7 Chinese New Year Movies That'll Help You Ring in the Year of the Rabbit

7 Chinese New Year Movies That'll Help You Ring in the Year of the Rabbit



In 2023, January 22 isn't just another lazy Sunday—it's also the beginning of the Chinese New Year. In case ya didn't know, the Lunar New Year—also commonly called Spring Festival—is a 15-day extravaganza filled with traditions ranging from lucky dumplings and lil red envelopes to celebratory parades and Chinese New Year movies. And though Americans typically refer to the holiday as Chinese New Year, the festival is actually celebrated by several Asian countries that traditionally use the lunisolar calendar, including South Korea, Vietnam, and Singapore.To get more news about new chinese movies, you can visit shine news official website.

Like all new years, the lunar calendar is meant to sweep out the past and invite prosperity and luck for the next 365 days...though Chinese New Year celebrations tend to look v different than what you'd find at your typical New Year's Eve party (or in your typical New Year's movies). In addition to lasting 15 days rather than one booze-fueled night, Lunar New Year is typically spent surrounded by family, but one thing remains true no matter where in the world you are: Nothing beats a New Year's movie marathon.

Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
Yep, one of 2022's biggest films involves a Lunar New Year celebration. In this fun flick, a hardworking Chinese immigrant struggling to balance her laundromat business, an IRS audit, and her upcoming Chinese New Year party discovers a newfound power: She can control the fate of the multiverse. Casual!

Us and Them (2018)
In this gorgeous romance, two ex lovers from the same rural hometown reunite by chance while traveling to Beijing over New Year's, and when they get stranded together for the night, they decide to give their romance a second chance. FYI, things get hot, so maybe don't watch this one with your parents.

Tigertail (2020)
Set in New York, this bittersweet drama revolves around immigrant Pin-Jui as he recounts the life he left behind in Taiwan through stories told to his estranged daughter, Angela. Expect a Chinese New Year's celebration, plenty of flashbacks, and a whole lot of tears.

Mountains May Depart (2016)
Opening with a Chinese New Year's celebration in 1999, Mountains May Depart follows a woman named Tao over a quarter of a decade as she finds herself torn between two different men in the midst of China's economic boom.

A Simple Life (2012)
This tearjerker tells the story of longtime maid Ah Tao who—after suffering a stroke—decides to move into a retirement community rather than accept the care of the man she helped raise. Spoiler alert: Lunar New Year doesn't seem terribly exciting when celebrated from a nursing home.

Last Train Home (2009)
A very different sort of Chinese New Year film, Last Train Home follows a migrant couple as they travel back from Guangzhou to their home village for the New Year's holiday to see their teen daughter, who they only ever see during the Spring Festival. Keep your tissues handy for this one—you'll need 'em.

Reunion Dinner (2022)
In this rom-com, two advertising execs on the cusp of marriage receive a request from a client to livestream their joint reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve. The problem: Their families have never met before...and because he's estranged from his mother, Chaoyang decides to rent a fake family instead.