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1. Firefly (2002–2003)
TV-14 | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin
Votes: 282,044
2. Serenity (2005)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alan Tudyk
Votes: 305,922 | Gross: $25.51M
3. Chungking Express (1994)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong
Votes: 96,099 | Gross: $0.60M
4. The Assistant (III) (2019)
R | 87 min | Drama
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Julia Garner, Owen Holland, Jon Orsini, Rory Kulz
Votes: 26,246
5. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 67,160 | Gross: $9.03M
6. Saving Face (2004)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gay Chinese-American and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Director: Alice Wu | Stars: Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang
Votes: 13,463 | Gross: $1.19M
7. Ip Man 2 (2010)
R | 108 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Centering on Ip Man's migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts.
Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Lynn Xiong
Votes: 111,127 | Gross: $0.21M
8. Gomorrah (2008)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama
Scampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abbruzzese, Toni Servillo, Simone Sacchettino
Votes: 51,247 | Gross: $1.58M
9. Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Tang Sanzang, an aspiring Buddhist hero tries to protect a village from three demons. He develops complex feelings for Miss Duan, the demon hunter who repeatedly helps him, and finally quests to meet the legendary Monkey King.
Directors: Stephen Chow, Chi-Kin Kwok | Stars: Zhang Wen, Shu Qi, Huang Bo, Show Lo
Votes: 13,996 | Gross: $0.02M
10. A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A socially awkward teenage maths prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Director: Morgan Matthews | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan
Votes: 30,345 | Gross: $0.14M
11. The Pillow Book (1995)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama
A woman with a body-writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata
Votes: 13,659 | Gross: $2.29M
12. Who Rules the World (2022– )
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Love blooms between a beloved prince and a fearless princess as they venture through the war-ridden martial arts world in a fight for justice.
Stars: Yang Yang, Lusi Zhao, Tianyang Zhang, Leon Lai Yi
Votes: 2,036
13. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (I) (1959)
Not Rated | 208 min | Drama, History, War
A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima
Votes: 9,378
14. A Sun (2019)
156 min | Crime, Drama
A family of four fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride.
Director: Mong-Hong Chung | Stars: Chien-Ho Wu, Yi-Wen Chen, Samantha Shu-Chin Ko, Kuan-Ting Liu
Votes: 10,225
15. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Approved | 158 min | Biography, Drama, War
A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curd Jürgens, Michael David
Votes: 5,427
16. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, History
A story set in nineteenth-century China and focusing on the life-long friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid social norms imposed on women.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Bingbing Li, Jun Ji-hyun, Vivian Wu, Russell Wong
Votes: 4,018 | Gross: $1.35M
17. Three Times (2005)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories set in three times, 1911, 1966 and 2005. Two actors play the two main characters in each story.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Fang Mei, Shu-Chen Liao
Votes: 6,158 | Gross: $0.15M
18. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The chronically suicidal Wilbur, and his good-hearted big brother, Harbour, are in their thirties when, their father dies and leaves them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay
Votes: 8,079 | Gross: $0.23M
19. 7 Women (1965)
Passed | 87 min | Drama
In 1935 China, seven dedicated missionary women try to protect themselves from the advances of a barbaric Mongolian warlord and his cut-throat gang of warriors.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton, Flora Robson
Votes: 2,667
20. Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Anna May Wong, Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe, Cecil Cunningham
Votes: 553
21. Lilting (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his 4-year male lover, who grieve but don't speak a lick of each other's language.
Director: Hong Khaou | Stars: Pei-Pei Cheng, Ben Whishaw, Andrew Leung, Peter Bowles
Votes: 6,581 | Gross: $0.02M
22. Low Down (2014)
R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A look at the life of pianist Joe Albany from the perspective of his young daughter, as she watches him contend with his drug addiction during the 1970s jazz scene.
Director: Jeff Preiss | Stars: John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Peter Dinklage
Votes: 2,219 | Gross: $0.04M
23. Malice: Nu Gui (2023)
45 min | Horror
Keo Sinn and her university friends find themselves tormented by the ancient curse of the vengeful Nu Gui. As the malevolent spirit unleashes havoc, Keo is forced to confront her haunting ... See full summary »
Directors: Gustavo Diaz, Chaz Fenwick | Stars: Martina Chen, Kent Lee, Haoming Chen, Chad Elger
Votes: 40
24. Full Moon in New York (1989)
88 min | Drama
Three very different Asian women forge a friendship in New York.
