| Film | Film award/festival | Award | Result | |||||
| A One and a Two (2000) | 53rd Cannes Film Festival 2000 Cannes, France. Competition | Best Director Award | Won | |||||
| A One and a Two (2000) | 20th Tokyo International Film Festival 2007 Tokyo, Japan. Winds of Asia In Memory of Edward Yang: Retrospective | |||||||
| A One and a Two (2000) | 12th Pusan International Film Festival 2007 Pusan, Korea. Edward Yang: The Memory of Taipei | |||||||
| Mahjong (1996) | 12th Pusan International Film Festival 2007 Pusan, Korea. Edward Yang: The Memory of Taipei | |||||||
| A Confucian Confusion (1994) | 12th Pusan International Film Festival 2007 Pusan, Korea. Edward Yang: The Memory of Taipei | |||||||
| A Confucian Confusion (1994) | 31st Golden Horse Awards 1994 Taiwain. | Best Director Award | Nominated | |||||
| A Confucian Confusion (1994) | 31st Golden Horse Awards 1994 Taiwain. | Best Original Screenplay | Won | |||||
| A Confucian Confusion (1994) | 31st Golden Horse Awards 1994 Taiwain. | Best Art Design | Nominated | |||||
| A Brighter Summer Day (1991) | 28th Golden Horse Awards 1991 Taiwain. | Best Director Award | Nominated | |||||
| A Brighter Summer Day (1991) | 28th Golden Horse Awards 1991 Taiwain. | Best Original Screenplay | Won | |||||
| A Brighter Summer Day (1991) | 12th Pusan International Film Festival 2007 Pusan, Korea. Edward Yang: The Memory of Taipei | |||||||
| The Terrorizer (1986) | 12th Pusan International Film Festival 2007 Pusan, Korea. Edward Yang: The Memory of Taipei | |||||||
| The Terrorizer (1986) | 23rd Golden Horse Awards 1986 Taiwain. | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |||||
| The Terrorizer (1986) | 20th Tokyo International Film Festival 2007 Tokyo, Japan. Winds of Asia In Memory of Edward Yang: Retrospective | |||||||
| Taipei Story (1985) | 20th Tokyo International Film Festival 2007 Tokyo, Japan. Winds of Asia In Memory of Edward Yang: Retrospective | |||||||
| Taipei Story (1985) | 12th Pusan International Film Festival 2007 Pusan, Korea. Edward Yang: The Memory of Taipei | |||||||
| That Day, on the Beach (1983) | 12th Pusan International Film Festival 2007 Pusan, Korea. Edward Yang: The Memory of Taipei | |||||||
| That Day, on the Beach (1983) | Golden Horse Awards Taiwain. | Best Director Award | Nominated | |||||
| That Day, on the Beach (1983) | 20th Tokyo International Film Festival 2007 Tokyo, Japan. Winds of Asia In Memory of Edward Yang: Retrospective | |||||||
| In Our Time (1982) | 20th Tokyo International Film Festival 2007 Tokyo, Japan. Winds of Asia In Memory of Edward Yang: Retrospective | |||||||
| In Our Time (1982) | 12th Pusan International Film Festival 2007 Pusan, Korea. Edward Yang: The Memory of Taipei | |||||||
| 44th Golden Horse Awards 2007 Taiwain. | Life Time Achievement | Won | ||||||
