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51. Monkey (1978–2004)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
An adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a pilgrimage to the West undertaken by a monk and his divine guardians.
Stars: Masaaki Sakai, Shirô Kishibe, Masako Natsume, Miriam Margolyes
Votes: 2,140
52. A Mighty Heart (2007)
R | 108 min | Biography, Drama, History
Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband Daniel when he goes missing in Pakistan.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Irrfan Khan, Archie Panjabi
Votes: 28,229 | Gross: $9.18M
53. Moebius (2013)
Unrated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
A father driven into desire, a son coveting that of his father's and the sorrowful maternity that hovers them into tragedy.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Cho Jae-hyun, Seo Yeong-ju, Lee Na-ra, Na Chul
Votes: 6,570
54. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
A fictional photographer's quest to spiritually rediscover herself is interspersed with documentary footage of scientists and theologians discussing the philosophical aspects of quantum physics.
Directors: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, John Ross Bowie, Robert Bailey Jr.
Votes: 13,857 | Gross: $10.94M
55. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama
In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
Votes: 18,274
56. The Abominable Snowman (1957)
85 min | Adventure, Horror
A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis
Votes: 4,982
57. Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds (2012)
Not Rated | 122 min | Documentary, History
There is one vibratory field that connects all things. It has been called Akasha, Logos, the primordial OM, the music of the spheres, the Higgs field, dark energy, and a thousand other names throughout history.
Director: Daniel Schmidt | Star: Patrick Sweeney
Votes: 2,322
58. Forbidden Legend of Sex and Chopsticks (2008)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Story is begin with the childhood of rich and powerful Simon Qing (Lam Wai-Kin) has been schooled in the ways of sex by his virile father (Tsui Siu-Keung), but is still a virgin. That is, ... See full summary »
Director: Man-Kei Chin | Stars: Hikaru Wakana, Kaera Uehara, Serina Hayakawa, Yui Morikawa
Votes: 776
59. The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
It takes a father and son team to battle the forces of evil throughout China, fighting with honor to defend the weak through fast-motion kung fu.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Jet Li, Chingmy Yau, Deannie Ip, Miao Xie
Votes: 6,088
60. Ong Bak 3 (2010)
R | 99 min | Action
Continuing from Ong Bak 2's 1440s, Prince Tien fails to revenge his parents' murder by the evil new ruler. The beaten Tien is rescued. Can he bring peace to the kingdom?
Directors: Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai | Stars: Tony Jaa, Dan Chupong, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Primrata Dej-Udom
Votes: 14,717 | Gross: $0.01M
61. TenPuru -No One Can Live on Loneliness- (2023)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Akemitsu Akegami decides to become a Buddhist monk and renounce worldly customs. But the temple he decides to dedicate himself to, is it full of women? And that same young woman is also there? What can a man do?
Stars: Sumire Uesaka, Chika Anzai, Yû Serizawa, Aimi Terakawa
Votes: 368
62. Attrition (2018)
R | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When a Thai girl with mythical powers goes missing, Axe and his old team unite in attempts to bring her back.
Director: Mathieu Weschler | Stars: Steven Seagal, Rudy Youngblood, Siu-Wong Fan, James P. Bennett
Votes: 1,422
63. Kung Fu: The Movie (1986 TV Movie)
89 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Kwai Chang Caine meets up with the father of the man he killed in China who seeks revenge using Caine's own illegitimate son.
Director: Richard Lang | Stars: David Carradine, Kerrie Keane, Mako, William Lucking
Votes: 966
64. The Boxer's Omen (1983)
Not Rated | 99 min | Horror
While in Thailand to avenge his brother who was crippled in a fight with a corrupt Thai boxer, a man gets caught up in a web of fate, Buddhism and black magic.
Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Phillip Ko, Shao-Yen Lin, Kar-Man Wai, Lung-Wei Wang
Votes: 1,953
65. Lord Jim (1965)
Not Rated | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Eli Wallach
Votes: 4,269
66. American Shaolin (1991)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action
After being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts master decides to travel to China and enter a monastery where he may ... See full summary »
Director: Lucas Lowe | Stars: Trent Bushey, Kim Chan, Reese Madigan, Daniel Dae Kim
Votes: 1,649
67. Circle of Iron (1978)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young martial artist embarks on an adventure, encountering other martial artists in battle until one day he meets an aging blind man who will show him the true meaning of martial arts and life.
