Hou Hsiao-hsien Movies

  • 2001
    Millennium Mambo

    Millennium Mambo

    Millennium Mambo

    72001HD

    Vicky recalls her romances with her exes Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.

    Millennium Mambo
  • 1991
    Raise the Red Lantern

    Raise the Red Lantern

    Raise the Red Lantern

    7.9381991HD

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

    Raise the Red Lantern
  • 1989
    A City of Sadness

    A City of Sadness

    A City of Sadness

    7.361989HD

    The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the...

    A City of Sadness
  • 1985
    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    7.51985HD

    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...

    Taipei Story
  • 2015
    The Assassin

    The Assassin

    The Assassin

    6.412015HD

    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...

    The Assassin
  • 2007
    To Each His Own Cinema

    To Each His Own Cinema

    To Each His Own Cinema

    6.52007HD

    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...

    To Each His Own Cinema
  • 1998
    Flowers of Shanghai

    Flowers of Shanghai

    Flowers of Shanghai

    6.911998HD

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

    Flowers of Shanghai
  • 2005
    Three Times

    Three Times

    Three Times

    72005HD

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

    Three Times
  • 1985
    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    7.3511985HD

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

    The Time to Live and the Time to Die
  • 1983
    That Day, on the Beach

    That Day, on the Beach

    That Day, on the Beach

    7.71983HD

    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...

    That Day, on the Beach
  • 1986
    Dust in the Wind

    Dust in the Wind

    Dust in the Wind

    7.6321986HD

    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,...

    Dust in the Wind
  • 1993
    The Puppetmaster

    The Puppetmaster

    The Puppetmaster

    6.6591993HD

    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
  • 2014
    Paradise in Service

    Paradise in Service

    Paradise in Service

    6.82014HD

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

    Paradise in Service
  • 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
  • 2013
    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

    7.62013HD

    Documenting Taiwan from an aerial perspective offering a glimpse of Taiwan's natural beauty as well as the effect of human activities and...

    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
  • 2011
    10 Plus 10

    10 Plus 10

    10 Plus 10

    5.72011HD

    10+10 is a project initiated by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to demonstrate the solidarity between Taiwanese film-makers. 20 directors are...

    10 Plus 10
  • 1983
    The Boys from Fengkuei

    The Boys from Fengkuei

    The Boys from Fengkuei

    7.11983HD

    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...

    The Boys from Fengkuei
  • 2007
    Flight of the Red Balloon

    Flight of the Red Balloon

    Flight of the Red Balloon

    6.172007HD

    The first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, 'Flight of the Red Balloon' tells the story of a French family as seen...

    Flight of the Red Balloon
  • 1996
    Goodbye South, Goodbye

    Goodbye South, Goodbye

    Goodbye South, Goodbye

    6.8421996HD

    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,...

    Goodbye South, Goodbye