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Dragon Inn
(龍門客棧)
A eunuch's murderous plans are confounded by rebels who are intent on protecting the innocent.
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- Taiwan, Hong Kong • 1967
- Director King Hu
- Cast Shih Chun, Pai Ying, Polly Shang-Kuan Ling-Feng, Miao Tien, Cho Kin, Hsieh Han
- Genre Action, Adventure
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Yi Yi
(一一)
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they face everyday dilemmas.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Japan • 2000
- Director Edward Yang
- Cast Wu Nien-Jen, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Hsi-Sheng Chen
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(卧虎藏龙)
In another time, in a distant place... an epic adventure is about to unfold.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Hong Kong, United States • 2000
- Director Ang Lee
- Cast Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Cheng Pei-Pei, Sihung Lung
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
A Brighter Summer Day
(牯嶺街少年殺人事件)
A colorful coming of age odyssey set against the backdrop of 1960s Taiwan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1991
- Director Edward Yang
- Cast Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Elaine Jin, Chen Shiang-Chyi
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
On The Waterfront
(黃浦灘頭)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Hong Kong • 1972
- Director Hou Cheng
- Cast Tang Pao-Yun, Chang Yi, Chen Hung-Lieh, Tien Yeh, Hou Cheng, Yi Yuan
- Genre Action
- Available on Amazon Video
A Family Tour
(自由行)
A mainland Chinese filmmaker, exiled to Hong Kong for her politically-charged work, reunites with her mother on a trip to Taiwan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore • 2018
- Director Ying Liang
- Cast Gong Zhe, Nai An, Pete Teo, Tham Xin Yue, Shan Peng, Siao-Bai Yu
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Flight of the Red Balloon
(Le Voyage du ballon rouge)
The life of a French boy and his single mother through the eyes of his babysitter, a Chinese film student.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Taiwan • 2007
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Juliette Binoche, Simon Iteanu, Song Fang, Hippolyte Girardot, Louise Margolin, Anna Sigalevitch
- Genre Family, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+, Apple TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Ilo Ilo
A newly-hired housemaid must face the greatest of challenges: deal with a petulant young boy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Singapore, Japan, Taiwan • 2013
- Director Anthony Chen
- Cast Yann Yann Yeo, Tian Wen Chen, Angeli Bayani, Koh Jia Ler, Jo Kukathas, Peter Wee
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy
Stray Dogs
(郊遊)
A father and his children wander the margins of modern day Taipei, and spend their nights sleeping in abandoned buildings.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, France • 2014
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-Sheng, Lu Yi-Ching, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Chao-rong Chen, Yang Kuei-Mei
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
(不散)
A historic and regal theater in Taipei is screening its final film, the 1967 wuxia classic "Dragon Inn."
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2003
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Miao Tien, Shih Chun, Chen Chao-jung
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Rebels of the Neon God
(青少年哪吒)
A lonely young man recently dropped out of school wanders the streets of Taipei in search of something.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1992
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Chen Chao-jung, Lee Kang-Sheng, Lu Yi-Ching, Miao Tien, Jen Chang-bin
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on MUBI Amazon Channel, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Three Times
(最好的時光)
There's a time for love, a time for freedom, and a time for youth.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Taiwan • 2005
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Mei Fang, Su-jen Liao, Mei Di, Chen Shi-Zheng
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video
The Great Buddha+
(大佛普拉斯)
The night security guard at a Buddha statue factory along with his friend, a recyclables collector, become entangled in a web of dark secrets after stumbling upon videos that document the promiscuous meetings of the factory's wealthy owner.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2017
- Director Huang Hsin-yao
- Cast Cres Chuang, Bamboo Chen, Leon Dai, Lin Na-Dou, Michael Chang Shao-Huai
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Road to Mandalay
(再見瓦城)
Two Burmese immigrants struggle to begin anew in Thailand.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Myanmar, Taiwan • 2016
- Director Midi Z
- Cast Wu Ke-Xi, Kai Ko
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Café Lumière
(珈琲時光)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, Taiwan • 2004
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo, Nenji Kobayashi, Yôko Hoshi
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Assassin
(刺客聶隱娘)
Whether it is love or loyalty, for her next mission... a sacrifice will be made.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, China, Hong Kong • 2015
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Nikki Hsieh, Sheu Fang-Yi, Ethan Juan, Tetsuya Komuro
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Hi-YAH, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, YouTube Free, Pluto TV, VIX , AsianCrush, Cineverse, Kanopy
Eat Drink Man Woman
(飲食男女)
Food unites the diverging lives of a widowed chef and his four daughters
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, China • 1994
- Director Ang Lee
- Cast Sihung Lung, Yu-Wen Wang, Wu Chien-Lien, Yang Kuei-Mei, Winston Chao, Sylvia Chang
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
What Time Is It There?
