| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|
| All Tomorrow's Parties | Yu Lik-wai | Diao Yinan | | Screened at the2003 Cannes Film Festival |
| Blind Shaft | Li Yang | Li Yixiang, Wang Shuangbao, Wang Baoqiang | Drama/Thriller | Silver Bear winner at the Berlin International Film Festival |
| Cala, My Dog! | Lu Xuechang | Ge You, Li Bin | Drama-Comedy | |
| Cell Phone | Feng Xiaogang | Ge You, Fan Bingbing, Zhang Guoli, Xu Fan | Comedy | |
| Drifters | Wang Xiaoshuai | Duan Long | Drama | Screened at the2003 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Foliage | Lü Yue | Liu Ye, Shu Qi | Drama | |
| Green Tea | Zhang Yuan | Zhao Wei | Romantic drama | |
| Jade Goddess of Mercy | Ann Hui | Nicholas Tse, Zhao Wei | Drama | Entered into the26th Moscow International Film Festival |
| My Father and I | Xu Jinglei | Xu Jinglei, Ye Daying | Drama | Actress Xu Jinglei's directorial debut. |
| Nuan | Huo Jianqi | Guo Xiaodong, Li Jia | Romantic drama | 2003Golden Rooster winner for best film |
| The Only Sons | Gan Xiao'er | Gan Xiao'er, Hu Shuli | Drama |
| Purple Butterfly | Lou Ye | Zhang Ziyi | Drama | Entered into the2003 Cannes Film Festival |
| Red Snow | Zhang Jianya | Karen Mok | Action/Thriller | |
| San Yuan Li | Ou Ning.Cao Fei | | Experimental Documentary | |
| Tang Poetry | Zhang Lu | | Drama | |
| Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks | Wang Bing | | Documentary | Award winning 9-hour documentary in three 3-hour segments |
| Uniform | Diao Yi'nan | Liang Hongli, Zeng Shuoqiong | Drama | |
| Warm Spring | Wulan Tana | Tian Chengren, Qi Ruyi Zhang Yan, Hao Yang Yu Weijie | Drama | Wulan Tana won theGolden Rooster Awards for Best Directorial Debut in 2003 |
| Warriors of Heaven and Earth | He Ping | Jiang Wen, Kiichi Nakai, Zhao Wei | Historical/Action | |
| Zhou Yu's Train | Sun Zhou | Gong Li, Tony Leung Ka-Fai | Drama | |