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: Hidden Love
  4. #4 2020 25 great titles Best: The Daily Life of the Immortal King
  5. #5 2021 25 great titles Best: New Gods: Nezha Reborn
  6. #6 2018 25 great titles Best: Scissor Seven
  7. #7 2017 25 great titles Best: Ayla: The Daughter of War
  8. #8 2024 25 great titles Best: Big World
  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 2005 25 great titles Best: Batman Begins
  17. #17 2001 25 great titles Best: Devils on the Doorstep
  18. #18 2006 25 great titles Best: My Own Swordsman
  19. #19 2009 25 great titles Best: Mulan: Rise of a Warrior
  20. #20 2004 25 great titles Best: Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  21. #21 2007 25 great titles Best: Ming Dynasty in 1566
  22. #22 2012 25 great titles Best: The Moon Embracing the Sun
  23. #23 2013 25 great titles Best: The Great Beauty
  24. #24 2002 22 great titles Best: The Wire
  25. #25 2003 22 great titles Best: Infernal Affairs II
  26. #26 2026 19 great titles Best: Project Hail Mary
  27. #27 1994 18 great titles Best: Chungking Express
  28. #28 1997 19 great titles Best: Seven Years in Tibet
  29. #29 1999 16 great titles Best: Not One Less
  30. #30 1996 16 great titles Best: Beast Wars: Transformers
  31. #31 2000 15 great titles Best: Yi Yi
  32. #32 1995 14 great titles Best: Fallen Angels
  33. #33 1998 13 great titles Best: Mulan
  34. #34 1976 14 great titles Best: Shaolin Wooden Men
  35. #35 1991 13 great titles Best: A Brighter Summer Day
  36. #36 1978 13 great titles Best: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
  37. #37 1993 13 great titles Best: Farewell My Concubine
  38. #38 1977 13 great titles Best: Executioners from Shaolin
  39. #39 1987 11 great titles Best: The Last Emperor
  40. #40 1975 12 great titles Best: All Men Are Brothers