Director: Stanley Kwan | Stars: Sylvia Chang, Maggie Cheung, Yat-Gam Chu, Siqin Gaowa
Votes: 349
25. Spork (2010)
TV-14 | 86 min | Comedy, Musical
A colorful and foul-mouthed feature musical comedy. A film about a frizzy-haired, pink-cheeked outcast named Spork who is trying to navigate her way through the annals of junior high. When ... See full summary »
Director: J.B. Ghuman Jr. | Stars: Savannah Stehlin, Rodney Eastman, Robert Bradvica, Kevin Chung
Votes: 1,079
26. Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983)
Not Rated | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A drunken sailor recounts the surrealistic odyssey of his life story to a murderous student.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Nadège Clair, Lisa Lyon
Votes: 1,158
27. The Rebel (2021)
45 min | Drama, History, Mystery
In 1936, Lin Nan Sheng, a student of the China Reconstruction Society cadre training class, was taken to Shanghai to participate in the arrest of the underground party.
Stars: Yilong Zhu, Zhiwen Wang, Wayne Wang, Zixian Zhang
Votes: 173
28. Tekken 6 (2007 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
Whilst continuing vast stories of all the characters, Tekken 6 includes new modes, over 40 fighters, bigger stages with more interactivity, enhanced character customization, and introduces a new rage system.
Directors: Katsuhiro Harada, Toshiharu Hijiya, Kiyoshi Minami, Yuko Mizoguchi, Shoji Nakamura, Yuichi Yonemori | Stars: Ken'ichi Morozumi, John Owens, Cindy Robinson, Sang Hyun Uhm
Votes: 1,618
29. Love Between Fairy and Devil (2022– )
15 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The ancient demon, Dongfang Qingcang, who has been suppressed for a thousand years, comes back to the three worlds and starts a war between immortals and demons the moment he is reborn. In ... See full summary »
Stars: Ketsu, Xiying Nie, Yuning Liu, Zhao Shuang
Votes: 53
30. The Debt (1999)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Two entrepreneurs become tangled in the web of a Russian thug.
Director: Krzysztof Krauze | Stars: Robert Gonera, Jacek Borcuch, Andrzej Chyra, Cezary Kosinski
Votes: 3,936
31. Sorry, Haters (2005)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller
Against the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubled professional woman with unexpected results.
Director: Jeff Stanzler | Stars: Robin Wright, Abdellatif Kechiche, Élodie Bouchez, Aasif Mandvi
Votes: 1,539 | Gross: $0.01M
32. The Chinatown Diner
Post-production
Wealthy wannabe rapper Richard abandons his dad's business to work at a diner doubling as an underground club. When the club faces demolition, he embarks on a perilous quest to save it.
Director: Lawrence Le Lam | Stars: Olivia Cheng, Andrea Bang, Tzi Ma, Aileen Wu
33. 17 sui de tian kong (2004)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
A gay teenager falls for an architect after moving to the city to find a summer job.
Director: Yin-jung Chen | Stars: Yo Yang, Duncan Lai, King Chin, Dada Ji
Votes: 1,067
34. Innocent (2005)
80 min | Drama, Romance
17-year-old Eric follows his parents to immigrate to Canada and is thus forced to confront different emotional and cultural problems. He must not only adjust to the new environment, but ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Chung | Stars: Po Chan, Timothy Lee, Jovita Adrineda, Wing Wong Wilson Kam
Votes: 359
35. Udiplomo sasidzo (1961)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Striving to find worthy and educated husband for her only child, Vardeni is constantly fooled by her daughter's boyfriend's tricks.
Director: Levan Khotivari | Stars: Kote Mgaloblishvili, Bela Mirianashvili, Akaki Kvantaliani, Dudukhana Tserodze
Votes: 368
36. Xun qiang (2002)
PG-13 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Small-town policeman Ma Shan wakes up one morning to discover that his gun is missing. During his search, things take a sinister turn when his first love turns up dead and the bullet appears to be from his gun.
