Movie Database

Movies by Director - Yimou Zhang (32 [Missing: 6])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Red Sorghum [Hong gao liang]When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.1988Yimou ZhangDrama,History,Romance7.4 (8.8K votes)9120211228
Codename Cougar [Dai hao mei zhou bao]Aircraft hijacking with Chinese special forces rescue. Gong Li as a heroic stewardess.1989Fengliang Yang, Yimou ZhangDrama,Thriller4.1 (262 votes)7620220315
Ju DouA woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy.1990Yimou Zhang, Fengliang YangDrama,Romance7.7 (8.2K votes)9520211228
Raise the Red LanternA young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household.1991Yimou ZhangDrama,Romance8.1 (31.7K votes)12520211228
Story of Qiu Ju, The [Qiu Ju da guan si]A peasant woman seeks justice after the headman of her village has kicked her husband in the groin.1992Yimou ZhangComedy,Drama7.6 (5.9K votes)10020211228
To LiveAfter Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.1994Yimou ZhangDrama,War8.3 (17.5K votes)13320211228
Shanghai Triad [Yao a yao, yao dao wai po qiao]A provincial boy related to a Shanghai crime family is recruited by his uncle into cosmopolitan Shanghai in the 1930s to be a servant to a ganglord's mistress.1995Yimou ZhangCrime,Drama,History7.1 (5.7K votes)10820220731
Keep Cool [You hua hao hao shuo]A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker -- who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover -- seeks for monetary compensation for his smashed computer. The lover's and the onlooker1997Yimou ZhangComedy7.2 (1.9K votes)9320211228
Not One Less [Yi ge dou bu neng shao]In a remote mountain village, the teacher must leave for a month, and the mayor can find only a 13-year old girl, Wei Minzhi, to substitute. The teacher leaves one stick of chalk for each day and promises her an extra 10 yuan if ther1999Yimou ZhangDrama7.7 (8.7K votes)10620211228
Road Home, The [Wo de fu qin mu qin]Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.1999Yimou ZhangDrama,Romance7.8 (13K votes)8920211228
Hero [Ying.xiong]A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.2002Yimou ZhangAction,Adventure,Drama7.9 (179.1K votes)12020211228
Happy Times [Xing fu shi guang]Zhao is an aging bachelor who hasn't been lucky in love. Thinking he has finally met the woman of his dreams, Zhao leads her to believe he is wealthy and agrees to a wedding far beyond his means. Zhao's best friend Li hatches the ide2000Yimou ZhangComedy,Drama,Romance7.3 (4K votes)10220211228
House of Flying DaggersA romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.2004Yimou ZhangAction,Adventure,Drama7.5 (110.8K votes)11920211228
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles [Qian li zou dan qi]A Japanese father travels to China's Yunnan province in the place of his ailing son to film a folk-opera singer.2005Yimou ZhangDrama7.3 (5.3K votes)10720220731
Curse Of The Golden Flower, TheDuring China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.2006Yimou ZhangAction,Drama,Romance7.0 (43.7K votes)11420211228
Under The Light [Jian ru pan shi]An urban crime drama film which will cover topics from anti-corruption to anti-crime.2023Yimou ZhangCrime,Drama,Thriller6.2 (291 votes)12720231207
Cliff Walkers [Xuan ya zhi shang]In the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, after returning to China, embark on a secret mission. Sold out by a traitor, the team find themselves surrounded by threats on all sides.2021Zhuang Jie Qiong, Yimou ZhangCrime,Drama,Thriller6.5 (2.8K votes)12020231120
Snipers [Ju ji shou]The story of sharpshooter Zhang Taofang, a young army recruit who at age 22 sets a record during the Korean War by reportedly killing or wounding 214 American soldiers with 435 shots in just 32 days.2022Mo Zhang, Yimou ZhangAction,Drama,War6.3 (1.2K votes)9620231116
The Parsifal MosaicNATBA Drama,Mystery,Thriller Not Available
Flowers of War, TheAn American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.2011Yimou ZhangDrama,History,Romance7.6 (51.8K votes)14620211228
Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop, A [San qiang pai an jing qi]The owner of a Chinese noodle shop's scheme to murder his adulterous wife and her lover goes awry.2009Yimou ZhangComedy,Drama5.7 (3.2K votes)9520220414
Under the Hawthorn Tree [Shan zha shu zhi lian]Romance sparks between a young woman and a young man from different economic backgrounds during China's Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and '70s.2010Yimou ZhangDrama,Romance7.1 (3.2K votes)11420220315
QuasimodoNATBA Drama Not Available
Xuan ya zhi shang 2NATBA Thriller Not Available
Great Wall, TheIn ancient China, a group of European mercenaries encounters a secret army that maintains and defends the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.2016Yimou ZhangAction,Adventure,Fantasy5.9 (131.1K votes)10320211228
Full River Red [Manjianghong]A pawn tries to get rid of a traitorous minister, Qin Hui, when he leads an army to the border for talks with a Jurchen mission.2023Yimou ZhangComedy,Drama,History6.5 (2.7K votes)15920231115
Article 20NA2024 Drama Not Available
Coming HomeLu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer recognizes 2014Yimou ZhangDrama,Romance7.2 (6K votes)10920211228
The Three-Body ProblemNATBA Sci-Fi Not Available
Stories Through 180 LensesNA2014 Documentary,Short Not Available
Shadow [Ying]In a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.2018Yimou ZhangAction,Adventure,Fantasy7.0 (14.9K votes)11620211228
One Second [Yi miao zhong]A movie fan in a remote farmland strikes a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.2020Yimou ZhangComedy,Drama,History7.1 (2.6K votes)10420231016