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The best Taiwanese films

The top 3 according to 9 votes from people: Yi Yi (2000) · A City of Sadness (1989) · A Brighter Summer Day (1991). (Updated Nov 14, 2019.)

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

Jianhong Tsai · · 14 items · 9 votes · 1 comment

Automatically translated (original in 繁體中文). See the original

Top 10

  1. 1

    Yi Yi (2000)

    The life of a Taipei family, by Edward Yang.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  2. 2

    A City of Sadness (1989)

    The Lin family around the 228 Incident; Golden Lion in Venice.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  3. 3

    A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

    Teenage gangs in 1960s Taipei.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  4. 4

    The Wedding Banquet (1993)

    A gay son's fake wedding; Golden Bear in Berlin.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    Lupin Flower (1989)

    A gifted country boy who loves to draw.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    A Time to Live, a Time to Die (1985)

    Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of growing up.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  7. 7

    Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2011)

    An epic of the Wushe Incident.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  8. 8

    You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011)

    A Changhua high-school boy's first love.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  9. 9

    Hill of No Return (1992)

    Gold miners in Jiufen under Japanese rule.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  10. 10

    Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing (1983)

    A rag-picking veteran and his adopted daughter.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0

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  1. 11

    Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

    A retired chef and his three daughters, by Ang Lee.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  2. 12

    Cape No. 7 (2008)

    A band in Hengchun and an old love letter: Taiwan's box-office record.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  3. 13

    A Borrowed Life (1994)

    The life of a miner father, by Wu Nien-jen.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  4. 14

    A Confucian Confusion (1994)

    Two days in the lives of young Taipei professionals, by Edward Yang.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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stargazer_tainan · 繁體中文

一一放第一名很合理,每次看都有不同的感受

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