Asian films
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1. Buoyancy (2019)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama
14-year-old Chakra is sold as a slave labourer to the captain of a Thai fishing vessel. The captain's rule on board is cruel and arbitrary.
Director: Rodd Rathjen | Stars: Sarm Heng, Chan Visal, Chheung Vakhim, Terb Sophon
Votes: 1,494
2. A Land Imagined (2018)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
A lonely construction worker from China goes missing at a Singapore land reclamation site, and a sleepless police investigator must put himself in the mind of the migrant to uncover the truth beneath all that sand.
Director: Siew Hua Yeo | Stars: Peter Yu, Xiaoyi Liu, Yue Guo, Jack Tan
Votes: 1,520
3. 10+10 (2011)
114 min | Drama
A collection of twenty short films by twenty different directors, all about Taiwan.
Directors: Sylvia Chang, Tso-chi Chang, Arvin Chen, Kuo-Fu Chen, Yu-Hsun Chen, Wen-tang Cheng, Yu-Chieh Cheng, Yen-Ping Chu, Mong-Hong Chung, Leon Dai, Wi Ding Ho, Chi-jan Hou, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Ya-chuan Hsiao, Ko-shang Shen, Shaudi Wang, Toon Wang, Te-Sheng Wei, Nien-Jen Wu, Ya-che Yang | Stars: Chia-Jui Kou, Ming-shiou Tsai, Chi-Wen Hsieh, Riva Chang
Votes: 413
4. Hu xi (2005)
15 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Respire - In a fictional world, the air is polluted by a fatal virus. Everyone must wear a mask. But a dying girl wants to spend her last day with the boy she loves. Award: Young Critics ... See full synopsis »
Director: Wi Ding Ho | Stars: Ching Han, Vera Lin
Votes: 40
5. Pinoy Sunday (2009)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
An abandoned couch turns Sunday routine into an adventure of perseverance and self-discovery, for a pair of Filipino migrant workers in Taipei.
Director: Wi Ding Ho | Stars: Bayani Agbayani, Jeffrey Quizon, Nor Domingo, Dave Ronald Chang
Votes: 422
6. No No Sleep (2015)
34 min | Short
In the wee hours of winter a night train travels through a sleepless city. This is a panorama of a Buddhist monk's journey through Tokyo at night. He also stops at a bath-house in a capsule hotel, where he makes a brief encounter.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Masanobu Andô, Kang-sheng Lee
Votes: 407
7. Taipei 24H (2009)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Eight stories from different filmmakers chronicle 24 hours in Taipei.
Directors: Je-Yi An, Yin-jung Chen, Fen-fen Cheng, Hsiao-tse Cheng, Debbie Hsu, Chi-Yuarn Lee, Kang-sheng Lee, Doze Niu | Stars: Megan Lai, Matt Chung-tien Wu, Fang Wan, Yu-Fang Chen
Votes: 65
8. The Deserted: VR (2017)
55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
The Deserted, a film by Tsai, Ming-Liang. The artisan of cinematography approaches virtual reality, pushing the boundaries of VR film. A film produced by tech pioneer HTC Virtual Reality ... See full summary »
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Shiang-chyi Chen, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-ching Lu, Ivy Yin
Votes: 73
9. What Time Is It There? (2001)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Romance
A watch salesman meets a young woman soon leaving for Paris and becomes infatuated, so he begins to change all the clocks in Taipei to Paris time.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-ching Lu, Miao Tien
Votes: 5,323 | Gross: $0.19M
10. Wormhole (2012)
4 min | Short
The earthworm is a tunnel with openings on each end where the Earth is consumed and excreted. Shot in a tunnel where the now defunct KTM railway - the tracks that once connected Singapore ... See full summary »
Directors: Nelson Yeo, Siew Hua Yeo | Star: Dan Koh
11. In the House of Straw (2009)
130 min | Drama
Over the summer break, Zhi Wen decides to move out of his parents' house to live with two friends. After discovering that Ah Pin and Mark are professional bicycle thieves, Zhi Wen slowly ... See full summary »
Director: Siew Hua Yeo | Stars: Leon Cheo, Julie Chew, Lynn Chong, Gillian Hey
Votes: 6
12. Man in Love (2021)
115 min | Drama, Romance
A small-time gangster clumsily attempts to court a girl he has a crush on. Can he win her over and leave the underworld behind?
Director: Chen-Hao Yin | Stars: Roy Chiu, Wei-Ning Hsu, Xiao-Ying Bai, Hsin-Ling Chung
Votes: 3,201
13. Limbo (2021)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rookie policeman Will Ren and his partner, the veteran cop Cham Lau, are pursuing an obsessive and especially brutal murderer of women.
Director: Soi Cheang | Stars: Ka-Tung Lam, Yase Liu, Mason Lee, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Votes: 3,264
14. Limbo (2021)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rookie policeman Will Ren and his partner, the veteran cop Cham Lau, are pursuing an obsessive and especially brutal murderer of women.
Director: Soi Cheang | Stars: Ka-Tung Lam, Yase Liu, Mason Lee, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Votes: 3,264
15. The Sadness (2021)
TV-MA | 99 min | Horror
A young couple trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists.
Director: Rob Jabbaz | Stars: Berant Zhu, Regina Lei, Ying-Ru Chen, Tzu-Chiang Wang
Votes: 19,189
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