17th Göteborg Film Festival (1994)
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1. Faraway, So Close! (1993)
PG-13 | 140 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A group of angels in the German capital look longingly upon the life of humans.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Peter Falk, Horst Buchholz
Votes: 9,124 | Gross: $0.81M
2. Und Tschüss (1994)
5 min | Short
Director: Stefan Schneider | Stars: Jürgen Albrecht, Ulrike Arnold, Birgit Aurell, Antonio Di Mauro
Votes: 8
3. Same Player Shoots Again (1968)
12 min | Short
Sequence of five shots, each one with a particular color treatment, in which a man carrying a machine gun runs. He moves fast in the beginning but, as the end comes closer, he starts to walk in zigzag. Is he hurt?
Director: Wim Wenders | Star: Hanns Zischler
Votes: 244
4. Police Film (1969 TV Short)
12 min | Short
New times have come for the way demonstrations are handled by the police. No more crude repression... "Policemen come from the people, just as demonstrators". Therefore, if you're a cop, ... See full summary »
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Kasimir Esser, Jimmy Vogler
Votes: 78
5. Reverse Angle: Ein Brief aus New York (1982)
17 min | Documentary, Short
Wim Wenders's atmospheric testimony about the problems he encountered while working on Hammett (1982) with Francis Ford Coppola, and the differences between the film-making process in Europe and the States.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Francis Ford Coppola, Isabelle Weingarten, Wim Wenders
Votes: 101
6. Chambre 666 (1982 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
During the '35th Cannes International Film Festival' (14th-26th May 1982), German director Wim Wenders asked a sample of 15 other international film directors to get, each one at a time, ... See full summary »
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Wim Wenders, Michelangelo Antonioni, Maroun Bagdadi, Ana Carolina
Votes: 1,518
7. Arisha, der Bär und der steinerne Ring (1992)
31 min | Short
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Rüdiger Vogler, Anna Vronskaya, Arina Voznsenskaya, Wim Wenders
Votes: 90
8. World of Glory (1991)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
After witnessing an act of unprecedented violence without even flinching, an emotionally numb real-estate agent visits his ailing mother at the hospital, and then, the graveyard. Is there a speck of happiness in this cruel and short life?
Director: Roy Andersson | Stars: Klas-Gösta Olsson, Lennart Björklund, Christer Christensen, Bernard Eiger
Votes: 2,826
9. Vi ses i Krakow (1992)
12 min | Short, Drama
A family is leaving their apartment for a vacation in Poland. While waiting for the taxi cab, they ridicule each other using verbal abuse.
Director: Agneta Fagerström-Olsson | Stars: Suzanne Reuter, Krister Henriksson, Jessica Liedberg, Figge Norling
Votes: 32
10. En dag på stranden (1993)
10 min | Drama, Short
Director: Björn Runge | Stars: Arne Augustsson, Agneta Danielsson, Jerker Fahlström, Viktor Friberg
Votes: 28
11. Betraktelse (1994)
11 min | Short
An elderly man and his existence in a harsh environment. He fishes, dig up potatoes, take care of his sheep and workhorse. He works in the barn, collects seaweed, eats a simple meal and drinks a snaps. "Skål" is the only word he utters.
Director: Gunnel Lindblom | Stars: Keve Hjelm, Barbro Lomakka, Gunnel Lindblom
Votes: 19
12. The Puppetmaster (1993)
142 min | Biography, Drama, War
Puppeteer Li Tian-lu tells his life story, and through it, the story of Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tien-Lu Li, Giong Lim, Kuei-Chung Cheng, Chien-ru Huang
Votes: 2,073
13. Good Night, Irene (1994)
110 min | Adventure
Staffan comes back to Svalöv where he grew up. His visit becomes an odyssey of his memories with his friends Maria and Janne when they grew up in the 1940s. They spent their childhood ... See full summary »
Director: Stellan Olsson | Stars: Lars-Erik Berenett, Anette Bjärlestam, Johannes Brost, Birgit Carlstén
Votes: 29
14. Bara du & jag (1994)
98 min | Drama
Twenty-five-year-old Flore, a black woman born and raised in Sweden, is made minister of schools and at once becomes a media darling; furthermore, Flore has strong ideas about her agenda to implement change in Sweden's education system.
