This is a list of films produced in the Republican period of China ordered by year of release in the 1930s.
For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see .
| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Red Egg | 一個紅蛋 | Gong Jianong, Gao Qianping | Social criticism | |||
| A Romantic Girl | 浪漫女子 | Xuan Jinglin, Gong Jianong | Romance | |||
| The Cave of the Silken Web II | 續盤絲洞 | Sequel to the 1927 film of the same title | ||||
| Circus Girl | 馬戲女 | Zhou Wenzhu, Wang Cilong | Action | |||
| Elder Brother's Romance | 逃情的哥哥 | Wang Cilong, Chen Yunshang | Drama | Alternate title: Elder Brother's Elopement | ||
| Hall of the Broken Zither | 碎琴樓 | Hu Die, Xia Peizhen, Zheng Xiaoqiu | Tragedy | |||
| New Journey to the West | 新西游記 | Zheng Xiaoqiu, Xia Peizhen | Adapted from the classic novel Journey to the West | |||
| Nine Dragons Mountain | 大破九龍山 | Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Jiduo | Action | Released in two parts | ||
| Peach Blossom Lake | 桃花湖 | Hu Die, Zheng Xiaoqiu | Crime | Released in two parts | ||
| The Pearl Cap | 珍珠冠 | Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Jiduo | Crime/Romance | |||
| The Road to Riches | 黃金之路 | Zhou Wenzhu, Zhu Fei | Drama | Alternate title: The Golden Road | ||
| Spring Dream in the Old Capital | 古城春夢 | Ruan Lingyu, Wang Ruilin, Lim Cho Cho | Ruan Lingyu's breakthrough role; also known as Remembrance of Peking or Reminiscences of Beijing | |||
| Suicide Contract | 自殺合同 | Ruan Lingyu, Liu Jiqun | Comedy-Drama | Ruan's first film for the Lianhua Film Company. Directing debut for Zhu Shilin | ||
| Virtuous Mother from a Brothel | 倡門賢母 | Drama | ||||
| Wild Flowers | 野草閑花 | Alternate title: Wild Flowers Among the Weeds | ||||
| Yang Naiwu | 楊乃武與小白菜 | Chen Yumei, Sun Min | Docudrama | Dramatization of an infamous late Qing dynasty case of criminal injustice |
| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Couple in Life and Death | 生死夫妻 | Wang Xianzhai, Xuan Jinglin, Gong Jianong | Drama | |||
| A Free Soul | 自由魂 | Tang Tianxiu, Zhou Wenzhu, Gao Zhanfei | Drama | Alternate title: The Bloody Crysanthemum (碧血黃花) | ||
| Amorous History of the Silver Screen | 銀幕艷史 | Xuan Jinglin, Xia Peizhen | Drama | This is a partially lost film about a woman's rise from prostitution to stardom from Mingxing Film Company. Released in two parts | ||
| Arsène Lupin | 亞森·羅賓 | Chen Yumei, Sun Min | Mystery | Adapted from the stories by Maurice Leblanc | ||
| Between Themselves | 夫妻之間 | Chen Yumei, Sun Min | Drama | |||
| Blue Skies After the Rain | 雨過天青 | Chen Qiufeng, Lin Ruxin | Drama | Filmed on location in Japan. First Chinese production with sound on film. | ||
| The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes | 福爾摩斯偵探案 | Li Pingqian, Chen Yumei | Mystery | Alternate title: Stories of Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Farewell to Yuren | 玉人永別 | Tragedy | ||||
| The Flying General | 飛將軍 | Crime | ||||
| Heartaches | 心痛 | Wan Laitian, Ding Ziming | Drama | |||
| Heng Niang | 恆娘 | Zhou Wenzhu, Tang Tianxiu, Zhu Fei | Fantasy | Adapted from a story of the same title in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio | ||
