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A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

NR ★ 8.3/10 237 min Crime, Drama, Romance Taiwan Chinese
Director: Edward Yang
Writers: Yen Hung-ya, Edward Yang, Alex Yang, Mingtang Lai
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Description

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

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Top Cast

Chang Chen
Chang Chen Xiao Si'r
Lisa Yang
Lisa Yang Ming
Chang Kuo-Chu
Chang Kuo-Chu Father
Elaine Jin Yan-Ling
Elaine Jin Yan-Ling Mother
Chuan Wang
Chuan Wang Eldest Sister
Chang Han
Chang Han Elder Brother
Chiang Hsiu-Chiung
Chiang Hsiu-Chiung Middle Sister
Stephanie Lai Youngest Sister

A Brighter Summer Day Appears on 18 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #178
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #800
Essential Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #15
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #324
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #78
The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)
The Film Foundation #122

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films
BBC #38
Indiewire's 100 Best Movies Of The 1990s
IndieWire #21
Rolling Stone - 100 Greatest 90S Films
Rolling Stone #86

Curated List

Taiwan New Wave
CinemaWaves Blog #04

Filmmaker Curation

Ari Aster's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #18
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's List Of 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #46

Fun Lists

The Most Perfect Films On Letterboxd
Letterboxd #361

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1990-1999 Films
Letterboxd #06
Movies Where A 5 Star Rating Is Most Common
Letterboxd #18
The Top-Rated Movie of Every Year by Letterboxd Users
Letterboxd #77

Regional Waves

Highest Rated Film From Each Country
Letterboxd #174

Temporal Era Sets

90 Great Films Of The 1990s
British Film Institute #12

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