FR #1313 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Taiwan, USA | Mandarin, French
Director
Ang Lee
Writer
Ang Lee, James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang
Cast
Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Wang Yu-Wen
Plot
A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.
FR #1561 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Taiwan | English, Mandarin
Director
Edward Yang
Writer
Edward Yang, Alex Yang, Mingtang Lai
Cast
Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang
Plot
Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax.
FR #2624 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Taiwan, Hong Kong | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Writer
T'Ien-Wen Chu, Nien-Jen Wu
Cast
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung-Young Chen
Plot
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.
FR #4005 | TV | Romance, Drama | Taiwan | Mandarin, Min Nan
Cast
Dongqin Liu, Benjamin Tsang, Yan-Ting Chen
Plot
Sheng Wang, a high school transfer student, immediately clashes with classmate Jiang Tian. Their lives intertwine when their parents marry, forcing them to adapt as stepbrothers while dealing with family dynamics and a budding rom...
FR #5566 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Taiwan, USA | Mandarin, English
Director
Ang Lee
Writer
Ang Lee, Neil Peng, James Schamus
Cast
Winston Chao, May Chin, Ah-Lei Gua
Plot
To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.
FR #6113 | Movie | Drama | Taiwan, France | Mandarin, Min Nan
Director
Edward Yang
Writer
T'Ien-Wen Chu, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Edward Yang
Cast
Chin Tsai, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, I-Chen Ko
Plot
Lung is a former member of the national Little League team who lives with his old childhood sweetheart Ah-chin, a traditional family woman. Although they live together, Ah-chin is weary of Lung's past liaison with another girl.
FR #7371 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Taiwan | Mandarin, Hakka
Director
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Writer
T'Ien-Wen Chu, Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Cast
Yu An-Shun, Chia-Bao Chang, Neng Chang
Plot
The semi-autobiographical film on director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's childhood and adolescence, when he was growing up in Taiwan, living through the deaths of his father, mother and grandmother.
FR #9269 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Taiwan, Argentina | Mandarin, Spanish
Director
Giddens Ko
Writer
Giddens Ko
Cast
Kai Ko, Michelle Chen, Shao-Wen Hao
Plot
A group of close friends who attend a private school all have a debilitating crush on the sunny star pupil, Shen Jiayi. The only member of the group who claims not to is Ke Jingteng, but he ends up loving her as well.
FR #13077 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Taiwan, France | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
Tsai Ming-Liang
Writer
Tsai Ming-Liang, Pi-Ying Yang
Cast
Kuei-Mei Yang, Kang-Sheng Lee, Miao Tien
Plot
While never-ending rain and a strange disease spread by cockroaches ravage Taiwan, a plumber makes a hole between two apartments and the inhabitants of each form a unique connection, enacted in musical numbers.
FR #13250 | Movie | Action, Drama | Taiwan, Hong Kong | Japanese, Mandarin
Director
Te-Sheng Wei
Writer
Te-Sheng Wei
Cast
Masanobu Ando, Jun'Ichi Haruta, Sabu Kawahara
Plot
An indigenous clan-based people living in harmony with nature find their way of life threatened when violent interlopers from another culture arrive, intent on seizing their natural resources and enslaving them.
FR #13269 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | Taiwan, China | Mandarin, Min Nan
Director
Yu Shan Chen
Writer
Yung-Ting Tseng
Cast
Vivian Sung, Talu Wang, Dino Lee
Plot
Truly Lin lives a lonely life as an employee in an office. She reminisces about her high school life when she and Tai Yu, the school's notorious student, fall in love with each other.
FR #15879 | Movie | Drama | Taiwan, Greece | Mandarin, Min Nan
Director
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Writer
T'Ien-Wen Chu
Cast
Doze Niu, Shih Chang, Chung-Hua Tou
Plot
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 them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an ap...
FR #17127 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Taiwan, Hong Kong | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
King Hu
Writer
King Hu
Cast
Feng Hsu, Yueh Sun, Lin Tung
Plot
In Ming Dynasty China, the abbot of the San Pao Buddhist monastery must choose a successor. Among the high dignitaries invited, there are some who are after the priceless parchment kept in the temple: the Mahayana Sutras.
FR #17128 | Movie | Drama | Taiwan | Mandarin, Min Nan
Director
Edward Yang
Writer
Nien-Jen Wu, Edward Yang
Cast
Sylvia Chang, Ming Hsu, Lieh Lee
Plot
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 has just started a new business.
FR #18315 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Taiwan, USA | Mandarin, Min Nan
Director
Te-Sheng Wei
Writer
Te-Sheng Wei
Cast
Van Fan, Chie Tanaka, Min-Hsiung
Plot
A unusual group of people in a village on the coast of Taiwan form a band to perform at a beach concert, while the lead singer searches for the intended recipient of 7 lost love letters.
FR #18879 | Movie | Action | Taiwan, Hong Kong | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
Chi-Hwa Chen
Writer
Hsin Chin
Cast
Jackie Chan, Chun-Erh Lung, Kang Chin
Plot
After witnessing the murder of his father, Little Mute trains in Shaolin Temple for revenge and is taught by various teachers, one of which is clandestine.
FR #19818 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Taiwan | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
Tsai Ming-Liang
Writer
Tsai Ming-Liang, Yi-Chun Tsai, Pi-Ying Yang
Cast
Miao Tien, Kang-Sheng Lee, Yi-Ching Lu
Plot
A young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river; his dysfunctional parents are unable to provide any relief for him or themselves.
FR #21075 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Taiwan, France | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
Tsai Ming-Liang
Writer
Tsai Ming-Liang
Cast
Kang-Sheng Lee, Shiang-Chyi Chen, Yi-Ching Lu
Plot
Hsiao-Kang, now working as a pornographic actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.
FR #23768 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Taiwan | Mandarin, Min Nan
Director
Wei-Hao Cheng
Writer
Wei-Hao Cheng, Lai Chih-Liang, Sharon Wu
Cast
Greg Han Hsu, Po-Hung Lin, Gingle Wang
Plot
One day a police officer finds a red wedding envelope, only to find out that the owner is in fact a ghost asking for the officer's hand in marriage before reincarnation. What will happen when a human and a ghost form a special bond?
FR #23789 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Taiwan | Sign, Chinese
Director
Fen-Fen Cheng
Writer
Fen-Fen Cheng
Cast
Eddie Peng, Ivy Chen, Michelle Chen
Plot
A delivery boy falls for a young girl who is hearing impaired. Comparing themselves with "water birds" and trees, together they are going to break the barrier and pursue their dreams and take their relationship to the next level.