Lee's first film, Pushing Hands, won Best Film at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival and The Wedding Banquet, his second, took the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1993.
首部作品《推手》推出後即獲亞太影展最佳影片肯定，第二部作品《喜宴》則獲得 1993 年柏林影展最佳影片金熊獎。