Best Movies from Taiwan

Edward Yang’s family epic is a cathedral of everyday Taiwanese life — births, deaths, and the spaces between.

King Hu’s three-hour wuxia dissolves into pure light by the end — the genre’s one undisputed art film.

Shot amid the neon bustle of a Taipei night market, Left-Handed Girl finds Shih-Ching Tsou observing a fractured family with an unhurried, documentary-like eye that makes its small betrayals sting.

Greg Hsu and Austin Lin's chemistry powered a cross-genre hit that critics called messy but irresistible — a queer ghost comedy that proved Taiwanese commercial cinema could be progressive and profitable simultaneously.

Taiwan's Netflix horror breakout — technically rough in places but terrifying in its commitment to found-footage authenticity and ritual detail, with critics praising its cultural specificity and global word-of-mouth.