Director: Suzanne Osten | Stars: Fransesca Quartey, Etienne Glaser, Lena T. Hansson, Björn Kjellman
Votes: 35
15. Germinal (1993)
R | 160 min | Drama, Romance
In mid-nineteenth-century northern France, a coal mining town's workers are exploited by the mine's owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.
Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet
Votes: 5,748 | Gross: $0.38M
16. Fiorile (1993)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama
While traveling to visit their grandfather, two children are told the story of a family curse that has lasted 200 years. During Napoleon's Italian invasion, Elisabetta Benedetti fell in ... See full summary »
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Michael Vartan, Lino Capolicchio
Votes: 1,180 | Gross: $0.43M
17. Short Cuts (1993)
R | 188 min | Comedy, Drama
The day-to-day lives of several suburban Los Angeles residents.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins, Bruce Davison
Votes: 47,394 | Gross: $6.11M
18. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
R | 139 min | Drama
The life histories of four East Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin
Votes: 18,255 | Gross: $32.86M
19. The Secret Garden (1993)
G | 101 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life. Once there, she begins to explore her new, seemingly-isolated surroundings, and its secrets.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott
Votes: 44,495 | Gross: $31.18M
20. Himmel över Malmö (1994)
92 min | Documentary
Election 1991. The right wing take over after 66 years of social democratic rule in Malmö City Council. Some seniors have started a study circle about Per Albin Hansson.
Director: Torgny Schunnesson | Stars: Sten Andersson, Hans Cavalli-Björkman, Lars Engqvist, Carl P. Herslow
21. Nina älskling (1994)
68 min | Documentary
When Nina was 8 years old, the foster father's sexual abuse began. Nina tried to convince herself that this incomprehensible thing was not true. It had not happened. So the years of ... See full summary »
Director: Christina Olofson | Star: Nina Sundberg
22. Frihetsligan (1994)
75 min | Drama, War
Director: Leyla Assaf-Tengroth | Stars: Carol Abboud, Julia Kassar
Votes: 16
23. I morgon, Mario (1994)
76 min | Drama
Director: Solveig Nordlund | Stars: João Silva, Vítor Norte, Conceição Pereira, Helder Abreu
Votes: 40
24. Cool (1994 TV Movie)
53 min | Drama
Director: Stephan Apelgren | Stars: Eddie Axberg, Anders Beckman, Ulf Friberg, Ernst Günther
25. Chinese Take-out (1994)
19 min | Short
An urban loner, who is afraid of dogs, allows his paranoia to overwhelm him.
Director: Nils Bergendal | Star: Mark Gorney
27. Det var väl själva fan också (1994)
1 min | Short
Director: Peter Östlund | Star: Matti Pellonpää
Votes: 23
28. 13-årsdagen (1994)
20 min | Family, Short
Director: Ella Lemhagen | Stars: Fredrik Beckman, Tina Carlson, Pia Johansson, Benitha Karlsson
Votes: 7
30. Räveld (1994)
12 min | Short
Rävelden(foxfire) is a light that appears above a buried troll treasure in the woods. A grandmother tells this tale for some children, and the need to dig very carefully to get the treasure... See full summary »
Director: Geir Hansteen Jorgensen
Votes: 9
31. Att göra något verkligt (1994)
34 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Vera Nilsson (1888-1979), an outsider and solitaire in Swedish 20th century art, headstrong and independent, fearless and clear-sighted, stubborn and colorful, who with unbridled will to express and uncompromising empathy.
Director: Lars Lambert | Stars: Vera Nilsson, Lena-Pia Bernhardsson, John-Bertil Lundén
32. Antingen eller... (1994)
10 min | Short
A woman's choice in life, at that very moment when the decision is made, a decision that becomes extremely vital. Not being able to choose is to opt out.
Director: Myriam Braniff | Stars: Annmari Kastrup, Therese Segerstedt, Finn Zandén
33. Blod & persikor (1993)
55 min | Drama
The teacher Beata travel by train on her way home. Beata's husband has left her after that her affair with a young student, Misja, was exposed. He has taken care of their children.
