The Best Films From Taiwan

Five friends arrive at a party, fully unaware that the special night is just a cover for an evening of torture and murder.

Invitation Only (2009)

The once dominating LIONS team gradually declined after the death of team leader Lao Shen. Unwilling to retire, Li Yi Fei and his new partner-the first female driver in league history, Lu Li li did not get along, and the two did not give in to each other, which made the team's situation worse. The second-generation new team leader, Ah Shen, who is not optimistic, has to pin his hopes on Du Jie Ke, an otaku who can only play simulator racing. Du Jie Ke, who has no actual combat experience, does not have the strength to participate in the competition, but in order to catch up with Lily, he works hard. Faced with his racing performance and the concerns of his family, Li Yi Fei decided to retreat behind the scenes and let Lily and Du Jie Ke form a new partnership. Outside the Lions team, there is a strong opponent Song Jie, and there are misunderstandings and conflicts that need to be resolved. In the fierce battle, they regained their original aspirations.
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Nezha: The Race 1 (2021)

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy.

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014)

An outbreak of a new virus that causes humans to transform into horrifying, bloodthirsty mutants that can think and speak.

The Sadness (2021)

Xinglin Hospital, is known as one of Taiwan's most haunted hospital. Led by Tainan's most prestigious master and his disciples, Xiao Ling and Miao Ru, each with their own ambitions, they stepped into the hospital without hesitation the moment the ghost gate opened at midnight. In there, they see the past rushed in the front of them. Unexpectedly, the hospital's yin qi (aura) was too heavy, and those who entered could not take on the pressure of the ominous presence where all kinds of life and death happened in this hospital.

Hospital (2020)

Xiao Feng, a 13-year-old boy, spends his life wandering between his family house and the rehearsals of his older sister's band, but nobody seems to be aware of his existence.

Moonlight Boy (1993)

What is the gap between ideals and reality? How much more do we need to sacrifice to complete our dreams? And is it a saint who brings to the world a good saint; or is it just a werewolf thief in sheep's clothing?

The Last Thieves (2019)

A comedy about a couple of poor-looking people who take part in a TV matchmaking programme.

Funny Face (1984)

Taiwan Comedy directed by Kevin Chu Yen-Ping and starring Eric Tsang and Stanley Fung.

7½ Detectives (1988)

Taiwanese comedy film.

It's a Mad Mad Prison (1988)

Taipei, late Dec 2012. The city is going through an unprecedented winter heatwave, with temperatures in the 30s. Eight-year-old Tiger (Antoine) lives with his divorced mother, Cao Yi (Vivian Hsu), 36, who is struggling to make ends meet with her job as a magazine editor and reduced alimony payments from her ex-husband (Tang Kuo-chung). Tiger, who has a hyper-active imagination and sees his mother as a run-down robot who needs a new model, is not very bright at school and worries his art teacher (Mini Yang) with the dark pictures he draws in class.

Saving Mother Robot (2013)

A down-and-out scholar Atsai is so disillusioned with life that he tries to commit suicide in a dilapidated temple. At that very moment, a female ghost appears on the scene. As she is on the verge of killing him, a male ghost also shows up. The male ghost saves him, but Atsai gives him a scolding for his trouble. Then they start sharing their woes, and end up drowning their sorrow in wine. Unfortunately, the wine is drugged and Atsai dies. Forty years later, a Taoist priest meets the ghost of Atsai, who asks for his help because he is being controlled by an old demon and cannot be reborn.

Mr Ghost Cheater (1987)