Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

PG-13

2000

2h 0m

Adventure

Action

Drama

Fantasy

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In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level.

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Catapulting Ang Lee into the upper echelon of Hollywood filmmakers, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon features a deft mix of amazing martial arts battles, beautiful scenery, and tasteful drama.

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Bill Muller

Arizona Republic

Feb 11, 2026

5/5

It would be easy to categorize Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as one of the best martial-arts movies ever made and leave it at that. But that's really not fair, because it's so much more.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Feb 11, 2026

This is a drama to savor, a spectacle to revel in, a romance to inhale, between gasps.

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

Feb 11, 2026

4/4

Jackie Chan movies are great fun, but you're not likely to find in them an ongoing discussion of who has more freedom, the woman in an unhappily arranged marriage or the woman warrior who gave all that up.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Feb 24, 2026

3.5/4

It's at once pulpy and profound, a movie that never forgets to have fun even as it's tackling such straight-faced issues as honor, devotion and compassion.

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Jeff Simon

Buffalo News

Feb 11, 2026

4/4

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the best film of the year, one of the precious few that give you the primal delight of movies, the feeling that what you are seeing is somehow magic.

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Wallace Baine

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Feb 11, 2026

A

A refined piece of cinematic poetry. The action sequences and the romantic elements are never rivals for thematic dominance.

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PorkChopEspresso

May 20, 2026

As visually stunning now as it was upon original release. Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun Fat bring a ballet-like grace to the fight choreography that still stands head and shoulders above anything done before or since.

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Mushfiqur R

May 19, 2026

goes to show how tolerable people were back in the day

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christopher b

May 18, 2026

Masterpiece. Michelle Yeoh is flawless.

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Lindsay

May 16, 2026

All time masterpiece

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Jason

May 15, 2026

Don’t care for the subtitles

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mo

Feb 11, 2024

What a beautiful movie.

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Synopsis

In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level.

Director: Ang Lee
Producer: Li-Kong Hsu, William Kong
Screenwriter: Wang Du-lu, Hui-Ling Wang, Kuo Jung Tsai
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia Tristar
Production Co: Zoom Hunt International, Good Machine, Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., China Film Co-Production Corporation, Edko Films, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Sony Pictures Classics, Prosperity Pictures, United China Vision
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexuality|Martial Arts Violence)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 22, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $451.2K
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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