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Freely adapted from Gabriel García Márquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the film follows the investigation of a local teacher's murder in a small and desperately poor rural village, the story of the crime gradually pieced together from the fragmented memories of witnesses forced to testify at an inquest. Sharing with her Fifth Generation colleagues Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang a remarkable eye for the barren landscapes of northern China and a fascination with small-town life — especially those enduring superstitions that Communism failed to erase — director Li Shaohong also introduces several formal innovations, particularly in storytelling structure, that remain unprecedented in Chinese cinema.

In 1931, due to betrayal by traitors, the party's underground organization in Shanghai was severely damaged, and the revolutionary cause fell into white terror. Ma Tian Mu, a young party member who was injured in the Northern Expedition was ordered to go to France. Under the guidance of his superior Wu Zhong Xin and the cooperation of comrades, he walked among all kinds of bureaucratic gentry and police gangs.

In 2011, anti-drug cops fought a desperate battle in China's wild northwest. Three years later, Officer Yang Tian pursues the truth behind his partner's death, unravels the Yuan brothers' smuggling ring, and brings them to justice in a final, epic showdown amidst the Gobi's burning sands—honoring his fallen brother with blood and fire.

Adapted from Zhou Meisen’s novella, this wartime drama follows Chinese POWs, Central Army scouts Tian and Liu alongside Eighth Route Army cavalry captain Meng and soldier Zhang, imprisoned in Japan’s “Death Camp No. 9.” Rival escape plots collide: Sichuan captain Lao Qi’s men tunnel through mine shafts even as Meng’s group plans their own breakout. Camp commandant Major Nagasaki appoints collaborators, tortures and exposes dissenters, and uses a comfort woman to bribe Liu. When guerrilla agent Zhang Mazi is executed, Meng and Zhang Dielong sacrifice themselves under blistering sun to save their comrades. Amid bayonet executions and armed revolt, the prisoners wage a final, desperate battle to smash the camp gates and reclaim their freedom.

Amid war and chaos, Xue Yunjin's difficult childhood shapes his strong-willed character. Driven by patriotism, he joins the revolution, while his childhood sweetheart, Duan Siqi, dreams of a peaceful family life. As fate pulls them in opposite directions, their love is tested by the turbulence of their time.

In the mid-to-late 1980s, Xiao Zhan, Cong Xiao Qing, and other domestic college elites from different backgrounds and personalities embarked on a journey of pursuing the American dream. They were the pride of the sky in China, but they turned into phoenixes when they arrived in the United States. Obstructed academic studies, emotional frustration, financial crisis, interpersonal crisis, they face difficulties and ups and downs and finally succeed in their careers. Later, he resolutely chose to return to the homeland of the motherland, work together to start a business, and move forward. From China to the United States, and from the United States to China, for more than 30 years of hardening, the group finally presented a magnificent hymn from the "sea side" to the world in various fields such as scientific research and finance.

After priceless artifacts are stolen from a museum, an undercover police officer infiltrates a legendary thief's organization as his disciple while Chinese authorities and Interpol prepare to dismantle the criminal network.