Lust, Caution (2007) | 7.5 | |
Mother (2009) | 7.7 | |
Bangkok Dangerous (2008) | 5.3 | |
Harakiri (1962) | 8.6 | |
Boys Over Flowers (2009) | 7.8 |
Movies and TV shows set in asia
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in asia ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, sincere and stylized films and TV shows about / with danger, murder, death, fight, husband wife relationship, violence, asian, rivalry, love and romance and sex plots mostly in Drama, Action and Romance genres shot in Japan, South Korea, USA and other countries.
asia
TOP 10 movies tagged as asia: Service (2008), Lust, Caution (2007), A Frozen Flower (2008), Lost in Paradise (2011), Samsara (2001), A Good Lawyer's Wife (2003), Trade Of Innocents (2012), Bangkok Dangerous (2008), I Saw the Devil (2010), 47 Ronin (2013).
Best films
New films
The Creator (2023) | 6.8 | |
Kingdom (2019) | 6.7 | |
Mulan (2020) | 5.8 | |
Fast & Feel Love (2022) | 6.8 | |
And Then We Danced (2019) | 7.6 |
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines, France, South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A struggling family (Gina PareƱo, Jaclyn Jose, Coco Martin) owns a Filipino porn theater where prostitutes conduct their business.
Style:
sexy, serious, atmospheric, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, erection, unsimulated sex, family relations, unwanted pregnancy, family business, family problems, estrangement, realism, couples, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
asia, the philippines
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Taiwan, USA, Hong Kong, China
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
During World War II a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.
Style:
sexual, disturbing, sexy, erotic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, erotica, forbidden love, adultery, sensuality, lust, sex scene, extramarital affair, strong sexual content, seduction, japanese occupation of china, female nudity ...
Time:
1940s, year 2007, 2000s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
asia, hong kong, china, japan, shanghai ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard. Under the dominance of Yuan Dynasty China, the king of Goryeo Dynasty Korea is pressured to produce a successor to the throne. Unable to ...
Style:
sexy, touching, captivating, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gays and lesbians, gay, royal family, love triangle, love and romance, unrequited love, gay love, adultery, tragedy, medieval, sword fight, lgbt ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, 13th century
Place:
korea, asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Khoi, a naive twenty-year-old, travels to Ho Chi Minh City from the countryside to begin a new life. It's his first time in the big city and he's looking for a place to live. He befriends Dong, a handsome extrovert who offers to share his ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
gay, gay asian, gays and lesbians, love affair, prostitute, gay relationship, gender, gay sex, gay hustler, mentally challenged, pimp, naivete ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
saigon, asia, vietnam
Is relevant ?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: India, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A love story situated in the Himalayas. A Buddhist monk can't choose between life and the way of the Buddha.
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, spiritual, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
buddhism, self discovery, monk, zen, buddha, human nature, buddhist monk, culture clash, buddhist, social differences, lifestyle, humanity ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
tibet, asia, himalaya
Is relevant ?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Bored, horny, and frustrated, a woman begins an affair with a teenage boy.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, erotic, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, teenage sexuality, love affair, older woman younger man sex, sexual content, infidelity, sexually frustrated woman, sexually dissatisfied wife, family problems, family relations, love and romance, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the back streets of a tourist town in present-day Southeast Asia, we find a filthy cinder block room; a bed with soiled sheets; a little girl waits for the next man. Alex (Dermot Mulroney), a human trafficking investigator, plays the role of her ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
human trafficking, sex maniac, sex slavery, sex trafficking, sex with a minor, forced prostitution, innocence lost, child sexual abuse, life is a bitch, injustice, society, fighting the system ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, asia, cambodia, southeast asia
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Thailand
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When carrying out a hit, assassin Joe (Cage) always makes use of the knowledge of the local population. On arriving in Bangkok, Joe meets street kid Kong and he becomes his primary aide. But when Kong is nearly killed, he asks Joe to train him up in ...
