Portrait of Chen Kaige

Directing

Chen Kaige

Career

Active from 1984 to 2025, busiest in 2002 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Chen Kaige Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4
  • Crime
    2.6, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 5
  • Chinese Cinema 5
  • Korean War 4
  • Patriotism 4
  • Historical Epic 3
  • Intense Action 3
  • Slow Burn 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Epic Warfare 2
  • Sacrifice 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Flowers from the Ashes
Flowers from the Ashes

Director

Swan Song
Swan Song

Director

2020s

8 titles · average score 60
首届CMG中国电影盛典
首届CMG中国电影盛典 (2026)

TV show · as 艺术长青特别贡献

The Volunteers: Peace at Last
The Volunteers: Peace at Last (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer, Director

The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death
The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death (2024)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

The Volunteers: To the War
The Volunteers: To the War (2023)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge
The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge (2022)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Producer

The Battle at Lake Changjin
The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)
GoodWatch score 48

Executive Producer, Director

Action
Action (2021)

TV show

Shu Zhen
Shu Zhen (2020)

Director

2010s

9 titles · average score 51
My People, My Country
My People, My Country (2019)
GoodWatch score 50

Director

Everybody Stand By
Everybody Stand By (2019)

TV show

Legend of the Demon Cat
Legend of the Demon Cat (2017)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Writer

China's Megatomb Revealed
China's Megatomb Revealed (2016)

Director

Monk Comes Down the Mountain
Monk Comes Down the Mountain (2015)
GoodWatch score 50

Screenplay, Director

Caught in the Web
Caught in the Web (2012)
GoodWatch score 32

Director, Writer

Voice
Voice (2012)

TV show

The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven
The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven (2012)

as 东海龙王

Sacrifice
Sacrifice (2010)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Director

2000s

12 titles · average score 62
The Founding of a Republic
The Founding of a Republic (2009)
GoodWatch score 48

as Feng Yuxiang

Forever Enthralled
Forever Enthralled (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Screenplay

Turandot
Turandot (2008)

Stage Director

One 2008th
One 2008th (2008)

Director

Turandot di Giacomo Puccini
Turandot di Giacomo Puccini (2008)

Director

To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
GoodWatch score 83

Director

The Promise
The Promise (2005)
GoodWatch score 47

Writer, Director

Killing Me Softly
Killing Me Softly (2002)
GoodWatch score 24

Director

Together
Together (2002)
GoodWatch score 67

as Professor Yu

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

100 Flowers Hidden Deep
100 Flowers Hidden Deep (2002)

Director

The Grand Mansion Gate
The Grand Mansion Gate (2001)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as 府衙差官

1990s

4 titles · average score 74
The Emperor and the Assassin
The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
GoodWatch score 77

as Lu Buwei

Temptress Moon
Temptress Moon (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Story

Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
GoodWatch score 86

Director

Life on a String
Life on a String (1991)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay, Director

1980s

5 titles · average score 74
King of the Children
King of the Children (1987)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Writer

The Last Emperor
The Last Emperor (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

as Captain of Imperial Guard

The Big Parade
The Big Parade (1986)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth (1984)
GoodWatch score 86

Director, Screenplay

Forced Take-off
Forced Take-off (1984)

Director