This is a list of the earliest films produced and released before 1930 during the Qing dynasty and Republican China, ordered by year of release.
For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see .
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| 1905 | |||||||||||
| Dingjun Mountain | 定軍山 | Historical Drama | This recording of a Beijing opera performance constitutes the first Chinese film ever made | ||||||||
| 1913 | |||||||||||
| The Difficult Couple | 難夫難妻 | Short | First Chinese short feature film | ||||||||
| 1917 | |||||||||||
| Victims of Opium | 黑籍冤魂 | Drama/Social Criticism | Based on a novel by Wu Jianren | ||||||||
| 1921 | |||||||||||
| Yan Ruisheng | 閻瑞生 | Docudrama | First full-length Chinese film, a dramatized recreation of a 1920 Shanghai murder case | ||||||||
| 1922 | |||||||||||
| Laborer's Love | 勞工之愛情 | Silent | Earliest surviving complete film[1] [2] | ||||||||
| An Empty Dream[3] | ? | Ren Pengnian | ? | Wuxia | |||||||
| The Sea Oath | 海誓 | Drama | |||||||||
| Women Skeletons | 紅粉骷髏 | Action/Crime | One of the earliest Chinese films with extensive martial arts scenes. | ||||||||
| Zhang Xinsheng | 張欣生 | Crime | Early Mingxing Film Company production based on a real-life patricidal case.[4] | ||||||||
| 1923 | |||||||||||
| Dreams of a Taoist Priest | 清虛夢 | Short | Adapted from a short story in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio | ||||||||
| The Filial Wife's Soup | 孝婦羹 | Drama | Adapted from a short story in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio | ||||||||
| The Lotus Falls | 蓮花落 | Drama | Adapted from a classic Chinese opera | ||||||||
| Orphan Rescues Grandfather | 孤兒救祖記 | Wang Hanlun, Zheng Xiaoqiu, Wang Xianzhai | Drama | First major success by Mingxing | |||||||
| The Predestined | 鬆柏緣 | Xu Suzhen, Wang Fuqing | Drama | ||||||||
| The Widow Wants to Remarry | 古井重波記 | Drama | |||||||||
| 1924 | |||||||||||
| The Abandoned Child | 棄兒 | Drama | Adaptation of Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist" | ||||||||
| A Couple Through Water and Fire | 水火鴛鴦 | Romance | Cast consisted of child actors, averaging about 10 years of age | ||||||||
| A Gallant Young Man | 俠義少年 | Crime | Alternate title: A Chivalrous Youth | ||||||||
| Dear Brother | 好兄弟 | Drama | |||||||||
| The Divorcee | 棄婦 | Li Zeyuan Hou Yao | Drama | Tragedy advocating greater rights for women | |||||||
| Lured Into Marriage | 誘婚 | Zheng Zhengqiu, Maxu Weibang, Yang Naimei | Drama | Alternate title: Love and Vanity | |||||||
| Patriotic Umbrella | 愛國傘 | Action/Crime | |||||||||
| The Poor Children | 苦儿弱女 | Drama | |||||||||
| Public Opinion | 人心 | Gu Kenfu, Chen Shouyin | Wang Yuanlong, Zhang Zhiyun, Xu Su'e | Romance | Alternate title: Human Feelings | ||||||
| Righteousness Above Family | 大義滅親 | Drama | Alternate title: The Edge of Chivalry | ||||||||
