Asian Cinema
The 'Asian' category in the Alice library represents a collection of countries generally thought of as Asian but excluding China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and India. Alice has a large enough collection of films from these countries for them to have categories of their own. Here you will find films from Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore and even Mongolia.
Check the 'By Country' option on the menu to the left for films from a specific country.
The Third Wife (2018)
6.7/10
Director: Ash Mayfair
Starring: Hong Chuong Nguyen
In 19th century rural Vietnam, fourteen-year-old May is ready to become the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Little does she know that her hidden de... Read more
Headshot (2016)
6.3/10
Director: Timo Tjahjanto, Kimo Stamboel
Starring: Julie Estelle, Chelsea Islan, Iko Uwais, Sunny Pang
The indomitable Iko Uwais ('The Raid') stars in this fast and furious actioner as an amnesiac whose mysterious past as a killing machine comes to the... Read more
Cemetery of Splendour (2015)
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Starring: Petchthai Wongkamlao, Banlop Lomnoi
In rural Thailand, a community sets up a makeshift hospital to care for a cadre of soldiers stricken with a mysterious sleeping sickness. A volunteer... Read more
The Assassin ( Blu-ray ) (2015)
6.3/10
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Starring: Chang Chen, Shu Qi
Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, the most visual a poet of human existence to have ever made movies, has been working for almost a decade to produc... Read more
The Assassin (2015)
6.3/10
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Starring: Chang Chen, Shu Qi, Zhou Yun, Tsumabuki Satoshi
Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, the most visual a poet of human existence to have ever made movies, has been working for almost a decade to produc... Read more
The Raid 2 (2014)
8/10
Director: Gareth Evans
Starring: Kazuki Kitamura, Kenichi Endo, Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra, Oka Antara, Tio Pakusade...
A.k.a. "The Raid 2: Berandal". Kicking off straight after the end of The Raid 1.0, part two sees battered-and-bruised cop Rama (Iko Uwais) made keen... Read more
Metro Manila (2013)
7.6/10
Director: Sean Ellis
Starring: Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla, Althea Vega
A rural Filipino family discovers the realities of life on the streets of the capital in director Sean Ellis's crime thriller. Forced to find work whe... Read more
The Rocket (2013)
7.3/10
Director: Kim Mordaunt
Starring: Sitthiphon Disamoe, Suthep Po-ngam, Boonsri Yindee, Alice Keohavong, Sumrit Wari...
Set against the lush backdrop of rural Laos, this spirited drama tells the story of scrappy ten-year-old Ahlo, who yearns to break free from his ill-f... Read more
On the Job (2013)
7/10
Director: Erik Matti
Starring: Gerald Anderson, Joel Torre, Joey Marquez, Angel Aquino, Shaina Magdayao, Empres...
When a prominent drug dealer is murdered, police Sergeant Acosta (Joey Marquez) and Federal Agent Coronel (Piolo Pascual) lead the investigation, but... Read more
The Protector 2 (2013)
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Starring: Tony Jaa, Jeeja Yanin Vismitananda, RZA
Kham (Tony Jaa, "Ong Bak") is the last in a long line of traditional guards who watch over Thailand's war elephants. When one of these elephants is st... Read more