| Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
|---|
| 1905 |
| Dingjun Mountain | 定軍山 | Ren Jingfeng | Tan Xinpei | Historical Drama | This recording of a Beijing opera performance constitutes the first Chinese film ever made |
| 1913 |
| The Difficult Couple | 難夫難妻 | Zhang Shichuan,
Zheng Zhengqiu | | Short | First Chinese short feature film |
| 1917 |
| Victims of Opium | 黑籍冤魂 | Zhang Shichuan,
Guan Haifeng | | Drama/Social Criticism | Based on a novel by Wu Jianren |
| 1921 |
| Yan Ruisheng | 閻瑞生 | Ren Pengnian | | Docudrama | First full-length Chinese film, a dramatized recreation of a 1920 Shanghai murder case |
| 1922 |
| Laborer's Love | 勞工之愛情 | Zhang Shichuan | | Silent | Earliest surviving complete film [1] [2] |
| An Empty Dream [3] | ? | Ren Pengnian | ? | Wuxia | |
| The Sea Oath | 海誓 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu | Drama | |
| Women Skeletons | 紅粉骷髏 | Guan Haifeng | | Action/Crime | One of the earliest Chinese films with extensive martial arts scenes. |
| Zhang Xinsheng | 張欣生 | Zhang Shichuan | | Crime | Early Mingxing Film Company production based on a real-life patricidal case. [4] |
| 1923 |
| Dreams of a Taoist Priest | 清虛夢 | Ren Pengnian | | Short | Adapted from a short story in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio |
| The Filial Wife's Soup | 孝婦羹 | Ren Pengnian | Wang Fuqing | Drama | Adapted from a short story in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio |
| The Lotus Falls | 蓮花落 | Ren Pengnian | Zhang Huichong | Drama | Adapted from a classic Chinese opera |
| Orphan Rescues Grandfather | 孤兒救祖記 | Zhang Shichuan | Wang Hanlun,
Zheng Xiaoqiu,
Wang Xianzhai
| Drama | First major success by Mingxing [4] |
| The Predestined | 鬆柏緣 | Ren Pengnian | Xu Suzhen,
Wang Fuqing
| Drama | |
| The Widow Wants to Remarry | 古井重波記 | Dan Duyu | | Drama | |
| 1924 |
| The Abandoned Child | 棄兒 | Dan Duyu | Dan Erchun | Drama | Adaptation of Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist" |
| A Couple Through Water and Fire | 水火鴛鴦 | Cheng Bugao | | Romance | Cast consisted of child actors, averaging about 10 years of age |
| A Gallant Young Man | 俠義少年 | | | Crime | Alternate title: A Chivalrous Youth |
| Dear Brother | 好兄弟 | Ren Pengnian | Zhang Huichong | Drama | |
| The Divorcee | 棄婦 | Li Zeyuan
Hou Yao
| Wang Hanlun | Drama | Tragedy advocating greater rights for women |
| Lured Into Marriage | 誘婚 | Zhang Shichuan | Zheng Zhengqiu,
Maxu Weibang,
Yang Naimei
| Drama | Alternate title: Love and Vanity |
| Patriotic Umbrella | 愛國傘 | Ren Pengnian | Zhang Huichong | Action/Crime | |
| The Poor Children | 苦儿弱女 | Zhang Shichuan | Wang Hanlun
Yang Naimei
Wang Xianzhai | Drama | |
| Public Opinion | 人心 | Gu Kenfu,
Chen Shouyin
| Wang Yuanlong,
Zhang Zhiyun,
Xu Su'e
| Romance | Alternate title: Human Feelings |
| Righteousness Above Family | 大義滅親 | Ren Pengnian | | Drama | Alternate title: The Edge of Chivalry |