| The Soul of Yuli | 玉梨魂 | Drama/Social Criticism | Adapted from a novel by Xu Zhenya, an early plea for increased rights for women. | ||||||||
| Tea-Picking Girl | 采茶女 | Romance | |||||||||
| Tide of Evil | 孽海潮 | Crime | |||||||||
| Younger Brother | 弟弟 | Drama | |||||||||
| 1925 | |||||||||||
| A Blind Orphan Girl | 盲孤女 | Xuan Jinglin Zheng Xiaoqiu | Drama | ||||||||
| A Fatal Love | 情天劫 | Wang Fuqing Ren Aizhu | Drama | ||||||||
| A Home Truth | 情海風波 | Crime/Action | |||||||||
| A Peach Blossom in Human Form | 人面桃花 | Chen Shouyin | Huang Yulin Mao Jianpei | Romance | |||||||
| A Pitiful Girl | 可憐的閨女 | Drama | |||||||||
| A Shanghai Woman | 上海一婦人 | Xuan Jinglin Maxu Weibang | Drama | ||||||||
| A String of Pearls | 一串珍珠 | Drama | Adaptation of Maupassant's "The Necklace" | ||||||||
| A Student's Suffering | 苦學生 | Drama | |||||||||
| Awakening | 覺悟 | Drama | |||||||||
| Battle Exploits | 戰功 | Wang Yuanlong Zhang Zhiyun | War/Romance | ||||||||
| Between Love and Filial Duty | 摘星之女 | Li Zeyuan Mei Xuechou | Wang Hanlun Lei Xiadan | Romance | |||||||
| Cupid's Puppets | 愛伸的玩偶 | Mei Xuechou Hou Yao | Drama | ||||||||
| The Dream of Women 1 | 南华梦 | Zhang Wuzhi Jiang Naifang Yao Juezhen Zhong Fudong | Drama | Alternate title: South China Dream | |||||||
| The Dream of Women 2 | 南华梦 | Zhang Puyi | Drama | Alternate title: South China Dream | |||||||
| Eternal Regret for Drunkenness | 醉鄉遺恨 | Drama | |||||||||
| The Good Brothers | 好哥哥 | Zheng Zhegu Yang Naimei | Drama | ||||||||
| Heroine Li Feifei | 女俠李飛飛 | Fen Juhua Wu Suxin | Action/Romance | ||||||||
| The Last Conscience | 最后之良心 | Wang Xianzhai Xuan Jinglin | Drama | ||||||||
| Little Friend | 小朋友 | Zheng Xiaoqiu Xuan Jinglin | Drama | Based on the novel Sans Famille by Hector Malot | |||||||
| Out of Hell | 劫后緣 | Zhang Huichong Xu Su'e | Action | Alternate title: Lovers From a Den of Thieves | |||||||
| Past Loves | 前情 | Drama | |||||||||
| The Person in the Boudoir Dream | 春閨夢裡人 | Li Zeyuan Mei Xuechou | War | ||||||||
| Repentance | 立地成佛 | Drama | |||||||||
| Some Girl | 重返故鄉 | Morality Play | Alternate title: Returning Home | ||||||||
| The Stormy Night | 風雨之夜 | Wang Yingzhi Han Yunzhen | Comedy | ||||||||
| Tears on the Battlefield | 沙場淚 | War/Romance | |||||||||
| There's a Full Moon Tonight | 花好月圓 | Ding Ziming Li Pingqian | Romance | Alternate title: Conjugal Bliss | |||||||
| True Love | 真愛 | Tragedy | |||||||||
| Unbearable Memories | 不堪回首 | Ding Ziming Li Pingqian | Drama | ||||||||
| Variations | 情弦變音記 | Wang Huixian Wang Hanhui | Drama | ||||||||
| Who is the Mother | 誰是母親 | Gu Wuwei Gu Baolian | Drama | Based on Le Fils Naturel by Alexandre Dumas, fils | |||||||
| Yanghua's Hate | 楊花恨 | Han Yunzhen Wang Naidong | Alternate title: Catkins | ||||||||
| The Young Factory Owner | 小廠主 | Lu Jie | Li Minghui Wang Yuanlong | Drama | |||||||
| The Young Gentleman | Dan Erchun He Rongzhu | Drama | Adapted from Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett | ||||||||
