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Return to Dust 隐入尘烟 (2022): The Movie Where a Blood-Donating Farmer Built a House with His Bare Hands and Broke Every Middle-Class Heart in China — While the Oscars Looked Away

Comrades: Almost a Love Story 甜蜜蜜 (1996): The Movie Where Two Migrants Loved Each Other for Nine Years, Lost Each Other Twice, and Found Each Other Again — Just in Time to Watch Teresa Teng Die

Happy Together 春光乍洩 (1997): The Movie Where Two Men Went to Argentina, Danced in a Kitchen, and Found the World's End — While Hong Kong Found Its Own

Better Days 少年的你 (2019): The $230 Million Box Office Hit That Exposed China's Hidden Bullying Crisis — and Changed Everything

All's Well, End's Well '97 97家有囍事 (1997): The Movie Where Stephen Chow Faked Insanity, Won the Lottery (Sort Of), and Sent Off Hong Kong Cinema's Golden Era with a $5 Million Salary

The New King of Comedy 新喜劇之王 (2019): The $8 Million Remake That Cost Stephen Chow His Crown, Killed His Box Office Mojo, and Made Everyone Ask 'Why?'

Love on Delivery 破壞之王 (1994): The Movie Where a Delivery Boy Used a "Flying Guillotine" to Win a Girl's Heart — And Proved That Even a Coward Can Be a Hero

A Chinese Odyssey Part Three 大話西遊 3 (2016): The Sequel Nobody Asked For, With Han Geng as the New Monkey King — and a Twist That Will Piss You Off

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella 西遊記大結局之仙履奇緣 (1995): The Time-Traveling Romance That Made a Generation Believe in Love — and a Monkey King Believe in Himself

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box 西遊記第壹佰零壹回之月光寶盒 (1995): The Time-Traveling Comedy That Broke Stephen Chow's Box Office — and Made Him a Cult Legend

The God of Cookery 食神 (1996): The Movie Where Stephen Chow Got Blown Up, Cooked a Bowl of Rice, and Proved That the Only Thing That Matters Is the "Heart"

Sixty Million Dollar Man 百變星君 (1995): The Movie Where Stephen Chow Got Blown Up, Rebuilt as a Microwave, and Proved That Even a Toaster Can Find Love

King of Beggars 武狀元蘇乞兒 (1992): The Movie Where Stephen Chow Went from Rich Kid to Street Rat, Learned to Fight in His Sleep, and Proved That Even a Beggar Can Be a Hero

Look Out, Officer! 師兄撞鬼 (1990): The Movie Where a Dead Cop Became a Wingman, a Rookie Got a Ghostly Makeover, and Stephen Chow Survived 95 Minutes of Chaotic Possession