The movement also influenced the "new wave" of Taiwanese cinema in the 1980s, when Dust in the Wind, The Boy from Fengkwei and other films by Hou Hsiao-hsien offered glimpses of the true face of Taiwanese life to audiences at overseas film festivals.
民國七十年代，「新浪潮電影」繼之興起，侯孝賢的《戀戀風塵》、《風櫃來的人》等電影，首度將台灣的真實樣貌帶入國際影展，讓世人認識。