Fantasia Film Festival (1997)

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A list of all the films that played during the Montreal Fantasia Film Festival in 1997.

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1. Armageddon (1997)

117 min | Fantasy, Action, Comedy

In the near future, 10 men are voted as the 10 who could lead the world; on the list is leading Hong Kong scientist Dr. Ken.

Director: Gordon Chan | Stars: Andy Lau, Michelle Reis, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Claudia Lau

Votes: 323

2. Ashes of Time (1994)

R | 100 min | Action, Drama

69 Metascore

A broken-hearted hit man moves to the desert where he finds skilled swordsmen to carry out his contract killings.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Votes: 16,965 | Gross: $0.17M

3. The Assassin (1993)

78 min | Action

A poor farmer who loves a woman he is forbidden to associate with becomes a hardened mercenary, and is hired by a local warlord as a professional assassin. Years later, he runs into his old love and begins to question his violent past.

Director: Siu-Hung Chung | Stars: Fengyi Zhang, Rosamund Kwan, Siu Chung Mok, Xiaoxiao Diao

Votes: 241

4. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure

The story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures.

Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Fumio Watanabe, Gô Katô, Tomoko Mayama

Votes: 8,877

5. The Bare-Footed Kid (1993)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama

While working at a family friend's business, a penniless orphan draws the attention of a corrupt competitor and is torn between divided loyalties.

Directors: Johnnie To, Patrick Leung, Johnny Mak | Stars: Aaron Kwok, Maggie Cheung, Lung Ti, Chien-Lien Wu

Votes: 965

6. Beyond Hypothermia (1996)

R | 90 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

A mysterious and highly skilled hit-woman in Hong Kong is paid to assassinate top-level crime bosses.

Directors: Jeong-il Choi, Ki-bong Du, Patrick Leung, Baek-gyeon Yang | Stars: Chien-Lien Wu, Ching Wan Lau, Han Jae-seok, Shirley Wong

Votes: 1,216

7. The Beyond (1981)

R | 87 min | Horror

38 Metascore

A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Antoine Saint-John

Votes: 25,314 | Gross: $0.12M

8. Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard (1996)

83 min | Horror

Kimika Yoshino returns in this prequel to 'Wizard of Darkness' to play Misa Kuroi before she was famous, or at least before she realized she was a witch. 'Birth of the Wizard' begins in ... See full summary »

Director: Shimako Sato | Stars: Kimika Yoshino, Wataru Shihôdô, Chieko Shiratori, Akira Otani

Votes: 332

9. Black Mask (1996)

R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.

Director: Daniel Lee | Stars: Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau, Karen Mok, Françoise Yip

Votes: 12,284 | Gross: $12.49M

10. The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections to the Chinese government, so a bodyguard from Beijing is ... See full summary »

Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Jet Li, Christy Chung, Kent Cheng, Collin Chou

Votes: 5,594

11. The Bride with White Hair (1993)

92 min | Action, Fantasy, Romance

Cho Yat-Hang, the unwilling successor to the Wu-Tang clan throne and the unsure commander of the clan's forces in a war against an evil cult, falls in forbidden love with Lien Ni-Chang, a killer for the evil cult.

Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Francis Ng, Elaine Lui

Votes: 3,840

12. Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981)

Unrated | 85 min | Horror

An archaeology professor discovers an ancient crypt which contains living dead corpses. The zombies go on a rampage and attack a group of people which the professor had invited to celebrate his discovery.

Director: Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Karin Well, Gianluigi Chirizzi, Simone Mattioli, Antonella Antinori

Votes: 6,308

13. Cannibal Ferox (1981)

93 min | Adventure, Horror

Three friends set out to disprove cannibalism on a trip to the Amazonian jungle, where they meet two men trying to escape a vicious cannibal tribe.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Lorraine De Selle, Danilo Mattei, Zora Kerova

Votes: 10,795

14. Catnapped! The Movie (1995)

77 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Anthropomorphic cats abduct little kids' dog to use him as a weapon for their Mistress who wants to control the fantastical cat world. Young boy and his sister must travel to this world to save their pet and the cat world.

Director: Takashi Nakamura | Stars: Noriko Hidaka, Hiroaki Hiro, Mitsuo Iwata, Mayumi Izuka

Votes: 200

15. The Manson Family (1997)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, History

56 Metascore

A dramatization of the horrific and notorious Manson Family Murders, in the form of super 8 home movies.

