Six Must Watch Movies Perfect for Chinese Learning

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Movies mentioned in this video:
《别告诉她》"The farewell" www.iole.tv/voddetail/22928/
《你好李焕英》"Hi Mom" • 【电影】你好，李焕英 | HI,MOM （2...
《小妖怪的夏天》"Nobody" • Video
《我的少女时代》"Our Times" • 我的少女时代 1080p高清 国语中字
《少年的你》“Better Days” *can be found on Netflix of some countries
《我不是药神》"Dying to Survive" • Video
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[@dollydollah]

I cant believe i can understand her when she speaks chinese , im just a beginner tho, but understanding her talk makes me feel happy

[@booom1846]

but how? ive passed hsk1 and still could understand her... plz share your tactics please

[@daniellawang8202]

@@booom1846watching movies/shows in Chinese regularly will help or just listening to Chinese music in the background

[@nandika5147]

don't know who will even see this, but there's a movie Dear Ex (2018) that I absolutely loved because of how nuanced and realistic the characters and the dialogues are. the story shows the imperfect yet tender nature of human beings so well and the characters' actions incite a lot of contradictory feelings, since you can empathize with all of them to a certain extent and can't say who's right/wrong or if anyone deserved what happened to them. it's on Netflix and I can't say I've ever seen people talking much about it at all, which is why I find myself ranting and talking about it whenever I get the chance. I really hope the movie gains more recognition soon, it's a lovely and very human piece of art

[@ConspiracyPundit]

What is its name in Mandarin, that would be a massive help.

[@nandika5147]

@@ConspiracyPundit wikipedia says "誰先愛上他的"

[@mcprevec]

Thank you for this! Will watch them for sure. Your classes really seem amazing!

[@TheOldPM]

I watched The Farewell and Hi Mom and Our Times and loved them. Thanks.

[@vii9420]

Thanks SO much for these recommendations!

[@Techastrophy_Streamer]

I purchased Better Days the second it was available in the US. Amazing movie. Excellent recommendation. I look forward to checking out some of the other movies on your list. Thanks.

[@Tech_Publica]

Very useful suggestions.. thanks!

[@rkclinite]

Thanks for putting this together!

[@sammumoo8186]

I recently watched "To Live". It was great, I highly recommend it 😎👍

[@adibaahmadpranjal2001]

Me too

[@user-nr3zo7up7o]

Could you tell me what is it about?

[@lucapointcom]

​@@user-nr3zo7up7oit's about a tornado that collects sharks and ravages the southwestern region of Japan. It's like "Toy Story" but with sharks and tornadoes

[@Ron260461]

I have found watching Chinese movies a very good way to improve on my listening skills and reading ( the Chinese subtitles). Thank you & hope you will continue to recommend interesting movies for us to watch. I have watched Dying to Survive previously and it was a really good movie. I will watch it again. I have downloaded Hi Mom and Our Times and will watch this later. Another very good movie which I recommend is " The Last Letter"..a very good story

[@andymorales5718]

Thank you so much! These type of movies are exactly what I am always looking for, since most Chinese movies and series are so romance-centered lol. 谢谢老师！😸💖

[@CarolineC.-bo6xo]

just finished watching the farwell, it was really great, i can really recommend it!!

[@teflerchina.2987]

I have a Singaporean TV show Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost. 20 episodes of Comedy. The episodes can also be watched on KZbin Xiao Fang's inexplicable death leaves her confined to a complex and her futile pleas for help create chaos. After a year, three people bump into her in the haunted unit! Seizing the chance to look into her death, she forces them to sign a Ghost Contract and the entwinement of their lives begins This has helped me learn a lot of Chinese words and sentences.

[@waltking1442]

We watched number six. I thought the Chinese a bit difficult to follow but what a superb film, thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@derby8460]

谢谢老师

[@cmaven4762]

Really good explanation of gouxie ... there are many such microdramas posted on KZbin, usually with very bad Eng subs ... lol ... but you are also more likely to hear colloquial expressions and current slang, as well as "swearing", on them.

[@meruyertkalimzhanova2249]

谢谢，姐姐

[@515gnodgnart]

This list is awesome… I will start watching them. I wondering if you or your class has a list for tv series or gameshows. I learned some of my English watching Friends and 24 hours and gameshows like Price was right… I wonder if there is anything similar in Chinese. Movies tend to take too much time and you really need to watch a few times to learn much from them.. but by the 3rd or 4th time the movie becomes a bit boring

[@ireneciu6419]

我最喜欢一边看中文电影一边学习中文，谢谢说老师推荐的中文电影❤❤

[@irishadriano554]

Great

[@LARKXHIN]

I have heard so much about Hi, Mom, I should really check it out.

