Taiwan: not watched
by signupfredrik | created - 20 Oct 2012 | updated - 23 Mar 2014 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. In Case of Love (2010)
Drama
Nothing heals a damaged soul like the sight of a small, adorable animal. In this film, a tiny cat not only heals a young woman (Haden Kuo) who is reeling from the death of her mother, it ... See full synopsis »
Director: Gavin Lin | Stars: Yo Yang, Bea Hayden Kuo, Jaline Yeh, Zishan Yang
Votes: 61
2. Invitation Only (2009)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Five people arrive at a party, fully unaware that the special night is just a cover for an evening of torture and murder.
Director: Kevin Ko | Stars: Ray Chang, Julianne Chu, Maria Ozawa, Jerry Chih-Wei Huang
Votes: 1,327
3. Xin lian (2004)
108 min | Romance
Lo Ning -- a passionate college student of music major. Raised in a single-parent family, she is able to find peace through Chopin's piano pieces. Daniel, a seemingly arrogant musician, ... See full summary »
Director: Chi Yin | Stars: Tarcy Su, Yung-Chih Chang, Niki Wu, Yo-Wei Lin
Votes: 16
4. Like a Dream (2009)
118 min | Drama
While on a business trip in Shanghai, a man sees a woman he has had recurring dreams of.
Director: Clara Law | Stars: Daniel Wu, Quan Yuan, A. Kyo Moon
Votes: 131
5. Love of May (2004)
109 min | Comedy, Romance
A Chinese girl meets a Taiwanese boy chatting.
Director: Hsiao-Ming Hsu | Stars: Chen Bo-lin, Liu Yifei, Feng Tien, Ashin
Votes: 207
6. Gu lian hua (1985)
Drama
A young warrior seeks fame and recognition by defeating the greatest swordsman alive. Meanwhile, he comes into the possession of a cursed blade who brings misfortune to all it comes across.
Director: Ching-Chieh Lin | Stars: Chun-Hsiung Ko, Hsiao-Fen Lu, Yang-Ming Tsai, Wei Yao
Votes: 8
7. Prince of Tears (2009)
122 min | Drama
Two sisters whose family moves to Taiwan after their father fights in the civil war against the communists in mainland China, find their lives turned upside-down after their parents are thrown into jail and accused of being spies.
Director: Yonfan | Stars: Hsiao-chuan Chang, Xuan Zhu, Wing Fan, Terri Kwan
Votes: 255
8. The Puppetmaster (1993)
142 min | Biography, Drama, War
Puppeteer Li Tian-lu tells his life story, and through it, the story of Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tien-Lu Li, Giong Lim, Kuei-Chung Cheng, Chien-ru Huang
Votes: 2,072
9. Yan guang si she ge wu tuan (2004)
Not Rated | 73 min | Drama
Roy is a Taoist priest but also a drag queen performer. He meets and falls for Sunny but when SUnny disappears without saying good bye, Roy begins to suspect that something terrible has happened.
Director: Zero Chou | Stars: James Chen, Po-Hao Hung
Votes: 80
10. Taipei Story (1985)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama
Lung is a former member of the national Little League team who lives with his old childhood sweetheart Ah-chin, a traditional family woman. Although they live together, Ah-chin is weary of Lung's past liaison with another girl.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Chin Tsai, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, I-Chen Ko, Su-Yun Ko
Votes: 3,915 | Gross: $0.01M
11. Taipei 24H (2009)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Eight stories from different filmmakers chronicle 24 hours in Taipei.
Directors: Je-Yi An, Yin-jung Chen, Fen-fen Cheng, Hsiao-tse Cheng, Debbie Hsu, Chi-Yuarn Lee, Kang-sheng Lee, Doze Niu | Stars: Megan Lai, Matt Chung-tien Wu, Fang Wan, Yu-Fang Chen
Votes: 65
12. Tears (2009)
111 min | Drama
A detective seeks redemption after taking on an assignment involving the death of a girl.
