taent asked: aleeeeeeeche. i've been meaning to ask you this for a long time but can you give give some chinese/taiwanese movie recs? please :)

yeahhh!

popular Taiwanese ones: 
romance/cute/not very emotionally draining ones- 

• Turn Left, Turn Right 
• Hear Me
• Cape No. 7
• You are the Apple of My Eye 
• Taipei Exchanges
• One Day

bromance/gangsters/good-looking dudes - 

• Monga 
• Jump!Ashin

lbgt - 

• Blue Gate Crossing
• Eternal Summer

new wave/post-modern/realism/pretentious  - 

• City of Sadness
• In Our Time 
• Yi Yi 

ang lee - 

• Eat Drink Man Woman 
• The Wedding Banquet 
• Pushing Hands 
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

HK:
gangsters -  

• God of Gamblers
• Infernal Affairs 1 & 2
• Protege   

rom com - 

• Love on a Diet
• Drink Drank Drunk
• Love in a Puff 

wong kar wai: 

• Chungking Express
• In the Mood for Love

Chinese/Zhang Yi Mou:

• To Live 
• Hero 
• Raise the Red Lantern