2004: Films Watched
by sir_runrun_shaw | created - 15 Jan 2018 | updated - 02 Feb 2020 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Bamboo House of Dolls (1973)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.
Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Birte Tove, Lieh Lo, Hsieh Wang, Terry Liu
Votes: 613
2. Nomad (1982)
96 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A story about the experiences of a group of youngsters who feel lost and try to find the true meaning of life.
Directors: Patrick Tam, Tong Kay Ming Terry | Stars: Cecilia Yip, Leslie Cheung, Patricia Ha, Ken Tong
Votes: 492
3. Behind the Yellow Line (1984)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lesile is a young guy that uses the MTR everyday, and one day, he sees a beautiful lady (Maggie Cheung) on the train and likes her immediately. On the other hand, he also knows a tomboy (... See full summary »
Director: Taylor Wong | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, Anthony Chan
Votes: 408
4. Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.
Directors: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung, Edmund Chen, Wei-Lun Hsu
Votes: 1,946
5. The Shadow Whip (1971)
78 min | Action, Drama
This top ten hit reunites Come Drink With Me's stars for a new adventure. Whether single-handedly fighting sixteen bandits, avenging her father's death, or solving multiple murders, our ... See full summary »
Director: Wei Lo | Stars: Pei-Pei Cheng, Hua Yueh, Li-Jen Ho, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Votes: 353
6. Inspector Pink Dragon (1991)
94 min | Comedy, Crime
A blundering Hong Kong police inspector, Ma Yu Long, goes under cover to investigate a high-class businessman, Teng Kuo Chiao, who was bribing city planning officer Ma Yu Yu to build roads ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Chan | Stars: Lawrence Cheng, Rosamund Kwan, Waise Lee, Nina Li Chi
Votes: 61
7. Coolie Killer (1982)
92 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
Ko leads a team of Hong Kong assassins that are taken out one by one. Ko manages to flee to the countryside, where he aims to find out who's behind this and to gain the strength to fight back.
Director: Tong Kay Ming Terry | Stars: Charlie Chin, Hua Yueh, Cecilia Yip, Chik-Wai Chan
Votes: 75
8. Fun and Fury (1992)
101 min | Action, Comedy
Qingxia's father Ma was the leader of Hong Kong underworld, but Qingxia fell in love with a police officer Han from the anti underworld group. After learning about the profession of his ... See full summary »
Director: Frankie Chan | Stars: Frankie Chan, Ralph Chen, Kent Cheng, Vivian Chow
Votes: 53
9. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1983)
92 min | Sci-Fi, Comedy
A second-rate private eye sees a woman's UFO abduction claim as their ticket to fame and fortune.
Director: Kwok-Ming Cheung | Stars: James Yi Lui, Cherie Chung, David Lo, Tin Nam Tam
Votes: 97
11. All Men Are Brothers (1975)
101 min | Action, Adventure
Based on one of China's enduring epic novels, written in the 14th century, "All Men Are Brothers" continues the patriotic story of righteous warriors battling despotic leaders, featuring ... See full summary »
Directors: Cheh Chang, Wu Ma | Stars: David Chiang, Michael Wai-Man Chan, Yang Chang, Chuan Chen
Votes: 396
12. Green Tea (2003)
83 min | Drama, Romance
Well, apparently Wu Fang (Wei Zhao) is a young lady on a mission. Namely, to go on as many dates as quickly as possible, not to drink as much tea as possible, but to find the man of her ... See full summary »
Director: Yuan Zhang | Stars: Wen Jiang, Wei Zhao, Lijun Fang, Haizhen Wang
Votes: 758
13. Irreversible (2002)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in an underpass tunnel.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon
Votes: 147,772 | Gross: $0.75M
14. Riarizumu no yado (2003)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
Tsuboi and Kinoshita have just arrived at a desolate town. Both of them are amateur filmmakers. Tsuboi is a screenwriter and Kinoshita a director. They have come to this town because Funaki... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita | Stars: Keishi Nagatsuka, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Machiko Ono, Sunny Francis
Votes: 282
15. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
82 min | Drama, Comedy
On a dark, wet night a historic and regal Chinese cinema sees its final film. Together with a small handful of souls they bid "Goodbye, Dragon Inn".
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Chun Shih
Votes: 6,181 | Gross: $0.03M
16. Save the Green Planet! (2003)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Byeong-gu believes that the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save the world.