Director: Wen-tang Cheng | Stars: Chen-Nan Tsai, Enno Cheng, Serena Fang, Jag Huang
Votes: 135
13. The Most Distant Course (2007)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Three young souls, with different purposes, comes to the coast and search for the meaning of their life, a journey considerably longer than any of them has taken before.
Director: Jing-Jie Lin | Stars: Gwei Lun-Mei, Morning Tzu-Yi Mo, Hsiao-Kuo Chia, Iris Li-Ting Tseng
Votes: 680
14. The Treasure Hunter (2009)
105 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A notorious international crime group chases after a young chivalrous man, his mentor's daughter, and a famous archaeologist, who possess a map leading to ancient treasure.
Director: Yen-Ping Chu | Stars: Jay Chou, Xiaotong Guan, Chi-Ling Lin, Kenneth Tsang
Votes: 1,233
15. Three Times (2005)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories set in three times, 1911, 1966 and 2005. Two actors play the two main characters in each story.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Fang Mei, Shu-Chen Liao
Votes: 6,154 | Gross: $0.15M
16. Jin tian bu hui jia (1996)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
It all starts on Mr. Chen's 60th birthday. To a semi-retired dentist, still physically fit and full of charisma, reaching 60 is not the best of news. His wife constantly says he is now an ... See full summary »
Director: Sylvia Chang | Stars: Sihung Lung, Ah-Lei Gua, Winston Chao, Rene Liu
Votes: 108
17. Tropical Fish (1995)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Young boy, Ah-Jiang, a school failure and day dreamer witnesses the kidnapping of a child. After being taken hostage by a corrupt family, he begins an unusual adventure away from home.
Director: Yu-Hsun Chen | Stars: Akio Chen, Yi-fan Chen, Hsiao-fan Fan, Pi-tung Lien
Votes: 602
18. Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.
Directors: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung, Edmund Chen, Wei-Lun Hsu
Votes: 1,945
19. Kuan yue gui shao (1980)
Action
A dictator, Chan Sing, wants a martial arts manual owned by a traveling physician martial artist that can make him invincible as a fighter. After murdering the doctor he is unable to find the manual and goes after his daughter.
Director: Fu-Wen Chung | Stars: Chi-Ping Chang, Chung-You Chang, Hsia Chen, Sing Chen
Votes: 9
20. A Confucian Confusion (1994)
125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After firing a colleague, the head of a PR company begins to question her lifestyle and values.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Li-Mei Chen, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-Wen Chen, Danny Deng
Votes: 1,488
21. Ballistic (2008)
95 min | Action, History, Thriller
Director: Lawrence Ah-Mon | Stars: Simon Yam, Hsiao-chuan Chang, Kai-Syuan Tzeng, Han Chang
Votes: 105
22. Ai qing ling yao (2002)
92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
A web of connected stories on adventure, sex, and love in Taiwan, including a 17 y.o. boy with a porn obsession, three hoodlums, and a self-righteous police officer.
Directors: Fung-Bok Lee, Chao-Bin Su | Stars: Michael Wong, Ginny Liu, Leon Dai, Sheng Chen
Votes: 276
23. Candy Rain (2008)
106 min | Romance
Four separate vignettes about lesbian relationships and dating, ending with a summation about relationships.
Director: Hung-i Chen | Stars: Josephine A. Blankstein, Cheer Chen, Yang-kun Chen, Belle Hsin
Votes: 351
24. Colorful Mind (2009)
96 min | Drama, Family
When an art teacher moves from the big city to teach in a remote town, he discovers a student with a tremendous gift for drawing. He inspires his student to take part in an international ... See full summary »
Director: Kun-Hou Chen | Stars: Jade Yu-Ting Chou, Zhi-Kai Chen, Jun-kai Wu, Ching-Hsia Chiang
Votes: 20
25. Pai mai chun tian (2010)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
This story is a description of how modern people search for their happiness and self-worth in Taipei City. In order to make a living, a man and a woman applied for a job as Call Man and ... See full summary »
Director: Zong-de Wu | Stars: Chen Chao-jung, Bai Ling, Lene Lai, Cherry Hsia
Votes: 45
26. Do Over (2006)
113 min | Drama, Fantasy
Do Over follows five characters over twenty four hours on the last day of the year. As the interrelated stories proceed, the connections between the lives of the five characters begin to ... See full summary »
Director: Yu-Chieh Cheng | Stars: Chung-Hua Tou, Ching-kuan Wang, Josephine A. Blankstein, Jag Huang
Votes: 137
27. Exit No. 6 (2006)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Around Exit No. 6 of the Ximen MRT station, on the streets of Taipei in the beginning of the 21st century, 6 mysteries have taken place.
