Movies Like The Time to Live and the Time to Die

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

3 shared cast incl. Hsin Shu-Fen & Mei Fang2 shared crewDir. Hou Hsiao-hsien

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

Goodbye South, Goodbye

1996·1h 56m·★ 7.2·Hou Hsiao-hsien

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

Flowers of Shanghai

1998·1h 53m·★ 7.3·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 Puppetmaster

1993·2h 23m·★ 7.0·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

Daughter of the Nile

1987·1h 31m·★ 7.0·Hou Hsiao-hsien

3 shared cast incl. Hsin Shu-Fen & Grace ChenDir. Hou Hsiao-hsien

A Brighter Summer Day

1991·3h 57m·★ 8.2·Edward Yang

Themes: youth gang, taiwan, 1960sFans also liked

A City of Sadness

1989·2h 38m·★ 7.7·Hou Hsiao-hsien

Both star Hsin Shu-Fen & Grace ChenDir. Hou Hsiao-hsienFans also liked

Flipped

2010·1h 29m·★ 7.6·Rob Reiner

Themes: family relationships, 1950s, 1960sFans also liked

Taipei Story

1985·2h·★ 7.6·Edward Yang

Both star Mei Fang & Grace ChenFans also liked

The Godfather

1972·2h 55m·★ 9.2·Francis Ford Coppola

Themes: 1950s, 1940s

Forrest Gump

1994·2h 22m·★ 8.8·Robert Zemeckis

Themes: family relationships, 1960s

Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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Before Sunrise

1995·1h 41m·★ 8.1·Richard Linklater

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The 400 Blows

1959·1h 39m·★ 8.0·François Truffaut

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Brokeback Mountain

2005·2h 14m·★ 7.7·Ang Lee

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How Good Is The Time to Live and the Time to Die?

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