Country: Taiwan

Direction Edward Yang

Cast Chang Chen · Lisa Yang · Elaine Jin · Wang Chuan

Plot Based on the director's adolescent memories and focusing on one central male protagonist, an idealistic student who refuses to compromise his moral standards, looks at growing up in Taiwan during...

Direction Edward Yang

Cast Wu Nien-jen · Elaine Jin · Kelly Lee · Jonathan Chang

Plot Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through every-day quandaries. NJ is morose; his brother owes him money, his mother is...

Direction Edward Yang

Cast Sylvia Chang · Terry Hu · David Mao · Li Lie

Plot Two friends who haven’t seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other has just started a...

Direction Edward Yang

Cast Hou Hsiao-Hsien · Ko I-Chen · Ko Su-Yun · Shirley Lui

Plot Story of the disintegrating relationship between Chin, a successful careerwoman who works for a computer company, and Lon, who works for a textile company but is restless and dreams of...

Direction Edward Yang

Cast Cora Miao · Ku Pao-ming · Wang An · Chin Shih-Chieh

Plot Three groups of complete strangers are shown to have their lives intertwined in strange ways in this enigmatic thriller. An amateur photographer witnesses a police raid on a gang during...

Direction Ang Lee

Cast Sihung Lung · Yang Kuei-mei · Wu Chien-Lien · Yu-Wen Wang

Plot Every Sunday, venerable chef Chu (Sihung Lung) prepares an elaborate dinner for his three lovely daughters. Despite Chu's exotic dishes, the family barely nibbles at the food. The listless mealtime...

Direction King Hu

Cast Li Li-Hua · Roy Chiao · Hsu Feng · Pai Ying

Plot During the Yuan Dynasty, a band of Han rebels in disguise converge at an inn out in a desolate Western province to await the arrival of Mongol warlord Lee Khan...

Direction King Hu

Cast Hsu Feng · Tung Lin · Paul Chun · Ng Ming-Choi

Plot An esquire brings a female thief and his bailiff to search out a priceless handwritten scroll by Tripitaka, in a temple at the mountains. Meanwhile, a General and his lieutenant...

Direction Ang Lee

Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Tang Wei · Joan Chen · Wang Leehom

Plot Shanghai, 1942. The World War II Japanese occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a woman of sophistication and means, walks into a café, places a phone...

Direction Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Cast Raymond Chen · Wou Yi Fang · Nakamura Ikuyo · Tianlu Li

Plot First part of the trilogy in the history of Taiwan by Hou Hsiao-hsien. These deliveries would be "The Puppetmaster" (1993) and "Good Men, Good Women" (1995).

Direction Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Carina Lau · Michelle Reis · Michiko Hada

Plot Based on an 1894 novel by Han Ziyun, FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI explores the lavish, elegant, and decadent world of late 19th century Shanghai brothels. Master Wang (played by Hong Kong...

Direction Chung Mong-hong

Cast Chen Yi-Wen · Samantha Ko · Wu Chien-Ho · Greg Han Hsu

Plot A Sun follows a troubled family of four. A-Ho, the younger son, has always been a problematic child, and his father, A-Wen has invested all his hopes and expectations in...

Direction Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Cast Chi-Kuang Wang · Yang Li-Yin · Shu-Chen Li · Mei-Feng

Direction Ang Lee

Cast Rose Kwei · Sihung Lung · May Chin · Winston Chao

Plot Simon and Wei-Tung are a gay couple living together in Manhattan. To defer the suspicions of Wei-Tung's parents, Simon suggests a marriage of convenience between Wei-Tung and Wei-Wei, an immigrant...

Direction Tsai Ming-liang

Cast Lee Kang-sheng · Jerry Chan · Yu-Wen Wang · Jen Chang-pin

Plot Defying by his parents, Hsiao Kang drops out of the local crammer to head for the bright lights of downtown Taipei. He falls in with Ah Tze, a pretty hood...

Direction Tsai Ming-liang

Cast Lee Kang-sheng · Miao Tian · Lu Yi-ching · Chen Shiang-chyi

Plot A mother, father, and son live together in a small apartment in Taipei but lead very separate lives. The son, Xiao Kang (Lee Kang Sheng), drifts through life without a...

Direction Huang Ya-li

Cast Liang Chun-wen · Lee Ming-wei · Ian Shen · Even Shen

Direction Wei Te-sheng

Cast Lin Ching-Tai · Da-Ching · Umin Boya · Lin Yuanjie

Direction John Hsu

Cast Bo-Lin Chen · Sandrine Pinna · Gingle Wang · Ching-i Pai

Plot Follows ghosts who want to become the spookiest of urban legends and most successful and famous stars in the underworld through their scare tactics and performances amongst the living.

Direction Ang Lee

Cast Chow Yun-Fat · Michelle Yeoh · Zhang Ziyi · Chang Chen

Plot Two master warriors (Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh) are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocrat (Zhang Ziyi) prepares for...