List of Taiwanese films of the 2020s explained

This is a list of films produced in Taiwan ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of Taiwanese films see

2020

width=21%	Title	width=16%	Director	Cast	width=13%	Genre	Notes
Do You Love Me As I Love You	Shiue Bin Jian	Chen Yu, Tsao Yu Ning, Patricia Lin, Cheryl Yang	Friendship/ Romance/Drama	^[1]
Days	Tsai Ming-liang	Lee Kang-sheng, Anong Houngheuangsy	Drama	^[2]
My Missing Valentine	Chen Yu-hsun	Liu Kuan-Ting, Patty Pei-Yu Lee	Romance/Comedy	^[3]
Get the Hell Out	Wang I-fan		Zombie / Political / Action / Comedy	^[4]
Classmates Minus	Huang Hsin-Yao	Chen Yi-wen, Cheng Yu-tong, Cheng Jen-shuo, Na Dou	Drama / Dark Comedy	^[5]
Dear Tenant	Cheng Yu-chieh	Mo Tzu-yi, Chen Shu-fang, Pai Run-yin	Drama / Family / LGBTQ	^[6]
I WeirDo	Liao Ming-yi	Nikki Hsieh, Lin Po-hung	Romance / Comedy / Indie	^[7]
A Leg	Chang Yao-sheng	Gwei Lun-mei, Yang You-ning	Drama / Dark Comedy / Romance	^[8]
The Silent Forest	Ko Chen-nien	Liu Tzu-chuan, Buffy Chen, Liu Kuan-ting	Drama / Crime / Horror / Thriller	^[9]
Little Big Women	Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu	Chen Shu-fang, Hiseh Ying-hsuan, Vivan Hsu	Family / Drama	^[10]
Your Name Engraved Herein	Patrick Liu Kuang-hui	Edward Chen, Tseng Ching-hua, Leon Dai, Jason Wang	Romance / Drama / LGBTQ	^[11]

2021

width=21%	Title	width=16%	Director	Cast	width=13%	Genre	Notes
The Sadness	Rob Jabbaz	Berant Zhu, Regina Lai, Tzu-Chiang Wang	Horror	^[12]
The Soul		Chang Chen, Janine Chang, Sun Anke, Christopher Lee	Sci-fi mystery	^[13]
As We Like It	Li Peiyu	Puff Guo, Aggie Xie, Camille Chalons, Joelle Lu	Romance / Comedy	^[14]
Gatao - The Last Stray	Jiang Ruizhi	Rexen Cheng, Nikki Hsieh, Jack Kao, Long Shaohua	Action / Crime / Thriller	^[15]
Man in Love	Yin Chen Hao	Roy Chiu, Tiffany Hsu, Tsai Chen Nan	Romance / Crime / Drama	^[16]
The Falls			Drama	^[17]
Goddamned Asura		Joseph Huang [zh], Mo Tzu-yi, Peijia Huang, Devin Pan [zh], Wong Yu-xuan [zh] and Hoa-zhe Lai	Crime, Drama
American Girl	Fiona Roan Feng-i	Karena Lam, Kaiser Chuang, Caitlin Fang	Drama
Till We Meet Again	Giddens Ko	Kai Ko, Gingle Wang, Vivian Sung, Umin Boya	Romance, Fantasy, Comedy

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Untold Herstory	Zero Chou	Yu Pei-jen, Cindy Lien, Herb Hsu	Historical	^[18]
My Best Friend’s Breakfast	Ryan Tu	Moon Lee, Eric Chou	Romance	^[19]
You Are On My Mind	Lin Jin-he	Zhang Ting-hu, Sonia Yuan Zi-yun, Tsai Cheng-nan	Romance, Historical	^[20]
	Freddy Tang Fu-jui	Joseph Chang, Cammy Chiang, Lee Kang-sheng	Legal, Drama, Romance
Gaga	Laha Mebow	Andy Huang, Esther Huang, Wilang Noming, Kagaw Piling	Family, Comedy, Drama
Salute	Yao Hung-i	Sheu Fang-yi	Documentary
The Abandoned	Tseng Ying-ting	Janine Chang, Ethan Juan	Crime	^[21]
Bad Education	Kai Ko	Kent Tsai, Edison Song, Berant Zhu	Crime, Mystery, Action	^[22]
Flotsam and Jetsam	Chang Tso-chi	Fox Lee, Tung Liang-yu	Drama	^[23]
Coo-Coo 043	Chan Ching-lin	Yu An-shun, Yang Li-yin, Hu Jhih-ciang, Rimong Ihwar	Drama
Incantation	Kevin Ko	Tsai Hsuan-yen, Huang Sin-ting, Kao Ying-hsuan, Sean Lin, RQ	Horror
Mama Boy	Arvin Chen	Kai Ko, Vivian Hsu	Romance, Drama	^[24]
The Post-Truth World	Chen I-fu	Joseph Chang, Edward Chen, Caitlin Fang, Aviis Zhong, Amber An	Crime, Mystery	^[25]

