# The best Hou Hsiao-hsien films

From The Boys from Fengkuei to The Assassin: Hou Hsiao-hsien's most recommended and highest-rated films (Commercial Times, Marie Claire, Douban).

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- Sep 16, 2024 · 梁家樂
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## Top 12

1. **A City of Sadness (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Lin family around the 228 Incident; Golden Lion in Venice.
2. **A Time to Live, a Time to Die (1985)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Based on Hou's own childhood.
3. **Dust in the Wind (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two childhood sweethearts drift apart.
4. **The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Young men from Penghu try their luck in Kaohsiung.
5. **The Puppetmaster (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Half the life of puppeteer Li Tian-lu; Cannes Jury Prize.
6. **The Assassin (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A female assassin in the Tang dynasty; Best Director at Cannes.
7. **Flowers of Shanghai (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Late Qing Shanghai flower houses, in long takes.
8. **Three Times (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Three eras, three love stories, with Shu Qi and Chang Chen.
9. **Millennium Mambo (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shu Qi in Taipei at the turn of the millennium.
10. **A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two city kids spend the summer at their grandfather's.
11. **Good Men, Good Women (1995)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The White Terror intercut with present-day Taipei.
12. **Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Small-time hustlers on the road in southern Taiwan.
13. **Café Lumière (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A tribute to Ozu in Tokyo.

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