Asian Movies – Everything You Need to Know

After Parasite fetched the best film award at the prestigious Academy Awards, the director Bong Joon-Ho said, “Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films,”. The viewership of Asian movies has witnessed a rise after Parasite was honored at the Oscars. If you do not mind overcoming the tiny hurdle of subtitles, here’s the list of captivating Asian movies for you.

1. Parasite (2019)

Greed and class prejudice endanger the newly created symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the impoverished Kim clan.
Director: Bong Joon Ho

Language: Korean, English

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Main Cast:

• Kang-ho Song
• Sun-kyun Lee
• Yeo-jeong Cho

IMDb Rating: 8.6 Running

Time: 132 minutes

Box Office: $258,975,737

Movie Trailer: Parasite (2019) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Hulu

2. Seven Samurai (1954)

An impoverished town under siege by bandits enlists the aid of seven jobless samurai to protect themselves.

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Language: Japanese

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Main Cast:

• Toshiro Mifune
• Takashi Shimura
• Keiko Tsushima

IMDb Rating: 8.6 Running Time: 207 minutes

Box Office: $322,773

Movie Trailer: Seven Samurai (1954) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

3. Spirited Away (2001)

A gloomy 10-year-old girl stumbles into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, where humans are transformed into monsters, during her family’s move to the suburbs.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Language: Japanese

Genre: Animation and Adventure
Main Cast:

• Daveigh Chase
• Suzanne Pleshette
• Miyu Irino

IMDb Rating: 8.6 Running Time: 125 minutes

Box Office: 358,900,000

Movie Trailer: Spirited Away (2001)- Trailer

Streaming Platform: Netflix

4. Woman in the Dunes (1964)

Local villagers force an entomologist on vacation to live with a woman whose sole purpose in life is to shovel sand for them.

Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara

Language: Japanese

Genre: Drama and Thriller
Main Cast:

• Eiji Okada
• Kyôko Kishida
• Hiroko Itô

IMDb Rating: 8.5 Running Time: 147 minutes

Movie Trailer: Woman in the Dunes(1964) – Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

5. Old Boy (2003)

Oh Dae-Su is liberated after being abducted and jailed for fifteen years, only to discover that he must find his kidnapper within five days.
Director: Park Chan-Wook

Language: Korean

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery

Main Cast:

• Choi Min-Sik
• Yoo Ji-Tae
• Kang Hye-Jeong

IMDb Rating: 8.4 Running Time: 120 minutes

Box Office: $15,189,934

Movie Trailer: Old Boy (2003) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

6. Your Name (2016)

This is a fantasy story about body swapping. A body and a girl find a magical connection after swapping their bodies.

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Language: Japanese

Genre: Romance, fantasy

Main Cast:

• Mone Kamishiraishi
• Ryûnosuke Kamiki

IMDb Rating: 8.4

Running Time: 112 minutes

Box Office: $358,180,115

Movie Trailer: Your Name (2016) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

7. Princess Mononoke (1997)

Ashitaka finds himself in the heart of a fight between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony, while on a quest to discover a cure for a Tatarigami’s curse. He also meets San, the Mononoke Hime, on this quest.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Language: Japanese

Genre: Animation, Action and Adventure

Main Cast:

• Yôji Matsuda
• Yuriko Ishida
• Yûko Tanaka

IMDb Rating: 8.4

Running Time: 134 minutes

Box Office: $169,700,000

Movie Trailer: Princess Mononoke 1997 – Trailer

Streaming Platform: HBO Max

8. A Separation (2012)

A married couple must choose between bettering their child’s life by migrating to another nation and caring for a failing parent with Alzheimer’s disease in Iran.
Director: Asghar Farhadi

Language: Persian

Genre: Drama

Main Cast:

• Payman Maadi
• Leila Hatami
• Sareh Bayat

IMDb Rating: 8.3

Running Time: 123 minutes

Box Office: $22,926,076

Movie Trailer: A Separation (2012) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Hulu

9. Children of Heaven (1997)

After a child loses his sister’s shoes, he embarks on a series of adventures to locate them. He attempts a fresh method to “win” a new pair when he cannot find his sister’s shoes.

Director: Majid Majidi

Language: Persian

Genre: Drama, Family and Sport

Main Cast:

• Mohammad Amir Naji
• Amir Farrokh Hashemian
• Bahare Seddiqi

IMDb Rating: 8.3

Running Time: 89 minutes

Box Office: $1,600,000

Movie Trailer: Children of Heaven (1997) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

10. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

A confrontation between Sultan and Shahid Khan results in Khan’s exile from Wasseypur, igniting a three-generation bitter rivalry.

Director: Anurag Kashyap

Language: Hindi

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance

Main Cast:

• Manoj Bajpayee
• Richa Chadha
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui

IMDb Rating: 8.2

Running Time: 321 minutes

Box Office: 32,66,44,867 crores

Movie Trailer: Gangs Of Wasseypur (2012) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

11. Devils on the Doorstep / Guizi Lai le (2000)

During Japan’s conquest of China, two captives are dropped in a farmer’s home in a tiny village. The owner is coerced into keeping the captives until the next New Year when they will be retrieved. The village chiefs gather to question the detainees. The locals then scramble to find suitable housing for the convicts. One is a genuine Japanese patriot, while the other is an anxious translator. Will the residents be able to retain the inmates till the New Year?

Director: Wen Jiang

Language: Mandarin, Japanese, French, English

Genre: Comedy, Drama, War

Main Cast:

• Wen Jiang
• Kenya Sawada
• Hongbo Jiang

IMDb Rating: 8.2

Running Time: 139 minutes

Box Office: $18,944

Movie Trailer: Devils on the Doorstep (2000) Trailer

12. Ran (1985)

An aging warlord in Medieval Japan retires, leaving his empire to his three sons. He, on the other hand, severely underestimates how their newfound power will corrupt them, leading them to turn against each other and on him.

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Language: Japanese

Genre: Action, Drama, and War

Main Cast:

• Tatsuya Nakadai
• Akira Terao
• Jinpachi Nezu
• Daisuke Ryu
• Mieko Harada

IMDb Rating: 8.2

Running Time: 162 minutes

Box Office: $19,000,000

Movie Trailer: Ran (1985) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

13. Yojimbo (1961)

A cunning ronin arrives in a town split between two criminal gangs and decides to pit them against each other in order to set the town free.

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Language: Japanese

Genre: Action, Drama, and Thriller

Main Cast:

• Toshiro Mifune
• Tatsuya Nakadai
• Yoko Tsukasa

IMDb Rating: 8.2

Running Time: 110 minutes

Box Office: $2,500,000

Movie Trailer: Yojimbo (1961)- Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

14. A Moment to Remember (2004)

When 27-year-old Su-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease, his love is put to the ultimate test.

Director: John H. Lee

Language: Korean and English

Genre: Drama and Romance

Main Cast:

• Jung Woo-sung
• Son Ye-jin

IMDb Rating: 8.2

Running Time: 144 minutes

Box Office: $20,900,000

Movie Trailer: A moment to Remember (2004) – Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

15. The Act of Killing (2012)

Former Indonesian death squad leaders are challenged to reproduce their mass murders in any film genre they like, including classic Hollywood crime scenes and spectacular musical performances.

Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer and Christine Cynn

Language: English, Danish, Norwegian and Indonesian

Genre: Documentary, Biography, and Crime

IMDb Rating: 8.2

Running Time: 117 minutes

Box Office: $722,714

Movie Trailer: The Act of Killing (2012) – Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

16. Yi Yi (2000)

In their daily lives, each member of a middle-class Taipei family tries to reconcile past and present ties.

Director: Edward Yang

Language: Mandarin, Taiwanese, Japanese and English

Genre: Drama and Romance

Main Cast:

• Wu Nien-jen
• Elaine Jin
• Issey Ogata

IMDb Rating: 8.2

Running Time: 173 minutes

Box Office: $1,208,123

Movie Trailer: Yi Yi (2000) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

17. Rashomon (1950)

From the views of a bandit, the bride, the samurai’s ghost, and a woodcutter, the rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recounted.

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Language: Japanese

Genre: Crime, Drama and Mystery

Main Cast:

• Toshiro Mifune
• Machiko Kyō
• Masayuki Mori

IMDb Rating: 8.2

Running Time: 88 minutes

Box Office: $96,568

Movie Trailer: Rashomon 1950 – Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

18. Ugetsu (1953)

A movie about ambition, family, love, and battle set during the sixteenth-century Japanese Civil Wars.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Language: Japanese

Genre: Drama, Fantasy and War

Main Cast:

• Masayuki Mori
• Machiko Kyō
• Kinuyo Tanaka

IMDb Rating: 8.2

Running Time: 96 minutes

Box Office: $24,941

Movie Trailer: Ugetsu (1953) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

19. The Handmaiden (2016)

A lady is recruited as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, secretly plotting to swindle her
Director: Par Chan-Wook

Language: Korean, Japanese

Genre: Crime, Thriller, Romance

Main Cast:

• Kim Min-hee
• Ha Jung-woo
• Cho Jin-woong

IMDb Rating: 8.1

Running Time: 145 minutes

Box Office: $37,767,206

Movie Trailer: The Handmaiden (2016) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

20. Minding the Gap (2018)

Three teenage guys form an unlikely alliance to flee their turbulent families in their Rust-Belt village. Unfortunately, unexpected truths jeopardize their decade-long relationship as they face adult responsibilities

Director: Bing Liu

Language: English

Genre: Documentary, Sport

Main Cast:

• Kiere Johnson
• Bing Liu
• Zack Mulligan

IMDb Rating: 8.1

Running Time: 93 minutes

Box Office: $90,328

Movie Trailer: Minding The Gap (2018) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Hulu

21. In the Mood for Love (2000)

After both suspect their husbands’ adulterous affairs, two neighbors establish a deep relationship. They agree, however, to keep their relationship platonic to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong

Language: Cantonese, Shanghainese, French, Spanish

Genre: Drama, Romance

Main Cast:

• Tony Chiu-Wai Leung
• Maggie Cheung
• Siu Ping-Lam

IMDb Rating: 8.1

Running Time: 98 minutes

Box Office: $14,248,502

Movie Trailer: In The Mood For Love (2000) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

22. Rise the Red Lantern (1991)

The story revolves around a woman who has been married to a wealthy lord, and is the fourth wife.

Director: Yimou Zhang

Language: Mandarin

Genre: Drama, History, Romance

Main Cast:

• Gong Li
• Jingwu Ma
• Saifei He

IMDb Rating: 8.1

Running Time: 125 minutes

Box Office: $2,603,061

Movie Trailer: Rise the Red Lantern (1991) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

23. Memories of Murder (2003)

In a tiny Korean region in 1986, two investigators are charged with solving the case of numerous young ladies who were raped and murdered by an unknown perpetrator.

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Language: Korean, English

Genre: Crime, Action, Mystery

Main Cast:

• Kang-ho Song
• Kim Sang-kyung
• Roe-ha Kim

IMDb Rating: 8.1

Running Time: 132 minutes

Box Office: $1,163,424

Movie Trailer: Memories of Murder (2003) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

24. Farewell my Concubine (1993)

In 1924, two lads meet at a Peking opera training school. Their bond will last nearly 70 years, enduring some of China’s most trying moments.

