Best Chinese family movies

A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.

A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.

Two professors team up to locate a lost treasure and embark on an adventure that takes them from a Tibetan ice cave to Dubai, and to a mountain temple in India.

A stick-wielding monkey teams with a young girl on an epic quest for immortality, battling demons, dragons, gods — and his own ego — along the way.

A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.

Sun Wukong is a monkey born from a heavenly stone who acquires supernatural powers. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to India. Thus, according to legend, Buddhism is brought to ancient China.

A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.

Pu Songling, a legendary demon hunter, is asked to investigate the mysterious disappearances of young girls from a small village. When he discovers evil forces are kidnapping the girls to feast on their souls, he sets out to save humanity from the inhuman invasion journeying through hidden worlds and colorful dimensions.

There's a crisis in the Chinese Spirit World -- humans don't believe in gods anymore! A Door God, facing unemployment, ventures into the human world to prove his worth, leading to unexpected encounters and transformations for humans and spirits alike.

During the Late Tang Dynasty, a manor is invaded by a demon cat and a sense of unrest befalls the capital of Changan. A poet is charged with investigating the case and meets up with a monk. The two work together and pull apart the thread of clues to reveal a history of truths leading to the events.

The Monkey King and his friends try to break free from a ruler that takes them hostage. However, their exploits provoke the anger of a deity that decides to punish them for their actions.

In the mythical Elven world of Altera, an epic battle unfolds between the beautiful Princess Liya and the Dark Elf Elena, who has gained possession of a jewel so powerful it allows its holder complete authority over all Alterans.

Zhang Ziyi plays the youngest of three generations of women who leads lives in Shanghai. Joan Chen plays the great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother. The film recounts this family, the mistakes they make, and a cycle that the granddaughter breaks out of.

A giant rebelled against the heavens. It was declared a devil and defeated. The immortal heart evolved into Sun Wukong. The heavens found him, and ravaged his home. He enters the heavenly kingdom, disguised as a human, seeking retribution.

A cat named Blanket lives in the city with his son, Cape. One day, Cape decides to leave home and embarks on an adventure to find the legendary cat's paradise. To find his son, Blanket must overcome his fear and reconcile with his past.

In order to keep his promise to an aging kung fu master, Fu the Rabbit must venture out of the comfort of his kitchen and team up with Penny, a kung fu prodigy, on a heroic quest to save their kung fu academy.

This is the story of a puppy that touched hundreds of millions of people around the world. Hachiko is a cute Chinese pastoral dog. He met his destined owner Chen Jingxiu in the vast crowd and became a member of the Chen family. With the passage of time, the once beautiful home is no longer there, but Batong is still waiting where it is, and its fate is closely tied to its family.

20-year-old Jing Hao came to Shenzhen to live with his young sister alone. The siblings live a warm yet straitened life. In an effort to pay for his sister's expensive surgery, Jing Hao gets an opportunity by chance, thinking that a better life is coming, but unexpectedly encounters a serious setback. Under the pressure of both time and money, Jing Hao, who has no way out, decides to take a desperate gamble. Can this ignite the spark of hope for his troubled ordinary life?

Woody, a man disheartened by setbacks in both his career and love life, chooses to return to his hometown in a bout of depression. This "sudden" return disrupts the tranquil life of his family, as he not only has to navigate close quarters with relatives but also seek out new possibilities for his future. After numerous rejections in reality, a chance encounter with his high school classmate, Feng Liuliu, leads to unexpected changes in his life.

Tells the fable from Chinese mythology about the young warrior Nezha who takes on a group of evil dragons.

When the irritable monkey king visits a temple together with his master Tang Monk, he feels offended because of a trifle and thereupon accidentally destroys a magic tree growing on the sacred ground. This brings an ancient demon king back to life, who promptly kidnaps Tang Monk to take revenge for his long imprisonment. The monkey king and his followers have only three days to not only save their master but also to prevent the demon king from regaining his full powers and destroying the world…

The film tells a warm and realistic story, thinking and facing the ultimate problem that every ordinary person will face-imagining that death may come at any time, the only thing we have to do is love and cherish.

A 13-year-old girl deals with the issues brought about by her family's high-priced son.

Jackie Chan is the undefeated Kung Fu Master who dishes out the action in traditional Jackie Chan style. When a young boy sets out to learn how to fight from the Master himself, he not only witnesses some spectacular fights, but learns some important life lessons along the way.

Based on the story of a 50-year-old aunt who took a driving trip. The naive and romantic Li Hong has had many dreams in her life, longing for college at 18, love at 25, and travel at 45. ...... But for those things that are "more important to others", she can only wait and wait again and again and again. At 50, she is determined not to wait any longer and to live a different life!

