Seven Years in Tibet (
1997) | IMDb:
7.1
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
Directed by:
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jade (
1995) | IMDb:
5.3
When a prominent art dealer is found murdered, the man's death leads to an intriguing investigation steeped in sex, corruption and crime. District Attorney David Corelli gets assigned to the case and discovers that a key suspect is his ex-lover Katrina Gavin, a beautiful psychologist who has settled down with his old friend and peer. As Corelli gets deeper into the case, he uncovers dark secrets with far-reaching implications.
Starring:
David Caruso
,
Linda Fiorentino
,
Chazz Palminteri
,
Michael Biehn
,
Richard Crenna
,
Donna Murphy
3 Ninjas Kick Back (
1994) | IMDb:
4.5
During a championship baseball match, the three brothers hear that their grandfather in Japan is in trouble, and head out to help him, conceding the match. When they arrive in Japan, they must use all their powers to defend him against his ancient enemy, who has returned to exact revenge.
Starring:
Victor Wong
,
Max Elliott Slade
,
Sean Fox
,
J. Evan Bonifant
,
Caroline Junko King
,
Dustin Nguyen
Directed by:
Charles T. Kanganis
The Joy Luck Club (
1993) | IMDb:
7.7
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
3 Ninjas (
1992) | IMDb:
5.3
Each year, three brothers Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visits their Japanese grandfather, Mori Shintaro whom the boys affectionately refer to as Grandpa, for the summer. Mori is a highly skilled in the fields of Martial arts and Ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the boys in his techniques. After an organized crime ring proves to be too much for the FBI, it's time for the 3 brother NINJAS! To use their martial arts skills, they team up to battle the crime ring and outwit some very persistent kidnappers!
Starring:
Victor Wong
,
Michael Treanor
,
Max Elliott Slade
,
Chad Power
,
Rand Kingsley
,
Alan McRae
Directed by:
Jon Turteltaub
Tremors (
1990) | IMDb:
7.1
Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
Prince of Darkness (
1987) | IMDb:
6.7
A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open it, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all of humanity.
Starring:
Donald Pleasence
,
Lisa Blount
,
Victor Wong
,
Jameson Parker
,
Dennis Dun
,
Susan Blanchard
The Last Emperor (
1987) | IMDb:
7.7
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
The Golden Child (
1986) | IMDb:
5.9
After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."
Starring:
Eddie Murphy
,
Charles Dance
,
Charlotte Lewis
,
J.L. Reate
,
Victor Wong
,
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Shanghai Surprise (
1986) | IMDb:
3.2
Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.
Big Trouble in Little China (
1986) | IMDb:
7.2
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.
Year of the Dragon (
1985) | IMDb:
6.8
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.
Produced by:
Dino De Laurentiis