Hou Hsiao-hsien Movies

In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the...

9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her...

In 2011, Vicky looks back on her life a decade earlier, recalling her turbulent relationship with her controlling boyfriend Hao Hao and her growing...

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent...

Set in the island Kinmen, often seen as the most dangerous military base because it’s geographically close to China, "Paradise in Service"...

At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower...

In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three...

A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the...

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland...

Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other...

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...

A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school,...

A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.

At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

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,...

Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's...

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of...

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...

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...