Youth Film Handbook

Youth Film Handbook (青年电影手册) is a Chinese magazine established by film critic/screenwriter/director Cheng Qingsong (程青松) in 2007, featuring independent film reviews and interviews. It is best known for handing out its annual "Golden Broom Awards" (金扫帚奖), highlighting the most disappointing films of the year.

Top-10 Films

 * 2009
 * Cannot Live Without You
 * Spring Fever
 * 24 City
 * The Clear Water
 * Yang Yang
 * Hear Me
 * Vengeance
 * Night and Fog
 * Cow
 * Crazy Racer
 * 2010
 * Let the Bullets Fly
 * Buddha Mountain
 * Monga
 * Echoes of the Rainbow
 * Chongqing Blues
 * When Love Comes
 * The Fourth Portrait
 * Taipei Exchanges
 * Love in a Puff
 * Lost on Journey
 * 2011
 * A Simple Life
 * Seediq Bale
 * The Piano in a Factory
 * Love for Life
 * Folk Song Singing
 * Mr. Tree
 * Life Without Principle
 * You Are the Apple of My Eye
 * Eternal Watch
 * Starry Starry Night


 * 2012
 * Mystery
 * 11 Flowers
 * People Mountain People Sea
 * Feng Shui
 * Lost in Thailand
 * The Grandmaster
 * Cold War
 * Girlfriend, Boyfriend
 * Touch of the Light
 * Together
 * 2013
 * Stray Dogs
 * A Touch of Sin
 * Ilo Ilo
 * China Affair
 * All Apologies
 * The Love Songs of Tiedan
 * Don't Expect Praises
 * Fly with the Crane
 * Soul
 * Rigor Mortis
 * 2014
 * Blind Massage
 * Ice Poison
 * Brotherhood of Blades
 * Black Coal, Thin Ice
 * Gone with the Bullets
 * Paradise in Service
 * Forgetting to Know You
 * Exit
 * Aberdeen
 * The Midnight After


 * 2015
 * Red Amnesia
 * Port of Call
 * Mountains May Depart
 * Thanatos, Drunk
 * A Fool
 * The Master
 * I Am Somebody
 * The Assassin
 * River Road
 * Zinnia Flower
 * 2016
 * Tharlo
 * The Road to Mandalay
 * Kaili Blues
 * Mad World
 * Mr. Donkey
 * Crosscurrent
 * Trivisa
 * Godspeed

Most Disappointing Films

 * 2009
 * A Simple Noodle Story
 * City of Life and Death
 * The Treasure Hunter
 * 2010
 * Confucius
 * Just Call Me Nobody
 * If You Are the One 2
 * 2011
 * The Warring States
 * Legendary Amazons
 * The Lost Bladesman
 * 2012
 * The Guillotines
 * The Last Supper


 * 2013
 * Tiny Times & Tiny Times 2
 * Switch
 * Personal Tailor
 * 2014
 * The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom
 * Tiny Times 3
 * The Breakup Guru
 * 2015
 * Oh My God
 * Devil and Angel
 * Forever Young
 * 2016
 * League of Gods
 * From Vegas to Macau III
 * See You Tomorrow


 * 2017
 * Buddies in India
 * Once Upon a Time
 * Pure Hearts: Into Chinese Showbiz
 * 2018
 * Love Apartment
 * The Faces of My Gene
 * Hello, Mrs. Money
 * 2019
 * Shanghai Fortress
 * Jade Dynasty
 * Always Miss You
 * 2020
 * The Story of Hay Bo (2020)
 * Wild Grass
 * Oversize Love