Hou Hsiao-hsien Movies

  • 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
  • 1993
    The Puppetmaster

    The Puppetmaster

    The Puppetmaster

    6.71993HD

    Master puppeteer Li Tien-lu recalls his life in Japanese-occupied Taiwan during the first half of the 20th century.

    The Puppetmaster
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1981
    Play While You Play

    Play While You Play

    Play While You Play

    6.11981HD

    A photographer travels with her boyfriend to a seaside village in Penghu. There she strikes up a relationship with a blind man. When they reencounter...

    Play While You Play
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2001
    Mirror Image

    Mirror Image

    Mirror Image

    6.82001HD

    Tung-Ching’s life has changed since a car accident three months ago. The lifeline on his right hand was scratched off in this incident. A nurse...

    Mirror Image
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1995
    Heartbreak Island

    Heartbreak Island

    Heartbreak Island

    51995HD

    In Taiwan, a young woman, Lin-Lang, is released from prison after serving ten years for terrorist activity. She had turned to bomb making in grief...

    Heartbreak Island
  • 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