Director: Joon-Hwan Jang | Stars: Shin Ha-kyun, Baek Yun-shik, Hwang Jung-min, Lee Jae-yong
Votes: 8,707 | Gross: $0.01M
17. The Magic Gloves (2003)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Comedy
Alejandro, a cab driver, and his girlfriend Cecilia are in the midst of breaking up when they become adopted by a social group led by a bossy husband and wife team, Sergio and Susana.
Director: Martín Rejtman | Stars: Vicentico, Valeria Bertuccelli, Fabián Arenillas, Susana Pampín
Votes: 990
18. Deadlines (2004)
103 min | Action, Thriller
Alex Randal (Stephen Moyer), a young reporter on the make, decides, without knowing anything about the situation, to go to Beirut on October 23, 1983, when he hears a radio report about ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Ludi Boeken, Michael A. Lerner | Stars: Stephen Moyer, Anne Parillaud, Omid Djalili, Georges Siatidis
Votes: 80
19. Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002)
123 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
To Chinese restaurant delivery boy 'Ju', the only joy in life is spending time at the electronic game room. One day, 'Ju' who was engrossed in an electronic game as usual, is advised to ... See full summary »
Director: Jang Sun-woo | Stars: Eun-kyeong Lim, Hyun-sung Kim, Jin-pyo Kim, Sing Jin
Votes: 1,196
20. Er di (2003)
120 min | Drama
The young adult life of Hong Yunsheng, nicknamed Little Brother, is seen as somewhat of a failure by those that know him. A Chinese national, he stowed away on a boat to the United States, ... See full summary »
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang | Stars: Yihong Duan, Yan Shu, Zhi-Liang Wang, Yiwei Zhao
Votes: 308
21. The Agronomist (2003)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The true story of Jean Dominique, a Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jean Dominique, Aboudja, Ronald Reagan
Votes: 1,010 | Gross: $0.23M
22. Last Life in the Universe (2003)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A suicidal, obsessively compulsive Japanese librarian is forced to lie low in Thailand with a pot-smoking woman coping with the recent loss of her sister.
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Sinitta Boonyasak, Takashi Miike, Laila Boonyasak
Votes: 11,561 | Gross: $0.03M
23. Mingri tianya (2003)
96 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future century, after the apocalypse, Gui Dao dynasty controls continental Asia. Zhuai and his younger brother Mian are captured and sent to "Prosperity Camp" for reeducation. They ... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Lik-wai Yu | Stars: Yong-won Cho, Yi'nan Diao, Ren Na, Wei Wei Zhao
Votes: 159
24. Our Sister Hedy (1957)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Ching Doe | Stars: Jeanette Lin Tsui, Hong Mu, Julie Yeh Feng, Feng Su
Votes: 51
25. Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)
102 min | Action, Drama, History
Ying Ke-Feng, head of Peerless Manor, is an expert swordsman whose escort business transports 200,000 taels of silver to the capital each year. This year, however, he is afflicted with an ... See full summary »
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: David Chiang, Lung Ti, Ching Lee, Miao Ching
Votes: 762
26. Nan bei he (1961)
108 min | Comedy
Director: Tian-Lin Wang | Stars: Louming Bai, Kelly Lai Chen, Kitty Ting Hao, Ching Cheung
Votes: 22
27. Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985)
90 min | Action, Comedy
Gordon Liu Chia-hui reprises his famous Monk San Te role as he tries to support and protect Shaolin her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt Ching officials. Fights by legendary action director Liu Chia-liang are to die for.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Hou Hsiao, Chia-Hui Liu, Lily Li, Jason Piao Pai
Votes: 2,186
28. Sing gei cha low (1974)
96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man agrees to trade his wife to settle his massive gambling debt but is overcome with remorse and guilt. He attempts suicide but is saved by a beautiful ghost.
Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Karen Yeh, Wu Chi Liu, Lin Tung
Votes: 100
29. Second Time Around (2002)
99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Tina, a young officer, meets gambler Lee at a Las Vegas casino and things start to happen. An Indian rock takes them back to the past to change history--which includes changing the relationship between them.
Director: Jeffrey Lau | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung, Ke Huy Quan, Annamarie Ameera
Votes: 405
30. Dragon Inn (1967)
Not Rated | 111 min | Action, Adventure
When the children of an executed General are pursued in 1457 China, some heroic martial arts swordsmen intervene.
