Abstract: In the early days of film entering China, the Communist Party of China successfully led the“Left-wing film movement”from the Marxist view of literature and art, thus forming the Party's red film culture system, which became the important guiding principle and an important part of the national film industry. The subsequent creation waves of“people's film”and“main theme film”have written important chaptersin the history of contemporary Chinese film. In the new era of the development of the socialist cause, the red film tradition and its inner development path have further coexisted into a“new mainstream film”, representing the national film industry level and the image of cultural soft power, pushing the red film cause led by the Party to a new historical and cultural height. The reason why thered film industry of Chinese Communist Party can make continuous progress is that it has always adhered to the fundamental direction of“serving the people”, practiced Marxist literary view with the times, and enjoyed adeep perception of Chinese cultural experiences and a sharp understanding of the world cultural trend.

Key words: red film, left-wing film, people's film, main theme film, new mainstream film