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1. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

R | 119 min | Action, Thriller

Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett

Votes: 292,976 | Gross: $98.93M

2. Daughter of the Dragon (1931)

Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama

Princess Ling Moy, a young and beautiful Chinese aristocrat lives next door, unbeknownst to her, to Dr. Fu Manchu, a brilliant but twisted genius who is out to rule the world. She is ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Sessue Hayakawa, Bramwell Fletcher

Votes: 834

3. Come See the Paradise (1990)

R | 138 min | Drama, Romance, War

The passionate romance between an Irish-American man and a Japanese-American woman is threatened when the Pearl Harbor attacks happen and the woman is forced into a prison camp because of her ethnicity.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi

Votes: 3,083 | Gross: $0.85M

4. Puppet Master: Axis of Evil (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 83 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

During the Second World War, a young man, with the help of some animated puppets, must stop the Nazis who attacked his family and kidnapped his girlfriend.

Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Levi Fiehler, Jenna Gallaher, Taylor M. Graham, Tom Sandoval

Votes: 1,861

5. The Ducktators (1942)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito are portrayed as ducks taking over a barnyard.

Director: Norm McCabe | Stars: Mel Blanc, Michael Maltese, John McLeish

Votes: 852

6. The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller

During the Boxer Rebellion in China during the early 20th century, in which a Chinese secret society attacked all westerners and anyone who associated with them, Dr. Fu Manchu's wife and ... See full summary »

Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Warner Oland, Neil Hamilton, Jean Arthur, O.P. Heggie

Votes: 391

7. The Coming War on China (2016)

TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History

From award winning journalist John Pilger, reveals what the news doesn't - that the world's greatest military power, the United States, and the world's second economic power, China, both nuclear-armed, may well be on the road to war.

Director: John Pilger | Stars: Franklin Blaisdell, James Bradley, Bruce Cumings, Dana Rohrabacher

Votes: 1,692

8. Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)

Passed | 269 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesis, Dr. Nayland Smith, and ... See full summary »

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Henry Brandon, William Royle, Robert Kellard, Gloria Franklin

Votes: 336

9. The Secret Code (1942)

Approved | 275 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A police detective goes undercover and joins a gang of Nazi agents using explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort, whom he battles in disguise as The Black Commando.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Paul Kelly, Anne Nagel, Trevor Bardette, Rudolph Anders

Votes: 75

10. The Masked Marvel (1943)

Passed | 197 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A mysterious detective called The Masked Marvel battles Japanese saboteurs intent on blowing up America.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: William Forrest, Louise Currie, Johnny Arthur, Rod Bacon

Votes: 207

11. Perils of Pauline (1933)

Passed | 231 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A famous scientist and his beautiful daughter travel to Indochina to find an ivory disc that has the formula for a deadly gas engraved on it. An evil doctor and his gang are also looking for it.

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Evalyn Knapp, Craig Reynolds, James Durkin, John Davidson

Votes: 157

12. Panama Patrol (1939)

Approved | 67 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

The head of the cipher bureau, Phillip Waring, is about to marry his secretary, Helen Lane, when he is informed that the state department has discovered a message that must be decoded. With... See full summary »

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Adrienne Ames, Weldon Heyburn

Votes: 99

13. The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)

30 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Dr. Fu Manchu, evil genius and possessor of seemingly unlimited financial resources, has pledged to bring about the downfall of western civilization to avenge unknown wrongs of the past. ... See full summary »

Stars: Glen Gordon, Lester Matthews, Clark Howat, Carla Balenda

Votes: 127

14. Welcome Danger (1929)

Passed | 113 min | Comedy

Harold Bledsoe, a botany student, is called back home to San Francisco, where his late father had been police chief, to help investigate a crime wave in Chinatown.

Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Noah Young, Charles Middleton

Votes: 821 | Gross: $3.10M

15. Commando Duck (1944)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Donald Duck is ordered to wipe out a Japanese airfield. After parachuting out of an airplane, he lands in a Japanese forest. He uses an inflated canoe to cross the river, but as soon as it ... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: John Dehner, Eddie Holden, Clarence Nash

Votes: 780

16. West of Shanghai (1937)

Passed | 64 min | Adventure, Drama, War

Karloff is the Chinese warlord Fang, who holds a group of oilmen and missionaries hostage in a remote Chinese outpost.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Boris Karloff, Beverly Roberts, Ricardo Cortez, Gordon Oliver

Votes: 412

17. The Crimson City (1928)

Passed | 59 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Gregory Kent (John Miljan) is on the run for a crime he did not commit.

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Myrna Loy, John Miljan, Leila Hyams, Sôjin Kamiyama

Votes: 33

18. Alice Chops the Suey (1925)

Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Alice is kidnapped by Chinese Gangsters and brought to Chinatown. Her cat tries (successfully) to rescue her, but then they're hunted by a bunch of angry Chinese Triad members.

