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.
Chocolate (2008)
7/10
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Starring: Jeeja Yanin Vismitananda, Hiroshi Abe, Pongpat Wachirabunjong, Taphon Phopwandee...
From the director of 'Ong Bak' comes another martial arts extravaganza, and this time the ass-kicker is an autistic girl, the product of an illicit re... Read more
Muay Thai Chaiya Boxers (2007)
Director: Kongkiat Khomsiri
Starring: Akara Amarttayakul, Thawatchai Penpakdee, Saengthong Gate-Uthong, Prawit Kittich...
Friends since their boyhoods in the country, Piak and Phao travel to the big city lights of 1970s Bangkok to make their fortune at professional boxing... Read more
Home Song Stories (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Tony Ayres
Starring: Joan Chen, Steven Vidler, Qi Yuwu, Darren Yap
Rose (Joan Chen) is a popular nightclub singer in Shanghai during WWII and eventually accepts a proposal from young soldier Bill (Vidler) to take her... Read more
Syndromes and a Century (2006)
7.5/10
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Offering two separate stories or fragments set in hospitals, one rural and possibly in the past, one urban and possibly in the future. Or perhaps both... Read more
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)
7/10
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
Starring: Pearlly Chua, Lee Kang-Sheng, Norman Bin Atun, Chen Shiang-Chyi
Shortly after he is robbed, beaten and left for dead on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, homeless Hsiao-kang is taken in by kindly immigrant Rawang and nu... Read more
The Rebel (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Truc Charlie Nguyen
Starring: Johnny Nguyen, Thanh Van Ngo, Dustin Nguyen, Stephane Gauger
Vietnam's most expensive movie to date is an historical martial arts drama set during the French occupation of the 1920s. Johnny Ngyuen is part of an... Read more
Journey from the Fall (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Ham Tran
Starring: Kieu Chinh, Diem Lien, Long Nguyen, Nguyen Thai Nguyen, Khanh Doan
A poignant and realistic drama, set after the Americans left war-torn Saigon, depicting a side of the Vietnam War seldom seen - the affect on the Viet... Read more
Re-Cycle (2006)
6.1/10
Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Starring: Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou, Siu-Ming Lau
The Pang Brothers' spine-chiller about a writer on the hunt for some genuine supernatural experiences while researching her next novel is full of thei... Read more
One Last Dance (2006)
5.8/10
Director: Max Makowskii
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Ti Lung, Francis Ng, Vivian Hsu
A professional hitman ponders another line of business but soon finds that there's a high price to pay for leaving behind a life of crime in director... Read more
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The Red Kebaya (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Oliver Knott
Starring: Ramli Hassan, Vanidah Imran, Bob Mercer, Samantha Schubert, Patrick Teoh
Latiff, a famous but lonely photographer, orphaned since he was a small child, sets out on an expedition to photograph abandoned houses around Malaysi... Read more