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Jia Zhangke

Chinese film director and screenwriter (born 1970)

8.30body-of-work score · ranked #115 of 2631 directors · 9 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
May 24, 1970 · Fenyang
Nationality
People's Republic of China
Work
film director, film actor, screenwriter, actor
Movement
sixth generation Chinese cinema
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Jia Zhangke
Christopher Adams · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Still Life三峡好人Must-See #238

    2006 · China / Hong Kong, China · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2007 #1 · Venice Golden Lion winner 2006 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2007 #2

    2.503 citations
  2. 2
    A Touch of Sin天注定

    2013 · China / Japan / Hong Kong, China · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2014 #3 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2013 #5 · Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #5

    1.273 citations
  3. 3
    The World世界

    2004 · China / France · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2005 #4 · Kehr's annual top 10 2005 #2 · Film Comment year-end poll 2005 #9

    1.234 citations
  4. 4
    Platform站台

    2000 · China / France / Japan · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2001 #6 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2001 #7 · Film Comment year-end poll 2003 #20

    1.195 citations
  5. 5
    Unknown Pleasures任逍遥

    2002 · China · drama

    Hoberman's annual top 10 2003 #2 · Film Comment year-end poll 2003 #12 · Kehr's annual top 10 2003 #8

    0.743 citations
  6. 6
    Mountains May Depart山河故人

    2015 · China / France / Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2016 #5

    0.391 citation
  7. 7
    Caught by the Tides风流一代

    2024 · China · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2025 #5

    0.391 citation
  8. 8
    Ash Is Purest White江湖儿女

    2018 · China / France · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2019 #8

    0.321 citation
  9. 9
    24 City二十四城记

    2008 · China · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #11

    0.281 citation

Complete filmography

All 19 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.