Ash Is Purest White (2018)
A story of violent love within a time frame spanning from 2001 to 2017
The World (2004)
An exploration on the impact of urbanization and globalization on a traditional culture
A Touch of Sin (2013)
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence
I Wish I Knew (2010)
Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid 1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day
Xiao Wu (1998)
A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt
Platform (2000)
A theatre troupe from rural Fenyang struggles under the decline of communism and rise of popular culture in China in the 1980s
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue (2020)
Filmmaker Jia Zhangke chronicles his local literature festival in Shanxi, China which includes a multi generational roster of the countrys most esteemed writers