Tsai Ming-liang
Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker (born 1957)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- October 27, 1957 · Kuching
- Nationality
- Taiwan, Malaysia
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, filmmaker
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.
- 11.192 citations
- 2
2003 · Taiwan, China · comedy, drama
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #108 · Film Comment year-end poll 2004 #5 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2004 #8
1.104 citations - 3
1997 · Taiwan, China
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1997 #4 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.542 citations - 4
2006 · France / Austria / Malaysia
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2007 #10 · Film Comment year-end poll 2007 #19
0.522 citations - 5
2001 · Taiwan, China / France · drama
Film Comment year-end poll 2002 #17 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2002 #8 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.513 citations - 60.391 citation
- 7
1998 · Taiwan, China / France · musical, drama
Hoberman's annual top 10 1999 #9 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.262 citations - 8Stray DogsLes Chiens errants
2013 · France / Taiwan, China · drama
Film Comment year-end poll 2014 #17
0.241 citation
Complete filmography
All 19 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1992Rebels of the Neon God
- 1994Vive L'Amour
- 1997The River
- 1998The Hole
- 2001What Time Is It There?
- 2002The Skywalk Is Gone
- 2003Goodbye, Dragon Inn
- 2005The Wayward Cloud
- 2006I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
- 2007It's a Dream
- 2007To Each His Own Cinema
- 2009Face
- 2012Walker
- 2013Stray Dogs
- 2014Journey to the West
- 2015Afternoon
- 2015No No Sleep
- 2018Your Face
- 2020Days