Director: Susanna Edwards | Stars: Leif Andrée, Björn Kjellman, Lakke Magnusson, Petra Nielsen
34. Vindarnas väg (1994)
52 min | Documentary
A documentary about the photographer Lütfi Özkök.
Director: Elisabeth Márton | Stars: Rikard Wolff, Lütfi Özkök
35. Alice in Plasmalandet (1993)
8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
An animated tale of a strange little girl and the secrets hidden within her doll house - a short film not suitable for young children.
Directors: Magnus Carlsson, Jonas Odell
36. Konsulten (1993 TV Short)
30 min | Short, Drama
Director: Tomas Ryberger | Stars: Thomas Nystedt, Roland Hedlund, Gerd Hegnell, Iwar Wiklander
38. Gädda! (1994)
29 min | Documentary, Short
A short film featuring the northern pike (Esox lucius) that inhabit a small lake.
Directors: Per Carleson, Tony Holm, Barbro Johansson | Star: Per Carleson
41. Minns Ni? (1993)
8 min | Documentary, Short
A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
Director: Leif Furhammar | Stars: Börje Ahlstedt, Elof Ahrle, Pernilla Allwin, Birgitta Andersson
42. Hur gick det sen? (1994)
11 min | Animation, Short, Family
On the way home to Moominmamma, Moomintroll finds The Mymble and agrees to help her go looking for Little My, who has gone missing.
Director: Jaromir Wesely | Star: Tove Jansson
Votes: 23
43. Musikbussen (1994)
19 min | Animation, Short
A big noisy family lives in the music bus. They all play different instruments and different melodies but one day they decide to work together in harmony.
Director: Stig Lasseby | Star: Bibi Andersson
Votes: 6
44. Euroboy (1994)
26 min | Short
Director: Tobias Falk | Stars: Iwa Boman, Regina Lund, Per Myrberg, Staffan Kihlbom Thor
46. Revolver (1994)
8 min | Animation, Short
A short film about time.
Directors: Stig Bergqvist, Martti Ekstrand, Jonas Odell, Lars Ohlson
Votes: 143
47. Ev byte (1994)
8 min | Short
Director: Magnus Wikman | Stars: Fredrik Hammar, Robert Sjöblom, Johan Widerberg
49. Ingen som du (1994)
30 min | Short
The widower Erik mourns his wife. He meets Doris, a cleaning lady from Poland with a passion for Doris Day. They start socializing and helping each other to break loneliness and isolation.
Director: Lisa Ohlin | Stars: Jelena Jangfeldt-Jakubovitch, Bertil Norström, Tord Peterson, Margreth Weivers
Votes: 5
50. En ful film (1994)
10 min | Short
She measures the width of the root of the nose with a measuring tape and lifts scraps. He measures his low forehead with a measuring tape and sees his father's image in the mirror. Is it so... See full summary »
Director: Fanny Danielsson | Stars: Lars Cange, Kristina Molvén
52. Kronofogden kommer (1993 TV Movie)
51 min | Documentary
"Kronofogden kommer" - about the indebted who are visited by friendly, overworked officials who just follow the rules and the regulations.
Director: Tom Alandh | Stars: Tom Alandh, Bror Carlsson, Ulf Olsson
Votes: 16
53. Tvillingarna från Kraków (1994)
42 min | Documentary, Short
Joanna and Karolina are ten years old and they live in the ancient city of Cracow in southern Poland. We accompany them on their first journey to Sweden, where they are literally overwhelmed by the unspoiled natural beauty of the place.
Directors: Joanna Helander, Bo Persson | Stars: Joanna Bieszczao, Karolina Bieszczao, Per Oscarsson
54. Återkomster (1994)
60 min | Documentary
The director travels to Poland and Germany trying to discover what happened to those of her Jewish relatives who disappeared during WW II. On her route she keeps up a continuous imaginary dialogue with her dead father, Gerard K.
Directors: Joanna Helander, Bo Persson | Stars: Reine Brynolfsson, Stina Ekblad, Bruno Ganz, Björn Granath
55. Teater åttonde dagen (1992)
79 min | Documentary
An authentic human drama about theatre and freedom, about exile and revolution in the on-going metamorphosis of Europe We accompany a legendary Polish theatre group in the period before, during and after the upheavals in Eastern Europe.
