2046 2004  R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Gong Li, Kimura Takuya, Faye Wong, Zhang Ziyi, Carina Lau, Chang Chen, Sum Wang, Siu Ping Lam, Maggie Cheung, Dong Jie
The number 2046 has more than one meaning for novelist Chow Mo Wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) who lives in the year 2046 but travels back to the year 1966, during which time he begins a series of affairs with women who subsequently move into hotel room 2046.
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Chinese Box 1997  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung, Michael Hui, Ruben Blades, Russell Cawthorne, Jared Harris, Chaplin Chang, Noel Rands, Emma Lucia
Based on the story of Hong Kong after the British turned it over to the People's Republic of China in 1997, this is the tale of John (Jeremy Irons), a dying photojournalist. His death coincides with, and is symbolic of, the end of British domination of the city.
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The Emperor and the Assassin 1999 R, 160 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Chen Kaige
Cast: Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Li Xuejian, Wang Zhiwen, Chen Kaige, Lu Xiaohe, Sun Zhou
In the third century B.C., Ying Zheng, the King of Quin (Li Xuejian) was determined to unite China's kingdoms. To achieve that goal, he sent his concubine, Lady Zhao (Gong Li), into Yan kingdom to serve as a spy and to arrange a fake assassination attempt on Ying Zheng's life, which he could then use as his excuse for invading Yan.
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 Eros 2004 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh, Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Gong Li, Chang Chen, Tin Fung, Antie Luk, Robert Downey Jr., Alan Arkin, Ele Keats, Christopher Buchholz, Regina Nemni, Luisa Ranieri
Directors Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh, and Wong Kar Wai present three short stories, each one of which–as the title suggests–involves a lustful tale.
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Feng Yue 1996 R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Temptress Moon
Director: Chen Kaige
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, Kevin Lin, He Saifei, Zhang Shi, Lin Lianqun, Ge Xiangting, David Wu, Zhou Yiemang, Ko Hsiang-ting
This is a beautifully filmed–but confusing–story about a family's involvement with incest and opium addiction in early 20th-century China.
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 Hannibal Rising 2007  R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Webber
Cast: Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans, Dominic West, Joerg Stadler, Ivan Marevich, Richard Brake, Kevin McKidd, Aaran Thomas, Helena-Lia Tachovska, Stephen Walters, Martin Hub, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Ivan Marevich, Michele Wade
In this prequel to the Hannibal Lecter series, Hannibal's early years begin in a Lithuanian castle during World War II. Orphaned when their parents are killed in crossfire between Allied and Axis powers, eight-year-old Hannibal (Aaran Thomas) and his sister Mischa (Helena-Lia Tachovska) attempt an escape, but Mischa is killed, cooked, and eaten on their way to safety. Hannibal eventually finds refuge with his aunt (Gong Li) and, now, as a student in France, Hannibal (now played by Gaspard Ulliel) sets out to fulfill a promise made years ago to Mischa as he tracks down her Lithuanian killers. A trail of severed heads raise the suspicions of Inspector Popil (Dominic West) who, in turn, tries to stop Hannibal.
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Ju Dou 1990 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Gong Li, Li Baotian, Li Wei, Zhang Yi, Zheng Ji-an, Chong Ma, Zhijun Cong, Fa Wu, Jin Jia, Niu Xingli, Quanbin Yang, Zhaoji Jia
Ju Dou (Gong Li) is a young woman who, when tortured for not bearing a son, has an affair with her infertile husband's (Li Wei) nephew (Li Baotian). She succeeds in conceiving a child–but with tragic results. The film received a Best Foreign Film Academy Award nomination.
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 Memoirs of a Geisha 2005  PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Suzuka Ohgo, Togo Igawa, Mako, Samantha Futerman, Elizabeth Sung, Thomas Ikeda, Gong Li, Tsai Chin, Michelle Yeoh, Karl Yune, Eugenia Yuan, Zhang Ziyi
Nine-year-old Chiyo is sold to a geisha house and endures cruel treatment from geisha Hatsumomo–until she is rescued by a rival geisha, Mameha, and learns the artistic and social skills that lead her into pre-World War II Japanese society. Three Academy Awards were received (Best Art Direction, Cinematography, and Costume Design), and the film received three additional nominations.
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 Miami Vice 2006 R, 132 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Luis Tosar, Naomie Harris, John Ortiz, Ilan Krigsfeld, Chris Astoyan, Ciaran Hinds, Justin Theroux, Barry Shabaka Henley, Domenick Lombardozzi, Eddie Marsan, Isaach De Bankole
In this updated version of the 1980s' TV show that starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas, Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx take on the roles of Dade County Detectives James "Sonny" Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs working undercover as smugglers in an effort to infiltrate a Colombian drug-trafficking ring. In the process of their investigation, speeding boats, planes, and automobiles abound, and the intensity of the case causes them to get in too deep resulting in a romantic affair and murder.
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 Raise the Red Lantern 1991  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Gong Li, Ma Jingwu, He Caifei, Cao Cuifeng, Shuyuan Jin, Lin Kong
Set in the 1920s, this film is based on Su Tong's novel about the plight of women in China where women ranked very low in positions of power. When a young girl, Sonlian (Gong Li), marries an older man (Ma Jingwu), their union results in tragedy for Sonlian. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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Shanghai Triad 1995 R, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Gong Li, Li Baotian, Li Xuejian, Sun Chun, Wang Xiaoxiao, Fu Biao, Chen Shu, Liu Jiang, Jiang Baoying, Yang Oianquan
Shanghai's underworld of prostitution and opium trade is seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old servant, Tang Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao).
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 The Story of Qiu Ju 1992 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Gong Li, Lei Quesheng, Liu Peiqi, Yang Liuchun, Ge Zhijun, Zhu Wanqing, Cui Luowen, Yang Huiqin, Wang Jianfa, Lin Zi, Ye Jun
This story of bureaucracy in modern-day China reveals the problems encountered in a country that has never before had local rule. A Chinese woman (Gong Li) is determined to get an apology from the Village Head (Lei Laosheng) after he physically attacked her husband (Liu Peiqi).
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To Live 1994 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Ge You, Gong Li, Niu Ben, Guo Tao, Jiang Wu, Ni Dahong, Liu Tianchi, Zhang Lu, Xiao Cong, Dong Fei
The effects of political upheaval on private lives in Chinese society are shown through 30 years in the lives of one Chinese family.
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Zhou Yu's Train 2002 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Sun Zhou
Cast: Gong Li, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Sun Honglei, Zhixiong Li
Ceramics painter Zhou Yu (Gong Li) spends her spare time riding the rails to visit her lover, poet Chen Quing (Tony Leung Ka Fai). On one train ride, she meets veterinarian Zhang Qiang (Sun Honglei), and a torrid affair takes place–only to end when the lure of Chen Quing resurfaces.
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| 1. 2046 (2004)
2. Chinese Box (1997)
3. The Emperor and the Assassin (1999)
4. Eros (2004)
5. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
6. Feng Yue (1996)
aka: Temptress Moon
7. Hannibal Rising (2007)
8. Ju Dou (1990)
9. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
10. Miami Vice (2006)
11. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
12. Shanghai Triad (1995)
13. The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
14. To Live (1994)
15. Zhou Yu's Train (2002)
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