Yimou Zhang averages 7.12 across 26 rated films as a director, ahead of Xiaoding Zhao at 5.20.
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 House of Flying Daggers | 2004 | 7.5 | Producer, Writer, Director | Cinematographer |
| Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | 2005 | 7.3 | Producer, Writer, Director | Cinematographer |
 Curse of the Golden Flower | 2006 | 7.0 | Writer, Director | Cinematographer |
| A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop | 2009 | 5.6 | Director | Cinematographer |
| Under the Hawthorne Tree | 2010 | 7.2 | Director | Cinematographer |
 The Flowers of War | 2011 | 7.5 | Director | Cinematographer |
| Coming Home | 2014 | 7.3 | Director | Cinematographer |
 The Great Wall | 2016 | 5.9 | Director | Cinematographer |
 Shadow | 2018 | 7.0 | Director, Writer | Cinematographer |
| One Second | 2020 | 7.1 | Director, Writer | Cinematographer |
| Cliff Walkers | 2021 | 6.5 | Writer, Director | Cinematographer |
| Snipers | 2022 | 6.2 | Writer, Director | Cinematographer |
| Under the Light | 2023 | 5.9 | Director | Cinematographer |
| Full River Red | 2023 | 6.4 | Director, Writer | Cinematographer |
