American films about Asia

List of the best American films about Asia, selected by visitors to our site: The Dictator, The Hangover Part II, No Escape, The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman, An Inspector Calls, All This, and Heaven Too, All Saints, 47 Ronin, The Man with the Iron Fists, Hisss.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:23

    The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA, Thailand
    Duration01:42

    The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year, Stu is playing it safe with a mellow pre-wedding brunch. However, nothing goes as planned and Bangkok is the perfect setting for another adventure with the rowdy group.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA, Thailand
    Duration02:22

    In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, comedy
    CountryChina, Hong Kong, USA

    A tale of revenge, honor and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this wild and brash action comedy.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    An unexpected inspector drops by a lavish party of a notable family in order to investigate the suicide of a pregnant girl. This breaks the joy and peace of the party which is meant to celebrate a couple's engagement. Every one claims that he does not know the girl. However, the inspector does find something suspicious there with the help of a diary book and a photo. Astonishing truth is gradually revealed - six of the noble family members are closely related to the girl’s death.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    ALL SAINTS is based on the inspiring true story of salesman-turned-pastor Michael Spurlock (John Corbett), the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a group of refugees from Southeast Asia. Together, they risked everything to plant seeds for a future that might just save them all.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Japan, Hungary
    Duration01:59

    Based on the original 1941 movie from Japan, and from ancient Japan’s most enduring tale, the epic 3D fantasy-adventure 47 Ronin is born. Keanu Reeves leads the cast as Kai, an outcast who joins Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada), the leader of the 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honor to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genreaction
    CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Thailand
    Duration01:36

      In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.

      Markimdb: 2.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama
      CountryIndia, USA
      Duration01:38

      Based on the Far Eastern myth of the snake woman who is able to take on human form.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryHong Kong, USA
      Duration01:30

        It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Japan
        Duration02:06

        Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:25

        An adventuresome young man goes off to find himself, and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genreaction, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:52

        Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genreaction, drama, crime
        CountryDenmark, France, USA, Sweden, Belgium
        Duration01:30

        Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA, Japan
        Duration02:07

        Two brothers cannot overcome their opposite perceptions of life. One brother sees and feels bad in everyone and everything, subsequently he is violent, antisocial and unable to appreciate or enjoy the good things which his brother desperately tries to point out to him.

        Markimdb: 3.8
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        Set primarily in 1975 in the fictional town of Gatlin, Nebraska this remake of the 1984 original (based on Stephen King's 1977 short story) centers around traveling couple Burt and Vicky as they fight to survive a cult of murderous children who worship an entity known as He Who Walks Behind The Rows, which had years earlier manipulated the children into killing every adult in town.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, India
        Duration01:48

        As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genredocumentary
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        Ai Weiwei is known for many things – great architecture, subversive in-your-face art, and political activism. He has also called for greater transparency on the part of the Chinese state. Director Alison Klayman chronicles the complexities of Ai’s life for three years, beginning with his rise to public prominence via blog and Twitter after he questioned the deaths of more than 5,000 students in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The record continues through his widely publicized arrest in Beijing in April of 2011. As Ai prepares various works of art for major international exhibitions, his activism heats up, and his run-ins with China’s authorities become more and more frequent.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA

        To bring down a global human trafficking ring, an Interpol agent recruits the help of a brutal criminal with inside knowledge of the yakuza.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genredrama, military, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:10

        The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, history
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, Italy
        Duration02:19

        Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.

        Markimdb: 8.2
        Genredocumentary, crime, military, biography, history
        CountryDenmark, Germany, USA, France, Israel, United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, Indonesia, Netherlands
        Duration01:55

        In a place where killers are celebrated as heroes, these filmmakers challenge unrepentant death-squad leaders to dramatize their role in genocide. The result is a surreal, cinematic journey, not only into the memories and imaginations of mass murderers, but also into a frighteningly banal regime of corruption and impunity.

        Markimdb: 3
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:38

        By taking her own life in the infamous Suicide Forest of Mount Fuji, a sexy American cover-girl supernaturally transforms into a demonic spirit to wreak a violent revenge, one by one, upon those who helped her ex-boyfriend leave her. .

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrehorror, drama
        CountryUSA

        When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:09

        Desperate for a good story, a sex-addicted journalist throws himself into the world of high-class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:29

        As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife and well-intentioned parents. But when his young son faces a tragedy, Michael needs to make amends with his past. A mysterious man named Nick gives Michael a gift and instills in him the courage to find the joy that he lost.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrecomedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:05

        This material was developed and prepared over the last year or so, mostly in comedy clubs. This special kind of goes back to when he used to just make noises and be funny for no particular reason. It felt right to him to shoot this special in a club to give it that live immediate intimate feeling. The show is about an hour long. The opening act, who is seen at the beginning (good place for an opening act) is Jay London. One of his favorite club comics going way back to the late 80s when he first started in working in New York.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrecomedy
        CountryUSA

        A lone American manages the new call center of an American novelties company in Bombay and must explain American popular culture to his employees as he tries to understand Indian culture.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryChina, USA

