Taiwan (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang
Votes: 258,108 | Gross: $128.08M
2. Lust, Caution (2007)
NC-17 | 157 min | Drama, History, Romance
During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Leehom Wang
Votes: 38,383 | Gross: $4.60M
3. Nina Wu (2019)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama
Nina Wu, a girl who leaves small theatre company in the country for the big city in pursuit of her actress dream. The wait seems to be endless, as she lives a lonely and repressed life ... See full summary »
Director: Midi Z | Stars: Ke-Xi Wu, Vivian Sung, Kimi Hsia, Li-Ang Chang
Votes: 863
4. 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: Chen Chang, Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang, Elaine Jin
Votes: 8,581
5. Yi Yi (2000)
Not Rated | 173 min | Drama, Romance
Each member of a middle-class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee
Votes: 21,972 | Gross: $1.14M
6. Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
Director: Kuang-Hui Liu | Stars: Jean-François Blanchard, Akira Chen, Edward Chen, David Hao-Chi Chiu
Votes: 4,270
7. The Assassin (2015)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Drama, History
A female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth-century China.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Shu Qi, Chen Chang, Yun Zhou, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Votes: 16,073 | Gross: $0.61M
8. A Sun (2019)
156 min | Crime, Drama
A family of four fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride.
Director: Mong-Hong Chung | Stars: Chien-Ho Wu, Yi-wen Chen, Samantha Shu-Chin Ko, Kuan-Ting Liu
Votes: 6,434
9. Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang, Chien-Lien Wu
Votes: 19,406 | Gross: $7.29M
10. Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1988–1990)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Disney's fun-loving chipmunks are re-imagined as the leaders of a team of pint-sized crime-fighters.
Stars: Corey Burton, Peter Cullen, Tress MacNeille, Jim Cummings
Votes: 17,814
11. Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
Unrated | 113 min | Drama
In the "flower houses" (upscale brothels) of Shanghai, various interweaving stories of love, loyalty, and deceit play out subtly.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, Carina Lau
Votes: 2,813
12. We Best Love (2021– )
30 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
It is not a simple thing to like someone, because - many times, we dare not say anything. "If first place is the only way to make you see me, then I will never lose to you before you fall ... See full summary »
Stars: Sam Lin, Yu Teng Yang, Zack Fanchiang, Belle Hsin
Votes: 512
13. Be Loved in House (2021– )
Romance
Stars: Aaron Lai, Shuo-Han Wang, Wei-Po Liao, Jie-En Yu
Votes: 81
14. The Silent Forest (2020)
TV-MA | 108 min | Drama
A hearing-impaired boy transfers to a school for children with special needs. But his excitement about blending into a new environment immediately turns into fear when he witnesses the reality happening in the school.
Director: Chen-Nien Ko | Stars: Tzu-Chuan Liu, Buffy Chen, Kuan-Ting Liu, Kuei-Mei Yang
Votes: 662
15. The Sadness (2021)
99 min | Horror
After a year of combating a pandemic with relatively benign symptoms, a frustrated nation finally lets its guard down. This is when the virus spontaneously mutates, giving rise to a ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Jabbaz | Stars: Regina, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Berant Zhu
Votes: 71
16. The Wedding Banquet (1993)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Winston Chao, May Chin, Ah-Lei Gua, Sihung Lung
Votes: 14,474 | Gross: $6.93M
17. Days (2020)
Unrated | 127 min | Drama
Kang lives alone in a big house, Non in a small apartment in town. They meet, and then part, their days flowing on as before.
Director: Ming-liang Tsai | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Anong Houngheuangsy
Votes: 976
18. Trinity of Shadows (2021– )
Thriller
Stars: Kuan-Ting Liu, Kaiser Chuang, Sandrine Pinna
Votes: 21
19. The Terrorizers (1986)
109 min | Crime, Drama
A metaphysical mystery about the lives of three couples in Taipei that continually intersect over a span of several weeks.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Cora Miao, Li-Chun Lee, Shih-Chieh King, Pao-Ming Ku
Votes: 3,595
20. Gatao: The Last Stray (2021)
121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Qing encounters the photographer Xiao Qi at the full moon banquet of the daughter of the big brother Ren Ge at the corner of the Beiguan. They fall in love with each other. But, sadly, they aren't able to stay together at the end.
Director: Jui-Chih Chiang | Stars: Tsai-Hsing Chang, Jen-Shuo Cheng, Nikki Hsieh, Shang-Ho Huang
Votes: 130
21. Little Big Women (2020)
123 min | Drama
Family members grapple with the passing of their estranged father and the remnants of the life he led during his absence.
