East Asian Lead Movies

Mako is a neglectful husband. Not the most loving man. His wife gradually encounters a widower who is a kind, gentle figure. She eventually makes the...

She loves watching her. She loves admiring her. Their lives become intertwined but then something happens.

Based on actual events surrounding a New Zealand drug scandal that involved the murder of Martin Johnstone of the UK, in the early 1070's. Johnstone...

In 1975, a seven-months pregnant Vietnamese refugee, Giap, escapes Saigon in a boat and, within weeks, finds herself working on an assembly line in...

A documentary that explores the increasing visibility of Asian Americans in pop culture since the advent of new media forms such as YouTube.

Over the course of one night, a newly out-of -the-closet young man struggles to hold back his feelings for his straight best friend while dealing...

Working at a nightclub in Chengdu, a transgender Chinese woman receives an unexpected visit from her cousin informing her that the mother she has...

In US society, people of East Asian heritage are often perceived through an obscuring lens of ethnic and cultural stereotypes. In STOLEN GROUND, six...

Everyone is happy for rising Asian American actor GQ Qi – the network, his mother, his best friend – everyone except GQ himself....

Asian man. Black woman. Two people from different worlds bond over rap, food and friendship. A hip-hop "When Harry Met Sally". "Save the Last Dance"...

Nai Nai follows the story of a Chinese immigrant grandmother, Chu-Ming Wu. Known as “Nai Nai,” Chu-Ming has always been a woman of...

When student journalist Savannah Lin becomes embroiled in the complicated dynamics of a social justice "safe space," she must choose between...

A perfumer and a little tyrant... these two women learn together what courage and justice is.

Lies upon lies, a scorned lover decides to take revenge.

A talented young painter disguises herself as a boy. She finds herself a darling muse to which she starts to fall for.

Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of...

17-year-old Jane begins to embrace her background and rekindle her relationship with her mother when she becomes immersed in Chinese culture at her...

A general is instructed to impersonate Song Yuan and infiltrate the Shen household to intercept military intelligence. In order to do this, she must...

A Yu's cute neighbor, Lao Wang, has a plan to steal her heart.

The Fall of the I-Hotel brings to life the battle for housing in San Francisco. The brutal eviction of the International Hotel's tenants culminated a...