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1. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,170
2. Durch die Nacht mit... (2002– )
Documentary
Two celebrities meet for the first time to spend an evening in each others and the camera's company.
Stars: Christoph Schlingensief, Jonathan Meese, Helene Hegemann, Till Brönner
Votes: 222
3. Electric Shadow (1998)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Peppered with clips from their seminal movies, Christine Choy draws fascinating insights from a who's who of Asian directors making films in the 90s, including Wong Kar-Wai, Ang Lee, Zhang Yimou, Tony Chan, Wayne Wang and John Woo.
Director: Christine Choy | Stars: Tony Chan, Wayne Wang, Yimou Zhang
Votes: 7
4. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
R | 139 min | Drama
The life histories of four East Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin
Votes: 18,231 | Gross: $32.86M
5. Hollywood Chinese (2007)
90 min | Documentary
Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Dong | Stars: Turhan Bey, Joan Chen, Tsai Chin, Stephen Gong
Votes: 228
6. Intimate Portrait (1990–2005)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography
Find out more about the women you love and admire who have made their mark in movies, music, politics, sports, and more in these "Intimate Portraits."
Stars: Linda Emond, Laurent Lederer, Lisa Friedman, Meredith Vieira
Votes: 420
7. These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself.
Directors: Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton | Stars: Jeff Adachi, James H. Billington, Robin Blaetz, Brooks Boliek
Votes: 1,758
8. Charlie Rose (1991–2017)
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Charlie Rose interviews noteworthy people in fields including politics and government, business and economics, science and technology, media, sports and the arts.
Stars: Charlie Rose, Mark Halperin, Al Hunt, Thomas Friedman
Votes: 1,166
9. Smoke (1995)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Giancarlo Esposito, José Zúñiga
Votes: 38,083 | Gross: $8.35M
10.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Hollywood Chinese
(2009)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
From the sexed-up Suzie Wong to the Kung Fu fighting Bruce Lee, American Masters tackles issues of race and representation in Hollywood.
Director: Arthur Dong | Stars: Patrick Adiarte, Philip Ahn, Nils Asther, Ingrid Bergman
Votes: 86
11. It Came from Kuchar (2009)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Comedy
The definitive documentary about the zany, underground filmmaking twins, George and Mike Kuchar.
Director: Jennifer M. Kroot | Stars: George Kuchar, Mike Kuchar, Dan Carbone, John Carlson
Votes: 324
12. Chan Is Missing (1982)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Mystery
Two cab drivers search San Francisco's Chinatown for the mysterious Chan, who disappeared with their $4000.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew, Peter Wang
Votes: 1,853
13. Días de cine (1991– )
60 min | News
Antonio Gasset hosts this show in which recently released movies and DVDs are thoughtfully discussed in a documentary-like way.
Stars: Gerardo Sánchez, Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Gasset, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 334
14. A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007)
Unrated | 83 min | Drama
A Chinese man travels to America to visit his daughter after her recent divorce. Though his trip starts off as a mission to see his daughter remarry, he sparks to an Iranian woman who, despite their language barrier, captures his heart.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Henry O, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Feihong Yu, Vida Ghahremani
Votes: 1,173 | Gross: $0.08M
15. Nulle part ailleurs (1987–2001)
120 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
One of the best all time before-prime-time show in France especially the mythical conduction of the couple Antoine de Caune and Philippe Gildas...every night with high level french and ... See full summary »
Stars: Philippe Gildas, Guillaume Durand, Nagui, Valérie Payet
Votes: 104
16. Tribeca Film Festival Presents (2003 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
Director: Stephen A. Vigilante | Stars: Scott Anger, Lauren Bacall, Peter Bart, Lisa Birnbach
Votes: 53
17. Last Holiday (2006)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Upon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to sell all her possessions and live it up at a posh Central European hotel.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito
Votes: 36,248 | Gross: $38.36M
18. Blue in the Face (1995)
R | 83 min | Comedy
Brooklyn Cigar Store is a neighborhood hangout in Brooklyn with Auggie Wren/H.Keitel as center. Some people are interviewed about Brooklyn, spiced up with statistics on Brooklyn.
