List of the best Joan Chen movies: The Home Song Stories(2007), The Last Emperor(1987), Lust, Caution(2007), Saving Face(2004), The Blood of Heroes(1989), All God's Children Can Dance(2007), Golden Gate(1994), Turtle Beach(1992), Precious Find(1996), 24 City(2008), Sheep Without a Shepherd(2019), Mao's Last Dancer(2009) ... ...
7.2/10
Drama
Australia|Singapore
2007
103 Minutes
Joan Chen Joel Lok Irene Chen Yuwu Qi Steven Vidler Kerry Walker Darren Yap Gabrielle Chan Ferdinand Hoang
singer young boy sailor narrator mother-in-law sister dark emotional passionate intense nightclub melbourne, australia sydney house suburbia restaurant suicide attempt family dysfunction affair emigration
A man remembers his childhood and his mother, a Chinese night club singer who struggled to survive in Australia with her two children.
7.7/10
Biography, Drama, History
UK|Italy|France
1987
162 Minutes
Empress (Elizabeth) Wan Jung
John Lone Joan Chen Peter O'Toole Ying Ruocheng Victor Wong Dennis Dun Ryuichi Sakamoto Maggie Han Ric Young
emperor servant gardener tutor peasant war criminal engaging hedonistic spectacular powerful china palace prison forbidden city japan political coup revolution royal life exile leadership
The story of the final Emperor of China.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, War, History
Taiwan|USA|Hong Kong|China
2007
155 Minutes
Tony Leung Joan Chen Wei Tang Lee-Hom Wang Anupam Kher Chu Chih-ying Ruhui Song Johnson Yuen
secret agent government official leader emotional theater shanghai danger desire lust rivalry 19th century
During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.
7.4/10
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
6.5/10
Sci-Fi
Australia|USA
1989
102 Minutes
Rutger Hauer Joan Chen Vincent D'Onofrio Anna Katarina Delroy Lindo James Webb
man team member bleak chilling disturbing dark creepy tense town post-apocalypse survival rivalry future
In a future where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, six people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. They hope one day to play in the league in a city.
5.2/10
Drama
USA
2007
84 Minutes
Evelyn
Jason Lew Joan Chen Sonja Kinski John Fleck
son mother love interest father stranger offbeat engaging brooding los angeles apartment park restaurant father figure mother/son relationship strange behavior oedipus complex search existential crisis pursuit discovery
In Korea Town Los Angeles, a young man, Kengo, believes he's the son of God - that's what his mother told him since he was a young boy. He spends his days working his dead-end job and ... See full summary »
5.2/10
Drama
USA
1994
91 Minutes
Matt Dillon Joan Chen Bruno Kirby Teri Polo Tzi Ma Stan Egi Jack Shearer Peter Murnik George Guidall
fbi agent worker father daughter lover profound melodramatic san francisco chinatown apartment asian-americans culture clash persecution guilt death romance love discovery 1960s
A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist spying against a Chinese laundryman. Ten years later, he wants to make amends to the man and his teenage daughter.
4.7/10
Drama
Australia|USA
1992
85 Minutes
Greta Scacchi Joan Chen Jack Thompson Art Malik Norman Kaye Victoria Longley Martin Jacobs
Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and ... See full summary »
3.7/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1996
90 Minutes
Rutger Hauer Joan Chen Brion James Harold Pruett Don Stroud
Three adventurers leave Moon City and head towards the asteroids in search of gold.
Documentary, Drama
2008
112 Minutes
Little Flower
Documentary focusing on the lives of eight people affected after a thriving factory in China that provides hundreds of jobs is replaced by an apartment complex.
7.3/10
Biography, Drama
Australia
2009
117 Minutes
Niang
Bruce Greenwood Kyle MacLachlan Joan Chen Chi Cao Amanda Schull Wang Shuangbao Camilla Vergotis Zhang Su Guo Chengwu Huang Wenbin Steven Heathcote
dancer peasant boy thrilling ballet star time life government transformation
In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.
6.0/10
Action
USA
1995
110 Minutes
Kirina
Christopher Lambert John Lone Joan Chen Yoshio Harada Yoko Shimada Mari Natsuki Takayuki Kubota Michael Warren
executive mysterious woman ninja assassin samurai wife thrilling suspenseful new york city japan island fortress hotel hospital business trip assassination cult survival on the run swordplay
A New Yorker on business in Nagoya meets a lady in the hotel bar. Returning to her room, 3 ninjas kill her and wound him. He sees the ninja boss' face. Ninjas try to kill him again but new samurai friends help, hide and train him.
Drama
1999
90 Minutes
Linda Ching
Lou Diamond Phillips Cara Buono Joan Chen A.J. Buckley Marisa Rudiak Alonso Oyarzun Kandyse McClure Tyler Labine Tom McBeath Nathaniel DeVeaux David Kaye
A popular high-school custodian (Lou Diamond Phillips) learns he must pass an equivalency exam in order to keep his job.
Drama, Action, History, War
2011
125 Minutes
Jackie Chan Li Bingbing Winston Chao Joan Chen Jaycee Chan Dennis To Jiang Wu Jiang Wenli Jing Ning Shaoqun Yu
son nationalist engaging china sun revolution population suffering quest 19th century
Having studied the art of modern warfare in Japan, China's Huang Xing (Jackie Chan) becomes one of the leaders in his country's revolt against the Qing Dynasty.
5.6/10
Sci-Fi, Action
USA|UK
1995
96 Minutes
Dr. Ilsa Hayden
Sylvester Stallone Armand Assante Diane Lane Rob Schneider Joan Chen Jürgen Prochnow Max von Sydow Joanna Miles Balthazar Getty
judge lawman villain robot partner hacker spectacular outlandish thrilling intense prison city courtroom street justice imprisonment framed for murder law and order crime spree dystopia
In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.
4.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2006
108 Minutes
Betty
Chris Tashima Allison Sie Kelly Hu Ben Shenkman Joan Chen Sab Shimono Michael Paul Chan Ryan Cutrona Annie Rollins Stephen Bishop Takayo Fischer
professor girlfriend young woman immigrant emotional engaging california house relationships obsession immigrants interracial romance love wretched excess 2000s
Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to let go. Torn apart by mismatched ideals, meddling friends, and the complexities of racial ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1985
86 Minutes
Young m.j. player
Laureen Chew Kim Chew Victor Wong Ida Chung Cora Miao John Nishio Amy Hill Keith Choy Joan Chen George Wu
mother daughter boyfriend fortuneteller love interest tender amusing san francisco chinatown house mother/daughter relationship romance maturing immigration tradition love sacrifice growing up 1980s
In San Francisco, an immigrant widow welcomes the new year with some unhappiness: she's sixty-two now, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors, a fortune ... See full summary »
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