| Young Master Feng | 馮大少爺 | Alternate title: The Playboy | |||||||||
| 1926 | |||||||||||
| A Couple's Secret | 夫妻之秘密 | ||||||||||
| A Lovelorn Actress | 多情的女伶 | Xuan Jinglin Zhu Fei | Drama | ||||||||
| Better Go Home | 不如歸 | War | |||||||||
| Family Heirloom | 傳家寶 | Yin Mingzhu He Rongzhu | Mystery | ||||||||
| Hell and Heaven | 地獄天堂 | ||||||||||
| Lady Meng Jiang | 孟姜女 | Dramatization of a famous folk tale | |||||||||
| Live on Love | 同居之愛 | ||||||||||
| Love and Gold | 愛情與黃金 | Zhang Shichuan Hong Shen | Ding Ziming Hong Shen | Drama | |||||||
| The Love Freak | 情場怪人 | Alternate title: Monster in Love. | |||||||||
| The Lucky Dolt | 呆中福 | Comedy | One of Chinese cinema's first full-length comedies, adapted from a Kunqu opera | ||||||||
| Midnight Lovers | 半夜情人 | Drama | |||||||||
| Moral Principles | 道義之交 | Drama | |||||||||
| Mother's Happiness | 兒孫福 | Drama | |||||||||
| Movie Actresses | 電影女明星 | Hu Die Wang Hanlun Wu Suxin | Drama | ||||||||
| Orchid in an Empty Valley | 空谷蘭 | Zhang Zhiyun, Yang Naimei, Zhu Fei | Drama | Released in two parts. Based on the 1900 Japanese novel "No no Hana" (Wildflower) by Kuroiwa Ruikō. | |||||||
| The Pearl Pagoda | 珍珠塔 | Romance | Adapted from a classic Qing dynasty novel | ||||||||
| The Prostitute's Son | 倡門之子 | Zheng Yisheng Xu Qinfang | Drama | ||||||||
| The Rich Man's Daughter | 富人之女 | Drama | |||||||||
| Seizing a National Treasure | 奪國寶 | Zhang Huichong Xu Su'e | Action | ||||||||
| The Shadow on the Window | 窗前足影 | ||||||||||
| Three Girls in Shanghai | 上海三女子 | Alternate title: Shanghai Three Women | |||||||||
| Uproar in the Studio | 大鬧畫室 | First Chinese animated short | |||||||||
| White Snake | 白蛇傳 | Hu Die Wu Suxin | Action/Fantasy | Tianyi Film Company production and a significant overseas success in Southeast Asia | |||||||
| Why Not Her? | 玉潔冰清 | Drama | |||||||||
| The Worker's Wife | 工人之妻 | Romance | |||||||||
| 1927 | |||||||||||
| A Beauty of 16 | 二八佳人 | Drama | |||||||||
| Country of Women | 女兒國 | Qiu Qixiang Li Pingqian | Based on a section of Journey to the West | ||||||||
| A Couple in Name | 挂名的夫妻 | Mingxing Film Company production. Ruan Lingyu's movie debut. | |||||||||
| Arrow of Hatred | 一仇箭 | Action | Based on a story in Water Margin | ||||||||
| At the End of Her Rope | 浪女窮途 | Drama | |||||||||
| White Hibiscus | 白芙蓉 | Zhang Huimin Wu Suxin | Action/Romance | ||||||||
| The Beauty Trap | 美人計 | Zhu Shouju, et al. | Based on two chapters in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | ||||||||
| The Cape Poet | 海角詩人 | Li Dandan Hou Yao Lim Cho Cho | Drama | ||||||||
| The Cave of the Silken Web | 盤絲洞 | Silent. Shenmo | Thought to be lost. Rediscovered in 2013. | ||||||||
| Dream of the Red Chamber | 紅樓夢 | Lu Jianfen Wen Yimin | Drama | ||||||||
| Fallen Plum Blossoms | 梅花落 | Zhang Shichuan Zheng Zhengqiu | Zhang Zhiyun Xuan Jinglin | Drama | Released in three parts | ||||||