Directors: Paul Auster, Wayne Wang, Harvey Wang | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Michael J. Fox, Roseanne Barr
Votes: 10,093 | Gross: $1.28M
19. The Motel (2005)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama
Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and blindly careening into puberty, Ernest ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Kang | Stars: Jeffrey Chyau, Sung Kang, Jade Wu, Samantha Futerman
Votes: 1,424 | Gross: $0.05M
20. Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985)
PG | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
In San Francisco, an immigrant widow welcomes the new year with some unhappiness: she's sixty-two now, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors, a fortune ... See full summary »
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong, Ida F.O. Chung
Votes: 623
21. Slaying the Dragon (1988 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A highly critical documentary about the history of East Asian American actresses in Hollywood. Features interviews with pioneering East Asian American actresses and clips from classic films... See full summary »
Director: Deborah Gee | Stars: Herb Wong, Amy Hill, Jaime Kibben, John Korty
Votes: 48
22. Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A mischievous dog befriends a lonely young girl in a new town and helps her make new friends.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Eva Marie Saint, Cicely Tyson
Votes: 12,661 | Gross: $32.65M
23. Soul of a Banquet (2014)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary
A documentary on Cecilia Chiang, the woman who introduced America to authentic Chinese food. Chiang opened her internationally renowned restaurant The Mandarin in 1961 in San Francisco and ... See full summary »
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Cecilia Chiang, Ruth Reichl, Alice Waters
Votes: 114
24. Secret's Out (2006– )
30 min | News
Secret's Out with Leonard Maltin is a half hour Reel television web show hosted by long-time movie critic Leonard Maltin. One of America's foremost movie experts, Maltin features videos ... See full summary »
Stars: Leonard Maltin, Geoffrey Gilmore, Alan Tudyk, John Landis
Votes: 28
25. Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A study in culture bridging, including ... a new US-born husband, trying to work within the traditional ways, a new China-born wife, eager to join the "dream" of America, two family-minded ... See full summary »
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Cora Miao, Russell Wong, Victor Wong, Sau-Kei Lee
Votes: 835 | Gross: $0.23M
26. Cinema 3 (1984–2016)
News
Stars: Jaume Figueras, Crisol Tuà, Monts Llussà, Àlex Gorina
Votes: 229
27. Anywhere But Here (1999)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
A mother and daughter search for success in Beverly Hills.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman, Hart Bochner, Eileen Ryan
Votes: 18,667 | Gross: $18.65M
28. Chinese Box (1997)
R | 99 min | Drama, Romance
The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung, Michael Hui
Votes: 3,595 | Gross: $2.20M
29. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, History
A story set in nineteenth-century China and focusing on the life-long friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid social norms imposed on women.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Bingbing Li, Jun Ji-hyun, Vivian Wu, Russell Wong
Votes: 4,012 | Gross: $1.35M
30. Coming Home Again (2019)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
A Korean American man takes care of his sick mother as she teaches him her traditional recipes.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Justin Chon, Jackie Chung, Christina July Kim, Leesa Kim
Votes: 122
31. West 32nd (2007)
86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When John Kim, an ambitious young lawyer, takes on a pro bono case to exonerate a fourteen-year-old boy from a first degree murder charge, he finds a world he never knew existed in the underbelly of Manhattan - the Korean underworld.
Director: Michael Kang | Stars: John Cho, Jun Kim, Jeong Jun-ho, Grace Park
Votes: 534
32. Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989)
Unrated | 83 min | Comedy, Crime
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found.
Directors: Wayne Wang, Spencer Nakasako | Stars: Wan Kin Cheng, John Chan, Kwan-Min Cheng, Allen Fong
Votes: 271 | Gross: $0.11M
33.
Intimate Portrait (1990–2005)
Episode:
Jennifer Lopez
(2002)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography
Director: J.C. Begley | Stars: Billy Campbell, Ralph Fiennes, Jennifer Lopez, Gregory Nava
Votes: 130
34. The Center of the World (2001)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
A successful computer engineer meets a stripper in a cafe. He offers her $10,000 and she offers three days and nights of no penetration in Vegas.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Shane Edelman, Balthazar Getty, Molly Parker, Peter Sarsgaard
Votes: 5,209 | Gross: $1.10M
35. Dim Sum Take Out (1988)
12 min | Short
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Joan Chen, Laureen Chew
Votes: 23
36.
