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1. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 851,198 | Gross: $10.06M
2. Harakiri (1962)
Not Rated | 133 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 68,890
3. Empire of the Sun (1987)
PG | 153 min | Drama, War
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers
Votes: 134,436 | Gross: $22.24M
4. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin, while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams
Votes: 113,184 | Gross: $20.97M
5. The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak (1984)
R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Gwendoline, a runaway nun, arrives in Hong Kong on a mission to find her father, who was last seen in the legendary Land of the Yik Yak searching for a rare butterfly. She's guided on her perilous journey by the selfish mercenary Willard.
Director: Just Jaeckin | Stars: Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou Breitman, Bernadette Lafont
Votes: 3,313 | Gross: $1.34M
6. Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan (2021– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
An exploration of the warring kingdoms of feudal Japan when several powerful warlords fought to become absolute ruler.
Stars: Hiro Kanagawa, Hayate Masao, Stephen Turnbull, Akiem Ra-Zhì
Votes: 5,182
7. Forbidden Empire (2014)
Not Rated | 130 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
An eighteenth century English cartographer, Jonathan Green, sets out on a journey to map the uncharted lands of Transylvania, only to discover the dark secrets and dangerous creatures hidden in a cursed, fantastical Romanian forest.
Director: Oleg Stepchenko | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Andrey Smolyakov, Aleksey Chadov, Agnia Ditkovskyte
Votes: 6,529 | Gross: $34.59M
8. The Ugly American (1963)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An ambitious American scholar becomes the ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war is brewing.
Director: George Englund | Stars: Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle
Votes: 2,470
9. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Not Rated | 155 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher
Votes: 6,985 | Gross: $4.36M
10. Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears, she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but instead meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Gene Barry
Votes: 1,725
11. The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure (2010 TV Movie)
PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
King Edvard and Queen Paige fly to fictional Sangyoon for the arranged wedding of Princess Myra, who loves instead an humble boy. Eddie and Paige help, but they encounter problems and a royal elephant; still, though, true love prevails.
Director: Catherine Cyran | Stars: Kam Heskin, Chris Geere, Jonathan Firth, Selina Lo
Votes: 1,414
12. East of Shanghai (1931)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont, Betty Amann
Votes: 4,908
13. The Black Rose (1950)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, History, Romance
A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cécile Aubry, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 2,461
14. Il labirinto dei sensi (1994)
R | 86 min | Drama
A French girl from a strict Catholic background travels to Saigon and the home of Chang Sun. Soon she starts to seduce the whole family.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Monica Carpanese, Steven Rogers, Lora Luna, Mike Monty
Votes: 108
15. Michael Strogoff (1956)
111 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 19th century Russia, a Tartar rebellion led by Feofar Khan separates Russia from Siberia where the Tsar's brother and his troops are making a last stand. The Tsar entrusts Captain Michel Strogoff to deliver a vital message to them.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Geneviève Page, Jacques Dacqmine, Sylva Koscina
Votes: 604
16. Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Horror
An international expedition is sent into Cambodia to destroy an ancient formula that turns men into zombies.
Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Dorothy Stone, Dean Jagger, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Noland
Votes: 1,882
17. Le mille e una notte... e un'altra ancora! (1973)
92 min | Comedy
A sultan regularly decapitates his lovers after enjoying them for one night. Two girls avoid death by telling the man some exciting stories.
Director: Enrico Bomba | Stars: Vinicio Sofia, Angela Bo, Dada Gallotti, Stefano Lo Cursio
Votes: 15
18. South Seas Adventure (1958)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Romance
The fifth in a series of Cinerama travelogues---and not a Documentary since the vast majority of the film, aside from the scenery, is comprised of fictional stories. The first one involves ... See full summary »
Directors: Carl Dudley, Richard Goldstone, Francis D. Lyon, Walter Thompson, Basil Wrangell | Stars: Diane Beardmore, Marlene Lizzio, Tommy Zahn, Igor Allan
Votes: 172
19. Peregon (2006)
140 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In World War II, American pilots bring fighter planes to Soviet flyers who carry them into combat. A transfer station on the air route from Kamchatka to Siberia: the adventures and misadventures of all who pass through.
Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Daniil Strakhov, Anastasiya Nemolyaeva, Yuriy Itskov
Votes: 452
20. I racconti della camera rossa (1993)
91 min
In a rainy night, a traveler seeks shelter in a bordello. Warming up by the fire, the traveler begins to recount a tale about an old man who had a young wife and her companion who was actually a young man cross-dressing as a woman.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Lily Hwa, Chan Mei, Li Mia Hung, Tan Kok
Votes: 36
21. Puraido: Unmei no toki (1998)
161 min | Drama, History, War
In 1946, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and twenty-seven other Japanese officials stood trial for war crimes at the Tokyo Trial. This is their story.
Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Masahiko Tsugawa, Scott Wilson, Ronny Cox, Gitan Ôtsuru
Votes: 102
22. Siberian Exile (2013)
125 min | Drama, History, Romance
Mass deportations to Siberia of the 1940s as seen through eyes of a young boy called Staszek Dolina. His family members are among the 2 million Polish citizens, who are sent to the cruel Siberian work camps.
Director: Janusz Zaorski | Stars: Adam Woronowicz, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Andrii Zhurba, Pawel Krucz
Votes: 354
23. .357 Magnum (1977)
R | 71 min | Action, Drama
Agent Jonathan Hightower's weapon of chose is the deadly .357 Magnum.
Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Gary Boyd, Silvi Walter, Aldo Girotti, Angela O'Neil
Votes: 56
24. Smuggler's Island (1951)
Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In 1950s Macao, an American expat diver is hired by a mysterious woman to retrieve a sunken cargo that eventually attracts unwanted attention from a crooked banker, corrupt authorities and local pirates.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Philip Friend, Marvin Miller
Votes: 126
25. The Great Game (2018)
85 min | Documentary
Michael looks, with his father, for the truth about his paternal grandfather Henning Haslund, who was a spy, an arms smuggler and explorer at the turn of the last century, in the great international expedition to north-western China.
Director: Andreas Dalsgaard | Stars: Søren Haslund-Christensen, Michael Haslund-Christensen, Marianne Haslund-Christensen, Henning Haslund-Christensen
Votes: 35
26. Burgerimiehet Aasiassa (2024)
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Akseli Herlevi, Ossi Lahtinen, Bjorn Heiberg, Wes-P
Votes: 11
27. The Sickle or the Cross (1949)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, War
Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty years to take up the fight against Communism. The Reds imprison him and send in his place a... See full summary »
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Kent Taylor, Gloria Holden, Gene Lockhart, David Bruce
Votes: 27
28. Super Boy (2009)
Comedy, Music
A man pretends to be a manager and helps veteran rockstar god, Johnny G. and his ex-band to reunite once more.
Director: Barna Kabay | Stars: Imre Bajor, Vica Kerekes, Károly Gesztesi, Krisztián Kolovratnik
Votes: 799
29. Otryad «D» (1993)
77 min | Action, Adventure
Special unit of police and border guards are fighting against foreign smugglers in Far East of Russia in early 90s.
Director: Vladimir Plotnikov | Stars: Vladimir Antonik, Anatoly Vedyonkin, Vladimir Nosik, Vladimir Plotnikov
30. The Devil Tiger (1934)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Africa's fiercest jungle beasts clash in mortal combat in this wild animal adventure thriller. A story of white hunters and a Chinese boy hunting the title beast, that takes a back seat to ... See full summary »
Director: Clyde E. Elliott | Stars: Marion Burns, Kane Richmond, Harry Woods, Ah Lee
Votes: 19
31. Stealing the Superfortress (2001 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
How the Soviet Union was able to copy the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, and the influence of the resulting Tupolev TU-4 on the Cold War.
Director: Arthur Drooker | Star: Will Lyman
Votes: 25
32. Port Arthur (1936)
81 min | Drama, War
Espionage, war and romance in the Far East in 1904: Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky marries Youki, the sister of a fanatical Japanese officer - but war is imminent...
