian (11), Xia Gang (11), Li Shaohong (11), Zhang Junzhao (9), Liu Miaomiao (8), Hu Mei (8), Jin Tao (7), Jiang Haiyang (5), Wang Ziyin (4), Jiang Weihe* (4), Xie Xiaojing* (4), Cui Xiaoqin* (4), Bai Hong (3), Li Ziyu (3), Li Xiaojun* (2), Zhou Wei (2), Ying Qi (1), Li Shaoxu (1), Zhao Jin (1)
1b. Cinematographer course (152-227)
Zhang Yimou (28), Lu Yue (7), Xiao Feng (7), Gu Changwei (7), Mu Deyuan (5), Zhang Li (4), Hou Yong (4), Xing Shumin (3), Wang Xiaolie (3), Liang Ming* (2), Sun Cheng (2), Wang Lianping (1), Zheng Ming (1), Shen Xinghao (1), Zhi Lei (1), Zhao Fei (1)
1c. Art department course (228-277)
Huo Jianqi (13), Feng Xiaoning (11), He Qun (8), Yin Li (6), Zhang Bingjian (2), Ma Huiwu (2), Shi Jiandu (2), Han Gang (1), Liu Yichuan (1), Li Jingsong (1), Hao Bing (1), Jiang Xiaozhen (1), Wang Honghai (1)
1d. Sound design course (278-288)
Ning Ying (11)
1e. Acting course (289-302)
Chen Guoxing* (13), Zhang Tielin (1), Jia Dongshuo (1)
1f. Animation course (303-330)
Ai Weiwei (14), Liu Zuofeng (8), Hu Yihong (3), Chen Sanwei (1), Li Geng (1), Zhang Xiaoan (1)
2 - Other Directors
2a. Associated figures who directed a feature in the 1980s (331-448)
Huang Jianxin (16), Zhou Xiaowen (12), Sun Zhou (11), Xu Geng (9), Mai Lisi & Sai Fu (9), He Ping (8), Zhang Zeming (5), Wang Jixing (5) , Song Jiangbo (5), Yu Xiaoyang (5), Dai Sijie (4), Zhao Weiheng (4), Ye Daying (4), Yang Fengliang* (4), Han Sanping** (2), Chen Lizhou (2), Xie Hong (2), Chen Guojun (2), Zheng Hua (2), Kang Jianning (2), Cheng Ke (2), Shi Chenfeng* (2) , Guo Fangfang** (2), Pan Peicheng (1), Weng Luming (1), Li Xiaolong (1), Fan Yuan (1), Yan Xiaozhui (1), Chen Lu** (1)
2b. Associated figures who didn’t direct a feature until after the 1980s (449-508)
Feng Xiaogang (18), Yang Yazhou* (9), Jiang Wen (6), Lei Xianhe* (4), Chen Peisi (3), Qi Jian (3), Gu Rong (2), Wang Xingjun (2), Lu Xiaowei (2), Zheng Xiaolong (2), Dong Zhenye (2), Liu Baolin** (2), Song Zhao (1), Zhang Xiaomin (1), Li Xian (1), Guo Lin (1), Wang Xinsheng (1), Lu Wei (1), Wang Shuo (1), Zeng Nianping (1), Zhu Shimao (1), Zhang Rui (1), Yi Huhewula (1), Jiang Hao** (1)
3 - One-off films related to the movement
3a. Related narrative films (509-510)
- The Last Emperor (1987, Bernardo Bertolucci)
- Buddha’s Lock (1987, Yim Ho)
3b. Documentaries about the Fifth Generation movement or specific Fifth Generation films (511-516)
- New Chinese Cinema (1989, Tony Rayns)
- Arena: Zhang Yimou (1993, Christopher Bruce)
- Zhang Yimou's "Shadow" (2018, Wang Peng)
- A New Appreciation of Chinese Cinema: Tony Rayns on Red Sorghum (2018, Gu Pengyuan)
- The Movie For The Next Century: Tony Rayns on The Horse Thief (2019, Gu Pengyuan)
- An Innovative Feature Film Debut: Tony Rayns on The Black Cannon Incident (2019, Gu Pengyuan)
4. Television series / adjacent filmmakers working only in television (517-529)
- Zhen San (1986, Lin Danqing, 10 episodes)
- The Temptation of Tibet (1988, Liu Lang, feature)
- A Native of Beijing in New York (1993, Feng Xiaogang & Zheng Xiaolong, 21 episodes)
- Haier Brothers (1995, Liu Zuofeng, 212 episodes)
- Yongzheng Dynasty (1999, Hu Mei, 44 episodes)
- Palace of Desire (2000, Li Shaohong, 40 episodes)
- Towards the Republic (2001, Zhang Li, 60 episodes)
- The Emperor in Han Dynasty (2005, Hu Mei, 58 episodes)
- Ming Dynasty 1566 (2007, Zhang Li, 46 episodes)
- Golden Wedding (2007, Zheng Xiaolong, 50 episodes)
- Empresses in the Palace (2011, Zheng Xiaolong, 76 episodes)
- Red Sorghum (2014, Zheng Xiaolong, 60 episodes)
- Palace of Devotion (2021, Li Shaohong, 61 episodes)
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* at least one film in this list from this director appears in another section due to having multiple 5th gen directors
** all films shown in this list are co-directed by another list director, so this director doesn’t have their own section
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Information on this list about directors is more trustworthy than the info on IMDb. If you’re wondering why a director is absent, it’s likely because they are actually a fourth generation director.