| The Soul of Yuli | 玉梨魂 | Zhang Shichuan | Wang Hanlun
Yang Naimei
Wang Xianzhai | Drama/Social Criticism | Adapted from a novel by Xu Zhenya, an early plea for increased rights for women. |
| Tea-Picking Girl | 采茶女 | Xu Hu | Yang Naimei | Romance | |
| Tide of Evil | 孽海潮 | Chen Shouyin | | Crime | | |
| Younger Brother | 弟弟 | Dan Duyu | He Rongzhu | Drama | |
| 1925 |
| A Blind Orphan Girl | 盲孤女 | Zhang Shichuan | Xuan Jinglin
Zheng Xiaoqiu
| Drama | |
| A Fatal Love | 情天劫 | Ren Pengnian | Wang Fuqing
Ren Aizhu
| Drama | |
| A Home Truth | 情海風波 | Zhang Huichong | Zhang Huichong
Xu Su'e | Crime/Action | |
| A Peach Blossom in Human Form | 人面桃花 | Chen Shouyin | Huang Yulin
Mao Jianpei
| Romance | |
| A Pitiful Girl | 可憐的閨女 | Zhang Shichuan | Zhang Zhiyun | Drama | |
| A Shanghai Woman | 上海一婦人 | Zhang Shichuan | Xuan Jinglin
Maxu Weibang
| Drama | |
| A String of Pearls | 一串珍珠 | Li Zeyuan | | Drama | Adaptation of Maupassant's "The Necklace" |
| A Student's Suffering | 苦學生 | Guan Haifeng | | Drama | |
| Awakening | 覺悟 | Ling Lianying | | Drama | |
| Battle Exploits | 戰功 | Xu Xinfu | Wang Yuanlong
Zhang Zhiyun
| War/Romance | |
| Between Love and Filial Duty | 摘星之女 | Li Zeyuan
Mei Xuechou
| Wang Hanlun
Lei Xiadan
| Romance | |
| Cupid's Puppets | 愛伸的玩偶 | Mei Xuechou
Hou Yao
| | Drama | |
| The Dream of Women 1 | 南华梦 | Zhang Puyi | Zhang Wuzhi
Jiang Naifang
Yao Juezhen
Zhong Fudong | Drama | Alternate title: South China Dream |
| The Dream of Women 2 | 南华梦 | Zhang Puyi | Zhang Wuzhi
Jiang Naifang
Yao Juezhen
Zhong Fudong | Drama | Alternate title: South China Dream |
| Eternal Regret for Drunkenness | 醉鄉遺恨 | Yang Xiaozhong | | Drama | |
| The Good Brothers | 好哥哥 | Zhang Shichuan | Zheng Zhegu
Yang Naimei
| Drama | |
| Heroine Li Feifei | 女俠李飛飛 | Shao Zuiweng | Fen Juhua
Wu Suxin
| Action/Romance | |
| The Last Conscience | 最后之良心 | Zhang Shichuan | Wang Xianzhai
Xuan Jinglin
| Drama | |
| Little Friend | 小朋友 | Zhang Shichuan | Zheng Xiaoqiu
Xuan Jinglin
| Drama | Based on the novel Sans Famille by Hector Malot |
| Out of Hell | 劫后緣 | Zhang Huichong | Zhang Huichong
Xu Su'e
| Action | Alternate title: Lovers From a Den of Thieves |
| Past Loves | 前情 | Zhu Shouju | Wang Yingzhi | Drama | |
| The Person in the Boudoir Dream | 春閨夢裡人 | Li Zeyuan
Mei Xuechou
| Wang Hanlun | War | |
| Repentance | 立地成佛 | Shao Zuiweng | | Drama | |
| Some Girl | 重返故鄉 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu | Morality Play | Alternate title: Returning Home |
| The Stormy Night | 風雨之夜 | Zhu Shouju | Wang Yingzhi
Han Yunzhen
| Comedy | |
| Tears on the Battlefield | 沙場淚 | Cheng Bugao | Zhou Wenzhu | War/Romance | |
| There's a Full Moon Tonight | 花好月圓 | Qiu Qixiang | Ding Ziming
Li Pingqian
| Romance | Alternate title: Conjugal Bliss |
| True Love | 真愛 | Chen Tian | | Tragedy | |
| Unbearable Memories | 不堪回首 | Qiu Qixiang | Ding Ziming