Director: Chuan Lu | Stars: Wen Jiang, Yujuan Wu, Xiao-Fan Wang, Ji Pei
Votes: 1,350
37. Mr. Wu (1927)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Lon Chaney, Louise Dresser, Renée Adorée, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 712 | Gross: $0.47M
38. Brothers Lu (1953)
27 min | Animation, Short, Family
An adaptation of the old Chinese tale "The Ten Brothers".
Director: Dmitriy Babichenko | Stars: Erast Garin, Georgiy Millyar, Valentina Sperantova
Votes: 77
39. The Forbidden City (1918)
62 min | Drama, Romance
A Chinese mandarin hopes to regain favor with the Emporer by betrothing her to him, but he doesn't know she's secretly married to the American consul and pregnant.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Talmadge, Thomas Meighan, E. Alyn Warren, Michael Rayle
Votes: 331
40. His Cat (2018)
60 min | Romance
Ye Yuwei is a transfer student who encounters his desk-mate, He Chenghan. In the eyes of He Chenghan, Ye Yuwei seems to be a cat and a sentimental teenager who gradually becomes aware of his own emotions that are completely different.
Director: Lee Aria | Stars: Henry Chen, Haiting Jiao, Junho Tan
Votes: 18
41. Chinatown Charlie (1928)
70 min | Comedy
Chinatown bus tour guide Charlie (Hines) finds that one of his lady riders (Louise Lorraine) is pursued by a Tong gang because she has a supposedly magic ring. They kidnap her and she's ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Hines | Stars: Johnny Hines, Louise Lorraine, Harry Gribbon, Fred Kohler
42. Bie kai men (2016)
92 min | Horror, Thriller
A township in Yunnan province, southern China, the present day, 13th of the month. Yang Hao, young boss of Wumiaohui Inn, invites six of his staff to dinner in one of the restaurant's private rooms to meet his friend Peter.
Director: Ge Zhou | Stars: Li Xu, Long Yang, Shaoshi Qu, Hongji Zhao
43. Dong (2006)
Not Rated | 66 min | Documentary, Drama
China's greatest living filmmaker Jia Zhangke (Platform, The World) travels with acclaimed painter Liu Xiaodong from China to Thailand as they meet everyday workers in the throes of social ... See full summary »
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Xiaodong Liu, Sanming Han
Votes: 422
44. Struggle on the Wulinclen (2015)
90 min | Action, Drama, History
During the Luoyang Flower Festival, three famous martial artists died mysteriously. Li Shaobai went to investigate the case.
Director: Tao Hai | Stars: Zhenjiang Bao, Ming Deng, Chang Di Marco, Ziwu Dong
Votes: 8
45. Lovesick (2011)
90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Ariel is a girl who has love phobia caused by her high school ex-boyfriend who left her heart broken. She vows never to fall in love again but then she meets a handsome doctor in the hospital who seems to a perfect guy.
Director: Rocky Jo | Stars: Ariel Lin, Chen Bo-lin, Yifeng Li, Joelle Lu
Votes: 194
46. Milk and Fashion (2007)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Milk and Fashion centers on a young foreigner, Tyler Ralstin, as he travels from rural Yunnan to Shanghai to live with his uncle Jack. As caretaker for Tyler, Jack must balance his life ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Chin | Stars: James H. Boettcher, Vanessa Branch, Li Miao Cheng, Karl Dominik
Votes: 52
47. Jing hun xiu hua xie (2017)
89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The film tells the story of An Wen wearing ancestral embroidered shoes by accident.
Director: Junlin Wang | Stars: Cai Ao-Jun, Hwi Chan, Ye Hao, Yixuan He
Votes: 12
48. Binglang (2006)
112 min | Drama
Along a sleepy Hunan riverside, two delinquent boys experience a summer of love and violence. Ali and Xiao Yu are two teenage rebels idling away their days along the banks of a river in ... See full summary »
Director: Heng Yang | Stars: Qi Dai, Yi Gao, Yu Liang, Li Tian
Votes: 43
49. Hua yan (2002)
84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Director: Xin Lee | Stars: Lala Wu, Jinglei Xu, Xuebing Wang, Ting Mei
Votes: 63
50. Shanshan de hongxin haizi de tiankong (2007)
90 min | Animation
Sparkling Red Star takes place in 1937, amidst the Red Army's Long March. It stars a ten year old child named Pan Dongzi, whose life becomes quite difficult after his father is captured and subsequently rescued by the Red Army.
Director: Dante Lam
Votes: 23