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12) Asian power

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  • Oldboy (2003)

    1. Oldboy

    20032hR78Metascore
    8.3 (680K)
    After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
    DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeong
  • Takako Matsu in Confessions (2010)

    2. Confessions

    20101h 46mNot Rated
    7.7 (44K)
    Yuko, a teacher of middle-school, is shattered to see her four-year-old daughter dead. She returns back to the school and finds out that her students are responsible for her daughter's murder.
    DirectorTetsuya NakashimaStarsTakako MatsuYoshino KimuraMasaki Okada
  • Tadanobu Asano in Ichi the Killer (2001)

    3. Ichi the Killer

    20012h 9m55Metascore
    6.9 (62K)
    As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTadanobu AsanoNao ÔmoriShin'ya Tsukamoto
  • Akira (1988)

    4. Akira

    19882h 4mR68Metascore
    8.0 (216K)
    A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by his best friend.
    DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami Koyama
  • Sul Kyung-gu in Memoir of a Murderer (2017)

    5. Memoir of a Murderer

    20171h 58mTV-MA
    7.2 (14K)
    A former serial killer with Alzheimer's fights to protect his daughter from her psychotic boyfriend.
    DirectorWon Shin-yeonStarsSul Kyung-guKim Nam-gilKim Seol-hyun
  • Takayuki Hamatsu, Hiroshi Ichihara, Shuntarô Yamazaki, and Yuzuki Akiyama in One Cut of the Dead (2017)

    6. One Cut of the Dead

    20171h 36mNot Rated86Metascore
    7.6 (33K)
    Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.
    DirectorShin'ichirô UedaStarsTakayuki HamatsuYuzuki AkiyamaHarumi Shuhama
  • Stephen Chow, Siu-Lung Leung, Qiu Yuen, and Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan in Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

    7. Kung Fu Hustle

    20041h 39mR78Metascore
    7.7 (157K)
    In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
    DirectorStephen ChowStarsStephen ChowWah YuenQiu Yuen
  • Memories of Murder (2003)

    8. Memories of Murder

    20032h 12mNot Rated82Metascore
    8.1 (242K)
    In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
    DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoKim Sang-kyungKim Roe-ha
  • Spirited Away (2001)

    9. Spirited Away

    20012h 4mPG96Metascore
    8.6 (912K)
    During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu Irino
  • Song Kang-ho, Jung Ik-han, Jung Hyun-jun, Lee Joo-hyung, Lee Ji-hye, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Park Myeong-hoon, Park Keun-rok, Jang Hye-jin, Lee Jeong-eun, Choi Woo-sik, Park Seo-joon, Park So-dam, and Jung Ji-so in Parasite (2019)

    10. Parasite

    20192h 12mR97Metascore
    8.5 (1.1M)
    Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
    DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeong
  • Sakurako Konishi and Masataka Kubota in First Love (2019)

    11. First Love

    20191h 48mTV-MA77Metascore
    6.7 (8.5K)
    A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsBeckyBengalMasayuki Deai
  • Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Chieko Baishô, and Takuya Kimura in Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

    12. Howl's Moving Castle

    20041h 59mPG82Metascore
    8.2 (484K)
    When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsChieko BaishôTakuya KimuraTatsuya Gashûin
  • Ma Dong-seok and Kim Mu-yeol in The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)

    13. The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil

    20191h 49mNot Rated65Metascore
    7.0 (29K)
    A crime boss teams up with a cop to track down a serial killer.
    DirectorLee Won-taeStarsMa Dong-seokJeon Bae-sooKim Mu-yeol
  • Eihi Shiina in Audition (1999)

    14. Audition

    19991h 55mR70Metascore
    7.1 (95K)
    A widower has his film producer friend organize a fake audition as a means of helping him find a new girlfriend, but the woman he selects is not who she appears to be.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyô IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu Sawaki
  • 13 Assassins (2010)

    15. 13 Assassins

    20102h 21mR84Metascore
    7.5 (70K)
    A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKôji YakushoTakayuki YamadaYûsuke Iseya
  • Park Shin-hye and Yoo Ah-in in #Alive (2020)

    16. #Alive

    20201h 38mTV-MA
    6.3 (52K)
    The rapid spread of an unknown infection has left an entire city in ungovernable chaos, but one survivor remains alive in isolation. It is his story.
    DirectorIl ChoStarsYoo Ah-inPark Shin-hyeJeon Bae-soo
  • Won Bin and Kim Hye-ja in Mother (2009)

    17. Mother

    20092h 9mR79Metascore
    7.7 (77K)
    A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
    DirectorBong Joon HoStarsKim Hye-jaWon BinJin Goo
  • Jackie Chan, Dean Shek, and Siu-Tin Yuen in Drunken Master (1978)

    18. Drunken Master

    19781h 51mPG-1368Metascore
    7.4 (46K)
    Wong Fei-Hung is a mischievous, yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents, his frustrated father has him disciplined by a master of drunken martial arts.
    DirectorYuen Woo-PingStarsJackie ChanSiu-Tin YuenJeong-lee Hwang
  • Ma Dong-seok in Unstoppable (2018)

    19. Unstoppable

    20181h 56m
    6.6 (6.3K)
    Dong-Chul (Don Lee) and Ji-Soo (Song Ji-Hyo) are a happily married couple. One day, Dong-Chul comes home to find his house in disarray and his wife is missing.
    DirectorKim Min-HoStarsMa Dong-seokSong Ji-hyoKim Sung-oh
  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

    20. Tetsuo: The Iron Man

    19891h 7mNot Rated
    6.9 (28K)
    A businessman accidentally kills The Metal Fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal.
    DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsTomorô TaguchiKei FujiwaraNobu Kanaoka
  • Remember (2022)

    21. Remember

    20222h 8mTV-14
    6.8 (1.8K)
    The story of Pil-Joo, an Alzheimer's patient in his 80s, who lost all his family during the Japanese colonial era, and devotes his lifelong revenge before his memories disappear, and a young man in his 20s who helps him.
    DirectorIl-Hyeong LeeStarsLee Sung-minNam Joo-hyukPark Geun-hyeong
  • Symbol (2009)

    22. Symbol

    20091h 33mNot Rated
    6.9 (4.7K)
    A man wakes up in a white room empty other than buttons on the walls, he must find out which button to push to get what he wants.
    DirectorHitoshi MatsumotoStarsHitoshi MatsumotoDavid QuinteroLuis Accinelli
  • Big Man Japan (2007)

    23. Big Man Japan

    20071h 53mPG-1362Metascore
    6.2 (4.1K)
    An eccentric man living alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo periodically transforms into a 100-foot tall giant in order to defend Japan against similarly sized monsters.
    DirectorHitoshi MatsumotoStarsHitoshi MatsumotoRiki TakeuchiUa
  • Ko Ah-sung in The Host (2006)

    24. The Host

    20062hR85Metascore
    7.1 (139K)
    A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
    DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoByun Hee-BongPark Hae-il
  • Museum (2016)

    25. Museum

    20162h 12m
    6.0 (1.2K)
    Detective Hisashi Sawamura (Shun Oguri) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police is tired, behind and dealing with the departure of his ungrateful wife. Having lost his family, he now deals with both the serial murders or who is apparently punishing his victims. The horror comes courtesy of the manga, Museum: The Serial Killer Is Laughing In The Rain.
    DirectorKeishi OtomoStarsShun OguriSatoshi TsumabukiMachiko Ono

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