Director: Yu-Hsien Lin | Stars: Eddie Peng, Ethan Juan, Ha-na Yoo, Olivia Yan
Votes: 163
28. Face (2009)
138 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Hsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film that explores the Salomé myth.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-ching Lu, Fanny Ardant, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Votes: 1,005
29. How Are You, Dad? (2009)
107 min | Drama
A father can have many different kinds of faces. Which one does your father have? This is a film of ten short stories, and each shows a different relationship between a father and his son. ... See full summary »
Director: Tso-chi Chang | Stars: Chieh Chang, Akio Chen, Pei-Chun Chen, Teresa Daley
Votes: 84
30. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)
115 min | Drama, Romance
A day laborer is badly beaten, and a young man nurses him back to health.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Norman Atun, Pearlly Chua
Votes: 2,417 | Gross: $0.02M
31. In Our Time (1982)
110 min | Drama
Four short films from four different directors, spanning from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Directors: Yi Chang, I-Chen Ko, Te-chen Tao, Edward Yang | Stars: Emily Y. Chang, Sylvia Chang, Chi Chen, Sheng-wen Lan
Votes: 788
32. Angel Heart (1995)
100 min | Drama
A young Chinese woman is struggling with her inner torment.
Directors: Yen-Ping Chu, Li Fu | Stars: Franco Chiang, Vivian Hsu, Stanley Chu, Pao-Ming Ku
Votes: 256
33. Help Me, Eros (2007)
Unrated | 103 min | Drama
A bankrupt Taiwanese man loses everything including girlfriend. He still has a key to his luxury condo, where he grows and smokes marijuana. He spends time with a woman on suicide hotline and a lingerie clad woman selling cigarettes.
Director: Kang-sheng Lee | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Hui-Jen Liao, Dennis Nieh, Ivy Yin
Votes: 1,109
34. Lady in Heat (1998)
80 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An anthology of three erotic stories. A salesman is unable to control his libido. Two couples are sexually unsatisfied. A woman has a steamy affair with the policewoman investigating a crime.
Directors: Yen-Ping Chu, Che Man-Ching | Stars: Yea-Ling Chang, Ming-Wei Kao, Miho Nomoto, Kuang-Chien Chen
Votes: 92
35. The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
99 min | Drama
Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of ... See full summary »
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Doze Niu, Shih Chang, Chung-Hua Tou, Li-Yin Yang
Votes: 1,914
36. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Not Rated | 237 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang, Elaine Jin
Votes: 12,787
37. A City of Sadness (1989)
157 min | Drama, History
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung-Young Chen, Jack Kao
Votes: 6,102
38. What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! (2007)
96 min | Comedy
What on Earth has Doze Niu done wrong? Doze runs into many problems ranging from relationship woes to professional challenges as he tries to secure funding for what he thinks will be the next mockumentary blockbuster.
Director: Doze Niu | Stars: Doze Niu, Janine Chun-Ning Chang, Huan-Ru Ke, Hsi-Sheng Chen
Votes: 226
39. Kano (2014)
Not Rated | 185 min | Biography, Drama, History
A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.
Directors: Umin Boya, Te-Sheng Wei | Stars: Togo Igawa, Takao Osawa, Masatoshi Nagase, Yu-Ning Tsao
Votes: 2,455
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