Hou Hsiao-hsien Movies

  • 1991
    Raise the Red Lantern

    Raise the Red Lantern

    Raise the Red Lantern

    7.9281991HD

    In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.

    Raise the Red Lantern
  • 2015
    The Assassin

    The Assassin

    The Assassin

    6.3952015HD

    9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her...

    The Assassin
  • 2001
    Millennium Mambo

    Millennium Mambo

    Millennium Mambo

    6.9822001HD

    Vicky recalls her romances with her exes Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.

    Millennium Mambo
  • 1985
    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    7.51985HD

    A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the...

    Taipei Story
  • 1989
    A City of Sadness

    A City of Sadness

    A City of Sadness

    7.4051989HD

    The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the...

    A City of Sadness
  • 1998
    Flowers of Shanghai

    Flowers of Shanghai

    Flowers of Shanghai

    6.91998HD

    At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower...

    Flowers of Shanghai
  • 1983
    That Day, on the Beach

    That Day, on the Beach

    That Day, on the Beach

    7.741983HD

    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...

    That Day, on the Beach
  • 1985
    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    7.41985HD

    An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland...

    The Time to Live and the Time to Die
  • 1983
    The Boys from Fengkuei

    The Boys from Fengkuei

    The Boys from Fengkuei

    7.11983HD

    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...

    The Boys from Fengkuei
  • 2007
    To Each His Own Cinema

    To Each His Own Cinema

    To Each His Own Cinema

    6.52007HD

    Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent...

    To Each His Own Cinema
  • 1986
    Dust in the Wind

    Dust in the Wind

    Dust in the Wind

    7.61986HD

    A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school,...

    Dust in the Wind
  • 2005
    Three Times

    Three Times

    Three Times

    6.9842005HD

    In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three...

    Three Times
  • 1984
    A Summer at Grandpa's

    A Summer at Grandpa's

    A Summer at Grandpa's

    7.41984HD

    A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.

    A Summer at Grandpa's
  • 2010
    One Day

    One Day

    One Day

    7.12010HD

    A woman is transported into a world as strange and beautiful as her dreams in this fantasy. Singing, who comes from a family of poor shopkeepers,...

    One Day
  • 2004
    Café Lumière

    Café Lumière

    Café Lumière

    6.6822004HD

    In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist...

    Café Lumière
  • 2014
    Paradise in Service

    Paradise in Service

    Paradise in Service

    6.82014HD

    Set in the island Kinmen, often seen as the most dangerous military base because it’s geographically close to China, "Paradise in Service"...

    Paradise in Service
  • 1991
    King of Chess

    King of Chess

    King of Chess

    6.5381991HD

    Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's...

    King of Chess
  • 1996
    Goodbye South, Goodbye

    Goodbye South, Goodbye

    Goodbye South, Goodbye

    6.81996HD

    In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his sidekick,...

    Goodbye South, Goodbye
  • 1987
    Daughter of the Nile

    Daughter of the Nile

    Daughter of the Nile

    71987HD

    Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and...

    Daughter of the Nile
  • 2023
    Old Fox

    Old Fox

    Old Fox

    7.62023HD

    Set in the late 1980s, this family drama is about an 11-year-old boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and learns from him how to...

    Old Fox