Made in Hollywood (2005– )
Episode:
Episode #6.34
(2011)
TV-PG | Talk-Show
Interviews with Patrick Stinson, Julie L. Harkness, Kylie Erica Mar, Aziz Ansari.
Director: Cleveland O'Neal III | Stars: Patrick Stinson, Julie L. Harkness, Kylie Erica Mar, Aziz Ansari
Votes: 11
37. Maid in Manhattan (2002)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite, when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 96,167 | Gross: $94.01M
38. While the Women Are Sleeping (2016)
103 min | Drama, Mystery
While on vacation with his wife, a writer begins following another man and woman who are guests at the resort hotel where he stays.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Sayuri Oyamada, Shioli Kutsuna
Votes: 476
39. Chinatown Film Project (2009)
75 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Chinatown is an evocative place. It exists in our cities, in our imaginations, on our television screens, and in our memories. It is at once a sprawling, vibrant immigrant community and a forgotten strip mall of buffet restaurants.
Directors: Miguel Arteta, Patty Chang, Jem Cohen, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Bradley Rust Gray, So Yong Kim, Sam Pollard, Shelly Silver, Rose Troche, Wayne Wang, Richard Wong | Star: Brian Yang
Votes: 33
40. Slam Dance (1987)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Don Keith Opper
Votes: 1,804 | Gross: $0.41M
41. The Princess of Nebraska (2007)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama
The story of a pregnant Chinese girl's life in the U.S. Based on the the short story by Yiyun Li.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Li Ling, Brian Danforth, Minghua Tan, Zhi Hao Li
Votes: 355
42. Made in Hollywood (2005– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Talk-Show
"Made In Hollywood" provides an inside look at the new movie and DVD releases, bringing superstar talent and Hollywood magic to you.
Stars: Kylie Erica Mar, Julie L. Harkness, Patrick Stinson, Rahsan-Rahsan Lindsay
Votes: 444
43. Strangers (1992 TV Movie)
R | 85 min | Drama, Romance
Erotic anthology mini-series about Americans in Paris turned TV movie that consists of three unrelated episodes each created by different notable director and cast. The mini-series/TV movie was followed by a short lived TV series.
Directors: Don McBrearty, Joan Tewkesbury, Daniel Vigne, Wayne Wang | Stars: Linda Fiorentino, Joan Chen, Timothy Hutton, James Remar
Votes: 89
44. Fire Ball (2005)
95 min | Animation, Adventure
The story is about the Chinese Tang monk called Tripitaka who leads his fairy animal neophytes Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy, and Horse on a long journey to India in search of the "Script of Wisdom ... See full summary »
Director: Toon Wang | Stars: Han-Ya Liu, Kuei-Mei Yang, Matthew Yen-Shen Tsai, Chia-Chia Peng
Votes: 45
45. Lani-Loa (1998)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Supernatural revenge flick finds a woman, who is murdered by criminals on her wedding day in Hawaii, returns from the dead to kill her murderers and to protect her ex-groom, a cop who ... See full summary »
Director: Sherwood Hu | Stars: Angus Macfadyen, Carlotta Chang, Ray Bumatai, Chris Tashima
Votes: 55
46. A Man, a Woman, and a Killer (1975)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama
A MAN, A WOMAN, AND A KILLER is the story of a small-time gangster (Dick Richardson) writing his journal in a Mendocino, California, farmhouse, as he awaits a hit man who is coming to kill ... See full summary »
Directors: Rick Schmidt, Wayne Wang | Stars: Dick Richardson, Ed Nylund, Carolyn Zaremba
Votes: 39
47. A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers
Drama, Romance | Announced
A young Chinese woman goes to school in England where she falls for an older Englishman.
50. The A-Z of Separating People from their Money (1998 TV Movie)
172 min
Director: Hermann Vaske | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Nobuyoshi Araki, Paul Arden, Bono