The film focuses on an epic battle in the history of China's War of Resistance against Japan, which shocked the world with its overwhelming force against a small enemy. In the 1944 Hengyang defense battle, the 10th Army of the Chinese front battlefield, with a force of less than 18,000 people, defended the city alone against the Japanese army with a total strength of 110,000 people outside the city for 47 days. The Chinese army suffered more than 16,000 casualties and the Japanese army suffered more than 48,000 casualties, creating the only record of the comparison of enemy and our forces and casualties since the War of Resistance. It dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army's No. 1 operation launched by the Japanese headquarters and became a battle case comparable to any battle in World War II.

The rape and murder suspect dies in the interrogation room due to being beaten up by the crowd earlier. The three teams responsible for this case are also imprisoned together, while the other suspect is still at large. After being released from prison, the three teams, led by their captain Cheng, track down their whereabouts. They pursue the culprit for twelve years.

A report exposed that the renowned corporate giant JuLun Group in Canghai City has covered up the truth about a mining disaster that occurred years ago. Deputy Director Qu Jianghe (played by Pan Yueming) becomes the focal point of the anti-crime and anti-evil campaign. When he gets involved in the investigation, he realizes that the line between right and wrong in reality is no longer clear-cut. Due to various interests at stake, his opponents, friends, and even his superiors all demand the concealment of the truth. The newly appointed female director Yan Ge (played by Chen Shu) is also shocked by the harsh and heroic reality. Covering up is a greater evil than the crime itself.

During the difficult period from 1937 to 1945, two generations of three intellectual families in Peiping make choices and sacrifices in the face of great turmoil and changes of the times. Some people choose to protect Chinese culture and continue the cultural bloodline. There are both idealists and realistic activists. They try their best to save the nation and survive, and actively search for a way out for the country, and finally head towards the light.

Based on real people and stories during the fight against the new coronavirus epidemic in mainland China.

Freely adapted from Gabriel García Márquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the film follows the investigation of a local teacher's murder in a small and desperately poor rural village, the story of the crime gradually pieced together from the fragmented memories of witnesses forced to testify at an inquest. Sharing with her Fifth Generation colleagues Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang a remarkable eye for the barren landscapes of northern China and a fascination with small-town life — especially those enduring superstitions that Communism failed to erase — director Li Shaohong also introduces several formal innovations, particularly in storytelling structure, that remain unprecedented in Chinese cinema.

A story of a family's dilemma between different family member especially between 2 generations which erupted on “chu xi” (the day before the first day in Chinese lunar year). China's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1991.

During the Anti-Japanese War, two students at the University of Shanghai fall in love.