Director: Jim Van Bebber | Stars: Marcelo Games, Marc Pitman, Leslie Orr, Maureen Allisse

Votes: 3,386 | Gross: $0.02M

16. Dark Waters (1993)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A girl travels to an island, after the death of her father, to find out why the father funded a monestary on the island.

Director: Mariano Baino | Stars: Louise Salter, Venera Simmons, Mariya Kapnist, Lubov Snegur

Votes: 3,047

17. The Day of the Beast (1995)

R | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Bent on committing as many sins as possible to avert the birth of the beast, a Catholic priest teams up with a Black Metal aficionado and an Italian connoisseur of the occult. Now, he must become an unrelenting sinner. Is there still hope?

Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Álex Angulo, Armando De Razza, Santiago Segura, Terele Pávez

Votes: 23,782 | Gross: $0.02M

18. Deep Red (1975)

R | 127 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

89 Metascore

A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril

Votes: 42,640

19. Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words (1996)

TV-14 | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A serial adventure writer with problems in his personal life lives out the adventures of his literary hero, King of Adventurers.

Director: Siu-Tung Ching | Stars: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung

Votes: 2,079

20. Drunken Master II (1994)

R | 102 min | Action, Comedy

74 Metascore

A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts.

Directors: Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Ho-Sung Pak, Lung Ti, Anita Mui

Votes: 48,922 | Gross: $11.55M

21. Dust Devil (1992)

R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.

Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Robert John Burke, Chelsea Field, Zakes Mokae, John Matshikiza

Votes: 5,943

22. Electra (1996)

R | 87 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The discovery of a miraculous serum capable of giving youth, health and superhuman powers arouses the interest of Marcus, a megalomaniac billionaire bound to a wheelchair. He sends his ... See full summary »

Director: Julian Grant | Stars: Shannon Tweed, Joe Tabb, Sten Eirik, Katie Griffin

Votes: 1,015

23. Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)

R | 100 min | Action, Comedy

An apprentice farmer (Sammo Hung) ventures to the city and helps his family battle a gang of thugs.

Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Chun Yang, Roy Chiao, Meg Lam

Votes: 988

24. Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (1993)

Unrated | 101 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Set some time after the original 'Heroic Trio' the city has been devastated by nuclear attack. An evil deformed villain controls the city's scarce water supply, exerting influence over both... See full summary »

Directors: Siu-Tung Ching, Johnnie To | Stars: Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Damian Lau

Votes: 1,539

25. Fatal Frames (1996)

125 min | Horror, Mystery

Alex Ritt (Rick Gianasi), a music video director comes to Italy to direct a video for pop sensation Stefania Stella. He soon encounters a mysterious killer who videotapes his victims for ... See full summary »

Director: Al Festa | Stars: Stefania Stella, Rick Gianasi, David Warbeck, Ugo Pagliai

Votes: 384

26. Flirting Scholar (1993)

102 min | Comedy, Romance

A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.

Director: Lik-Chi Lee | Stars: Stephen Chow, Gong Li, Pak-Cheung Chan, James Wong

Votes: 6,203

27. Forbidden City Cop (1996)

89 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

An imperial agent gets ridiculed for his various inventions, until his supportive wife encourages him to attend a conference, which's actually a trap to kill all the doctors serving the emperor, where his crazy inventions come in handy.

Directors: Stephen Chow, Vincent Kok | Stars: Stephen Chow, Carina Lau, Carman Lee, Tat-Ming Cheung

Votes: 4,642

28. Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)

98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shôsuke Tanihara, Miho Nomoto, Tamaki Kenmochi, Marie Jinno

Votes: 3,833

29. Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1995)

Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

A meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary but the battle may result in him losing his bond with humanity.

Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Toshiyuki Nagashima, Miki Mizuno, Tamotsu Ishibashi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Votes: 3,097

30. Ghost in the Shell (1995)

TV-MA | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime

76 Metascore

A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

Directors: Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera

Votes: 156,880 | Gross: $0.52M

31. The God of Cookery (1996)

95 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

The most renowned and feared chef in the world loses his title of God of Cookery because of his pompous attitude. Humbled, he sets out to reclaim his title.

