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- ‘Pushing Hands’ (1992) Rotten Tomatoes Scores: 100% Pushing Hands follows Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung), an elderly Chinese tai chi master who moves to the United States to live with his adult son, Alex (Bo Z. Wang), and his American wife, Martha (Deb Snyder).
- ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ (2000) Rotten Tomatoes Scores: 98% Set in 19th-century Qing Dynasty China, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s central focus revolves around the character of Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh), a skilled warrior who is entrusted with safeguarding the Green Destiny Sword.
- ‘Sense and Sensibility’ (1995) Rotten Tomatoes Scores: 97% Based on the novel of the same name by Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility is set in early 19th-century England and follows the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (Emma Thompson) and Marianne (Kate Winslet) as they are left in reduced circumstances and at the mercy of their half-brother and his wife.
- ‘The Wedding Banquet’ (1993) Rotten Tomatoes Scores: 97% The Wedding Banquet centers around a gay Taiwanese-American man named Wai-Tung Gao (Winston Chao) who lives in New York City with his partner, Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein).
Jun 29, 2024 · But which are his best pictures? From the critically panned, though high-grossing Hulk to the martial arts epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, these are the best Ang Lee movies.
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- Ing Woodstock (2009) - 6.7
- Hing Hands (1991) - 7.3
- Ice Storm (1997) - 7.4
- T, Caution (2007) - 7.5
- Wedding Banquet (1993) - 7.6
- Se & Sensibility (1995) - 7.6
- Keback Mountain (2005) - 7.7
- Drink Man Woman (1994) - 7.8
- Uching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - 7.8
- E of Pi (2012) - 7.9
Ang Lee is a director that likes to tell stories about the past. Taking Woodstockis one of these fictions, but it has a grain of truth behind it. It's the story of the small town that hosted this infamous festival, a narrative that often gets lost in the pop culture volcano that ensued. The main character, Elliot, is just a kid working at his paren...
This is a charming take on the "fish out of water" story, with the protagonist Mr. Chu and his son Alex navigating the strange waters of family life. A former Tai Chi master, Chu moves to a small town in New York stateto be with his son, his wife, and his family, who have already lived in the US for some time. It's Alex on which the story is focuse...
Viewers will recognize the influence that this movie had on other films like American Beauty and Donnie Darko, which covered some of the same bases.Despite the star-studded cast and stellar reviews, this was a movie in the late 1990s that didn't involve black vinyl or wire tricks, so it didn't get the attention it deserved. RELATED: Sigourney Weave...
It was the era of the Japanese occupation, and resistance fighter Wang Jiazhi is willing to do almost anything to help her native China. Lust, Caustion is the story of how her last assignment as a spy began and ended. Although the story itself is fictional, it is based in a place and time that was real, and such spy operations really did take place...
This could be Ang Lee's interpretation of that classic French play The Birdcage, which was also remade as an American movie. Some details are different, such as the gay character being the groom in this story instead of the in-laws, but the premise of playing "straight" for appearances remains. It's not just a commentary on the issues of family pre...
Period dramas are Ang Lee's jam, so it was only a matter of time before he got together with Jane Austen. The plot of Sense and Sensibilityseems tedious, focusing on a family left destitute by awkward inheritance rules, and therefore without the means to find suitable matches for their three daughters. However, it's not only a great cast that makes...
This is the movie that everyone knows was directed by Ang Lee and considering the sensitive subject matter, no other director could have handled it so well. Based on the book of the same name, Brokeback Mountain was a revolutionary movie in several ways, the most obvious being the realistic and sensitive portrayal of two star-crossed lovers who bot...
So many families enjoy a special feast on Sunday evening, and one of those families is central to the story of Eat Drink Man Woman. Most of Ang Lee's movies are about exotic locations, but this one is unique in the sense that it takes place in Taipei, and Lee is originally from Taiwan. Other quirks of this film include sensuous shots of food and ta...
Ang Lee isn't known for blockbusters, but this is one of the rare exceptions. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon wasn't the first martial arts movie released in North America, but this was the first one that also included a fantastical mystical drama about an enchanted sword and a legend of forbidden techniques. Though Wuxia films like this are common ...
A famous book that became an equally popular film, Life of Pi is a story about strange bedfellows and the struggle not only for survival but also for sanity.What makes this story so compelling is the global connections as Pi's story moves across the globe, which also gives director Lee a chance to take the breathtaking shots that make his movies so...
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- BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005) Screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, based on the short story by Annie Proulx. Starring Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris.
- CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000) Screenplay by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, Tsai Kuo Jung, based on the novel by Wang Dulu. Starring Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung, Cheng Pei-pei.
- THE ICE STORM (1997) Screenplay by James Schamus, based on the novel by Rick Moody. Starring Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Henry Czerny, Adam Hann-Byrd, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, James Sheridan, Elijah Wood, Sigourney Weaver, Katie Holmes.
- LIFE OF PI (2012) Screenplay by David Magee, based on the novel by Yann Martel. Starring Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu Hashmi, Adil Hussain, Rafe Spall, Gerard Depardieu.
The movie that catapulted Ang Lee into the ranks of upper echelon Hollywood filmmakers, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon features a deft mix of amazing martial arts battles, beautiful scenery, and tasteful drama.
Mar 19, 2022 · Ang Lee. Taking Woodstock (2009) Ang Lee is an Academy Award winning filmmaker who is always taking cinema to new horizons. Let's look at his best movies so far.
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14 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. 2000 2h PG-13. 7.9 (284K) Rate. 94 Metascore. A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation. Director Ang Lee Stars Chow Yun-Fat Michelle Yeoh Ziyi Zhang. 2.
