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Movies banned in China

The People's Republic of China (PRC) bans a lot of movies for many reasons. The National Film Administration (国家电影局) decides for mainland China.[1] Hong Kong and Macau have different political systems so the bans below do not apply. Taiwan, which is known as the Republic of China by those countries that recognize her, is not under the control and jurisdiction of the PRC.

List of banned movies by subject (partial selection)

Regional

Tibet

 

Japan

  • Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)[7][8]
  • Monster Hunter (movie) was released and then banned. "The specific date of re-release is yet to be determined (具体重新上映时间另行通知)" , though.[9]

1989 Tiananmen Square protests

Gay

Human rights

 
Allowed for years, but banned since 2019
 
China has banned three movies under the Marvel Cinematic Universe

General political

Pollution

Not to be confused with Under the Dome (TV series).

Company does not even try to sell the film in China

 

A Hong Kong outdoor cinema planned to play The Dark Knight in October 2022. However, the Government told the cinema to not play the movie.[43] It is because the movie, which is violent, is under "category IIB".[44] "Category II" is further subdivided to two more categories, i.e. "A" and "B".

Unknown reason

Punishment

  • The director of To Live (1994 film) 活着 was banned from filmmaking for 2 years.[46][47]
  • Summer Palace (2006 film) 颐和园 was submitted for competition overseas without being submitted to censorship first, in other words, without China´s authorization. The punishment included a movie production 5-year-ban on the maker of the movie.[48][49]
  • For making the Lost in Beijing movie, Fang Li and the production company Beijing Laurel Films were banned from filmmaking for 2 years.[50]

The 3-tier system

Tong Ying Kit was punished in July 2021 for using a controversial slogan, may or may not be relevant.

Inside the Red Brick Wall (理大圍城) was approved by Hong Kong censor - Derek Lee in 2021. Up to April 2022, he is still in office. [51][52] Inside the Red Brick Wall is under "category III". In November 2021, the Hong Kong law on censorship was changed.[53] It is not clear whether Revolution of Our Times (時代革命) (by Kiwi Chow) is allowed or banned.[54] Chow's movie's name is the later half of the Tong's slogan (liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times) without former half, without the words of "liberate Hong Kong".[55]

The rules say that Hong Kong "category III" movies cannot be shown to people under 18 years old.[56]

