List of Chinese films of the 1930s
This is a list of films produced in the Republican period of China ordered by year of release in the 1930s.
For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see :Category:Chinese films.
1930
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
A Red Egg | 一個紅蛋 | Cheng Bugao | Gong Jianong, Gao Qianping | Social criticism | |
A Romantic Girl | 浪漫女子 | Cheng Bugao | Xuan Jinglin, Gong Jianong | Romance | |
The Cave of the Silken Web II | 續盤絲洞 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu | Shenmo fantasy | Sequel to the 1927 film of the same title |
Circus Girl | 馬戲女 | Wang Yuanlong | Zhou Wenzhu, Wang Cilong | Action | |
Elder Brother's Romance | 逃情的哥哥 | Wang Cilong | Wang Cilong, Chen Yunshang | Drama | Alternate title: Elder Brother's Elopement |
Hall of the Broken Zither | 碎琴樓 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die, Xia Peizhen, Zheng Xiaoqiu | Tragedy | |
New Journey to the West | 新西游記 | Zhang Shichuan | Zheng Xiaoqiu, Xia Peizhen | Adapted from the classic novel Journey to the West | |
Nine Dragons Mountain | 大破九龍山 | Zhu Shouju | Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Jiduo | Action | Released in two parts |
Peach Blossom Lake | 桃花湖 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die, Zheng Xiaoqiu | Crime | Released in two parts |
The Pearl Cap | 珍珠冠 | Zhu Shouju | Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Jiduo | Crime/Romance | |
The Road to Riches | 黃金之路 | Cheng Bugao | Zhou Wenzhu, Zhu Fei | Drama | Alternate title: The Golden Road |
Spring Dream in the Old Capital | 古城春夢 | Sun Yu | Ruan Lingyu, Wang Ruilin, Lim Cho Cho | Ruan Lingyu's breakthrough role; also known as Remembrance of Peking or Reminiscences of Beijing | |
Suicide Contract | 自殺合同 | Zhu Shilin | Ruan Lingyu, Liu Jiqun | Comedy-Drama | Ruan's first film for the Lianhua Film Company. Directing debut for Zhu Shilin |
Virtuous Mother from a Brothel | 倡門賢母 | Cheng Bugao | Xuan Jinglin, Xia Peizhen | Drama | |
Wild Flowers | 野草閑花 | Sun Yu | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan | Alternate title: Wild Flowers Among the Weeds | |
Yang Naiwu | 楊乃武與小白菜 | Qiu Qixiang | Chen Yumei, Sun Min | Docudrama | Dramatization of an infamous late Qing Dynasty case of criminal injustice |