The research progress on the preparation of polymer ordered porous membranes by breath figure is reviewed, and the formation process and mechanism of porous membranes are analyzed. The effects of environmental humidity, non-aqueous atmosphere, solvent type, polymer concentration, temperature, substrate and polymer structure on the morphology and pore size of ordered porous films prepared by breath figure are emphatically discussed. The improved method of preparing ordered porous membranes by breath figure and the application of ordered porous membranes are analyzed, while the prospect of their future development is put forward. The formation mechanism of ordered porous membranes, the preparation of nanoscale small pore size, the preparation of large-area ordered porous membranes and the intelligence of porous membranes will be the main research directions in the preparation of polymer ordered porous membranes by breath figure.