Liu Chunhe, suffering from cerebral palsy, bravely breaks through the shackles of body and mind to realize the dream stage for his grandmother, while trying to find the coordinates of his own life. After experiencing a summer transformation, he finally embarked on a new journey.

One of the most acclaimed movies to come out of China last year, Feng Shui harnesses the talents of underrated actress Yan Bingyan to deliver this family drama about a woman desperate to ascend to the middle class and willing to pay any price. Powerful and emotionally tense, this is a portrait of the hidden side of the great Chinese success story.

In this film's adventure, a volcano erupts suddenly, suddenly awakening the Pacific Ocean floor of hundreds of volcanoes composed of the "ring of fire", this sudden event quickly turned into a global catastrophe. The volcanic clusters that are about to erupt en masse threaten the horned whales washed ashore by the tsunami, the cap penguins living in the volcanic islands, the equipment of the small column maintenance station, the food planted by plant fish in the marine farms... Not to mention the plants and animals that live in the crater all year after year!

Have you ever wondered how you will age? Four 60-year-olds, two twilight loves, their love is kind and pure, romantic and intense. In this limited journey of life, before it is too late, one wants to say "I love you!

When schoolboy Wang Bao discovers a magical gourd that can instantly grant his every wish, the awkward child suddenly becomes a hero amongst his curious classmates. When the gourd proves more of a burden than a blessing and the boy decides to get rid of it, he quickly discovers that's easier said than done.

A young boy named Chen Xiang uses a magical lotus lantern to search for and rescue his mother, a goddess, from the cruel punishment she received from her brother, the king of the gods, for falling in love with a mortal man.

In the vast space, the astronauts lost connection with the ground. He recalled his greatest father in the most desperate situation. Father and son run across time, guarding love and family. The story is full of joy, warmth, tears and wonders.

How does a “mental patient” live in a normal world? Wang Zhantuan (Ge You) is a strange man in the world, occasionally crazy and eccentric, but uniquely sane. Zhou Zheng (Wang Junkai), a sensitive and silent teenager who is self-absorbed due to his stutter, but has a silent backbone. The two misfits make a big family headache and farce ...... This movie is adapted from the short story “Immortal Disease” written by Zheng Zhi.

The narrated film describes the adventures and misadventures of a group of tadpoles in search of their mother.

When an unknown object from space lands on Earth, Bramble gains new abilities and an extraterrestrial sidekick.

The third chapter of the cult-classic fantasy saga: A Chinese Odyssey. At the end of 'A Chinese Odyssey 2', Zixia managed to see in advance the outcome of the battle. Now, in order to prevent the unfortunate tragedy, she travels back to the past and make sure that Monkey does not fall in love with her. Monkey is then reincarnated and continues to wait for Bak Jing-jing.

Boonie bears and bareheaded Qiang blast into primitive times and experience a period of exciting and breathtaking time in a primitive tribe.

Xiao Bo, is one of three orphans on the run who take refuge in a derelict corner store. Once there, they find a mysterious letter seeking advice, ending up in adventure in time and finding unexpected connections with their own past.

A group of tea pets—cute clay figurines that are good-luck charms for tea drinkers—embark on a magical animated adventure to find a fabled mystic.

This movie tells 6 stories of how people interact with their pets to find love.

Li Jie, a lawyer, is taking divorce proceedings to try to get custody of her daughter. As she is working hard to earn a better life for her daughter, she hires a baby sitter, Sun Fang, to watch her child. One day, Li comes home only to find her child and Sun have disappeared. Unfortunately, Li is suspected by both her family and the police, and must lean on herself to trace Sun alone.

The former "street gangster" Li Qingrang (Huang Xuan) is released from prison and re-employed in a series of obstacles, and his chance encounter with an old acquaintance Wang Daji (Dong Jewel), so that he carries a conspiracy to join the "Home for the Sick", which hides what unknown transactions? And what kind of thrilling story will he collide with the hot boss of Lai Fu Hotel (Liu Yan)? As conspiracies and conflicts continue to emerge, on the one hand there are patients who are more like family than those who spend time together, and on the other hand there is an old acquaintance who throws money-making olive branches, what should he do, and whether the "Home for the Sick" Lai Fu Hotel can be saved from danger. ......

For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in custody. Her tiny apartment, he discovers, is a shrine to his favorite escape, the movies.

