Hou Hsiao-hsien Movies

  • 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
  • 1992
    Dust of Angels

    Dust of Angels

    Dust of Angels

    7.61992HD

    A-Guo and A-Dou are two teenagers living in an industrial town in Taiwan, who fight, loaf, and cause trouble all day and hang out with Jie, a young...

    Dust of Angels
  • 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
  • 2016
    The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

    The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

    The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

    02016HD

    In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a...

    The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
  • 1983
    The Sandwich Man

    The Sandwich Man

    The Sandwich Man

    6.91983HD

    Composed of three separate stories, the film vividly portrays Taiwan during the cold war period when the country developed its economy with help from...

    The Sandwich Man
  • 2014
    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    7.12014HD

    With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through...

    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
  • 2010
    I Wish I Knew

    I Wish I Knew

    I Wish I Knew

    6.62010HD

    Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid-1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day.

    I Wish I Knew
  • 1982
    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    6.51982HD

    A substitute teacher from Taipei arrives in a country village to teach a class of mischievous students. He soon falls in love with nature, country...

    The Green, Green Grass of Home
  • 2024
    Daughter's Daughter

    Daughter's Daughter

    Daughter's Daughter

    7.52024HD

    Jin is in her 60s. Her husband gone, her concern is for daughter Zuer, in New York trying out IVF with her partner Michelle. When Jin receives news...

    Daughter's Daughter
  • 1998
    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    5.41998HD

    An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively...

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
  • 2010
    Taipei Exchanges

    Taipei Exchanges

    Taipei Exchanges

    6.72010HD

    Doris simply wanted to open a refined, stylish coffee shop in a bohemian Taipei neighborhood, but when she's stuck with a load of useless gifts from...

    Taipei Exchanges
  • 1983
    Growing Up

    Growing Up

    Growing Up

    71983HD

    The story follows a young man as he changes from an intelligently aware youth, to a teenager with much less confidence than he once had, and finally,...

    Growing Up
  • 2020
    Keep Rolling

    Keep Rolling

    Keep Rolling

    82020HD

    One of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a “star” for the first time in Man Lim-chung's directorial debut. A...

    Keep Rolling
  • 1980
    Cute Girl

    Cute Girl

    Cute Girl

    6.21980HD

    The daughter of a wealthy man takes French lessons so she can go to France with her fiancée, but ends up falling for a poor man who studies...

    Cute Girl
  • 2025
    Mongrel

    Mongrel

    Mongrel

    62025HD

    Oom has no papers or formal training but is good at caring for the elderly and disabled. When his situation as a caregiver in the mountains becomes...

    Mongrel
  • 1995
    Good Men, Good Women

    Good Men, Good Women

    Good Men, Good Women

    7.21995HD

    An actress preparing to play in a historical epic is terrorized by someone faxing her pages from her stolen diary; has colorful flashbacks of her...

    Good Men, Good Women
  • 2007
    Reflections

    Reflections

    Reflections

    32007HD

    A couple is torn by conflicting emotions. Jing and Mi are two women living in Taiwan who have been lovers for some time; Jing is a singer in a rock...

    Reflections
  • 1984
    Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

    01984HD

    Teenagers Jielong and Tangmi secretly love each other, but Tangmi vanishes after they spend a night out together. Jielong has to turn back to focus...

    Out of the Blue
  • 1983
    Ah Fei

    Ah Fei

    Ah Fei

    5.91983HD

    The startling contrast between old and new Taiwan is the subject of Wan Jen's epic of traditional identities coming into conflict with an urban life,...

    Ah Fei
  • 1995
    A Borrowed Life

    A Borrowed Life

    A Borrowed Life

    6.91995HD

    Sega's children, born into post-war Chinese rule, can't relate to their father's love for Japanese culture, having grown up under Japanese rule...

    A Borrowed Life