Spoof
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
- 表姐，妳好嘢！ (1990)
- 黃飛鴻對黃飛鴻 (1993)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Scary Movie (2000)
Shrew
- The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
- 最佳拍檔 (1982)
- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
- 我家有一隻河東獅 (2002)
Prison
- 監獄風雲 (1987)
- 黑獄斷腸歌之砌生豬肉 (1997)
Finance
- The Big Short (2015)
Kinship
Sister
There is only one person an English girl hates more than she hates her elder sister; and that is her mother. (George Bernard Shaw)
- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
- In Her Shoes (2005)
Blended family
- 第四張畫 (2010)
Adultery & Infidelity
Extramarital sex
- 刺馬 (1973)
- Little Children (2006)
- 苹果 (2007)
- The Invisible Guest (2016)
- 为人民服务 인민을 위해 복무하라 (2022)
Incest
- 老男孩 올드보이 (2003)
- 满城尽带黄金甲 (2006)
- 樓下的房客 (2016)
Fornication
- 玉蒲團之偷情寶鑑 (1991)
Human Sexuality
Sexual dysfunction
- Masters of Sex (2013-2016)
Paraphilia
- Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile (1974)
- In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
- Kink (2013)
- The Little Death (2014)
- Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
- Kiki, Love to Love (2016)
- Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017)
Podophilia
- 富美子之足 (2018)
Dominatrix
- Maîtresse (1976)
- Venus in Furs (1994)
- Going Under (2004)
- Venus In Fur (2013)
- My Mistress (2014)
- Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (2019)
- 解禁男女 Love and Leashes (2022)
Femme fatale & Seductress
- Basic Instinct (1992)
- 赤裸羔羊 (1992)
- The Last Seduction (1994)
- 極度獸性 (1996)
- 中國O記之血腥情人 (1996)
军阀 (Warlords)
- 大軍閥 (1972)
- 刀馬旦 (1986)
- 大魔術師 (2011)
黑社会
- 黑社會 (2005)
- 同門 (2009)
Rebellion
- 满城尽带黄金甲 (2006)
文革
- 皇天后土 (1980)
- 芙蓉镇 (1986)
- 天浴 (1998)
- 孔雀 (2005)
- 芳香之旅 (2006)
- 毛泽东时代的最后舞者（2009)
- 山楂树之恋 (2010)
- 我11 (2012)
- 归来 (2014)
- 闯入者 (2014)
- 芳华 (2017)
- 无问西东 (2018)
- 一秒钟 (2020)
- 邓小平小道 (2022)
南京大屠杀
- 南京1937 (1995)
- 黑太陽：南京大屠殺 (1995)
- John Rabe (2009)
- 南京！南京！ (2009)
- 金陵十三钗 (2011)
华语同性
- 東宮西宮 (1996)
- 藍宇 (2001)
- 今年夏天 (2001)
- Les filles du botaniste (2006)
小说改编
- 林家铺子 (1959)
- 董夫人 (1968)
- 玉卿嫂 (1984)
- 足本玉蒲團 (1987)
- 大红灯笼高高挂 (1991)
- 活着 (1994)
- 大鸿米店 (1995)
- 花橋榮記 (1998)
- 天浴 (1998)
- 太阳照常升起 (2007)
- 金陵十三钗 (2011)
- 喊·山 (2015)
- 许三观 (2015)
- 杀瓜 (2017)
- 芳华 (2017)