Li Pingqian
| Drama | |
| Variations | 情弦變音記 | Chen Zhizhen | Wang Huixian
Wang Hanhui
| Drama | |
| Who is the Mother | 誰是母親 | Gu Wuwei | Gu Wuwei
Gu Baolian
| Drama | Based on Le Fils Naturel by Alexandre Dumas, fils |
| Yanghua's Hate | 楊花恨 | Shi Dongshan | Han Yunzhen
Wang Naidong
| | Alternate title: Catkins |
| The Young Factory Owner | 小廠主 | Lu Jie | Li Minghui
Wang Yuanlong
| Drama | |
| The Young Gentleman | | Dan Duyu | Dan Erchun
He Rongzhu
| Drama | Adapted from Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| Young Master Feng | 馮大少爺 | Hong Shen | | | Alternate title: The Playboy |
| 1926 |
| A Couple's Secret | 夫妻之秘密 | Shao Zuiweng | Hu Die | | |
| A Lovelorn Actress | 多情的女伶 | Zhang Shichuan | Xuan Jinglin
Zhu Fei
| Drama | |
| Better Go Home | 不如歸 | Yang Xiaozhong | Wang Fuqing | War | Adapted from a novel by Tokutomi Roka |
| Family Heirloom | 傳家寶 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu
He Rongzhu
| Mystery | |
| Hell and Heaven | 地獄天堂 | Gu Wuwei | Gu Wuwei | | |
| Lady Meng Jiang | 孟姜女 | Shao Zuiweng | Hu Die | | Dramatization of a famous folk tale |
| Live on Love | 同居之愛 | Shi Dongshan | | | |
| Love and Gold | 愛情與黃金 | Zhang Shichuan
Hong Shen
| Ding Ziming
Hong Shen
| Drama | |
| The Love Freak | 情場怪人 | Ma-Xu Weibang | | | Alternate title: Monster in Love. |
| The Lucky Dolt | 呆中福 | Zhu Shouju | Xing Haha | Comedy | One of Chinese cinema's first full-length comedies, adapted from a Kunqu opera |
| Midnight Lovers | 半夜情人 | Xia Chifeng | Chen Qiufeng | Drama | |
| Moral Principles | 道義之交 | Liu Shen | Ding Ziming | Drama | |
| Mother's Happiness | 兒孫福 | Shi Dongshan | Zhou Wenzhu | Drama | |
| Movie Actresses | 電影女明星 | Shao Zuiweng | Hu Die
Wang Hanlun
Wu Suxin
| Drama | |
| Orchid in an Empty Valley | 空谷蘭 | Zhang Shichuan | Zhang Zhiyun,
Yang Naimei,
Zhu Fei
| Drama | Released in two parts. Based on the 1900 Japanese novel "No no Hana" (Wildflower) by Kuroiwa Ruikō. |
| The Pearl Pagoda | 珍珠塔 | Shao Zuiweng | Hu Die | Romance | Adapted from a classic Qing dynasty novel |
| The Prostitute's Son | 倡門之子 | Chen Kengran | Zheng Yisheng
Xu Qinfang
| Drama | |
| The Rich Man's Daughter | 富人之女 | Zhang Shichuan | Xuan Jinglin | Drama | |
| Seizing a National Treasure | 奪國寶 | Zhang Huichong | Zhang Huichong
Xu Su'e
| Action | |
| The Shadow on the Window | 窗前足影 | Fu Zhuoqun | Lu Jianfen | | |
| Three Girls in Shanghai | 上海三女子 | Ren Yiping | Yang Naimei
Han Yunzhen
Jiang Naifang | | Alternate title: Shanghai Three Women |
| Uproar in the Studio | 大鬧畫室 | Wan brothers | | Animation | First Chinese animated short |
| White Snake | 白蛇傳 | Shao Zuiweng | Hu Die
Wu Suxin
| Action/Fantasy | Tianyi Film Company production and a significant overseas success in Southeast Asia [4] |
| Why Not Her? | 玉潔冰清 | Bu Wancang | Zhang Zhiyun | Drama | |
| The Worker's Wife | 工人之妻 | Ren Pengnian | Ren Aizhu | Romance | |
| 1927 |