Director: Kaige Chen

Language: Mandarin

Genre: Drama, Music, and Romance

Main Cast:

• Leslie Cheung
• Zhang Fengyi
• Gong Li

IMDb Rating: 8.1

Running Time: 171 minutes

Box Office: $5,216,888

Movie Trailer: Farewell My Concubine(1993) – Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

25. Chungking Express (1994)

Two depressed Hong Kong cops fall in love: one with a mystery female underworld figure, and the other with a gorgeous and ethereal server at a late-night eatery he frequents.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong

Language: Japanese, English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hindi

Genre: Comedy, Crime, and Drama

Main Cast:

• Brigitte Lin
• Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
• Faye Wong
• Takeshi Kaneshiro

IMDb Rating: 8.1

Running Time: 102 minutes

Box Office: $600,200

Movie Trailer: Chungking Express (1994) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

26. Departures (2008)

A newly fired cellist finds the peculiar job of preparing the dead for funerals.

Director: Yōjirō Takita

Language: Japanese and English

Genre: Drama and Music

Main Cast:

• Masahiro Motoki
• Ryōko Hirosue
• Tsutomu Yamazaki

IMDb Rating: 8.1

Running Time: 130 minutes

Box Office: $70,000,000

Movie Trailer: Departures 2008 – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

27. Love Exposure (2008)

A young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandrist girl, and a manipulative cultist form a strange love triangle arises.

Director: Sion Sono

Language: Japanese and English

Genre: Action, Comedy, and Drama

Main Cast:

• Takahiro Nishijima
• Hikari Mitsushima
• Sakura Ando

IMDb Rating: 8.1

Running Time: 117 minutes

Movie Trailer: Love Exposure 2008 – Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

28. Hollywood Chinese (2007)

Hollywood Chinese tells the long-untold tales of the Asian faces who have delighted the silver screen, weaving a rich and intricate tapestry defined by great performances and revolutionary film, but also by a tangled history of race and representation.

Director: Arthur Dong

Language: English

Genre: Documentary, Historical Fiction

Main Cast:

• Turhan Bey
• Joan Chen
• Tsai Chin

IMDb Rating: 8.0

Running time: 90 minutes

Movie Trailer: Hollywood Chinese (2007) Trailer

29. Bahubali: The Beginning (2015)

When Sanga and her husband, members of a tribe living near the province of Mahismathi, save a sinking newborn, they have no idea of the infant’s history or what the future holds for him. Instead, the child grows up to be Shivudu, a free-spirited mountaineer who discovers his ancestors and finds the true meaning of his existence before fighting the great Bhallala Deva!

Director: S.S. Rajamouli

Language: Telegu, Tamil, Hindi

Genre: Action, Drama

Main Cast:

• Prabhas
• Rana Daggubati
• Ramya Krishnan

IMDb Rating: 8.0

Running Time: 159 minutes

Box Office: $24,548,038

Movie Trailer: Bahubali: The Beginning (2015) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon, Netflix (English Version)

30. Kagemusha (1980)

As the lord’s double, a minor criminal who has a striking likeness to a samurai warlord is hired. The thief is forced to take up arms in the warlord’s place when he dies later.

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Language: Japanese

Genre: Drama, History and War

Main Cast:

• Tatsuya Nakadai
• Tsutomu Yamazaki
• Ken’ichi Hagiwara

IMDb Rating: 8.0

Running Time: 144 minutes

Box Office: $33 million

Movie Trailer: Kagemusha (1980) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

31. Akira (1988)

When a secret military project transforms a member of a biker gang into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a youngster, his gang of biker mates, and a group of psychics, Neo-Tokyo is put in jeopardy.

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo

Language: Japanese

Genre: Animation, Action, and Drama

Main Cast:

• Mitsuo Iwata
• Nozomu Sasaki
• Mami Koyama
• Taro Ishida

IMDb Rating: 8.1

Running Time: 124 minutes

Box Office: $25,000,000

Movie Trailer: Akira (1988) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Netflix

32. IP Man (2008)

When his city is taken during the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to flee his house. Ip Man and the remaining citizens of the city must find a way to survive despite their lack of resources.

Director: Wilson Yip

Language: Chinese (dialect: Cantonese)

Genre: Action, Biography, and Drama

Main Cast:

• Donnie Yen
• Simon Yam
• Lynn Hung
• Gordon Lam

IMDb Rating: 8.0

Running Time: 106 minutes

Box Office: $21,888,598

Movie Trailer: IP Man (2008)

Streaming Platform: Netflix

33. Tampopo (1985)

When a truck driver comes to a halt in front of a small family-run noodle shop, he decides to provide a hand. Various vignettes regarding the relationship between love and food are intertwined throughout the plot.

Director: Jûzô Itami

Language: Japanese

Genre: Comedy

Main Cast:

• Tsutomu Yamazaki
• Nobuko Miyamoto
• Kōji Yakusho

IMDb Rating: 8.0

Running Time: 114 minutes

Box Office: $444,213

Movie Trailer: Tampopo (1985) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

34. Infernal Affairs (2002)

A movie about a police department mole and an undercover cop. Their goals are the same: to figure out who the mole is and who the cop is.

Director: Andrew Lau and Alan Mak

Language: Cantonese

Genre: Action, Crime, and Drama

Main Cast:

• Andy Lau
• Tony Leung
• Anthony Wong

IMDb Rating: 8.0

Running Time: 101 mins

Box Office: $8,708,932

Movie Trailer: Infernal Affairs (2002) – Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

35. The Raid 2 (2014)

Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.

Director: Gareth Evans

Language: Indonesian and Japanese

Genre: Action, Crime, and Thriller.

Main Cast:

• Iko Uwais
• Arifin Putra
• Oka Antara
• Tio Pakusadewo

IMDb Rating: 8.0

Running Time: 150 minutes

Box Office: $6,600,000

Movie Trailer: The Raid 2 (2014) – The Trailer

Streaming Platform: Hulu

36. Lion (2016)

An Australian couple adopts a five-year-old Indian boy who got lost hundreds of kilometers away from home. The search for his family continues 25 years later.

Director: Garth Davis

Language: English

Genre: Biography and Drama

Main Cast:

• Dev Patel
• Sunny Pawar
• Nicole Kidman
• Rooney Mara

IMDb Rating: 8.0

Running Time: 118 minutes

Box Office: $140,300,000

Movie Trailer: Lion (2016) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

37. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring (2003)

Monk raises a boy in an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons in a Buddhist monastery.

Director: Kim Ki-duk

Language: Korean

Genre: Drama and Romance

Main Cast:

• Oh Yeong-su
• Kim Ki-duk
• Kim Young-min
• Seo Jae-kyung

IMDb Rating: 8.0

Running Time: 103 minutes

Box Office: $9,300,000

Movie Trailer: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring

Streaming Platform: Amazon

38. 3-Iron (2004)

One night, a young man breaks into a vacant house to live with the vacationing residents for a few nights.

Director: Kim Ki-Duk

Language: Korean

Genre: Crime, Drama, and Romance

Main Cast:

• Lee Seung-Yeon
• Jae Hee

IMDb Rating: 8.0

Running Time: 88 minutes

Box Office: $3,400,000

Movie Trailer: 3-Iron (2004) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

39. Onibaba (1964)

Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings to make a living by selling their weapons and armor. Another woman encounters a mysterious samurai wearing an odd mask while one of them is having an affair with their neighbor.

Director: Kaneto Shindô

Language: Japanese

Genre: Drama and Horror

Main Cast:

• Nobuko Otowa
• Jitsuko Yoshimura
• Kei Satō
• Taiji Tonoyama

IMDb Rating: 8.0

Running Time: 103 minutes

Movie Trailer: Onibaba 1964 – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

40. Taxi Driver (2017)

After becoming caught up in turmoil surrounding him, a widower father and cab driver who drives a German reporter from Seoul to Gwangju to chronicle the 1980 revolt eventually regrets his decision.

Director: Hun Jang

Language: Korean, German, Japanese, English

Genre: Action, Drama, History

Main Cast:

• Kang-Ho Song
• Thomas Kretschmann
• Hae-Jin Yoo

IMDb Rating: 7.9

Running Time: 137 minutes

Box Office: $86,252,940

Movie Trailer: Taxi Driver (2017) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Netflix

41. Shoplifters (2018)

The story revolves around a family who adopted a child from outside during the cold.

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda

Language: Japanese

Genre: Crime, Drama

Main Cast:

• Lily Franky
• Sakura Ando
• Kirin Kiki

IMDb Rating: 7.9

Running Time: 121 minutes

Box Office: $67,999,335

Movie Trailer: Shoplifters (2018) Trailer

Streaming platform: Hulu

42. Hero (2002)

The King of Qin called a defense official, Nameless, to report on his accomplishment in eliminating three warriors.

Director: Yimou Zhang

Language: Mandarin

Genre: Action, Adventure, History

Main Cast:

• Jet Li
• Tony Chiu-Wai Leung
• Maggie Cheung

IMDb Rating: 7.9

Running Time: 120 minutes

Box Office: $177,395,557

Movie Trailer: Hero (2002) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Hulu

43. Letters from the Iwo Jima (2006):

A Japanese perspective on World War II’s Battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan.

Director: Clint Eastwood

Language: Japanese

Genre: Action, Adventure, and Drama

Main Cast:

• Ken Watanabe
• Kazunari Ninomiya
• Tsuyoshi Ihara
• Ryō Kase

IMDb Rating: 7.9

Running Time: 144 minutes

Box Office: $68,700,000

Movie Trailer: Letters from the Iwo Jima(2006) – Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

44. Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)

On the streets, a troubled teen coping with his dysfunctional family. Many psychedelics, and energetic scenes are intercut with the story.

Director: Shûji Terayama

Language: Japanese

Genre: Drama and Music

Main Cast:

• Eimei Sasaki
• Masahiro Saito
• Yukiko Kobayashi

IMDb Rating: 7.9

Running Time: 137 minutes

Movie Trailer: Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971) – Movie Trailer

45. Masquerade (2012)

A commoner with a similar appearance is covertly hired to take the place of a poisoned monarch to keep his nation from sliding into anarchy.

Director: Chang-min Choo

Language: Korean

Genre: Drama, History

Main Cast:

• Lee Byung-hun
• Seung-ryong Ryu
• Han Hyo-joo

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 131 minutes

Box Office: $94,268,432

Movie Trailer: Masquerade (2012) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

46. An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)

Four individuals in the Chinese city of Manzhouli have a tough day as their lives cross. A schoolboy is among them, on the run after knocking a bully down the stairs. His friend has run away and fell for her teacher’s charms.
Director: Bo Hu

Language: Mandarin

Genre: Drama

Main Cast:

• Yu Zhang
• Yuchang Peng
• Uvin Wang

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 230 minutes

Box Office: $39,599

Movie Trailer: An Elephant Sitting Still (2018) Trailer

Streaming platform: Amazon

47. The Wind Rises (2013)

Jiro is fascinated by the legendary Italian aviation designer Caproni and dreams of flying and constructing magnificent planes. Jiro, born nearsighted and unable to fly, joins a prominent Japanese engineering firm in 1927 and becomes one of the world’s most inventive and talented airplane designers. The film depicts major historical events such as the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression, the TB epidemic, and Japan’s entry into World War II. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and his friendship with his coworker Honjo deepens and blossoms.

Director: Hayayo Miyazaki

Language: Japanese, German, Italian, French, English

Genre: Animation, History, Biography, Romance, Drama, War

Main Cast:

• Hideaki Anno
• Hidetoshi Nishijima
• Miori Takimoto

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 126 minutes

Box Office: $136,533,257

Movie Trailer: The Wind Rises (2013) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

48. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

A youthful Chinese combatant steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then disappears into a world of a dreamy escapade with an enigmatic man on the frontier of the nation.

Director: Ang Lee

Language: Mandarin

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Main Cast:

• Chow Yun-Fat
• Michelle Yeoh
• Ziyi Zhang

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 120 minutes

Box Office: $213,525,736

Movie Trailer: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Tiger (2000) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

49. The Chaser (2008)

When one of his prostitutes goes missing, a disgraced ex-policeman who operates a tiny ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time.