Director: Richard Moore | Stars: David Carradine, Jeff Cooper, Christopher Lee, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 2,613
68. Shaolin Wooden Men (1976)
98 min | Action
After witnessing the murder of his father, Little Mute trains in Shaolin Temple for revenge and is taught by various teachers, one of which is clandestine.
Director: Chi-Hwa Chen | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chun-Erh Lung, Kang Chin, Ping-Yu Chang
Votes: 2,814
69. Three Wishes (1995)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
In an unexplained act of charity, Jeanne Holman, picks up an injured, apparent tramp and takes him home to care for him little realizing who he was, or the effect he would have on her life and those of her family.
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joseph Mazzello, Seth Mumy
Votes: 3,276 | Gross: $7.03M
70. Siddhartha (1972)
R | 89 min | Drama, Mystery
The story of a young Indian who embarks upon a journey to find the meaning of existence. Based on the novel by Hermann Hesse.
Director: Conrad Rooks | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Simi Garewal, Romesh Sharma, Pinchoo Kapoor
Votes: 1,299
71. Zinda (2006)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A man, taken and locked up for 14 years without any sane reason, is suddenly released, and has 4 days to figure out why this was done to him.
Director: Sanjay Gupta | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Lara Dutta, Celina Jaitly
Votes: 3,762 | Gross: $0.33M
72. The Monkey King 2 (2016)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When a travelling monk is stranded in a wasteland, The Monkey King must escort him across the land to retrieve sacred scriptures and protect him from an evil demon.
Director: Soi Cheang | Stars: Aaron Kwok, Gong Li, Shaofeng Feng, Shenyang Xiao
Votes: 3,463 | Gross: $0.71M
73. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori, Walter Connolly
Votes: 4,317
74. Across the Pacific (1942)
Passed | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.
Directors: John Huston, Vincent Sherman | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton
Votes: 5,455
75. Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
Unrated | 113 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Two kittens go on a metaphysical journey on a magical railroad train.
Director: Gisaburô Sugii | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Chika Sakamoto, Junko Hori, Ayumi Ishijo
Votes: 2,421
76. Scanners III: The Takeover (1991)
R | 101 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A young female scanner turns from a sweet young thing into a murderous, power-crazed villain after she takes an experimental drug developed by her father. Her brother, who is also a scanner, is the only one powerful enough to stop her.
Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: Liliana Komorowska, Valérie Valois, Steve Parrish, Colin Fox
Votes: 2,583
78. Sri Siddhartha Gautama (2013)
115 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is an extraordinary tale from over 2600 years ago, of a Prince who is endowed with everything he needs and more. Luxury, palaces, and all heart's-desires are provided to him by his ... See full summary »
Directors: Chandran Rutnam, Saman Weeraman | Stars: Gagan Malik, Anchal Singh, Ranjan Ramanayake, Anshu Malik
Votes: 273
79. The Burmese Harp (1956)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Music, War
A conscience-driven Japanese soldier traumatized by the events of WWII adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Tatsuya Mihashi, Jun Hamamura
Votes: 6,482
80. What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole (2006)
PG | 156 min | Documentary, Drama
Interviews with scientists and authors, animated bits, and a storyline involving a deaf photographer are used in this docudrama to illustrate the link between quantum mechanics, neurobiology, human consciousness and day-to-day reality.
Directors: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, Barry Newman, Armin Shimerman
Votes: 2,931 | Gross: $0.14M
81. The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
222 min | Comedy, Drama
Karim's mother is English and his father is Indian. Therefore Karim has some problems with life in British society which is becoming more and more racist and intolerant; he experiences this especially when he pursues acting.
Stars: Naveen Andrews, Brenda Blethyn, Roshan Seth, David Bamber
Votes: 527
82. The Shaolin Temple (1982)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A young man, hounded by a psychopathic general, learns martial arts at the Shaolin temple to avenge his father's death. To achieve this he forgoes a budding romance with his kungfu master's daughter, a shepherdess.