| A Beauty of 16 | 二八佳人 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Ding Ziming | Drama | |
| Country of Women | 女兒國 | Qiu Qixiang
Li Pingqian
| Hu Die | | Based on a section of Journey to the West |
| A Couple in Name | 挂名的夫妻 | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu | | Mingxing Film Company production. Ruan Lingyu's movie debut. |
| Arrow of Hatred | 一仇箭 | Yang Xiaozhong | Yang Aili | Action | Based on a story in Water Margin |
| At the End of Her Rope | 浪女窮途 | Mei Xueshou | Yang Aili | Drama | |
| White Hibiscus | 白芙蓉 | Chen Tian | Zhang Huimin
Wu Suxin
| Action/Romance | |
| The Beauty Trap | 美人計 | Zhu Shouju, et al. | Zhang Zhiyun | | Based on two chapters in Romance of the Three Kingdoms |
| The Cape Poet | 海角詩人 | Hou Yao | Li Dandan
Hou Yao
Lim Cho Cho
| Drama | |
| The Cave of the Silken Web | 盤絲洞 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu | Silent. Shenmo | Thought to be lost. Rediscovered in 2013. |
| Dream of the Red Chamber | 紅樓夢 | Ren Pengnian | Lu Jianfen
Wen Yimin
| Drama | |
| Fallen Plum Blossoms | 梅花落 | Zhang Shichuan
Zheng Zhengqiu
| Zhang Zhiyun
Xuan Jinglin
| Drama | Released in three parts |
| The Flirting Scholar | 唐伯虎點秋香 | Shao Zuiweng
Qiu Qixiang
| Chen Yumei
Lin Yongrong
| Comedy | |
| For Her Father's Sake | 為親犧牲 | Zhang Shichuan | Zhang Zhiyuan | Drama | |
| General Xue Conquers the West | 薛仁貴征西 | Gu Wuwei | Lu Cuilan
Li Guifang
| Action | Released in two parts |
| The Hero with White-Haired Legs | 大俠白毛腿 | Qiu Qixiang | Hu Die | | |
| Heroic Son and Daughter | 兒女英雄 | Wen Yimin | Wen Yimin
Fan Xuepeng
| Action | First of a five-part series |
| The Industrial Magnate | 實業大王 | Hong Ji
Zhou Kongkong
| Tang Mali | Drama | Adapted from Les Misérables |
| Legendary Luminous Pearl | 夜明珠 | Chen Tian | Zhang Huimin
Wu Suxin
| Action/Crime | |
| Ma Yongzhen of Shandong | 山東馬永貞 | Zhang Shichuan | Zhang Huichong
Gong Jianong
| Action | Remade in 1972 as Boxer from Shantung |
| Magnificent Destiny | 華麗緣 | Chen Tian | Lu Jianfen
Fan Xuepeng
| Action | Alternate title: Reunited |
| The Monkey King's Struggles in the Kingdom of Chechi | 車遲國唐僧斗法 | Zhang Shichuan | Zheng Xiaoqiu | | Adapted from Journey to the West |
| Mutual Competition | 桃李爭春 | Wang Yuanlong | Zhou Wenzhu | Romantic Comedy | |
| The Old Man in the Moon Divorces | 月老離婚 | Hou Yao | Zhou Kongkong | Romantic Comedy | |
| Pitiful Qiuxiang | 可憐的秋香 | Wang Yuanlong | Li Minghui | Romance | |
| Princess Iron Fan | 鐵扇公主 | Li Pingqian | Hu Die
Chen Yumei
| | Based on the novel Journey to the West |
| Real and False Daughters | 真假千金 | Zhang Shichuan | Xuan Jinglin
Zheng Xiaoqiu
| | |
| Rebuild the Republic | 再造共和 | Xia Chifeng | Chen Qiufeng | War | |
| Reciprocity | 俠鳳奇緣 | Zhang Shichuan | Yang Naimei | | |
| Redressing a Grievance | 烏盆記 | Zhu Shouju | | Crime | First film made about real-life Chinese magistrate Judge Bao |
| Resurrected Rose | 復活的玫瑰 | Li Minwei | Lim Cho Cho