Director: Na Hong-jin

Language: Korean

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Main Cast:

• Kim Yoon-seok
• Ha Jung-woo
• Yeong-hie Seo

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 125 minutes

Box Office: $36,495,748

Movie Trailer: The Chaser (2008) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

50. I Saw the Devil (2010)

Through a sequence of captures and releases, a secret spy exacts retribution on a serial murderer.

Director: Jee-woon KIm

Language: Korean

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Main Cast:

• Lee Byung-hun
• Choi Min-sik
• Jeon Gook-hwan

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 144 minutes

Box Office: $12,966,357

Movie Trailer: I saw the Devil (2010) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

51. The Joy Luck Club (1993)

Four young Chinese ladies born in America and their moms born in medieval China examine their history through flashbacks. This investigation will assist them in better understanding their challenging mother-daughter connection.

Director: Wayne Wang

Language: Mandarin, Cantonese, English

Genre: Drama

Main Cast:

• Tamlyn Tomita
• Rosalind Chao
• Kieu Chihn

IMDb Rating: 7.7

Running Time: 139 minutes

Box Office: $32,901,136

Movie Trailer: The Joy Luck Club (1993) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

52. Fireworks (1997)

Nishi resigns from the police force in the face of terrible personal and professional challenges. As he sinks more into melancholy, he makes dubious decisions.

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Language: Japanese

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

Main Cast:

• Takeshi Kitano
• Kayoko Kishimoto
• Ren Osugi

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 103 minutes

Box Office: $500,000

Movie Trailer: Fireworks (1997) Trailer

Streaming platform: Amazon

53. Eureka (2000)

It takes a road trip for the traumatized survivors of a deadly bus hijacking to try and overcome their damaged selves. In the meantime, a serial killer has been on the loose for some time now.

Director: Shinji Aoyama

Language: Japanese

Genre: Drama

Main Cast:

• Kōji Yakusho
• Aoi Miyazaki
• Masaru Miyazaki
• Yoichiro Saito

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 218 minutes

Movie Trailer: Eureka 2000 – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

54. Mother (2009)

When her son is falsely accused of murdering a young girl, his mother desperately searches for the killer.

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Language: Korean

Genre: Crime, Drama and Mystery

Main Cast:

• Kim Hye-ja
• Won Bin

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 128 minutes

Box Office: $17,100,000

Movie Trailer: Mother (2009) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

55. Sseo ni (2011)

Seven girls become fast friends in high school, only to be torn apart by life’s circumstances for the next twenty-five years. A friend is dying in a hospital and she wants to see each of her friends one last time before she dies.

Director: Kang Hyeong-Cheol

Language: Korean

Genre: Comedy and Drama

Main Cast:

• Shim Eun-kyung
• Kang So-ra
• Yoo Ho-jeong
• Jin Hee-kyung

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 124 minutes

Box Office: $51,100,000

Movie Trailer: Sseo-ni (2011) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Netflix

56. Dreams (1990)

Stories based on filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s eight recurring dreams.

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Language: Japanese, French, and English

Genre: Drama and Fantasy

Main Cast:

• Akira Terao
• Martin Scorsese
• Chishū Ryū
• Mieko Harada
• Mitsuko Baish

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 119 minutes

Box Office: $2,000,000

Movie Trailer: Dreams (1990) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

57. Like Father, Like Son (2013)

Ryota is a successful businessman who is a workaholic. Since his biological son was switched at birth with another boy, he must decide whether to keep his biological son or to take care of the boy he has raised with his wife as their own.

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda

Language: Japanese

Genre: Drama

Main Cast:

• Masaharu Fukuyama
• Machiki Ono

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 120 minutes

Box Office: $31,100,000

Movie Trailer: Like Father, Like Son (2013) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

58. Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

One of a senior chef’s three grown daughters finds her future plans impacted by unexpected events and life changes of other household members.

Director: Ang Lee

Language: Mandarin Chinese

Genre: Comedy, Drama, and Romance

Main Cast:

• Sihung Lung
• Kuei-mei Yang
• Chien-lien Wu
• Yu-wen Wang

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 123 minutes

Box Office: $24,000,000

Movie Trailer: Eat Drink Man Woman 1994 – Poster

Streaming Platform: Amazon

59. Postmen in the Mountains (1999)

In the mountains of Hunan province, a father, a retired mailman, walks his son to his new job.

Director: Huo Jianqi

Language: Mandarin

Genre: Drama

Main Cast:

• Teng Rujun
• Liu Ye

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 93 minutes

Movie Trailer: Postmen in the Mountains (1999) – Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

60. Kikujiro (1999)

In search of his missing mother, a young, inexperienced boy sets out on his own. Eventually, he is saved by an unlikely hero in the form of a crotchety old man, and the two embark on a series of unexpected adventures.

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Language: Japanese

Genre: Drama and Comedy

Main Cast:

• Takeshi Kitano
• Yusuke Sekiguchi
• Kayoko Kishimoto

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 121 minutes

Box Office: $200,920

Movie Trailer: Kikujiro (1999) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

61. Hard Boiled (1992)

Assaulting a sinister mobster and his crew, a tough cop teams up with an undercover agent.

Director: John Woo

Language: Cantonese

Genre: Action, Crime, and Thriller

Main Cast:

• Chow Yun-fat
• Tony Leung Chiu-wai
• Teresa Mo
• Philip Chan

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 128 minutes

Box Office: $2,530,000

Movie Trailer: Hard Boiled (1992) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Primevideo

62. Joint Security Area (2000)

When two North Korean soldiers are killed in a shooting incident at the North-South Korean border/DMZ, a neutral Swiss/Swedish team investigates to find out what really transpired.

Director: Park Chan-wook

Language: Korean, English, French, and German

Genre: Action, Drama, and Thriller

Main Cast:

• Lee Young-ae
• Lee Byung-hun
• Song Kang-ho

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 110 minutes

Box Office: $124,071

Movie Trailer: Joint Security Area (2000)

Streaming Platform: Amazon

63. Vengeance is Mine (1979)

Akira Nishiguchi, a serial killer, is depicted, but the name Iwao Enokizu is the protagonist instead of Akira Nishiguchi.

Director: Shōhei Imamura

Language: Japanese

Genre: Crime and Drama

Main Cast:

• Ken Ogata
• Mayumi Ogawa
• Rentarō Mikuni
• Mitsuko Baisho

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 140 minutes

Box Office: $11,891

Movie Trailer: Vengeance is Mine (1979) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

64. The Terrorizers (1986)

Over the course of a few weeks in Taipei, the lives of three couples continually cross.

Director: Edward Yang

Language: Mandarin

Genre: Crime and Drama

Main Cast:

• Cora Miao
• Lee Li-chun
• Wang An

IMDb Rating: 7.8

Running Time: 110 minutes

Box Office: $4,989

Movie Trailer: Terrorizers – 1986 Movies Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

65. One Cut of The Dead (2017)

Things go wrong when a hack filmmaker and his film team are attacked by actual zombies while filming a low-budget zombie film at an abandoned WWII Japanese facility.

Director: Shin’ichro Ueda

Language: Japanese

Genre: Comedy, Horror

Main Cast:

• Takayuki Hamatsu
• Yuzuki Akiyama
• Harumi Shuhama

IMDb Rating: 7.7

Running Time: 96 minutes

Box Office: $27,590,180

Movie Trailer: One Cut Of The Dead (2017) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

66. Kung Fu Hustle (2014)

In 1940s Shanghai, China, a would-be criminal seeks to join the infamous “Axe Gang,” while inhabitants of a housing complex demonstrate exceptional abilities in protecting their land.

Director: Stephen Chow

Language: Cantonese, Mandarin

Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Main Cast:

• Stephen Chow
• Wah Yuen
• Qiu Yuen

IMDb Rating: 7.7

Running Time: 99 minutes

Box Office: $104,882,445

Movie Trailer: Kung Fu Hustle (2004) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

67. Confessions (2010)

Weird tale of a grieving, cold-blooded mother, who plots revenge on those responsible for the death of her daughter.

Director: Tetsuya Nakashima

Language: Japanese

Genre: Drama and Thriller

Main Cast:

• Takako Matsu
• Yoshino Kimura
• Masaki Okada

IMDb Rating: 7.7

Running Time: 106 minutes

Box Office: $45,203,103

Movie Trailer: Confessions (2010) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Netflix

68. City of Life and Death (2009)

China’s capital, Nanjing, was occupied by Japan in 1937. After a battle, the inhabitants, especially those who sought refuge in the International Security Zone, were subjected to atrocities.

Director: Lu ChuanLanguage: Mandarin, English, German, and JapaneseGenre: Drama, History and WarMain Cast:

• Liu Ye
• Gao Yuanyuan
• Fan Wei
• Qin Lan

IMDb Rating: 7.7Running Time: 133 minutes

Box Office: $10,687,316Movie Trailer: City of Life and Death (2009) – Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

69. The Hidden Blade (2004)

Samurai from the 19th century who has fallen out of favor because of his father’s actions must reconcile with a maid and a close friend about his past in order to move forward in life.

Director: Yōji YamadaLanguage: 132 minutes Genre: Action, Drama and History
Main Cast:

• Masatoshi Nagase
• Takako Matsu
• Yukiyoshi Ozawa

IMDb Rating: 7.7 Running Time: 132 minutes

Box Office: $8,043,781Movie Trailer: The Hidden Blade (2004) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

70. Fallen Angels (1995)

There are two main characters in this Hong Kong-set crime drama: a hitman who is hoping to get out of the business and his mysterious female partner.

Director: Wong Kar-way language: Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Japanese, and EnglishGenre: Comedy, Crime, and DramaMain Cast:

• Leon Lai
• Michelle Reis
• Takeshi Kaneshiro
• Charlie Yeung

IMDb Rating: 7.7 Running Time: 96 minutes

Box Office: $250,526Movie Trailer: Fallen Angels (1995) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

71. Happy Together (1997)

They go to Argentina with their partner and find that their lives are going in opposite directions.

Director: Wong Kar-way language: Cantonese Genre: Drama and Romance
Main Cast:

• Leslie Cheung
• Tony Leung
• Chang Chen

IMDb Rating: 7.7Running Time: 96 minutes

Box Office: $320,319Movie Trailer: Happy Together (1997) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

72. Not One Less (1999)

During the month-long absence of the village’s only teacher, the mayor is forced to turn to Wei Minzhi, a 13-year-old girl. In exchange, the teacher will give her an extra 10 yuan each time there isn’t one less student in the class upon his return. As soon as the class troublemaker, Zhang Huike, is forced to work in the city because of poverty, he leaves for the city to find work. Minzhi is determined to bring him back.

Director: Zhang YimouLanguage: Mandarin Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

• Wei Minzhi
• Zhang Huike

IMDb Rating: 7.7 Running Time: 106 minutes

Box Office: $592,586Movie Trailer: Not One Less (1999) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

73. The Taste of Tea (2004)

A brief glimpse into the slightly surreal life of a rural family.

Director: Katsuhito IshiiLanguage: Japanese Genre: Comedy and Fantasy
Main Cast:

• Tadanobu Asano
• Takahiro Sato
• Maya Banno

IMDb Rating: 7.7 Running Time: 143 minutes

Box Office: $21,324Movie Trailer: The Taste 0f Tea (2004) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

74. Peppermint Candy (1999)

To understand why someone committed suicide, six chapters of his life are revealed after he commits suicide.

