List of Chinese films of 1996

A list of mainland Chinese films released in 1996:

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Cello in a Cab Guan Hu Geng Le,
Kong Lin
Drama Also known as The Street Rhapsody
East Palace, West Palace Zhang Yuan Hu Jun,
Si Han
Drama One of the first Chinese films to address LGBT issues, screened at Cannes
The Emperor's Shadow Zhou Xiaowen Ge You,
Jiang Wen
Historical/Drama
Farewell Our 1948 Guan Hu Drama
The King of Masks Wu Tianming Zhu Xu Drama
Living Dream Hu Xueyang Drama
Signal Left, Turn Right Huang Jianxin,
Yang Yazhou
Ding Jiali Comedy
The Singer Huo Jianqi
Sons Zhang Yuan Docudrama Tiger Award winner at the 1996 International Film Festival Rotterdam
A Story of Xiangxiang Teng Wenji Drama
The Strangers in Beijing He Qun Drama
Sun Valley He Ping Zhang Fengyi Drama/Western Entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival
Temptress Moon Chen Kaige Gong Li, Leslie Cheung Historical/Drama/Romance Entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival
Touching Starlight Zhang Ziyi