Li Minwei
| Drama | |
| Romance of the Western Chamber | 西廂記 | Hou Yao | | | Adaption of the classic Chinese dramatic work by Wang Shifu |
| Seeking Love on the Field of Romance | | Cheng Bugao | Han Yunzhen | Drama | |
| Shandong Bandits | 山東響馬 | Qian Xuefan | Zheng Chaofan
Xu Qinfang
| Action | |
| Spring Dream by the Lake | 湖邊春夢 | Bu Wancang | Gong Jianong
Yang Naimei | Drama | |
| Tablet of Blood and Tears | 血淚碑 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Ding Ziming
Ruan Lingyu
| Tragedy | |
| Tian Qilang | 田七郎 | Zhang Shichuan | Zhang Huichong | | |
| The Wandering Songstress | 天涯歌女 | Ouyang Yuqian | Li Dandan | Tragedy | |
| The Woman Lawyer | 女律師 | Qiu Qixiang | Hu Die | Drama | Adapted from The Merchant of Venice |
| Yang Guifei | 楊貴妃 | Dan Duyu | He Rongzhu | Drama | Story of legendary imperial concubine Yang Guifei |
| 1928 |
| A Complicated Plot | 柳暗花明 | Lu Jie | Li Minghui
Zhou Wenzhu
Chen Yishang
| Drama | Released in two parts |
| A Luminous Pearl | 夜光珠 | Shao Zuiweng | Chen Yumei | Crime | |
| A Shanghai Dance Hostess | 上海一舞女 | Wang Cilong | Zhou Wenzhu
Wang Naidong
| Drama | |
| A Stressful Wedding | 奮斗的婚姻 | Cheng Bugao | Hu Die
Zheng Xiaoqiu
| | |
| A Traveler's Strange Tale | 海外奇緣 | Chen Tian | Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin | Action/Adventure | |
| A Young Detective | 小偵探 | Bu Wancang | Gao Zhanfei | Crime | |
| An Ardent Couple | 熱血鴛鴦 | Jiang Qifeng | Tang Tianxiu | Romance | |
| Ashes of the Lotus | 美人關 | Bu Wancang | Xiao Ying
Yang Naimei
| War | |
| The Beloved | 意中人 | Wan Laitian | Li Minghui
Wan Laitian
Sun Min
| Romance | |
| Burning of the Red Lotus Temple | 火燒紅蓮寺 | Zheng Zhengqiu (pt.1)
Zhang Shichuan (pts.2-19)
| Zheng Xiaoqiu
Xia Peizhen
Hu Die | Action | 19 parts, adapted from a martial arts novel by Pingjiang Buxiaosheng |
| Dream of the Red Chamber | 紅樓夢 | Cheng Shuren | Xia Peizhen
Yin Mingzhu
| Drama | |
| Evil's Shadow | 妖光俠影 | Yang Xiaozhong | Yang Aili | Action | Adapted from a section of Journey to the West |
| Fabulous Swordsman | 荒唐劍客 | Wang Yuanlong | Wang Yuanlong
Tang Tianxiu
| Action | |
| Five Avenging Women | 五女復仇 | Gao Xiping | Lim Cho Cho
Li Dandan
Yan Shanshan
| Crime | |
| The Flying Hero | 航空大俠 | Chen Tian | Zhang Huimin
Wu Suxin
| Action/Adventure | |
| The Flying Shoes | 飛行鞋 | Pan Chuitong | | | Adapted from a German children's story |
| Four Heroes of the Wang Family | 王氏四俠 | Shi Dongshan | Wang Yuanlong | Action | |
| The Girl Detective | 女偵探 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die | Crime | |
| The Great Swordsman's Revenge | 大俠復仇記 | Zhang Shichuan | Xiao Ying
Hu Die
| Action | Remade in Hong Kong in 1949 |
| Guanyin Receives the Way | 觀音得道 | | Lim Cho Cho
Li Dandan
| | The Miao Shan legend version of Guanyin |
| He and She | 江湖情俠 | Wen Yimin | Fan Xuepeng
Wen Yimin
| Action | Alternate title: "Jianghu Lovers" |
