From a minor art evolving into a daily part of their lives, for most Chinese people Chinese films have gained momentum both in quality and quantity in a golden era over the past 10 years.
In 2017, the Chinese blockbuster Wolf Warrior 2 achieved huge success both at the box office and in public praise, scoring 5.68 billion yuan in total, the single highest-grossing film in the history of Chinese cinema and the first Chinese film to squeeze into the all-time box office worldwide (ranked 55th).
This year, the Chinese black comedy drama, Dying to Survive, has aroused heated discussions on China's entire society.
And Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged more efforts to improve patients' access to costly cancer treatments in response to heated public discussion of the film.
It is no exaggeration to say that the film industry no longer acts as an entertainment tool for people, but shoulders more responsibility in every aspect of the country.
China is the world's second-largest movie market, with ticket revenue growing by 13.45 percent year-on-year to 55.9 billion yuan in 2017, more than triple the growth rate in 2016, according to official figures.
Some experts have predicted that as the Chinese film industry gains more cultural confidence and takes a people-centered approach to meet people's needs for a better life, the film market is bound to reach the top in the near future.
Here we selected the 10 great films produced in the past 10 years as we review the long journey China's film industry has gone through.
1. The Message
Release year: 2009
Genre: War, thriller, crime
Director: Kuo-fu Chen
Cast: Zhou Xun, Li Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Hanyu
2. Aftershock
Release year: 2010
Genre: History, disaster, drama
Director: Feng Xiaogang
Cast: Xu Fan, Zhang Jingchu, Chen Daoming
3. Beginning of the Great Revival
Release year: 2011
Genre: History, drama
Director: Han Sanping
Cast: Liu Ye, Chen Kun, Zhang Jiayi
4. Lost in Thailand
Release year: 2012
Genre: Comedy
Director: Xu Zheng
Cast: Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo
5. The Grandmaster
Release year: 2013
Genre: Drama
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Cast: Zhang Ziyi, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
6. Dearest
Release year: 2014
Genre: Drama, family
Director: Peter Chan
Cast: Zhao Wei, Huang Bo, Hao Lei
7. Monkey King: Hero is Back
Release year: 2015
Genre: Animation
Director: Tian Xiaopeng
Cast: Zhang Lei, Lin Zijie
8. Operation Mekong
Release year: 2016
Genre: Action, crime
Director: Dante Lam
Cast: Zhang Hanyu, Eddie Peng
9. War Wolf Two
Release year: 2017
Genre: Action
Director: Wu Jing
Cast: Wu Jing, Zhang Han
10. Dying to Survive
Release year: 2018
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wen Muye
Cast: Xu Zheng, Tan Zhuo, Wang Chuanjun
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