In 1996 Lee earned his second Berlin award and the Golden Globe for Best Director for his adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel Sense and Sensibility. Then The Ice Storm took the Best Screenplay at Cannes in 1997.
1996 年，改編自珍・奧斯汀古典小說的電影《理性與感性》，讓李安二度獲得柏林影展首獎及金球獎最佳影片肯定，97 年的《冰風暴》則獲得坎城影展最佳劇本獎。