After laying bare backward village mentalities in Bloody Morning, Li Shaohong turns her attention to China’s urban middle class. Cao is a photographer, married to an opera singer and with an infant son, caught in the usual professional morass of political compromise. His life starts to fall apart when he learns that his ex-wife also bore him a son some months after their divorce – and when the boy turns up looking for his father. Nothing wildly dramatic, just believable people in believable situations. If the ending seems a touch forced, this is nevertheless a sign that ‘Fifth Generation’ cinema is changing and coming to terms with up-to-date realities.
Blush
Drama
6.6
Six Reasons Why
Action, Science Fiction, Western
5.2
The Successor
Drama, Thriller
6.5
The Isle
Drama, Thriller
7.0
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.3
R.O.T.O.R.
Action, Science Fiction
4.4
The Awful Truth
Comedy, Romance
7.2
Who Killed Johnny R.?
Western
7.6
The Million Dollar Hotel
Drama, Thriller
5.9
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
Science Fiction, Horror, Drama
6.2
Crocodile Dundee II
Adventure, Comedy
5.8
Ashes and Diamonds
Drama, War, Romance
7.4
What Time Is It?
Comedy, Drama
7.4
Nights of Cabiria
Drama
8.0
Ridicule
Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.0
Flora and Son
Music, Comedy, Drama
6.9
Everyone Says I Love You
Comedy, Romance
6.4
The Girl with a Pistol
Comedy
6.9
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Comedy, Romance
7.5
The Life of Chuck
Drama, Fantasy
7.4
The Piano
Drama, Romance
7.4
Little Miss Sunshine
Comedy, Drama
7.7
Macu, la mujer del policía
Drama
5.1
Annaluise & Anton
Family, Comedy, Drama
7.1
Sleepless in Seattle
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.7
Sin and Redemption
Drama
4.0
Enough!
Drama
4.8
Swim Team
Documentary, Drama, Family
7.5
Beyond Dreams
Drama
6.0
My Life Without Me
Drama, Romance
6.1
Open Hearts
Drama, Romance
7.1
Italian for Beginners
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.4
The Secret Life of Words
Romance, Drama
7.0
Strange Days
Crime, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
7.0
Desert Hearts
Drama, Romance
7.0
Beyond Silence
Drama, Music
6.9
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Drama, History
6.9
Bollywood/Hollywood
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
5.9
Longing
Drama
6.4
Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
Romance, Comedy, Drama
6.1