| In Old Beijing | 舊時京華 | Wang Xianzhai Zheng Xiaoqiu | Drama | Alternate title: Splendors of the Old Capital | ||
| Love and Duty | 戀愛與義務 | Romance/Tragedy | Early Lianhua Film Company production, previously thought lost, a complete print was discovered in South America in the 1990s | |||
| Lucky Stars | 銀星幸運 | Zheng Xiaoqiu, Hu Die | Musical Review | |||
| The Murderess | 殺人的小姐 | Tan Zhiyuan, Gao Lihen | Mystery | |||
| Oriental Nights | 東方夜譚 | Fantasy | Adapted from One Thousand and One Nights | |||
| The Peach Girl | 桃花泣血記 | Drama | ||||
| Pleasures of the Dance Hall | 歌場春色 | Li Pingqian, Qiu Qixiang, Shao Zuiweng | Drama | First sound film from the Tianyi Film Company, with several American technicians imported from Hollywood to assist and train Chinese personnel | ||
| Shadow of Red Tears | Hu Die, Zheng Xiaoqiu | Drama | Released in two parts | |||
| Shadow on the Window | 窗上人影 | Xuan Jinglin, Gong Jianong | Mystery | |||
| Sing-Song Girl Red Peony | 歌女紅牡丹 | Hu Die Xia Peizhen | First Chinese sound film (wax discs) | |||
| The Singing Beauty | 虞美人 | Romance/Tragedy | ||||
| A Spray of Plum Blossoms | 一剪梅 | Drama | ||||
| Spring in the Jade Palace | 玉堂春 | Drama | Adapted from two Peking operas | |||
| Struggle Between Love and Desire | 愛欲之爭 | Drama | ||||
| Such a Paradise | 如此天堂 | Drama | Released in two parts | |||
| Three Heroes of the Wang Family | Wang Yuanlong, Tang Tianxiu | War | ||||
| Two Stars of the Milky Way | 銀漢雙星 | Also known as Two Stars of the Silver Screen | ||||
| Unlucky to be Born a Daughter | 不幸生為女兒身 | Drama |
| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Kindly Mother | 慈母 | Drama | ||||
| A Lonely Bird | 落霞孤鶩 | Drama | Adapted from the novel of the same title by Zhang Henshui | |||
| A Music Teacher | 海外鵑魂 | Jin Qingyu | Drama | |||
| A Young Actress | 小女伶 | Drama | ||||
| Beloved Enemy | 可愛的仇敵 | Drama | ||||
| Facing the National Crisis | 共赴國難 | War | ||||
| Hell at Sea | 海上閻王 | Action | ||||
| Humanity | 人道 | Drama | ||||
| Love and Death | 愛與死 | Drama | ||||
| Love and Life | 戀愛與生命 | |||||
| Loving Blood of the Volcano | 火山情血 | Drama | ||||
| Old Hate, New Sorrow | 舊恨新仇 | Musical/Drama | ||||
| One Night of Luxury | 一夜豪華 | Drama | Adapted from the short story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant | |||
| Pink Dream | 粉紅色的夢 | Drama | Also known as Dream in Pink | |||
| Poetry Written on a Banana Leaf | 芭蕉葉上詩 | Musical | ||||
| Regrets | 失足恨 | Drama | Alternate title: Mistaken Marriage | |||
| South Seas Beauty | 南海美人 | |||||
| Spring Dream in the Old Capital II | 續故都春夢 | Drama | Sequel to the 1931 release of the same title | |||
| Spring in the South | 南國之春 | Drama | ||||
| Three Modern Women | 三個摩登女性 | Drama | ||||
| Two Daughters of the Northeast | 東北二女子 | War/Romance | Alternate title: Two Orphan Girls on the Battlefield (戰地二孤女) | |||
| Wild Rose | 野玫瑰 | Romance/Drama |
| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Modern Woman | 現代一女性 | Ai Xia, Sun Min | Lead actress Ai Xia also wrote the screenplay | |||
| A Movie Actress | 一個女明星 | |||||
| A Waif | 苦兒流浪記 | Drama | Based on the novel Sans Famille by Hector Malot | |||
| A Woman's Life | 生機 | Drama | ||||