Director: Hsin-Yen Chang | Stars: Jet Li, Hai Yu, Chenghui Yu, Lan Ding
Votes: 4,773
83. Doomsday Book (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The First Chapter of The Anthology Film- In A Brave New World, a mysterious virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of Seoul. The Chapter 2, The Heavenly Creature, a ... See full summary »
Directors: Kim Jee-woon, Pil-sung Yim | Stars: Lee Bong-gyu, Choi Deok-moon, Ma Dong-seok, Bae Doona
Votes: 3,567
84. This Transient Life (1970)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Michiko Tsukasa, Ryô Tamura, Eiji Okada, Isao Sasaki
Votes: 1,383
85. The Sensei (2008)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Drama, Sport
In 1985 Colorado, a long-absent woman, proficient as a black belt in martial arts, returns home where she agrees, secretly, to train a bullied gay teen.
Director: Diana Lee Inosanto | Stars: Diana Lee Inosanto, Keith David, Melissa Taylor, Shane Weingardt
Votes: 477
86. The Funeral (1984)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Ôtaki
Votes: 1,859
87. Samsara (2001)
R | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's ... See full summary »
Director: Pan Nalin | Stars: Shawn Ku, Christy Chung, Neelesha Barthel, Lhakpa Tsering
Votes: 8,258
88. Edo Porn (1981)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, History
The famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Ken Ogata, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yûko Tanaka, Kanako Higuchi
Votes: 466
89. The Painted Veil (1934)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance
A wife neglected by her husband, a medical researcher in China, falls in love with a dashing diplomatic attaché.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent, Warner Oland
Votes: 1,725 | Gross: $1.17M
90. Naked Yoga (1974)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Three young ladies perform yoga without clothes in the open air of Cyprus. Another does the same in a studio. These visuals are interspersed with images of Eastern art, processed for "... See full summary »
Director: Paul Corsden | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor-Mead, Alexis Korner, Leslie Bowman, Katherine Lewis
Votes: 68
91. Zen (2009)
127 min | Biography, Drama
'Zen' Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji is a very important religious person during the Kamakura period, 750 years ago. After his mother died, he decides to move to China and settle as a ... See full summary »
Director: Banmei Takahashi | Stars: Kankurô Nakamura, Yuki Uchida, Ryushin Tei, Kengo Kôra
Votes: 1,176
92. The Insect Woman (1963)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
Life story of a woman born in poverty trying to succeed. Through her many schemes, she faces her ups and downs in a cyclical nature, fueled mostly by self-interest.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Seizaburô Kawazu, Kazuo Kitamura, Tanie Kitabayashi, Teruko Kishi
Votes: 2,506
93. 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: 5,332 | Gross: $0.19M
95. Himalaya (1999)
108 min | Drama
An aging chief's last stand, lessons for the new, and the education of a young chief-to-be played against harsh Nature in Nepal's Dolpo. When his son dies returning from Tibet's salt lakes,... See full summary »
Directors: Eric Valli, Michel Debats | Stars: Thilen Lhondup, Gurgon Kyap, Lhakpa Tsamchoe, Karma Wangel
Votes: 5,698 | Gross: $2.48M
96. The Buddha (2010 TV Movie)
TV-G | 120 min | Documentary
After 400 BC, a new philosophy was born in South east Asia, generated from the ideas of Buddha, a mysterious Prince from Nepal who gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: Richard Gere, Blair Brown, The Dalai Lama, Mark Epstein
Votes: 1,249
97. Jade Dynasty (2022– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Zhang Xiaofan was orphaned and joined Qingyunmen sect. After rigorous training, he mastered Seven Vessels. Lu Xueqi faced danger but met Baguio who fought demon sect. New perils awaited Zhang.
Stars: Jinwen Chen, Yue Jiang, Liu Qing, Na Cai
Votes: 49
98. The Beautiful Country (2004)
R | 125 min | Drama
After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Damien Nguyen, Bai Ling, Dang Quoc Thinh Tran, Thi Hoa Mai
Votes: 3,977 | Gross: $0.44M
99. Crows Are White (2022)
97 min | Documentary
After decades of living a secret life, a filmmaker travels to a strict Japanese monastery in search of guidance but the only monk who will help him prefers ice cream and heavy metal over meditation.
Director: Ahsen Nadeem
Votes: 197
100. Journey to the West (1986–2000)
45 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Participate in the legendary long pilgrimage of Tang Dynasty Buddhist monk Tang Shen, who traveled to the western regions of Central Asia and India to obtain sacred Buddhist texts.
Stars: Liu Xiao Ling Tong, Dehua Ma, Huaili Yan, Shaohua Xu
Votes: 1,740