| The Flirting Scholar | 唐伯虎點秋香 | Shao Zuiweng Qiu Qixiang | Chen Yumei Lin Yongrong | Comedy | |||||||
| For Her Father's Sake | 為親犧牲 | Drama | |||||||||
| General Xue Conquers the West | 薛仁貴征西 | Lu Cuilan Li Guifang | Action | Released in two parts | |||||||
| The Hero with White-Haired Legs | 大俠白毛腿 | ||||||||||
| Heroic Son and Daughter | 兒女英雄 | Wen Yimin Fan Xuepeng | Action | First of a five-part series | |||||||
| The Industrial Magnate | 實業大王 | Hong Ji Zhou Kongkong | Drama | Adapted from Les Misérables | |||||||
| Legendary Luminous Pearl | 夜明珠 | Zhang Huimin Wu Suxin | Action/Crime | ||||||||
| Ma Yongzhen of Shandong | 山東馬永貞 | Zhang Huichong Gong Jianong | Action | Remade in 1972 as Boxer from Shantung | |||||||
| Magnificent Destiny | 華麗緣 | Lu Jianfen Fan Xuepeng | Action | Alternate title: Reunited | |||||||
| The Monkey King's Struggles in the Kingdom of Chechi | 車遲國唐僧斗法 | Adapted from Journey to the West | |||||||||
| Mutual Competition | 桃李爭春 | Romantic Comedy | |||||||||
| The Old Man in the Moon Divorces | 月老離婚 | Romantic Comedy | |||||||||
| Pitiful Qiuxiang | 可憐的秋香 | Romance | |||||||||
| Princess Iron Fan | 鐵扇公主 | Hu Die Chen Yumei | Based on the novel Journey to the West | ||||||||
| Real and False Daughters | 真假千金 | Xuan Jinglin Zheng Xiaoqiu | |||||||||
| Rebuild the Republic | 再造共和 | War | |||||||||
| Reciprocity | 俠鳳奇緣 | ||||||||||
| Redressing a Grievance | 烏盆記 | Crime | First film made about real-life Chinese magistrate Judge Bao | ||||||||
| Resurrected Rose | 復活的玫瑰 | Lim Cho Cho Li Minwei | Drama | ||||||||
| Romance of the Western Chamber | 西廂記 | Adaption of the classic Chinese dramatic work by Wang Shifu | |||||||||
| Seeking Love on the Field of Romance | Drama | ||||||||||
| Shandong Bandits | 山東響馬 | Zheng Chaofan Xu Qinfang | Action | ||||||||
| Spring Dream by the Lake | 湖邊春夢 | Drama | |||||||||
| Tablet of Blood and Tears | 血淚碑 | Ding Ziming Ruan Lingyu | Tragedy | ||||||||
| Tian Qilang | 田七郎 | ||||||||||
| The Wandering Songstress | 天涯歌女 | Tragedy | |||||||||
| The Woman Lawyer | 女律師 | Drama | |||||||||
| Yang Guifei | 楊貴妃 | Drama | |||||||||
| 1928 | |||||||||||
| A Complicated Plot | 柳暗花明 | Lu Jie | Li Minghui Zhou Wenzhu Chen Yishang | Drama | Released in two parts | ||||||
| A Luminous Pearl | 夜光珠 | Crime | |||||||||
| A Shanghai Dance Hostess | 上海一舞女 | Zhou Wenzhu Wang Naidong | Drama | ||||||||
| A Stressful Wedding | 奮斗的婚姻 | Hu Die Zheng Xiaoqiu | |||||||||
| A Traveler's Strange Tale | 海外奇緣 | Action/Adventure | |||||||||
| A Young Detective | 小偵探 | Crime | |||||||||
| An Ardent Couple | 熱血鴛鴦 | Romance | |||||||||
| Ashes of the Lotus | 美人關 | Xiao Ying Yang Naimei | War | ||||||||
| The Beloved | 意中人 | Li Minghui Wan Laitian Sun Min | Romance | ||||||||
| Burning of the Red Lotus Temple | 火燒紅蓮寺 | Zheng Zhengqiu (pt.1) Zhang Shichuan (pts.2-19) | Action | 19 parts, adapted from a martial arts novel by Pingjiang Buxiaosheng | |||||||
