Best movies on Prime Video (Chine) : our Top 20

2011 · Andrew Lau

Fang Zhen Dong, a night patrol officer in Beijing, crosses paths one evening with Li Pei Ru, a Hong Kong real-estate agent who, flushed and tipsy after a karaoke session at a KTV, stumbles into his watchful presence. Ambitious and intent on carving out a fortune in the sprawling, cosmopolitan capital, Li finds her plans complicated by the city's moral and emotional entanglements and becomes involved in a secret relationship with a married man. As their lives collide, both are forced to face the costs of desire, compromise and survival in a place that promises opportunity but exacts a price.

With Liu Ye, Anthony Wong, Shu Qi, Liang Tian, Feng Danying, Sa Rina and Zhang Songwen

2023 · Michael Mann

In the summer of 1957, former racing champion Enzo Ferrari faces a personal and professional collapse as the company he and his wife Laura forged from nothing a decade before teeters on the verge of bankruptcy. Their stormy marriage is tested further by the pain of mourning one son and the uneasy acceptance of another.

With Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Patrick Dempsey, Jack O'Connell, Gabriel Leone and Giuseppe Festinese

2014 · Sergei Bodrov

Antonius Block, a weary Swedish knight returning from the Crusades, finds his homeland devastated by the plague. Convinced that God has forsaken the world, he dares to challenge Death itself to a game of chess for his life. As he wanders a country gripped by fear and grief, he crosses paths with a traveling troupe led by Jof and his wife Mia, and becomes consumed with the hope of evading Death long enough to perform a single redeeming act.

With Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Ben Barnes, Alicia Vikander, John DeSantis, Kit Harington and Djimon Hounsou

2004 · Stephen Chow

Shanghai in the 1940s is under the iron grip of the feared Axe Gang. Small-time crooks Sing and Bone try to worm their way into the organization, but instead make a string of powerful enemies. When eccentric martial-arts teachers and unexpected inner strengths emerge from the city's most unlikely corners, the pair must summon their courage and face the Axe Gang head-on.

With Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Lam Tze-chung, Bruce Leung Siu-Lung, Eva Huang and Danny Chan Kwok-kwan

2016 · Paul Greengrass

A CIA sting to buy classified Russian files is thwarted by a rival operative who then turns up in the tranquil coastal village where Bourne and Marie have been hiding. Forced to flee, Bourne—who vowed he would strike back if anyone from his old life showed up—must once again rely on his lethal training to protect them and survive.

With Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed and Joe Kennard

2024 · Michael Gracey

Trace Robbie Williams's ascent from childhood to his early breakthrough as the youngest member of the chart-topping boy band Take That, and onward to a record-smashing solo career. Along the way he faces the intense pressures, personal costs and emotional fallout that often accompany dizzying success.

With Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Raechelle Banno, Damon Herriman, Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman and Kate Mulvany

1987 · Bernardo Bertolucci

Pu Yi's life is traced from exalted beginnings—born into imperial privilege and installed as China's final sovereign within the seclusion of the Forbidden City, adored by a vast nation—to the abrupt end of his rule and a descent into moral decay and self-indulgence. The film follows his exploitation by Japanese occupiers and, after years of upheaval, his eventual reduction to an anonymous existence as an ordinary laborer under the People's Republic.

With John Lone, Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen, Vivian Wu, Dennis Dun, Ruocheng Ying and Victor Wong

2007 · Marc Forster

After years living in California, Amir returns to Afghanistan to help his childhood friend Hassan when Hassan’s son falls into serious danger.

With Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni, Khalid Abdalla, Elham Ehsas, Homayoun Ershadi, Saïd Taghmaoui and Mustafa Haidari

2019 · Quentin Tarantino

Rick Dalton, a television actor whose star is dimming, struggles to adapt as the entertainment world reinvents itself; his steadfast stuntman and friend, Cliff Booth, stays by his side through the uncertainty. Next door lives Sharon Tate, a young model-turned-actress on the ascent, recently married to acclaimed Polish director Roman Polanski — a bright, glamorous presence that contrasts with Dalton’s anxious fight to remain relevant.

With Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant and Julia Butters

1997 ·

A child is swept into the legendary realm of Tao and finds himself at the heart of a struggle between a sinister lord bent on conquest and a brave fellowship of animal warriors fighting to protect their world.

