Movies Like The Puppetmaster

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Dust in the Wind

1986·1h 49m·★ 7.6·Hou Hsiao-hsien

2 shared crewBoth star Li Tian-Lu & Yang Li-yinDir. Hou Hsiao-hsien

Goodbye South, Goodbye

1996·1h 56m·★ 7.2·Hou Hsiao-hsien

2 shared crewBoth star Lim Giong & Vicky WeiDir. Hou Hsiao-hsien

Flowers of Shanghai

1998·1h 53m·★ 7.3·Hou Hsiao-hsien

2 shared crewDir. Hou Hsiao-hsienDP: Mark Lee Ping-Bing

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

1985·2h 16m·★ 7.5·Hou Hsiao-hsien

2 shared crewDir. Hou Hsiao-hsienDP: Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Three Times

2005·2h 10m·★ 6.9·Hou Hsiao-hsien

2 shared crewDir. Hou Hsiao-hsienDP: Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Millennium Mambo

2001·1h 46m·★ 6.9·Hou Hsiao-hsien

2 shared crewDir. Hou Hsiao-hsienDP: Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Café Lumière

2004·1h 43m·★ 6.8·Hou Hsiao-hsien

2 shared crewDir. Hou Hsiao-hsienDP: Mark Lee Ping-Bing

The Assassin

2015·1h 45m·★ 6.3·Hou Hsiao-hsien

2 shared crewDir. Hou Hsiao-hsienDP: Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Flight of the Red Balloon

2007·1h 57m·★ 6.5·Hou Hsiao-hsien

2 shared crewDir. Hou Hsiao-hsienDP: Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Good Men, Good Women

1995·1h 48m·★ 7.2·Hou Hsiao-hsien

3 shared cast incl. Lim Giong & Tsai Chen-nanDir. Hou Hsiao-hsienDrama & History

A City of Sadness

1989·2h 38m·★ 7.7·Hou Hsiao-hsien

Both star Li Tian-Lu & Tsai Chen-nanDir. Hou Hsiao-hsienFans also liked

Dust of Angels

1992·1h 50m·★ 7.3·Hsu Hsiao-Ming

3 shared cast incl. Vicky Wei & Tsai Chen-nan

Ludwig

1973·3h 59m·★ 7.5·Luchino Visconti

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

The Madness of King George

1994·1h 47m·★ 7.2·Nicholas Hytner

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Public Enemies

2009·2h 20m·★ 6.9·Michael Mann

TMDB recommendsHistory & Drama

Wilde

1997·1h 58m·★ 6.9·Brian Gilbert

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

2021·2h 6m·★ 6.6·Michael Showalter

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Youth

2017·2h 16m·★ 7.0·Feng Xiaogang

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The Scarlet and the Black

1983·2h 23m·★ 7.5·Jerry London

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The Boy in the Woods

2023·1h 40m·★ 6.1·Rebecca Snow

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How Good Is The Puppetmaster?

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