Beijing Bicycle

Beijing Bicycle

One bicycle, two lives.

Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai

Produced by Arc Light Films, Pyramide Productions

2001113 min6.8 / 10

A poignant urban drama about two teenage boys from different worlds whose lives become entangled through a stolen bicycle, exploring class, desperation, and the collision of rural and urban China.

A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.

Questions people ask

  • Is Beijing Bicycle sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Beijing Bicycle easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Beijing Bicycle end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Beijing Bicycle violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Beijing Bicycle scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

53/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity63

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise37

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love60

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Beijing Bicycle

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Beijing Bicycle

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Beijing Bicycle, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Beijing Bicycle, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Beijing Bicycle, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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