Related pages

References

  1. ↑ "国家新闻出版署（国家版权局）、国家电影局揭牌". people.cn. April 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ Weinraub, Bernard (November 27, 1996). "Disney Will Defy China on Its Dalai Lama Film". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/27/movies/disney-will-defy-china-on-its-dalai-lama-film.html. Retrieved June 15, 2017. 
  3. ↑ Wendy, Su (2016). China's encounter with global Hollywood : cultural policy and the film industry, 1994–2013. University Press of Kentucky. p. 112. ISBN 9780813167060. OCLC 958392172.
  4. ↑ Farley, Maggie (November 4, 1007). "Hong Kong Bows to Beijing in Turning Away 3 U.S. Films". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035 . http://articles.latimes.com/1997/nov/04/business/fi-50007. Retrieved June 15, 2017. 
  5. ↑ "评电影《在西藏七年》_第二期". 中国西藏网. Archived from the original on 2021-08-29. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  6. ↑ Callum Crumlish. Keanu Reeves films 'banned in China'. March 26, 2022
  7. ↑ "Chinese censors 'ban' Brokeback". BBC. January 28, 2006. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  8. ↑ "China bans Memoirs of a Geisha". Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
  9. ↑ 王峰. 电影《怪物猎人》遭停映 涉嫌种族歧视?制片方道歉了. Dahe.cn December 7, 2020
  10. ↑ Hong Kong Censors Issue Warning Over Tiananmen Film Screenings
  11. ↑ Rooney, David (1995). "Review: 'The Square'". Variety. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  12. ↑ Iseli, Christian (September 1997). "Technical Problems… à la Chinoise". DOX. Documentary Film Magazine (12). http://www.chius.ch/default/chinoi_d.html. Retrieved 14 January 2018. 
  13. ↑ Ansen, David (July 29, 2002). "Film: From China, With Love". Newsweek. http://www.newsweek.com/film-china-love-147401. Retrieved June 15, 2017. 
  14. ↑ 《尚氣與十環幫傳奇》現「8964」網民疑內地禁映原因. November 14, 2021
  15. ↑ Eckholm, Erik (December 26, 1999). "FILM; Feted Abroad, and No Longer Banned in Beijing". The New York Times. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  16. ↑ Kristof, Nicholas D. (August 4, 1993). "China Bans One of Its Own Films; Cannes Festival Gave It Top Prize". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/04/movies/china-bans-one-of-its-own-films-cannes-festival-gave-it-top-prize.html. Retrieved June 14, 2017. 
  17. ↑ Tyler, Patrick E. (September 4, 1993). "China's Censors Issue a Warning". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/04/movies/chiasdahsdasdhtml. Retrieved June 14, 2017. 
  18. ↑ Barboza, David (March 12, 2006). "Read all about 'Brokeback,' but you won't see it in China". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/world/asia/12iht-picture.html. Retrieved June 14, 2017. 
  19. ↑ Brzeski, Patrick (2018-03-26). "Beijing Film Festival Drops 'Call Me by Your Name' As China Tightens Grip on Media". The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beijing-film-festival-drops-call-me-by-your-name-as-china-tightens-grip-media-1097204. Retrieved 2018-03-27. 
  20. ↑ Li, Pei; Jourdan, Adam (2018-03-06). Macfie, Nick. ed. Beijing festival pulls award-winning gay film amid content squeeze. Beijing, Shanghai: Reuters. https://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCAKBN1H20PK-OCAEN. Retrieved 2018-03-06. 
  21. ↑ Rosen, Stanley (June 18, 2006). "Hollywood and the great wall". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035 . https://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/18/opinion/op-rosen18. Retrieved June 15, 2017. 
  22. ↑ "內地或因封殺影片《十年》停播香港電影金像獎". Initium Media. 2016-06-22. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  23. ↑ Anastasia Lin, Miss World Canada, denied entry to China for pageant. 26 November 2015. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/anastasia-lin-miss-world-canada-china-1.3337822. Retrieved 30 November 2015. 
  24. ↑ "The Bleeding Edge (2016)". IMDb. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  25. ↑ ‘South Park’ Scrubbed From Chinese Internet After Critical Episode
  26. ↑ "Joker Unlikely to Be Released in Chinese Theaters". CBR. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  27. ↑ China Officially Bans Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
  28. ↑ Award for banned Chinese film
  29. ↑ "China bans Tomb Raider sequel". BBC. August 29, 2003. Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  30. ↑ "影片内容有损华人形象 《古墓丽影2》被"毙"了". 新浪娱乐. 2003-08-29. Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  31. ↑ Huang, Tzu-ti (August 18, 2020). "'V for Vendetta' pulled in China". Taiwan News.
  32. ↑ Lau, Joyce Hor-Chung (February 8, 2012). "Perfect Timing for 'The Lady'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  33. ↑ Frater, Patrick (2020-07-13). "'Detention' Wins Top Awards at Taipei Film Festival". Variety. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020.
  34. ↑ 【抵制京奧】傳中國明年停進口美國片　美電影《蜘蛛俠》或上映無期. Radio Free Asia
  35. ↑ Blockbuster movie Spiderman: No Way Home was BANNED in China after Sony refused government's demands to remove scenes showing the Statue of Liberty
  36. ↑ Wong, Edward (March 6, 2015). "China Blocks Web Access to 'Under the Dome' Documentary on Pollution". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 15, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  37. ↑ Qin, Amy (December 28, 2015). "As China Hungers for Coal, 'Behemoth' Studies the Ravages at the Source". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  38. ↑ Suber, Alex (March 16, 2016). "Interview: Zhao Liang Talks Behemoth and Censorship". Slant Magazine. https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/interview-zhao-liang-talks-behemoth-and-censorship. Retrieved July 6, 2017. 
  39. ↑ "紀錄片大同男主角 拆遷市長耿彥波卸職". Newtalk. Central News Agency. 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  40. ↑ McNary, Dave (December 23, 2007). "China to miss out on 'Dark Knight'". Variety. https://variety.com/2008/film/awards/china-to-miss-out-on-dark-knight-1117997740/. Retrieved Sep 9, 2021. 
  41. ↑ 3C Films. Oct 25, 2019
  42. ↑ Lubin, Gus (October 14, 2016). "18 Hollywood movies that pandered to China's giant box office". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  43. ↑ Sarah Zheng, Hong Kong Cancels Screening of Batman Film, Citing Violence
  44. ↑ HK01. 《蝙蝠俠：黑夜之神》下周放映會突被禁　局長楊潤雄︰按機制辦事
  45. ↑ British Broadcasting Corporation (August 6, 2018). 英倫熱議：維尼熊電影吃了中國閉門羹
  46. ↑ Ebert, Roger. "To Live Archived September 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine." Chicago Sun Times. December 23, 1994. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  47. ↑ Zhang Yimou. Frances K. Gateward, Yimou Zhang, University Press of Mississippi, 2001, pp. 63–4.
  48. ↑ "国家电影总局全线封杀《颐和园》_国内财经_财经纵横". 新浪网. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  49. ↑ "娄烨违规参赛戛纳电影节 五年内不准拍片(图)_影音娱乐". 新浪网. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  50. ↑ China slaps filmmaking ban on producers of Lost in Beijing. CBC News. January 4, 2008. http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/china-slaps-filmmaking-ban-on-producers-of-lost-in-beijing-1.757115. Retrieved July 6, 2017. 
  51. ↑ Ying E Chi Cinema
  52. ↑ Government Telephone Directory
  53. ↑ Film Censorship (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 and updated guidelines come into effect
  54. ↑ 《时代革命》：“禁片”年代的海外放映
  55. ↑ HK documentary takes emotional win
  56. ↑ Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration
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