| Actress on the Way | 健美之路 | Xu Qinfang, Zheng Xiaoqiu | ||||
| An Isolated Army | 孤軍 | War | ||||
| Bai Jinlong | 白金龍 | Romance | ||||
| Battlefield Adventures | 戰地歷險記 | Hu Die, Zheng Xiaoqiu. Gong Jianong | War | |||
| Chicken and Duck | 雞鴨夫妻 | Liu Chunshan, Gu Mengchi | ||||
| Children of Our Time | 時代的女兒 | Zhao Dan, Ai Xia | Drama | |||
| Combat | 肉搏 | Drama | ||||
| Consciousness | 覺悟 | Drama | ||||
| Cosmetics Market | 肥分市場 | Early sound film | ||||
| The Cries of Women | 女性的吶喊 | Wang Ying, Gong Jianong | Drama | |||
| Dawn Over the Metropolis | 都會的早晨 | Drama | ||||
| Daybreak | 天命 | Drama | Lianhua Film Company production | |||
| Deep Sorrows | 離恨天 | Tragedy | ||||
| Drifting | 飄零 | Alternate title: Willow Catkins II | ||||
| Fallen Angel | 春風楊柳 | Yang Naimei, Xia Peizhen | ||||
| The Future | 前程 | Cheng Bugao, Zhang Shichuan | Xuan Jinglin, Sun Min | Drama | ||
| Light of Motherhood | 母性之光 | Jin Yan, Lai Cheuk-Cheuk | ||||
| Little Toys | 小玩意 | Drama | ||||
| Lost Love | Zhang Zhiyun, Yan Yuexian | Drama | ||||
| Love and Tears of a Tenant | 鐵板紅淚錄 | Drama | ||||
| Morning Glory | 晨曦 | War | ||||
| Mother and Son | 母與子 | Xuan Jinglin, Zheng Xiaoqiu | ||||
| National Existence | ||||||
| New Year's Eve | 除夕 | Liu Jiqun, Chen Yen-yen | Drama | |||
| Night in the City | 城市之夜 | Drama | Fei Mu's directorial debut, now lost. Alternate title: City Nights | |||
| Oppression | 壓迫 | Gong Jianong, Xia Peizhen | Social Criticism | |||
| Remnants of Spring | 殘春 | Xu Lai, Zheng Xiaoqiu | ||||
| Romance in Spring | 春水情波 | Hu Die, Sun Min | Drama | |||
| Sister's Tragedy | 姊姊的悲劇 | Gao Lihen, Wang Jiting | Zheng Xiaoqiu, Hu Ping | |||
| Spring Dream of the Lute | 琵琶春怨 | Gao Qianping, Zheng Xiaoqiu | ||||
| Spring Silkworms | 春蠶 | Leftist Drama | Mingxing Film Company production, an adaptation of the Mao Dun-penned short story | |||
| Stirrings of Love | 春潮 | Zheng Yingshi | Gao Zhanfei, Wang Renmei | Drama | ||
| Struggle | 奮斗 | Drama | ||||
| Such Heroes | 如此英雄 | Zhuang Guojun | Han Langen, Liu Jiqun, Tan Ying | Comedy | ||
| Sweetgrass Beauty | 香草美人 | Xie Yunqing, Xia Peizhen | Drama | |||
| Vicious Neighbors | 惡鄰 | Drama | Originally about 100 minutes running time, 42 minutes still exist | |||
| Wild Torrent | 狂流 | Hu Die, Xia Peizhen, Gong Jianong | Drama | |||
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| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Hours in Shanghai | 上海二十四小時 | Zhao Dan, Gu Lanjun, Gu Meijun | Drama | |||
| A Beautiful Night | 良宵 | |||||
| A Brief Life | 路柳牆花 | Hu Die, Xuan Jinglin | Drama | |||
| A Woman Prisoner | 女犯 | Drama | ||||
| The Big Road | 大路 | Drama | ||||
| Bigamy | 重婚 | Gao Zhanfei, Yan Yuexian, Gao Qianping | Drama | |||
| Body Building | 健美運動 | |||||
| Buried With Flowers | 百花洲 | Chen Yumei, Ye Qiuxin | Tragedy | |||
| The Classic for Girls | 女兒經 | Comedy/Drama | Collection of short stories against the background of a women's class reunion. Aka: A Bible for Girls | |||
| Cotton Blossom Village | 飛花村 | Zheng Yingshi | Gao Zhanfei, Hu Ping | Drama | ||
| Dawn | 黎明 | Wang Yuanlong, Fan Xuepeng | ||||
| The Doctrine of Women | 婦道 | |||||
| Elapse | 似水流年 | Hu Shan Zhao Dan | ||||
| Enemies of Women | 女性的仇敵 | Xu Qinfang, Zhao Dan | ||||
