2013–present: Career resurgence and critical success
In 2013, Tang starred opposite actor Wu Xiubo in the Xue Xiaolu-directed romantic comedy Finding Mr. Right. The sleeper hit grossed $85 million at the box office in China and Tang received rave reviews for her performance. She won Best Actress at 21st Beijing College Student Film Festival. Tang was then cast to play writer Xiao Hong in Ann Hui's biopic The Golden Era, which closed at the Venice International Film Festival. Though highly anticipated, the film received mixed reviews and failed at the box office. However, her performance has received high praise from domestic critics.
Tang made her English-language film debut in Blackhat, an action thriller co-starring Chris Hemsworth and Wang Leehom, her co-star in Lust, Caution (2007). She also starred in A Tale of Three Cities, based on the wartime experiences of Jackie Chan's parents. During the shooting of The Tale of Three Cities in Shanghai, Tang fell victim to a telecommunications scam and was swindled out of $34,692 (210,000 yuan). Tang and Wu teamed up again to film the sequel to Finding Mr. Right (2013), titled Book of Love (2016), which was a commercial success. With this film, she was nominated as the Best Actress in Hong Kong Film Awards for the sixth time, setting a record for nominations, but did not win the award in history.
In 2017, Tang was cast as the female lead of Long Day's Journey Into Night, directed by Bi Gan. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. In 2019, Tang returned to the small screen with the historical drama Empress of the Ming. The same year, she starred in the film The Whistleblower directed by Xue Xiaolu.
In 2022, Tang starred in the South Korean mystery-romance film Decision to Leave, directed by Park Chan-Wook, to critical acclaim. In April 2022, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where Park Chan-wook won Best Director. For her role as a Chinese immigrant to South Korea who is suspected of murder, Tang became the first non-Korean honored as the Best Actress at the Baeksang Art Awards, which was for the second time, Blue Dragon Film Awards, Chunsa Film Art Awards and Buil Film Awards.