Director: King Hu | Stars: Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Chun Shih, Ying Bai, Feng Hsu
Votes: 3,628
31. M*A*S*H (1970)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman
Votes: 76,966 | Gross: $81.60M
32. Beijing Bastards (1993)
88 min | Drama
A rock musician looks for his girl-friend who left while pregnant, trying to decide whether to keep the baby.
Director: Yuan Zhang | Stars: Jian Cui, Wen Li, Bian Tianshuo, Li Wei
Votes: 192
33. Ju Dou (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance
In rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.
Directors: Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang | Stars: Gong Li, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi
Votes: 9,024 | Gross: $1.99M
34. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Not Rated | 237 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang, Elaine Jin
Votes: 12,797
35. Hu shan hang (1969)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Drama
A war between two generals, one of whom drafts Jing Wuji, a former fighter who has become a monk, to escort a group of prisoners over the mountains. The monk's efforts are complicated by the reappearance of his two vengeful ex-wives.
Director: Hsing-Lai Wang | Stars: Hilda Chow Hsuan, Roy Chiao, Ching Chiang, Feng Chang
Votes: 12
36. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
Votes: 1,211,337 | Gross: $305.41M
37. Lost in Time (2003)
109 min | Drama, Romance
Sui Wai lost her fiance Ah Man in a car accident. With the obligations of life sitting heavy on her shoulders, she lives on only to find herself confiding in her beloved through a phone ... See full summary »
Director: Tung-Shing Yee | Stars: Cecilia Cheung, Ching Wan Lau, Louis Koo, Daichi Harashima
Votes: 1,155
38.
Century of Cinema (1995–1998)
Episode:
Naamsaang-neuiseung
(1998)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stanley Kwan examines queer themes in Chinese film for this insightful documentary, produced for the British Film Institute's "Century of Cinema" series. Using film clips, personal ... See full summary »
Director: Stanley Kwan | Stars: Cheh Chang, Kaige Chen, Leslie Cheung, Peggy Chiao
Votes: 162
39. Dare Ya! (2002)
76 min | Documentary
Director: Louis Tan | Stars: Hong-Wing Chan, Kwong-Yan Chan, Wai-Hung Chan, Wah-Sing Cheng
40. Naked Ambition (2003)
121 min | Comedy, Drama
Andy and Chung work their way to success and become the top-of-the-heap publishers of a wildly popular men's magazine in Hong Kong.
Directors: Hing-Ka Chan, Dante Lam | Stars: Louis Koo, Eason Chan, Josie Ho, Cherrie Ying
Votes: 312
41. Blind Shaft (2003)
Unrated | 92 min | Crime, Drama
Two coal miners and conmen looking for their next murder victim decide on a naïve country boy desperately looking for a job.
Director: Yang Li | Stars: Yixiang Li, Baoqiang Wang, Shuangbao Wang, Jing Ai
Votes: 2,914 | Gross: $0.03M
42. The Inspector Wears Skirts II (1989)
96 min | Action, Comedy
Four new recruits join the newly established police academy's female training program, SKIRTS, with petty competitiveness and infighting ruling the proceedings.
Director: Wellson Chin | Stars: Sibelle Hu, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Billy Lau, Regina Kent
Votes: 195
43. Carry on Hotel (1988)
88 min | Comedy
A collection of comedic scenarios set in a big hotel in Singapore.
Director: Jeffrey Lau | Stars: Jacky Cheung, Kent Cheng, Joey Wang, Cecilia Yip
Votes: 94
44. Being There (1979)
PG | 130 min | Comedy, Drama
After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden
Votes: 77,704 | Gross: $30.18M
45. The Enigmatic Case (1980)
91 min | Action, Mystery
An imprisoned swordsman is accused of killing three men. He probably would have already been executed for his crimes but is kept alive because he knows the whereabouts of hidden gold.
Directors: Yeung-Wah Kam, Johnnie To | Stars: Cherie Chung, Liang Ding, Ming Jiang, Hon Kong
Votes: 103
46. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa, Michiyo Yasuda
Votes: 51,554 | Gross: $0.85M
47. Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972)
86 min | Action, Drama
The Four Seasons Brothel is run by a ruthless madam, Lady Chun Yi. Countless young girls have been kidnapped or bought and then sold into a life of servitude, prostitution, and torture at ... See full summary »
Director: Yuen Chor | Stars: Lily Ho, Hua Yueh, Betty Pei Ti, Lin Tung
Votes: 988
48. Platonic Sex (2001)
104 min | Drama
On her seventeenth birthday Aoi is raped by her friends. Her family rejects her and she runs away from home. Because money and materialistic wealth is now all she cares for, she ends up working in the sex industry.
