Portrait of Hou Hsiao-hsien

Directing

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Career

Active from 1975 to 2015, busiest in 1983 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for Taipei Story
Taipei Story
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hou Hsiao-hsien Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.6, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1
  • Tension
    4.5, average 5.9
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Taiwanese Cinema 11
  • Coming-of-Age 7
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Melancholic Tone 3
  • Taiwanese History 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Family Drama 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Slow-Paced 3
  • Social Realism 2
  • Melancholic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

66
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
LOMA - Our Home
LOMA - Our Home

Executive Producer

2020s

7 titles · average score 73
Mongrel
Mongrel (2025)

Executive Producer

Daughter's Daughter
Daughter's Daughter (2024)
GoodWatch score 72

Executive Producer

Old Fox
Old Fox (2023)
GoodWatch score 74

Executive Producer

Be with Me
Be with Me (2023)

Executive Producer

Salute
Salute (2022)

Producer

I Remember
I Remember (2022)

Producer

The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams
The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams (2020)

Producer

2010s

11 titles · average score 65
Baby
Baby (2018)
GoodWatch score 60

Executive Producer

Father to Son
Father to Son (2018)
GoodWatch score 63

Executive Producer

Missing Johnny
Missing Johnny (2017)
GoodWatch score 62

Producer

The Assassin
The Assassin (2015)
GoodWatch score 71

Executive Producer, Screenplay

Paradise in Service
Paradise in Service (2014)
GoodWatch score 64

Executive Producer

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above (2013)
GoodWatch score 84

Executive Producer, Producer

10 Plus 10
10 Plus 10 (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

Return Ticket
Return Ticket (2011)
GoodWatch score 69

Executive Producer

Hometown Boy
Hometown Boy (2011)

Producer

Taipei Exchanges
Taipei Exchanges (2010)
GoodWatch score 67

Producer

One Day
One Day (2010)
GoodWatch score 55

Executive Producer

2000s

9 titles · average score 75
Flight of the Red Balloon
Flight of the Red Balloon (2008)
GoodWatch score 74

Writer, Director

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship
In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship (2008)

as Voice

To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
GoodWatch score 83

Director

Reflections
Reflections (2007)

Producer

the electric princess house
the electric princess house (2007)

Director

Three Times
Three Times (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

Director, Writer

Café Lumière
Café Lumière (2004)
GoodWatch score 76

Director, Writer

Millennium Mambo
Millennium Mambo (2001)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

Mirror Image
Mirror Image (2001)
GoodWatch score 67

Executive Producer

1990s

11 titles · average score 76
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
GoodWatch score 78

Executive Producer, Director

Goodbye South, Goodbye
Goodbye South, Goodbye (1998)
GoodWatch score 87

Director

Why Don't We Sing?
Why Don't We Sing? (1996)

Producer

Good Men, Good Women
Good Men, Good Women (1995)
GoodWatch score 85

Director

A Borrowed Life
A Borrowed Life (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

Executive Producer

Heartbreak Island
Heartbreak Island (1995)

Executive Producer

The Puppetmaster
The Puppetmaster (1993)
GoodWatch score 85

Director

Treasure Island
Treasure Island (1993)

Supervising Producer

Dust of Angels
Dust of Angels (1992)
GoodWatch score 75

Producer

Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
GoodWatch score 82

Executive Producer

King of Chess
King of Chess (1991)
GoodWatch score 58

Producer

1980s

22 titles · average score 76
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness (1989)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

Daughter of the Nile
Daughter of the Nile (1987)
GoodWatch score 87

Director

Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind (1986)
GoodWatch score 89

Director

Taipei Story
Taipei Story (1985)
GoodWatch score 89

as Lung

The Time to Live and the Time to Die
The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
GoodWatch score 88

Director, Writer

A Summer at Grandpa's
A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Writer

The Boys from Fengkuei
The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
GoodWatch score 75

as Arong's Sister's Boyfriend

Growing Up
Growing Up (1983)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay

The Sandwich Man
The Sandwich Man (1983)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

The Green, Green Grass of Home
The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Director

Play While You Play
Play While You Play (1981)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Writer

Cute Girl
Cute Girl (1980)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Screenplay

1970s

5 titles
Good Morning, Taipei
Good Morning, Taipei (1979)

Screenplay

Chu Lien
Chu Lien (1979)

Screenplay

It Was Rainy Last Night
It Was Rainy Last Night (1979)

Screenplay

Lover on the Wave
Lover on the Wave (1978)

Screenplay

The Revenge of Two Exorcists
The Revenge of Two Exorcists (1975)

Screenplay