The film is a representative work of Wang Xiaoshuai, the sixth generation director. Before passing the examine, the film took part in Berlin international film festival and won the Silver Bear Medal. But it was banned from release in china.

2. Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

Director and acter Jiang Wen is very famous this days for his Let the Bullets Fly. Devils on the Doorstep is also a very famous work of him which is set in the last years of the Second Sino-Japanese War during World War II and tells the story of a Chinese villager who is forced by a mysterious figure to take custody of two prisoners from the Japanese Army (Teruyuki and Yuan).

Shot in black and white to mimic old-time war movies, the film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival on 12 May and clinched the Grand Prix but was subsequently banned in china.

3. Suzhou River (2000)

It is directed by Lou Ye about a tragic love story set in contemporary Shanghai. The film stars Zhou Xun in a dual role as two different women and Jia Hongsheng as a man obsessed with finding a woman from his past. The film was co-produced by the German Essential Films and China's Dream Factory.

Though well-received abroad, Suzhou River was not screened in its native China, as Lou Ye was banned from filmmaking for two years after screening his film at the International Film Festival Rotterdam without permission from Chinese authorities.

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4. Seventeen Years (1999)

This Chinese film is directed by Zhang Yuan and starring Li Bingbing in her feature film debut. Seventeen Years was screened at several international film festivals where it garnered numerous accolades, including the Director's Award at the 56th Venice Film Festival.

Seventeen Years (and Crazy English) was produced under the aegis of the Chinese bureaucracy, though some editing of the film was required before it could be released.

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5. Xiao Wu (1997)

This film is also known as The Pickpocket, it is a 1997 Chinese movie directed by Jia Zhangke.

The film was the directorial debut of Jia Zhangke, one of the major figures of the so-called Sixth Generation of Chinese cinema and stars Wang Hongwei in the titular role along with Hao Hongjian and Zuo Baitao. Xiao Wu was filmed in the city of Fenyang in in 16 mm.