Director: Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu | Stars: Shu-Fang Chen, Ying-Hsuan Hsieh, Vivian Hsu, Ke-Fang Sun
Votes: 1,755
22. Detention (2019)
102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 1962 Taiwan during the White Terror martial law period, Fang Ray Shin, a female student at the hillside Greenwood High School is attending counselling with teacher Mr. Chang, and they ... See full summary »
Director: John Hsu | Stars: Gingle Wang, Meng-Po Fu, Jing-Hua Tseng, Cecilia Choi
Votes: 2,518
23. Dear Ex (2018)
TV-MA | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenage boy and his mother are further driven apart when they find out that his father's life insurance policy is to be received by his lover.
Directors: Chih-Yen Hsu, Mag Hsu | Stars: Roy Chiu, Ying-Hsuan Hsieh, Spark Chen, Joseph Huang
Votes: 4,472
24. You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of close friends who attend a private school all have a debilitating crush on the sunny star pupil, Shen Jiayi. The only member of the group who claims not to is Ke Jingteng, but he ends up loving her as well.
Director: Giddens Ko | Stars: Kai Ko, Michelle Chen, Shao-Wen Hao, Owodog
Votes: 9,604
25. Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama
Within the urban gloom of Taipei, four youths face alienation, loneliness, and moments of existential crisis amidst a series of minor crimes.
Director: Ming-liang Tsai | Stars: Chao-jung Chen, Chang-Bin Jen, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-Ching Lu
Votes: 4,034 | Gross: $0.03M
26. Millennium Mambo (2001)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance
The ethereally beautiful Vicky recalls her romances with Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Shu Qi, Jack Kao, Chun-hao Tuan, Jun Takeuchi
Votes: 4,868 | Gross: $0.01M
27. A Touch of Zen (1971)
Not Rated | 200 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.
Director: King Hu | Stars: Feng Hsu, Chun Shih, Ying Bai, Billy Chan
Votes: 5,706
28. HIStory (2017– )
20 min | Drama, Romance
A beautiful Asian girl dies and misses her boyfriend. She tries to get him back in under 7days in a boy's body. Later to find out, her boyfriend's true love is not her.
Stars: Chun-Haw Hsu, Cheng-Yang Wu, Andy Bian, Ting-Hsuan Chen
Votes: 633
29. 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: 2,502 | Gross: $0.01M
30. Dear Tenant (2020)
106 min | Drama
A boy lives with his Grandma and Mr. Lin, the tenant who looks after him and Grandma. But when Grandma passes away, the boy's uncle returns to Taiwan and discovers that ownership of the apartment was transferred to other people.
Director: Yu-Chieh Cheng | Stars: Morning Tzu-Yi Mo, Shu-Fang Chen, Run-yin Bai, Chun-Yao Yao
Votes: 760
31. Tears on Fire (2021)
50 min | Drama
Tears on Fire is a rare production featuring firefighting profession in Taiwan, which portrays the life stories of four firefighters. From their daily work of firefighting, rescuing and ... See full summary »
Stars: Sheng-hao Wen, Annie Chen, Po-Hung Lin, Kuan-Ting Liu
Votes: 149
32. The Prisoner (1990)
R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cop goes undercover to infiltrate a deadly prison where a team of mercernaries is being assembled.
Director: Yen-Ping Chu | Stars: Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Tony Ka Fai Leung
Votes: 3,332
33. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
82 min | Drama, Comedy
On a dark, wet night a historic and regal Chinese cinema sees its final film. Together with a small handful of souls they bid "Goodbye, Dragon Inn."
Director: Ming-liang Tsai | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Tien Miao
Votes: 4,445 | Gross: $0.03M
34. Our Times (2015)
134 min | Comedy, Romance
Love grows where it isn't expected in this endearing romantic comedy coming of age movie.
Director: Yu Shan Chen | Stars: Vivian Sung, Talu Wang, Dino Lee, Dewi Chien
Votes: 4,725 | Gross: $0.85M
35. The Bridge Curse (2020)
88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
University students, planning a bravery initiation test for their fellow classmates, choose a campus bridge rumored to be haunted by a vengeful female ghost.
Director: Lester Hsi | Stars: Ning Chang, Cheng Ko, J.C. Lin, Summer Meng
Votes: 1,233
36. The World Between Us (2019– )
55 min | Crime, Drama
"The World Between Us" is a 10-part, hour-long series that follows the aftermath of a mass shooting where the fates of all parties involved - the killer, the victims, the victims' families, the media and the defense teams are intertwined.