Directors: Joanna Helander, Bo Persson | Stars: Daria Anfelli, Adam Borowski, Tadeusz Janiszewski, Martin Keszycki
56. Händerna (1994)
93 min | Drama, Thriller
A newcomer comes to live in the village, it is soon found out that he has a special gift. He can find oil with his hands. But who is he and what does he want from the villagers?
Director: Richard Hobert | Stars: Boman Oscarsson, Sven-Bertil Taube, Camilla Lundén, Margreth Weivers
Votes: 222
58. This Island (1970)
31 min | Documentary, Short
How art in the Detroit Institute of Arts connects to life's experiences and the neighborhood.
Directors: Leo Hurwitz, Peggy Lawson
59. The Museum and the Fury (1956)
56 min | Documentary
From the perspective of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, documentary material, amongst this the freeing of the camp and the Nuremberg Trials with clips from films which were produced ... See full summary »
Directors: Leo Hurwitz, Peggy Lawson | Star: Josephine Kirk
Votes: 10
60. The Last Performance (1912)
17 min | Short, Drama
A young lieutenant falls in love with a circus rider. He leave the military and take a job at the circus. He quickly becomes the crowds favorite. His interest in another woman drives the rejected circus rider to revenge.
Director: Georg af Klercker | Stars: Carl Barcklind, Selma Wiklund af Klercker, Georg af Klercker, Gustaf Bengtsson
Votes: 33
61. Nattliga toner (1918)
61 min | Drama, Romance
The rich Baron Von Meislingen dreams of being a poet. Unfortunately he has no talent what so ever. In one of his apartments lives the talented but poor poet Peter Långhår. Von Meislingen ... See full summary »
Director: Georg af Klercker | Stars: Gabriel Alw, Sture Baude, Johnny Björkman, Hugo Björne
Votes: 47
62. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,617 | Gross: $1.24M
63. S novym godom, Moskva! (1993)
84 min | Drama
The action of this film is confined within the walls of a Moscow communal apartment, where on the eve of the new year of 1993 a group of old friends gathers, and where a brother and a sister meet.
Director: Natalya Pyankova | Stars: Mariya Gangus, Ilya Narodovoy, Vadim Piankov, Olga Beshulya
Votes: 8
64. Sny (1993)
78 min | Comedy, History
Russian countess in 1893 has strange dreams about herself living a life as a dishwasher in 1993' Moscow after dissolution of the USSR.
Directors: Aleksandr Borodyanskiy, Karen Shakhnazarov | Stars: Oleg Basilashvili, Amaliya Mordvinova, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Arnold Ides
Votes: 340
65. Drumroll (1993)
97 min | Comedy
Director: Sergei Ovcharov | Stars: Aleksandr Polovtsev, Andrey Urgant, Viktor Semyonovsky, S. Zharov
Votes: 101
66. Excursion to the Bridge of Friendship (1993)
12 min | Short, Musical
A Bulgarian folksinger writes to a stranger in Sydney, Australia, seeking sponsorship to bring her raw and ancient singing to the West.
Director: Christina Andreef | Stars: Karin Mainwaring, Andrea Moor
Votes: 12
67. Nikotin (1993)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Mirror film, intellectual game, tribute to Jean-Luc Godard and "Breathless". The narrative plot resumes the transposed history in post-Soviet St. Petersburg.
Director: Evgeniy Ivanov | Stars: Igor Chernevich, Natalya Fisson, Sergueï Rousskine, Igor Tchernevitch
Votes: 13
68. Living with an Idiot (1993)
65 min | Comedy
The main character is an intellectual from Russia, who sees it as his duty to bring an idiot from an mental institution to his house. He can pick someone out, after bribing the boss of the ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin | Stars: Anatoli Romantsov, Sergey Migitsko, Anzhelika Nevolina, Viktor Mikhailov
Votes: 91
69. Dva kapitana II (1992)
70 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
Early 20th century. The recklessness of fanatics is pushing humanity towards the abyss. A revolution begins in Russia. Crazy Dr. Farkus causes an orgasm of inanimate matter. .
