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1. Dipped in Gold (1970)
150 min | Drama
Married businessman Don Benito (Eddie Garcia) has a steamy affair with driver Diego (Mario O'Hara).
Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Lolita Rodriguez, Eddie Garcia, Luis Gonzales, Hilda Koronel
Votes: 27
2. Bwakaw (2012)
TV-PG | 110 min | Drama
Gruff and cynical Rene is no stranger to loneliness, living an emotionally detached life with his dog, Bkawaw. Yet a connection with a middle-aged taxi driver begins to soften his outlook on life.
Director: Jun Lana | Stars: Eddie Garcia, Princess, Rez Cortez, Bibeth Orteza
Votes: 367
3. Seven Sundays (2017)
TV-PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The Bonifacio siblings reunite when they learn that their father has been diagnosed with cancer. In the process, they must deal with their unresolved issues before it's too late.
Director: Cathy Garcia-Sampana | Stars: Ronaldo Valdez, Aga Muhlach, Dingdong Dantes, Enrique Gil
Votes: 606
4. Here and There (2021)
98 min | Romance
As the community quarantine puts the nation on hold, a political science major and a student working part time as a delivery driver butt heads online but soon find themselves falling for each other.
Director: Jaime Habac Jr. | Stars: Janine Gutierrez, JC Santos, Victor Anastacio, Yesh Burce
Votes: 92
5. The Last Emperor (1987)
PG-13 | 163 min | Biography, Drama, History
Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying
Votes: 111,568 | Gross: $43.98M
6. The Good Earth (1937)
Passed | 138 min | Drama, Romance
Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
Directors: Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý, Sam Wood | Stars: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch
Votes: 5,414
7. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
NC-17 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui
Votes: 22,827
8. Pangako sa 'yo (2000–2002)
Crime, Drama, Romance
The romance between Amor and Eduardo is forbidden by Eduardo's mother, Doña, who wishes him to marry Claudia for political reasons.
Stars: Kristine Hermosa, Jericho Rosales, Eula Valdez, Jean Garcia
Votes: 178
9. Ang pamilyang kumakain ng lupa (2005)
75 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime
A strange and dysfunctional family sits down three times a day to a meal of soil.
Director: Khavn | Stars: Carlo Catap, Hamid Eton, Elizabeth Marin, Gil Mendoza
Votes: 57
10. Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
Not Rated | 625 min | Drama
The collapse and the struggle of a poor farming clan in Philippines.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Elryan de Vera, Angie Ferro, Pen Medina, Marife Necesito
Votes: 510
11. Ugetsu (1953)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito
Votes: 25,835 | Gross: $0.01M
12. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
Votes: 86,526 | Gross: $3.31M
13. My Liberation Diary (2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Three siblings, exhausted by the monotony of day-to-day adulthood, seek to find fulfillment and freedom from their humdrum lives.
Stars: Lee Min-ki, Kim Ji-won, Son Suk-ku, Lee El
Votes: 4,593
14. Liberation (2011)
85 min | Drama
Director: Adolfo Alix Jr. | Stars: Jacky Woo, Mercedes Cabral, Suzuki Sadatsugu, Hideo Muraoka
15. To Live (1952)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka
Votes: 87,649 | Gross: $0.06M
16. Memories of Murder (2003)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
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.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roe-ha, Song Jae-ho
Votes: 216,734 | Gross: $0.01M
17. Call Me Chihiro (2023)
TV-14 | 131 min | Drama
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Hana Toyoshima, Tetta Shimada, Van
Votes: 3,420
18. In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal (2023)
TV-MA | 389 min | Documentary, Crime
This docuseries examining the chilling true stories of four Korean leaders claiming to be prophets exposes the dark side of unquestioning belief.
Stars: Andrew Lee, Keisuke Hoashi, June Yoon, Tim Dang
Votes: 859
19. 3 Cents A Kilo (2021)
24 min | Documentary, Short
3 Cents A Kilo documents the day-to-day lives of three cardboard collectors. It takes us through their routines and ruminations, showing us how they meet unremitting hardship with grit, humour, and back-breaking hard work.
Director: Shao Min Chew Chia | Stars: John Gomez, Yi Mei, Kan Weng Yip
20. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019)
110 min | Drama, Family
An aspiring singer living with his grandmother in the capital of Bhutan dreams of getting a visa to move to Australia.
Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji | Stars: Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Pem Zam
Votes: 6,606
21. Mergui (2018)
41 min | Documentary, Short
Impressing nature shots, accompanied by delicate music and with insightful information tells this documentary the story about the Moken, Myanmar's last sea nomads. For lovers of independent... See full summary »
Director: Sandor Poppinga | Star: Tania Minori
22. Made in China (III) (2019)
73 min | Documentary
In Shenzhen, Guangdong province, Yu Liang Yuan (21 years old) and his father, Yu Ting Yong (45 years old), on the occasion of the celebration of the Chinese New Year, are getting ready to ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Chica i José | Stars: Yu Liang Yuan, Yu Ting Yong, Helen Zhong
Votes: 22
23. Nocebo (II) (2022)
96 min | Horror, Thriller
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino carer who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
Director: Lorcan Finnegan | Stars: Eva Green, Mark Strong, Chai Fonacier, Billie Gadsdon
Votes: 7,284
24. The Opium War (2020)
70 min | Documentary, War
Thousands of young people are dying from using drugs in Kachin State, Myanmar. When the government is not doing enough to crack down drugs problem, the civilians formed the anti-drugs ... See full summary »
Director: John la Raw
Votes: 5
25. Angel of Nanjing (2015)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, Drama
The story of Chen Si, a man who patrols the Yangtze River Bridge in China saving people who try to commit suicide.
Directors: Frank Ferendo, Jordan Matthew Horowitz
Votes: 200
26. The Killing Fields (1984)
R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands
Votes: 59,265 | Gross: $34.70M
27. Wave Makers (2023– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama
A heated election is on the horizon. A team of campaign staffers must confront tough choices while navigating a cutthroat political landscape.
Stars: Ying-Hsuan Hsieh, Jag Huang, Gingle Wang, Leon Dai
Votes: 1,406
28. Our Love Story (2016)
99 min | Drama, Romance
A fine arts student meets an attractive bartender, and the two women begin an intimate relationship.
Director: Hyun-ju Lee | Stars: Lee Sang-hee, Ryu Sun-young, Park Keun-rok, Lim Sung-mi
Votes: 841
29. Tenko (1981–1984)
50 min | Drama, War
After the Japanese invasion of Singapore in February 1942, a group of British, Dutch and Australian women are held in a Japanese internment camp on a Japanese-occupied island between Singapore and Australia.
Stars: Ann Bell, Stephanie Cole, Claire Oberman, Emily Bolton
Votes: 835
30. Markova: Comfort Gay (2000)
Not Rated | 97 min | Biography, Drama, History
Gil M Portes (Miguel/Michelle, 1999) tells the unconventional true story of Walter Dempster, Jr, otherwise known as Markova. After watching a documentary about the suffering of women forced... See full summary »
Director: Gil Portes | Stars: Dolphy, Eric Quizon, Jeffrey Quizon, Loren Legarda
Votes: 202
31. Light the Night (2021– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the red light district of 1980s Taipei, women at a popular Japanese night club navigate jealousy, heartbreak, friendship and love.
Stars: Chiung-Hsuan Hsieh, Esther Liu, Nikki Hsieh, Hsueh-Fu Kuo
Votes: 1,525
32. Minari (2020)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Director: Lee Isaac Chung | Stars: Steven Yeun, Han Yeri, Alan Kim, Noel Cho
Votes: 97,185
33. Path to War (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 165 min | Biography, Drama, War
In the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill
Votes: 4,117
34. Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia (1979)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
Disturbing documentary, shot on site less than a year after the Khmer Rouge downfall, depicting the shocking situation and recent history of Cambodia.
Director: David Munro | Stars: John Pilger, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Pol Pot
Votes: 315
35. Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy (1994)
60 min | Documentary
Documentary of the events that occurred in the East Timor genocide during 1990-91.
Director: David Munro | Stars: John Pilger, Alan Clark, James Dunn, Gareth Evans
Votes: 211
36. Cambodia, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge (2012 TV Movie)
42 min | Documentary
Between April, 1975 and January, 1979, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million people in Cambodia. Pol Pot promised an agrarian utopia but delivered a ... See full summary »
Director: Shane O'Sullivan | Stars: Cal Saville, Ben Kiernan, Youk Chhang, Gerald Ford
Votes: 23
37. Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case (2023)
TV-MA | 83 min | Documentary, Crime
It follows the turbulent and complex investigation into the killing of British tourist Lucie Blackman.
Director: Hyoe Yamamoto | Stars: Katsuyoshi Abe, Jake Adelstein, Yasuhiko Asano, Lucie Blackman
Votes: 3,372
38. Goyo: The Boy General (2018)
TV-14 | 155 min | Action, Biography, History
The story of Gregorio 'Goyo' del Pilar, one of the youngest Generals during the Philippine-American War who fought in the historic Battle of Tirad Pass.
Director: Jerrold Tarog | Stars: Paulo Avelino, Carlo Aquino, Arron Villaflor, Mon Confiado
Votes: 987
39. Heneral Luna (2015)
R | 118 min | Action, Biography, History
Set during the Philippine-American war, a short-tempered Philippine Revolutionary Army general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen.