| Heritage of Trouble | 泣荊花 | Zhu Shaoquan | Fan Xuepeng
Wen Yimin
| | |
| Hero Gan Fengchi | 大俠甘風池 | Yang Xiaozhong | Wang Guiling
Yang Aili
| Action | |
| The Heroine in Black | 黑衣女俠 | Zheng Zhengqiu
Cheng Bugao
| Ding Ziming
Zheng Xiaoqiu
| Action | |
| The Heroine Saves a Lady | 侠女救夫人 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die | Action | |
| Imperial Concubine Yang of Beijing | 北京楊貴妃 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Yang Naimei
Ruan Lingyu
| Drama | The Yang Guifei story, retold in a modern setting |
| It's Me | 就是我 | Zhu Shouju | Wang Naidong
Tang Tianxiu
| Crime | |
| Kick | 一腳踢出去 | Zhang Shichuan
Hong Shen
| Ding Ziming
Gong Jianong
| Romance | First Chinese film having sports as a background. Alternate title: "Classmates' Romance" |
| The King of Money | 金錢之王 | Jiang Qifeng | Zhou Wenzhu | Crime | |
| Luoyang Bridge | 蔡狀元建造洛陽橋 | Zhang Shichuan | Zhu Fei
Ruan Lingyu
| | Adapted from the classical opera "Number One Scholar Cai Builds the Luoyang Bridge", the story of early structural engineer Cai Xiang |
| Ma Zhenhua | 馬振華 | Zhu Shouju
Wang Cilong
| Zhou Wenzhu
Wang Cilong
| Drama | |
| Marriage for Peace | 二度梅 | Zhu Shouju | | Historical Drama | |
| The Mountain of Fire | | Yang Xiaozhong | Yang Aili
Wang Guilin
| | |
| Mulan Joins the Army | 木蘭從軍 | Hou Yao | Li Dandan | War | |
| My Love Became My Stepmother | | Wang Yuanlong | Tan Xuerong
Wang Yuanlong | | |
| Northeast China Hero | | Ren Pengnian | | Action | |
| Patriotic Souls | 愛國魂 | Zheng Jiduo | Zheng Jiduo
Tang Tianxiu
| Drama | One of China's first "Resistance films", urging opposition to Japanese encroachment on Chinese territory. |
| Reviving Romance | 在世姻緣 | Gao Xiping | Lim Cho Cho
Li Dandan
Yan Shanshan
| Drama | |
| Robin Hood | 盧鬢花 | Dan Duyu | Dan Erchun
He Rongzhu
| Action | Story of the legendary folk hero, transplanted to China. Alternate title: "The Small Swordsman" (小劍客) |
| Robin Hood Wipes Out the Monster | 盧鬢花 (續集) | Dan Duyu | Dan Erchun
He Rongzhu
| Action | Sequel. Alternate title: "The Towering Demon" (萬丈魔) |
| Romance on the Battlefield | 戰地情天 | Li Minwei
Pan Chuitong
| | War/Romance | |
| Secret History of the Qing Court | 清宮秘史 | Wang Cilong | Zhou Wenzhu
Wang Cilong
| Historical Drama | |
| Shadows in the Imperial Palace | 古宮魔影 | Jiang Qifeng | Zhou Wenzhu
Chen Yitang
| | Adapted from an episode in Journey to the West |
| She Wants to be Free | 花國大總統 | Zhang Weishou | Yang Naimei | | |
| Silver Gun Bandit | 銀槍盜 | Wang Yuanlong | Wang Yuanlong
Zhou Wenzhu
| Crime | Alternate title: "Who But Myself Can Do It?" |
| The Spider Gang | 蜘蛛黨 | Mei Xuechou | Sun Min | Crime | |
| Strange Knight | 漁叉怪俠 | Sun Yu | Sun Min
Yan Yuexian
| Action | |
| Strange Lady | 奇女子 | Shi Dongshan | Yang Naimei
Zhu Fei
Gao Zhanfei
| | |
| The True and False Monkey King | 真假孫行者 | Li Zeyuan | | | Adapted from a section of Journey to the West |
| Two Swords | 雙劍俠 | Chen Kengran | Xu Qinfang | Action | |