(你那邊幾點)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, France • 2001
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Lu Yi-Ching, Miao Tien, Cecilia Yip, Chen Chao-jung
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Silence
Pray with your eyes open
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, Taiwan, United Kingdom • 2016
- Director Martin Scorsese
- Cast Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Yosuke Kubozuka, Tadanobu Asano, Issei Ogata
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Pluto TV, Kanopy
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
(黑眼圈)
After a day laborer is badly beaten, a young man takes him in and nurses him back to health.
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- Malaysia, China, Taiwan • 2006
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-Sheng, Norman Atun, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Pearlly Chua, Lee-Lin Liew, Leonard Tee
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Days
(日子)
Two solitary men come together in a lonely urban landscape and find a moment of healing and tenderness.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2021
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-sheng, Anong Houngheuangsy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
The boys
(江湖小子)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1997
- Creator
- Cast Chiao En-chun
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Fate of Lee Khan
(迎春閣之風波)
When a Chinese imperial official procures an enemy battle map, rebel spies strive to corner him in an inn.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Hong Kong • 1973
- Director King Hu
- Cast Li Li-Hua, Roy Chiao, Hsu Feng, Pai Ying, Tien Feng, Angela Mao Ying
- Genre Action, Adventure
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Plex, Plex Channel
Flowers of Shanghai
(海上花)
The lives of four "flower girls" in an upscale brothel in 19th century Shanghai
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Japan • 1998
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Michiko Hada, Carina Lau, Michelle Reis, Jack Kao, Rebecca Pan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Taiwan Oyster
Two young American expats embark on a Kerouac-esque road trip through Taiwan in search of the perfect burial spot.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, United States • 2012
- Director Mark Jarrett
- Cast Billy Harvey, Jeff Palmiotti, Leonora Lim, Erin King
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Wet Season
(热带雨)
The life affirming story of a Chinese language teacher whose marriage and school life are fraying after she discovers she is infertile.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Singapore, Taiwan • 2019
- Director Anthony Chen
- Cast Yann Yann Yeo, Koh Jia Ler, Christopher Lee Ming-Shun, Yang Shi Bin, Brayden Koh
- Genre Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The Personals
(徵婚啓事)
An eye-doctor's search for love leads her down the slippery slope of the modern dating scene whose universal quirkiness transcends the boundaries of all industrialized societies.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1998
- Director GuoFu Chen
- Cast René Liu, Wu Bai, Chen Chao-jung, Gu Bao-Ming, Chin Shih-Chieh, Yi-nan Shih
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Millennium Mambo
(千禧曼波)
Vicky describes her youth and story of her changing life at the beginning of the new millennium.
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- Taiwan, France • 2001
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Shu Qi, Jack Kao, Duan Chun-hao, Doze Niu Cheng-Tse, Jun Takeuchi, Yi-Hsuan Chen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Suburban Birds
(郊区的鸟)
Two parallel storylines explore the loss of youth and the harsh reality of adulthood
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Taiwan • 2019
- Director Qiu Sheng
- Cast Mason Lee, Huang Lu, Gong Zihan, Jing Deng, Mulligan Liu, Shuo Xu
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Starry Starry Night
(星空)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, China, Hong Kong • 2011
- Director Tom Lin
- Cast Xu Jiao, Hui-Min Lin, René Liu, Harlem Yu, Gwei Lun-mei, Janel Tsai
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Afternoon
(那日下午)
Acclaimed director Tsai Ming-Liang and his longtime collaborator, actor Lee Kang-sheng, share an intimate conversation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2015
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Tsai Ming-liang, Lee Kang-sheng
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Ashes of Time
(東邪西毒)
The story of Ouyang Feng and how he became the notorious Western Venom
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, Taiwan • 1994
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Brigitte Lin, Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Carina Lau
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Go Grandriders
(不老騎士-歐兜邁環台日記)
A group of Taiwanese senior citizens travel the island on motor-scooters.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2012
- Director
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy, Plex Channel
The Sadness
A virus mutates into a disease that turns ordinary people into vicious monsters.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2021
- Director Robert Jabbaz
- Cast Berant Zhu, Regina Lei, Ying-Ru Chen, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Tsai Chang-Hsien, Lan Wei-Hua
- Genre Action, Horror
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Hoopla
Legend of the Mountain
(山中傳奇)
A scholar is lost in the mountains with a Buddhist sutra causing him to experience magical visions and fantastical visits.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea • 1979
