Mr. Lee's 2005 Brokeback Mountain was probably his most critically acclaimed film. The movie is about two cowboys who fall in love while working together in the country, and the social issues and problems they encounter afterwards in the midwestern U.S.
For Brokeback Mountain Mr. Lee won Best Director at the Academy Awards. The film got 8 nominations that year (more than any other film), and won a total of 3 awards. As you remember, the film was very controversial.
From Wikipedia, a convincing argument that the film should have won the award:
"Some critics accused the Academy of homophobia for failing to award the Oscar for Best Picture to Brokeback Mountain and instead giving it to a rival nominee, Crash. Michael Jensen notes that prior to the Oscar ceremony, Brokeback Mountain became "the most honored movie in cinematic history",[71] winning more Best Picture and Director awards than previous Oscar winners Schindler's List and Titanic combined, and pointing out that prior to Brokeback, no film that had won the Writer's Guild, Director's Guild, and Producer's Guild awards failed to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and that only four times in the previous twenty-five years had the Best Picture winner not also been the film with the most nominations. He also notes that only once before had a film not even nominated for the Golden Globe's Best Picture (Crash) go on to win the Academy Award."
And here it is, with Chinese subtitles!
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