[@heikachan8052]

If that would not be a problem, can you also add Chinese subtitles to your videos? This will allow using "Language Reactor", a browser extension that creates subtitles that help learn. Thank you very much for your videos.

[@PiaoZheng]

I am so glad to see this comment! Exactly what I am doing for my videos. Language Reactor is so helpful for my students.

[@AlessandraLopes1]

我要看都电影！ 谢谢说说老师！

[@johnmofula]

How nice the world would be if Chinese people could talk like this when they meet foreigners in China especially for the first time😂. Anyway, I've only watched The Farewell, totally enjoyed it❤. Thanks for other recommendations

[@sommou]

Thank you for this video ! « Lost on journey » is very very funny !

[@francisbarrois8956]

We have very little knowledge of chinese movies but you are going to help. Francis

[@g.v.6450]

I watched a 2017 movie with the English title”Sky Hunter” (advertised as a Chinese’Top Gun’, but not really…) I cooked up a big bowl of popcorn and had a good movie night with it. There’s another from 2022 (“Born to Fly” I think…) It’s not supposed to be very good, but I’ll give it a try. I’m glad to have you helping us learn Chinese. Hsieh(4) hsieh(4). (That’s how we did it in the old days!) 😊

[@lesilepadorr8290]

I really enjoyed the TV show 一家人之名 (Go Ahead). The ending was a little strange but I loved the characters and felt I learned a lot about life in China in addition to learning a lot of Chinese.

[@jomelbermas459]

I also recommend Sweet Dreams starring Dilraba and Deng Lun albeit the ending is really weird.

[@julienvincenot7974]

我不是药神 is really excellent - my wife showed me other movies with the leading actor 徐峥 I really like him. I recommend 人在囧途 (Lost on Journey) which is a very goofy 春运-time roadtrip, and 爱情神话 (B for Busy) which is a more intimate story around a group of people in Shanghai. Bit harder to follow because of dialects, but I really enjoyed them. 少年的你 we started to watch couple weeks ago but indeed it's quite heavy especially on the bullying department, we need to find a better moment for it.

[@montybeton]

You need to watch "Lost in Thailand" too.

[@AlessandroSchindlerdosSantos]

I already watched almost all of then, except the first and last ones. I'd like to see more movies like "Better Days" it was awesome. And I love Hi Mom and Our Times, but my favorite all time it's "Those bigone years". I really recommend "Firewell my concubine", "Raise the Red Lantern" and "The Eight Hundred"

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

谢谢推荐☺️

[@frechjo]

But did you watch them 50 times, like that youtuber who was learning Spanish with Spiderman? Bet you didn't, haha :P

[@GrantTimmerman]

谢谢你分享，有趣，我的中文水平提高了一点

[@mountaintag]

我也这么认为。虽然我个人对电影不太感兴趣，但是非常欣赏老师的评价。

[@Bastet12]

I saw a movie called 妈妈！(Song of Spring) so emotive and with a beautiful message and powerful scenes, I recommend anyone that like beautiful stories and interesting characters to watch it.

[@TheElectrikCypher]

我一看完了这个视频就去在看了一次「我的少女时代」，特别喜欢哪部电影！

[@chaunguyen2239]

我推荐 青蛇2， 超好看的， 也很感动

[@futureader]

Recently - on my fly back from Taiwan - I watched "Moon Man". Funny, crazy, sad at the ending. But I enjoy the movie. My 2nd idea: "Us and Them" ... watched it 4 times meanwhile ... Director is René Liu

[@stevegatsbyy7842]

Do you do tutoring or have a class ?

[@joyg2526]

I like Eat Drink Man Woman ( 飲食男女) and Secrets in the Hot Springs (切小金家的旅館). I can watch these movies over and over again for different reasons heh

[@mannaporanna2678]

I also really liked the first one 😊

[@johangerle6876]

The first is beautiful! Also found free on KZbin

[@1Spirit1Life]

Hello laoshi, wanted to find out if you offer HSK lessons

[@SuperOpensource]

剛剛看完“小妖怪的夏天“。 我非常喜歡。很有趣味。：）接下來我想要看“我的少女时代”因為我想多學一些髒話。：）

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

哈哈哈哈

[@pjcappaert]

Has anyone found Chinese subtitles for The Farewell 别告诉她？I keep missing a lot of what they're saying.

[@superfluous5162]

Cute .

[@jbar1]

Yi yi by Edward Yang may be the best movie in Chinese.