Style:
intense, action packed, suspense, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, assassin, betrayal, assassination, redemption, wing chun, transformation, danger, runaway, gangster, killer, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
asia, thailand, bangkok thailand
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, ...
Style:
bleak, psychological, disturbing, dark, tense ...
Audience:
date night, manly, adult
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, vengeance, murder, psychopath, violence, macabre, extreme violence, gory, mercilessness, brutality, torture ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia, east asia
Is relevant ?
170K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Hungary
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Based on the original 1941 movie from Japan, and from ancient Japanās 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 ...
Style:
stylized, epic, exciting, fairy tale, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, ronin, medieval, battles, beast, revenge, shogun, exile, samurai sword, sword and sorcery, heroes ...
Time:
18th century, year 2013, middle ages, 2010s
Place:
japan, asia, ancient china
Is relevant ?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan, France
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Style:
sentimental, romantic, stylized, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
love story, geisha, women, age difference, japanese culture, older man younger woman relationship, brothel, beauty, love and romance, orphan, young woman, mentor ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 2005 ...
Place:
japan, asia, china, east asia, america ...
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A team of scientists working on a remote dig site find the buried body of an enormous monster, perfectly preserved even after 200 million years. As soon as the beast is uncovered, however, an alien spacecraft suddenly appears above them and brings ...
Style:
scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
giant monster, alien invasion, dinosaur, kaiju, evil alien, ancient mystery, satellite, chaos, reincarnation, dangerous animal, supernatural, space and aliens ...
Time:
prehistory
Place:
asia
Is relevant ?
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 316 min.
TV show
Story:
Strange events begin to occur as a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with interconnected virtual realm of "The Wired".
Style:
psychological, anime, surreal, mind bending, serious ...
Plot:
suicide, computer, cyberspace, society, fictional reality, parallel world, cyberpunk, computers and web, mature, hacker, distopia, internet ...
Time:
future
Place:
asia, tokyo, japan
Is relevant ?
514K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek slacker into a brave warrior won't be easy. It's up to Master ...
Style:
feel good, computer animated, entertaining, 3d animation, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, mentor, good versus evil, master, chosen one, talking animal, furry, wuxia, transformation, anthropomorphic animal, training ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s
Place:
asia, china, iran, ancient china
Is relevant ?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of a love affair that begins during a picnic on the Thai-Burmese border.
Style:
contemplative, sexy, sincere, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
sensuality, picnic, forbidden love, immigrant, countryside, on the road, explicit sex, real sex, infidelity, illegal immigrant, summer, nudity ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
asia, thailand, burma
Is relevant ?
148K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who ...
Style:
futuristic, epic, tension, psychotronic, light ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, ex special forces, space station, interracial marriage, u.s. army, future war, husband wife relationship, technology, human versus robot, secret laboratory, space shuttle ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, 21st century
Place:
asia, tokyo, los angeles
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.
Style:
epic, exciting, humorous, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
martial arts, wizards and magicians, imaginary, escapades, disorder, supernatural, fish out of water, misfit, kung fu, fight, asian, wuxia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia
Is relevant ?
25K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he marries Sujatha for getting the dowry and arrives in Mumbai to start his business. This film ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, touching, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
couples, society, research, ambition, rise to power, industrialist, idealism, newspaper, success, doubts and hesitations, businessman, entrepreneurship ...
Time:
60s, 50s, year 2007, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
asia, india, istanbul turkey, mumbai india, turkey
Is relevant ?
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Mafia is rife in America where assassinations are a regular occurrence on the streets. Inferno, a mysterious company, is behind most of these dealings through the use of their near-invincible human weapon, "Phantom."
One day, a Japanese ...
Style:
anime, serious, exciting, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
murder, amnesia, danger, memory loss, teenage life, youth, escapades, assassination attempt, attempted murder, group of criminals, organized crime, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia, los angeles, las vegas, usa ...
