Portrait of Gong Li

Acting

Gong Li

Career

Active from 1988 to 2021, busiest in 1994 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
34
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gong Li Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Cringe Humor
    1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 7
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Visually Stunning 5
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Forbidden Love 3
  • Chinese Cinema 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Atmospheric 3
  • Complex Relationships 2
  • Rural China 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

37
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 61
Saturday Fiction
Saturday Fiction (2021)
GoodWatch score 46

as Jean Yu

The Hand
The Hand (2021)
GoodWatch score 72

as Miss Hua

Mulan
Mulan (2020)
GoodWatch score 59

as Xian Niang

Leap
Leap (2020)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lang Ping

2010s

5 titles · average score 58
The Monkey King 2
The Monkey King 2 (2016)
GoodWatch score 79

as Lady White

Coming Home
Coming Home (2014)
GoodWatch score 80

as Feng Wanyu

最佳女主角
最佳女主角 (2013)

TV show

What Women Want
What Women Want (2011)
GoodWatch score 35

as Li Yilong

Shanghai
Shanghai (2010)
GoodWatch score 37

as Anna Lan-Ting

2000s

8 titles · average score 60
Hannibal Rising
Hannibal Rising (2007)
GoodWatch score 41

as Lady Murasaki

Curse of the Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
GoodWatch score 68

as Empress Phoenix

Miami Vice
Miami Vice (2006)
GoodWatch score 57

as Isabella

Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
GoodWatch score 59

as Hatsumomo

2046
2046 (2004)
GoodWatch score 80

as Black Spider / Su Li-zhen

Eros
Eros (2004)
GoodWatch score 49

as Miss Hua

Zhou Yu's Train
Zhou Yu's Train (2002)
GoodWatch score 46

as Zhou Yu / Xiu

Breaking the Silence
Breaking the Silence (2000)
GoodWatch score 77

as Sun Liying

1990s

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

as Lady Zhao

Chinese Box
Chinese Box (1997)
GoodWatch score 63

as Vivian

Temptress Moon
Temptress Moon (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

as Pang Ruyi

Shanghai Triad
Shanghai Triad (1995)
GoodWatch score 70

as Bijou / Xiao Jinbao

To Live
To Live (1994)
GoodWatch score 86

as Xu Jiazhen

The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994)
GoodWatch score 56

as Mou Hang-wan

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

as Juxian

Flirting Scholar
Flirting Scholar (1993)
GoodWatch score 78

as Chou Heung

The Story of Qiu Ju
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
GoodWatch score 82

as Qiu Ju

Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
GoodWatch score 91

as Songlian

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai
God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

as Yu San / Yu Mong

Ju Dou
Ju Dou (1990)
GoodWatch score 76

as Ju Dou

1980s

5 titles · average score 65
A Terra-Cotta Warrior
A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1989)
GoodWatch score 66

as Dong Er / Zhu Lili

The Empress Dowager
The Empress Dowager (1989)

as Guilian

Codename Cougar
Codename Cougar (1989)
GoodWatch score 48

as Ah Li

Celebrity Talk Show
Celebrity Talk Show (1989)

TV show · as 巩俐

Red Sorghum
Red Sorghum (1988)
GoodWatch score 81

as Jiu'er