| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon1 2 3 | 2000 | Ang Lee | 205 |
| 2 | Raise the Red Lantern1 2 | 1991 | Yimou Zhang | 326 |
| 3 | The Last Emperor4 5 | 1987 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 504 |
| 4 | Farewell My Concubine1 | 1993 | Kaige Chen | 548 |
| 5 | Ju Dou6 | 1990 | Fenglian Yang and Yimou Zhang | 918 |
| 6 | To Live1 | 1994 | Yimou Zhang | 1038 |
| 7 | Hero1 | 2002 | Yimou Zhang | 1060 |
| 8 | Red Sorghum | 1987 | Yimou Zhang | 1178 |
| 9 | The Story of Qiu Ju1 | 1992 | Yimou Zhang | 1354 |
| 10 | The Blue Kite1 | 1993 | Zhuangzhuang Tian | 1528 |
| 11 | House of Flying Daggers1 | 2004 | Yimou Zhang | 1947 |
| 12 | Yellow Earth | 1984 | Kaige Chen | 2091 |
| 13 | The Horse Thief | 1986 | Zhuangzhuang Tian | 2221 |
| 14 | Platform1 4 6 | 2000 | Zhang Ke Jia | 2286 |
| 15 | The King of Masks1 | 1996 | Tian-Ming Wu | 2446 |
| 16 | 20461 4 7 | 2004 | Kar Wai Wong | 2517 |
1 Joint production with Hong Kong.
2 Joint production with Taiwan.
3 Joint production with the United States.
4 Joint production with France.
5 Joint production with Italy and the United Kingdom.
6 Joint production with Japan.
7 Joint production with Germany.