Direction: Ang Lee
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ang Lee. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 16
Eat Drink Man Woman
1994 · Movie · 123 min. · Taiwan
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Sihung Lung · Yang Kuei-mei · Wu Chien-Lien · Yu-Wen Wang
Synopsis Every Sunday, venerable chef Chu (Sihung Lung) prepares an elaborate dinner for his three lovely daughters. Despite Chu's exotic dishes, the family barely nibbles at the food. The listless mealtime ritual mirrors the foursome's general lack of appetite for life:...
7.3
4K votes
7.3
4K votes
Lust, Caution
2007 · Movie · 156 min. · Taiwan
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Tang Wei · Joan Chen · Wang Leehom
Synopsis In Lust, Caution (2007), set in 1940s Shanghai during the Japanese occupation, a young woman named Wong Chia Chi is drawn into a dangerous plot by a resistance group. Posing as the wife of a wealthy businessman, she infiltrates the...
7.2
8K votes
7.2
8K votes
Life of Pi
2012 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Suraj Sharma · Irrfan Khan · Rafe Spall · Tabu
Synopsis After the tragic sinking of a ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the Pacific ocean, inside there is an indian boy named Pi Patel, a hyena, a zebra, a female orangutan and a Bengal tiger, the only survivors of...
7.1
67K votes
7.1
67K votes
The Wedding Banquet
1993 · Movie · 112 min. · Taiwan
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Rose Kwei · Sihung Lung · May Chin · Winston Chao
Synopsis Simon and Wei-Tung are a gay couple living together in Manhattan. To defer the suspicions of Wei-Tung's parents, Simon suggests a marriage of convenience between Wei-Tung and Wei-Wei, an immigrant in need of a green card. When Wei-Tung's parents come...
7.1
4K votes
7.1
4K votes
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Movie · 135 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Emma Thompson · Kate Winslet · Hugh Grant · Alan Rickman
Synopsis Sense and Sensibility (1995) follows the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, as they navigate love, loss, and societal expectations after their father's death leaves them financially vulnerable. Elinor, embodying sense, is reserved and pragmatic, while Marianne, representing sensibility, is passionate...
7.1
37K votes
7.1
37K votes
The Ice Storm
1997 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Kevin Kline · Joan Allen · Sigourney Weaver · Christina Ricci
Synopsis It’s November 1973 in New Canaan, Connecticut. Watergate has caught up with Richard Nixon. The Beatles are recording solo albums. Wife-swapping has come to the suburbs. And, the Hood family is skidding out of control. Ben Hood (Kevin Kline) is...
7.0
9K votes
7.0
9K votes
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Movie · 134 min. · United States
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Heath Ledger · Jake Gyllenhaal · Anne Hathaway · Michelle Williams
Synopsis The story of two young men, Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, a Wyoming ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 sheepherding in the harsh, high grasslands of contemporary Wyoming and form an unorthodox...
7.0
77K votes
7.0
77K votes
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Movie · 119 min. · Taiwan
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Chow Yun-Fat · Michelle Yeoh · Zhang Ziyi · Chang Chen
Synopsis Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) is a martial arts epic set in 19th-century Qing Dynasty China. The story follows Li Mu Bai, a legendary warrior, and Yu Shu Lien, a skilled fighter and his longtime friend. When Mu Bai decides...
7.0
61K votes
7.0
61K votes
Pushing Hands (Tui Shou)
1992 · Movie · 105 min. · Taiwan
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Sihung Lung · Bozhao Wang · Deb Snyder · Lester Chan
Synopsis Master Chu, a retired Chinese tai-chi master, moves to Westchester, New York to live with his son Alex, his American daughter-in-law Martha, and their son Jeremy. But Martha's first novel is suffering from severe writers' block brought on by Chu's...
6.6
292 votes
6.6
292 votes
Taking Woodstock
2009 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Henry Goodman · Liev Schreiber · Emile Hirsch · Demetri Martin
Synopsis A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.
6.3
4K votes
6.3
4K votes
Ride With the Devil
1999 · Movie · 145 min. · United States
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Tobey Maguire · Skeet Ulrich · Jewel Kilcher · Jeffrey Wright
Synopsis Jake Roedel and Jack Bull Chiles are friends in Missouri when the Civil War starts. Women and Blacks have few rights. Jack Bull's dad is killed by Union soldiers, so the young men join the Bushwhackers, irregulars loyal to the...
5.8
2K votes
5.8
2K votes
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
2016 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Joe Alwyn · Steve Martin · Kristen Stewart · Garrett Hedlund
Synopsis In the film, Bravo Company, and 19-year-old private Billy Lynn, survive a harrowing Iraq battle that is captured by news cameras. They are brought home by the U.S. administration for a promotional tour, culminating at the spectacular halftime show of...
5.5
2K votes
5.5
2K votes
Visa: Dining Out (S)
2001 · Movie · 2 min. · Philippines
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Zhang Ziyi
Synopsis Complaining about the soup in a fancy restaurant, a young woman is forced into a beautifully choreographed martial arts fight with the restaurant’s staff
5.4
24 votes
5.4
24 votes
The Hire: Chosen (S)
2001 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Clive Owen · Mason Lee · Sonom Gualson
Synopsis The Driver protects a holy Asian child that was brought to America by boat. The child gives the Driver a gift but says that he is not supposed to open it yet. After being pursued by many armed assassins, and...
5.2
720 votes
5.2
720 votes
The Hulk
2003 · Movie · 137 min. · United States
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Eric Bana · Jennifer Connelly · Sam Elliott · Josh Lucas
Synopsis The Hulk (2003) follows Dr. Bruce Banner, a brilliant scientist haunted by a mysterious past. After a lab accident involving gamma radiation, he discovers a shocking transformation: when angered, he becomes a massive, green-skinned creature of immense strength—the Hulk. As...
4.9
49K votes
4.9
49K votes
Gemini Man
2019 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Will Smith · Clive Owen · Mary Elizabeth Winstead · Benedict Wong
Synopsis In Gemini Man (2019), Henry Brogan, a skilled assassin, becomes the target of a mysterious operative who seems to know his every move. As he unravels the conspiracy, Henry discovers a shocking truth that forces him to confront his past....
4.8
7K votes
4.8
7K votes