The best Sun Honglei’s drama movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Sun Honglei’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Sun Honglei.
The Founding of a Republic
4.9/10
The Founding of a Republic is a Chinese historical film commissioned by China's film regulator and made by the state-owned China Film Group (CFG) to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. The film retells the tale of the Communist ascendancy and triumph.
Seven Swords
6.1/10
Seven warriors come together to protect a village from a diabolical General.
Drug War
7/10
The taciturn police commander Zhang leads an undercover drugs team and in his continuous battle against the ubiquitous drug barons, takes up arms against his arch enemy, Timmy Choi. When he gets hold of Choi, he makes a deal with him: in exchange for his life (in China you can get the death penalty for producing only 50 grams of drugs) the young criminal will help the police infiltrate a sizeable drug network.
The Road Home
7.7/10
Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.
Forever Enthralled
6.7/10
A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
5.7/10
Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife is involved in a secret affair with Li, one of Wang’s employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun his lover has bought to kill her husband. But Wang is watching their every move. He bribes patrol officer Zhang to murder the illicit couple. It seems like a perfect plan: the affair will come to a cruel, bloody but satisfying end… or so he thinks. The equally wicked Zhang has an agenda of his own. As the plot twists, more blood will flow, and ever greater violence will erupt…
Zhou Yu's Train
6.4/10
Zhou Yu, a ceramic artisan in China's rural Northwest, has a deep rapport with Chen Qing, a shy sensitive poet. Taking a long train ride every weekend just to make mad passionate love with him, her longing seems insatiable. Until one day, she meets the hedonistic vet Zhang Qiang and begins a torrid affair, which takes her to another train station, and another level of lust. Driven by the locomotive of love and desire, she hustles through a dark tunnel of no return.
The Warring States
4.5/10
Rival Chinese military strategists Sun Bin (Sun Honglei) and Pang Juan (Francis Ng) clash in this historic war adventure set during the Era of Warring States.
Silent Witness
6.9/10
The murder of a to-be step-mom is being prosecuted with apparently clinching evidence. The father holds his accused daughter innocent. The faithful driver and his seemingly sly, amorous wife are involved. Further differing evidence spouts.
The Ark Of Mr. Chow
5.3/10
A group of bright teenagers are recruited for a special college program for young geniuses only to find themselves socially awkward among their more normal peers.
Lethal Hostage
7/10
Produced by Crazy Racer director Ning Hao, Lethal Hostage revolves around a drug dealer who falls in love with his hostage and decides to quit the business following one final deal.
Welcome to Shama Town
5.6/10
In the fictional Shama Town in Northwest China, legend has it that that robbers buried many hidden treasures among the town. Tang Gaopeng, the town leader, then decides to promote Shama Town as a bandit-themed tourist destination. Tang Gaopeng's plan doesn't go to well with the town attracting nearly zero tourists, but a group of international thieves do show up intent on finding the buried treasures ...
When a Peking Family Meets Au Pair
4.6/10
An Australian girl becomes an au-pair for a Chinese family.
One Step Away
5.2/10
Directed by famed Television director Zhao Baogang, is his debut movie set during the Republican era where a soldier and a dancer fall in love. However the consequences of war drive them apart