Director: Lee Chang-dongLanguage: Korean Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

• Sol Kyung-gu
• Moon So-ri
• Kim Yeo-jin

IMDb Rating: 7.7Running Time: 130 minutes

Box Office: $77,197Movie Trailer: Peppermint Candy (1999) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

75. Kuroneko (1968)

Samurai soldiers raped and killed two women. In no time, they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai as they flee.

Director: Kaneto ShindoLanguage: Japanese Genre: Drama and Horror
Main Cast:

• Kichiemon Nakamura
• Nobuko Otowa
• Kiwako Taichi

IMDb Rating: 7.7 Running Time: 99 minutes movie Trailer: Kuroneko (1968) – Movie Trailer

76. Lady Snowblood (1973)

A young woman is raised from birth to be a deadly weapon of revenge against the conmen who destroyed her family.

Director: Toshiya FujitaLanguage: 96 minutes Genre: Action, Drama and Thriller
Main Cast:

• Meiko Kaji
• Toshio Kurosawa
• Masaaki Daimon

IMDb Rating: 7.7 Running Time: 96 minutes movie Trailer: Lady Snowblood (1973) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

77. Train to Busan (2016)

Seok-woo, on his daughter’s birthday, boards a train along with his daughter to visit his wife. Unfortunately, their train gets caught in a sudden zombie attack. Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Language: KoreanGenre: Horror, ActionMain Cast:

• Gong Yoo
• Yeon Sang-ho
• Ma Dong-Seok

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 121 minutes box Office: $92,764,199
Movie Trailer: Train to Busan (2016) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

78. Battle Royale (2000)

In the future, the Japanese government kidnaps a group of ninth-grade pupils and compels them to murder each other following the groundbreaking “Battle Royale” statute. Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Language: JapaneseGenre: Action, Adventure, DramaMain Cast:

• Tatsuya Fujiwara
• Aki Maeda
• Taro Yamamoto

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 114 minutes box Office: $958,989 Movie Trailer: Battle Royale (2000) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

79. The Raid: Redemption (2011)

Lieutenant Wahyu plans an invasion on an apartment complex in Jakarta, Indonesia, that serves as a haven for the powerful and ruthless drug lord Tama and his crew. The SWAT squad enters the building, but one of the lookouts notices and informs the gangsters, and Wahyu is trapped on the seventh level. In addition, they discover that Lt. Wahyu failed to notify his superiors about the mission. Now, police officers must combat armed and dangerous gangsters with little ammo. Director: Gareth Evans
Language: IndonesianGenre: Action, ThrillerMain Cast:

• Iko Uwais
• Ananda George
• Ray Sahetapy

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 101 minutes box Office: $9,148,519
Movie Trailer: The Raid: Redemption (2011) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

80. The Great Buddha + (2017)

Pickle works as a night guard at a bronze statue workshop. Pickle’s coworker, Belly Bottom, serves as a trash collector during the day. His greatest pleasure in life is browsing through the porn magazines Belly Bottom gathers in the security room at all-night hours. Late-night snacking and television viewing are essential parts of their mundane existence. When the television breaks one day, their lives are permanently altered. The plot revolves around gods, the sexual desires of middle-aged men, and discourse between spirits and humans. Director: Hsin-Yao Huang
Language: Min NanGenre: Comedy, Crime, DramaMain Cast:

• Cres Chuang
• Bamboo Chu-Sheng Chen
• Leon Dai

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 102 minutes movie Trailer: The Great Buddha+ (2017)

Streaming Platform: Amazon

81. Bad Genius (2017)

Lynn, a brilliant secondary school student who lives with her dad, is admitted into a prominent institution and receives a scholarship for her academic achievements. Grace, a kind but an academically challenged student, befriends her there. Director: Baz Poonpiriya
Language: Thai, EnglishGenre: Comedy, Crime, DramaMain Cast:

• Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying
• Eisaya Hosuwan
• Teeradon Supapunpinyo

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 130 minutes box Office: $44,560,421 Movie Trailer: Bad Genius (2017) Trailer

Streaming Platforms: Netflix and Amazon

82. 13 Assassins (2010)

A gang of assassins joins forces to carry out a suicide mission to assassinate a wicked lord. Director: Takashi MiikeLanguage: Japanese Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Main Cast:

• Koji Yakusho
• Takayuki Yamada
• Yusuke Iseya

IMDb rating: 7.6 Running Time: 141 minutes box Office: $18,689,058
Movie Trailer: 13 Assassins (2010) Trailer

Streaming Platforms: Amazon and Hulu

83. The Farewell (2019)

When her loving grandma is diagnosed with terminal cancer, a fiery Chinese-American woman returns to China. Billi is troubled by her family’s choice to keep grandmother in the closet about her sickness, even as they all organize an impromptu marriage to see grandmother one final time. Director: Lulu Wang
Language: Mandarin, Japanese, Italian, English Genre: Comedy, DramaMain Cast:

• Shuhzhen Zao
• Awkwafina
• X Mayo

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 100 minutes movie Trailer: The Farewell (2019) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

84. Searching (2018)

When David Kim’s daughter goes missing, a local inquiry is launched, and a detective is assigned to the case. But after 37 hours and no leads, David decides to check which no one has searched yet, where all secrets are stored today: his daughter’s laptop. David follows his daughter’s digital footprints before she vanishes forever in a hyper-modern thriller presented through the electronic devices, we use every day to connect. Director: Aneesh Chaganty
Language: EnglishGenre: Drama, Mystery, ThrillerMain Cast:

• John Cho
• Debra Messing
• Joseph Lee

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 102 minutes box Office: $75,462,037 Movie Trailer: Searching (2018) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

85. New World (2013)

As ‘Goldmoon,’ Korea’s most prominent crime organization, grows its influence, Kang, the chief of the police investigative planning section, orders undercover policeman Ja-Seoung to take part in the project “New World,” which would bring ‘Goldmoon’ down. Ja-Seong must choose between following Kang’s orders as a cop and being loyal to Jeong Cheong, the ‘Goldmoon’ crime organization’s underboss. Director: Park Hoon-Jung
Language: Korean, MandarinGenre: Action, Drama, Crime, ThrillerMain Cast:

• Jung-Jae Lee
• Choi Min-Sik
• Jung-min Hwang

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 135 minutes box Office: $31,673,928 Movie Trailer: New World (2013) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

86. The Wedding Banquet (1993)

To appease his pestering parents, a gay landowner and a female renter agree to a marriage of convenience, but when his parents come, things spiral out of control. Director: Ang Lee
Language: Mandarin, EnglishGenre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceMain Cast:

• Winston Chao
• May Chin
• Ah-lei Gua

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 106 minutes box Office: $6,933,459 Movie Trailer: The Wedding Banquet (1993) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

87. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

Newly laid-off factory labor kidnaps the daughter of his former boss’s buddy, expecting to use the ransom cash to cover for his sister’s kidney transplant. Director: Park Chan-Wook
Language: Korean, Korean Sign LanguageGenre: Crime, Drama, ThrillerMain Cast:

• Kang-ho Song
• Shin Ha-kyun
• Bae Doona

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 129 minutesBox Office: $2,046,061 Movie Trailer: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) Trailer

Streaming platform: Amazon

88. Breathless (2008)

Sang-hoon has climbed through the ranks of a criminal gang’s debt collector. Sang-hoon is restless, and hostile, throwing punches, slaps, and expletives freely, possibly due to the cruelty inflicted on him by his father. Director: Ik-joon Yang
Language: KoreanGenre: Crime, DramaMain Cast:

• Kkobbi Kim
• Hwan Lee
• Ik-Joon Yang

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 130 minutes box Office: $686,703 Movie Trailer: Breathless (2008) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

89. The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)

A budding martial artist must choose between following his pacifist father’s wishes and preventing a group of disrespectful foreigners from taking precious artifacts from a museum in his country of origin.

Director: Lau Kar-lung Language: Cantonese Genre: Action and Comedy
Main Cast:

• Jackie Chan
• Anita Mui
• Ti Lung
• Felix Wong

IMDb Rating: 7.6Running Time: Cantonese

Box Office: $11,555,430Movie Trailer: The Legend of Drunken Master (1994) – Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

90. The Flowers of War (2011)

An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

Director: Zhang YimouLanguage: Mandarin, English, and JapaneseGenre: Drama, History, and RomanceMain Cast:

• Christian Bale
• Ni Ni
• Zhang Xinyi

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 146 minutes

Box Office: $2,855,644Movie Trailer: The Flowers of War (2011) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

91. A Simple Life (2011)

One day, an altruistic maid announces her intention to leave her job and move into an old people’s home after suffering a stroke.

Director: Ann HuiLanguage: Cantonese Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

• Andy Lau
• Deanie Ip

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 118 minutes

Box Office: $6,202,317Movie Trailer:  A Simple Life (2011) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

92. You Are the Apple of my Eye (2011)

There’s a crush on Shen Jiayi, the star pupil at a private school, among a group of tight-knit friends. However, it turns out that Ke Jingteng is the only member of the group that doesn’t but ends up falling for her as well.

Director: Ann HuiLanguage: Cantonese Genre: Comedy, Drama, and Romance
Main Cast:

• Kai Ko
• Michelle Chen

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 110 minutes

Box Office: $24,500,000Movie Trailer: You are the Apple of my Eye (2011) – Movie Trailer

streaming Platform: Netflix

93. Lady Vengeance (2005)

Thirteen years in prison and the loss of her child later, a woman seeks revenge by using increasingly brutal methods.

Director: Park Chan-work language: Korean, English, and JapaneseGenre: Crime, Drama, and Thriller Main Cast:

• Lee Young-ae
• Choi Min-Sik
• Jeong-Nam Choi

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 115 minutes

Box Office: $23,834,149Movie Trailer: Lady Vengeance (2005) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

94. Failan (2001)

There are unintended consequences for both parties in the marriage of convenience between a small-time criminal and an illegal immigrant whom he’s never met before

Director: Song Hae-sung Language: Korean Genre: Drama and Romance
Main Cast:

• Choi Min-Sik
• Cecilia Cheung
• Dae-Hoon Jeong

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 115 minutes

Box Office: $49,665Movie Trailer: Failan (2001) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

95. The Raid: Redemption (2011)

In the tenement of a ruthless mobster and his gang of killers and thugs, a S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped.

Director: Gareth EvansLanguage: Indonesian Genre: Action and Thriller
Main Cast:

• Iko Uwais
• Joe Taslim
• Donny Alamsyah

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 101 minutes

Box Office: $9,148,519Movie Trailer: The Raid: Redemption (2011): Trailer

Streaming Platforms: Amazon and Netflix

96. The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005)

After being rejected by her parents, Nasal finds an abandoned puppy in the Mongolian veld.

Director: Byambasuren DavaaLanguage: Mongolian Genre: Drama and Family
Main Cast:

• Urjindorjyn Batchuluun
• Buyandulamyn Daramdadi
• Batchuluuny Nasal
• Batchuluuny Batbayar

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 93 minutes

Box Office: $3,447,214Movie Trailer: The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005)

Streaming Platform: Amazon

97. Fearless (2006)

Chinese martial arts master Huo Yuanjia is profiled in this biopic. He is also the creator and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.

Director: Ronny YuLanguage: Mandarin, Japanese and EnglishGenre: Action, Biography, and DramaMain Cast:

• Jet Li
• Nakamura Shidō II
• Sun Li
• Dong Yong
• Nathan Jones

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 105 minutes

Box Office: $68,072,848Movie Trailer: Fearless (2006) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

98. Rebels of the Neon God (1992)

Four youths in Taipei’s urban gloom face alienation, loneliness, and existential crises while committing a series of minor crimes.

