Ding Ning

Acting

Ding Ning

Born 1970-07-04

Ding Ning (Chinese: 丁寧; pinyin: Dīng Níng; born 4 July 1970) is a Taiwanese actress. She received the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2018

Acting credits

Pierce poster
7.4

When his dangerous older brother is released from prison, high school fencer Jie helps him, defying their mother's attempts to bury his existence.

Pierce

2024

That Burning House poster
NR

At Home of Happiness, a devoted social worker struggles to reform troubled youth while the institution falls into crisis. A bullied boy clings to his late mother’s teddy bear as his world collapses. A former resident, lured into a telecom scam, faces a moral dilemma that threatens his life. Across different paths, each must confront the scars of the past and decide whether to fall into darkness or fight for a way forward.

That Burning House

2026

Dead End poster
8.0

Years after being caught in a game-fixing scandal, former professional baseball player Lin Shengyi returns to his hometown one night, only to discover that his father's impending death has become part of a "death betting scheme", operated under The Elders Mutual-Aid Association. With the help of his former lover and his younger brother, Shengyi makes a desperate decision — to save his father and flee through the night, determined to escape the town before sunrise.

Dead End

2026

Deep Quiet Room poster
6.0

After his pregnant wife Yi-ting unexpectedly committed suicide, Ming decides to take care of his father-in-law, only to find out the unbearable truth of Yi-ting’s family that leads to her death.

Deep Quiet Room

2026

Viatical Settlement poster
NR

Insurer Ah-bin lived to his forties and never thought that he could be a saint. Just by stamping on policies and he can change people's lives. Everything starts from the loan shark, Mr. Hsi who saw the potential business from Ah- bin. As long as Mr. Hsi pays the premium, Ah-bin takes care of the insurance claims, and the insured “exchange some of their owns,” everyone are beneficial. What's better than a deal like this?

Viatical Settlement

2019

Girlfriend Boyfriend poster
6.6

Mabel, Liam and Aaron have been friends since childhood. Their bonds of friendship are tested when, years later, they realize their friendship is the only reason they have made it through emotional hardships and extreme tragedies.

Girlfriend Boyfriend

2012

Hold On For 1200 Seconds poster
NR

The story is based on the "Yiyuan Resistance Data" real war stories, about the resistance war period in Shandong military region special battalion in the mushroom mountain to protect the security of the Shandong combat command centre from the siege and the Japanese in a fierce battle, the instructor Tang Jianheng pull grenades and the Japanese with the death of the battalion commander Yan Yulin received the order to lead the troops on the top of the hill to hold on to the last 20 minutes, and ultimately in the completion of the task of running out of food and comrades with the sacrifice of 14 people fearlessly!

Hold On For 1200 Seconds

2020

Little Big Women poster
7.2

A story about a karaoke-addicted old woman struggling with her self-worth and a sense of betrayal at her long-lost husband's funeral where she encounters his younger and more sophisticated girlfriend while she finds out her kids might have been secretly in touch with her late husband all these years.

Little Big Women

2020

Cities of Last Things poster
6.4

Three key events during three different time periods, in three seasons, and on three nights culminate to change the life of Zhang Dong Ling.

Cities of Last Things

2018

Light poster
6.4

Haunted by trauma and trapped in sex work, Light meets Shuo, an undercover cop who offers him shelter. But healing isn’t easy—can Light choose a new path?

Light

2021

Terrorizers poster
5.9

The film is set in a pre-Covid Taipei, where a group of disenchanted souls are lost in a parallel virtual world.

Terrorizers

2021

Points Up poster
NR

Qing-han, an ordinary and introverted high school student, has a secret ability: by squinting, he can see “scores” above people’s heads based on appearance, academics, and social skills. He records these scores in a notebook, yet still fails to win over his crush, the school beauty Ming-zhen. When the notebook falls into the hands of Chun-xi, a struggling student secretly in love with top student Zi-xue, she threatens to expose Qing-han unless he helps improve her scores. After his guidance, Chun-xi confesses successfully—only to fall into Zi-xue’s trap and end up in deep trouble. Meanwhile, the newly single Ming-zhen grows closer to Qing-han, and Zi-xue’s true nature emerges. Qing-han hesitates between Ming-zhen and Chun-xi because he is obsessed with academic scores. He longs to be close to others but doesn’t have the courage to open his heart. How should Qing-han find his own happiness?

Points Up

The Thrill poster
NR

Urban legend has it that once you get bitten by a vampire, you will become one of them and reconnect with your suppressed primal desires. Who will be next?

The Thrill

2014

Goddamned Asura poster
6.7

On his 18th birthday, Jan Wen shoots randomly at the crowds in a night market for unknown reasons. The tragic incident causes a strong impact on the lives of his family and friends, the victims and the witnesses. However, if there was a chance for them to make different choices, would the tragedy still happen? Will it be a different outcome if they all changed their behaviour at the crucial moment?

Goddamned Asura

2022

The Mother of God poster
NR

Xiangning's only son Zhongze shows abnormal behaviors and claims he is the incarnation of god, Xiangning is convinced he can be modified by force of Lien-Shi, her religious group. With enormous stress and obsession, she enters into a mysterious space.

The Mother of God

2021

Red Line poster
5.8

In the underground racing scene, emerging racer Xiao Le spirals into despair after an accident during a race with his brother, A Chieh. His life changes when he meets doctor Hui-Hui and becomes an ambulance driver, vowing to save people with speed. However, fate complicates things as San Pao and underground racing leader Brother Ben investigate, uncovering the unexpected truth about A Chieh.

Red Line

2023

Hear Her With Your Eyes poster
NR

This is a short film that requires the audience to pay attention. Pay attention to what does not happen in the frame; pay attention to the dialogue that is not said in the frame; and most importantly, pay attention to the man who does not appear in the frame.

Hear Her With Your Eyes

2023

Mole of Life poster
3.5

No synopsis available yet.

Mole of Life

2016

Kidnapped Soul poster
1.5

It tells the story of a mother’s desperation to locate her child when the abductor dies before her child can be located. With time running out, the child’s mother seeks the assistance of a spiritual medium.

Kidnapped Soul

2021

No artwork available
NR

The day Father Chatergil Potter left his room, he shed his duty as a Father. Though his body was frail and his mind slow, it was enough to finally experience the tangible world. He sought to understand folly, dreams, and what it truly means to be human—right down to the simple taste of a hearty meal.

Thus Spoke Chatergil Potter

Glory Revenge poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Glory Revenge

2026

Taipei 24H poster
6.8

Taipei 24H divides 24 hours in Taipei into 8 shorts. It opens with Cheng Fen-fen's upbeat and comedic "Share the Morning", and ends with Lee Kang-sheng running the final leg of this relay with "Remembrance" at 4am. Well-known director Tsai Ming-liang makes a rare appearance visiting a late night coffee shop. Taipei 24H is a contemporary urban chronicle of a city rarely at sleep.

Taipei 24H

2009

What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! poster
6.7

Doze runs into many problems as he tries to secure funding for what he thinks will be the next mockumentary blockbuster.

What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?!

2008

Calls of Desire poster
NR

Wireless signals, like a digital fog, blanket the concrete jungle. Each phone connects a sleepless, loveless soul. In this chain of late-night calls, relationships and conflicts twist and spread, linking people by their desires and ultimately separating them by the same force. Perhaps some relations are never meant to last, only to touch us, once, like morning light.

Calls of Desire

Behind the camera