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Movies: Best "chinese american" Movies


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The Farewell(2019)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 40min | Comedy, Drama
3.7/5 (with 646 votes)

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

Directed by Lulu Wang - With Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Zhao Shuzhen

The Joy Luck Club(1993)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 19min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 57 votes)

Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.

The Half of It(2020)

3.6/5 (with 658 votes)

Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.

Always Be My Maybe(2019)

3.3/5 (with 597 votes)

Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction but struggle to adapt to each other's worlds.

American Girl: Corinne Tan(2023)

1h 1min | Kids & Family, Drama
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

13-year-old Corrine deals with her parents' recent divorce while everyone else is already adapted to their new roles as a blended family, challenging herself to train a rambunctious puppy as she discovers her new purpose.

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

Slaughter in San Francisco(1974)

1h 27min | Drama, Action
2.3/5 (with 3 votes)

A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his partner.

Sausalito(2000)

1h 38min | Romance / Love
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Ella is a divorced Chinese American taxi driver who spends her days ferrying people around the roads of Sausalito, San Francisco. After work, she spends time with her 8-year old son, Scott. Ella meets Mike at Sky House, an infamous pick-up joint. Awkward strangers at first, they nonetheless find passion and what they want in each other.

Directed by Andrew Lau

The Chinese Ring(1947)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 8min | Thriller, Crime, Mystery
2.4/5 (with 6 votes)

Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.

Directed by William Beaudine - With Roland Winters

The Color of Fear(1994)

1h 30min | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 2 votes)

Diversity trainer Lee Mun Wah assembles a diverse group of eight American men to talk about their experience of race relations in the United States. The exchange is sometimes dramatic as they lay bare the pain that racism in the US has caused them.

Shadow of Chinatown(1936)

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.

Somewhere Between(2012)

1h 28min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 4 votes)

Questions of race, identity and heritage are explored through the lives of young American women growing up as adoptees from China. These four distinct individuals reflect on their experiences as members of transracial families.

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The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West(1916)

35min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 6 votes)

The Curse of Quon Gwon is the oldest known Chinese-American film and one of the earliest American silent features made by a woman. Only two reels of the film survive, and no intertitles are known to exist, making it difficult to parse out the exact plot. An article in the July 17, 1917 issue of The Moving Picture World states that the film "deals with the curse of a Chinese god that follows his people because of the influence of western civilization." The film also touches on themes of Chinese assimilation into American society. Formally premiering in 1917, no distributor was willing to purchase a Chinese-American film without racial stereotypes. Considered a devastating financial failure, the film was only screened two more times until its rediscovery in 2004.

Directed by Marion E. Wong

Wuhan Driver(2021)

14min | Drama

At the onset of the pandemic, a Chinese Uber driver in New York struggles to make ends meet as he picks up various passengers on a long and dreary night.

Sunflower(2022)

23min | Drama

After being sexually assaulted by a well-respected professor, a reclusive Chinese American girl who grew up in an abusive family struggles to find her voice while her mother tells her to be silent.

David Gan: the Front Lines(2012)

A young David Gan joins the WWII effort, eager to serve his country. Feelings of exclusion as a Chinese-American disappear in the Army. After experiencing the loss of so many fallen comrades, David dedicates his life to those who never came home.

Caregiving: The Circle of Love(2017)

In "Caregiving: The Circle of Love," three caregivers discuss about the challenges of caregiving and how their Chinese American traditions play a role in caring for their loved ones.

Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority(2008)

56min | Documentary

In 1965, Patsy Takemoto Mink became the first woman of color in the United States Congress. Seven years later, she ran for the US presidency and was the driving force behind Title IX, the landmark legislation that transformed women’s opportunities in higher education and athletics.

Aún Me Acuerdo De Ti(2020)

On the anniversary of the last time he saw his sister, Kevin embarks on a search for answers and self-discovery navigating his memories; remembering the possibility that his sister was a time traveler.

Wo Ai Ni Mommy(2010)

1h 30min | Documentary

From 2000 to 2008, China was the leading country for U.S. international adoptions. There are now approximately 70,000 Chinese adoptees being raised in the United States. Ninety-five percent of them are girls. Each year, these girls face new questions regarding their adopted lives and surroundings. This is a film about Chinese adopted girls, their American adoptive families and the paradoxical losses and gains inherent in international adoption. The characters and events in this story will challenge our traditional notions of family, culture and race.

Directed by Stephanie Wang-Breal

Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture(2015)

57min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In April 2013, a lecturer at the University of New Hampshire submitted a paper to the Annals of Mathematics. Within weeks word spread: a little-known mathematician, with no permanent job, working in complete isolation, had made an important breakthrough toward solving the Twin Prime Conjecture. Yitang Zhang's techniques for bounding the gaps between primes soon led to rapid progress by the Polymath Group, and a further innovation by James Maynard.

Yellow Face(2013)

1h 25min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A YouTube adaption of David Henry Hwang's play about race, identity, politics, and casting.

Golden Gate Girls(2013)

1h 30min | Documentary, History
2.2/5 (with 1 vote)

The film traces the life and times of Esther Eng, a San Francisco native known as Hong Kong’s first “directress.” She directed 10 Cantonese talkies.

Directed by Wei Shiyu

From Spikes to Spindles(1976)

45min | Documentary

This raw, gutsy portrait of New York's Chinatown captures the early days of an emerging consciousness in the community. We see a Chinatown rarely depicted, a vibrant community whose young and old join forces to protest police brutality and hostile real estate developers. With bold strokes, it paints an overview of the community and its history, from the early laborers driving spikes into the transcontinental railroad to the garment workers of today.