It was the world's most profitable film that year. In 1995, Lee signed a contract with Columbia Pictures and went to Hollywood to direct a film based on Sense and Sensibility, the Jane Austen novel set in 18th-century England. That film also won a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
1995 年李安進軍美國好萊塢，接受哥倫比亞電影公司邀約，執導拍攝由 18 世紀英國作家珍．奧斯汀作品改編的電影《理性與感性》，二度拿下柏林影展金熊獎。