Directors: Stephen Chow, Lik-Chi Lee | Stars: Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Vincent Kok, Man-Tat Ng

Votes: 9,841

32. God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage (1996)

110 min | Action, Drama

Following Ko Chun's earlier years as he battles for the position he was destined for: The God of Gamblers.

Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Leon Lai, Anita Yuen, Jordan Chan, Gigi Leung

Votes: 626

33. A Gun for Jennifer (1997)

91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A woman comes to New York City from Ohio to escape an abusive husband and gets entangled with murderous female vigilantes who prey on abusive men.

Director: Todd Morris | Stars: Deborah Twiss, Benja K. Thomas, Rene Alberta, Tracy Dillon

Votes: 532

34. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2 (1996)

R | 84 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Henry II picks up where the original (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) left off. Henry (Neil Giuntoli) takes a thankless job at a port-o-john company where he meets husband and wife, Kai... See full summary »

Director: Chuck Parello | Stars: Penelope Milford, Neil Giuntoli, Mike Houlihan, James Otis

Votes: 1,279

35. Killer Tongue (1996)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror

This horror story involves a woman hiding out with four pastel colored poodles in a desert gas station with the loot from a heist while her boy friend does prison time. A meteorite crashes ... See full summary »

Director: Alberto Sciamma | Stars: Melinda Clarke, Jason Durr, Mapi Galán, Mabel Karr

Votes: 1,338

36. 12 Hours of Terror (1990)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The Red Army aims to assassinate the Daka Lama in Singapore. Ling May, with a rare blood type, encounters them. Terrorists strike. Authorities seek a donor match as Ling's boyfriend and a conman intervene, racing against time.

Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Alan Tam, Andy Lau, Eric Tsang, Ka-Yan Leung

Votes: 501

37. Last Hero in China (1993)

Not Rated | 111 min | Action, Comedy, History

Legendary kung fu master Wong Fei-Hung unwittingly relocates his clinic to an undesired location, only to stumble upon criminal acts committed by a cult.

Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Jet Li, Sharla Cheung, Dicky Cheung, Pak-Cheung Chan

Votes: 3,584

38. Love God (1997)

82 min | Comedy, Horror

a schizophrenic with compulsive reading disorder tries hard to reintegrate into normal society, only for the Hindu Gods to continue to haunted him.

Director: Frank Grow | Stars: Will Keenan, Shannon Burkett, Kymberli Ghee, Kerri Kenney

Votes: 196

39. The Lovers (1994)

107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, parents dress a pretty girl like a boy, so she may be educated in a local boarding school. There, she falls in love with a poor, but industrious young man. However, their short love affair ends in disaster.

Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Nicky Wu, Charlie Yeung, Carrie Ng, Elvis Tsui

Votes: 1,009

40. Lupin III: Dead or Alive (1996)

95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When Lupin heads to the kingdom of Zufu to pilfer its treasure, he incurs the wrath of its psychotic ruler General Headhunter, who places a dead-or-alive bounty on his head.

Directors: Monkey Punch, Jun Kawagoe | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama

Votes: 693

41. The Magic Crane (1993)

Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Fantasy

On his way to a congress of kung fu masters, an initiate falls from a high cliff, only to be rescued by lovely Tien Lam (Anita Mui), who rides a huge (and sorry-looking) crane. The rest of ... See full summary »

Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anita Mui, Rosamund Kwan, Damian Lau

Votes: 404

42. Daimajin (1966)

Unrated | 84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.

Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Miwa Takada, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Jun Fujimaki, Ryûtarô Gomi

Votes: 1,890

43. The Moon Warriors (1992)

Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

A simple fisherman helps a fugitive King in a fight, and offers him refuge in a hideout near his fishing village. When the King's group is attacked by his usurper brother, the fisherman is ... See full summary »

Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Andy Lau, Kenny Bee, Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung

Votes: 1,055

44. The Mysterians (1957)

Approved | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Shortly after a giant robot destroys a village, aliens from outer space arrive offering friendship. Will the people of Earth tie these two events together?

Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata

Votes: 1,899 | Gross: $0.98M

45. The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)

R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

It takes a father and son team to battle the forces of evil throughout China, fighting with honor to defend the weak through fast-motion kung fu.

Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Jet Li, Chingmy Yau, Deannie Ip, Miao Xie

Votes: 6,080

46. Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)

Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Adventure, History

Following an ambush in his visit to America, Wong Fei-hung becomes separated from his fellow travelers and suffers memory loss.

Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Xin Xin Xiong, Kwok-Pong Chan

Votes: 4,302

48. Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991)

PG-13 | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jackie is hired to help the UN find Nazi gold hidden in Sahara. He's accompanied from Spain by 2 (later 3) cute women. As there are others wanting the gold, lots of kung fu fighting and comedy follows.

Director: Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Carol 'Do Do' Cheng, Eva Cobo, Shôko Ikeda

Votes: 22,678 | Gross: $10.44M

49. Perfect Blue (1997)

R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

67 Metascore

A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.

Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura

Votes: 95,493 | Gross: $0.78M

50. Red to Kill (1994)

Not Rated | 91 min | Horror

A psychopathic rapist, who attacks women that wear red, runs a home for children with learning difficulties, and rapes a girl there who he sees wearing a red dress, leading to a revenge plot by the girl's social worker.

Director: Billy Hin-Shing Tang | Stars: Lily Chung, Sze-Man Hui, Money Lo, Ben Ngai-Cheung Ng

Votes: 860

51. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Having escaped execution and assumed an alias, Baron Frankenstein transplants his deformed underling's brain into a perfect body, but the result proves to be mortally perilous.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn

Votes: 6,122

52. Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Monsters (1970)

85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

To foil his plan for world domination, wrestling superheroes El Santo and Blue Demon battle the mad Dr. Halder and his army of reanimated monsters.

Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Santo, Alejandro Moreno, Ivan J. Rado, Carlos Ancira

Votes: 448

53. Satan Returns (1996)

95 min | Action, Horror

Female police psychologist is targeted by a supernatural devil-worshiping serial killer who wants to prove to her that she's the Antichrist. A tough cop, his inept womanizing comic relief partner and a reverend try to stop him.

Director: Wai-Lun Lam | Stars: Chingmy Yau, Francis Ng, Donnie Yen, Dayo Wong

Votes: 296

54. Score (1995)

88 min | Action, Crime

A small time Yakuza thug is thrown into a bloody battle after a bank robbery he was forced into goes wrong when all the men begin to turn on each other a hitch-hiking serial killing couple decide to steal their loot.

Director: Atsushi Muroga | Stars: Shû Ehara, Hiroshi Miyasaka, Ryûshi Mizukami, Hitoshi Ozawa

Votes: 238

55. The Shaolin Temple (1982)

Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A young man, hounded by a psychopathic general, learns martial arts at the Shaolin temple to avenge his father's death. To achieve this he forgoes a budding romance with his kungfu master's daughter, a shepherdess.

Director: Hsin-Yen Chang | Stars: Jet Li, Hai Yu, Chenghui Yu, Lan Ding

Votes: 4,769

56. Sixty Million Dollar Man (1995)

92 min | Comedy

A rich playboy gets blown up by a gangster when he flirts with the gangster's wife. Through a series of circumstances, his professor makes him a synthetic body that allows him to change into anything he wants.

Directors: Jing Wong, Wai-Man Yip | Stars: Stephen Chow, Gigi Leung, Man-Tat Ng, Paulyn Sun

Votes: 2,929

57. Spawn (1997)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

34 Metascore

An elite mercenary is killed, but comes back from Hell as a reluctant soldier of the Devil.

Director: Mark A.Z. Dippé | Stars: Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Theresa Randle

Votes: 72,285 | Gross: $54.97M

58. StageFright (1987)

Unrated | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

A group of stage actors lock themselves in the theater for a rehearsal of their upcoming musical production, unaware that an escaped psychopath has sneaked into the theater with them.

Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: David Brandon, Richard Barkeley, Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore

Votes: 9,296

59. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

Not Rated | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

42 Metascore

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti

Votes: 9,206

60. The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1993)

96 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

After the death of Marshal Yuen, a princess is arrested by a constable whilst training with her kung-fu teacher. They are soon drawn into a conflict which centres around the mysterious man ... See full summary »

Director: Hoi-Ching Cheung | Stars: Biao Yuen, Sharla Cheung, Danny Lee, Man-Tat Ng

Votes: 206

61. Tai Chi II (1996)

R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

A young Tai Chi master fights Opium smugglers with the aid of his powerful braid while wooing a girl.