With Angus Macfadyen, Mario Yedidia, Marley Shelton, Chi Chaoli, Jack Tate, Doug Jones and Don Lewis

2006 · John Curran

A British physician stationed in a remote Chinese village struggles to contain a cholera epidemic while enduring the isolation of a loveless marriage, his wife's infidelity deepening his sense of helplessness.

With Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Diana Rigg, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong and Juliet Howland

2004 · Wong Kar-wai

A science-fiction novelist, left adrift after losing the woman he believed to be his only true love, spends the next few years moving through a succession of fleeting relationships—each new arrival and departure forcing him to confront grief, reshape his work, and reconsider what he truly wants.

With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Gong Li, Faye Wong, Takuya Kimura, Zhang Ziyi, Carina Lau and Chang Chen

2024 · Soi Cheang

In 1980s Hong Kong, displaced teenager Chan Lok-kwun, a refugee from the mainland, survives by taking part in brutal underground fights within the lawless sprawl of the Kowloon Walled City. After being betrayed by crime boss Mr. Big while trying to obtain a forged identity, Chan steals a shipment of drugs and takes refuge in the Walled City, where he encounters Cyclone, a formidable yet unexpectedly compassionate underworld leader who offers him protection.

With Aaron Kwok, Louis Koo, Richie Jen, Kenny Wong Tak-Ban, Sammo Hung, Philip Ng and Raymond Lam

2011 · Ron Fricke

Captured on 70mm over nearly five years and filmed across twenty-five countries on five continents, Samsara presents a visual odyssey through consecrated sites, regions marked by catastrophe, vast industrial landscapes, and the planet’s most awe-inspiring natural scenes.

With Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi, Puti Sri Candra Dewi, Putu Dinda Pratika, Marcos Luna, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Olivier De Sagazan and Ladyboys of Cascade Bar

2005 · Fernando Meirelles

Justin Quayle, a unassuming junior British diplomat who keeps to a quiet, orderly life, is devastated when his politically active wife Tessa is murdered. Grief and a need for answers push him out of his comfort zone into a shadowy world of espionage and corruption, where each discovery brings him closer to a dangerous conspiracy that threatens everything he thought he knew.

With Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard McCabe and Donald Sumpter

2008 ·

In 208 A.D., as the Han Dynasty teeters on the brink, the calculating Prime Minister Cao convinces the capricious emperor that only a sweeping campaign against the western state of Xu and the southern principality of Eastern Wu can reunify the realm. Armies mobilize on an unprecedented scale, and, with survival at stake, bitter rivals Xu and Eastern Wu set aside their enmity to form a tenuous and unlikely alliance against Cao’s drive for domination.

With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Feng Yi, Chang Chen, Zhao Wei, Hu Jun and Shidô Nakamura

2012 · Tom Tykwer

Six entwined narratives stretch from the 19th century to a distant, post-apocalyptic future, mapping how individual choices echo across time and link strangers in unexpected ways. Adventure, mystery and romance thread through the episodes as one soul is carried from assassin to unlikely hero, and a single act of mercy sends waves through generations that eventually help spark a revolution centuries hence. Adapted from David Mitchell’s acclaimed novel and directed by Tom Tykwer together with the Wachowskis.

With Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona and Ben Whishaw

2019 · Marielle Heller

A jaded, award-winning reporter reluctantly accepts an Esquire assignment to profile the beloved television figure Fred Rogers. Exposed to Rogers's quiet compassion and steady moral clarity, the journalist's hardened outlook begins to crack, compelling him to confront his past and reevaluate his priorities.

With Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson, Maryann Plunkett, Enrico Colantoni and Wendy Makkena

2022 · Robert Eggers

On the eve of his transition into adulthood, a young prince watches his world collapse when a treacherous uncle slays his father and abducts his mother. Cast into exile, he spends the next twenty years forged into a fierce Viking warrior, returning to the frozen north with a single purpose: rescue his mother, confront the usurper, and avenge his father's murder.

With Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe and Gustav Lindh

2007 ·

A raw, true account of three teenage Venice Beach surfers—Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams—who reinvented skateboarding with a daring, surf-inspired approach and became known as the Z-Boys. From anonymous kids carving concrete pools to icons of a global movement, their bold new style transforms a pastime into a cultural phenomenon. But as fame and commercialization follow, the pressure of success fractures their bonds and tests the limits of their loyalty.

With Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xu Jinglei, Wei Zongwan, Gu Bao-Ming and Wang Kuirong