Xuejian Li

Based on classical literature, this epic fantasy follows the rise of a malevolent ruler corrupted by a fox spirit. As the heavens face a looming curse, a group of immortals and warriors must intervene to identify a true hero capable of wielding a divine artifact to save the realm from total destruction.

A dying old lady reminisces about her happier moments. Her daughter, Hui Ying, decides to move her father's grave from his hometown to beside her mother's grave. However, his first wife, who has looked after the grave for years, doesn't approve, and their disagreement ends up becoming a problem for the whole town. Hui Yang's daughter, Weiwei, works at a broadcasting company. (imdb)

From the acclaimed director of Farewell My Concubine comes a martial-arts caper about a young monk who embarks on an adventurous journey after being kicked out of his monastery. As he faces the trials, tribulations and seduction of the real world for the first time, he encounters many masters along the way. (imdb)

Set during the end of the Cultural Revolution, a young city girl is sent to a remote village for "re-education." There, she meets a charming geology student and the two fall into a forbidden, pure romance despite their differing social backgrounds and political pressures. This touching story captures the innocence of first love and the heartbreaking sacrifices made in an era of strict societal rules.

A middle-aged man named Xu Daqin (Li Xuejian) goes to Yunman, a province near Tibet, and imagines how different his life might have been had he lived there and not stayed north after getting married. (slantmagazine)

Desperate to marry, the unemployed bachelor Zhao lies about being a wealthy hotel owner to his demanding fiancée, compelling him to create elaborate schemes, including running a makeshift "Happy Times Hut" in an abandoned bus. The deception deepens when his fiancée asks him to employ her blind stepdaughter, Wu Ying, whom she mistreats. Zhao and his friends construct a fake massage parlor in a dilapidated warehouse, with the men posing as customers to give Wu Ying a purpose and salary. Despite the entire scenario being a lie, a genuine and profoundly touching bond develops between the lonely man and the trusting girl, forming a bittersweet exploration of kindness, deception, and the universal search for happiness amid modern China's economic uncertainty.

A physicist (Li Youbin) and a general (Li Xuejian) help China with the nuclear-arms race in the 1950s and '60s.

In 3rd-century BC China, King Ying Zheng embarks on a brutal military campaign to unify the seven warring states under his rule. To justify invading a key rival kingdom, his royal concubine Lady Zhao orchestrates a fake assassination plot targeting him. However, as the king's ambition descends into ruthless tyranny, Lady Zhao seeks out the legendary killer Jing Ke to carry out the deed in earnest.

China, the 1990s. A young bookseller is in love with a woman. The woman is now with another guy, a rich man. The rich man sends his people to beat the bookseller. In the fight, the laptop computer from a man looking at the scene gets broken. Who will pay for the computer? The bookseller wants revenge. Will it be useful? The bookseller and the laptop owner are from different ages and classes. They are two different points of view, two different Chinas. How will they fight for justice? (imdb)

Set over a tumultuous seven days in 1930s Shanghai, the story is seen through the eyes of Shuisheng, a naive 14-year-old boy from the countryside who is brought to the city to serve as an attendant to Xiao Jinbao, the glamorous but volatile mistress and nightclub singer of a powerful Triad boss. Shuisheng witnesses the opulence, betrayal, and violence of the criminal underworld firsthand. After a gang attack forces the boss and his entourage to retreat to a secluded island, Shuisheng stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Jinbao and the boss's right-hand man, leading to a brutal power shift and a shocking, tragic fate for those caught in the Triad's merciless hierarchy.

Seen through the eyes of a young boy named Tietou, this sweeping drama chronicles the lives of a family in Beijing during the 1950s and 60s. As various political movements reshape Chinese society, the family faces shifting fortunes and internal struggles. The film uses the symbolic kite to represent hope and the fragile nature of personal freedom during a period of immense social upheaval.