The best Zhou Xun’s drama movies

Zhou Xun

Zhou Xun

18/10/1974 (49 años)
We present our ranking of the best Zhou Xun’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Zhou Xun.
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Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaScience Fiction
  • Release: 26/10/2012
  • Character: Talbot / Hotel Manager / Yoona-939 / Rose
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

The Message

The Message
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 22/09/2009
  • Character: Gu Xiaomeng
1942, Nanjing (Nanking). Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and mouse" ensues as the Chinese code-breaker attempts to send out a crucial message while protecting his/her own identity.

Confucius

Confucius
6.1/10
In 500 B.C., during Chinas famed 'Spring and Autumn Period', Kong Ze (Confucius), a commoner reverred for his outstanding wisdom, is made Minister of Law in the ancient Kingdom of Lu. Under his inspired leadership, Lu ascends to new heights but becomes a target of conquest for the warlike nation of Qi. Threatened with annihilation by their powerful neighbour, a desperate people turn to their greatest teacher to lead their most powerful army. When Confucius delivers a stunning victory against all odds, a jealous aristocracy sets out to destroy him, but they should never under-estimate a remarkable man whose wisdom is more powerful than the sword.

Across the Furious Sea

Across the Furious Sea
6.8/10
A murder case reveals unknown secrets of the killer and the victim.

The Yin Yang Master

The Yin Yang Master
6.4/10
The world is on the verge of a devastating war with monsters who are coming to retrieve the Scaling Stone. Yin Yang Master Qingming's life is in danger and he travels to different worlds to prepare for the upcoming assaults. On his journey, Qingming finds that the key to all the calamities is embracing his hybrid identity of both human and monster.

The Banquet

The Banquet
6.4/10
In 907 AD, the Tang Dynasty is in tatters; infighting snarls the imperial family. Crown Prince Wu Luan loves Little Wan, but his father takes her as his Empress. Wu Luan goes into exile, studying dance and music. His uncle murders his father, taking throne and Empress; uncle sends assassins to kill Wu Luan. The Crown Prince eludes death and comes to court. The Emperor arranges for Little Wan's coronation and dispatches Wu Luan to a distant land; he then calls for a midnight banquet on the 100th day of his rule. Poison, treachery, Wu Luan's return, and the love of the innocent Qing for Wu Luan set up the final entanglements. No Fortinbras or Horatio lay the dead to rest.

Suzhou River

Suzhou River
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 28/09/2000
  • Character: Meimei / Moudan
A tragic love story set in contemporary Shanghai. The film stars Zhou Xun in a dual role as two different women and Jia Hongsheng as a man obsessed with finding a woman from his past.

Painted Skin: The Resurrection

Painted Skin: The Resurrection
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaFantasy
  • Release: 28/06/2012
  • Character: Xiao Wei
According to demon lore, it takes hundreds of years to attain human form. Even then, lacking a human heart, a demon cannot experience the true pains and passions of existence. However, there is a legend that if a pure human heart is freely offered to a demon, it can become a mortal and experience true life. Sequel of Painted Skin (2008).

Painted Skin

Painted Skin
6.3/10
Painted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xun stars as Xiao Wei, a fox spirit that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely, youthful appearance. When General Wang Sheng (Chen Kun) 'rescues' her from a band of bandits and brings her home, trouble brews as the demon falls in love with the general.

The Great Magician

The Great Magician
5.9/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 22/12/2011
  • Character: Liu Yin
In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill him and bring back the republic. But when a stranger returns from abroad with mastery of magic to recover the girl he loved, who is tricking whom and who will win at the end?

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 09/10/2002
  • Character: Little Seamstress
During the Cultural Revolution, two young men are sent to a remote mining village where they fall in love with the local tailor’s beautiful granddaughter and discover a suitcase full of forbidden Western novels.

Temptress Moon

Temptress Moon
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 09/05/1996
  • Character: Nightclub girl (uncredited)
Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest daughter, Ruyi, is brought up as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law Zhongliang has a successful, if illegal, career seducing and blackmailing married women in the city. When he comes to Ruyi's home the two fall in love, and trouble ensues.

Beijing Bicycle

Beijing Bicycle
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/02/2001
  • Character: Qin
A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.

Beginning of the Great Revival

Beginning of the Great Revival
3.1/10
A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

Last Letter

Last Letter
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 09/11/2018
  • Character: Yuan Zhihua
All Yuan Zhinan has left behind when she passed away is a letter and an invitation to a school reunion. Attending the reunion in lieu of her late elder sister, Zhihua accidentally runs into Yin Chuan, on whom she had a crush in her youth. As old memories are evoked, and correspondences travel through different contexts and times, Zhihua slowly uncovers the intricate story of the trio.

The Silent War

The Silent War
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 10/08/2012
  • Character: Zhang Xuening
An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.

Perhaps Love

Perhaps Love
6.8/10
A love triangle develops during the making of a musical in mainland China.

Hollywood Hong Kong

Hollywood Hong Kong
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 02/09/2001
  • Character: Hung Hung / Tong Tong
A prostitute named Tong Tong enters the life of a man who runs a barbecue pork restaurant and quickly begins to ruin his life, as well as the life of his two rotund sons, and a local gangster.

Our Time Will Come

Our Time Will Come
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 01/07/2017
  • Character: Fang Lan / "Fang Gu"
In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.

The Equation of Love and Death

The Equation of Love and Death
6.9/10
When a mysterious death occurs, the lives of five unexpected strangers are suddenly intertwined together. A drug trafficking crime is unveiled, and through the twist and turns of the investigation, their stories unravel, and a bizarre connection is gradually discovered between them.

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