What Time Is It There? 2001 ( 7)

A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.

Happy End 2009 ( 5.5)

Robinson, appropriately named as we will soon discover, is on vacation in Biarritz with his wife. What follows is the story behind the loss of his arm, a story that becomes increasingly bizarre and eventually apocalyptic, leading us down a narrative path of labyrinthine complexity. The resulting film is an extraordinary feat of imagination and daring, set against the backdrop of a world on the verge of destruction.

Thanatos, Drunk 2015 ( 5.9)

In a crumbling house on the edge of Taipei, two brothers drift through odd jobs, messy love, and quiet yearning for a life that feels like their own.

The Teacher 2019 ( 5.8)

When the 26-year-old Civics teacher, Kevin, openly voices his stance on marriage equality at school, he stirs up a storm. His being madly in love with an HIV positive man doesn't sit well with all the people around him. When a rumour breaks out about his HIV status, he is forced to make choices no one should have to.

Aerotropolis 2017

A man's real estate investment begins to take a serious toll on him when he tries to flip the property for a profit.

Jesus in Nanking (China 1913) 1985

Taiwanese director Jo Jo Wang's 1985 adaptation of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short story "The Christ of Nanking". Taiwan's Government Information Office demanded cuts to the erotic scenes, objected to the poster (depicting lead actress Lu Hsiao-fen crucified nude), and demanded a change of the Chinese title.

Gone with Honor 1979

Lin Zemin and his wife Xiugu move to Taiwan from Fujian. At the same time, the Japanese invade Taiwan, leading Zemin to die during the war of resistance. His son Yongyuan grows up and goes to Japan to study medicine were he makes three friends, one of whom is a Japanese girl named Sadako.

The Frogmen 1980

The River 1997 ( 6.7)

A young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river for a movie shoot, but nobody can provide him any relief.

An Ocean Too Deep 2001

A Canadian writer and a Taiwanese teenager meet in a village in the east coast of Taiwan.

Yes, Sir! 7 2016

ADHD Is Necessary 2018

When her daughter's slipping grades threaten their status in life, a mother resorts to extreme measures to avoid losing social standing.

Mother's Remote 2018 ( 9)

After discovering that her son faked his report cards, a single mother uses a device to grant her utter control over his life -- but at a great cost.

Child of the Cat 2018 ( 8)

After finding a box of kittens above his unstable parents' apartment, teenager Kuo-Yen finds a terrifying way to cheat his exams.

The Blueprint N/A ( 10)

The Blueprint is a science-fiction thriller about Cody, a computer engineer who is infatuated with a work colleague he considers perfect for him but had been previously rejected by and as such he has created an artificially intelligent replicant of her. When Cody comes home from a promising date with another woman who he feels cannot compare to the feelings he has for his colleague, he decides to begin work on attempting to replicate her personality in his robot by combining footage he had secretly taken of her and machine learning. But when this doesn't work and the replicant never feels like the genuine, living, breathing person he's trying to force into his life and he destroys his lifeless creation in a fit of rage, Cody now must come to terms with the fact that this mindset is toxic to him and everyone around him in spite of the fact that his behaviour, which has been discovered by the woman he was dating that night, may have caused him to lose his chance of another connection.

The Golden Lotus 1974 ( 7.2)

Golden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsiang adapted part of the story into this film, which starts with Hsi Men Ching, a successful merchant, wooing Pan Chin Lien, the beautiful wife of one of the townspeople.

白山黑水血溅红 1947

Haunted House No. 13 1948

No. 13 Baochan Hutong in Beiping was originally the residence of King Zheng of the Qing Dynasty, and became one of the top ten murderous mansions in Beiping due to the unexplained deaths of its occupants from time to time. A couple from Shanghai rented the house, and the old man on watch told them the story of the old house. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded, King Zheng's father was dragged to his death by a foreigner's horse for not letting the foreigner occupy the mansion, and since then there have been strange happenings in the mansion. Zheng Wang's son, Weng, was not doing his job, and Zheng Wang could do nothing about it. On the night of the ancestor's memorial service, King Zheng died of spasms in his arms and legs. After the Republic of China, Weng was forced to sell his house, his mother hanged herself, and his sister fell into a brothel, where a warlord general bought her as a concubine, but abused her all sorts of ways.

The Brave Little Toaster 1987 ( 6.9)

A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.

All in the Dim Cold Night 1974 ( 5)

A rich landowner has an affair with a poor girl and gets her pregnant. He refuses to marry her, and on a cold night the woman and baby freeze to death. They return as ghosts to haunt him.

The Secret of the Dirk 1970 ( 5.8)

The lovely Ching Li and handsome Chang I star as star-and-sword-crossed comrades who take on the vicious Black Tigers gang in a quest for hidden wealth. There's action galore, until the final, fiery fight in a temple of treasure.

Hang in There, Kids! 2016 ( 5.8)

In a secluded indigenous tribe, 3 kids who grew up in the mountains and the woods. They are all very optimistic, energetic and playful; yet, they are also troubled by their own family issues. Their handicapped teacher opened an after school session to help them with their schoolwork. For the children, it's like a ray of love shone on them. The teacher has a beautiful voice, but never sings. One day, the 3 kids find a tape of their teacher's recording and are amazed by her voice. They decide to bring this tape to Taipei.... What changes will this trip bring to all of their lives?

Crossroad 1976

Taiwanese drama film starring Ivy Ling Po.

Dragon Blows 1973

It starts out in rip roaring fashion, with our heroine (genre veteran Chiao Chiao) watching an out of control man rip the bodice from a struggling farm girl. Incensed by this brutality and no doubt offended by the film's one and only topless scene, she rams her fist through a brick wall and kills the man with her distinctive 'dragon blow'. Enter the film's male hero, her brother, who scolds his sister for using this deadly and forbidden weapon. The story then commences in earnest, as brother and sister end up protecting a poor orphan girl who has a valuable jade necklace that a nefarious criminal syndicate is desperate to obtain. Much mayhem ensues, though the film remains chaste and relatively bloodless after its promising beginning.

Game of Killers 1982

Two unlikely friends cross paths and join forces after they come in possession of a map that many are on the lookout for. How will they defend themselves against an army of assassins that are also after that map in this Game Of Killers?

The Blood Sucker 1973

Taiwanese horror movie from 1973.

Unidentified 2017

Pongso no Tao 2008 ( 6)

Starring pop idol Bobby Duo (竇智孔) and emerging young actress Lin Jia-yu (林家宇), the film begins with Meibana (played by Duo), a 26-year-old Tao man, deciding to take a break from his stressful life in Taipei and return to Orchid Island. There he learns to appreciate his people's traditional way of life as he whiles away his time collecting the island's natural sounds with his recordist and mentor A-fei.

Between Farmlands 2022