| Dream of the Red Chamber | 紅樓夢 | Xia Peizhen Yin Mingzhu | Drama | ||||||||
| Evil's Shadow | 妖光俠影 | Action | Adapted from a section of Journey to the West | ||||||||
| Fabulous Swordsman | 荒唐劍客 | Wang Yuanlong Tang Tianxiu | Action | ||||||||
| Five Avenging Women | 五女復仇 | Lim Cho Cho Li Dandan Yan Shanshan | Crime | ||||||||
| The Flying Hero | 航空大俠 | Zhang Huimin Wu Suxin | Action/Adventure | ||||||||
| The Flying Shoes | 飛行鞋 | Adapted from a German children's story | |||||||||
| Four Heroes of the Wang Family | 王氏四俠 | Action | |||||||||
| The Girl Detective | 女偵探 | Crime | |||||||||
| The Great Swordsman's Revenge | 大俠復仇記 | Xiao Ying Hu Die | Action | Remade in Hong Kong in 1949 | |||||||
| Guanyin Receives the Way | 觀音得道 | Lim Cho Cho Li Dandan | The Miao Shan legend version of Guanyin | ||||||||
| He and She | 江湖情俠 | Fan Xuepeng Wen Yimin | Action | Alternate title: "Jianghu Lovers" | |||||||
| Heritage of Trouble | 泣荊花 | Fan Xuepeng Wen Yimin | |||||||||
| Hero Gan Fengchi | 大俠甘風池 | Wang Guiling Yang Aili | Action | ||||||||
| The Heroine in Black | 黑衣女俠 | Zheng Zhengqiu Cheng Bugao | Ding Ziming Zheng Xiaoqiu | Action | |||||||
| The Heroine Saves a Lady | 侠女救夫人 | Action | |||||||||
| Imperial Concubine Yang of Beijing | 北京楊貴妃 | Yang Naimei Ruan Lingyu | Drama | The Yang Guifei story, retold in a modern setting | |||||||
| It's Me | 就是我 | Wang Naidong Tang Tianxiu | Crime | ||||||||
| Kick | 一腳踢出去 | Zhang Shichuan Hong Shen | Ding Ziming Gong Jianong | Romance | First Chinese film having sports as a background. Alternate title: "Classmates' Romance" | ||||||
| The King of Money | 金錢之王 | Crime | |||||||||
| Luoyang Bridge | 蔡狀元建造洛陽橋 | Zhu Fei Ruan Lingyu | Adapted from the classical opera "Number One Scholar Cai Builds the Luoyang Bridge", the story of early structural engineer Cai Xiang | ||||||||
| Ma Zhenhua | 馬振華 | Zhu Shouju Wang Cilong | Zhou Wenzhu Wang Cilong | Drama | |||||||
| Marriage for Peace | 二度梅 | Historical Drama | |||||||||
| The Mountain of Fire | Yang Aili Wang Guilin | ||||||||||
| Mulan Joins the Army | 木蘭從軍 | War | |||||||||
| My Love Became My Stepmother | |||||||||||
| Northeast China Hero | Action | ||||||||||
| Patriotic Souls | 愛國魂 | Zheng Jiduo Tang Tianxiu | Drama | One of China's first "Resistance films", urging opposition to Japanese encroachment on Chinese territory. | |||||||
| Reviving Romance | 在世姻緣 | Lim Cho Cho Li Dandan Yan Shanshan | Drama | ||||||||
| Robin Hood | 盧鬢花 | Dan Erchun He Rongzhu | Action | Story of the legendary folk hero, transplanted to China. Alternate title: "The Small Swordsman" (小劍客) | |||||||
| Robin Hood Wipes Out the Monster | 盧鬢花 (續集) | Dan Erchun He Rongzhu | Action | Sequel. Alternate title: "The Towering Demon" (萬丈魔) | |||||||
| Romance on the Battlefield | 戰地情天 | Li Minwei Pan Chuitong | War/Romance | ||||||||
| Secret History of the Qing Court | 清宮秘史 | Zhou Wenzhu Wang Cilong | Historical Drama | ||||||||
