These films also performed well at the box office. Director Ang Lee, who returns to Taiwan from his home in the USA every year for the Golden Horse Awards, remarked, "The old 'New Wave' of Taiwanese filmmakers is back, and compared with the old generation of directors, they have less psychological baggage to deal with."
年年回台力挺金馬獎的旅美導演李安說，當他看完《海角七號》、《囧男孩》、《九降風》、《停車》後發現，「彷彿當年的台灣電影新浪潮又出現，而且比過去那一代的導演們更沒有負擔。」