- Chinese films of the 1930s
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List of Chinese films 1905–1919 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s -
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This is a list of films produced in mainland China ordered by year of release in the 1930s.
For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see Category:Chinese films.
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1930
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Chang men xian mu Cheng Bugao Sing-Song Red Peony Zhang Shichuan Hu Die First Chinese sound film Spring Dream of an Old Capital Sun Yu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu's breakthrough role; also known as Remembrance of Peking or Reminiscences of Beijing Suicide Contract Zhu Shilin Ruan Lingyu Drama Wild Flowers Sun Yu Ruan Lingyu,
Jin Yan1931
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Amorous History of the Silver Screen Cheng Bugao Xuan Jinglan,
Xia PeizhenDrama Partially lost film about a woman's rise from prostitution to stardom from Mingxing Film Company Love and Duty Bu Wancang Ruan Lingyu,
Jin YanRomance/Tragedy Early Lianhua Film Company production, previously thought lost, a complete print was discovered in South America in the 1990s Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood Bu Wancang Ruan Lingyu Drama Sometimes translated as The Peach Girl A Spray of Plum Blossoms Bu Wancang Ruan Lingyu,
Jin Yan,
Wang CilongDrama Two Stars of the Milky Way Shi Dongshan Jin Yan Also known as Two Stars of the Silver Screen 1932
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Facing the National Crisis Cai Chusheng,
Shi Dongshan,
Sun Yu,
Wang CilongChen Yanyan,
Zheng JunliWar Loving Blood of the Volcano Sun Yu Li Lili,
Zheng JunliDrama Pink Dream Cai Chusheng Gao Zhanfei,
Zheng Junli,
Tan YingDrama Also known as Dream in Pink Spring in the South Cai Chusheng Gao Zhanfei,
Chen YanyanDrama Three Modern Women Bu Wancang Ruan Lingyu,
Jin YanDrama Wild Rose Sun Yu Jin Yan,
Wang RenmeiRomance/Drama 1933
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Dawn Over the Metropolis Cai Chusheng Drama Daybreak Sun Yu Li Lili,
Gao ZhanfeiDrama Lianhua Film Company production Little Toys Sun Yu Ruan Lingyu,
Li LiliDrama Night in the City Fei Mu Ruan Lingyu,
Jin YanDrama Fei Mu's directorial debut, now lost; also known as City Nights The Protest of Women Shen Xiling Spring Silkworms Cheng Bugao Ai Xia Leftist Drama Mingxing Film Company production, an adaptation of the Mao Dun-penned short story The Tenderness Market Zhang Shichuan Hu Die,
Ai XiaEarly sound film Twenty-Four Hours in Shanghai Shen Xiling Wild Torrents Cheng Bugao Leftist Drama 1934
Title Director Actors Genre Notability The Big Road Sun Yu Jin Yan,
Li LiliDrama The Classic for Girls Zhang Shichuan,
Yao Sufeng,
Zheng Zhengqiu,
Xu Xingfu,
Li Pingqian,
Chen Kengran,
Shen Xiling,
Cheng BugaoComing Home Zhu Shilin Ruan Lingyu,
Gao ZhanfeiThe Goddess Wu Yonggang Ruan Lingyu Drama Distributed by the Lianhua Film Company Life Fei Mu Ruan Lingyu Plunder of Peach and Plum Ying Yunwei Yuan Muzhi Drama Diantong Film Company production Queen of Sports Sun Yu Li Lili A Sea of Fragrant Snow Fei Mu Ruan Lingyu Drama Song of the Fishermen Cai Chusheng Wang Renmei Drama First Chinese film to win an award at an international film festival (the Moscow Film Festival) Twin Sisters Zheng Zhengqiu Hu Die Mingxing Film Company production, Chinese title: "Zimei hua" 1935
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Ardent, Loyal Souls Zhang Shichuan,
Wu Cun,
Zheng Zhengqiu,
Xu Xingfu,
Li Pingqian,
Shen Xiling,
Cheng BugaoDrama The Boatman's Daughter Shen Xiling Drama Cityscape Yuan Muzhi Jiang Qing,
Gu Menghe,
Zhou BoxunComedy/Musical The Desert Island Wu Yonggang Homesick Shen Xiling Drama Little Angel Wu Yonggang National Customs Luo Mingyou,
Zhu ShilinRuan Lingyu,
Zheng JunliDrama Ruan Lingyu's final film New Women Cai Chusheng Ruan Lingyu,
Zheng JunliDrama The New Peach Blossom Fan Ouyang Yuqian Early Xinhua Film Company production Song of China Fei Mu,
Luo MingyouZheng Junli Drama New Life Movement film; also known as Filial Piety Spirit of Freedom Situ Huimin Drama Also known as The Goddess of Freedom Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm Xu Xingzhi Yuan Muzhi,
Wang RenmeiDrama/War Also known as Children of Troubled Times 1936
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Blood on Wolf Mountain Fei Mu Jiang Qing,
Li LiliDrama "National Defense" film Tomboy Fang Peilin Drama/Romance Lost Lambs Cai Chusheng Children Night of the Debauche Shi Dongshan Jin Shan,
Zhou XuanDrama Old and New Shanghai Cheng Bugao Drama The Pioneers Wu Yonggang Jin Yan,
Wang RenmeiDrama Also known as Soaring Aspirations Unchanged Heart in Life and Death Ying Yunwei Yuan Muzhi Drama 1937
Title Director Actors Genre Notability The Battle of Shanghai Lai Man-wai Documentary Collection of documentary footage of the invasion of Shanghai by Japan, as filmed by Lai Manwai and others. Crossroads Shen Xiling Zhao Dan,
Bai YangDrama Early sound film Fifth Brother Wang Cai Chusheng Drama Gold-Plated City Fei Mu Also known as The Gilded City March of Youth Shi Dongshan Martyrs of the Northern Front Fei Mu The Money Tree Tan Youliu Drama Murder in the Oratory Fei Mu Opera New Year's Coin Zhang Shichuan Hu Rongrong Drama Also known as New Year's Gift Song at Midnight Ma-Xu Weibang Jin Shan,
Gu MengheHorror A Chinese adaptation of Phantom of the Opera Street Angel Yuan Muzhi Zhao Dan,
Zhou XuanDrama Symphony of Lianhua Various Anthology Collection of short films by Lianhua directors 1938
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Diao Chan Bu Wancang Gu Lanjun,
Jin ShanHistorical Xinhua Film Company production, also known as The Sable Cicada Eight Hundred Heroes Ying Yunwei Yuan Muzhi War Dramatic interpretation of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse Protect Our Land Shi Dongshan Rouge Tears Wu Yonggang Drama 1939
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Children of China Shen Xiling Empress Wu Zetian Fang Peilin Bai Hong Drama/Historical Mulan Joins the Army Bu Wancang Chen Yunchang Historical/War Solitary Island period film Orphan Island Paradise Cai Chusheng See also
- Cinema of China
- Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures as chosen by the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards
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