Nobody expected A Cool FishВ to do as well as it did. A Cool FishД¬hinese title: ж— еђЌд№‹иѕ€ | Starring: Chen Jianbin, Ren Suxi, Pan BinlongВ | Genre: Crime, Drama, Comedy

However, the film is also action-packed enough to please anyone who doesnвЂ™t care for artistry, which makes it stand out among 2018вЂ™s other Chinese indie offerings (some of which are good, but ridiculously long and esoteric). Screened at Cannes, Ash Is Purest WhiteВ is a critical darling that you should watch if youвЂ™re into award-winning fare. The novelistic film documents their story over 18 years, tracing ChinaвЂ™s past two decades of evolution through the lens of gangster politics and gritty fight scenes. Ash Is Purest WhiteВ continues this tradition, but also melds it with another key facet of Chinese culture: martial arts.ДЄsh Is Purest White, portrays the relationship between a hardscrabble woman (played by JiaвЂ™s wife and recurring muse Zhao Tao) and low-level gangster (Liao Fan from Black Coal, Thin Ice). Often known as the вЂњgodfather of Chinese independent film,вЂќ Jia rose to fame by making poignant movies exploring the bleak underbellyВ of ChinaвЂ™s recent modernization and economic growth.

Renowned auteur Jia Zhangke is back at it again with Ash Is Purest White, perhaps his most ambitious feature yet. Project GutenbergД¬hinese title: ж±џж№–е„їеҐі | Starring: Zhao Tao, Liao Fan, Feng Xiaogang, Xu Zheng, Zhang Yibai | Genre: Drama, Martial Arts With reports that some employees of state-owned enterprises were required to watch the film, perhaps that target is not too far off. Released just before presidential term limits were scrapped in China (allowing Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely), Amazing China highlights all the accomplishments that Xi had made during his tenure-ranging from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge to the development of ChinaвЂ™s space program.ДЄmazing ChinaВ was one of the top-grossing Chinese films of 2018, and its producers aspire for it to hit one billion yuan in ticket sales. Though held in questionable regard by most online critics (the movieвЂ™s Douban pageВ does not list any rating from its users-rather, it shows a вЂњmedia scoreвЂќ), we felt that Amazing China deserved a spot on this list for its sociopolitical significance. In a departure from the world of comedy, number eight on our list is a state-sponsored documentary about the achievements of the modern Chinese state under Xi JinpingвЂ™s administration. Detective Chinatown 2Д¬hinese title: еЋ‰е®ідє†пјЊж€‘зљ„е›Ѕ | Genre: Documentary Billionaire remains a wonderfully hilarious satire on the ridiculous ways that some of ChinaвЂ™s eccentric billionaires spend their money. Billionaire was criticized in China for making light of the extravagant (and wasteful) lifestyles of ChinaвЂ™s top-earners, all while income inequality in China is expanding. However, Duo-yu is not allowed to simply give the money away, instead having to come up with some creative and crazy ideas to spend his money-ranging from buying out his former football team, to renting an entire castle for them to party in for a month.Дespite a US$131 million opening weekend, Hello Mr. Duo-yu (Shen) has to spend a billion yuan within a month, in order to inherit a vast fortune left behind by his wealthy uncle. Billionaire is yet another satirical take on the rapid newfound wealth that some Chinese have discovered. In 2015, Tuhao 520В poked fun at these so-called вЂњdirt baronsвЂќ with ridiculous scenes ranging from a birthday parade with a tank that shoots money, to extravagant gifts of helicopters and supercars to woo a girlfriend. The rise of the nouveau riche in China has come with plenty of hilarious commentary deriding their lack of cultural sophistication. Chinese title: вЂЋиҐїи™№её‚й¦–еЇЊ | Starring: Teng Shen, Vivian SungВ | Genre: Comedy

Romance movies from 2017 and 2018