Director: Tsai Ming-lang language: Mandarin and TaiwaneseGenre: Crime and Drama Main Cast:

• Lee Kang-sheng
• Chen Chao-Jung
• Jen Chang-bin

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 106 minutes

Box Office: $28,791Movie Trailer: Rebels of the Neon God (1992) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

99. Christmas in August (1998)

Hahn Suk-Kyu is afflicted with a terminal illness. Love takes hold of him when he meets Shim Eun-Ha. Will this love end tragically?

Director: Hur Jin-language: Korean Genre: Drama and Romance
Main Cast:

• Han Suk-kyu
• Shim Eun-ha

IMDb Rating: 7.6 Running Time: 97 minutes

Box Office: $407Movie Trailer: Christmas in August (2005) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

100. Burning (2018)

Jong-su stumbles into a girl from his old neighborhood who begs him to care for her cat when she travels to Africa. When she returns, she meets Ben, a fascinating man who reveals his hidden passion. Director: Chang-dong LeeLanguage: Korean, EnglishGenre: Drama, Mystery Main Cast:

• Yoo Ah-in
• Steven Yeun
• Jeon Jong-Seo

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 148 minutes box Office: $7,578,063
Movie Trailer: Burning (2018) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

101. The Big Sick (2017)

Kumail Nanjiani, a Pakistani-born comedian, and Emily Gardner, a graduate student, fall in love but endure when their cultures clash. When Emily develops a strange illness, Kumail is forced to confront her obstinate parents, his family’s expectations, and his genuine feelings. Director: Michael Showalter
Language: Urdu, EnglishGenre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceMain Cast:

• Kumail Nanjiani
• Zoe Kazan
• Holly Hunter

IMDb Rating: 7.5

Running Time: 120 minutes

Box Office: $56,411,585

Movie Trailer: The Big Sick (2017) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

102. The Namesake (2006)

Notwithstanding his family’s refusal to abandon their ancient customs, American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, aspires to blend in with his fellow New Yorkers. Director: Mira Nair
Language: Bengali, EnglishGenre: DramaMain Cast:

• Irrfan Khan
• Tabu
• Kal Penn

IMDb Rating: 7.5

Running Time: 122 minutes box Office: $20,354,321 Movie Trailer: The Namesake (2006) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

103. Twinsters (2015)

On YouTube, a French fashion design student comes upon a familiar face: her own. Finding the similarity astounding, she sends a message to the video’s American creator, and the two uncover that they are twins separated at birth.

Director: Ryan Miyamoto, Samantha Futerman

Language: English

Genre: Documentary

Main Cast:

• Anaïs Bordier
• Samantha Futerman
• Kanoa Goo

IMDb Rating: 7.5

Running Time: 89 minutes

Box Office: $100,575

Movie Trailer: Twinsters (2015) trailer

Streaming Platforms: Netflix and Amazon

104. House of Flying Daggers (2004)

A passionate police commander breaks a gorgeous member of a rebel organization out of prison to help her rejoin her comrades, but all is not as it appears. Director: Yimou Zhang
Language: MandarinGenre: Action, Adventure, DramaMain Cast:

• Ziyi Zhang
• Takeshi Kaneshiro
• Andy Lau

IMDb Cast: 7.5

Running Time: 119 minutes

Box Office: $92,863,945

Movie Trailer: House of Flying Daggers (2004) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

105. Drunken Master (1978)

After a series of mishaps, Wong Fei-Hung is disciplined by Beggar So, a Master of drunken martial arts.

Director: Yuen Woo-bing language: Cantonese Genre: Action and Comedy
Main Cast:

• Jackie Chan
• Yuen Siu-Tien
• Hwang Jang-lee
• Dean Shek

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 110 minutes

Box Office: $15,000,000Movie Trailer: Drunken Mater (1978) – Master Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

106. A Better Tomorrow (1986)

As an ex-gangster attempts to reconcile with his estranged brother, a policeman, but the bonds of the past are too strong.

Director: John WooLanguage: Cantonese, English, and MandarinGenre: Action, Crime, and Drama Main Cast:

• Ti Lung
• Leslie Cheung
• Chow Yun-fat
• Emily Chu
• Waise Lee

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 95 minutes

Box Office: $4,999,517Movie Trailer: A Better Tomorrow (1986) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

107. Secret Sunshine (2007)

A woman relocates to the town where her late husband was born in order to be near his family. As she tries to fit in, a tragic event occurs that completely changes her outlook on life.

Director: Chang-dong LeeLanguage: Korean Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

• Jeon Do-Yeon
• Song Kang-ho

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 142 minutes

Box Office: $11,581,469Movie Trailer: Secret Sunshine (2007) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

108. Tokyo Sonata (2008)

After the patriarch of an ordinary Japanese family loses his job at a prominent company, the family slowly disintegrates.

Director: Kiyoshi KurosawaLanguage: Japanese Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

• Teruyuki Kagawa
• Kyōko Koizumi
• Yū Koyanagi
• Kai Inowaki

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 120 minutes

Box Office: $943,547Movie Trailer: Tokyo Sonata (2008) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

109. Lovely Man (2011)

During a search for her father in Jakarta, Indonesia, Cahaya finds out her father works as a prostitute for men.

Director: Teddy SoeriaatmadjaLanguage: Indonesian Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

• Donny Damara
• Raihaanun
• Yayu Unru
• Ari Syarif

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 76 minutes movie Trailer: Lovely Man (2011) – Movie Trailer

110. Aftershock (2010)

An epic saga of one family that was split apart by the Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976.

Director: Feng XiaogangLanguage: Mandarin and English Genre: Drama and History
Main Cast:

• Zhang Jingchu
• Li Chen
• Xu Fan
• Zhang Guoqiang

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 135 minutes

Box Office: $100,297,508Movie Trailer: Aftershock (2010) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

111. IP Man 2 (2010)

As Ip Man attempts to propagate his Wing Chun martial arts discipline in Hong Kong in 1949, the film follows his journey.

Director: Wilson YipLanguage: Cantonese Genre: Action, Biography, and Drama.
Main Cast:

• Donnie Yen
• Sammo Hung
• Huang Xiaoming
• Lynn Hung

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 109 minutes

Box Office: $49,721,954Movie Trailer: IP Man 2 (2010) – Official Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

112. The Hole (1998)

When a plumber creates a hole between two apartments, the residents of each unit forge a unique bond, enacted in musical numbers, as Taiwan is ravaged by never-ending rain and a weird disease carried by cockroaches.

Director: Tsai Ming-lang language: Mandarin and TaiwaneseGenre: Drama, Fantasy, and Musical Main Cast:

• Yang Kuei-mei
• Lee Kang-sheng

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 95 minutes movie Trailer: The Hole (1998) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

113. The Wailing (2016)

As soon as a stranger comes into a small village, a mysterious illness begins to spread among the community. A Policeman is forced to solve the mystery to save his daughter.

Director: Na Hong-join language: Korean and Japanese Genre: Horror, Mystery, and Thriller
Main Cast:

• Kwak Do-won
• Hwang Jung-min
• Chun Woo-hee

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 156 minutes

Box Office: $49,851,770Movie Trailer: The Wailing (2016) – Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

114. A Bittersweet Life (2005)

It is bad news for a high-ranking mobster who does not follow directions.

Director: Kim Jee-woonLanguage: Korean, Russian, and FilipinoGenre: Action, Crime, and Drama Main Cast:

• Lee Byung-hun
• Kim Yeong-Cheol
• Shin Min-ah
• Hwang Jung-min

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 119 minutes

Box Office: $10,080,094Movie Trailer: A Bittersweet Life (2009) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

115. Linda Linda Linda (2005)

Before the school festival, a music group of females must learn a song.

Director: Nobuhiro YamashitaLanguage: Japanese Genre: Comedy, Drama, and Music
Main Cast:

• Bae Doona
• Aki Maeda
• Yu Kashii
• Shiori Sekine

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 114 minutes

Box Office: $68,591Movie Trailer: Linda Linda Linda (2005) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

116. All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

The story of the problematic lives of teen students whose only escape from an alienated, aggressive and callous environment is Lily Chou-lovely Chou’s music.

Director: Shunji IwaiLanguage: Japanese Genre: Crime, Drama, and Music
Main Cast:

• Hayato Ichihara
• Shugo Oshinari
• Ayumi Ito
• Takao Osawa

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 146 minutes

Box Office: $38,082Movie Trailer: All About Lily Lily Chou-Chou (2001) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

117. The Bird People in China (1998)

When their superiors send a salaryman and yakuza to an isolated Chinese village, they discover more than they bargained for.

Director: Takashi MiikeLanguage: Japanese and Chinese Genre: Adventure, Comedy, and Drama
Main Cast:

• Masahiro Motoki
• Renji Ishibashi
• Mako

IMDb Rating: 7.5 Running Time: 118 minutes movie Trailer: The Bird People in China (1998) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platforms: Netflix, Amazon

118. Saving Face (2004)

A Chinese-American lesbian and her conservative mother are hesitant to reveal their secret loves, contradicting cultural norms.
Director: Alice WuLanguage: Mandarin, Shanghainese, EnglishGenre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Main Cast:

• Joan Chen
• Michelle Krusiec
• Lynn Chen

IMDb Rating: 7.4

Running Time: 91 minutes

Box Office: $1,236,518

Movie Trailer: Saving Face (2004) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

119. The Beautiful Country (2004)

Binh flees Vietnam to America after reconnecting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City due to a family tragedy. Binh arrives in New York and embarks on a road journey to Texas, where his American father resides. Director: Hans Peter Moland
Language: Malay, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, English
Genre: DramaMain Cast:

• Damien Nguyen
• Bai Ling
• Dang Quoc Thinh Tran

IMDb Rating: 7.4 Running time: 125 minutes box Office: $878,325 Movie Trailer: The Beautiful Country (2004) Trailer

120. Shirkers (2018)

A lady investigates the details following a film she and her friends started filming years ago with a mysterious stranger.
Director: Sandi TanLanguage: EnglishGenre: Documentary Main Cast:

• Sandi Tan
• Philip Cheah
• Jasmine Kin Kia Ng

IMDb Rating: 7.4 Running Time: 97 minutes movie Trailer: Shirkers (2018) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Netflix

121. Driveways (2019)

A lonely youngster joins his mother on a trip to clear up his late aunt’s house and ends up making an unanticipated acquaintance with the retiree who lives nearby. Director: Andrew Ahn
Language: EnglishGenre: DramaMain Cast:

• Lucas Jaye
• Hong Chao
• Brian Dennehy

IMDb Rating: 7.4 Running Time: 83 minutes movie Trailer: Driveways (2019) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

122. House of Hummingbird (2018)

In the year when the Seongsu Bridge crashed, 14-year-old Eunhee walks the streets of Seoul looking for love.
Director: Bora KimLanguage: KoreanGenre: Drama Main Cast:

• Ji-hu Park
• Sae-byeok Kim
• In-gi Jeong

IMDb Rating: 7.4

Running Time: 138 minutes

Box Office: $1,041,948

Movie Trailer: House Of Hummingbird (2018) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

123. 2046 (2004)

Several ladies enter the life of a science fiction novelist over a few years after the author has lost his one true love.
Director: Kar-Wai WongLanguage: Cantonese, Japanese, MandarinGenre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi Main Cast:

• Tony Chiu-Wai Leung
• Ziyi Zhang
• Faye Wong

IMDb Rating: 7.4

Running Time: 129 minutes

Box Office: $20,205,757

Movie Trailer: 2046 (2004) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

124. Let the Bullets Fly (2010)

Assuming the role of mayor, a robber lands in a provincial town in 1920s China and faces off against a dictatorial aristocrat.

