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Edward Yang

Taiwanese film director and screenwriter (1947-2007)

6.84body-of-work score · ranked #150 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
November 6, 1947 · Shanghai
Died
June 29, 2007 · Los Angeles
Nationality
Taiwan
Work
film director, screenwriter, actor, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Edward Yang
吳繼昌 · Public domain

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
    Yi Yi一一Must-See #88

    2000 · Taiwan, China / Japan · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2000 #3 · Sarris's annual top 10 2000 #1 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #8

    3.5610 citations
  2. 2
    A Brighter Summer Day牯嶺街少年殺人事件Must-See #172

    1991 · Taiwan, China · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1992 #2 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #72 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #78

    2.899 citations
  3. 3
    Taipei Story

    1984 · Taiwan, China · drama, romance

    Criterion Collection spine #879 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.272 citations
  4. 4
    Mahjong麻將

    1996 · Taiwan, China · comedy

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 8 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.