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Marry My Dead Body	Cheng Wei-hao	Greg Hsu, Austin Lin	Action, Comedy	^[26]
The Monk and the Gun	Pawo Choyning Dorji	Tandin Wangchuk, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa, Tandin Sonam, Harry Einhorn, Choeying Jatsho, Tandin Phubz, Yuphel Lhendup Selden, Kelsang Choejay	Drama	^[27]

External links

• Taiwanese film at the Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Do You Love Me As I Love You review: An adaptation of a best-selling Taiwanese novel. 26 August 2020. yahoo.com.
2. Web site: ‘Days’ Review: Tsai Ming-liang Puts Retirement on Pause for This Slow-Cinema Excursion. 27 February 2020. variety.com.
3. Web site: Movie review: My Missing Valentine. 17 June 2021. taipeitimes.com.
4. Web site: ‘Get the Hell Out’ Review: Parliament Eats Itself Alive in a Manic Zombie Movie About Braindead Politics. 12 September 2020. indiewire.com.
5. Web site: Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Classmates Minus’ on Netflix, a Funny and Profound Rumination on Midlife Crises by Taiwanese Filmmaker Huang Hsin-yao. 22 February 2020. decider.com.
6. Web site: Dear Tenant: An Earnest but Dour Social Drama (Review). 27 September 2020. loudandclearreviews.com.
7. Web site: ‘I Weirdo’: Film Review. 28 July 2020. variety.com.
8. Web site: The Life List: 5 things about Taiwanese film A Leg. 10 March 2021. straitstimes.com.
9. Web site: Film Review: ‘The Silent Forest’ Is a Terrifyingly Brilliant Masterclass in Storytelling. 6 November 2020. sinema.sg.
10. Web site: ‘Little Big Women’ Review: Heartbreak is a Family Affair. 5 February 2021. nytimes.com.
11. Web site: The Real Events That Inspired Your Name Engraved Herein, Taiwan’s Highest-Grossing LGBTQ Film of All Time. 18 December 2020. Time.
12. Web site: Cheng. Sylvia. 2021-01-22. 【電影抓重點】台版屍速列車《哭悲》5大看點！活屍肆虐的末日，勾起人性最深的罪惡. 2022-01-13. ELLE. zh-TW.
13. News: Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Soul’ on Netflix, a Taiwanese Potboiler Blending Elements of Horror, Sci-fi, Mystery and Melodrama . 24 November 2021 . Decider . 15 April 2021.
14. Web site: NYAFF: As We Like It's Queer Sci-Fi Take Has Potential, But Doesn't Land. 17 August 2021. cbr.com.
15. Web site: A Romanticization of Taiwanese Gangster Life. 21 September 2021. nomanisanis.land.
16. Web site: Man in love movie review - A problematic premise overshadows a beautiful love story. 21 August 2021. newindianexpress.com.
17. Web site: Toronto 2021: The Falls movie review – pandemic drama by A Sun director Chung Mong-hong contemplates life’s surprises and disappointments. 16 September 2021. scmp.com.
18. Web site: 2022-10-28 . Movie review: Untold Herstory - Taipei Times . 2023-05-30 . www.taipeitimes.com.
19. Web site: 2022-05-10 . My Best Friend’s Breakfast: Taiwanese high school romcom . 2023-05-30 . South China Morning Post . en.
20. Web site: 2022-12-19 . The 10 Best Taiwanese Movies of 2022 . 2023-05-30 . Cinema Escapist . en.
21. Web site: 2022-10-10 . The Abandoned . 2023-05-30 . SGIFF . en-US.
22. Web site: Zaveri . Rhythm . 2023-03-14 . Film Review: Bad Education (2022) by Kai Ko . 2023-05-30 . Asian Movie Pulse . en-US.
23. Web site: 2022-12-30 . Movie review: Flotsam and Jetsam . 2023-05-30 . Taipei Times.
24. Web site: Rosati . Adriana . 2022-04-28 . Film Review: Mama Boy (2022) by Arvin Chen . 2023-05-30 . Asian Movie Pulse . en-US.
25. Web site: 2022-11-04 . Movie review: The Post-Truth World . 2023-05-30 . Taipei Times.
26. Web site: 2023-02-17 . Movie review: Marry My Dead Body . 2023-05-30 . Taipei Times.
27. Web site: The Monk and the Gun de Pawo Choyning Dorji (2023) . 2023-09-11 . Unifrance.