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Best Asian Movies

by northernstarlite • Created 10 years ago • Modified 3 years ago
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  • Kim Su-an, Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Sohee, and Choi Woo-sik in Train to Busan (2016)

    1. Train to Busan

    20161h 58mNot Rated73Metascore
    7.6 (286K)
    While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
    DirectorYeon Sang-hoStarsGong YooJung Yu-miMa Dong-seok
  • Your Name. (2016)

    2. Your Name.

    20161h 46m81Metascore
    8.4 (360K)
    Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
    DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsRyûnosuke KamikiMone KamishiraishiRyo Narita
  • Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)

    3. Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

    20051h 47mR
    6.8 (13K)
    Star-crossed lovers must fight on opposing sides in a battle that will determine the next Shogun.
    DirectorTen ShimoyamaStarsYukie NakamaJoe OdagiriTomoka Kurotani
  • Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Jung-jae in Il Mare (2000)

    4. Il Mare

    20001h 45m
    7.5 (9.8K)
    In 1999, a voice actor moves from Il Mare, a seaside house, and leaves a Christmas card in its mailbox. An architecture student receives it in 1997, and a friendship separated by two years begins.
    DirectorHyun-seung LeeStarsLee Jung-jaeJun Ji-hyunKim Moo Saeng
  • Son Ye-jin in The Classic (2003)

    5. The Classic

    20032h 7m
    7.7 (11K)
    Shy Ji-hae's friend asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to the boy she loves in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.
    DirectorJae-young KwakStarsSon Ye-jinZo In-sungCho Seung-woo
  • My Sassy Girl (2001)

    6. My Sassy Girl

    20012h 17mNot Rated
    7.9 (52K)
    A young man sees a drunk, cute woman standing too close to the tracks at a metro station in Seoul and pulls her back. She ends up getting him into trouble repeatedly after that, starting on the train.
    DirectorJae-young KwakStarsCha Tae-hyunJun Ji-hyunIn-mun Kim
  • Our Times (2015)

    7. Our Times

    20152h 14m
    7.4 (6.4K)
    Truly Lin lives a lonely life as an employee in an office. She reminisces about her high school life when she and Tai Yu, the school's notorious student, fall in love with each other.
    DirectorYu Shan ChenStarsVivian SungTalu WangDino Lee
  • Between Calmness and Passion (2001)

    8. Between Calmness and Passion

    20012h 5m
    6.6 (528)
    A man is studying abroad in Italy, and while he does well, he yearns for his true love. After promising to meet her in Florence, they reconnect after not seeing one another for 10 years.
    DirectorIsamu NakaeStarsYutaka TakenouchiKelly ChenMichael Wong
  • Love Letter (1995)

    9. Love Letter

    19951h 57mPG
    7.9 (12K)
    After losing her fiance in a fatal mountain-climbing incident, Hiroko was devastated. She comes across his childhood address in a school yearbook and impulsively writes to him. But what happens when she receives a reply?
    DirectorShunji IwaiStarsMiho NakayamaEtsushi ToyokawaBunjaku Han
  • A Little Thing Called Love (2010)

    10. A Little Thing Called Love

    20101h 58m
    7.6 (6.4K)
    Life of a 14 year old girl Nam, who falls in love with her senior of tenth grade P'Shone and tries desperately to win his attention.
    DirectorsPuttipong Pormsaka Na-SakonnakornWasin PokpongPuttipong Promsaka Na SakolnakornStarsPimchanok LuevisadpaibulMario MaurerTangi Namonto
  • Theeradej Wongpuapan and Sirin Horwang in Bangkok Traffic (Love) Story (2009)

    11. Bangkok Traffic (Love) Story

    20092h 6m
    7.1 (2.1K)
    An urban love story set in the center of Bangkok where 30-year-old Mei Li is struggling to find true love. When Mei Li accidentally meets a handsome BTS engineer whom she considers the right man, she plans to make her first move. Though too many obstacles keep popping up, Mei Li will never give up.
    DirectorPing Adisorn TrisirikasemStarsSirin HorwangTheeradej WongpuapanUngsumalynn Sirapatsakmetha
  • Chantavit Dhanasevi and Preechaya Pongthananikorn in ATM: Er Rak Error (2012)

    12. ATM: Er Rak Error

    20122h 3m
    7.1 (2.7K)
    Two enamored employees in a bank with no fraternization policy must recover their company's lost money while trying to keep their relationship a secret.
    DirectorMez TharatornStarsChantavit DhanaseviPreechaya PongthananikornAnna Chuancheun
  • The Thieves (2012)