| Shadows in the Imperial Palace | 古宮魔影 | Zhou Wenzhu Chen Yitang | Adapted from an episode in Journey to the West | ||||||||
| She Wants to be Free | 花國大總統 | ||||||||||
| Silver Gun Bandit | 銀槍盜 | Wang Yuanlong Zhou Wenzhu | Crime | Alternate title: "Who But Myself Can Do It?" | |||||||
| The Spider Gang | 蜘蛛黨 | Crime | |||||||||
| Strange Knight | 漁叉怪俠 | Sun Min Yan Yuexian | Action | ||||||||
| Strange Lady | 奇女子 | Yang Naimei Zhu Fei Gao Zhanfei | |||||||||
| The True and False Monkey King | 真假孫行者 | Adapted from a section of Journey to the West | |||||||||
| Two Swords | 雙劍俠 | Action | |||||||||
| The Tyrant Huang Tian Takes a Wife | 黃天霸招親 | Han Yuqing Wang Guiling | Drama | ||||||||
| White Cloud Pagoda | 白雲塔 | Zheng Xiaoqiu Hu Die Ruan Lingyu | Drama | Released in two parts | |||||||
| Wu Song Sheds Blood in Mandarin Duck Tower | 武鬆血濺鴛鴦樓 | Action | Based on a story in Water Margin | ||||||||
| The Young Mistress's Fan | 少奶奶的扇子 | Hong Shen, Zhang Shichuan | Adapted from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde | ||||||||
| 1929 | |||||||||||
| A Clever Fool | 聰明笨伯 | Comedy | |||||||||
| A Duel of Swordsmen | 雙雄斗劍 | Action | |||||||||
| A Girl Bandit | 女盜蘭姑娘 | Wu Suxin Zhang Huimin | Crime/Action | ||||||||
| A Roving Hero | 理想中的英雄 | Action/Adventure | |||||||||
| A Strange Hero Saves the Nation | 奇俠救國記 | Wang Yuanlong Tang Tianxiu | Action/Romance | ||||||||
| A Woman's Heart | 情欲寶鑑 | Drama | |||||||||
| After the Robbery | 劫后孤鴻 | Ruan Lingyu Li Pingqian | Tragedy | ||||||||
| An Actress's Revenge | 女伶復仇記 | Wang Hanlun Gao Zhanfei | Drama | Alternate title: Blind Love | |||||||
| An Adopted Daughter | 塵海奇俠 | Wu Suxin Zhang Huimin | Action/Romance | ||||||||
| An Orphan | 雪中孤雛 | Wu Suxin Zhang Huimin | Drama/Action | ||||||||
| Beauty Under the Blade | 刀下美人 | Han Yunzhen Zhu Fei | Drama | ||||||||
| Blood of the Lovers | 愛人的血 | Hu Die Zheng Xiaoqiu | Drama | ||||||||
| Black Cat | 黑貓 | Wang Yuanlong Zhang Meiyu | Action | ||||||||
| Burning of Seven Star Mansion | 火燒七星樓 | Action | First of a five-part series, released 1929-30. | ||||||||
| The Candy Beauty | 糖美人 | Drama | |||||||||
| The Camel King | 駱駝王 | Tang Tianxiu Wang Yuanlong | |||||||||
| Detective No.55 | 五十五號偵探 | Wang Yuanlong Tang Tianxiu | Crime | ||||||||
| The Detective's Wife | 偵探之妻 | Wu Suxin Zhang Huimin | Crime | ||||||||
| The Devil Incarnate | 混世魔王 | Horror | |||||||||
| The Diamond Case | 金剛鑽 | Yin Mingzhu Dan Erchun | Adventure | ||||||||
| Divorce | 離婚 | Gong Jianong Hu Die Zheng Xiaoqiu | Drama | Adapted from the novel of the same name by Lao She. Remade in 1992. | |||||||
| Done With One Heart | 同心劫 | ||||||||||
| Encounter in a Poor Village | Action/Romance | ||||||||||
| Escape From the Tiger's Mouth | 虎口余生 | Fan Xuepeng Shang Guanwu | Action | ||||||||
| Fabulous General | 荒唐將軍 | Chen Yumei Gao Zhanfei | Action | Alternate title: The River Hero Stabs the Tiger | |||||||
