I hesitate to give a Top 10 list as I have only seen about 70 of her movies.  But I can always recommend those that I have seen.  I like WuXia, action and comedy films.  I don't like melodramatic or military movies that smacks of propaganda.  I like movies with beautiful costumes and great soundtracks.

If there is any movie that you simply MUST watch, it has to be Peach Blossom Land.  Peking Opera Blues is excellent too!  I think my choices could be a surprise to many of you.  But I actually enjoy watching theatre more than movies.  Peach Blossom Land is performed very well as I could see so much of theatre in it.  Mishaps during rehearsals are part and parcel of theatre and theatre has a raw energy which is rarely seen in the cinema.  Peking Opera Blues has some theatrical action too!  In answer to your probable question, my most memorable shows are Andrew Llyod Webber's Phantom of the Opera, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and Stella Kon's Emily of Emerald Hill.

Finally, I am not a film critic.

1. All The Wrong Spies - Really funny with Brigitte as a smart Bond-like girl.
2. Ashes of Time - Beautiful but slow.
3. Bishonen - A sensitive film about young and good-looking boys and their relationship.
4. Black and White - Action-packed and a touching expression by Lin Ching Hsia and the old women at the end of the show.
5. Boys Are Easy - Entertaining and funny.
6. Bride With White Hair - Beautiful and romantic.  Great passion, anger and jealousy.
7. Chung King Express - Great music, fast pace and beautiful stars.
8. Come Fly with Me - Relatively fast-paced movie from the 70s.  Definitely not melodramatic.
9. Deadful Melody - Entertaining.  I like it.
10. Dragon Inn - Entertaining.  Great WuXia story.
11. Eagles Shooting Heroes - Very entertaining.  I can watch this show every Chinese New Year!
12. Everywhere Birds Are Singing - Light-hearted.  At least you see Brigitte dancing in a disco.
13. Fire Dragon - Entertaining.  Good effects, great stunts and wonderful costumes.
14. Handsome Siblings - Very entertaining.
15. Love, Love, Love - Simply excellent.  The best of her romantic movies from the 70s.
16. My Sweet Love - The driving lesson and golfing lesson were really funny!
17. Outside the Window - A touching performance by Brigitte in her first movie,
18. Peach Blossom Land - Beautiful and intellectually well scripted.  What a witty play!  Personally, my favourite Chinese movie.
19. Peking Opera Blues - Very entertaining with a fabulous script.
20. Police Story - Entertaining, great stunts and Jackie does not imitate any Harold Llyod stunts (Thank goodness!).  Even Brigitte does her own stunts.
21. Portrait of Lin Ching Hsia.  Very interesting insight into the life of Brigitte Lin.
22. Red Dust - Beautiful movie with romance and great soundtrack.
23. Royal Tramp 2 - Very entertaining.  Great costumes, interesting script and very funny.
24. Run Lover Run - Very light-hearted and romantic.  Quite a fun show to watch.
25. Semi-Gods and Semi-Devils - Entertaining.  Great song and dance scene.
26. Swordsman II - Very entertaining.  Has everything needed in a movie.  Great-looking actors and actresses, great soundtracks, fanciful martial arts, romance, great costumes and even destruction of a fort.
27. Swordsman III - Very entertaining.  Its like a epic with countless soldiers.  Also has beautiful actors and actresses, great soundtracks, fanciful martial arts, romance, great costumes and even destruction of 2 ships and a submarine.
28. Wild Goose On the Wing - Whilst it is overly melodramatic,  it is really a classic film from the 1970s of that genre.  It is so representative of the Double Lin and Double Chin phenomena.
29. Zu : Warriors from the Magic Mountain - Entertaining with great effects and story.

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