Hydrogen is important as industrial raw material and clean fuel, which shows great economic and social value. Hydrogen separation is necessary before hydrogen utilization. Membrane-based technology is a H2 separation technology with features of high energy efficiency, simplicity and continuous operation. Polyimide (PI) membrane as one of the most promising materials has been widely applied in the fields of H2 separation due to its excellent gas selectivity, mechanical properties, thermal stability, chemical stability, hydrolysis resistance and corrosion resistance. However, driven by some disadvantages of small free volume, poor gas permeability and plastic resistance, traditional polyimide membrane cannot be widely used for large-scale H2 separation. Therefore, the traditional polyimide needs to be modified to separate H2 preferably. In this review, the recent research status of polyimide film in hydrogen separation was reviewed, and monomer structure modification and the key problems of polyimide gas separation membrane were summarized. Focusing on six kinds of modifications of inorganic particle blending, MOFs blending, polymer blending, cross-linking, hyperbranching modification and monomer structure modification, the research achievements of polyimide gas separation membrane modification were introduced in detail, and the development trend of polyimide gas separation membrane was looked forward, providing a reference for the research and development of efficient separation membrane in the future.