A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

2022 film directed by Scott Mann

2023 film by Frant Gwo

1983 film by Chen Kunhou

Since the establishment of the bamboo weaving cooperative, the appearance of Zhulin Village has changed significantly. Visitors seeking to learn, inspectors, interviewers, and tourists placing orders have been coming in an endless stream. They eat all day and all month long, leading to frequent quarrels, fights, and cases of alcohol poisoning, causing the smart and capable cafeteria manager, Xiao Wangfa, to be driven to tears and indescribable suffering. Once, when Vice Secretary Guo of the Provincial Committee came to the village for an inspection, the lunch prepared for him was eaten by the leaders from the county. Xiao Wangfa had no choice but to serve simple home-cooked meals like mung bean porridge, steamed buns, and peanuts, anxiously preparing for punishment. Unexpectedly, Vice Secretary Guo was very pleased with the meal, and the villagers of Zhulin saw hope from this incident.

2021 film directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

《陆犯焉识》内容简介：陆焉识本是上海大户人家才子+公子型的少爷，聪慧而倜傥，会多国语言，也会讨女人喜欢。父亲去世后，年轻无嗣的继母冯仪芳为了巩固其在家族中的地位，软硬兼施地使他娶了自己的娘家侄女冯婉喻。没有爱情的陆焉识很快出国留学，在美国华盛顿毫无愧意地过了几年花花公子的自由生活。毕业回国后的陆焉识博士开始了风流得意的大学教授生活，也开始了在风情而精明的继母和温婉而坚韧的妻子夹缝间尴尬的家庭生活。 五十年代，陆焉识因其出身、更因其不谙世事的张扬激越而成为"”反革命“”， 在历次运动中，其迂腐可笑的书生气使他的刑期一次次延长，直至被判为无期。这位智商超群的留美博士由此揣着极高的学识在西北大荒草漠上改造了二十年。精神的匮乏、政治的严苛、犯人间的相互围猎与倾轧，终使他身上满布的旧时代文人华贵的自尊凋谢成一地碎片。枯寂中对繁华半生的反刍，使他确认了内心对婉喻的深爱。婉喻曾是他寡味的开端，却在回忆里成为他完美的归宿。 “文革”“结束后，饱经思念的陆焉识和冯婉喻终于可以团聚，然而回到上海家中的陆焉识却发现岁月和政治彻底改变了他的生活，他再也找不到自己存在的位置：一生沉沦、终成俗庸小市民的儿子一直排斥和利用他，才貌俱佳、终成大龄剩女的小女儿对他爱怨纠结，态度几经转变，唯一苦苦等待他归来的婉喻却在他到家前突然失忆。 《陆犯焉识》编辑推荐：被中西方文坛誉为；“华文世界最值得期待的作家”；严歌苓颠覆性转型之作；当政治与人生相撞，孰是孰非……最大胆的笔触，直逼人类精神的灰色地带；最温情的回眸，抚摸岁月带给爱情的伤痕。 严歌苓近年来一直萦怀于对自身家族史特别是对其祖父人生遭际和精神世界的探寻。依此多年的功课，《陆犯焉识》以深远的济世情怀，将知识分子陆焉识的命运铺展在中国近当代政治这块庞大而坚硬的底布上，检视了残酷岁月里生命可能达到的高度。她的笔触往返于主人公盛年时流连的浮华地美国、上海和其后半生被禁锢的流放地西北大荒漠，世态的炎凉和命运的多诡尽收眼底。她的讲述，冷静与幽默同行，温情与练达并重，大有“翻手为苍凉，覆手为繁华”之概。

12岁的阿富汗富家少爷阿米尔与仆人哈桑情同手足。然而，在一场风筝比赛后，发生了一件悲惨不堪的事，阿米尔为自己的懦弱感到自责和痛苦，逼走了哈桑，不久，自己也跟随父亲逃往美国。 成年后的阿米尔始终无法原谅自己当年对哈桑的背叛。为了赎罪，阿米尔再度踏上暌违二十多年的故乡，希望能为不幸的好友尽最后一点心力，却发现一个惊天谎言，儿时的噩梦再度重演，阿米尔该如何抉择？ 故事如此残忍而又美丽，作者以温暖细腻的笔法勾勒人性的本质与救赎，读来令人荡气回肠。

《活着(新版)》讲述了农村人福贵悲惨的人生遭遇。福贵本是个阔少爷，可他嗜赌如命，终于赌光了家业，一贫如洗。他的父亲被他活活气死，母亲则在穷困中患了重病，福贵前去求药，却在途中被国民党抓去当壮丁。经过几番波折回到家里，才知道母亲早已去世，妻子家珍含辛茹苦地养大两个儿女。此后更加悲惨的命运一次又一次降临到福贵身上，他的妻子、儿女和孙子相继死去，最后只剩福贵和一头老牛相依为命，但老人依旧活着，仿佛比往日更加洒脱与坚强。 《活着(新版)》荣获意大利格林扎纳•卡佛文学奖最高奖项（1998年）、台湾《中国时报》10本好书奖（1994年）、香港“博益”15本好书奖（1994年）、第三届世界华文“冰心文学奖”（2002年），入选香港《亚洲周刊》评选的“20世纪中文小说百年百强”、中国百位批评家和文学编辑评选的“20世纪90年代最有影响的10部作品”。

Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.

Wang Bianlian is an aging street performer known as the King of Mask for his mastery of Sichuan Change Art in a true story. His wife left him with and infant son over 30 years ago. The son died from illness at age 10. This left Wang a melancholy loner aching for a male descendent to learn his rare and dying art.

A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.

2015 film by Guan Hu

2017 film by Herman Yau

1984 film by Xie Jin

A small, lone Kappa miraculously survives over 200 years into modern day Japan, when he is found by young Koichi. Coo, who is secretly adopted by Koichi's family, searches with his new human friend for unpopulated places in hopes of finding any remaining of his kind.

2019 film directed by Guan Hu

2014 film by Jan Komasa