| The Tyrant Huang Tian Takes a Wife | 黃天霸招親 | Lei Yutian | Han Yuqing
Wang Guiling
| Drama | |
| White Cloud Pagoda | 白雲塔 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Zheng Xiaoqiu
Hu Die
Ruan Lingyu
| Drama | Released in two parts |
| Wu Song Sheds Blood in Mandarin Duck Tower | 武鬆血濺鴛鴦樓 | Yang Xiaozhong | Wang Zhengqing | Action | Based on a story in Water Margin |
| The Young Mistress's Fan | 少奶奶的扇子 | Hong Shen,
Zhang Shichuan
| Xuan Jinglin | | Adapted from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde |
| 1929 |
| A Clever Fool | 聰明笨伯 | Mei Xuechou | Xu Xizhen | Comedy | |
| A Duel of Swordsmen | 雙雄斗劍 | Shi Dongshan | Gao Zhanfei
Ma-Xu Weibang
Hu Shan | Action | |
| A Girl Bandit | 女盜蘭姑娘 | Zhang Huimin | Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
| Crime/Action | |
| A Roving Hero | 理想中的英雄 | Hu Zongli | Hu Zongli | Action/Adventure | |
| A Strange Hero Saves the Nation | 奇俠救國記 | Wang Cilong | Wang Yuanlong
Tang Tianxiu
| Action/Romance | |
| A Woman's Heart | 情欲寶鑑 | Li Pingqian | Ruan Lingyu | Drama | |
| After the Robbery | 劫后孤鴻 | Li Pingqian | Ruan Lingyu
Li Pingqian
| Tragedy | |
| An Actress's Revenge | 女伶復仇記 | Bu Wancang | Wang Hanlun
Gao Zhanfei
| Drama | Alternate title: Blind Love |
| An Adopted Daughter | 塵海奇俠 | Zhang Huimin | Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
| Action/Romance | |
| An Orphan | 雪中孤雛 | Zhang Huimin | Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
| Drama/Action | |
| Beauty Under the Blade | 刀下美人 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Han Yunzhen
Zhu Fei
| Drama | |
| Blood of the Lovers | 愛人的血 | Cheng Bugao | Hu Die
Zheng Xiaoqiu
| Drama | |
| Black Cat | 黑貓 | Wang Yuanlong | Wang Yuanlong
Zhang Meiyu
| Action | |
| Burning of Seven Star Mansion | 火燒七星樓 | Yu Boan | Qian Siying | Action | First of a five-part series, released 1929-30. |
| The Candy Beauty | 糖美人 | Chen Baoqi | Yuan Congmei | Drama | |
| The Camel King | 駱駝王 | Wang Yuanlong | Tang Tianxiu
Wang Yuanlong
| | |
| Detective No.55 | 五十五號偵探 | Wang Yuanlong | Wang Yuanlong
Tang Tianxiu
| Crime | |
| The Detective's Wife | 偵探之妻 | Zhang Huimin | Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
| Crime | |
| The Devil Incarnate | 混世魔王 | Ma-Xu Weibang | Ma-Xu Weibang | Horror | |
| The Diamond Case | 金剛鑽 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu
Dan Erchun
| Adventure | |
| Divorce | 離婚 | Cheng Bugao | Gong Jianong
Hu Die
Zheng Xiaoqiu
| Drama | Adapted from the novel of the same name by Lao She. Remade in 1992. |
| Done With One Heart | 同心劫 | Bu Wancang | Ding Ziming | | |
| Encounter in a Poor Village | | Zhang Feifan | Yan Yuexian
Yang Aili | Action/Romance | |
| Escape From the Tiger's Mouth | 虎口余生 | Zhu Shaochuan | Fan Xuepeng
Shang Guanwu
| Action | |
| Fabulous General | 荒唐將軍 | Shi Dongshan | Chen Yumei
Gao Zhanfei
| Action | Alternate title: The River Hero Stabs the Tiger |