Director: Jiang WenLanguage: Mandarin and Sichuanese Genre: Action, Comedy and Drama
Main Cast:

• Chow Yun-fat
• Jiang Wen
• Ge You
• Carina Lau

IMDb Rating: 7.4 Running Time: 132 minutes

Box Office: $104,731,450Movie Trailer: Let the Bullets Fly (2010) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

125. Red Cliff (2008)

The two-part narrative about war in China’s Three Kingdoms era (220-280 A.D.).

Director: John WooLanguage: Mandarin Genre: Action, Adventure, and Drama
Main Cast:

• Tony Leung
• Takeshi Kaneshiro
• Zhang Fengyi

IMDb Rating: 7.4 Running Time: Part I:   146 minutesPart II: 142 minutes

Box Office: $129,710,514Movie Trailer: Red Cliff (2008) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

126. The Front Line (2011)

A drama about the final battle of the Korean War, which would define the line between the north and south of the country.

Director: Jang HoonLanguage: Korean Genre: Action, Drama and History
Main Cast:

• Shin Ha-kyun
• Go Soo

IMDb Rating: 7.4 Running Time: 133 minutes

Box Office: $20,629,645Movie Trailer: Front Line (2011) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

127. I Wish (2011)

It’s been 12 years since Koichi and Ryunosuke were separated by their parent’s divorce, but he hears rumors that when the new bullet trains pass each other at peak speed, it will bring about a wish-granting miracle.

Director: Hirokazu Kore-edaLanguage: Japanese Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

• Kôki Maeda
• Ohshirô Maeda
• Masami Nagasawa

IMDb Rating: 7.4 Running Time: 127 minutes

Box Office: $1,543,385Movie Trailer: I Wish (2011) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platforms: Amazon and Vudu

128. The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)

Two Saigon homes are observed by Mui, a Vietnamese servant girl. One is a lady textile seller with three boys and a frequently absent husband.

Director: Tran Anh HungLanguage: Vietnamese Genre: Drama, Music and Romance
Main Cast:

• Nu Yên-Khê
• TranMan San Lu
• Thi Loc Truong

IMDb Rating: 7.4 Running Time: 104 minutes

Box Office: $1,700,992Movie Trailer: The Scent of Green Papaya (2003) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

129. Shara (2003)

In Nara’s old town, the Aso family resides. On a random day, one of Aso’s twin boys named Kei vanishes. Five years later, Shun, the remaining twin, is a seventeen-year-old art student. Together with his boyhood friend, Yu, he must now move on with his life.

Director: Naomi KawaseLanguage: Japanese Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

• Kohei Fukungaga
• Yuka Hyyoudo
• Naomi Kawase

IMDb Rating: 7.4 Running Time: 100 minutes

Box Office: $46,270Movie Trailer: Shara (2003)

130. Linsanity (2013)

Evan Jackson Leong’s documentary follows the growth of basketball player Jeremy Lin, the first guy of Chinese/Taiwanese ancestry to play in the NBA.

Director: Evan Jackson Leong

Language: English, Mandarin

Genre: Documentary

Main Cast:

• Jeremy Linn
• Daniel Dae Kim (voice)
• Ming Yao

IMDb Rating: 7.3

Running Time: 89 minutes

Box Office: $332,990

Movie Trailer: Linsanity (2013) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

131. Be Water (2020)

After being turned down by Hollywood, Bruce Lee came to Hong Kong to finish four films. Be Water addresses themes of identity and portrayal through rare archival, personal interviews, and his writings, charting his difficulties between two worlds. Director: Bao Nguyen
Language: Chinese, EnglishGenre: DocumentaryMain Cast:

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Linda Lee Cadwell
• Dan Inosanto

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 105 minutes movie Trailer: Be Water (2020) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Disney+

132. The Karate Kid (1984)

A bullied teenager wants to learn martial arts from a master. The martial arts masters agreed to teach the teenager.
Director: John G. AvildsenLanguage: Japanese, EnglishGenre: Action, Drama, Family Main Cast:

• Ralph Macchio
• Pat Morita
• Elisabeth Shue

IMDb Rating: 7.3

Running time: 126 minutes

Box Office: $91,119,319

Movie Trailer: The Karate Kid (1984) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

133. The Grace Lee Project (2005)

Director Grace Lee learned that her name is trendy among Asian Americans. However, she also uncovers that it conveys a “good” Asian; a quiet, well-behaved diligent worker. To investigate if this stereotype is true, the director traverses the country, interviewing other ladies with the same name as her. She meets a diverse spectrum of women, and although some suit the name’s image, others, such as a goth artist and community organizer, do not. Director: Grace Lee
Language: EnglishGenre: DocumentaryMain Cast:

• Grace Lee
• Aldo Velasco

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running time: 68 minutes box Office: $5,965 Movie trailer: The Grace Lee Project (2005) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

134. Once Upon a Time in China (1991)

Wu Fei Hung/Jet Li trains soldiers in martial arts to help defend against foreign powers already controlling Hong Kong and Macau in the late 1800s Foshan, Guangdong. When he is not working, he takes care of his adorable 13th Aunt, who just returned from England. There are many fight sequences.

Director: Tsui HarkLanguage: Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and FrenchGenre: Action, Adventure, and HistoryMain Cast:

• Jet Li
• Yuen Biao
• Jacky Cheung
• Rosamund Kwan

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 134 minutes

Box Office: $3,812,471Movie Trailer: Once Upon a Time in China (2001) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

135. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

One of Japan’s most infamous feudal lords discovers the fate of his son-in-law, a ronin, and sets off a dramatic vengeance battle.

Director: Takashi MiikeLanguage: Japanese Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

• Ichikawa Ebizō XI
• Eita
• Kōji Yakusho

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 126 minutes

Box Office: $5,435,358Movie Trailer: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

136. Still Life (2006)

The Three Gorges Dam is slowly destroying and flooding a town in Fengjie county. Man and woman visit the town in search of their estranged wives, and experience the sociological changes as a result of their presence in the community

Director: Jia ZhangkeLanguage: Standard Mandarin, Jin Chinese, and SichuaneseGenre: Drama Main Cast:

• Tao Zhao
• Zhou Lan
• Sanming Han

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 108 minutes

Box Office: $2,504,465Movie Trailer: Still Life (2006) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Google Play and I tunes

137. The Good the Bad the Weird (2008)

The narrative of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria, and their rivalry to acquire a treasure map while being hunted by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits in the region.

Director: Kim Jee-woonLanguage: Korean, Mandarin, and JapaneseGenre: Action, Adventure, and ComedyMain Cast:

• Song Kang-ho
• Lee Byung-hun
• Jung Woo-sung

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 139 minutes

Box Office: $44,261,209Movie Trailer: The Good The Bad The Weird (2008) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

138. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)

As a substitute for his unwell son, a Japanese father travels to China’s Yunnan province in order to film a folk opera singer.

Director: Zhang YimouLanguage: Mandarin and Japanese Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

• Ken Takakura
• Shinobu Terajima

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 109 minutes

Box Office: $3,752,325Movie Trailer: Riding Alone for Thousand of Miles (2005) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

139. Adrift in Tokyo (2007)

Takemura has no relatives or friends. While he’s a student, he doesn’t have any specific goals. As a result, he isn’t making any progress. It’s not even close to being over. His debt to society totals over 800,000 yen. In pursuit of him is Fukuhara, a gruff debt collector with an impressive mullet. Then, he gives Takemura a 72-hour ultimatum to pay up.

Director: Satoshi MikiLanguage: Japanese Genre: Comedy
Main Cast:

• Joe Odagiri
• Tomokazu Miura
• Kyōko Koizumi
• Yuriko Yoshitaka

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 101 minutes

Box Office: $79,400Movie Trailer: Adrift in Tokyo (2007) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

140. Dragon Inn (1992)

A power-hungry eunuch, Tsao Siu-yan, during the Ming Dynasty, thwarts conspiracies against him and even creates a trap for one of his adversaries at the Dragon Gate Inn.

Director: Raymond LeeLanguage: Cantonese Genre: Action and Thriller
Main Cast:

• Brigitte Lin
• Tony Leung Ka-Fai
• Maggie Cheung
• Donnie Yen

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 103 minutes movie Trailer: Dragon Inn (1992) – Movie Trailer

141. Crying Out Love in the Centre of the World (2004)

By going back in time, Sakutarou finds himself filled with regret over the events of his high school days while searching for Ritsuko, his fiancée.

Director: Isao YukisadaLanguage: Japanese Genre: Drama and Romance
Main Cast:

• Mirai Moriyama
• Masami Nagasawa
• Takao Osawa
• Kou Shibasaki

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 138 minutes

Box Office: $74,849,073Movie Trailer: Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)

Streaming  Platform: Netflix

142. God of Gamblers (1989)

He is befriended by an undercover street hustler who learns his superhuman gambling powers after he has lost all memory of his past life.

Director: Wong JingLanguage: Cantonese Genre: Action, Comedy, and Drama
Main Cast:

• Chow Yun-fat
• Andy Lau

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 126 minutes

Box Office: $4,761,521Movie Trailer: God of Gamblers (1989) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

143. Cyclo (1995)

Having his bike stolen forces a poor bicycle taxi driver into a life of crime. While this is going on, his sister begins working as a sex worker.

Director: Trần Anh HùngLanguage: Vietnamese Genre: Crime and Drama
Main Cast:

• Tony Leung Chiu Wai
• Lê Văn Lộc
• Trần Nữ Yên Khê

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 123 minutes

Box Office: $284,692Movie Trailer: Cyclo (1995) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

144. Bedeviled (2010)

On an isolated island, a lady who has been subjected to mental, physical, and sexual violence looks for a way out.

Director: Jang Cheol-sooLanguage: Korean Genre: Drama, Horror, and Thriller
Main Cast:

• Seo Young-hee
• Ji Sung-won

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 115 minutes

Box Office: $1,129,687Movie Trailer: Bedeviled (2010) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

145. Friend (2001)

After high school, four childhood friends go their separate ways. Two go to college, while the other two become competing gangsters.

Director: Kwak Kyung-taekLanguage: Korean Genre: Action, Crime, and Drama
Main Cast:

• Yu Oh-Seong
• Jang Dong-gun
• Seo Tae-Hwa
• Jung Woon-take

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 118 minutes

Box Office: $550,031Movie Trailer: Friend (2001) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

146. What Time is it There? (2001)

A watch salesman falls in love with a young woman who is about to leave for Paris, so he begins to convert all the clocks in Taipei to Paris time in order to impress her.

Director: Tsai Ming-lang language: Mandarin, Taiwanese, French, and EnglishGenre: Drama and RomanceMain Cast:

• Lee Kang-sheng
• Chen Shiang-chyi
• Lu Yi-Ching

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 116 minutes

Box Office: $265,477Movie Trailer: What Time is it There? (2001) – Movie Trailer

147. Okja (2017)

A little girl puts a lot at stake to keep her best friend Okja – a spectacular beast from being abducted by an evil global corporation.