Director: Masako Matsuura | Stars: Saki Kagami, Joe Odagiri, Maho Nonami, Kenjirô Ishimaru
Votes: 386
49. Da ge Cheng (1975)
107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cheng, a restaurant manager who socks it to the thugs in order to make the mean streets of Hong Kong a little less mean. This is the sequel to 1974 "The Teahouse."
Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Karen Yeh, Lin Tung, Yue Wong
Votes: 77
50. Dragon Inn (1992)
88 min | Action, Thriller
During the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Siu-yan, a power-crazed eunuch who rules his desert region of China as if he were the Emperor, ruthlessly thwarts plots against him and sets a trap for one of this enemies at the Dragon Gate Inn.
Directors: Raymond Lee, Siu-Tung Ching, Hark Tsui | Stars: Tony Ka Fai Leung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen
Votes: 4,841
51. One Husband Too Many (1988)
87 min | Comedy, Romance
The sequal to A Happy Bigamist, this movie follows the lives of both Anthony Chan and Kenny Bee after their wives (Anita Mui and Pat Ha respectively) have left them. With both of their ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Chan | Stars: Anthony Chan, Kenny Bee, Cherie Chung, Alfred Cheung
Votes: 42
52. Ye ye ban fei jiao (1992)
86 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
Two mismatched Hong Kong police detectives, Yau and Yue, were assigned to work undercover as a live-in couple to track down a serial killer accused of murdering adulterers. In the meantime,... See full summary »
Director: Andy Wing-Keung Chin | Stars: Anthony Chan, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Carrie Ng, Kenneth Tsang
Votes: 28
53. The Dead and the Deadly (1982)
97 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
An effigy merchant's impotent brother has died and left a pregnant wife. Suspecting a scam and foul play, he schemes to inspect his brother's corpse before the burial, not knowing that his brother is actually alive and in on the scam.
Director: Wu Ma | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Wu Ma, Ching-Ying Lam, Cherie Chung
Votes: 535
54. The Boxer from Shantung (1972)
Unrated | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.
Directors: Cheh Chang, Hsueh-Li Pao | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Li Ching, David Chiang, Mario Milano
Votes: 1,487
55. Zodiac Killers (1991)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ben, a Chinese student in Japan, falls for Meng and agrees to help her deliver a tape containing information that could start a war between the yakuza families.
Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Andy Lau, Cherie Chung, Jun'ichi Ishida, Chung-Hua Tou
Votes: 198
56. The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus (1989)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A woman (Joey Wang) is cursed with beauty in China and becomes prey for men. Raped by the prefect of her ballet school and sent to work camp, she escapes to decadent Hong Kong by marrying a... See full summary »
Director: Clara Law | Stars: Joey Wang, Eric Tsang, Wilson Lam, Pal Sinn
Votes: 259 | Gross: $0.12M
57. Fatal Love (1988)
92 min | Romance, Thriller
Leslie Cheung picks up a girl while driving his car in a remote location and offers her a ride back home. The girl introduces herself as 'Cecilia' who is played by Cherie Chung. Leslie ... See full summary »
Director: Po-Chih Leong | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Ann Bridgewater, Melvin Wong
Votes: 150
58. The Crazy Companies (1988)
99 min | Comedy, Romance
A rivalry between two brothers causes chaos through out the business world. Can the good brother defeat his greedy elder brother at his own game? Only Wong Jing and his usual cronies can ... See full summary »
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Andy Lau, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Pak-Cheung Chan, Idy Chan
Votes: 256
59. The House of 72 Tenants (1973)
98 min | Comedy
A group of people are crowded together in a crappy tenement slum. The place is ruled with an iron fist by its strict landlady, who along with her sleazy husband, tries to exploit their tenants in whatever way they see fit.
Director: Yuen Chor | Stars: Shen Chan, Kuan Tai Chen, Mei Hua Chen, Adam Cheng
Votes: 162
60. The Haunted Cop Shop II (1988)
92 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.
