Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000
Ang Lee’s ode to classic wuxia Chinese films is a major accomplishment, elevating the martial arts film to actual art. Starring Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun-Fat, and Zhang Ziyi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a historical fantasy and romance that simply overwhelmed audiences with its beauty and fantastical fight choreography. While it lost Best Picture to Gladiator, it did win Best Foreign Language Film.