Director: Jerrold Tarog | Stars: John Arcilla, Arron Villaflor, Mon Confiado, Bing Pimentel
Votes: 2,519 | Gross: $0.20M
40. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, History
A story set in nineteenth-century China and focusing on the life-long friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid social norms imposed on women.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Bingbing Li, Jun Ji-hyun, Vivian Wu, Russell Wong
Votes: 4,017 | Gross: $1.35M
41. The Last Wife (2023)
132 min | Drama, Romance
During the Nguyen Dynasty, a reluctant wife's life takes a dramatic turn when she had a chance encounter her childhood lover.
Director: Victor Vu | Stars: Kaity Nguyen, Thuan Nguyen, Quang Thang
Votes: 321
42.
Four Corners (1961– )
Episode:
Pacific Capture
(2022)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, News
How Chinese money is buying the Solomon Islands. Angus Grigg investigates the extent of Chinese influence and control, plus new details about the Chinese money being used by PM Sogavare to secure his hold over the country.
43. Beyond Utopia (2023)
PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen.
Director: Madeleine Gavin | Stars: Hyeonseo Lee, Sung-eun Kim, So-yeon Lee, Sue Mi Terry
Votes: 3,420
44. North Korea: Michael Palin's Journey (2018– )
45 min | Documentary
As diplomatic relations between DPRK and South Korea begin to slightly thaw after decades of hostility, comedian and world traveler Michael Palin is allowed to visit North Korea for two weeks and, to a limited extent, explore the country.
Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 968
45. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Approved | 158 min | Biography, Drama, War
A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curd Jürgens, Michael David
Votes: 5,423
46. A Town Like Alice (1956)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance, War
A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.
Director: Jack Lee | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takaki, Tran Van Khe
Votes: 1,911
47. Meet Me After School (2018)
TV-14 | 57 min | Drama, Romance
Emotions resurface when a school teacher and her former student reconnect three years after sharing a forbidden attraction that scarred them both.
Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Koshi Mizukami, Keita Machida, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 477
48. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
G | 144 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.
Directors: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda, Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten
Votes: 37,244 | Gross: $29.55M
49. Felix Manalo (2015)
178 min | Biography
Felix Ysagun Manalo is a sprawling historical epic that traces the origin of Iglesia Ni Cristo (The Church of Christ), established in the Philippines, from its humble beginnings in 1914 through to the present day.
Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: AJ Muhlach, Alan Paule, Alex Medina, Alfred Vargas
Votes: 3,969
50. The Serpent (2021)
TV-MA | 458 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The twisting, real-life story of Charles Sobhraj, a murderer, thief and seductive master of disguise, who was a hidden darkness in the mid-70's on Asia's hippie trail.
Stars: Tahar Rahim, Billy Howle, Jenna Coleman, Ellie Bamber
Votes: 49,656
51. The Eternal Breasts (1955)
106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man who shows a low self esteem, shares her family life with her asleep vocation as a poetess. The beginning of her successful ... See full summary »
Director: Kinuyo Tanaka | Stars: Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryôji Hayama, Junkichi Orimoto, Hiroko Kawasaki
Votes: 638
52. The Game of Their Lives (2002)
80 min | Documentary, Sport
A BBC documentary producer is given unprecedented access in North Korea to chronicle the story of the famed 1966 World Cup team from the North that advanced to the quarterfinals. The ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Gordon | Stars: Daniel Gordon, Paul Nicholson, Eusébio, Il-Sung Kim
Votes: 292
53. Monster (2023)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Thriller
A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Sakura Andô, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi
Votes: 21,406
54. Past Lives (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
Director: Celine Song | Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah
Votes: 115,704
55. Shōgun (2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, History
When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
Stars: Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Yûki Kedôin
Votes: 108,270
56. Shogun (1980)
TV-MA | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, History
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.
Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai
Votes: 15,739
57. My Mister (2018)
TV-14 | 70 min | Drama, Family
A man in his 40s withstands the weight of life. A woman in her 20s goes through different experiences, but also withstands the weight of her life. The man and woman get together to help each other.
Stars: Lee Sun-kyun, IU, Lee Ji-ah, Park Ho-san
Votes: 9,532
58. Reply 1988 (2015–2016)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Five childhood friends, who all live in the same Ssangmundong neighborhood of Seoul in 1988, lean on each other to survive their challenging teen years and set a path for their futures.
Stars: Lee Hyeri, Go Kyung-pyo, Ryu Jun-Yeol, Park Bo-gum
Votes: 11,750
59. Sleep with Me (2022)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
Harry DJs at the radio station, offering relationship advice "because all broken hearts deserve to be heard." Living in a wheelchair, she has learned to let microaggressions take over and uses her positivity to help others find love.
Stars: Lovi Poe, Janine Gutierrez, Kerwin King, Nour Hooshmand
Votes: 372
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