Director: Nicolas Farkas | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Karin Hardt, René Deltgen, Paul Hartmann
Votes: 31
33. War Correspondent (1932)
Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Lila Lee, Victor Wong
Votes: 30
34. Zhizn i bessmertiye Sergeya Lazo (1985– )
194 min | Drama, History, War
Stars: Gediminas Storpirstis, Nikolay Glinskiy, Vladimir Shuranov, Amangeldy Kerimbayev
35. Outlaws of the Orient (1937)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Johnny Eaton, trouble-shooter for an American oil company drilling in China, leaves his bride-to-be to head for the Orient and straighten out problems at the inland-concession site his ... See full summary »
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Jack Holt, Mae Clarke, Harold Huber, Ray Walker
Votes: 29
36. Prince of Diamonds (1930)
Passed | 67 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance
Eve Marley (Aileen Pringle)is forced to marry a wealthy jeweler that she does not love in order to save the man she loves, Rupert Endon (Ian Keith), from being unjustly arrested as a thief.... See full summary »
Director: Karl Brown | Stars: Aileen Pringle, Ian Keith, Claude King, Tyrell Davis
Votes: 27
37. History Undercover: Jungle Battle Burma (1998 TV Movie)
44 min | History
The story of how General Slim and his British 14th Army finally beat the Japanese in Burma during World War II. Includes the heroic stand at Kohima by British and Indian troops.
Director: Patrick King | Star: James Faulkner
38. Rainy Day (1952 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Edward Evans, George Cole, Anthony Shaw, Harry Lane
39. Sh'at Hasin (1994)
270 min | Adventure
After the Geographic Company - Neot Hakikar - opened the gates of China to the Israeli public, a joint team from the company and Israel Television set out on a voyage of discovery to reveal... See full summary »
40. Takaya korotkaya dolgaya zhizn (1975– )
594 min | Drama, Romance
For 30 years until the sixties of the twentieth century, several families survived an intriguing story. The Ignatievs, Kalugins and Eliseevs, or rather their representatives, will be at the... See full summary »
Stars: Larisa Grebenshchikova, Lyusena Ovchinnikova, Gennadiy Frolov, Vera Alentova
Votes: 16
41. Wise Hit (2009–2010)
Action, Comedy
Based on comedian martial artist named Wiseguy, who's just quit his job as a hit man. He wants to open up a matchmaking agency after all, he has a sensitive side, but he has only one ... See full summary »
Stars: Drago Lazetich, Eric Heise, Daniel Drescher, Tomer Oz
Votes: 6
42. The Process (I) (2016)
7 min | Short, Comedy
Directors: Matt Cameron, Peter Giblin | Stars: Mark Underwood, Luisa Guerreiro, Victoria Lynn-Hamilton
43. Putina (1972 TV Movie)
125 min | Drama
Director: Eduard Gavrilov | Stars: Larisa Luzhina, Vladimir Ivashov, Valeri Agafonov, Aleksandr Alekseyev
Votes: 8
44. Shadows of the Sea (1922)
Passed | 55 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An idealistic sea captain, Dick Carson (Conway Tearle), is wounded by revenue officers while smuggling arms to a South American country. He finds aid and refuge at the home of Dr. Jordan (J... See full summary »
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Conway Tearle, Jack Drumier, Crauford Kent, Arthur Housman
45. The Battle for Oil (1942)
Approved | 20 min | Documentary, Short, War
A Second World War documentary film produced for and by the National Film Board of Canada in 1942 as part of the "Canada Carries On" short documentary series. It uses stock footage, dating ... See full summary »
Director: James Beveridge | Star: Lorne Greene
46. Zwischen den Fronten - Die neuen Achsen der Macht (2008– )
100 min | Documentary
Stars: Gero von Boehm, Peter Scholl-Latour, Billy Johnson, Victoria Ostin
Votes: 12
49.
The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963)
Episode:
Mr. Pennington's Machine
(1962)
30 min | Drama
While visiting Hong Kong, an American businessman and his wife are appalled by the living conditions they find the villagers living in. Their attempts to help the local population are ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Betty Garrett, Lee Philips, H.T. Tsiang
Votes: 10
50.
Soldiers of Fortune (1955–1957)
Episode:
The City of Doom
(1957)
30 min | Adventure
Tim and Toubo are hired to help a construction workers battle a cult who believes their gods will destroy their Far Eastern city if their building project is finished.
Director: Harve Foster | Stars: John Russell, Chick Chandler, Pamela Duncan, Ralph Clanton