A series of novel 4-anilinoquinoline derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their antiproliferative activities. Among them, 14h exhibited the most potent cytotoxic activity with IC50 values ranging from 1.5 to 3.9 nM against all tested cancer cell lines, and showed promising efficacy in multidrug resistant cancer cells. Flow cytometry assay, immune-fluorescence staining, microtubule dynamics