Asia
Asian Films
A complete list of Asian films watched in 2023
The Lunchbox (2013) dir. Ritesh Batra
Synopsis: A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
RRR (2022) dir. S.S. Rajamouli
Synopsis: A fictitious story about two legendary revolutionaries and their journey away from home before they started fighting for their country in the 1920s.
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
No Culture Club Rating: 8/10
Holy Spider (2022) dir. Ali Abbasi
Synopsis: A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Drive My Car (2021) dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Synopsis: A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
No Culture Club Rating: 9/10
Dead Pigs (2018) dir. Cathy Yan
Synopsis: A bumbling pig farmer, a feisty salon owner, a sensitive busboy, an expat architect and a disenchanted rich girl converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs float down the river towards a rapidly-modernizing Shanghai.
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Apprentice (2016) dir. Boo Junfeng
Synopsis: Inevitably, a transfer to a maximum security prison will eventually challenge the integrity and ethics of a young correctional officer on his way to become a chief executioner.
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
No Culture Club Rating: 5/10
Joyland (2022) dir. Saim Sadiq
Synopsis: The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Lovless (2017) dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
Synopsis: A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
No Culture Club Rating: 8/10
Stealing Raden Saleh (2022) dir. Angga Dwimas Sasongko
Synopsis: To save his father, a master forger sets out to steal an invaluable painting with the help of a motley crew of specialists.
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Cities of Lost Things (2018) dir. Ho Wi-Ding
Synopsis: This is a story about a common man who has extraordinary events in his mundane life. The film depicts the protagonist's turns of events in three eras, three seasons, three nights, in the same city, as told with reverse chronology.
IMDb Rating: 6.2/10
No Culture Club Rating: 2/10
Broker (2022) dir. Hirokazu Koreeda
Synopsis: Boxes are left out for people to anonymously drop off their unwanted babies.
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Oldboy (2003) dir. Park Chan Wook
Synopsis: After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
No Culture Club Rating: 8/10
The River (2018) dir. Emir Baigazin
Synopsis: A portrait of five brothers living on a farm on the Kazakh plains, where the sudden intrusion of the modern world brings corruption, temptation and deceit.
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Hunger (2023) dir. Sitisiri Mongkolsiri
Synopsis: A woman running her family's noodle restaurant receives an invitation to join the fine-dining industry under the tutelage of an infamous chef.
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
No Culture Club Rating: 6/10
Furie (2019) dir. Le-Van Kiet
Synopsis: Veronica Ngo stars as an ex-gangster who is lying low in the countryside after becoming a mother, but she can't escape her violent past when her daughter is kidnapped.
IMDb Rating: 6.3/10
Wajib (2017) dir. Annemarie Jacir
Synopsis: Synopsis: A father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter's wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom, in this rousing family drama from Annemarie Jacir (When I Saw You).
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
No Culture Club Rating: 7/10
