Great Film: Zhang Yimou's Hero

Hero (2002) is a Chinese epic from director Zhang Yimou. Actor Jet Li said the screenplay (by Li Feng, Zhang Yimou, and Wang Bin) was the best he had ever read and left him in tears. They often call this Jet Li's Hero to distinguish it from an earlier U.S. film (also worth watching but nothing great) starring Andy Garcia and Dustin Hoffman. Along with Li, the film also stars the most popular

World's Best Action and Adventure

Action and / or adventure films
Films in gold won Best Picture Oscars®


The Adventures of Robin Hood
Around the World in 80 Days (original)
Batman
Ben-Hur (10 Oscars)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)
El Mariachi (Mexico)
The French Connection
The Game
Gladiator
Hero (Jet Li's, China)
La Femme Nikita (France)
The Man Who Would Be King
Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy
The Raiders of the Lost