Mr. Zhao won the 1998 Golden Leopard at the Locarno international Film Festival in Switzerland. And also it entered into competition at the 1999 Hong Kong International Film Festival and the 1998 AFI Fest in Los Angeles.

Directed by Lv Le Mr. Zhao tells the story of a philandering doctor living in Shanghai. His infidelity gets the best of him, however, when his mistress Tian Jing (Chen Yinan) announces she is pregnant, while his wife learns of his affair but refuses to grant a divorce.

7. Postman (1995)

Postman is directed by He Jianjun. His second feature, Postman tells the story of a shy mailman played by Feng Yuanzheng who steals and reads the letters of people on his route. The film is considered part of China's sixth generation movement.

The director operated under a ban during Postman's production and only succeeded in screening the film abroad after smuggling a print out of the country and finishing the film overseas.

8. To Live (1994)

To Live is directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Ge You, Gong Li. It It is the first Chinese film that had its foreign distribution rights pre-sold.

The film was banned in mainland China by the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television due to its critical portrayal of various policies and campaigns of the Communist government. Zhang Yimou was also banned from filmmaking for two years.

To Live was screened at the 1994 New York Film Festival before eventually receiving a limited release in the United States on November 18, 1994.

9¡¢East Palace, West Palace(1996)

Directed by Zhang Yuan, it known as Behind the Forbidden City or Behind the Palace Gates.

East Palace, West Palace is the first Mainland Chinese movie with an explicitly homosexual theme.It premiered at the Mar del Plata Film Festival in Argentina in November 1996 and at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Un Certain Regard competition.

Novel East Palace, West Palace is also worthy to see.

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10¡¢The Blue Kite (1993)

This film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang. Though banned by the Chinese government upon its completion, the film soon found a receptive international audience.

The film won the Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Film Festival, and Best Film at the Hawaii International Film Festival, both in 1993.