Director: Jeffrey Lau | Stars: Jacky Cheung, Ricky Hui, Sandy Lam, Prudence Liew
Votes: 206
62. Infernal Affairs III (2003)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Months after the events of the original film, Ming suspects a police superintendent as being a new mole for the triads, while years earlier, Yan embarks on his first mission.
Directors: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Andy Lau, Leon Lai, Daoming Chen
Votes: 14,739
63. Fantasia (2004)
103 min | Comedy
A wizard faces ridicule when she is magically summoned in 1960s Hong Kong by a trio of bumbling detectives.
Director: Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Cecilia Cheung, Ching Wan Lau, Louis Koo, Jordan Chan
Votes: 386
64. Golden Chicken 2 (2003)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Leung Chun 'Samson' Chiu | Stars: Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Bing, Wai-Tong Bo, Man Wet Cha
Votes: 499
65. My Darling Genie (1984)
88 min | Comedy
Director: Kuen Yeung | Stars: Cherie Chung, Tung-Shing Yee, James Yi Lui, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung
Votes: 50
66. Hong Kong Playboys (1983)
99 min | Comedy
Yan Quan Sheng aka Romantic Sheng (played by Fu Sheng), is a rich playboy who lives a carefree and fun life with the ladies, until his mother decides that he should look for a wife. He ... See full summary »
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Sheng Fu, Yin Tse, Pak-Cheung Chan, Cherie Chung
Votes: 70
67. The Crazy Companies II (1988)
98 min | Comedy
Kwai and his buddies are back! Everything seems to be going well for Kwai, until an evil executive threatens his entire business. They all have to work together to fight the hostile ... See full summary »
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Andy Lau, Carol 'Do Do' Cheng, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Rosamund Kwan
Votes: 175
68. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Votes: 380,661 | Gross: $1.11M
69. Swordsman and Enchantress (1978)
89 min | Action, Mystery
Master kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia leads the king and queen of Shaw Brothers' swordplay, Ti Lung and Lily Li, to the amazing "Deer Sword" and escape from the insidious maze-like "Toy Land"
Director: Yuen Chor | Stars: Lung Ti, Li Ching, Tony Liu, Lily Li
Votes: 197
70. And Your Mother Too (2001)
R | 106 min | Drama
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ana López Mercado
Votes: 128,922 | Gross: $13.62M
71. Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Riki-Oh, a young man who has superhuman strength, is incarcerated in a private prison, where inmates are treated like slaves. He is forced to use his unstoppable form of martial arts to destroy the corrupt officials and their lackeys.
Director: Ngai Choi Lam | Stars: Siu-Wong Fan, Mei Sheng Fan, Ka-Kui Ho, Yukari Ôshima
Votes: 15,045
72. Bandit Queen (1994)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994.
Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Seema Biswas, Nirmal Pandey, Rajesh Vivek, Raghubir Yadav
Votes: 5,318 | Gross: $0.40M
73. Platform (2000)
154 min | Drama, History
A theatre troupe from rural Fenyang struggles under the decline of communism and rise of popular culture in China in the 1980s.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Hongwei Wang, Tao Zhao, Liang Jingdong, Tian-yi Yang
Votes: 3,077
74. The Apartment (1996)
R | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A recently engaged man sees a former lover and becomes obsessed with meeting her again.
Director: Gilles Mimouni | Stars: Romane Bohringer, Vincent Cassel, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Monica Bellucci
Votes: 15,923
75. Golden Balls (1993)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A construction worker uses his charm and bravado in an attempt to attain enough finances to build his dream project.
Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Maribel Verdú, Elisa Tovati
Votes: 3,886
76. Dead or Alive (1999)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A yakuza of Chinese descent and a Japanese cop each wage their own war against the Japanese mafia. But they are destined to meet. Their encounter will change the world.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Renji Ishibashi, Hitoshi Ozawa
Votes: 8,566 | Gross: $0.00M
77. Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Crime
After his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tamio Kawaji
Votes: 9,716
78. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
R | 117 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Lennie James, John Thomson, Paul Popplewell
Votes: 39,717 | Gross: $1.13M
79. The Five (1995)
Unrated | 109 min | Action, Drama, Crime
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.