    13. The Thieves

    20122h 15mNot Rated75Metascore
    6.8 (12K)
    After a heist in South Korea, a gang of 5+1 fly to Hong Kong to look into a heist, in a Macau casino, of a $30M diamond, planned by someone unreliable. He brings in HK thieves as well. Can anyone be trusted?
    DirectorDong-hoon ChoiStarsKim Yoon-seokLee Jung-jaeKim Hye-su
  • Lun-Mei Gwei and Jay Chou in Secret (2007)

    14. Secret

    20071h 41mNot Rated
    7.5 (9.6K)
    Ye Xiang Lun, a talented piano player is a new student at the prestigious Tamkang School. On his first day, he meets Lu Xiao Yu, a pretty girl playing a mysterious piece of music.
    DirectorJay ChouStarsJay ChouLun-Mei GweiAnthony Chau-Sang Wong
  • Eul-boon Kim and Yoo Seung-ho in The Way Home (2002)

    15. The Way Home

    20021h 20mPG63Metascore
    7.7 (6.1K)
    This is the story of a 7-year-old boy, Sang-woo, born and raised in the big city, and his mute grandmother, who has spent her whole life in a small rural village.
    DirectorJeong-hyang LeeStarsYoo Seung-hoEul-boon KimDong Hyo-hee
  • Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in Infernal Affairs (2002)

    16. Infernal Affairs

    20021h 41mR75Metascore
    8.0 (135K)
    Chen Wing Yan, a policeman, successfully infiltrates a gang while Lau Kin Ming, a tried member, becomes a mole in the police force. However, things change when both of them must seek each other out.
    DirectorsWai Keung LauAlan MakStarsAndy LauTony Leung Chiu-waiAnthony Chau-Sang Wong
  • Shawn Yue in Infernal Affairs II (2003)

    17. Infernal Affairs II

    20031h 59mNot Rated
    7.2 (21K)
    In this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.
    DirectorsWai Keung LauAlan MakStarsEdison ChenShawn YueAnthony Chau-Sang Wong
  • Infernal Affairs III (2003)

    18. Infernal Affairs III

    20031h 58mNot Rated
    6.8 (15K)
    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.
    DirectorsWai Keung LauAlan MakStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiAndy LauLeon Lai
  • See You Tomorrow (2016)

    19. See You Tomorrow

    20162h 8m
    5.0 (1.3K)
    The story follows Chen Mo, the bar owner and 'ferryman', as he is slowly facing his own traumatic past, whilst helping the people around him, including his co-partner Guan Chun, the singer Ma Li and the neighbor Xiao Yu.
    DirectorJiajia ZhangStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiTakeshi KaneshiroEason Chan
  • Sharman Joshi, Aamir Khan, and Madhavan in 3 Idiots (2009)

    20. 3 Idiots

    20092h 50mPG-1367Metascore
    8.4 (461K)
    Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".
    DirectorRajkumar HiraniStarsAamir KhanMadhavanMona Singh
  • Shu Qi in City of Glass (1998)

    21. City of Glass

    19981h 51mNot Rated
    6.7 (682)
    While attending their respective parent's funeral in London, two strangers discover their parent's secret love affair spanning across three decades and two continents. (Chinese with English subtitles).
    DirectorMabel CheungStarsLeon LaiShu QiNicola Cheung
  • Tempting Heart (1999)

    22. Tempting Heart

    19991h 55m
    7.1 (799)
    Cheryl is a Hong Kong-based film director who uses the story of her first love as the basis for her next screen project. As she tells her tale to a screenwriter, she relives memories from a more innocent time.
    DirectorSylvia ChangStarsTakeshi KaneshiroGigi LeungKaren Mok
  • Kôji Yakusho in Shall We Dance? (1996)

    23. Shall We Dance?

    19962h 16mPG66Metascore
    7.7 (12K)
    A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
    DirectorMasayuki SuôStarsKôji YakushoTamiyo KusakariNaoto Takenaka
  • Boran Jing in Monster Hunt (2015)

    24. Monster Hunt

    20151h 57mTV-Y753Metascore
    6.1 (5.9K)
    Human and monsters have lived in their separate worlds, but after the birth of Wuba, the last of the monster kings, begins the adventure to bring the two races together.
    DirectorRaman HuiStarsBaihe BaiBoran JingWu Jiang
  • Monster Hunt 2 (2018)

    25. Monster Hunt 2

    20181h 50mNot Rated63Metascore
    5.4 (2.2K)
    The story continues with Wuba after he parts way with his human parents Tian and Lan for his own journey. Peace has not been restored in the monster world after the death of the evil monster king.
    DirectorRaman HuiStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiBaihe BaiBoran Jing

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