Top Asian Movies, According to Douban
These are all the Asian films in MDL database ranked according to Douban Movie Top 250. Comments are also sourced from there (not mine).
(First retrieved 12/02/2022, Last updated 14/09/2023)
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1. Farewell My Concubine
Chinese Movie - 1993
magnificent
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2. Infernal Affairs
Hong Kong Movie - 2002
a masterpiece of hong kong cinema that will never go out of style
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3. A Chinese Odyssey 2: Cinderella
Hong Kong Movie - 1995
a lifelong love
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4. Silenced
Korean Movie - 2011
we fight all the way not to change the world, but to keep the world from changing us
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5. The Last Emperor
Chinese Movie - 1987
"don't be miserable with me, i'm worse than you" is perfect for this movie
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6. To Live
Chinese Movie - 1994
zhang yimou's best movie
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7. Dying to Survive
Chinese Movie - 2018
for our country, one more such film is one more
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8. Hope
Korean Movie - 2013
people who have been hurt always laugh the most because they don't want to let the people around them suffer the same pain
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9. Let the Bullets Fly
Chinese Movie - 2010
YOU TRANSLATED FOR ME, AND THE DIVINE HORSE IS CALLED TMD SURPRISE
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10. Devils on the Doorstep
Chinese Movie - 2000
kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself
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11. A Chinese Odyssey: Pandora's Box
Hong Kong Movie - 1995
ancient and modern
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12. The Attorney
Korean Movie - 2013
the relevance of the film is greater than the film itself
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13. Eat Drink Man Woman
Taiwanese Movie - 1994
life can't be like cooking, preparing all the ingredients before getting off the pot
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14. Love Letter
Japanese Movie - 1995
the ultimate in crush
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15. Kung Fu Hustle
Hong Kong Movie - 2004
the task of punishing evil and punishing adultery and maintaining world peace is entrusted to you, okay?
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16. Happy Together
Hong Kong Movie - 1997
love is entangled, men and women are consistent
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17. King of Comedy
Hong Kong Movie - 1999
i'm an actor
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18. Memories of Murder
Korean Movie - 2003
collective recollections of unsolved serial killings
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19. Yi Yi
Taiwanese Movie - 2000
we were all one and the same
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20. Flirting Scholar 1
Hong Kong Movie - 1993
hua taishi is one of the four talents of huang xia, wu zhenyu
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21. Miracle in Cell No. 7
Korean Movie - 2013
"i am sam" of "a beautiful life"
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22. Memories of Matsuko
Japanese Movie - 2006
joke with banter
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23. Departures
Japanese Movie - 2008
death may be a door, and passing away is not the end, but transcendence, to the next journey
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24. Chungking Express
Hong Kong Movie - 1994
loneliness has no deadline
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25. Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Hong Kong Movie - 1996
it only takes a moment to meet, but waiting is like a lifetime
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26. Kikujiro
Japanese Movie - 1999
i have never seen such a rogue gentleness, never seen such a gentle rogue
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27. In the Heat of the Sun
Chinese Movie - 1994
a gorgeous obscenity
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28. Little Forest: Summer & Autumn
Japanese Movie - 2014
in those days when you can only hear your breath, you understand that loneliness is life
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29. Nobody Knows
Japanese Movie - 2004
my ordinary life is the happiness of others
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30. Parasite
Korean Movie - 2019
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31. A Chinese Ghost Story 1
Hong Kong Movie - 1987
two unique faces
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32. Little Forest: Winter & Spring
Japanese Movie - 2015
respect others, respect the land you live in, and understand that loneliness is the norm of life
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33. New World
Korean Movie - 2013
do it hard, so that you can survive
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34. Train to Busan
Korean Movie - 2016
a zombie theme that exposes human nature
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35. Confessions
Japanese Movie - 2010
no one is perfectly good, and no one is completely evil
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36. The Teahouse
Chinese Movie - 1982
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37. Hail the Judge
Hong Kong Movie - 1994
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38. The Wedding Banquet
Taiwanese Movie - 1993
the joy, anger and sorrow of Chinese families
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39. The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Hong Kong Movie - 1993
never get tired of watching
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40. Lust, Caution
Chinese Movie - 2007
fake drama of true feelings, love desires the deep sea
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41. Sunny
Korean Movie - 2011
no matter how many times they have been together, they can't compare to the silly years together
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42. In the Mood for Love
Hong Kong Movie - 2000
stealing love is not so beautiful
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43. Seven Samurai
Japanese Movie - 1954
the lament of the times
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44. The Terror Live
Korean Movie - 2013
terrorists' "qiu ju lawsuit"
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45. Deep in the Heart
Chinese Movie - 2014
absurd irony, a thousand coincidences, stripping away the cocoon, a hundred turns a thousand times
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46. A Better Tomorrow
Hong Kong Movie - 1986
heroes have short tears and long brotherhood
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47. Once a Thief
Hong Kong Movie - 1991
the pinnacle of hong kong's romantic cop action films
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48. Our Little Sister
Japanese Movie - 2015
it is kore-eda's family homework
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49. Crazy Stone
Chinese Movie - 2006
the Chinese version of "two big smoking guns"
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50. Echoes of the Rainbow
Hong Kong Movie - 2010
the years pass, and the coming days can be traced
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51. Back to Back, Face to Face
Chinese Movie - 1994
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52. Hachiko Monogatari
Japanese Movie - 1987
three days of dog ownership will be for the rest of your life
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53. Shoplifters
Japanese Movie - 2018
we formed a home
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54. Infernal Affairs 2
Hong Kong Movie - 2003
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55. Ashes of Time
Hong Kong Movie - 1994
film poems
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56. A Brighter Summer Day
Taiwanese Movie - 1991
the weak give the weak a knife
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57. The Great Buddha+
Taiwanese Movie - 2017
people can go to the moon, but they can never explore the universe inside people
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58. Kekexili: Mountain Patrol
Chinese Movie - 2004
hard faith
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59. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Thai Movie - 2010
black duckling quick effect whitening
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60. Green Snake
Hong Kong Movie - 1993
life is like this, floating like a thought. whoever speaks, spends the other side, this life is long and short. no one understands love
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61. Rashomon
Japanese Movie - 1950
N POSSIBILITIES OF LIFE
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62. New Dragon Gate Inn
Hong Kong Movie - 1992
laughing and scolding, adjusting the wind and moving the moon
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63. We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
Japanese Movie - 2021
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64. Hibiscus Town
Chinese Movie - 1987
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65. Twenty Two
Chinese Movie - 2017
there are some things that should not be forgotten
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66. Still Walking
Japanese Movie - 2008
japanese family movies are already the pinnacle of the world, and walking non-stop is the best of the best
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67. Days of Being Wild
Hong Kong Movie - 1990
Wong Kar-wai is a style, Leslie Cheung is a representative
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68. Late Blossom
Korean Movie - 2011
you have to believe that there really is love in this world, no matter what age you are
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69. Mr. Donkey
Chinese Movie - 2016
if the past just let it pass, the future will only get worse and worse!