| Exhibition | 展覽會 | Xia Peizhen, Sun Min | ||||
| Flame of Youth | 青春之火 | Ye Qiuxin, Chen Yumei | ||||
| Flames | 烈焰 | Hu Rui | Drama | |||
| Flowers in the Storm | 暴雨梨花 | Drama | ||||
| Give Back My Home | 還我山河 | Liang Saizhen, Gao Zhanfei | ||||
| Go Northwest | 道西北去 | |||||
| The Goddess | 神女 | Wu Yonggang | Ruan Lingyu | Drama | Distributed by the Lianhua Film Company | |
| Golden Age | 黃金時代 | Jin Yan, Yin Mingzhu | Drama | |||
| Goodbye, Shanghai | 再會吧，上海 | Zheng Yunbo | ||||
| Homecoming | 歸來 | Drama | ||||
| Hot-Blooded Youth | 熱血青年 | Drama | ||||
| Iron Bird | 鐵鳥 | Romance/War | ||||
| Joyous Enemies | Based on the novel of the same title by Zhang Henshui | |||||
| Just One Night | 春宵曲 | Drama | ||||
| Kids | 人間仙子 | Drama | ||||
| Kindred Feelings | 骨肉之恩 | |||||
| Life | 人生 | |||||
| Lucky Land | 吉地 | |||||
| Mr. Wang | 王先生 | Comedy | First in a series of popular live-action comedies based on the cartoon character created by Ye Qianyu | |||
| Mrs. Mai | 麥夫人 | Alternate titles: 美德夫人 and 紅船外史 | ||||
| Mutual Hatred | 同仇 | Drama | ||||
| Never Give Up | 泰山鴻毛 | Gong Jianong, Xu Lai | Drama | |||
| Orchid in an Empty Valley | 空谷蘭 | Hu Die, Gao Zhanfei | Drama | Sound remake of the 1926 silent of the same title. | ||
| Perfumed Snowy Sea | 香雪海 | Ruan Lingyu, Gao Zhanfei | Drama | |||
| Plunder of Peach and Plum | 桃李劫 | Drama | Diantong Film Company production. | |||
| Queen of Sports | 體育皇后 | |||||
| Raging Waves of the China Sea | 中國海的怒潮 | Drama | ||||
| Reborn Flowers | 再生花 | Drama | Lost second part of Twin Sisters | |||
| Renzhu | 紉珠 | Shao Zuiweng, Gao Lihen | ||||
| Romance of Hua Mountain | 華山艷史 | Xu Lai, Gong Jianong | ||||
| Romance on the Stage | 台艷史 | Xue Juexian | Xue Juexian | Romance | Alternate title: 璇宮艷史 | |
| Salt Tide | 鹽潮 | Drama | ||||
| The Shining Path | Zheng Junli, Tan Ying | Drama | ||||
| Song of the Fishermen | 漁光曲 | Drama | First Chinese film to win an award at an international film festival (the Moscow Film Festival) | |||
| Three Sisters | 三姊妹 | Zhao Dan, Hu Die | Adapted from a novel by Japanese author Kan Kikuchi | |||
| Twin Sisters | 姊妹花 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Drama | Exists, but second part (Reborn Flowers) is lost | ||
| Two to One | 二對一 | Gong Jianong, Gao Qianping | Drama | |||
| Virtuous Wife | 賢惠夫人 | Min Mo | Xu Suzhen, He Zhigang | Drama | ||
| The Wind | 風 | Gao Zhanfei, Tan Ying | Drama | |||
| Women | 女人 | Li Minghui, Hu Ping | Tragedy | |||
| Year of Plenty | 豐年 | Drama | Alternate title: Golden Valley (黃金谷) | |||
| Youth | 青春 |
| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Beauty's Heart | 美人心 | Drama | ||||
| A Hero of Our Time | 時勢英雄 | Hu Ping, Shang Guanwu | Drama | Alternate title: Businessmen in Wartime | ||
| An Abandoned Woman | 秋扇明燈 | Tan Youliu | Drama | |||
| At the Foot of E Mei Mountain | 峨眉山下 | War | ||||
| The Beauty's Favor | 美人恩 | Adapted from a novel by Zhang Henshui | ||||
| The Beginning of Life | 人之初 | Wei Heling, Yuan Meiyun | Alternate title: Old People (老人) | |||
| Big Family | 大家庭 | |||||
| The Boatman's Daughter | 船家女 | Gao Zhanfei, Xu Lai | Drama | |||
| Brothers | 兄弟行 | Hu Die, Gao Zhanfei | ||||