[@TheBaronMaestro]

Other movie recommendations please😭😭🙏🙏

[@pleiadesneptunes]

I have started watching TV drama, a fantasy story. The great advantage for learners is that the dire-logue is very repetitive, you catch standard phrases and understand them after a bit; I watch with Mandarin subtitles, and there, too, the repeat factor helps a lot! A problem is that they seem to mostly use the dialogue the actors said while filming, which drowns them out when dramatic music is added. Btw, what the h.. is a Metallica guitar solo doing in a drama from ancient China??

[@adisakapichai5512]

你好 我爱你❤❤❤

[@gibbsphenomenon]

Mr. Donkey《驴得水》is one of my all time favorite movies

[@jomelbermas459]

接下来的视频主意，怎么用百度（baidu)学习中文

[@technicalmode9117]

已经看过电影《更好的日子》

[@zweiwing4435]

Where is the PinYing subtitles?

[@jspihlman]

I cannot recommend "Our Times" enough. It's a really great movie and the theme song by Hebe Tien is also great. Definitely a cute "coming of age" story.

[@franciscusmagister]

where do we get it?

[@Little_Miss_Dollys_Creations]

Even though I can’t understand chinese... I refuse to turn on captions- 😳

[@isabo3556]

I haven't seen any of these movies but I loved the series 我叫刘金凤 The Legendary Life of Queen Lau. It's very funny.

[@k.c1126]

Great stuff 👍🏼

[@johangerle6876]

I cant find "Nobody". Anyone? Where to look?

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

It’s linked in the description

[@tedcrowley6080]

I watch Chinese TV drama series with both Chinese and English subtitles. That way I can stop and look up any words. Some favorites: Be Yourself, Sword Snow Stride, Detective L, Ancient Detective, Falling Into Your Smile, Maiden Holmes, GO Into Your Heart, Encaustic Tile. I avoid too much romance or bloodshed, or gods and demons.

[@samusaran6562]

can you please tell me where you watch the series with both english and chinese subtitles?

[@loudintrovert]

Hey Could u share what are u using to get dual subtitles?

[@k.c1126]

This is a great list... I support your recommendations! I also prefer using both subs and stop to look up words. Recently I have been listening without reading the subtitles first, then watching with them.

[@RaidersDnB]

老师好！你能给我们建议一下中国历史电影吗？我对历史感兴趣啦🥹

[@otherworlder]

我最爱的中国电影是战狼。

[@AS-wi6hr]

please add Chinese subtitles in KZbin subtitles as well, they can be copied, looked up in a dictionary etc.

[@RyGuy36]

4:00 - 那個[3]的符號假裝[ε]一樣。有點sus

[@seksityathakarn9721]

I want to watch Dying to Survive 😏

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

很好看！

[@mhadnanali]

i agree with 狗血 thing. Really hard to focus and finish a movie.

[@waltking1442]

To summarise: 1 and 6 brilliant films, 1 more comprehensible speech, and subtitles clear on both, great experience. Numbers 2 and 4, subtitles largely illegible, small white print on white and light backgrounds and cleared too quickly, couldn't really follow. Number 3, subtitles good but speech unintelligible. Thanks for that selection, do suggest more.

[@jspihlman]

为什么说中文电影的中文名字和英文名字通常不一样？

[@shuvonengminja48]

我想向你学习中文

[@timturner7609]

Not a movie, but the show "my sexy gaurd" or something was top tier entertainment. Its the one where the special forces dude is forced to fall in love with an army doctor he rightfully despises. I think my favorite part of the whole thing is when the "white" characters speak English. I must have laughed for hours rewinding the scene before I finally figured out that the reason the "whites" only spoke unintelligible gibberish is because they were pronouncing the English words like they were written in Russian. Eg "C" makes the 's' sound, P is R, and R is y... 😆

[@timturner7609]

爱上特种兵 Is the name

[@glaucofavot9904]

When I was in China, I and my wife enjoyed 三十而已。 Strongly recommended.

[@cinajawa]

I enjoyed this series as well. Nothing but Thirty is the English title

[@Zapatero078]

Yeah I hate love

[@TulekBehar]

老师说大部分的中国电影都有一些狗血。

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

What movie has characters with deep, commanding chinese accents for me to copy? I hate aquafina, she's always the worst part of any movie. (reinfeld, rapping in The mermaid, "comedic" sidekick in chang chi).There are SO many charismatic Chinese actresses, but SHE keeps getting roles?!

[@pjcappaert]

你在讨论 “我不是药神” 的时候， 你真是说 “底层人们的痛苦” 吗？听起来你是说 “底层人民的痛苦”。