Chinese young generation films are quite different from the contemporary mainstream films. Be it the form or narrative structure, these young generation films are wonderful to watch. Today, we bring to you a list of Top 10 Young Generation Chinese Movies which will blow your mind. So without further ado, let's get it.
1. A Little Red Flower (2020)
A Little Red Flower tells the warm story of two families woven together by a common fear for death. When ordinary person imagines of death that may come at any time, the only thing that remains is to love and cherish your family. Jackson Yee won the Jury best actor award for this film.
2. A Writer's Odyssey (2021)
What happens when the fictional world of a novel becomes real? Directed by Lu Yang, A Writer's Odyssey weaves a thrilling story about a man who is assigned to murder a novelist, six years after his daughter goes missing.
3. My Sister (2021)
After their parents death, young An Ran has to make her living in a cruel materialistic world while taking care of her child brother.
4. Cliff Walkers (2021)
Directed by Chinese Maestro Zhang Yi-mou, Cliff Walkers treads on a different style of storytelling. The film shows the survival journey of four special agents trained in Soviet Union dodging all kinds of troubles after a traitor sells them out.
5. Striding Into The Wind (2020)
Directed by Wei Shujun, Striding into the Wind showcases calming imageries and brilliance in terms of cinematography. Freshly graduated from film school, Kun, a young Chinese man, sets out in a slow paced road trip. This trip becomes a journey of self exploration as the young protagonist comes across different life-altering experiences.
6. Back To The Wharf (2020)
Variety magazine writes about this film, "A Man Is Haunted by a Teenage Crime in Moody Chinese Melodrama." Sticking to his distinctive melodramatic style of storytelling Li Xiaofeng, constructs a melodramatic world filled with thrill, guilt and anticipation with Back to the Wharf. Song Hao, a teen high schooler had to leave his hometown for an accident that happened fifteen years ago. Twenty five years later, he returns to his hometown and decides to uncover the scathing scar of his past which has been haunting him for last fifteen years.
7. Be Somebody (2021)
Be Somebody is a film which will keep you on the edge of your seat with its elements of suspense and thrill. Directed by Liuxun Zimo, this film tells the story of a group of frustrated filmmakers who decide to make a film on a nerve rattling crime case that once shook the nation. To their utter surprise, the culprit is hiding among them.
8. Hi, Mom (2021)
Hi, Mom is a fantasy feature film by Jia ling with a humorous aspect. A woman travels back in time to befriend her mother to make her life better and they quickly bond over.
9. Endgame (2021)
Rao Xiazhi's Endgame is a dark comedy wrapped in the syntax of a crime drama. Two men, a cold blooded murderer and a wannabe actor, switch their identities and what comes as a consequence is a life changing lesson which turns their worlds upside down.
10. Tracing Her Shadow (2021)
Tracing Her Shadow narrates the voyage of a mother in search of her daughter. An old Chinese woman sets out for Japan to find her daughter whom she adopted after the War of Resistance against Japan in 1945. Her granddaughter and a retired Japanese cop join her voyage.