Missing at present:
Lugu Lake (1993, Kang Jianning)
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Da hong denglong gaogao gua
1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern, in 21 top lists Check -
164 new
Ying xiong
2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 6 top lists Check -
5 new
Ba wang bie ji
1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Last Emperor
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
165 new
Shi mian mai fu
2004 — a.k.a. House of Flying Daggers, in 5 top lists Check -
152 new
Hong gao liang
1988 — a.k.a. Red Sorghum, in 11 top lists Check -
158 new
Huo zhe
1994 — a.k.a. To Live, in 7 top lists Check -
30 new
Lan feng zheng
1993 — a.k.a. The Blue Kite, in 8 top lists Check -
154 new
Ju Dou
1990, in 5 top lists Check -
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Guizi lai le
2000 — a.k.a. Devils on the Doorstep, in 7 top lists Check -
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Huang tu di
1984 — a.k.a. Yellow Earth, in 9 top lists Check -
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Dao ma zei
1986 — a.k.a. The Horse Thief, in 6 top lists Check -
156 new
Qiu Ju da guan si
1992 — a.k.a. The Story of Qiu Ju, in 8 top lists Check -
473 new
Yang guang can lan de ri zi
1994 — a.k.a. In the Heat of the Sun, in 4 top lists Check -
167 new
Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia
2006 — a.k.a. Curse of the Golden Flower, in 2 top lists Check -
161 new
Yi ge dou bu neng shao
1999 — a.k.a. Not One Less, in 4 top lists Check -
162 new
Wo de fu qin mu qin
1999 — a.k.a. The Road Home, in 2 top lists Check -
166 new
Qian li zou dan qi
2005 — a.k.a. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, in 2 top lists Check -
4 new
Bian zou bian chang
1991 — a.k.a. Life on a String, in 2 top lists Check -
170 new
Jin ling shi san chai
2011 — a.k.a. The Flowers of War, in 0 top lists Check -
31 new
Xiao cheng zhi chun
2002 — a.k.a. Springtime in a Small Town, in 3 top lists Check -
159 new
Yao a yao, yao dao wai po qiao
1995 — a.k.a. Shanghai Triad, in 1 top list Check -
174 new
Ying
2018 — a.k.a. Shadow, in 0 top lists -
476 new
Rang zi dan fei
2010 — a.k.a. Let the Bullets Fly, in 1 top list Check -
3 new
Hai zi wang
1987 — a.k.a. King of the Children, in 3 top lists Check -
6 new
Feng yue
1996 — a.k.a. Temptress Moon, in 1 top list Check -
335 new
Bei kao bei, lian dui lian
1994 — a.k.a. Back to Back, Face to Face, in 0 top lists Check -
457 new
Ye yan
2006 — a.k.a. The Banquet, in 0 top lists Check -
173 new
The Great Wall
2016, in 1 top list Check -
163 new
Xing fu shi guang
2000 — a.k.a. Happy Times, in 1 top list Check -
417 new
Xiao cai feng
2002 — a.k.a. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, in 0 top lists Check -
171 new
Gui lai
2014 — a.k.a. Coming Home, in 0 top lists Check -
32 new
Cha ma gu dao xi lie
2004 — a.k.a. Tea-Horse Road Series: Delamu, in 2 top lists Check -
9 new
He ni zai yi qi
2002, in 1 top list Check -
7 new
Jing Ke ci Qin Wang
1998 — a.k.a. The Emperor and the Assassin, in 1 top list Check -
230 new
Nashan naren nagou
1999 — a.k.a. Postmen in the Mountains, in 0 top lists Check -
461 new
Tang shan da di zhen
2010 — a.k.a. Aftershock, in 0 top lists Check -
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Wu Qingyuan
2006 — a.k.a. The Go Master, in 1 top list Check -
464 new
Wo bu shi Pan Jin Lian
2016 — a.k.a. I Am Not Madame Bovary, in 0 top lists Check -
475 new
Tai yang zhao chang sheng qi
2007 — a.k.a. The Sun Also Rises, in 0 top lists Check -
181 new
Zhao xiansheng
1998 — a.k.a. Mr. Zhao, in 2 top lists Check -
363 new
Zhou Yu de huo che
2002 — a.k.a. Zhou Yu's Train, in 0 top lists Check -
160 new
You hua hao hao shuo
1997 — a.k.a. Keep Cool, in 1 top list Check -
168 new
San qiang pai an jing qi
2009 — a.k.a. A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop, in 0 top lists Check -
418 new
Les filles du botaniste
2006 — a.k.a. The Chinese Botanist's Daughters, in 0 top lists Check -
88 new
Lian ai zhong de Bao Bei
2004 — a.k.a. Baober in Love, in 0 top lists Check -
10 new
Wu ji
2005 — a.k.a. The Promise, in 0 top lists Check -
331 new
Hei pao shi jian
1985 — a.k.a. The Black Cannon Incident, in 1 top list Check -
8 new
Killing Me Softly
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
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Kong que
2005 — a.k.a. Peacock, in 1 top list Check
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