Director: Takashi Ishii | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Masahiro Motoki, Jinpachi Nezu, Kippei Shîna
Votes: 2,645
80. Beijing Bicycle (2001)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama
A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang | Stars: Lin Cui, Xun Zhou, Bin Li, Yuanyuan Gao
Votes: 4,748 | Gross: $0.16M
81. Branded to Kill (1967)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a botched assignment, a rice-fetishizing hitman finds himself in conflict with his organization, and one mysterious, dangerous fellow-hitman in particular.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Kôji Nanbara
Votes: 10,214
82. Adaptation. (2002)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton
Votes: 203,161 | Gross: $22.25M
83. Live Flesh (1997)
R | 103 min | Drama
After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem, Ángela Molina
Votes: 33,718 | Gross: $1.54M
84. Freeze Me (2000)
101 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman is raped by 3 men. She moves south to Tokyo and 5 years later is about to marry a colleague, when one of the rapists enters her apartment. The other 2 come later.
Director: Takashi Ishii | Stars: Harumi Inoue, Shingo Tsurumi, Kazuki Kitamura, Shunsuke Matsuoka
Votes: 1,894
85. The Red Squirrel (1993)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A suicidal, has-been rock star tells an amnesiac woman they are longtime lovers after he witnesses her crash her motorcycle.
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Emma Suárez, Nancho Novo, María Barranco, Karra Elejalde
Votes: 4,845
86. Europa (1991)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier, Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Votes: 23,203 | Gross: $1.01M
87. All About My Mother (1999)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan
Votes: 102,937 | Gross: $8.26M
88. Taboo (1999)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Ryûhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 8,079 | Gross: $0.05M
89. Sex and Lucía (2001)
R | 128 min | Drama, Romance
Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Paz Vega, Tristán Ulloa, Najwa Nimri, Elena Anaya
Votes: 38,727 | Gross: $1.49M
90. Law of Desire (1987)
NC-17 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A gay filmmaker becomes involved with an obsessive fan while still pining for his absent true love. Meanwhile, he shares a close but complex relationship with his trans sister, an actress.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina
Votes: 14,087
91. Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Amidst a Chinese and Japanese mafia war, a lawyer for the Chinese mob finds a rift forming between him and his corrupt police office brother.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Tomorô Taguchi, Takeshi Caesar, Ren Ôsugi
Votes: 2,463
92. The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A Vietnamese servant girl, Mui, observes lives within two different Saigon families: the first, a woman textile seller with three boys and a frequently absent husband; the second, a handsome young pianist with his fiancée.
Director: Anh Hung Tran | Stars: Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Anh Hoa Nguyen
Votes: 9,992 | Gross: $1.91M
93. A Woman Called Sada Abe (1975)
85 min | Biography, Drama
A true-life tale of a broken woman whose hedonistic tryst with a high-class restaurateur resulted in a horrific crime of passion that littered Tokyo headlines in 1936.
Director: Noboru Tanaka | Stars: Junko Miyashita, Eimei Esumi, Genshû Hanayagi, Yoshie Kitsuda
Votes: 605
94. Black Angel Vol. 1 (1998)
107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ikko, the six year old daughter of a yakuza gang boss witnesses the brutal slaying of her parents and is only saved from sharing their fate by an underground hitwoman who goes by the ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Ishii | Stars: Riona Hazuki, Reiko Takashima, Jinpachi Nezu, Kippei Shîna
Votes: 921
95. Rainy Dog (1997)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama
A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Li-Wei Chang, Shih Chang, Xianmei Chen
Votes: 2,881
96. Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
In Lapland's cold Arctic Circle, under the eternal midnight sun, unfavourable circumstances reunite two kindred spirits. And governed by circular motifs woven by faith and love, they must answer a pivotal question. Can they deny destiny?
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Najwa Nimri, Fele Martínez, Nancho Novo, Maru Valdivielso
Votes: 20,213 | Gross: $0.50M
97. The Sword (1980)
85 min | Action, Thriller
A swordsman and a samurai work together to find a blade.
Director: Patrick Tam | Stars: Chi-Chi Chen, Adam Cheng, Norman Chu, Jade Hsu
Votes: 493
98. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas
Votes: 152,759 | Gross: $4.06M
99. Following (1998)
R | 69 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell, John Nolan
Votes: 101,827 | Gross: $0.05M
100. Divine Intervention (2002)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War
Separated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.
Director: Elia Suleiman | Stars: Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, George Ibrahim, Amer Daher
Votes: 3,945 | Gross: $0.39M
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