| Flower of the Silver Screen | 銀幕之花 | Ruan Lingyu Zheng Jiduo | Tragedy | ||||||||
| Flying Heroine Lü Sanniang | 飛俠呂三娘 | Action | |||||||||
| Four Heroes of the Wang Family, II | 王氏四俠 (續集) | Wang Yuanlong Jin Yan | Action | Sequel to the 1928 film of the same title | |||||||
| The Greatest Hero | 無敵英雄 | Action | |||||||||
| The Head Lost at Midnight | 半夜飛頭記 | Action | |||||||||
| Hero in the Flames | 火裡英雄 | Wu Suxin Zhang Huimin | Action | Alternate title: Fireman | |||||||
| Heroine in Red | 紅俠 | Fan Xuepeng Wen Yimin | Action | ||||||||
| Hot-Blooded Man | 熱血男兒 | Romance | Alternate title: Her Love | ||||||||
| Don't Change Your Husband | 情海重吻 | Tang Tianxiu Chen Yitang | |||||||||
| The Life of the Rich | 富人的生活 | Hu Die Zhu Fei | Drama | ||||||||
| Miscarriage of Justice | Wang Yuanlong Tang Tianxiu | Alternate title: The Frame-Up | |||||||||
| My Son Was a Hero | 兒子英雄 | Action/Adventure | Alternate title: Poor Daddy. Oldest surviving full-length Chinese film. | ||||||||
| Nights of Terror | 恐怖之夜 | Wu Suxin Zhang Huimin | Suspense | ||||||||
| Papa Loves Mama | 爸爸愛媽媽 | Hu Die Xia Peizhen Gong Jianong | Drama | ||||||||
| Passion's Precious Mirror | Ruan Lingyu Zheng Jiduo | Drama | |||||||||
| Petty Tyrant Zhang Chong | 小霸王張沖 | Xu Sue Zhang Huichong | Released in two parts | ||||||||
| Pirates | 海上霸王 | Action | |||||||||
| Repentance | 懺悔 | Gong Jianong Han Yunzhen Zhu Fei | Drama | ||||||||
| Romantic Swordsman | 風流劍客 | Gao Qianping Jin Yan | Action/Romance | Alternate title: The Rose and the Lady. (薔薇與美人) First lead role for Jin Yan, 1930s matinee idol. | |||||||
| Secret Anguish | 隱痛 | ||||||||||
| Sister I Love You | 妹妹我愛你 | Yin Mingzhu Dan Erchun | Comedy | ||||||||
| Strange Hero in a Desolate Village | 荒村怪俠 | Wu Suxin Zhang Huimin | Action | ||||||||
| Tears and Flowers | 血淚黃花 | Zheng Zhengqiu Cheng Bugao | Hu Die Gong Jianong Xia Peizhen | Released in two parts. Alternate title: Huang Lu's Romance | |||||||
| Under the Iron Heel | 鐵蹄下 | Alternate title: In Hell | |||||||||
| White Mouse | Wang Yuanlong Tang Tianxiu | ||||||||||
| Who Is the Thief? | Tang Tianxiu Wang Zhengxin | ||||||||||
| Women Pirates | 女海盜 | Lin Meiru Zheng Jiduo | |||||||||
| Young Compatriots on the Battlefield | 戰地小同胞 | Zheng Xiaoqiu Gao Qianping | |||||||||
| Young Hero Liu Jin | 小英雄劉進 | Action | |||||||||
| Year | Total Films[5] |
|---|---|
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1906 | 3 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1913 | 13 |
| 1916 | 1 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1920 | 4 |
| 1921 | 12 |
| 1922 | 7 |
| 1923 | 11 |
| 1924 | 14 |
| 1925 | 59 |
| 1926 | 106 |
| 1927 | 113 |
| 1928 | 95 |
| 1929 | 118 |
中国影片大典 Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films. 1905-1930, 故事片·戏曲片. (1996). Zhong guo ying pian da dian: 1905-1930. Beijing: 中国电影出版社 China Movie Publishing House.