Hou Hsiao-hsien Movies
- 1991
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern7.9441991HD
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...
- 2007
To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema6.4732007HD
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...
- 1985
Taipei Story
Taipei Story7.51985HD
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...
- 1993
The Puppetmaster
The Puppetmaster6.61993HD
Master puppeteer Li Tien-lu recalls his life in Japanese-occupied Taiwan during the first half of the 20th century.
- 1983
The Boys from Fengkuei
The Boys from Fengkuei7.11983HD
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...
- 1983
That Day, on the Beach
That Day, on the Beach7.71983HD
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...
- 1998
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai6.91998HD
At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower...
- 2014
Paradise in Service
Paradise in Service6.8432014HD
Set in the island Kinmen, often seen as the most dangerous military base because it’s geographically close to China, "Paradise in Service"...
- 2001
Millennium Mambo
Millennium Mambo6.9922001HD
Vicky recalls her romances with her exes Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.
- 2015
The Assassin
The Assassin6.4052015HD
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...
- 2010
Taipei Exchanges
Taipei Exchanges6.8042010HD
Doris simply wanted to open a refined, stylish coffee shop in a bohemian Taipei neighborhood, but when she's stuck with a load of useless gifts from...
- 1985
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
The Time to Live and the Time to Die7.3591985HD
An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland...
- 2023
Old Fox
Old Fox7.52023HD
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...
- 1989
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness7.3271989HD
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the...
- 1982
The Green, Green Grass of Home
The Green, Green Grass of Home6.51982HD
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...
- 1983
The Sandwich Man
The Sandwich Man71983HD
Composed of three separate stories, the film vividly portrays Taiwan during the cold war period when the country developed its economy with help from...
- 1992
Dust of Angels
Dust of Angels7.6071992HD
A-Guo and A-Dou are two teenagers living in an industrial town in Taiwan, who fight, loaf, and cause trouble all day and hang out with Jie, a young...
- 2005
Three Times
Three Times7.0292005HD
In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three...
- 1986
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind7.6341986HD
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,...
- 2024
Mongrel
Mongrel62024HD
Oom has no papers or formal training but is good at caring for the elderly and disabled. When his situation as a caregiver in the mountains becomes...