Director: Sergey Debizhev | Stars: Boris Grebenshchikov, Sergei Kuryokhin, Mikhail Faynshteyn, Andrei Romanov
Votes: 233
70. Prisutstvie (1993)
97 min | Drama
Director: Andrey Dobrovolskiy | Stars: Aleksey Petrenko, Aleksandra Butorina, Aleksandr Adabashyan, Olga Antonova
Votes: 20
71. Zgvarze (1993)
77 min | Drama, Mystery
Civil War in the 1990s. Society is divided into two opposing parts. The protagonist has relatives and friends on both sides, he is torn by this predicament.
Director: Dito Tsintsadze | Stars: Giorgi Nakashidze, Lika Guntsadze, Marika Giorgobiani, Vaja Gelashvili
Votes: 21
72. Sel'kincek (1994)
48 min | Drama
A preteen boy falls in love with an older girl and spends many happy hours in her company. However, when a young sailor shows up in their village, heartbreak follows.
Director: Aktan Arym Kubat | Stars: Mirlan Abdykalykov, Bakyt Toktokozhayev
Votes: 40
73. Surzhekey - angel smerti (1991)
140 min | Drama, History
The history of the Kazakhs under the Stalinist regime
Director: Damir Manabai | Stars: Bakhitzhan Alpeisov, Zhanas Iskakov, Shamshagui Mendiyarova, Meirman Nurekeyev
Votes: 11
74. Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)
60 min | Documentary
Filmed in wartime and edited under candlelight, Mikhail Vartanov's rarely-seen masterwork tells of his friendship with the genius Sergei Parajanov who was arrested by KGB, at the height of ... See full summary »
Directors: Mikhail Vartanov, Sergei Parajanov | Stars: Sergei Parajanov, Mikhail Vartanov, Sofiko Chiaureli, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Votes: 227
75. Beijing Bastards (1993)
88 min | Drama
A rock musician looks for his girl-friend who left while pregnant, trying to decide whether to keep the baby.
Director: Yuan Zhang | Stars: Jian Cui, Wen Li, Bian Tianshuo, Li Wei
Votes: 192
76. The Days (1993)
80 min | Drama
The Days is Wang Xiaoshuai's 1993 debut. Filmed in black-and-white, The Days follows the life of two married artists who have graduated from the Beijing Art Institute.
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang | Stars: Xiaodong Liu, Ye Lou, Hong Yu
Votes: 191
78. The Blue Kite (1993)
140 min | Drama, History
The lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian | Stars: Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen, Liping Lü
Votes: 3,262 | Gross: $0.36M
79. For Fun (1993)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
A charming story of a group of senior citizens who set up a Peking Opera club in hopes of finding revitalization through singing and dancing.
Director: Ying Ning | Stars: Zongluo Huang, Wenjie Huang, Shanxu Han, Qi Mo
Votes: 130
80. Deadly Deposits (1994)
11 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
The police arrive at a crime scene. A man has been found asphyxiated, apparently while watching a copy of "Goofy Hockey Bloopers". The body is taken to the morgue where doctors perform a ... See full summary »
Director: J. Falconer | Stars: Doug Parker, Shirley Milliner, Philip Maurice Hayes
Votes: 17
81. 92 Legendary La Rose Noire (1992)
100 min | Action, Comedy, Musical
The film is about a movie hero of the 60s called Black Rose, but she was actually real, and a woman in the 90s is mistaken for her because she's in the wrong place at the wrong time and ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey Lau | Stars: Lawrence Ah-Mon, Fai-Hung Chan, Kwok Leung Cheung, Ying Choi Cheung
Votes: 439
82. What Happened to Pete (1994)
14 min | Short
Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Mark Boone Junior, Seymour Cassel, Steve Buscemi, Johann Benét
Votes: 95
83. Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Within the urban gloom of Taipei, four youths face alienation, loneliness, and moments of existential crisis amidst a series of minor crimes.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Wang Yu-wen, Chen Chao-jung, Kang-sheng Lee, Jen Chang-bin
Votes: 5,538 | Gross: $0.03M
84. Treasure Island (1993)
105 min | Drama
A group of young Taipei residents is drawn into the city's underworld through the growing obsession of one, the boyish Ah-feng, for the sexy Cantonese mistress of a gang boss.
