Abstract: From the perspective of creation, Yunnan movies about ethnic groups in Yunnan emerged early and developed quickly, made remarkable achievements just after the founding of New China, and in recent years they have made better achievements by integrating ethnicity and fashion, tradition and times, culture and aesthetics into films. In terms of dissemination, the continuous development of film dissemination has laid a good foundation for the development of movies about ethnic groups’ in Yunnan, making them continuously recognized by fellow ethnic groups in Yunnan. However, due to the traditional way of thinking and the habit of looking at life of ethnic groups through the eyes of the "other", many movies failed to understand the value and intrinsic meaning of their life, and do not show enough of it, so many of them failed to create characters from multiple levels and create vivid images on screen.

Key words: movie, subject about ethnic groups in Yunnan, development, problem