List of Taiwanese films of the 1980s

This is a list of films produced in Taiwan ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of Taiwanese films see Category:Taiwanese films

1980

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Attack Force Z	Tim Burstall	John Phillip Law, Ko Chun-hsiung, Mel Gibson, Sylvia Chang	war drama	First Australian Taiwanese co-production
Cute Girl	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Kenny Bee, Fong Fei Fei	drama/comedy	Hou's first full-length feature film

1981

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Cheerful Wind	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Kenny Bee, Fong Fei Fei	drama/comedy

1982

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
In Our Time	Tao Decheng, Edward Yang, Ko I-chen, Chang Yi	Sylvia Chang	drama/comedy	A Taiwanese New Wave collection of film shorts
The Green, Green Grass of Home	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Kenny Bee	drama/comedy

1983

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Growing Up	Chen Kunhou	Doze Niu	drama
Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing	Yu Kanping	Sun Yueh	drama
The Sandwich Man	Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tseng chuang-hsiang, Wan Ren		drama	A Taiwanese New Wave collection of film shorts
The Boys from Fengkuei	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Doze Niu, Tou Chung-hua, Shih Chang	drama	Won the Golden Montgolfiere at the 1984 Nantes Three Continents Festival
That Day, on the Beach	Edward Yang	Sylvia Chang	drama

1984

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A Summer at Grandpa's	Hou Hsiao-hsien		drama	Won the Golden Montgolfiere at the 1985 Nantes Three Continents Festival

1985

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A Time to Live, A Time to Die	Hou Hsiao-hsien		drama/biography	Won the FIPRESCI Prize Forum of New Cinema at the 1986 Berlin International Film Festival
Taipei Story	Edward Yang	Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai Chin	drama
Kuei-mei, A Woman	Chang Yi	Hui-san Yang	drama

1986

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A Book of Heroes	Kevin Chu	Cynthia Luster, Shoji Karada	martial arts	Renamed Fight to Win Again for its August 1987 release in the Philippines
Dust in the Wind	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Li Tian-lu	drama
Terrorizers	Edward Yang		drama	Won the Silver Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival

1987

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Daughter of the Nile	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Jack Kao, Li Tian-lu, Lin Yang	drama	Won the Special Jury Prize at the 1987 Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
Strawman	Wang Tung	Kuei-mei Yang, Wen Ying	drama
The Game They Called Sex	Gam Gwok-Chiu, Wong Siu-Dai, Sylvia Chang	Maggie Cheung, David Wu, Wakin Chau	Romance

1988

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Osmanthus Alley	Chen Kunhou	Simon Yam, Wakin Chau, Tou Chung-hua	Drama
Autumn Tempest	Huang Yu-shan		Drama
The Ginseng King	Chu-Chin Wang	Cynthia Khan	Fantasy

1989

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A City of Sadness	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chen Sung-young, Li Tian-lu	drama	Won the Golden Lion award at the 1989 Venice Film Festival, the Best Director at Golden Horse Awards
Banana Paradise	Wang Tung	Doze Niu, Shih Chang	drama
The Dull Ice Flower	Yang Li Kuo	Huang Kun Hsuan, Lee Shu Chen, Chen Sung-young	drama	Screened at the 1989 Berlin International Film Festival
Twin Bracelets	Huang Yu-shan		Drama

External links

• Taiwanese film at the Internet Movie Database