Hou Hsiao-hsien: movies and TV shows
Hou Hsiao-hsien has 103 credits in the archive: 101 films and 2 TV series, from 1962 to 2025. Highest rated: Golden Horse Awards (9.0/10).
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Career timeline
1962 – 2025 · busiest year: 1983 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mongrel | Film | 8.0 | 78 | |
| 2024 | Daughter's Daughter | Film | 7.9 | 77 | |
| 2023 | Old Fox | Film | 7.6 | 76 | |
| 2023 | Be with Me | Film | 4.2 | 76 | |
| 2022 | Twisted Strings | TV | 7.0 | 75 | |
| 2022 | Salute | Film | 8.8 | 75 | |
| 2022 | I Remember | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2021 | Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai' | Self - archival | Film | 8.0 | 74 |
| 2020 | Keep Rolling | Film | 8.0 | 73 | |
| 2020 | The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams | Film | 8.0 | 73 | |
| 2018 | Baby | Film | 5.9 | 71 | |
| 2018 | Father to Son | Film | 6.1 | 71 | |
| 2017 | Missing Johnny | Film | 5.6 | 70 | |
| 2016 | Dragon Girls! | Himself | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2016 | The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2015 | The Assassin | Film | 6.4 | 68 | |
| 2015 | The Assassin | Film | 6.4 | 68 | |
| 2015 | The Assassin | Film | 6.4 | 68 | |
| 2014 | Paradise in Service | Film | 6.8 | 67 | |
| 2014 | Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema | Self | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2013 | Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above | Film | 7.7 | 66 | |
| 2013 | Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above | Film | 7.7 | 66 | |
| 2013 | Past Present | Self | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2012 | A Special Day | Self | Film | 5.3 | 65 |
| 2011 | 10 Plus 10 | Film | 5.7 | 64 | |
| 2011 | Return Ticket | Film | 6.8 | 64 | |
| 2011 | Hometown Boy | Film | 8.0 | 64 | |
| 2010 | I Wish I Knew | Self | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 2010 | Taipei Exchanges | Film | 6.7 | 63 | |
| 2010 | One Day | Film | 7.1 | 63 | |
| 2009 | Let the Wind Carry Me | Self | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2008 | Flight of the Red Balloon | Film | 6.2 | 61 | |
| 2008 | Flight of the Red Balloon | Film | 6.2 | 61 | |
| 2008 | My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life Story | Self | Film | — | 61 |
| 2008 | In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship | Voice | Film | — | 61 |
| 2008 | In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship | Film | — | 61 | |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Film | 6.4 | 60 | |
| 2007 | Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class | Himself | Film | — | 60 |
| 2007 | Reflections | Film | 4.0 | 60 | |
| 2007 | the electric princess house | Film | — | 60 | |
| 2005 | Three Times | Film | 6.9 | 58 | |
| 2005 | Three Times | Film | 6.9 | 58 | |
| 2004 | Café Lumière | Film | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 2004 | Café Lumière | Film | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 2004 | Métro Lumière | Self | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2002 | Our Time, Our Story | Self | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2001 | Millennium Mambo | Film | 7.0 | 54 | |
| 2001 | Mirror Image | Film | 6.8 | 54 | |
| 1999 | HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien | Film | 7.9 | 52 | |
| 1998 | Flowers of Shanghai | Film | 6.9 | 51 | |
| 1998 | Flowers of Shanghai | Film | 6.9 | 51 | |
| 1998 | Goodbye South, Goodbye | Film | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 1998 | Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema | Self | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 1996 | Why Don't We Sing? | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1995 | Good Men, Good Women | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1995 | A Borrowed Life | Film | 7.1 | 48 | |
| 1995 | Heartbreak Island | Film | 6.5 | 48 | |
| 1993 | When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang | Self | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1993 | Treasure Island | Film | 6.2 | 46 | |
| 1993 | The Puppetmaster | Film | 6.6 | 46 | |
| 1993 | Talking with Ozu | Self | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1992 | Dust of Angels | Film | 7.7 | 45 | |
| 1991 | Raise the Red Lantern | Film | 7.9 | 44 | |
| 1991 | King of Chess | Film | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1990 | Sunless Days | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1989 | A City of Sadness | Film | 7.5 | 42 | |
| 1988 | I Love Mary | Film | 10.0 | 41 | |
| 1988 | All for Tomorrow | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1987 | Daughter of the Nile | Film | 7.2 | 40 | |
| 1986 | Dust in the Wind | Film | 7.6 | 39 | |
| 1986 | Soul | Boy-Boy | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1986 | Adult Game | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1985 | Taipei Story | Lung | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1985 | Taipei Story | Film | 7.5 | 38 | |
| 1985 | The Time to Live and the Time to Die | Film | 7.3 | 38 | |
| 1985 | The Time to Live and the Time to Die | Film | 7.3 | 38 | |
| 1985 | My Favorite Season | Film | 8.5 | 38 | |
| 1984 | A Summer at Grandpa's | Film | 7.5 | 37 | |
| 1984 | A Summer at Grandpa's | Film | 7.5 | 37 | |
| 1984 | The Bike & I | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1984 | Out of the Blue | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1983 | The Boys from Fengkuei | Arong's Sister's Boyfriend | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1983 | The Boys from Fengkuei | Film | 7.2 | 36 | |
| 1983 | That Day, on the Beach | Ah Cai's Executive | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1983 | The Sandwich Man | Film | 7.1 | 36 | |
| 1983 | Ah Fei | Film | 6.3 | 36 | |
| 1983 | Growing Up | Film | 7.2 | 36 | |
| 1982 | The Green, Green Grass of Home | Film | 6.4 | 35 | |
| 1982 | The Green, Green Grass of Home | Film | 6.4 | 35 | |
| 1982 | Six Is Company | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1981 | Play While You Play | Film | 6.3 | 34 | |
| 1981 | Play While You Play | Film | 6.3 | 34 | |
| 1981 | Longing | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1980 | Cute Girl | Film | 6.1 | 33 | |
| 1980 | Cute Girl | Film | 6.1 | 33 | |
| 1980 | Spring in Autumn | Film | 6.7 | 33 | |
| 1979 | Chu Lien | Film | 7.5 | 32 | |
| 1979 | Good Morning, Taipei | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1979 | It Was Rainy Last Night | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1978 | Lover on the Wave | Film | 8.0 | 31 | |
| 1975 | The Revenge of Two Exorcists | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1962 | Golden Horse Awards | Self | TV | 9.0 | 15 |
| LOMA - Our Home | Film | — | — |