# The best Taiwanese films

From Taiwan New Cinema to Cape No. 7: Taiwanese films you must see, compiled from Sohu, KKNews and Zanzan's box-office ranking.

- 9 votes · 14 items
- Nov 14, 2019 · Jianhong Tsai
- https://even.best/en/l/4178/the-best-taiwanese-films

## Top 10

1. **Yi Yi (2000)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The life of a Taipei family, by Edward Yang.
2. **A City of Sadness (1989)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Lin family around the 228 Incident; Golden Lion in Venice.
3. **A Brighter Summer Day (1991)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Teenage gangs in 1960s Taipei.
4. **The Wedding Banquet (1993)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A gay son's fake wedding; Golden Bear in Berlin.
5. **Lupin Flower (1989)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A gifted country boy who loves to draw.
6. **A Time to Live, a Time to Die (1985)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of growing up.
7. **Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An epic of the Wushe Incident.
8. **You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Changhua high-school boy's first love.
9. **Hill of No Return (1992)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gold miners in Jiufen under Japanese rule.
10. **Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A rag-picking veteran and his adopted daughter.
11. **Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A retired chef and his three daughters, by Ang Lee.
12. **Cape No. 7 (2008)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A band in Hengchun and an old love letter: Taiwan's box-office record.
13. **A Borrowed Life (1994)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The life of a miner father, by Wu Nien-jen.
14. **A Confucian Confusion (1994)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Two days in the lives of young Taipei professionals, by Edward Yang.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.