Best Chinese movies of 2009

Actors : Anne Consigny, Daniel Brühl, Ulrich Tukur, Steve Buscemi,
Directors : Florian Gallenberger,

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

Actors : Dahong Ni, Ni Yan, Xiao Shen-Yang, Honglei Sun,
Directors : Yimou Zhang,

The owner of a Chinese noodle shop's scheme to murder his adulterous wife and her lover goes awry.

Actors : Guoqiang Tang, Qing Xu, Jin Liu, Guoli Zhang,

Inspired by true events, Founding of a Republic weaves a rousing tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

Actors : Xun Zhou, Xiaoming Huang, Hanyu Zhang, Bingbing Li,

1942, Nanjing (Nanking). Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a ...

Actors : Louis Koo, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Michelle Ye, Richie Jen,
Directors : Pou-Soi Cheang,

A troubled assassin, who works by orchestrating "accidents", suspects that an accident that happens to his team is not an accident at all.

Actors : Bowie Lam, Xiaoming Huang, Richie Jen, Edison Chen,
Directors : Dante Lam,

A police sniper teams up with a hot-headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force.

Actors : Hanyu Zhang, Andy Lau, Denise Ho, Qi Shu,
Directors : Wai-Keung Lau,

Inspired by the relationship between Stanly Ho and his fourth wife, Angela, it's a romantic comedy about a billonaire who falls in love with a feisty casino dealer. Rated PG

Actors : Chung-Hua Tou, Joe Odagiri, Maggie Q,
Directors : Zhuangzhuang Tian,

The disillusioned general of an ancient Chinese army regiment finds himself stranded in a village populated by a strange clan with mystical connections to wolves.

Actors : Vanness Wu, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Cherrie Ying, Ai Kago,
Directors : Wing Kin Yip,

Ousted chef Wong Bing-Yi is determined to help Shen Qing at her restaurant "Four Seas". He trains a young chef, Lung Kin-Yat to compete against Chef Tin, the head chef at "Imperial Palace",...

Actors : Louis Koo, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Raymond Bak-Ming Wong, Miki Shen,
Directors : Vincent Kok,

A man asks a womanizer to court his eldest sister in hopes of fulfilling a family marriage tradition.

Actors : Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Lik-Sun Fong, Eason Chan, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Jing Wong,

Hong Kong under British rule, when corruption and bribery were the order of the day. Chinese Chief Constable Lak (Tony Leung Ka Fai) together with his gang, Uncorn (Anthony Wong), Gale (Eason Chan), Gold (Wong Jing), laundered drug money.

Actors : Elanne Kwong, Pak-ho Chau, William Wai-Ting Chan, Yung Cheng,
Directors : Danny Pang,

A convenience store robbery goes badly.

Actors : Lili Li, Angela Huang, Steve Hong, Cheng Guang,
Directors : Michael Mahonen,

Already trapped at home for 12 days in a massive sandstorm. A policeman cares for his dying wife as they are running out of food and water and mourning the disappearance of their child in the storm.

Actors : Damitha Abeyratne, Bimal Jayakodi, Athula Liyanage, Nita Fernando,
Directors : Athula Liyanage,

An Ordinary meaningless existence can suddenly change by life and death

Actors : Chet Lam, Wing-kuen Luk, Charmaine Fong, Chiu-Wing Lam,
Directors : Herman Yau,

Luk, a struggling comic book artist who embarks on a hellish day of happenstance. In the morning he wakes up to discover that his girlfriend Julia has left him, and the rest of the day ...