Is relevant ?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Legend knows him as an archer of unwavering focus, the soldier who fought a battle in his own heart before taking up arms against his enemy. This is the untold story of Arjun, hero of the Mahabharata. A precocious talent plunged from boyhood and ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, light, serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
legends and myths, mythology, heroes, master warrior, rivalry, warrior, prince, crown prince, danger, brothers, power struggle, showdown ...
Place:
asia, india
Is relevant ?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Today is Mo-rae and Sang-inās one-year wedding anniversary. After a busy morning preparing for the celebration, Mo-rae goes to an art gallery to find a gift for Sang-in. At the gallery, she meets a complete stranger and the two unexpectedly have ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, sentimental, realistic, romantic comedy
Plot:
restaurant, couple relations, infidelity, food, couples, lifestyle, love and romance, love triangle, divorce, pregnancy, polyamory, asian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today's Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov has been fighting the Civil War in Russian Asia for a number of years. After being hospitalised and then demobbed, he sets off home ...
Style:
serious, exciting, sincere, entertaining, smart ...
Plot:
desert, culture clash, civil war, leadership, russian revolution, russian civil war, red army, heroes, cultural difference, society, smuggling, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
soviet union, asia, ussr, russia
Is relevant ?
194K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, bleak, bloody, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
game of death, survival, death, dystopia, suicide, gory, desperation, cruelty, social commentary, school class, dystopian future, contests and competitions ...
Time:
future, year 2000, distant future, 2000s, near future
Place:
japan, asia, east asia
Is relevant ?
4K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three ...
Style:
anime, dark fantasy, scary, suspenseful, offbeat ...
Plot:
vampire, fear, supernatural, mysterious death, danger, desperation, murder, evil, insanity, death, imaginary, nightmare ...
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant ?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Top high-school student seeks some purpose in life. A group of fashion design students ask her to be the front model for their clothing label "Paradise Kiss". Although she finds them weird, she accepts and soon blossoms as a person.
Style:
realistic, anime, shoujo, adult anime, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, fashion, youth, rise to the top, lifestyle, high school life, high school, fashion model, social climbing, fashion designer, designer, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant ?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Set in the late 15th century during the reign of King Yeonsan, two male street clowns and tightrope walkers, Jangsaeng (Gam Wu-seong) and Gong-gil (Lee Joon-gi), are part of an entertainer troupe. Their manager prostitutes the beautiful Gong-gil to ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, touching, sincere, sageuk ...
Plot:
jester, gay, rich and poor, gay asian, gays and lesbians, fighting the system, king, joseon dynasty, state affairs, lifestyle, royal court, society ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century
Place:
asia, south korea, korea, bolivia, seoul
Is relevant ?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A family gathers for a happy reunion and marriage announcement on Christmas Day at an isolated mansion in the Philippine mountains only to encounter a series of bizarre, demonic, and tragic events.
Style:
gothic horror, scary, suspenseful, christmas horror, serious ...
Plot:
found footage, black magic, religious cult, survival, family in danger, estate, ghost, supernatural, danger, terrorism, isolation, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
MOON CHILD follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal underworld. Sho feels he is doomed to walk in his idol Kei's footsteps as a vampire with the gift of eternal life and the curse of blood thirst. Over time, ...
Style:
stylized, serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, friendship, gangster, coming of age, gang, danger, vengeance, revenge, brother brother relationship, violence, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia, china
Is relevant ?
296
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways ...
Style:
realistic, rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ship, terrorism, military, danger, heroes, save the day, confined, soldier, chases and races, hijacking, navy, national security ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
asia, japan, tokyo, korea, north korea
Is relevant ?
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A self-styled accident choreographer, the Brain is a professional hitman who kills his victims by trapping them in well crafted accidents that look like unfortunate mishaps but are in fact perfectly staged acts of crime. When the teams next ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
perfect crime, asian, crime gone awry, danger, master criminal, rivalry, twists and turns, criminal heroes, dishonesty, betrayal, murder, tragic event ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
asia, china, hong kong
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