Director: Kuo-Fu Chen | Stars: Giong Lim, Tarcy Su, Jack Kao, Emi Lee
Votes: 37
85. Shi ba (1993)
104 min | Drama
Director: Ping Ho | Stars: Hsiao-Fen Lu, Hsing-Kuo Wu, Chung-Hua Tou, Turnip
Votes: 22
86. Cute Girl (1980)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The daughter of a wealthy man takes French lessons so she can go to France with her fiancée, but ends up falling for a poor man who studies civil engineering.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Kenny Bee, Anthony Chan, Ping-Yu Chang, Kai-Ching Chi
Votes: 460
87. Cheerful Wind (1981)
90 min | Drama, Romance
A romance develops between a blind man and a photographer.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Fei Fei Feng, Kenny Bee, Anthony Chan, Ying Shih
Votes: 220
88. The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982)
91 min | Drama
Da-Nian is a young man from Taipei. He goes to a remote village and works as a substitute teacher. He and Su-Yun, another teacher at the school, fall in love. There are several students in ... See full summary »
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Kenny Bee, Ling Chiang, Jing-Kuo Yen, Meifeng Chen
Votes: 562
89. The Sandwich Man (1983)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Three vignettes from three different directors that tell stories of ordinary people during Taiwan's Cold War period.
Directors: Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Chuang-Hsiang Tseng, Jen Wan | Stars: Bor-Jeng Chen, Li-Yin Yang, Kuo-Feng Tseng, Te-Nan Lai
Votes: 778
90. The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
99 min | Drama
Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of ... See full summary »
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Doze Niu, Shih Chang, Chung-Hua Tou, Li-Yin Yang
Votes: 1,916
91. A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
93 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister who spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Chi-Kuang Wang, Shu-Chen Li, Hsiu-Ling Lin, Mei-Feng
Votes: 1,743
92. A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985)
Not Rated | 138 min | Biography, Drama
The semi-autobiographical film on director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's childhood and adolescence, when he was growing up in Taiwan, living through the deaths of his father, mother and grandmother.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Chia-bao Chang, Neng Chang, Chih-Chen Chen, Han-wen Chen
Votes: 3,516
93. Dust in the Wind (1986)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A young couple leave their mining town home for Taipei where they struggle to eke out a living in an industrial wasteland.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Grace Chen, Shu-Fang Chen, Shu-Fen Hsin, Chi-Ying Kao
Votes: 3,187
94. Daughter of the Nile (1987)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama
The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Lin Yang, Fan Yang, Shu-Fen Hsin, An-Shun Yu
Votes: 1,204 | Gross: $0.00M
95. A City of Sadness (1989)
157 min | Drama, History
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung-Young Chen, Jack Kao
Votes: 6,104
96. Hãy tha thu cho em (1993)
90 min | Drama
Mai, a student from an art school, is invited to perform a leading role in a film about the War against the Americans. While shooting, Mai falls in love with the director who was a soldier ... See full summary »
Director: Trong Ninh Luu | Stars: Ba Son Dao, Truc Quynh Tran, Anh Van
Votes: 9
97. Abraham's Valley (1993)
187 min | Drama
Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Young marries Dr. Carlo Paiva, who she is not attracted to, but is her father's friend. They move to ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ruy de Carvalho
Votes: 1,542
98. Gito, l'ingrat (1992)
90 min | Comedy
Gito is a young African intellectual returning home from France with numerous academic degrees and ministerial ambitions. Gradually his ambitions are crushed by the daily realities of his ... See full summary »
Director: Léonce Ngabo | Stars: Joseph Kumbela, Marie Bunel, Aoua Sangare, Eric Depreter
Votes: 61
99. Gensen-Kan Inn (1993)
98 min | Drama
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Shirô Sano, Mayo Kawasaki, Kitarô, Kaoru Mizuki
Votes: 17
100. Byôin de shinu to iu koto (1993)
100 min | Drama
Filmed in a documentary style six patients in six wards of different ages and circumstances await death at a hospital in Japan. The sterile and dismal environment is contrasted against the ... See full summary »
Director: Jun Ichikawa | Stars: Ittoku Kishibe, Masayuki Shionoya, Akira Yamanouchi, Reiko Nanao
Votes: 80
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