- Director King Hu
- Cast Shih Chun, Hsu Feng, Sylvia Chang, Lin Tung, Rainbow Hsu, Tien Feng
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Detention
(返校)
While trying to escape and find their missing teacher, two students encounter ghosts and the dark truth of their fate.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2019
- Director John Hsu
- Cast Gingle Wang, Jing-Hua Tseng, Fu Meng Bo, Yun Chung-Yueh, Hsia Ching-ting, Pen-yu Chang
- Genre Horror, Mystery
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy
Shadow Magic
(西洋镜)
An ambitious young photographer partners with an Englishman to bring the film industry to Beijing.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Germany, Taiwan • 2000
- Director Ann Hu
- Cast Jared Harris, Xia Yu, Yufei Xing, Liu Peiqi, Lü Liping, Jingming Wang
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee
Nina Wu
(灼人秘密)
Nina Wu leaves her small theater company and moves to the city to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2019
- Director Midi Z
- Cast Wu Ke-Xi, Vivian Sung, Hsia Yu-chiao, Ming-Shuai Shih, Tong Chih-Wei, Lee-zen Lee
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Cities of Last Things
(幸福城市)
A story about the life and death of a bitter Taiwanese cop — told backward.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, China, France • 2018
- Director Wi Ding Ho
- Cast Lee Hong Chi, Jack Kao, Louise Grinberg, Ding Ning, Huang Lu, Linda Liu
- Genre Crime, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Terrorizers
(恐怖分子)
The intertwining lives of three groups of people cause a butterfly effect that leads to a tragic event.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1986
- Director Edward Yang
- Cast Cora Miao, Lee Lichun, Chin Shih-Chieh, Wang An, Shaojun Ma, Gu Bao-Ming
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Little Big Women
(孤味)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2020
- Director Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu
- Cast Grace Chen Shu-Fang, Hsieh Ying Shiuan, Vivian Hsu, Sun Ke-Fang, Ding Ning, Chen Yan-Fei
- Genre Drama, Family, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
(賽德克‧巴萊(上)：太陽旗)
The true story of the 1930s rebellion of the Taiwanese aboriginal Seediq tribe against the Japanese occupation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2011
- Director Wei Te-sheng
- Cast Nolay Piho, Umin Boya, Masanobu Ando, Sabu Kawahara, Vivian Hsu, Irene Luo
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Hi-YAH, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Blue Gate Crossing
(藍色大門)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, France • 2002
- Director Yee Chin-Yen
- Cast Gwei Lun-mei, Chen Bolin, Liang Yolin, Chau Ching, Ming Gin-Cheng, Lin Hsien-Neng
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Beijing Bicycle
(十七岁的单车)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Taiwan, China • 2002
- Director Wang Xiaoshuai
- Cast Cui Lin, Li Bin, Zhou Xun, Gao Yuanyuan, Li Shuang, Yiwei Zhao
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
(我が人生最悪の時)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, Taiwan • 1994
- Director Kaizo Hayashi
- Cast Masatoshi Nagase, Shiro Sano, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Yang Haitin, Te-chien Hou, Akaji Maro
- Genre Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Lucy
Most people only use 10% of their brains. She unlocks the full 100% – and the powers that come with it.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Taiwan, Germany • 2014
- Director Luc Besson
- Cast Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pilou Asbæk
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Hero
(威震四方)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1971
- Director Wang Hung-Chang
- Cast Jimmy Wang Yu, Lisa Chiao Chiao, Tien Yeh, Tsao Chien, Chang Ping-Yu, Li Yi-Min
- Genre
- Available on Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Mars
(戰神)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2004
- Creator
- Cast Vic Chou, Barbie Hsu, Megan Lai, Shiou Chieh Kai
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Master of the Flying Guillotine
(獨臂拳王大破血滴子)
A one-armed martial arts master faces off against the fighters of an Imperial assassin in an epic martial arts tournament.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Hong Kong • 1976
- Director Jimmy Wang Yu
- Cast Jimmy Wang Yu, Kam Kong, Doris Lung Chun-Erh, Sham Chin-Bo, Lung Fei, Wong Wing-Sang
- Genre Action, Fantasy
- Available on Fandor, Cineverse, Plex, Plex Channel
The Best of Times
(美麗時光)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Japan • 2002
- Director Chang Tso-chi
- Cast Fan Wing, Kao Meng-Chieh, Wan-mei Yu, Mao-ying Tien, Yu-chih Wu
- Genre Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
(明天記得愛上我)
Weichung's wife pushes him to have a second child as he confronts the desire to return to his gay past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2013
- Director Arvin Chen
- Cast Richie Ren Xian-Qi, Mavis Fan, Shih Chin-Hang, Hsia Yu-chiao, Lawrence Ko, Wong Ka-Lok
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, AsianCrush, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
The River
(河流)
A young man develops a mysterious neck pain after floating in a river for a film shoot.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1997
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Miao Tien, Lee Kang-sheng, Ann Hui, Lu Yi-Ching, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Yang Kuei-Mei
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Plex, Plex Channel
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