Director: Bong Joon-language: English and Korean Genre: Action, Adventure, and Drama
Main Cast:

• Tilda Swinton
• Paul Dano
• Ahn Seo-hyun
• Byun Hee-bong

IMDb Rating: 7.3 Running Time: 120 minutes

Box Office: $2,049,823Movie Trailer: Okja (2017) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Netflix

148. Pieta (2012)

The film tells a story about a shark enforcer whose life changes after meeting a woman. Director: Kim Ki-dukLanguage: Korean Genre: Drama, Thriller
Main Cast:

• Lee Jung-jin
• Jo Min-Su
• Kang Eun-Jin

IMDb Rating: 7.2

Running Time: 104 minutes

Box Office: $6,616,296

Movie Trailer: Pieta (2012) Trailer

Streaming Platforms: Hulu and Amazon

149. Long Day’s Journey into Night (2018)

Returning home after an extended period, Luo Hongwo starts looking for his lady love, whom he could not forget even after being away for so many years.
Director: Bi GanLanguage: MandarinGenre: Drama, Mystery Main Cast:

• Tang Wei
• Huang Jue

IMDb Rating: 7.2

Running Time: 140 minutes

Box Office: $42,140,994

Movie Trailer: Long Day’s Journey into Night (2018) Trailer

Streaming platform: Amazon

150. Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)

A married film director falls in love twice with a young painter. Director: Sang-soo HooLanguage: Korean Genre: Drama, Romance
Main Cast:

• Jae-Yeong Jeong
• Kim Min-hee
• Yuh-Jung Youn

IMDb Rating: 7.2

Running Time: 121 minutes

Box Office: $680,728

Movie Trailer: Right Now, Wrong Then (2015) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

151. Copy of My Mind (2016)

The story is about the romance between a woman working in a salon and a pirated DVD seller. Gradually the couple starts facing hardships due to political turmoil in the country. Director: Joko Anwar
Language: IndonesianGenre: DramaMain Cast:

• Tara Basro
• Chico Jericho
• Paul Agusta

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 118 minutesMovie Trailer: Copy Of My Mind (2015) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Netflix

152. Meet the Patels (2014)

An Indian-American guy approaching his 30th birthday enlists his parent’s and extended family’s assistance to begin seeking a wife in the traditional Indian method. Director: Geeta V. Patel, Ravi Patel
Language: Gujarati, EnglishGenre: Documentary, Comedy, RomanceMain Cast:

• Ravi Patel
• Geeta V. Patel
• Champa V. Patel

IMDb Rating: 7.2

Running Time: 88 minutes

Box Office: $1,700,681

Movie Trailer: Meet The Patels (2014) Trailer

Streaming platform: Amazon

153. Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy (2013)

The movie chronologically portrays 410 tweets from @marylony, the Twitter handle of a teenaged girl Mary. The tweets are about Mary, her friend Suri and the new Headmaster who wants to crush her spirit. Director: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
Language: ThaiGenre: Drama, Dark Comedy Main Cast:

• Patcha Poonpiriya
• Chonnikan Netjui
• Thanapob Leeratanakajorr

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 127 minutes movie Trailer: Mari is Happy, Mary Is Happy (2013) Trailer

154. The journey from the Fall (2006)

Thirteen years after the Vietnam Conflict ended, a family damaged by the war is compelled to relocate to America.
Director: Ham TranLanguage: Vietnamese, EnglishGenre: Drama Main Cast:

• Kieu Chihn
• Long Nguyen
• Diem Lien

IMDb Rating: 7.2

Running Time: 135 minutes

Box Office: $655,927

Movie Trailer: Journey From the Fall (2006) Trailer

155. Columbus (2017)

A Korean-born guy is stranded in Columbus, Indiana since his architect dad is in a coma. The man encounters a lady who prefers to stay in Columbus with her mom, a recovered addict, rather than pursue her ambitions. Director: Kogonada
Language: Korean, EnglishGenre: DramaMain cast:

• John Cho
• Parker Possey
• Haleh Lu Richardson

IMDb Rating: 7.2

Running Time: 100 minutes

Box Office: $1,093,077

Movie Trailer: Columbus (2017) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

156. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016)

Abacus, a small financial services firm, becomes the only corporation legally charged in the aftermath of the 2008 mortgage crisis in the United States.
Director: Steve James
Language: EnglishGenre: Documentary Main Cast:

• Thomas Sung
• Hwei Lin Sung
• Cyrus Vans Jr.

IMDb Rating: 7.2

Running Time: 88 minutes

Box Office: $113,278

Movie Trailer: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

157. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

A family is plagued by the horrors of family deaths.Director: Jee-woon KimLanguage: Korean Genre: Horror, Mystery, Drama
Main Cast:

• Lim Soo-jung
• Jung-ah Yum
• Kim Kap-su

IMDb Rating: 7.2

Running Time: 114 minutes

Box Office: $1,062,878

Movie Trailer: A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

158. AUDITION (1999)

In order to locate a new bride, a widower accepts an offer to screen girls at an audition set up by a friend. However, the woman he likes is not who she seems to be.

Director: Takashi MiikeLanguage: Japanese Genre: Drama, Horror, and Mystery
Main Cast:

• Ryo Ishibashi
• Eihi Shiina

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 113 minutes

Box Office: $359,853Movie Trailer: Audition (1999) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

159. Ringu (1998)

A journalist and her ex-husband look into a cursed video tape that is reported to kill the viewer a week after watching it.

Director: Hideo NakataLanguage: Japanese Genre: Horror and Mystery
Main Cast:

• Nanako Matsushima
• Miki Nakatani
• Yuko Takeuchi
• Hitomi Sato

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 95 minutes

Box Office: $59,001Movie Trailer: Ringu (1998) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

160. War of the Arrows (2011)

To save his kidnapped sister, a skillful archer from Korea must face off against an army of Manchus.

Director: Kim Han-minLanguage: Korean and Manchu Genre: Action and Adventure
Main Cast:

• Park Hae-il
• Moon Chae-won
• Ryu Seung-ryong

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 122 minutes

Box Office: $50,587,661Movie Trailer: War of the Arrows (2011) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

161. Time (2006)

A lady has substantial plastic surgery to salvage her drowning relationship.

Director: Kim Ki-dukLanguage: Korean Genre: Drama, Mystery and Romance
Main Cast:

• Ha Jung-woo
• Sung Hyun-ah

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 97 minutes

Box Office: $185,299Movie Trailer: Time (2006) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

162. Tropical Malady (2004)

One soldier and one rural lad fall in love, with a Thai folk tale about a shape-shifting Shaman serving as the backdrop.

Director: Apichatpong WeerasethakulLanguage: Thai Genre: Drama, Fantasy, and Romance
Main Cast:

• Sakda Kaewbuadee

• Banlop Lomnoi
• Sirivech Jareonchon

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 125 minutes

Box Office: $46,750Movie Trailer: Tropical Malady (2004) – Movie Trailer

163. The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)

Vertical Ray of the Sun is a lovely film from beginning to end, thanks to the brilliant Vietnamese summer as a backdrop. It revolves around three sisters, two of whom have a successful relationship (or so it appears). Single and living with her adorable elder brother, the younger sister is in love with him. One of her sisters is married to a man who has a second wife and kid who he adores just as much as his wife, and she agrees to continue the marriage as long as the requirements are met. Despite being enticed, the third sister’s husband remained loyal to her.

Director: Tran Anh HungLanguage: Vietnamese Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

• Tran Nu Yên-Khê

• Nguyen Nhu Quynh
• Le Khanh

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 112 minutes

Box Office: $201,247Movie Trailer: The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000) – Movie Trailer

164. Violent Cop (1989)

A violent police officer finds that his co-worker is trafficking narcotics and decides to take action.

Director: Takeshi KitanoLanguage: Japanese Genre: Action, Crime, and Drama
Main Cast:

• Takeshi Kitano
• Maiko Kawakami
• Makoto Ashikawa

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 103 minutes movie Trailer: Violent Cop (1989) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

165. Keep Cool (1997)

A disgruntled lover wants vengeance from a wealthy guy. After witnessing the rich man’s public assault on his lover, a random bystander demands monetary reparation for his shattered computer. As two people work together, their lives become intertwined. The fate of the spectator takes a surprising turn, mirroring that of the lover.

Director: Zhang YimouLanguage: Mandarin Genre: 1997
Main Cast:

• Li Baotian

• Jiang Wen
• Ge You
• Qu Ying

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 93 minutes movie Trailer: Keep Cool (1997) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Netflix

167. Blue Spring (2001)

Students at a run-down Tokyo high school struggle with growing up, separating from their classmates, and worrying about their future while living in a dangerous neighborhood.

Director: Toshiaki ToyodaLanguage: Japanese Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

• Ryuhei Matsuda

• Hirofumi Arai
• Sosuke Takaoka

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 83 minutes movie Trailer: Blue Spring (2001) – Movie Trailer

168. Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (2013)

An outlaw film crew is drawn into the yakuza clan’s fight.

Director: Sion SonoLanguage: Japanese Genre: Action and Comedy
Main Cast:

• Jun Kunimura

• Shinichi Tsutsumi
• Fumi Nikaidō
• Tomochika

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 129 minutes

Box Office: $1,265,872Movie Trailer: Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (2013) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

169. The River (1997)

His dysfunctional parents are unable to give any solace for him or for themselves when he swims in a contaminated river and develops serious neck pain.

Director: Tsai Ming-lang language: Taiwanese Mandarin and Taiwanese HokkienGenre: Drama and RomanceMain Cast:

• Lee Kang-sheng

• Miao Tien
• Lu Yi-ching

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 115 minutes movie Trailer: The River (1997) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

170. Babyteeth (2019)

Severely disabled Milla falls in love with her family’s greatest nightmare: Moses, a heroin dealer.

Director: Shannon MurphyLanguage: English Genre: Comedy, Drama, and Music
Main Cast:

• Eliza Scanlen
• Toby Wallace
• Emily Barclay
• Eugene Gilfedder

IMDb Rating: 7.2 Running Time: 118 minutes

Box Office: $1,150,929Movie Trailer: Babyteeth 92019) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platforms: Hulu and Amazon

171. The Host (2006)

A monster rises from the Han River in Seoul and starts attacking humans. One victim’s devoted family attempts all possible to free her from its grip.
Director: Bong Joon language: Korean, EnglishGenre: Action, Drama, Horror Main Cast:

• Kang-ho Song
• Byun Hee-Bong
• Park Hae-il

IMDb Rating: 7.1

Running Time: 120 minutes

Box Office: $89,433,436

Movie Trailer: The Host (2006) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

172. Touch of Sin (2013)

The story revolves around four characters living at four corners of China, facing hardships of their own lives due to a rapid change in the fast-growing generation. Director: Jia Zhangke
Language: ChineseGenre: ActionMain Cast:

• Zhao Tao
• Wang Baoqiang
• Jiang Wu

IMDb Rating: 7.1

Running Time: 143 minutes

Box Office: $854,891

Movie Trailer: Touch Of Sin (2013) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

173. Chan Is Missing (1982)

Two cab drivers hunt San Francisco’s Chinatown for the enigmatic Chan, who has gone missing with their $4000.
Director: Wayne WangLanguage: Cantonese, EnglishGenre: Drama, Mystery Main Cast:

• Wood Moy
• Marc Hayashi
• Laureen Chew

IMDb Rating: 7.1

Running time: 80 minutes

Box Office: $20,000

Movie Trailer: Chan Is Missing (1982) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

174. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)

Lara Jean Covey sends letters to all of her former lovers but for her satisfaction. Until one day, when all of her past lovers get all of her love letters. Then, her life is instantly turned upside down as her previous loves face her one by one. Director: Susan Johnson
Language: EnglishGenre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceMain Cast:

• Lana Condor
• Noah Centenio
• Janel Parrish

IMDb Rating: 7.1 Running Time: 99 minutes movie Trailer: To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Netflix

175. 0.5 mm (2014)

Sawa Yamagishi was employed as a nursing assistant. Sawa was invited to sleep with the family of an older man, which resulted in her losing her job and home. She is now stranded with nowhere to go. Sawa comes across old folks who are in distress and becomes interested in their life. When Sawa meets them, their lives change, and his scars begin to heal. Director: Momoko Ando
Language: JapaneseGenre: DramaMain Cast:

