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The Wedding Banquet (1993)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: August 04, 1993

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Ang Lee

Writers: Ang Lee

, Neil Peng

, James Schamus

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: R

Production: Ang Lee Productions, Central Motion Pictures, Good Machine

Distributor: CBS/Fox, MGM Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Taiwan, United States

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Domestic: $ 6,933,459

Farewell My Concubine (1992)

Summary: Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

Release Date: October 15, 1993

Genres: Drama, Romance, Music

Director: Kaige Chen

Writers: Pik-Wah Lee

, Wei Lu

Runtime: 2 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Beijing Film Studio, Tomson Films, China Film Co-Production Corporation

Countries: China, Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,258,576

International: $ 890,291

What If (2013)

Summary: Wallace, who is burned out from a string of failed relationships, forms an instant bond with Chantry, who lives with her longtime boyfriend. Together, they puzzle out what it means if your best friend is also the love of your life.

Release Date: August 15, 2014

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Michael Dowse

Writers: Elan Mastai

, T.J. Dawe

, Michael Rinaldi

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: No Trace Camping, Caramel Film, Fastnet Films

Countries: Canada, Ireland

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,493,000

International: $ 5,033,288

A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: November 25, 2011

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: Edward Yang

Writers: Hung Hung

, Mingtang Lai

, Alex Yang

Runtime: 3 h 57 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Yang & His Gang Filmmakers

Country: Taiwan

Language: English

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Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: August 03, 1994

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Ang Lee

Writers: Ang Lee

, James Schamus

, Hui-Ling Wang

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Ang Lee Productions, Central Motion Pictures, Good Machine

Distributor: The Samuel Goldwyn Company, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM World Films, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Taiwan, United States

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 7,294,403

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Rebels of the Neon God (1992)

Summary: Within the urban gloom of Taipei, four youths face alienation, loneliness, and moments of existential crisis amidst a series of minor crimes.

Release Date: August 04, 1994

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Tsai Ming-liang

Writer: Tsai Ming-liang

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Central Motion Pictures

Distributor: Big World Pictures, Fine Line Features, The Criterion Channel

Country: Taiwan

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 28,791

To Live (1994)

Summary: After Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.

Release Date: December 16, 1994

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Yimou Zhang

Writers: Wei Lu

, Yu Hua

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: ERA International, Shanghai Film Studios

Distributor: The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Films sans Frontières, MGM World Films

Countries: Hong Kong, China

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 2,332,728

Crime Story (1993)

Summary: A Special Agent is assigned to protect a wealthy business magnate. However, when the businessman is kidnapped in a daring ambush, he teams up with a seasoned detective to crack the case. But soon he discovers the case isn't that s...

Release Date: June 24, 1993

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Directors: Kirk Wong

, Jackie Chan

Writers: Tin-Nam Chun

, Man-Keung Chan

, Lai Ling Cheung

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: R

Production: Golden Harvest Company

Distributor: Dimension Films, Dimension Home Video, Dragon Dynasty, Genius Products, Media Asia Distribution, Miramax, Shout! Factory

Country: Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 194,720

International: $ 3,547,149

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)

Summary: On a dark, wet night a historic and regal Chinese cinema sees its final film. Together with a small handful of souls they bid "Goodbye, Dragon Inn".

Release Date: December 12, 2003

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Tsai Ming-liang

Writers: Sung Hsi

, Tsai Ming-liang

Runtime: 1 h 22 min

Production: Homegreen Films

Distributor: Wellspring Media, Homegreen Films, Metrograph Pictures

Country: Taiwan

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 35,120

International: $ 994,523

A Better Tomorrow (1986)

Summary: A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

Release Date: August 02, 1986

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: John Woo

Writers: Hing-Ka Chan

, Suk-Wah Leung

, John Woo

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Cinema City, Film Workshop

Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

The Puppetmaster (1993)

Summary: Puppeteer Li Tian-lu tells his life story, and through it, the story of Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century.

Release Date: December 08, 1993

Genres: Drama, Biography, War

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Writers: T'ien-wen Chu

, Tien-Lu Li

, Nien-Jen Wu

Runtime: 2 h 22 min

Production: Era Film Company, Huanle Wuxian Youxian Gongsi

Country: Taiwan

Language: Chinese

The Hole (1998)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: March 24, 1999

Genres: Drama, Musical, Fantasy

Director: Tsai Ming-liang

Writers: Tsai Ming-liang

, Pi-ying Yang

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

Production: Arc Light Films, Central Motion Pictures, China Television (CTV), Haut et Court, La Sept-Arte

Distributor: Fox Lorber, Big World Pictures, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Taiwan, France

Language: Chinese

Gorgeous (1999)

Summary: A romantic girl travels to Hong Kong in search of certain love but instead meets a kind-hearted professional fighter for whom she begins to fall instead.

Release Date: February 06, 1999

Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance

Director: Vincent Kok

Writers: Jackie Chan

, Ivy Ho

, Vincent Kok

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: GH Pictures, Golden Harvest Company, Golden Harvest Pictures (China)

Distributor: Artisan Entertainment

Countries: Hong Kong, Taiwan

Language: Chinese

Blue Gate Crossing (2002)

Summary: An is-she-or-isn't-she gay comedy focused on a Taiwanese teen, the boy she might like, and the girl she may love.

Release Date: September 27, 2002

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Chih-yen Yee

Writer: Chih-yen Yee

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

Production: Arc Light Films, Pyramide Productions

Distributor: Strand Releasing, BuyIndies.com Inc.

Countries: Taiwan, France

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 6,242

International: $ 286,334

The Personals (1998)

Summary: An attractive and successful doctor places a personal ad in a newspaper to try to meet (and eventually marry) Mr. Right. A succession of blind dates ensues, featuring men who are lonely, desperate, dangerous and perverted.

Release Date: October 09, 1999

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Kuo-Fu Chen

Writers: Kuo-Fu Chen

, Shih-Chieh Chen

, Yu-hui Chen

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Central Motion Pictures, Spring International, Taiwan Film Culture

Country: Taiwan

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 20,267

Crying Ladies (2003)

Summary: A whimsical comedy about three women who cry at funerals, professionally.

Release Date: February 20, 2004

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Mark Meily

Writers: Mark Meily

, Tony Gloria

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Unitel Pictures

Country: Philippines

Language: English

Domestic: $ 132,920

The Wayward Cloud (2005)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: March 18, 2005

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical

Director: Tsai Ming-liang

Writer: Tsai Ming-liang

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Arena Films, Arte France Cinéma, Homegreen Films, Wild Bunch

Distributor: Strand Releasing

Countries: France, Taiwan

Language: Chinese

Dead or Alive (1999)

Summary: A yakuza of Chinese descent and a Japanese cop each wage their own war against the Japanese mafia. But they are destined to meet. Their encounter will change the world.

Release Date: November 27, 1999

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Takashi Miike

Writer: Toshiki Kimura

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Daiei, Toei Video Company, Excellent Film

Distributor: Kino Video

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 500,000