Mandarin's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of Mandarin? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Mandarin titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

  1. #1 2025 25 great titles Best: Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
  2. #2 2019 25 great titles Best: The Legend of Hei
  3. #3 2023 25 great titles Best: The Long Season
  4. #4 2021 25 great titles Best: New Gods: Nezha Reborn
  5. #5 2020 25 great titles Best: The Daily Life of the Immortal King
  6. #6 2018 25 great titles Best: Scissor Seven
  7. #7 2024 25 great titles Best: Big World
  8. #8 2017 25 great titles Best: Ayla: The Daughter of War
  9. #9 2022 25 great titles Best: Love Between Fairy and Devil
  10. #10 2016 25 great titles Best: Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth
  11. #11 2015 25 great titles Best: Human
  12. #12 2011 25 great titles Best: My Way
  13. #13 2010 25 great titles Best: Let the Bullets Fly
  14. #14 2014 25 great titles Best: Ping Pong the Animation
  15. #15 2008 25 great titles Best: The Dark Knight
  16. #16 2012 25 great titles Best: The Moon Embracing the Sun
  17. #17 2009 25 great titles Best: Mulan: Rise of a Warrior
  18. #18 2005 22 great titles Best: Batman Begins
  19. #19 2007 22 great titles Best: Ming Dynasty in 1566
  20. #20 2004 20 great titles Best: Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  21. #21 2013 21 great titles Best: The Great Beauty
  22. #22 2001 19 great titles Best: Devils on the Doorstep
  23. #23 2006 17 great titles Best: My Own Swordsman
  24. #24 2026 16 great titles Best: Project Hail Mary
  25. #25 1994 16 great titles Best: Chungking Express
  26. #26 2002 16 great titles Best: The Wire
  27. #27 1998 13 great titles Best: Mulan
  28. #28 1996 13 great titles Best: Beast Wars: Transformers
  29. #29 1997 13 great titles Best: Seven Years in Tibet
  30. #30 1993 12 great titles Best: Farewell My Concubine
  31. #31 2003 12 great titles Best: Infernal Affairs II
  32. #32 1991 11 great titles Best: A Brighter Summer Day
  33. #33 1999 10 great titles Best: Not One Less
  34. #34 2000 10 great titles Best: Yi Yi
  35. #35 1975 9 great titles Best: All Men Are Brothers
  36. #36 1992 8 great titles Best: Hard Boiled
  37. #37 1986 8 great titles Best: Journey to the West
  38. #38 1984 8 great titles Best: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  39. #39 1995 8 great titles Best: Fallen Angels
  40. #40 1990 8 great titles Best: Days of Being Wild