Directed by Ang Lee.
As the world's top director, a considerable part of all Ang Lee's works are enough to be included in the list of classics, and the boutique rate is extremely high, and he is not vain. Moreover, in so many fine products, different fans have different preferences for films, and it is impossible to distinguish a high ranking. This is just a ranking under personal subjective preferences.
NO1: Brokeback Mountain
Recommended index: five stars.
Although Ang Lee is a Chinese director, I think his best work is reserved for English films. Especially this "Brokeback Mountain". Of all Ang Lee films, whether it's a story, a theme, a performance, a narrative, an award, or a global reach, Brokeback Mountain is second to none. Today, "Brokeback Mountain" has become another synonym for homosexuality, a cultural label, and this meaning and height alone is beyond the reach of other Ang Lee films.
NO2: "The Fantasy Drift of The Young Pi"
It's still an English film. The film brought Ang Lee another Academy Award for Best Director and the highest-grossing of any Ang Lee film. The film was not placed on the top of the list because of the awards, nor because of the commercial success. But because this movie is the best combination of story and special effects in all Ang Lee movies, especially the story is very metaphorical, the effect of the blank space is excellent, it is very attractive to watch and think repeatedly, and the scene special effects are also very beautiful. In terms of production, it is top notch.
NO3: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Recommended Index: Four stars
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is in the position of exploring flowers, which may be controversial. I'm also struggling. Because this film has neither deep humanistic thinking, nor is the story necessarily better than some of the later works. And I'm afraid that many Chinese film fans are not very fond of this work. But I personally like this work, I like to see flying around in the air, very ethereal and very elegant. Although the production still feels a bit rough, considering that this is perhaps one of Ang Lee's most well-known and influential works, chasing "Brokeback Mountain", and it is the first Oscar for best foreign language film in Chinese films, this height has not been achieved by any Chinese film so far, so "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is still ranked in the position of exploring flowers. Although the award is not the only criterion, this additional honor adds a lot of points in the case of similar film quality.
NO4: The Color Ring
Recommended Index: Four stars.
The movie "Color Ring" is ranked at such a high position, it is estimated that it will be sprayed by Ang Lee fans. But I have a reason. First, the production of "Color Ring" is much more exquisite than Ang Lee's famous family trilogy, and the family trilogy is still relatively rough in production because it belongs to a small cost production; second, the story of "Color Ring" is very complete, the dramatic tension is very full, and the narrative is also very smooth, which is not inferior to the family trilogy, or even better, even if it is excluded from a few large-scale passion plays, the story is also very interesting; third, "Color Ring" depicts a woman's irrational typical psychological portrayal extremely well, with a small view, The importance of this theme is no less important than the discussion of the conflict between Chinese and Western cultures and family ethics culture in the family trilogy; fourth, "Color Ring" also won the Venice Film Golden Lion Award, which is also the top in the award; fifth, the influence of "Color Ring", especially fans in the Chinese-speaking region, is actually far better than that of the family trilogy and Ang Lee's other films; sixth, the passion boat scene, which is watched and watched under the bottom, with extra points.
NO5: "Diet Men and Women"
Although "Eating Men and Women" did not win an international award, which is not as good as "The Wedding Feast", I thought this movie was the best in Ang Lee's family trilogy. Although there is no typical theme of Chinese and Western cultural conflict like "Wedding Feast" and "Push hand", it is the gentle and euphemistic narrative of this film that tells the family ethics and the relationship between father and daughter, which is very natural and very lifelike, and the whole film looks very comfortable. This is stronger than the other two. This is perhaps the most typical Ang Lee film in the impression. Ang Lee's family trilogy I thought was better than one. That was the rising period of director Ang Lee.
NO6: The Wedding Feast
"The Wedding Feast" is a very good film and a typical Ang Lee film, which won Ang Lee the first Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear Award. The level of Ang Lee's family trilogy is relatively average, but "The Wedding Feast" is not as deliberate as "Pusher" in terms of theme narration and choice, plus the bonus of the Golden Bear Award, so it ranks ahead of "Pusher".
NO7: "Pusher"
"Push Hand" is Ang Lee's famous work, and since then there has been a great director named Ang Lee in the world film industry.
NO8: Sense and Sensibility
Although Sense and Sensibility has a Golden Bear, as well as my super favorite fat sister Winslet, and has done a great job of restoring the style of a 19th-century British manor, far surpassing the family trilogy in production, plus the bonus of famous books, I still think that "Sense and Sensibility" is inferior to the family trilogy. Because the story is more mediocre, I don't like to read this story very much. And in terms of thematic discussion, it is far less meaningful than the family trilogy.
NO9: Ice Storm
Recommended index: three and a half stars.
The movie "Ice Storm" is actually OK, but it is not as good as "Sense and Sensibility".
NO10: Making Woodstock Music Festival
Recommended Index: Samsung
The movie "Making Woodstock Festival" is actually OK, and the story is complete, because it is Ang Lee's more pure comedy, which is an attempt to put it in this position.
NO11: Riding with the Devil
This movie also tells a complete story, and the misplaced thinking about the Civil War is OK, but it is not very good, the film is a little longer, and the pace is a little slower.
NO12: Twin Killers
Recommended Index: Two stars
The movie "Twin Killers" is actually not as good as "Billy Lynn's Halftime Battle", but considering that this is a collaboration between Ang Lee and Will Smith, it comes with its own fan filter, which is a plus.
NO13: Billy Lynn's Halftime Battle
This movie is actually OK, watch it, although the story is a little mediocre.
NO14: Hulk
Recommended Index: One star
This I think is the worst work of director Ang Lee, ranked in the top 13, either comprehensively well-constructed, or deeply themed, or well-made, at least told a complete story, even if the story is mediocre, and this "Hulk Hulk" story is also bad, the plot is also bad, the picture special effects production is also very ordinary, no way, can only be at the bottom.
Director Ang Lee's films present a peculiar feature: the overall quality of Ang Lee's Chinese films is much higher than that of English films, but his best films are "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Fantasy Drift of Young Pi".
Overall, the vast majority of Ang Lee's film works can maintain a very high standard, even if the weaker works, but also basically can complete the story, the number of classics is very large, the boutique rate is extremely high, especially in addition to a few works or two, whether the story is excellent or mediocre, at least did not fall into the ranks of the best bad films, basically in the story narrative is complete, this is the absolute strongest among all Chinese directors at present, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, Feng Xiaogang, Du Qifeng, Xu Ke, Wu Yusen, Wang Jing and all other Chinese directors have a very bad film that has been greatly substandard, which rarely appears in Ang Lee movies, even the worst "Hulk Hulk", at least has a logically complete story. The only person who is close to director Ang Lee in terms of quality rate is director Wong Kar-wai, but director Wong Kar-wai's work is too boring, lacks change, self-repetition, and personal label artificial traces are too deep, which is completely different from the pattern of director Ang Lee.
In my personal opinion, more than four stars of works can be included in the list of classics, I have given director Ang Lee more than four stars of the film to reach eight, the number of this fine product is more than almost any Chinese director, to know that director Ang Lee has only made 14 films so far, there are eight can be included in the classic, the remaining six are more than half of the good movies, always maintained at a high level.
Of course, when it comes to the number of Chinese film classics, Ang Lee can only rank second at most, in the number of Chinese films can be included in the classics, Zhou Xingchi is always the first, I am afraid that in the next ten thousand years, there will be no filmmakers who can surpass Xingye - even if the whole history of Hollywood is counted, only a few giants can approach, and in the number of classics, they still need to look up to Xingye.