Portrait of Tsai Ming-liang

Directing

Tsai Ming-liang

Career

Active from 1984 to 2026, busiest in 2012 with 6 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Your Face
Your Face
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tsai Ming-liang Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.5, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Historical
    0.9, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Taiwanese Cinema 7
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Social Realism 4
  • Slow-Paced 4
  • Slow Burn 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Contemplative 2
  • Visual Storytelling 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Existential 2
  • Coming-of-Age 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
Stray Dogs at the Museum
Stray Dogs at the Museum

Producer

2020s

14 titles · average score 69
Dust
Dust (2026)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Back Home
Back Home (2025)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Abiding Nowhere
Abiding Nowhere (2024)
GoodWatch score 84

Director

Xining Public Housing
Xining Public Housing (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Yilan
Yilan (2023)

Director

Where
Where (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? (2022)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Director of Photography

The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang
The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang (2022)

as Tsai Ming-liang

Days
Days (2021)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer, Director

The Night
The Night (2021)
GoodWatch score 61

Director of Photography, Writer

Wandering
Wandering (2021)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

The Moon and the Tree
The Moon and the Tree (2021)

Director

2010s

18 titles · average score 69
Your Face
Your Face (2018)
GoodWatch score 84

Director, Producer

The Deserted
The Deserted (2018)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Sand
Sand (2018)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Screenplay

No No Sleep
No No Sleep (2015)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Afternoon
Afternoon (2015)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Stray Dogs
Stray Dogs (2014)
GoodWatch score 74

Writer, Director

Journey to the West
Journey to the West (2014)
GoodWatch score 69

Adaptation, Director

Letters from the South
Letters from the South (2013)

Screenplay, Director

Walker
Walker (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer, Director

Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Writer

Beautiful 2012
Beautiful 2012 (2012)

Director

No Form
No Form (2012)
GoodWatch score 69

Director, Screenplay

2000s

20 titles · average score 68
Visage
Visage (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

Story, Writer

Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly (2009)

Writer, Director of Photography

Sleeping on Dark Waters
Sleeping on Dark Waters (2008)

Director

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

Director

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography, Writer

The Wayward Cloud
The Wayward Cloud (2005)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Writer

Welcome to São Paulo
Welcome to São Paulo (2004)

Director

My Stinking Kid
My Stinking Kid (2004)

Director

Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
GoodWatch score 77

Writer, Director

The Skywalk Is Gone
The Skywalk Is Gone (2003)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Director

What Time Is It There?
What Time Is It There? (2001)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Screenplay

A Conversation with God
A Conversation with God (2001)

Director

1990s

8 titles · average score 79
The Hole
The Hole (1998)
GoodWatch score 81

Screenplay, Director

The River
The River (1997)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Screenplay

My New Friends
My New Friends (1995)

Director

Vive L'Amour
Vive L'Amour (1994)
GoodWatch score 81

Screenplay, Director

Rebels of the Neon God
Rebels of the Neon God (1994)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Screenplay

Boys
Boys (1991)

Director, Writer

Give Me a Home
Give Me a Home (1991)

Director, Writer

Li-hsiang’s Love Line
Li-hsiang’s Love Line (1990)

Director, Writer

1980s

5 titles · average score 64
All the Corners of the World
All the Corners of the World (1989)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Writer

The Game They Call Sex
The Game They Call Sex (1987)

Writer

Run Away
Run Away (1985)

Writer

Spring Daddy
Spring Daddy (1985)

Writer

Teenage Fugitive
Teenage Fugitive (1984)

Screenplay