Stars: Alyssa Chia, Sheng-hao Wen, Kang Ren Wu, Tracy Chou
Votes: 1,999
37. Vive L'Amour (1994)
R | 118 min | Drama
Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment used for sexual trysts.
Director: Ming-liang Tsai | Stars: Chao-jung Chen, Kang-sheng Lee, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yi-Ching Lu
Votes: 3,694
38. The Victims' Game (2020– )
Drama, Thriller
After discovering his estranged daughter's link to mysterious murders, a forensic detective with Asperger's syndrome risks everything to solve the case.
Stars: Hsiao-chuan Chang, Tsai-Hsing Chang, Wei-Ning Hsu, Shih-Sian Wang
Votes: 1,080
39. The Ghost Bride (2020– )
Drama
A woman living in 1890s Colonial-era Malacca receives a proposal to become the ghost bride of a a wealthy family's recently-deceased son.
Stars: Peijia Huang, Kang Ren Wu, Ludi Lin, Kuang Tian
Votes: 601
40. My Missing Valentine (2020)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A girl who does everything so quickly that she's always one step ahead of others found out that her Valentine's Day has mysteriously passed when she wakes up the next morning.
Director: Yu-Hsun Chen | Stars: Kuan-Ting Liu, Patty Pei-Yu Lee, Duncan Lai, Joanne Missingham
Votes: 1,121
41. Bromance (2015– )
90 min | Drama
The romance between a woman raised as a male, and a gangster' s son who doesn't know she. Is female.
Stars: Bii, Chu-he Chen, Megan Lai, Katie Chen
Votes: 416
42. Classmates Minus (2020)
122 min | Comedy, Drama
Four high school buddies -- a director, a temp worker, an insurance salesman, and a paper craftsman -- grapple with unfulfilled dreams amid middle age ennui.
Director: Hsin-yao Huang | Stars: Jen-Shuo Cheng, Kuan-Ting Liu, Na-Dou Lin, Ming-Shuai Shih
Votes: 1,140
43. Fall In Love At First Kiss (2019)
122 min | Comedy, Romance
Adapted from Japanese manga series "Itazura na Kiss", about a teen girl who falls in love with her fellow senior since their first day of high school.
Director: Yu Shan Chen | Stars: Talu Wang, Yun Lin, Kenji Chen, Cecilia Choi
Votes: 554
44. Cities of Last Things (2018)
TV-MA | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
This is a story about a common man who has extraordinary events in his mundane life. The film depicts the protagonist's turns of events in three eras, three seasons, three nights, in the same city, as told with reverse chronology.
Director: Wi Ding Ho | Stars: Jack Kao, Hong-Chi Lee, Louise Grinberg, Ning Ding
Votes: 1,400
45. Shaolin Wooden Men (1976)
98 min | Action
After witnessing the murder of his father, Little Mute trains in Shaolin Temple for revenge and is taught by various teachers, one of which is clandestine.
Director: Chi-Hwa Chen | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chun-Erh Lung, Kang Chin, Ping-Yu Chang
Votes: 2,197
46. The Savage Killers (1976)
84 min | Action, Drama
Two masters must combine their skills to defeat an evil lord.
Director: Jimmy Wang Yu | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chia-Yung Liu, Ling-Ling Hsieh, Fei Lung
Votes: 200
47. Stray Dogs (2013)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama
An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross path with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.
Director: Ming-liang Tsai | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yi-Ching Lu, Shiang-chyi Chen
Votes: 2,588
48. The Hole (1998)
95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
While never-ending rain and a strange disease spread by cockroaches ravage Taiwan, a plumber makes a hole between two apartments and the inhabitants of each form a unique connection, enacted in musical numbers.
Director: Ming-liang Tsai | Stars: Kuei-Mei Yang, Kang-sheng Lee, Tien Miao, Hui-Chin Lin
Votes: 3,579
49. Dragon Inn (1967)
Not Rated | 111 min | Action, Adventure
When the children of an executed General are pursued in 1457 China, some heroic martial arts swordsmen intervene.
Director: King Hu | Stars: Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Chun Shih, Ying Bai, Feng Hsu
Votes: 2,572
50. Someday or One Day (2019–2020)
72 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Yu-Hsuan lost her boyfriend Chuan-Sheng in plane accident. She then discovered Chuan-Sheng and a girl look alike Yu-Hsuan both appeared in a photo taken in 1998. Accidentally, she had backed to 1998 and met a boy looked alike Chuan-Sheng.
Stars: Chia-Yen Ko, Greg Han Hsu, Po-Yu Shih, Han Chang
Votes: 755