| The Carefree Gentlemen | 無愁君子 | Han Langen, Liu Jiqun | Comedy | |||
| Cityscape | 都市風光 | Comedy/Musical | ||||
| End of Spring | Xu Lai, Gong Jianong | War | ||||
| Fang Yunying | 方芸英 | Le Jiyun | Hu Shan, Wei Heling | |||
| Four Sisters | 四姊妹 | Featured the Liang Sisters, a popular 1930s stage and club act | ||||
| Fragrance of the Night | 夜來香 | Hu Die, Zhao Dan | ||||
| Hard Struggle | 堅苦的奮斗 | |||||
| Homesick | 鄉愁 | Drama | ||||
| Human Relations | 人倫 | Gong Jianong, Zheng Xiaoqiu | Drama | Alternate title: Homeless (無家可歸) | ||
| The Jadeite Horse | 翡翠馬 | Wang Zhengxin, Yan Yuexian | Crime | |||
| The Legend of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | 紅羊豪俠傳 | |||||
| Life's Sad Song | 生之哀歌 | Yang Hansheng | Li Minghui, Wang Yin | Drama | ||
| Little Angel | 小天使 | |||||
| Loyal Patriots | 熱血忠魂 | Drama | Alternate titles: Spirit of the People (民族魂), Loyal Heroes (熱血英雄) | |||
| Mother | 母親 | Drama | ||||
| National Customs | 國風 | Drama | Ruan Lingyu's final film | |||
| New Women | 新女性 | Drama | ||||
| The New Peach Blossom Fan | 新桃花扇 | Early Xinhua Film Company production | ||||
| The Night Before the Wedding | 新婚的前夜 | Li Minghui, Yuan Congmei | ||||
| The Peach Blossom Dream | 桃花夢 | Allegory | ||||
| Refugees | 逃亡 | |||||
| Settle Down by the Han River | 寒江落雁 | Drama | ||||
| Song of China | 天倫 | Drama | New Life Movement film; also known as Filial Piety | |||
| Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm | 風雲兒女 | Drama/War | Also known as Children of Troubled Times Origin of the Chinese National Anthem | |||
| Spirit of Freedom | 自由神 | Drama | Also known as The Goddess of Freedom | |||
| The Tempest | 暴風雨 | Yuan Meiyun, Wei Heling | Drama | Alternate title: The Martyr (犧牲者) | ||
| Three Daughters-in-Law | 三個媳婦 | Wang Tianbei | Xu Suzhen, He Zhigang | Drama | ||
| Three Girls | 重歸 | Drama | ||||
| Troubled Sisters | Hu Shan, Xia Peizhen | Drama | ||||
| The Wedding Night | 花燈之夜 | |||||
| Women as Vipers | 蛇蠍美人 | Drama | Alternate title: Whirlpool | |||
| Young Auntie | 小姨 | Min Qian | Drama |
| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Little Orphan Girl | 小孤女 | Drama | ||||
| A Night of Madness | 狂歡之夜 | Drama | Adapted from The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol | |||
| Back to Nature | 道自然去 | Adapted from the 1902 stage play The Admirable Crichton | ||||
| The Battle Between Peach and Plum | 桃李爭艷 | |||||
| Blood on Wolf Mountain | 狼山喋血記 | Drama | "National Defense" film | |||
| By the Huangpu River | 黃浦江邊 | |||||
| The Desert Island | 浪淘沙 | Action | Alternate title: Gold and Sand | |||
| The Diamond Case | 金剛鑽 | Crime | ||||
| Downtrodden Peach Blossom | 劫後桃花 | |||||
| Family Members | 父母子女 | Drama | ||||
| Flowers and Grass | 花花草草 | |||||
| Girl in an Isolated City | 孤城烈女 | |||||
| The Graduate | Romance | |||||
| Grave-Sweeping Day | 清明時節 | |||||
| The Guangling Tide | 廣陵潮 | |||||
| Hai Tanghong | 海堂紅 | Musical/Drama | Alternate title: Red Begonia | |||
| Happiness is at the Door | 喜臨門 | Romance | ||||
| Little Lingzi | 小玲子 | Drama | ||||
| Lost Lambs | 迷途的羔羊 | Drama | Deals with the sufferings and tragic fates of street urchins | |||
| Mother Love | 母愛 | Jin Qingyu | Drama | |||
