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Chen Kaige

Director · 39 credits · 25 in highly-rated films

Best known for Farewell My Concubine (1993)

Frequent collaborators: Tsui Hark

Best Chen Kaige movies by genre

Directed movies (31 total, ranked by score)

  1. Farewell My Concubine

    1993 · ★ 7.9 (701 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. Yellow Earth

    1984 · ★ 7.2 (61 votes)

    Drama, Music, History

    2

  3. The Emperor and the Assassin

    1998 · ★ 6.9 (87 votes)

    History, Drama

    3

  4. The Volunteers: Peace at Last

    2025 · ★ 8.0 (11 votes)

    Drama, War, History

    4

  5. Together

    2002 · ★ 6.9 (63 votes)

    Drama

    5

  6. My People, My Country

    2019 · ★ 6.7 (78 votes)

    Drama, History

    6

  7. Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

    2002 · ★ 6.9 (47 votes)

    Drama, Documentary

    7

  8. To Each His Own Cinema

    2007 · ★ 6.5 (155 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    8

  9. The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death

    2024 · ★ 6.5 (19 votes)

    Drama, War, History

    9

  10. The Battle at Lake Changjin

    2021 · ★ 6.3 (154 votes)

    Drama, War

    10

  11. Legend of the Demon Cat

    2017 · ★ 6.2 (108 votes)

    Fantasy, Adventure, Family

    11

  12. Temptress Moon

    1996 · ★ 6.7 (38 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    12

  13. The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge

    2022 · ★ 6.3 (93 votes)

    War, History, Action

    13

  14. Killing Me Softly

    2002 · ★ 5.6 (378 votes)

    Thriller, Crime

    14

  15. Life on a String

    1991 · ★ 6.9 (15 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. Forever Enthralled

    2008 · ★ 6.2 (30 votes)

    Drama, History

    16

  17. The Volunteers: To the War

    2023 · ★ 6.2 (23 votes)

    Drama, War, History

    17

  18. Caught in the Web

    2012 · ★ 6.6 (33 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. Sacrifice

    2010 · ★ 6.0 (55 votes)

    History, Drama, Action

    19

  20. The Promise

    2005 · ★ 5.6 (133 votes)

    Fantasy, Drama, Action

    20

  21. King of the Children

    1987 · ★ 7.0 (26 votes)

    Drama

    21

  22. Monk Comes Down the Mountain

    2015 · ★ 5.1 (108 votes)

    Action

    22

  23. The Big Parade

    1986 · ★ 5.9 (7 votes)

    Drama

    23

  24. Forced Take-off

    1984

    Drama

    24

  25. China's Megatomb Revealed

    2016 · ★ 5.8 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Flowers from the Ashes

    —

    Drama

    26

  27. Shu Zhen

    2020

    27

  28. Swan Song

    —

    History

    28

  29. One 2008th

    2008

    29

  30. Turandot di Giacomo Puccini

    2008

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.