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Chinatown(1974)

R
| 2h 10min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
4.0/5 (with 1,631 votes)

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

Big Trouble in Little China(1986)

PG-13
| 1h 39min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
3.6/5 (with 1,280 votes)

When trucker Jack Burton agreed to take his friend, Wang Chi, to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a perfect target for immortal sorcerer Lo Pan—who must marry a girl with green eyes so he can regain his physical form.

The Dead Pool(1988)

R
| 1h 31min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 376 votes)

Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the deaths of celebrities before they happen, it may be too late...

Alice(1990)

PG-13
| 1h 42min | Fantasy, Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 133 votes)

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of well-established rut.

Ip Man 4: The Finale(2019)

NR
| 1h 47min | Action, Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 838 votes)

Following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future for his son.

Directed by Wilson Yip - With Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins, Kent Cheng, Lynn Hung, Chris Collins, Simon Shiyamba, ...

Year of the Dragon(1985)

R
| 2h 14min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 176 votes)

In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.

Coin Locker Girl(2015)

1h 50min | Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 42 votes)

A child abandoned in a subway coin locker is sold to a ruthless and calculating loan shark and gangster boss dubbed Mother, who runs an organ-harvesting ring in Incheon’s Chinatown. Named Il-Young, the baby girl grows into Mother’s loyal right-hand enforcer and is groomed to be her eventual successor. But when Il-Young’s loyalty to Mother wavers, the clash between the two unleashes a merciless tidal wave of blood-soaked retribution and strife.

Directed by Han Jun-hee - With Kim Hye-soo

The Corruptor(1999)

R
| 1h 50min | Action
3.1/5 (with 112 votes)

Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.

Chinese Puzzle(2013)

R
| 1h 57min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 299 votes)

Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.

The Cameraman(1928)

4.0/5 (with 146 votes)

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

A Crime(2006)

1h 43min | Crime
2.9/5 (with 14 votes)

Vincent's life is on hold until he finds his wife's killer. Alice, his neighbor, is convinced she can make him happy. She decides to invent a culprit, so that Vincent can find revenge and leave the past behind. But there is no ideal culprit and no perfect crime.

Hammett(1982)

PG
| 1h 38min | Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 27 votes)

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.

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China Girl(1987)

R
| 1h 30min | Romance / Love, Crime, Drama
3.1/5 (with 19 votes)

Teenage lovers Tony (Richard Panebianco) and Tyan-Hwa (Sari Chang) tip the balance of power in New York's Little Italy and Chinatown.

Pushing Hands(1991)

1h 45min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 24 votes)

Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing. He moves to America to live with his son's family, but finds the cultural adjustment difficult. Since his daughter-in-law is a white woman who does not speak Chinese, Mr. Chu's son, Alex, must mediate.

Directed by Ang Lee - With Sihung Lung

Chinese Coffee(2000)

R
| 1h 39min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 24 votes)

When Harry Levine, an aging, unsuccessful Greenwich Village writer is fired from his job as restaurant doorman, he calls on friend and mentor Jake, ostensibly to collect a long-standing debt.

Flower Drum Song(1961)

3.1/5 (with 13 votes)

A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.

Chan Is Missing(1982)

1h 20min | Drama, Mystery, Comedy, Crime
3.5/5 (with 10 votes)

Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the many problems experienced by Chinese-Americans trying to assimilate into contemporary American society.

Directed by Wayne Wang - With Wood Moy

Ring of Fire(1991)

R
| 1h 40min | Action, Drama
2.8/5 (with 7 votes)

The main character, Johnny Woo, is a Chinese doctor who has given up fighting in the ring. His brother is a teacher in a kick-boxing club. Johnny Woo fall in love with Julie, whose brother is a teacher in a rival kick-boxing club. Tension builds up...

China Town(2011)

2h 30min | Action, Comedy
2.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Three childhood friends Mathukutty, Binoy and Zachariah re-unite in Goa to fight a Casino don who was responsible for the deaths of their fathers.

Mad Holiday(1936)

3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.

Directed by George B. Seitz - With Edmund Lowe

Armed Response(1986)

R
| 1h 26min | Action, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 6 votes)

One of Tanaka's underlings has stolen a rare statuette that he had planned to use as a peace offering between the local Yakusa and Chinese Tong. He hires two private investigators to exchange ransom money to recover the statuette, but the trade goes down bad and Clay Roth is killed. This angers Roth's brothers and father, all combat veterans, and they go after the people responsible.

The Weapons of Death(1981)

R
| 1h 30min | Action, Drama
2.5/5 (with 4 votes)

In San Francisco's Chinatown, a band of thugs kidnaps a girl for a large Chinese gang. Her half-brother gathers a team of expert fighters to get her back.

Free Chol Soo Lee(2022)

1h 23min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 4 votes)

On June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Francisco’s Chinatown as part of an ongoing gang war. Chol Soo Lee, a 20-year-old Korean immigrant who had previous run-ins with the law, was arrested and convicted based on flimsy evidence and the eyewitness accounts of white tourists who couldn’t distinguish between Asian features. Sentenced to life in prison, Chol Soo Lee would spend years fighting to survive behind bars before journalist K.W. Lee took an interest in his case. The intrepid reporter’s investigation would galvanize a first-of-its-kind pan-Asian American grassroots movement to fight for Chol Soo Lee’s freedom, ultimately inspiring a new generation of social justice activists.

Ronny Chieng Takes Chinatown(2022)

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Ronny Chieng and David Fung try and put together a charity event for a struggling restaurant in Chinatown that has deep ties to the community. First they need to raise their clout.

Chinatown Nights(1929)

1h 23min | Drama, Action, Crime
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much in love with him causes him to realize he isl in love with her, and he determines to lift her up again. "Boston" Charley, the rival gang-leader, has other plans.

Ang-Yee(2000)

1h 52min | Drama, Action

Set in Bangkok's Chinatown in the 1940's this film is about two secret society's that hate each other. Ang Yee is a senior member of one of them. He is also a trained martial arts expert and in a show at a Chinese temple during a festival, real swords are used between both gangs shocking the audience that runs away as fast as they can.

Directed by Nopporn Watin

Shadow of Chinatown(1936)

NR
| 1h 11min | Horror, Science Fiction, Crime

Feature version of the 1936 serial starring Bela Lugosi. A European importing firm resorts to devious extremes to run its Chinese competition out of business.

Chinatown After Dark(1931)

59min | Drama, Crime
1.3/5 (with 1 vote)

The female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing stand in her way of finding it.

Directed by Stuart Paton

Everything Will Be(2014)

1h 25min | Documentary

Sundance award-winning director Julia Kwan’s documentary Everything Will Be captures the subtle nuances of a culturally diverse neighbourhood—Vancouver’s once thriving Chinatown—in the midst of transformation. The community’s oldest and newest members offer their intimate perspectives on the shifting landscape as they reflect on change, memory and legacy. Night and day, a neon sign that reads "EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT" looms over Chinatown. Everything is going to be alright, indeed, but the big question is for whom?

Directed by Julia Kwan

The Tong Man(1919)

NR
| 47min | Drama, Crime
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

An opium smuggler is marked for murder in this story of the Chinese Mafia.

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