Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) remains Ang Lee’s most emotionally resonant family drama, blending food and family in Taipei. The film earned a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score and was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, outperforming #6 The Assassin in broader international appeal. It deftly uses eight elaborate cooking sequences to explore generational conflict and love, offering a warmer, more accessible entry than the typical Taiwanese auteur work — yet it still manages to be 45 minutes shorter than the average art-house epic.