Director: Walt Disney | Star: Margie Gay

Votes: 172

19. War Correspondent (1932)

Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

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Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Lila Lee, Victor Wong

Votes: 30

20. Roaming Lady (1936)

Approved | 66 min | Drama, Romance

Joyce Reid (Fay Wray), a wealthy young debutante, stows away on a cargo ship to China, carrying as passengers her dashing aviator sweetheart, Dan Bailey (Ralph Bellamy) and and her ... See full summary »

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy, Thurston Hall, Edward Gargan

Votes: 68

21. Sharad of Atlantis (1966 TV Movie)

100 min | Sci-Fi

Edited version of the 1936 Republic serial "Undersea Kingdom," which was released to TV in a syndication package in 1966.

Directors: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane | Stars: Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, William Farnum

Votes: 22

22. Danger in the Pacific (1942)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

British Intelligence agent Leo Marzell (Leo Carrillo) persuades scientist-explorer David Lynd (Don Terry) to postpone his wedding to wealthy sportswoman Jane Claymore (Louise Allbritton) to... See full summary »

Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Don Terry, Louise Allbritton

Votes: 49

23. Outlaws of the Orient (1937)

Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Johnny Eaton, trouble-shooter for an American oil company drilling in China, leaves his bride-to-be to head for the Orient and straighten out problems at the inland-concession site his ... See full summary »

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Jack Holt, Mae Clarke, Harold Huber, Ray Walker

Votes: 30

24. The Fighting American (1924)

Passed | 57 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Bill Pendleton, a happy-go-lucky college student adept at both flying and football, accepts a wager from his fraternity pals that he will propose to any girl in the college they choose. ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Forman | Stars: Pat O'Malley, Mary Astor, Raymond Hatton, Warner Oland

Votes: 49

25. L'empire du milieu du sud (2002)

86 min | Documentary, History, War

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Directors: Eric Deroo, Jacques Perrin

Votes: 24

26. Presto-Chango (1929)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Two cats go on a date at a Chinese restaurant, but get swarmed by kidnappers.

Directors: Frank Moser, Paul Terry

Votes: 49

27. War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory: The Brides (2019)

54 min | Documentary

"The Brides" is the 2nd of 5 films that make up "War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory". Asako-san ("The Best Ambassador") married a white GI while Fumiko-san ("Kitchens and a Priest") married a black one.

Director: Yayoi Winfrey | Stars: Fumiko Kiyamura Caine Alderman, Myokei Caine-Barrett, Asako Sakaguchi Miller Kimes, Diane Caine Shirey

28. War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory: Herstory (2019)

22 min | Documentary, Short

"Herstory" is the 1st of 5 films that make up "War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory". Two historians discuss WWII Japanese war brides, how they survived the bombing of Japan, and met and married their former enemies during the US Occupation.

Director: Yayoi Winfrey | Stars: Regina F. Lark, Lily Anne Yumi Welty Tamai

29. War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory: The Kids (2019)

49 min | Documentary

"The Kids" is the 3rd of 5 films that make up "War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory". Roleta, Andy, Elaine, Naomi, Joan and Jean are all adult children of Japanese war brides, but each has their own unique story about growing up mixed-race.

Director: Yayoi Winfrey | Stars: Elaine Ambrose, Andy Campbell, Naomi M. Herrera, Jean H. Lahn

30. War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory: BFF's; Buddhist Friends Forever (2019)

34 min | Documentary, Short

"BFF's: Buddhist Friends Forever" is the 5th of 5 films that make up "War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory". Two families and the daughter of a Japanese war bride are all linked through their Buddhist religion.

Director: Yayoi Winfrey | Stars: William Michael Factory Jr., Doris Factory, Kim Farrison, Mihoko Yoshihara Farrison

31. War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory: The Culture (2019)

58 min | Documentary

"The Culture" is the 4th of 5 films that make up "War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory". M. Fumie, Diana and Sophia (Yoshi), discuss their Japanese heritages. Michelle, Stephanie, and Hannah talk about being 3rd generation "quapa".

Director: Yayoi Winfrey | Stars: Yoshi Childs, M. Fumie Craig, Michelle Craig, Hannah Martinez

32. Tokio Jokio (1943)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A newsreel from Japan with updates on the war effort.

Director: Norm McCabe | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 440

33. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The Savage Curtain (1969)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Kirk, Spock, Abraham Lincoln and Vulcan legend Surak are pitted in battle against notorious villains from history for the purpose of helping a conscious rock creature's understanding of a concept he does not understand, "good vs. evil".

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Lee Bergere

Votes: 3,091

34. Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode: The Lordly Ones (2021)

66 min | Documentary, History

It wasn't just the Slave Trade. 150 years ago Britain had wrecked China by forcing opium on the country. It made Britain the richest and most powerful country in the world. But it enslaved ... See full summary »

Star: Adam Curtis

Votes: 102