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.

Chan Is Missing

1982

English

7.1

♡ 5

96%

san francisco, california

Wayne Wang Director

George Woo as George

Wood Moy as Jo

Leong Pui Chee as Mr. Fong

Ellen Yeung as Mrs. Chan Hung

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.

Free Chol Soo Lee

2022

English

7.1

♡ 4

100%

san francisco, california

wrongful imprisonment

Julie Ha Director

Jeff Adachi as Self

Chol Soo Lee as Self

Ranko Yamada as Self - Friend

K.W. Lee as Self - Investigative Reporter

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.

Hammett

1982

English

6.4

♡ 4

75%

62%

Action

based on novel or book

san francisco, california

Francis Ford Coppola Director

Lloyd Kino as Barber

Sylvia Sidney as Donaldina Cameron

R.G. Armstrong as Lt. O'Mara

David Patrick Kelly as The Punk

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.

King of Chinatown

1939

English

6.3

♡ 4

20%

Nick Grinde Director

Pierre Watkin as Dist. Atty. Philips

Eddie Marr as Henchman Bert

Anthony Quinn as Mike Gordon

Philip Ahn as Robert 'Bob' Li

A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.

Pushing Hands

1991

Chinese

7.2

♡ 3

Ang Lee Director

Victor Chan as Gangster

William Leone as Homeless Man

B.C. Lee as Waiter Lee

Peter Lurie as Waiter Wu

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.

Flower Drum Song

1961

English

6.9

79%

72%

Action

based on play or musical

san francisco, california

stowaway

Henry Koster Director

Ron Nyman as Club Patron

Victor Sen Yung as Frankie Wing

Paul Sorensen as TV Sheriff

James Shigeta as Wang Ta

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.

Year of the Dragon

1985

English

6.8

♡ 22

55%

Michael Cimino Director

John Lone as Joey Tai

Raymond J. Barry as Louis Bukowski

Fabia Drake as Nun

Mickey Rourke as Stanley White

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.

China Girl

1987

English

6.3

♡ 10

50%

interracial relationship

racism

Romance

shakespeare in modern dress

street gang

tragic love

Abel Ferrara Director

Robert Miano as Enrico Perito

James Hong as Gung Tu

Joe Pentangelo as Mounted Policeman II

Russell Wong as Yung Gan

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

Maggie's Plan

2015

English

6.2

♡ 53

86%

Rebecca Miller Director

Julianne Moore as Georgette

Travis Fimmel as Guy Childers

Ethan Hawke as John Harding

Wallace Shawn as Kliegler

Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own with a sperm donor is derailed when she falls in love with John, an older married professor, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But three years later, married to John with one daughter, Maggie is out of love and in a quandary: what do you do when you suspect your man and his ex-wife are actually perfect for each other?

Chinese Coffee

2000

English

7.0

♡ 7

74%

Al Pacino Director

Al Pacino as Harry Levine

Jerry Orbach as Jake Manheim

Susan Floyd as Joanna

Madison Arnold as Nightclub patron

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.

Ring of Fire

1991

English

4.7

♡ 11

38%

los angeles, california

martial arts

Sport

street gang

Rick Jacobson Director

Don 'The Dragon' Wilson as Johnny Woo

Ron Yuan as Li

Michael DeLano as Lopez

David Lea as Surfer Gang

Johnny Woo is a Chinese doctor who has given up fighting in the ring. His brother is a teacher at a kickboxing club. When Johnny falls in love with Julie, whose brother is a teacher in a rival kickboxing club, tension begins to build...

Alice

1990

English

6.6

♡ 20

71%

husband wife relationship

Woody Allen Director

Joe Mantegna as Joe

Robin Bartlett as Nina

Lisa Marie as Office Xmas Party Guest

James Toback as Professor

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a 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 her well-established rut.

Big Trouble in Little China

1986

English

7.2

♡ 127

73%

san francisco, california

John Carpenter Director

James Lew as Chang Sing #1

Kim Cattrall as Gracie Law

Kurt Russell as Jack Burton

Jerry Hardin as Pinstripe Lawyer

Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.

Detective Chinatown 1900

2025

Chinese

6.0

♡ 9

85%

san francisco, california

Sicheng Chen Director

Cecilia Han as

Vanda Margraf as

Yun-Fat Chow as Bai Xuanling

John Cusack as Grant

In 1900, a white woman was murdered in Chinatown in San Francisco, and the suspect was a Chinese man. The murder caused social shock, and people demanded the closure of Chinatown.

The Cameraman

1928

English

8.0

♡ 15

100%

Buster Keaton Director

Sidney Bracey as Éditor Edward J. Blake

Harold Goodwin as Harold Stagg

Marceline Day as Sally Richards

Richard Alexander as The Big Sea Lion

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

Chinese Puzzle

2013

French

6.9

♡ 7

78%

Cédric Klapisch Director

Kyan Khojandi as Antoine Garceau

Cécile De France as Isabelle

Peter McRobbie as L'agent bureau immigration

Kelly Reilly as Wendy

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.

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