Direction: Ang Lee

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ang Lee. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


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...

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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