Zhou Xiaodi lives a happy-go-lucky life with Zhou's dad, the alien dog Seven, and the big fat dog Chocolate. One day, they meet the alien Misty Warrior 88 in an abandoned amusement park. The Misty Warrior tells Zhou Xiaodi that the intergalactic evil king, Jinbao, is now on the move, and it has planned a plot called "Dark Cuisine Plan" to dominate the Earth, and the responsibility of the Misty Warrior is to defeat Jinbao and protect the Earth. Zhou Xiaodi decides to help the Misty Warriors, and they learn that there is a long-lost ancient book that contains a secret weapon that can defeat the Golden Baby, so the group embarks on a journey to find the ancient book. Along the way, what kind of stories with laughter and tears are waiting for them?

A young rabbit is rescued from disaster by the snowman he makes with his mother.

Jin, a widowed mother living alone in a village, is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Her daughter fights tooth and nail to get her the best treatment while her son encourages the family to embrace the reality of death. Circumstances send the three characters on an existential journey on the rivers of the past. Chen's sensitive debut feature is a film about homecoming and farewells, and was awarded Best Screenplay at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

If exchanging lives would exchange family members, would you still be willing? After Zhong Da and Jin Hao went on a blind date, he accidentally changed bodies with Lu Xiaogu, a boy who had a crush on Jin Hao, and exchanged family members by mistake, opening a story that is hilarious and tearful.

The movie follows the characters of the cartoon Big-Headed Kid and Small-Headed Father, telling the happiness and warmth of their family.

Ordinary young man Liu Shisan, who has lost himself in the city, is brought back to his hometown, a small town by the clouds, by his grandmother. Accompanied by his childhood friend Cheng Shuang and his grandmother, Liu XIII spends a peaceful time. He follows the traces left by his ancestors, listens carefully to the breath of the town, and gradually comes out of his past confusion at the kiosk where he can reach out and touch the clouds, between the mountains and the sea, and under the osmanthus tree in the courtyard. Some people are engraved in their bones and forgotten within a few years. There are some people who will stay by your side no matter if they live or die.

A seven-year-old boy is sent to the countryside to be with his grandfather Li Fuchang. By pure chance, the old man finds out where an old friend is, whose days are numbered. He then decides to travel with his motorized tricycle to visit him, taking the child with him.

In order to claim the arrears, two laid-off workers took temporary care of Qianqian, the daughter of the debtor, but they didn't expect Qianqian to have an accident.

Super Bao, an innocent and passionate steamed stuffed bun, goes through untold hardships and finally grows into a great hero who saves the food world.

Everything changes for the Ing family when the husband and father is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The mother, who is the main supporter has become more isolated, while the son is no longer certain about his future plans although he has been accepted to study abroad. The conflicted family returns to the father’s hometown for the tomb-sweeping ritual, but his original mountain tomb has been replaced by a newly built hotel.

When Vick gets a chance to start his life again as a logger, he must save his friends by embarking on an adventure through time and space.

Not forgiven. Not forgotten. See the story of brothers torn asunder.

A multi-layered story told spontaneously in a natural and simple manner. A story between a grandpa and his granddaughter, their home will be cleared out by the government for the sake of constructing a railway route right through their village.

An old retired puppet master has his quiet life disrupted his 6-year-old American grandson, who barely speaks Chinese.

Boonie bears and Bald Qiang work together with secret primitive girl to smash a conspiracy to destroy old-growth forest.

Deaf Xiao Ma and his daughter Mumu rely on each other for companionship. The little "big sister" Mumu serves as the family's pillar—bridging communication between her father and the outside world, helping him secure work and earn a living. However, as Mumu grows older, she must integrate into the hearing world, and their inseparable life is about to be disrupted. Just then, a criminal syndicate that specifically preys on the deaf sets its sights on Xiao Ma. Desperate to protect his daughter, he is gradually lured step by step into the abyss of crime...

Briar and Bramble, who lost their mother Barbara when they were cubs, are thrown into danger when escorting a scientist, which may lead them to a family reunion.

Chang E was chosen to become the bride of a god and forced to separate with Hou Yi, the man that she loves. However, they refuse to accept their fate and put up a fight against the immortals.

The film follows a young boy who sets out on a mission to try and track down his long lost parents.

Mulan grew up in a martial arts family, has a dream to become a female warrior in the Kingdom. By forced to join the army in her father’s stead, she finds a way to express herself. However, during a mission that she was supposed to assassinate the Crown prince of a hostile kingdom, she never knows that this decision changed her life entirely. They fell in love. From then on, she has a new goal, not to fight for her achievement but to bring peace for the people of both countries. In the end, she triumphed over the villain and also understood the true meaning of being a warrior.

Raised among chicken, and sheltered by his adoptive mother and sister Ratchet, little eagle Goldbeak thinks he can’t fly, or at least has been told so. Eager to be recognised and learn how to fly, Goldbeak and his sister embark on an adventure to Bird City to solve the mystery of his birth.