| Mr. Wang's Marvelous Heroism | 王先生奇俠傳 | Zuo Ming | Comedy | |||
| New and Old Shanghai | 新舊上海 | Drama | ||||
| Night Club | 夜會 | |||||
| Soaring Aspirations | 壯志凌雲 | Drama | ||||
| Song of Hatred | 長恨歌 | Alternate title: Human Feelings (人情) | ||||
| Song of Triumph | 凱歌 | |||||
| Spring Dream in the Plum Garden | 桃源春夢 | Comedy | ||||
| Spring Flowers | 春之花 | |||||
| Tomboy | 化身姑娘 | Drama/Romance | Released in two parts | |||
| The Treasure Map | 百寶圖 | Adventure | ||||
| Two Little Sisters | 小姊妹 | |||||
| Unchanged Heart in Life and Death | 生死同心 | Drama | ||||
| Women's Rights | 女權 | Drama | Alternate title: Love's Runaway (愛情的逃亡者) |
| Title | Chinese Title | Director ! | Actors | Genre | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Match Made in Heaven | 天作之合 | Han Langen, Bai Lu | Drama | |||
| Always Keep Smiling | 永遠的微笑 | Hu Die, Gong Jianong, Gong Qiuxia | Drama | |||
| The Battle of Shanghai | Documentary | Collection of documentary footage of the invasion of Shanghai by Japan, as filmed by Lai Manwai and others. | ||||
| Crossroads | 十字街頭 | Drama | Early sound film | |||
| The Disappearing Corpse | Xu Xinyuan, Gu Meijun | Mystery | First of the Chinese-made Charlie Chan movies | |||
| Dream Universe | 夢裡乾坤 | Alternate titles: Heaven and Earth in a Dream Long Night, Many Dreams (夜長夢多) | ||||
| Flexible Girls | 彈性女兒 | Lu Ming, Yan Yuexian | Drama | |||
| Flight by Night | 夜奔 | Mei Xi, Tan Ying | ||||
| Flower of Society | 社會之花 | Drama | ||||
| Four Daughters | 四千金 | Drama | ||||
| The Free World | 自由天地 | Chen Yen-yen, Liu Qiong | Drama | |||
| Full of Vim and Vigor | 生龍活虎 | Wang Jiting, Gu Lanjun | Crime | |||
| The General's Daughter | 將軍之女 | War | ||||
| Gold-Plated City | 鍍金的城 | Also known as The Gilded City | ||||
| The Lost Pearl | 人海遺珠 | Drama | ||||
| Martyrs of the Northern Front | 北戰場精忠錄 | |||||
| The Money Tree | 搖錢樹 | Drama | Adapted from the Chinese stage version of Juno and the Paycock | |||
| Mother's Secrets | 母親的秘密 | |||||
| Murder in the Oratory | 斬經堂 | Opera | ||||
| Mysterious Flower | 神秘之花 | Crime | ||||
| New Year's Coin | 壓歲前 | Drama | Also known as New Year's Gift | |||
| Night Rain by the Xiang River | 瀟湘夜雨 | Gao Zhanfei, Diao Banhua | Romance | |||
| Secret Code | 秘電碼 | Various | War | |||
| So Busy | 如此繁華 | |||||
| Song at Midnight | 夜半歌聲 | Horror | A Chinese adaptation of Phantom of the Opera | |||
| Song of a Loving Mother | 慈母曲 | Zhu Shilin, Luo Mingyou | Drama | |||
| Soul and Body Gate | 靈肉之門 | Zhong Shigen | ||||
| Spring Arrives Everywhere | 春到人間 | |||||
| Street Angel | 馬路天使 | Zhao Dan, Zhou Xuan | Drama | |||
| Strange Case in an Ancient Pagoda | 古塔奇案 | Crime | ||||
| Symphony of Lianhua | 聯華交響曲 | Various | Anthology | Collection of short films by the Lianhua studio's directors, and featuring Lianhua's top acting talents | ||
| Unexpected Luck | 飛來福 | Comedy | ||||
| Vistas of Art | 藝海風光 | Various | Three short stories with performing arts settings: movies <<電影城>>, theater <<話劇團>>, dance <<歌舞班>> | |||
| Wang Laowu | 王老五 | Wang Cilong, Lan Ping | Drama | Alternate title: Fifth Brother Wang | ||
| Youth on the March | 青年進行曲 | Drama |
| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Beggar's Daughter | 乞丐千金 | Chen Yen-yen, Mei Xi | Romance | |||
| Diao Chan | 貂蟬 | Historical | Xinhua Film Company production, also known as The Sable Cicada | |||
| Eight Hundred Heroes | 八白壯士 | Yuan Muzhi, Chen Boer | War | Dramatic interpretation of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse | ||
| Fight to the Last | 熱血忠魂 | Li Lili, Gao Zhanfei | Action | "Resistance film," made in unoccupied territory. Alternate title: Loyal Patriots | ||
| The Lady of the Camellias | 茶花女 | Drama | Adapted from The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils | |||
| Love and Duty | 戀愛與義務 | Jin Yan, Yuan Meiyun | Drama | Sound remake of the 1931 silent of the same title, with Jin Yan reprising his role. Original title: Unexpected Tears of Blood (情天血淚) | ||
| Melancholy Hatred | 離恨天 | Wang Renmei, Liu Qiong | Romance | Alternate English titles: Bitter Separation, A Sailor's Love | ||
| The Pearl Tunic | 珍珠衫 | Xu Xinyuan, Gu Meijun | Mystery | A Charlie Chan mystery | ||
| Pirates of the Yellow Sea | 黃海大盜 | Wang Renmei, Gao Zhanfei | Action | Alternate title: Pirates of the Yellow River | ||
| Protect Our Land | 保衛我們的土地 | War | ||||
| Save Her Mother | 歌兒救母記 | Gong Qiuxia, Shu Shi | Drama | |||
| Stars Around the Moon | 三星伴月 | |||||
| Sunrise | 日出 | Yuan Meiyun, Lu Luming | Drama | Adapted from the stage play of the same title by Cao Yu |
| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Dancing Girl | 紅粉飄零 | Lu Ming, Gong Jianong | Drama | |||
| A Money-Colored World | 金銀世界 | Gu Lanjun, Liu Qiong | ||||
| All Quiet in the Pagoda | 荒塔沉冤 | Chen Yen-yen, Tong Yuejuan | Fantasy | Remake of the 1926 silent, White Snake (白蛇傳) | ||
| Bloody Battle in an Ancient City | Xu Suling | War | ||||
| Children of China | 中華兒女 | Film format is that of a prologue and 4 short stories | ||||
| Defending Our Home Village | 保家鄉 | He Feiguang | War | "National defense" film | ||
| The Empress Wu Tse-tien | 武則天 | Bai Hong | Drama/Historical | |||
| The Good Husband | 好丈夫 | War | ||||
| Groans and Struggles | 碧玉雄心 | Yuan Meiyun, Wang Yin | War | "National defense" film | ||
| Lady Meng Jiang | 孟姜女 | Remake of the 1926 silent of the same title | ||||
| The Leper Girl | 麻瘋女 | Horror | ||||
| Li Sanniang | 李三娘 | |||||
| Mother and Daughter | 雲裳仙子 | Remake of 1933's Light of Motherhood | ||||
| Mulan Joins the Army | 木蘭從軍 | Historical/War | Solitary Island period film | |||
| The New Hell | 新地獄 | |||||
| The Radio Station Murder | 播音台大血案 | Gong Qiuxia, Xu Xinyuan, Gu Meijun | Mystery | A Charlie Chan mystery | ||
| Sexy Devil | 欲魔 | Drama | ||||
| Singing Through Tears | 歌聲淚痕 | Musical | ||||
| Three Chinese Swordsmen | 中國三劍客 | Chen Yiqing | Action/Comedy | Alternate title: Three Swordsmen | ||
| Visiting Shanghai After 60 Years | 六十年後上海灘 | Han Langen, Liu Jiqun | Fantasy | |||
| Wang Baochuan | 王寶釧 | Drama/Historical | ||||
| The Young Mistress's Fan | 少奶奶的扇子 | Remake of the 1928 silent of the same title |
| Year | Total Films[1] | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 117 | |
| 1931 | 87 | |
| 1932 | 62 | |
| 1933 | 89 | |
| 1934 | 82 | |
| 1935 | 50 | |
| 1936 | 46 | |
| 1937 | 39 | |
| 1938 | 41 | |
| 1939 | 52 |