• Sakura Ando
• Miyoko Asada
• Bengal

IMDb Rating: 7.1 Running Time: 198 minutes movie Trailer: 0.5 mm (2014) Trailer

176. Mr. Long / Ryu San (2017)

Long, a professional hitman accepts a job in Japan. But, when things go wrong, he has no choice but to escape. He finds refuge in a desolate section of a tiny town, badly injured. Director: SABU
Language: Mandarin, Japanese, Min NanGenre: Action, Crime, DramaMain Cast:

• Chen Chang
• Sho Aoyagi
• Yi Ti Yao

IMDb Rating: 7.1

Running Time: 129 minutes

Box Office: $21,454

Movie Trailer: Mr. Long (2017) Trailer

177. Tatsumi (2011)

Yoshihiro Tatsumi, a mangaka famed for his gekiga style of alternative Japanese manga, is the subject of a narrative based on his life and short stories. Director: Eric Khoo
Language: JapaneseGenre: Animation, Biography, DramaMain Cast:

• Tetsuya Bessho (voice)
• Motoko Gollent (voice)
• Yoshihiro Tatsumi (voice)

IMDb Rating: 7.1

Running Time: 96 minutes

Box Office: $58,153

Movie Trailer: Tatsumi (2011) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

178. Thirst (2009)

A priest gets afflicted with vampirism due to a failed medical experiment and is forced to leave his austere ways.
Director: Park Chan-WookLanguage: Korean, French, EnglishGenre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, RomanceMain Cast:

• Kang-ho Song
• Kim Ok-bin
• Hee-jin Choi

IMDb Rating: 7.1

Running Time: 134 minutes

Box Office: $13,085,023

Movie Trailer: Thirst (2009) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

179. Ashes of Time (1994)

In the desert, a broken-hearted hitman seeks for competent swordsmen to carry out his contract killings for him.

Director: Wong Kar-way Language: Cantonese Genre: Action and Drama
Main Cast:

• Leslie Cheung

• Tony Leung Ka-Fai
• Brigitte Lin
• Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

IMDb Rating: 7.1 Running Time: 100 minutes

Box Office: $1,977,198Movie Trailer: Ashes of Time (1994) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

180. I’m a Cyborg, But That’s Ok (2006)

A girl who believes she’s a battle cyborg check into a mental hospital, where she meets other psychotics. Eventually, she falls for a man who believes he can steal people’s souls.

Director: Park Chan-work Language: Korean Genre: Comedy, Drama, and Romance
Main Cast:

• Rain

• I’m Soo-Jung

IMDb Rating: 7.1 Running Time: 107 minutes

Box Office: $4,642,401Movie Trailer:

Streaming Platform: Amazon

181. Dragon (2011)

Due to a papermaker getting caught up in the murder case, a determined investigator and the former’s vengeful father begin looking for him.

Director: Peter ChanLanguage: Standard Mandarin, Sichuanese, CantoneseGenre: Action, Crime and DramaMain Cast:

• Donnie Yen

• Takeshi Kaneshiro
• Tang Wei

IMDb Rating: 7.1 Running Time: 116 minutes

Box Office: $29,282,887Movie Trailer: Dragon (2011) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

182. Shutter (2004)

After a horrific accident, a young photographer and his girlfriend find mysterious shadows in their images. After a short while, they realize that you cannot outrun your past.

Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom WongpoomLanguage: ThaiGenre: Horror, Mystery, and Thriller Main Cast:

• Ananda Everingham

• Natthaweeranuch Thongmee
• Achita Sikamana

IMDb Rating: 7.1 Running Time: 97 minutes

Box Office: $6,989,456Movie Trailer: Shutter (2004) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

183. Cold Fish (2010)

The mundane lives of a suburban couple are permanently transformed when a seemingly pleasant old man offers their daughter a job at his fish business, and soon his horrible interests are uncovered.

Director: Sion SonoLanguage: Japanese Genre: Crime, Drama, and Horror
Main Cast:

• Mitsuru Fukikoshi

• Denden
• Asuka Kurosawa

IMDb Rating: 7.1 Running Time: 145 minutes movie Trailer: Cold Fish (2010) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Cold Fish

184. Election (2005)

Rival gang leaders in Hong Kong’s Triad society are involved in a battle to become the new chairman.

Director: Johnnie ToLanguage: Cantonese and Mandarin Genre: Crime, Drama, and Thriller
Main Cast:

• Simon Yam

• Tony Leung Ka-Fai
• Louis Koo
• Nick Cheung

IMDb Rating: 7.1 Running Time: 101 minutes

Box Office: $2,191,782Movie Trailer: Election (2005) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

185. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)

During a rainy, dark night, a regal and historic Chinese cinema screens its last film. As they bid farewell to the Dragon Inn, they are joined by a few more souls.

Director: Tsai Ming-lang language: Mandarin and TaiwaneseGenre: Drama and Comedy Main Cast:

• Lee Kang-sheng
• Chen Shiang-chyi
• Kiyonobu Mitamura

IMDb Rating: 7.1 Running Time: 82 minutes

Box Office: $1,029,643Movie Trailer: Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003) – Movie Trailer

186. Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)

With no idea how she came to the mental asylum, Asuka Sakura wakes up in the asylum’s quiet chamber without a memory of how she got there.

Director: Suzuki MatsuoLanguage: Japanese Genre: Comedy and Drama
Main Cast:

• Yuki Uchida
• Kankurô Kudô
• Yû Aoi

IMDb Rating: 7.1 Running Time: 118 minutes

Box Office: $1,453,240Movie Trailer: Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007) – Movie Trailer

187. 100 Yen Love (2014)

32-year-old Ichiko (Ando Sakura) spends her days in self-indulgent grunge with her parents. Recently divorced Ichiko’s sister has returned to the family home with her infant son. Ichiko finally leaves the house one day after a particularly intense confrontation.

Director: Masaharu TakeLanguage: Japanese Genre: Comedy and Drama
Main Cast:

• Sakura Andô
• Hirofumi Arai
• Yôzaburô Itô

IMDb Rating: 7.1 Running Time: 113 minutes

Box Office: $117,642Movie Trailer: 100 Yen Love (2014) – Movie Trailer

Streaming Platform: Netflix

188. Shadow (2018)

The story revolves around an ancient Chinese Court. Director: Yimou ZhangLanguage: Mandarin Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Main Cast:

• Chao Deng
• Li Sun
• Ryan Zheng

IMDb Rating: 7.0

Running Time: 116 minutes

Box Office: $91,708,374

Movie Trailer: Shadow (2018) Trailer

Streaming Platforms: Netflix and Amazon

189. Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)

When a clique of overachieving Asian-American high schoolers engages in illegal extracurricular activities, they experience a power trip.
Director: Justin LinLanguage: EnglishGenre: Crime, Drama, Romance Main Cast:

• Parry Shen
• Jason Tobin
• Sung Kang

IMDb Rating: 7.0

Running time: 100 minutes

Box Office: $3,809,226

Movie Trailer: Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

190. A Bride of Rip Van Winkle (2016)

At her wedding, a woman employs actors and strangers to play the roles of her friends and relatives. Director: Shunji IwaiLanguage: Japanese Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Main Cast:

• Haru Kuroki
• Cocco
• Go Ayano

IMDb Rating: 7.0

Running Time: 179 minutes

Box Office: $184,727

Movie Trailer: A Bride of Rip Van Winkle (2016) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

191. Seoul Searching (2015)

Teens of Korean origin born and nurtured in other countries go to Seoul in 1986 for a summer camp to learn about their cultural heritage and experience some crazy adventures. Director: Benson Lee

Language: English, German, Korean, Spanish

Genre: Comedy-Drama

Main Cast:

• Justin Chon
• Jessika Van
• In-Pyo Cha

IMDb Rating: 7.0

Running Time: 105 minutes

Box Office: $8,966

Movie Trailer: Seoul Searching (2016) Official Trailer

Streaming Platform: Netflix

192. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)

Bruce Lee’s (Jason Scott Lee) ascent commences as a young child getting traditional Chinese martial arts training in Hong Kong. After an argument forces young Bruce to depart from the nation, his father (Ric Young) sends him to the U. S., pleading with him to achieve the greatness that Hong Kong would acknowledge. Bruce started by coaching martial arts to American pupils before becoming a successful actor on the “Green Hornet” television series, dubbed “The Kato Show” in Hong Kong. Direction: Rob CohenLanguage: EnglishGenre: Biography, Drama Main Cast:

• Jason Scott Lee
• Lauren Holly
• Robert Wagner

IMDb Rating: 7.0 Running Time: 120 minutes box Office: $16 million Movie Trailer: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

193. Gook (2017)

In Los Angeles County, two Korean American brothers own a shoe store. Kamilla, a black 11-year-old, stops by and lends a hand. The Rodney King decision sparks the 1992 Los Angeles riots on this day. Director: Justin Chon
Language: Korean, EnglishGenre: DramaMain Cast:

• Simon Baker

• Justin Chon

• Curtiss Cook Jr.

IMDb Rating: 7.0

Running Time: 94 minutes

Box Office: $251,541

Movie Trailer: Gook (2017) Trailer

Streaming Platform:  Amazon

194. In the Family (2011)

When Joey’s partner Cody is killed in a vehicle accident, he discovers that their kid, Chip, has been bequeathed to Cody’s sister. Joey seeks for a remedy in his now-solitary home life. Although the law is not on his side, his companions are. Director: Patrick Wang
Language: EnglishGenre: Drama, RomanceMain Cast:

• Sebastian Banes

• Patrick Wang

• Trevor St. John

IMDb Rating: 7.0

Running Time: 169 minutes

Box Office: $101,934

Movie Trailer: In The Family (2011) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

195. Drug War (2012)

As part of an undercover investigation, a drug cartel head who is arrested in a raid is pressured into denouncing his former associates.
Director: Johnnie ToLanguage: Mandarin, CantoneseGenre: Action, Crime, Drama Main Cast:

• Louis Koo

• Honglei Sun

• Yi Huang

IMDb Rating: 7.0

Running Time: 107 minutes

Box Office: $24,676,341

Movie Trailer: Drug War (2012) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

196. Rebirth (2011)

Kiwako kidnaps the 6-month-old child of a guy she was having an affair with when their relationship falls apart. It takes four years for the authorities to catch up with her and the small kid after she raises the child as her own. Director: Izuru Narushima
Language: JapaneseGenre: DramaMain Cast:

• Hiromi Nagasaku

• Mao Inoue

• Eiko Koike

IMDb Rating: 7.0

Running Time: 147 minutes

Box Office: $14,066,908

Movie Trailer: Rebirth (2011) Trailer

Streaming Platform: Amazon

197. On the Job (2013)

Inspired by a true-life incident, jail prisoners are briefly freed to work as contract murderers for politicians and high-ranking military personnel.
Director: Erik MattiLanguage: Filipino, Tagalog, EnglishGenre: Action, Crime, Drama Main Cast:

• Piolo Pascual

• Gerald Anderson

• Joel Torre

IMDb Rating: 7.0

Running Time: 118 minutes

Box Office: $472,890

Movie Trailer: On The Job (2013)

Streaming Platform: Amazon

198. Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017)

It is a revenge story of Marlina, a rape victim, shown in four acts. In the first act, A gang of seven people, led by Markus, robs and rapes newly widowed Marlina. Marlina loses everything. The whole story is about the comeback of Marlina. Director: Mouly Surya
Language: IndonesianGenre: Western, DramaMain Cast:

• Marsha Timothy
• Dea Panendra
• Egi Fedly

IMDb Rating: 7.0

Running Time: 93 minutes

Box Office: $26,331

Movie Trailer: Marlina The Murderer In Four Acts (2017) Trailer