Directors: Hsin-Yen Chang, Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Jing Wu, Christy Chung, Mark Cheng, Billy Chow

Votes: 761

62. Tender Flesh (1997)

Unrated | 93 min | Comedy, Horror

A stripper in a private nightclub, Paula is noticed by a rich and libertine couple, the Radecks, who suggest that she come and spend a few days with them in their palace on an island. She ... See full summary »

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Monique Parent, Aldo Sambrell, Alain Petit

Votes: 566

63. Tiger Cage II (1990)

TV-14 | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An ex-cop and divorce lawyer team up with a gangster to clear their names after getting involved in a dirty money scheme led by a vicious money launderer, who plans to expand his business and wipe out anyone who stands in his way.

Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Donnie Yen, Rosamund Kwan, David Wu, Robin Shou

Votes: 1,329

64. Tokyo Fist (1995)

Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Drama, Horror

Suspecting that his childhood friend, a professional boxer, is having a love affair with his fiancée, a businessman starts training rigorously in order to take him down.

Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Kaori Fujii, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Kôji Tsukamoto, Naomasa Musaka

Votes: 4,013

65. Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997)

90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When Ah-Gou, a smalltime Hong Kong street rascal, visits a fortune teller and hears that soon he will face a life-changing choice, he surely can't imagine that his life reached a middle ... See full summary »

Director: Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Carman Lee, Francis Ng, Ruby Wong

Votes: 987

66. Tromeo and Juliet (1996)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance

Tromeo, a filmmaker, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of a former partner who tried to steal his business from him.

Director: Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Jane Jensen, Will Keenan, Valentine Miele, William Beckwith

Votes: 6,867

67. Ultraman: Tiga (1996–1997)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A high-tech squadron protects Earth from evil monsters and aliens with the help of a giant super-being named Ultraman Tiga.

Stars: Hiroshi Nagano, Takami Yoshimoto, Akitoshi Ohtaki, Shigeki Kagemaru

Votes: 610

68. Urutoraman Zeasu (1996)

51 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Inept hero Ultraman Zearth must overcome his fear of germs and grime, if he wishes to save Earth from the evil Alien Benzene and his Kaiju pet Cotton-Poppe

Director: Shinya Nakajima | Stars: Masaharu Sekiguchi, Takaaki Ishibashi, Noritake Kinashi, Yuka Takaoka

Votes: 107

69. The Wax Mask (1997)

Unrated | 98 min | Horror

In 1900 Paris, a couple are horribly murdered by a masked man whose metal claw rips out their hearts. The sole survivor and witness to the massacre is a young girl. 12 years later in Rome, ... See full summary »

Director: Sergio Stivaletti | Stars: Robert Hossein, Romina Mondello, Riccardo Serventi Longhi, Gabriella Giorgelli

Votes: 2,469

70. Weather Girl (1995 Video)

Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Romance

Keiko Nadachi is a substitute weather-girl for Michiko Kawai on J-TV. As a way of signing off, she hikes up her skirt and flashes her underwear at the audience. This move makes her an ... See full summary »

Director: Tomoaki Hosoyama | Stars: Kei Mizutani, Takashi Sumida, Yasuyo Shirashima, Saori Taira

Votes: 427

71. Whisper of the Heart (1995)

G | 111 min | Animation, Drama, Family

75 Metascore

A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.

Director: Yoshifumi Kondô | Stars: Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi

Votes: 72,638

72. Wing Chun (1994)

TV-14 | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Wing Chun's village is yet again being plundered by bandits. This time she uses kung fu to defeat them. The fighting doesn't end here.

Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, King-Tan Yuen, Catherine Yan Hung

Votes: 3,502

73. Yamato Takeru (1994)

105 min | Adventure, Fantasy

After killing his brother, Prince Yamato is banished from his father's kingdom until he can bring his dangerous powers under control. On his journey, he meets and joins with the magical ... See full summary »

Director: Takao Okawara | Stars: Masahiro Takashima, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Hiroshi Fujioka, Hiroshi Abe

Votes: 332

74. Zombie (1979)

R | 91 min | Horror

54 Metascore

Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver

Votes: 30,717



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