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Tsai Ming-liang
Born: 1957-10-27 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese: 蔡 明亮, Pinyin: Cài Míngliàng; born October 27, 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. He has written and directed 11 feature films and has also directed many short films, television films, documentaries and art installations. Tsai is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese cinema. His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous film festival awards.
Rated Filmography (38)
Sorted by Score7.5
Back Home
2025
7.3
Rebels of the Neon God
1994
7.3
Afternoon
2015
7.2
Vive L'Amour
1994
7.0
What Time Is It There?
2001
7.0
The Hole
1998
7.0
Abiding Nowhere
2024
7.0
The Deserted
2018
7.0
Give Me a Home
1991
6.8
The River
1997
6.8
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003
6.8
Wandering
2021
6.6
Your Face
2018
6.6
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006
6.4
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
6.3
Light
2018
6.3
Stray Dogs
2014
6.3
Journey to the West
2014
6.3
Days
2021
6.3
Walker
2012
6.2
Boys
1991
6.1
No No Sleep
2015
6.0
Madame Butterfly
2009
6.0
The Moon and the Tree
2021
6.0
Welcome to São Paulo
2004
6.0
Xining Public Housing
2024
6.0
My Stinking Kid
2004
6.0
The Wayward Cloud
2005
5.9
The Skywalk Is Gone
2003
5.9
The Night
2021
5.7
Sleeping on Dark Waters
2008
5.5
Visage
2009
5.5
My New Friends
1995
5.5
All the Corners of the World
1989
5.4
Letters from the South
2013
5.2
Beautiful 2012
2012
5.2
A Conversation with God
2001
5.0
Li-hsiang’s Love Line
1990