| Flower of the Silver Screen | 銀幕之花 | Zheng Jiduo | Ruan Lingyu
Zheng Jiduo
| Tragedy | |
| Flying Heroine Lü Sanniang | 飛俠呂三娘 | Yang Xiaozhong | Tang Tianxiu | Action | |
| Four Heroes of the Wang Family, II | 王氏四俠 (續集) | Wang Yuanlong | Wang Yuanlong
Jin Yan
| Action | Sequel to the 1928 film of the same title |
| The Greatest Hero | 無敵英雄 | Shao Zuiweng | Zhang Huichong
Xu Sue
Gao Zhanfei | Action | |
| The Head Lost at Midnight | 半夜飛頭記 | Jiang Qifeng | Tang Tianxiu | Action | |
| Hero in the Flames | 火裡英雄 | Zhang Huimin | Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
| Action | Alternate title: Fireman |
| Heroine in Red | 紅俠 | Wen Yimin | Fan Xuepeng
Wen Yimin
| Action | |
| Hot-Blooded Man | 熱血男兒 | Wan Laitian | Wan Laitian
Yang Aili
Gao Zhanfei | Romance | Alternate title: Her Love |
| Don't Change Your Husband | 情海重吻 | Xie Yunqing | Tang Tianxiu
Chen Yitang
| | |
| The Life of the Rich | 富人的生活 | Cheng Bugao | Hu Die
Zhu Fei
| Drama | |
| Miscarriage of Justice | | Wang Yuanlong | Wang Yuanlong
Tang Tianxiu
| | Alternate title: The Frame-Up |
| My Son Was a Hero | 兒子英雄 | Yang Xiaozhong | Liu Jiqun | Action/Adventure | Alternate title: Poor Daddy. Oldest surviving full-length Chinese film. |
| Nights of Terror | 恐怖之夜 | Zhang Huimin | Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
| Suspense | |
| Papa Loves Mama | 爸爸愛媽媽 | Cheng Bugao | Hu Die
Xia Peizhen
Gong Jianong
| Drama | |
| Passion's Precious Mirror | | Li Pingqian | Ruan Lingyu
Zheng Jiduo
| Drama | |
| Petty Tyrant Zhang Chong | 小霸王張沖 | Zhang Huichong | Xu Sue
Zhang Huichong
| | Released in two parts |
| Pirates | 海上霸王 | Li Shaohua | Xu Xuzhen | Action | |
| Repentance | 懺悔 | Zhang Shichuan | Gong Jianong
Han Yunzhen
Zhu Fei
| Drama | |
| Romantic Swordsman | 風流劍客 | Sun Yu | Gao Qianping
Jin Yan
| Action/Romance | Alternate title: The Rose and the Lady. (薔薇與美人) First lead role for Jin Yan, 1930s matinee idol. |
| Secret Anguish | 隱痛 | Chen Kengran | | | |
| Sister I Love You | 妹妹我愛你 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu
Dan Erchun
| Comedy | |
| Strange Hero in a Desolate Village | 荒村怪俠 | Zhang Huimin | Wu Suxin
Zhang Huimin
| Action | |
| Tears and Flowers | 血淚黃花 | Zheng Zhengqiu
Cheng Bugao
| Hu Die
Gong Jianong
Xia Peizhen
| | Released in two parts. Alternate title: Huang Lu's Romance |
| Under the Iron Heel | 鐵蹄下 | Wang Yuanlong | Wang Yuanlong | | Alternate title: In Hell |
| White Mouse | | Wang Yuanlong | Wang Yuanlong
Tang Tianxiu
| | |
| Who Is the Thief? | | Wang Cilong | Tang Tianxiu
Wang Zhengxin
| | |
| Women Pirates | 女海盜 | Zheng Jiduo | Lin Meiru
Zheng Jiduo
| | |
| Young Compatriots on the Battlefield | 戰地小同胞 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Zheng Xiaoqiu
Gao Qianping
| | |
| Young Hero Liu Jin | 小英雄劉進 | Cheng Bugao | Zheng Xiaoqiu | Action | |
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