        PALI ROAD is a mysterious and thrilling journey in search for true love between two different worlds. Lily, a young doctor, wakes up from a car accident and discovers she is living a completely different life. Now married to her boyfriend’s rival, Dr. Mitch Kayne, and a mother to a 5-year-old son, she has an established life she remembers nothing about. Everyone around her denies that her boyfriend Neil ever existed. As Lily begins to doubt her own sanity, memories of Neil resurface, causing her to encounter unexplainable incidents. While desperately searching for the truth of her past life, she questions her entire existence; but in the end, she discovers the meaning of true love.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

        Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA

        Based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Beverly Lewis, "The Confession" is the continuing story of Katie Lapp, a young Amish woman who goes on a journey in search of her identity - only to find herself embroiled in a mystery that must be solved before she can be reunited with the "Englisher" mother who gave her up to adoption 20 years earlier. Written by Brian Bird

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

        The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        In rural Connecticut, baseball players Ben and Mickey are trying to survive a zombie plague. They are forced to form a battery: a catcher and a pitcher who work together to outwit the batter, the one who hits the ball. And the batter in this case just happens to be a zombie. Tough Ben and gentle Mickey frequently disagree on the best way to go about the situation. Then they suddenly hear a human voice through their walkie-talkies. Is salvation nearby, like Mickey thinks, or is Ben’s suspicion justified?

        Markimdb: 3.4
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy
        CountryUSA

        A gut-wrenching, non-stop roller coaster ride through the hellish underbelly of inner-city America. A birthday celebration at an upscale restaurant sets in motion events that bring Sissy, her brother, Mikey, and friends, Kenny and Barbie, face to face with the macabre world of the Boneboys. Inspired by Jonathan Swift's cannibalistic tale A Modest Proposal, the Boneboys are international predators who deal in human flesh - dead or alive. Their hunting grounds are the cities of the world.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryFrance, Canada, USA
        Duration01:16

        Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure, family, cartoon
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:19

        The world is under attack by an alien armada led by the powerful Apokoliptian, Darkseid. A group of superheroes consisting of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Cyborg, and Shazam must set aside their differences and gather together to defend Earth.

        Markimdb: 4.1
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
        CountryUSA

        Woody Woodpecker is back with his signature laugh, wacky antics and wisecracks in the first ever live-action/animated film. Woody must protect his forest home from Lance Walters (Timothy Omundson) who starts building his dream mansion in the forest with his son, Tommy and fiancee Vanessa (Thaila Ayala). To make matters worse, he must avoid the clutches of two grizzly poachers. With a series of crazy hijinks to sabotage their plans, Woody proves he'll stop at nothing to defend his turf. Get ready for big laughs in this hilarious comedy about everyone's favourite woodpecker!

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:02

        A young woman is forced to reflect on her first relationship when she inadvertently moves into her ex boyfriend's apartment building.

        Markimdb: 3.7
        Genrehorror
        CountryUSA

        After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman’s struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify… as the house reveals secrets of its own.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        Worried that he has gotten the free-spirited Mindy pregnant after an unprotected one-night stand, Fred feigns romantic interest and sticks by her side for twelve hours to make sure she takes both doses of the morning-after pill.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, sport
        CountryUSA, Japan
        Duration01:48

        Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career. With a falling batting average, does he have one good year left and can the manager of the Chunichi Dragons, a Japanese Central baseball league find it in him?

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genreaction, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA, China, Hong Kong, Austria, United Kingdom, Morocco
        Duration02:29

          Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrefantastic, drama, cartoon
          CountryIsrael, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, USA, India
          Duration01:58

          More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, Robin Wright decides to take her final job: preserving her likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount Studios, her digital doppelganger will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want, with no restrictions. In return, she receives healthy compensation so she can care for her ailing son. Twenty years later, under the creative vision of the studio’s head animator, Wright’s double rises to immortal stardom. With her contract expiring, she is invited to speak at Miramount's "Futurological Congress". However, a group of terrorists plot an attack on the convention.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy
          CountryCanada, USA, Spain, South Korea
          Duration01:58

          A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.

          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genreaction, comedy, adventure
          CountryGermany, USA

          When a systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie's Angels from across the globe are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect society.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrecomedy, drama, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:17

          A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure, cartoon
          CountryUSA

          The Invincible Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk must join forces to save the Earth from its greatest threat yet! When two Hydra scientists try to supercharge a Stark Arc Reactor with Hulk's Gamma Energy, they unleash a being of pure electricity called Zzzax - and he's hungry for destruction. Together, Iron Man and Hulk are the only force that stands in the way of the Zzzax's planetary blackout. But first, the super heroic duo will have to get through snarling Wendigos, deadly robots and the scaly powerhouse, Abomination. Can two of Marvel's mightiest heroes find a way to work together without smashing each other before time runs out?

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrefantastic, action, drama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:39

          Sergeant Todd is a veteran soldier for an elite group of the armed forces. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he is dumped on a waste planet and left for dead. He soon interacts with a group of crash survivors who lead out a peaceful existence. The peace is broken as the new soldiers land on the planet to eliminate the colony, which Sergeant Todd must defend.




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