Best Movies from Taiwan by Rank
43
1
1991
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
124
2
2000
Ang Lee
Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, Pei-pei Cheng
Adventure / Drama / Action / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China
Mandarin
264
3
2000
Edward Yang
Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang
Drama
Taiwan / Japan
Mandarin
808
4
1991
Edward Yang
Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Guozhu Zhang, Elaine Jin, Wang Juan, Zhang Han
Drama / Romance
Taiwan
Mandarin
882
5
1969
King Hu
Hsu Feng, Pai Ying, Tien Peng, Roy Chiao, Shih Chun
Action / Adventure / Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
1091
6
1993
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Tianlu Li, Giong Lim, Chung Lin, Yang Liyin, Xin Shufen
Drama / Documentary / Biography
Taiwan
Mandarin
1147
7
1993
Ang Lee
Winston Chao, May Chin, Dion Birney, Jeanne Kuo Chang
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Taiwan / USA
Mandarin
1460
8
1989
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Jack Kao, Li Tian-lu, Sung Young Chen
Drama / War / Period Film
Taiwan
Taiwanese
1476
9
1994
Ang Lee
Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang, Chien-Lien Wu, Sylvia Chang
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Taiwan / USA
Mandarin
1610
10
1985
Hsiao-hsien Hou
T'ien Feng, Mei Fang, T'ang Ju-yun, Yu An-Shun, Hsiao Ai
Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
1679
11
2001
Ming-liang Tsai
Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-Ching Lu, Tien Miao
Drama
Taiwan / France
Mandarin
1898
12
2003
Ming-liang Tsai
Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Shih Chun
Drama / Comedy
Taiwan
Mandarin
1900
13
2015
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Dahong Ni, Yun Zhou
Drama / Action / Period Film
Taiwan / China / Hong Kong / France
Mandarin
2098
14
1982
Steven Lisberger
Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes
Action / Fantasy / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Tech-Noir / Cult
USA / Taiwan
English
2384
15
2003
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo
Drama
Japan / Taiwan
Japanese
2401
16
2016
Martin Scorsese
Adam Driver, Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, Ciarán Hinds, Tadanobu Asano
Drama / History / Thriller / Religion
USA / Taiwan / Mexico
English
2641
17
1994
Ming-liang Tsai
Kuei-Mei Yang, Chao-jung Chen, Kang-sheng Lee
Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
2666
18
2001
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Qi Shu, Jack Kao, Chun-hao Tuan, Yi-Hsuan Chen, Jun Takeuchi
Drama / Romance
Taiwan / France
Cantonese
2691
19
1994
Kaizo Hayashi
Masatoshi Nagase, Shirô Sano, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Yang Haitin, Hou De Jian
Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Post-Noir / Detective
Japan / China / Taiwan
Japanese
2736
20
2013
Ming-liang Tsai
Shiang-chyi Chen, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi Cheng Lee, Yi Chieh Lee, Yi Ching Lu
Drama
France / Taiwan
Mandarin
2738
21
1985
Edward Yang
Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Wu Nien-Chen, Mei Fang, Tsai Chin, Su-Yun Ko
Drama / Romance
Taiwan
Taiwanese
2742
22
1998
Ming-liang Tsai
Kuei-Mei Yang, Kang-sheng Lee, Tien Miao, Hsiang-Chu Tong
Drama / Musical / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi
Taiwan / France
Mandarin
2745
23
1998
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, Carina Liu
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Taiwan
Shanghainese
2783
25
2005
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Chen Chang, Mei Di, Su-jen Liao, Fang Mei, Qi Shu
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Taiwan
Mandarin
2788
26
2007
Kang-sheng Lee
Kang-sheng Lee, Jane Liao, Dennis Nieh, Ivy Yi
Drama / Comedy
Taiwan
Mandarin
2788
26
2006
Ming-liang Tsai
Lee Kang-Sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Atun Normani
Comedy / Drama
Taiwan / Austria / France
Mandarin
2788
26
2002
Tso-chi Chang
Wing Fan, Meng-jie Gao, Wan-mei Yu, Mao-ying Tien, Yu-chih Wu
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
Taiwan / Japan
Mandarin
2788
26
2011
Te-Sheng Wei
Da-Ching, Umin Boya, Landy Wen, Lo Mei-ling, Masanobu Ando, Irene Luo
Drama / War / History / Epic / Action
Taiwan
Japanese
2788
26
1996
Nien-Jen Wu
Cheng-sheng Lin, Yung-Teh Hsu, Hsin-Tzong Lee, Bing-Huei Lee
Comedy
Taiwan
Taiwanese
2789
27
1994
Kar Wai Wong
Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
Hong Kong / China / Taiwan
Cantonese
2792
28
1997
Ko I-cheng
Tracy Su, Leon Dai, David Wang, Zhang han
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Experimental
Taiwan
Mandarin
2792
28
1995
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Annie Shizuka Inoh, Giong Lim, Jack Kao
Drama / History / Romance
Japan / Taiwan
Mandarin
2792
28
1996
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Jack Kao, Hsu Kuei-ying, Lim Giong, Annie Shizuka Inoh
Drama / Crime
Taiwan
Mandarin
2792
28
1996
Edward Yang
Chen Chang, Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Virginie Ledoyen
Drama / Crime / Comedy / Gangster
Taiwan
Mandarin
2807
29
2018
Wi Ding Ho
Lu Huang, Linda Jui-Chi Liu, Louise Grinberg, Ivy Yin, Kuo-Chu Chang
Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi
Taiwan / China / USA / France
Mandarin
2847
30
1998
Joan Chen
Lu Lu, Lopsang, Zheng Qian, Jie Gao, Qianqian Li, Yue Lu, Qian Qiao, Cheng Jiang
Drama
Hong Kong / USA / Taiwan
Mandarin
2860
31
1995
Tong Wang
Tao shu, Lu zhi, Shi jun, Zhang Shi
Drama / Documentary
Taiwan
Mandarin
2860
31
1990
Ann Hui
Maggie Cheung, Tan Lang Jachi Tian, Waise Lee, Zi Xiong Li
Drama
Hong Kong / Taiwan
Cantonese
