Mao Zedong: movies and TV shows
Mao Zedong has 78 credits in the archive: 64 films and 14 TV series, from 1937 to 2026. Highest rated: The Vietnam War (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1937 – 2026 · busiest year: 1995 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mao vs Nixon: Game Theory | Self | Film | — | 132 |
| 2025 | Political Cinema | Mao Zedong | Film | 10.0 | 131 |
| 2025 | Chine, la fabrique d'une nation | Mao Zedong | Film | 7.5 | 131 |
| 2025 | The Mummy | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 131 |
| 2025 | 伟大的胜利——苏联摄影师镜头里的中国抗战 | 毛泽东 | Film | — | 131 |
| 2024 | Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War | Self - Leader of China 1943 - 1976 (archive footage) | TV | 7.9 | 130 |
| 2024 | História do Comunismo | Self | TV | 5.5 | 130 |
| 2024 | Simon Leys, l'homme qui a déshabillé Mao | Film | — | 130 | |
| 2023 | Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.4 | 129 |
| 2022 | The Century of Icons | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.0 | 128 |
| 2022 | China: The Uighur Tragedy | Self - Politician (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 128 |
| 2021 | Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.4 | 127 |
| 2020 | History 101 | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.1 | 126 |
| 2020 | Korea, A Hundred Years of War | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.5 | 126 |
| 2019 | Korea: The Never-Ending War | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 125 |
| 2019 | André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer | Self - Politician (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 125 |
| 2019 | The Man Who Defied Beijing | Self - Politician (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 125 |
| 2017 | The Vietnam War | Self - Politician (archive footage) | TV | 8.2 | 123 |
| 2017 | De Gaulle, the Last King of France | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 123 |
| 2016 | The Battle Of Chosin | Himself (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 122 |
| 2016 | Året var 1966 | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 122 |
| 2015 | All Eyes and Ears | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 121 |
| 2015 | Mao In Colour | Self | TV | — | 121 |
| 2014 | JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 120 |
| 2014 | Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 120 |
| 2013 | Our Nixon | Self | Film | 6.4 | 119 |
| 2012 | A Home Far Away | Self | Film | 7.0 | 118 |
| 2011 | Mentiras verdaderas | Self (archive footage) | TV | 5.5 | 117 |
| 2011 | Bokassa Ier, empereur de Françafrique | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 117 |
| 2010 | Broken Knife: Great Reversal of the Korean Battlefield | 毛主席 | TV | — | 116 |
| 2010 | Madame Mao | Himself | Film | — | 116 |
| 2009 | 一九四九大迁徙 | TV | — | 115 | |
| 2008 | Hype: The Obama Effect | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 114 |
| 2008 | China's Sexual Revolution | Self (archive footage) | Film | 1.0 | 114 |
| 2007 | Sputnik Mania | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 113 |
| 2006 | Deng Xiaoping : A Legend | Film | — | 112 | |
| 2005 | Medium | Self (archive footage)(uncredited) | TV | 7.5 | 111 |
| 2003 | The Cultural Revolution: Mao's Last Battle | Himself | Film | — | 109 |
| 2002 | Naqoyqatsi | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 108 |
| 2000 | The Worlds of Mei Lanfang | Film | — | 106 | |
| 1999 | Faith of the Century: A History of Communism | Self (archive footage) | TV | 8.5 | 105 |
| 1998 | Human Remains | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 104 |
| 1998 | Kırmızı Gül Buz İçinde | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 104 |
| 1995 | Nixon | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | 6.9 | 101 |
| 1995 | Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 101 |
| 1995 | Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, Amico | Film | — | 101 | |
| 1995 | Mao, the Real Man | Self (Archive) | Film | 9.4 | 101 |
| 1995 | Ernesto Che Guevara | Self(archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 101 |
| 1993 | 毛泽东 | TV | — | 99 | |
| 1990 | Nixon | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 96 |
| 1982 | Trial | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 88 |
| 1979 | Beijing's Cards | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 85 |
| 1979 | Incendiaries from the Celestial Empire | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 85 |
| 1978 | Maoism: A Tragedy for China | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 84 |
| 1977 | A Grin Without a Cat | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 83 |
| 1977 | Mao by Mao | Himself | Film | 6.7 | 83 |
| 1975 | 7 Days in Beijing | Himself | Film | — | 81 |
| 1974 | The Society of the Spectacle | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 80 |
| 1974 | Maos China, Protokolle einer Revolution | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 80 |
| 1969 | Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 75 |
| 1968 | The China Story: One Fourth of Humanity | Film | — | 74 | |
| 1959 | 中华人民共和国成立10周年国庆大阅兵 | Film | — | 65 | |
| 1958 | 中华人民共和国1958年国庆阅兵 | Film | — | 64 | |
| 1958 | Inside Red China | Self | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1957 | 中华人民共和国1957年国庆阅兵 | Film | — | 63 | |
| 1956 | 中华人民共和国1956年国庆阅兵 | Film | — | 62 | |
| 1955 | 中华人民共和国1955年国庆阅兵 | Film | — | 61 | |
| 1954 | 中华人民共和国1954年国庆阅兵 | Film | — | 60 | |
| 1953 | Velikoye proshchaniye | Film | 5.5 | 59 | |
| 1953 | 中华人民共和国1953年国庆阅兵 | Film | — | 59 | |
| 1952 | 中华人民共和国1952年国庆阅兵 | Film | — | 58 | |
| 1951 | 中华人民共和国1951年国庆阅兵 | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1950 | 中华人民共和国1950年国庆阅兵 | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1949 | 中华人民共和国大阅兵合集 | 主演 | TV | 10.0 | 55 |
| 1949 | 开国大典 | Film | — | 55 | |
| 1949 | 开国大典 | Film | — | 55 | |
| 1937 | China Strikes Back | Himself | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| Mao, le dernier empereur | Film | — | — |