Ann Hui

Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress (born 1947)

0.31body-of-work score · ranked #1731 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
May 23, 1947 · Anshan
Nationality
British Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
Work
actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Ann Hui
Elena Ternovaja · CC BY-SA 3.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Boat People投奔怒海

    1982 · China / Hong Kong, China · drama, documentary

    Criterion Collection spine #1113

    0.161 citation
  2. 2

    2011 · Hong Kong, China · drama

    Ebert's annual top 10 2012 #10

    0.141 citation

Complete filmography

All 31 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1978From Vietnam
  • 1979The Secret
  • 1980The Spooky Bunch
  • 1981The Story of Woo Viet
  • 1982Boat People
  • 1984Love in a Fallen City
  • 1987Princess Fragrance
  • 1987The Romance of Book and Sword
  • 1988Starry is the Night
  • 1990Song of the Exile
  • 1990The Swordsman
  • 1991Zodiac Killers
  • 1995Summer Snow
  • 1996The Stunt Woman
  • 1997As Time Goes By
  • 1997Eighteen Springs
  • 1999Ordinary Heroes
  • 2001July Rhapsody
  • 2001Visible Secret
  • 2002Visible Secret 2
  • 2003Jade Goddess of Mercy
  • 2006The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
  • 2008The Way We Are
  • 2009Night and Fog
  • 2010All About Love
  • 2011A Simple Life
  • 2014The Golden Era
  • 2017Our Time Will Come
  • 2020Love After Love
  • 2022Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
  • 2023Elegies