List of the best Rosalind Chao movies: The Joy Luck Club(1993), Thousand Pieces of Gold(1990), White Ghost(1988), Together Together(2021), Stockholm, Pennsylvania(2015), Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women(1979), The Terry Fox Story(1983), To Love, Honor and Deceive(1996), What Dreams May Come(1998), Mulan(2020), Freaky Friday(2003), Life of the Party(2005) ... ...
Drama
USA|China
1993
138 Minutes
Rose Hsu Jordan
Rosalind Chao Tamlyn Tomita France Nuyen Vivian Wu Andrew McCarthy Kieu Chinh Tsai Chin Lisa Lu Ming-Na Lauren Tom Chao-Li-Chi
mother grandmother daughter immigrant heartwarming touching emotional china san francisco house family history mother/daughter relationship immigration generational divide cross-cultural romance culture clash growing up sacrifice forbidden love transformation
The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
Romance
USA|UK
1990
105 Minutes
Lalu
Rosalind Chao Chris Cooper Dennis Dun Michael Paul Chan Jimmy Skaggs Will Oldham David Hayward Beth Broderick Kim Chan
young woman slave trader bar owner partner townsperson gutsy passionate frontier idaho china mining town bar arranged marriage cross-cultural romance prostitution running away survival rise underdog escape
In 1880's China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, the property of a saloon owner who ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1988
93 Minutes
William Katt Rosalind Chao Martin Hewitt Wayne Crawford Reb Brown Raymond Ma Karl Johnson Graham Clark Joe Stewardson
An M.I.A. US soldier nicknamed White Ghost lives in hiding in the jungles of communist Vietnam. The US army finds out about him and sends a black ops team to rescue him. However, the team is lead by a man who wants White Ghost dead.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2021
90 Minutes
Dr. Andrews
Ed Helms Patti Harrison Rosalind Chao Timm Sharp Bianca Lopez Nora Dunn Fred Melamed Vivian Gil Patti Harrison Nora Dunn Tig Notaro
A 40-year-old man hires a young woman and their relationship challenges their perceptions of love.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2015
101 Minutes
Dr. Andrews
Saoirse Ronan Cynthia Nixon Jason Isaacs David Warshofsky Rosalind Chao Avery Phillips Hana Hayes Tom Wright
A young woman, kidnapped when she was a child, returns home to the family she barely remembers and struggles to feel at home.
Mystery & Thriller
1979
97 Minutes
Flower
Steven Keats Jaime Lyn Bauer Jayne Kennedy Kathryn Davis Rosalind Chao Deborah Shelton Susie Bono Guich Koock Sandy Kevin Michael McGreevey Peter Lawford
An oil worker (Steven Keats) and his buddies crash-land amid fierce women with names like Bambi and Snow.
Drama
1983
95 Minutes
Rika Noda
Eric Fryer Robert Duvall Tsui Hark Chris Makepeace Rosalind Chao Michael Zelniker Elva Mai Hoover Frank Adamson
A runner (Eric Fryer) loses his leg to cancer and sets out across Canada on a 1980 fundraising marathon.
Mystery & Thriller
1996
97 Minutes
Sydney's Unnamed Friend
Vanessa Marcil Thomas Gibson James Wilder Leland Orser Rosalind Chao John Capodice William R. Moses Christian Durango Mitchell Laurance Carl McIntire Andrew Masset
A woman suspects that her husband has staged his own death and kidnapped their son. As her quest to uncover the truth about her supposedly dead husband brings her head-to-head with government agencies, she realizes that he was living a double life.
Romance, Fantasy, Drama
USA|New Zealand
1998
113 Minutes
Leona
Robin Williams Cuba Gooding Jr. Annabella Sciorra Max von Sydow Jessica Brooks Grant Josh Paddock Rosalind Chao Lucinda Jenney
father husband wife spirit guide dead person child creative dreamy emotional profound heaven hell imaginary world house hospital lake afterlife heroism family imagination
Chris Nielsen dies in an accident, and enters Heaven. But when he discovers that his beloved wife Annie has killed herself out of grief over the loss, he embarks on an afterlife adventure to reunite with her.
Adventure, Action
USA|Canada|Hong Kong
2020
116 Minutes
Hua Li
Liu Yifei Donnie Yen Jason Scott Lee Yoson An Utkarsh Ambudkar Ron Yuan Tzi Ma Rosalind Chao Cheng Pei-Pei Nelson Lee Chum Ehelepola
A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
2003
96 Minutes
Pei-Pei
Jamie Lee Curtis Lindsay Lohan Mark Harmon Harold Gould Chad Michael Murray Stephen Tobolowsky Christina Vidal Ryan Malgarini Rosalind Chao Lucille Soong Willie Garson
mother daughter brother teacher boss fiancé lighthearted hilarious restaurant high school office los angeles mother/child relationship respect switched identities confusion transformation rivalry growing up 2000s
An overworked mother and her daughter do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
89 Minutes
Mei Lin
Eion Bailey Ellen Pompeo Gabriel Olds Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez John Ales David Clennon Pamela Reed John Ross Bowie Rosalind Chao Kristin Bauer Larry Miller
alcoholic wife girlfriend friend psychiatrist bleak moving house bar inventions relationships anger party self-destruction fall love temptation 2000s
A group of friends plan an intervention to help their pal address his drinking problem. Things go awry when the shrink they hired fails to show up.