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1896
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First film screenings in Shanghai at the Xu Garden teahouse
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1905
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First home produced fiction film Dingjun Shan (Dingjun Mountain) by the Fengtai photographic store of Beijing, comprising episodes from the Peking opera
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1913
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First Chinese fiction film Nanfu Nanqi (Suffering Husband and Wife) by Zhang Shichuan and Zheng Zhengqiu
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1921
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First Chinese feature film Yan Ruisheng by Ren Pengnian
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1931
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First Chinese sound film Genu Hong Mudan (The Songstress, Red Peony) by Zhang Shichuan
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1932-1949
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Early 'Golden Age' of Chinese cinema
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1933
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Chun Can (Spring Silkworms ) by Cheng Bugao;
Xiao Wanyi (Little Toys) by Sun Yu
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1934
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Shennu (The Goddess) by Wu Yonggang;
Taoli Jie (Plunder of Peach and Plum) by Ying Yunwei;
Yu Guang Qu (Song of the Fishermen) by Cai Chusheng
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1935
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Dalu (The Big Road) by Sun Yu
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1937
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Shizi Jietou (Crossroads) by Shen Xiling;
Malu Tianshi (Street Angel) by Yuan Muzhi;
Japanese invasion of Shanghai leads to dispersal of film-makers within China as well as to Hong Kong
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1947
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Tiantang Chunmeng (Dream in Paradise) by Tang Xiaodan;
Yijiang Chunshui Xiang Dong Liu (A Spring River Flows East) by Zheng Junli and Cai Chusheng
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1948
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Wanjia Denghuo (The Lights of Ten Thousand Homes) by Shen Fu;
Xiao Cheng zhi Chun (Spring in a Small Town) by Fei Mu
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1949
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People's Republic of China established, leading to nationalization of film industry. Film production subsequently develops in three distinct areas: China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
Wuya yu Maque(Crows and Sparrows) by Zheng Junli
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1950
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Wu Xun Zhuan (The Life of Wu Xun) by Sun Yu
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1954
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Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai (Liang Shanbo and Zhuyingtai) by Sang Hu and Hu Sha
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1956
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Xin Juzhang Daolai zhi Qian (Before the New Director Arrives) by Lu Ban
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1961
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Hongse Niangzijun (Red Detachment of Women) by Xie Jin
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1963
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Zaochun Eryue (Early Spring in February) by Xie Tieli
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1964
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Wutai Jiemei (Two Stage Sisters) by Xie Jin
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1966
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Film production declines severely as a result of the Cultural Revolution
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1973
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Enter the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee, by Robert Crouse
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1984
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Graduates of the reopened Beijing Film Academy, including Huang Jianxin, Chen Kaige, Wu Tianming, and Zhang Yimou, become known as the 'Fifth Generation'.
Yige he Bage (One and Eight) by Zhang Junzhao;
Huang Tudi (Yellow Earth) by Chen Kaige
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1985
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Dayuebing (The Big Parade) by Chen Kaige;
Heipao Shijian (The Black Cannon Incident) by Huang Jianxin
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1986
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Daoma Zei (Horse Thief) by Tian Zhuangzhuang;
Furong Zhen (Hibiscus Town) by Xie Fei
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1987
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Hong Gaoliang (Red Sorghum) by Zhang Yimou
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1990
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Ju Dou by Zhang Yimou
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1991
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Dahong Denglong Gaogao Gua (Raise the Red Lantern) by Zhang Yimou;
Ruan Lingyu (Actress) by Stanley Kwan;
Gulingjie Shaonian Sharen Shijian (A Brighter Summer Day) by Edward Yang
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1992
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Qiu Ju da Guansi (The Story of Qiu Ju) by Zhang Yimou
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1993
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Lan Fengzheng (The Blue Kite) by Tian Zhuangzhuang;
Bawang Bieji (Farewell, My Concubine) by Chen Kaige;
Xiyan (The Wedding Banquet) by Ang Lee
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1994
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Chongqing Senlin (Chungking Express) by Wong Kar-Wai;
Yangguang Canlan de Rizi (In the Heat of the Sun) by Jiang Wen
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1998
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Hai Shang Hua (Flowers of Shanghai) by Hou Xiaoxian
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2000
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Hua Yang Nian Hua (In the Mood for Love) by Wong Kar-Wai;
Yi Yi (A One and a Two...) by Edward Yang;
Wo Hu Zang Long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) by Ang Lee
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2002
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Ren Xiao Yao (Unknown Pleasures) by Jia Zhangke;
Ying Xiong (Hero) by Zhang Yimou
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2004
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Shi Mian Mai Fu (House of Flying Daggers ) by Zhang Yimou;
2046 by Wong Kar-Wai
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2005
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Wu Ji (The Promise) by Chen Kaige
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