Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "american-in-china"

1. The Karate Kid (2010)

PG | 140 min | Action, Drama, Family

Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master.

Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith, Taraji P. Henson, Wenwen Han

Votes: 205,698 | Gross: $176.59M

2. Drillbit Taylor (2008)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully.

Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Owen Wilson, Josh Peck, Alex Frost, Nate Hartley

Votes: 62,424 | Gross: $32.85M

3. Once Upon a Time in China (1991)

R | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung fights against foreign forces' plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector.

Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Biao Yuen, Jacky Cheung

Votes: 19,900

4. Flying Tigers (1942)

Approved | 102 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Capt. Jim Gordon's command of the famed American volunteer fighter group in China is complicated by the recruitment of an old friend who is a reckless hotshot.

Director: David Miller | Stars: John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee, Paul Kelly

Votes: 4,251 | Gross: $3.27M

5. China (1943)

Approved | 79 min | Drama, War

During the Japanese invasion of China, a cynical, macho profiteer meets a compassionate, beautiful schoolteacher.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, William Bendix, Philip Ahn

Votes: 633

6. Shanghai Kiss (2007)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An Asian-American actor, living in Los Angeles, is forced to reconsider his roots as well as the possibilities afforded him by his present situation after suddenly inheriting his grandmother's home in Shanghai.

Directors: Kern Konwiser, David Ren | Stars: Ken Leung, Hayden Panettiere, Kelly Hu, Joel David Moore

Votes: 5,437

7. 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: 4,302

8. International House (1933)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy

Assorted wacky characters converge on a Chinese hotel to bid on a new invention: television.

Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: W.C. Fields, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Rudy Vallee, Stuart Erwin

Votes: 1,468

9. The Toll of the Sea (1922)

Unrated | 54 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

While visiting China, an American man falls in love with a young Chinese woman, but he then has second thoughts about the relationship.

Director: Chester M. Franklin | Stars: Anna May Wong, Kenneth Harlan, Beatrice Bentley, Priscilla Moran

Votes: 899

10. The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)

Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The wealthy but selfish parents of a lonely young girl begin to rethink what is important to them after a servant's irresponsibility results in a crisis.

Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Mary Pickford, Madlaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Gladys Fairbanks

Votes: 1,548

11. Richard Nixon's Visit to China, 1972 (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This historical film in color from the CIA Film Library covers President Richard Nixon's visit to Beijing and the Great Wall in China.

Star: Richard Nixon

12. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990–1991)
Episode: One Sweet and Sour Chinese Adventure to Go (1990)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Bill and Ted accidentally break Missy's... I mean, Mrs. Preston's Antique Chinese vase and must go on a most superdacious adventure back to Antique China to get her a new one before she returns home.

Directors: Robert Alvarez, Don Lusk, Paul Sommer, Carl Urbano, Ray Patterson | Stars: Joe Alaskey, Ken Berry, Roscoe Lee Browne, Hamilton Camp

Votes: 51

13. Story Time with Fat Jew (2015– )
Episode: Landmarks (2016)

TV-MA | Animation

As a privileged kid taken on great vacations, Fat Jew had a goal: to masturbate at famous historical sites around the globe. Yes, hes jerked off at the pyramids of Egypt.