I’ve seen some recommendations on Hexbear before. If you’re looking for new movies then I heard 1921, The Battle at Lake Changjin or The Eight Hundred are good. There are also some series like Three Body (which I’ve been seeing, IMO kind of a letdown) or Wandering Earth. Those are the super popular ones

Not a movie, but a series about the early history of the CPC

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMc1KlemyBkwA6Pg8Pdfj9EL-FMJXcFNX&si=MSdl3mkIpzNwxq8m

Also recommend In the Name of the People, a show based on the anti-vorruption crackdown in the 2010s

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJpCdaWK6PVpeWbeUSjw4dBWt5IKK5Buj&si=oFoMyUaqagAQAxjH

It depends, what’s your favorite genre? What do you define as “good movies”?

If you like historical movies, watch “The 800”.

If you like spy movies, check out “Cliff Walkers”.

If you want the equivalent of Murican patriotic action war movies, watch “Wolf Warrior”.

If you want something more serious, you might like “The Best Is Yet to Come” and “One Second”.

If you like comedies, I don’t usually watch it too much but I recently enjoyed “Full River Red”.

If you like SciFi, check out “The Wandering Earth” (and the prequel), I would also suggest watching CDrama “Three-Body” (which is also being adapted by Netflix now) although it’s kind of bloated.

If you like Fantasy, check out “Creation of the Gods”

There are so many more, I definitely have a recency bias and I have no doubt there’s some better movies out there for every taste. These are mostly not “peak cinema”, most are just commercial movies like we’ve in the West. You can find most Chinese movies with subs pretty much in any piracy site, dubs are unlikely or non-existent.

Edit: If you’re interested in learning more about Chinese cinema, I would suggest Accented Cinema.

So many, I’ll lump in HK and Taiwanese films as well but note they are a bit distinct.

Yi Yi (masterpiece) In the Mood for Love (masterpiece) Infernal Affairs 1 & 2 (inspiration for Departed by Scorsese) Youth (2016, nostalgic, mainlander friend thought it was ok however I found the arc of the protagonist to be splendid) Chungking Express (really hits on vibes of solitude, connection, and moving on)

Those are the first that come to mind, there are many many more.

EDIT: Red Cliff is an epic, think historical Lord of The Rings set during a significant battle in the Three Kingdoms Period.

There is an old black and white Hong Kong romantic drama movie that I really liked. Unfortunately cannot recall the name. Would appreciate if someone could remind me. Would love to watch it again.

Edit: It’s called In the Mood for Love.

Aside from the listed movies, I have a TV show to recommend called “In the Name of the People,” which I’m literally HOOKED to. Here is a playlist with English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A74YChOkSpY&list=PLJpCdaWK6PVpeWbeUSjw4dBWt5IKK5Buj. The show is about an anti-corruption taskforce dealing with high profile cases, cadres involved in various schemes, etc. Show really caused a whirlwind of confusion in the west because it broke through the notion that the CPC “censors” anything that portrays it in a potentially negative light. I really like the message the show brings across, and the need to reinforce the notion of serving the people wholeheartedly, while smashing opportunists and those who try to bring down the cause of socialism.

I remember old style drama about Three Kingdoms made in 90’s, it has absolute astounding amount of details taken straight from the book and as consequence ended up with long winded scenes, pretty low budget and tons of episodes. I loved it.