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Browse 12 movies from Shenzhen Film Studio
When a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to save their post-apocalyptic city from total collapse.
Aug 2022
Realising that he will be defeated in no time during a police showdown, a thug shoots himself to force the cops to cease fire and take him to the hospital. In the hospital, he claims human rights to refuse immediate treatment in order to buy time for his underlings to rescue him. The detective in charge sees through his scheme but decides to play along so as to capture his whole gang once and for all.
Jun 2016
The story follows Simon and Mimi, a married couple whose daughter Stephy dreams of becoming a flight attendant. When Mimi suffers a devastating stroke, the family’s world is turned upside down. This emotional journey is a poignant exploration of familial bonds, sacrifice, and resilience.
Feb 2025
One of the few and of the better Chinese horror movies. The plot revolves around the ghost of a murdered girl, who haunts a creepy, retro basement. A sound technician and an actress encounter her unhappy soul when the come to the film in the now cobweb ridden, dilapidated building.
Apr 1989
Primary school teacher Mei Amán travels to another city on business to set up a factory for the school, but encounters one setback after another, with misfortune following him like a shadow.
Jan 1989
Erzhi has problems managing the Bijimei Hotel.
Jan 1988
Jan 1985
Actress Tingting and cinematographer Xizi fall in love and their careers flourish.
Ding Jian arrives in Guangzhou and learns about city life.
Life on a small village in China during the last years of the Cultural Revolution takes a different course when the people is asked to prepare and perform a classic opera for government officials, entangling past, present and fiction.
Jun 2017
Jan 2017
May 2017