Movies by Joan Chen
As part of the cast:
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Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen, David Strathairn …
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
When literary genius Ernest Hemingway met pioneering war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, the sparks flew -- and continued to fly during their fiery roller coaster marriage as they hobnobbed…
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White Frog (2012)
Cast: BD Wong, Booboo Stewart, Gregg Sulkin …
Directed by: Quentin Lee
Nick, who has Asperger's syndrome, struggles to carry on after the death of his brother Chaz. Their parents have their own problems coping with the loss, but Chaz's best friend…
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1911 (2011)
Cast: Jackie Chan, Bingbing Li, Winston Chao …
Directed by: Jackie Chan, Zhang Li, Li Zhang …
In early 20th-century China, a man schooled in the ways of modern warfare returns from a stay in Japan to unite his splintering country. But going up against the well-armed Qing Dynasty…
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Mao's Last Dancer (2010)
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
A delegation from Madame Mao's Beijing Dance Academy selects 11-year-old peasant villager Li Cunxin to study ballet in far-off Beijing, where he trains for seven grueling years to become…
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To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey (2010)
Cast: Nancy Kwan, Joan Chen, Vivian Wu …
Directed by: Brian Jamieson
This dramatic documentary profiles actress Nancy Kwan, born Ka Shen Kwan, who achieved sudden global fame from portraying Suzie Wong in her feature film debut and went on to open doors for…
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24 City (2008)
Cast: Jianbin Chen, Joan Chen, Lu Liping …
Directed by: Zhang Ke Jia
From director Zhang Ke Jia comes this drama about changing times in Chengdu, China, where state-owned factory 420 is closed by the government to make way for a high-end apartment complex…
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Lust, Caution (2007)
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wei Tang, Joan Chen …
Directed by: Ang Lee
A young actress gets caught up in a complex plot involving love, assassination and seduction in Ang Lee's drama set in World War II-era Shanghai and based on the writings of author Eileen Chang.
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Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films (2007)
Cast: Turhan Bey, B.D. Wong, Joan Chen …
Directed by: Arthur Dong
Sundance award-winning director Arthur Dong traces the history of the Chinese-American influence in Hollywood cinema in this insightful documentary. Highlights include footage from more than…
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Cyber Wars (2006)
Cast: David Warner, Joan Chen, Genevieve O'Reilly …
Directed by: Jian Hong Kuo
In an Asian city of the future, every citizen's identity is recorded in a vast computer system known as CyberLink, and no one's privacy is sacred. But when young bounty hunter Dash…
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Saving Face (2005)
Cast: Michelle Krusiec, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen …
Directed by: Alice Wu
Dutiful daughter Wil (Michelle Krusiec) sidesteps her mother's (Joan Chen) attempts to marry her off in Alice Wu's romantic comedy. At 28, Wil's the old maid of her traditional…
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Sunflower (2005)
Cast: Joan Chen, Zhang Fan, Ge Gao …
Directed by: Zhang Yang, Yang Zhang
Xiangyang's (played by Zhang Fan, Ge Gao and Wang Haidi at different ages) bond with his father, Gengnian (Haiying Sun), remains strained through the years as China moves from the…
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What's Cooking? (2000)
Cast: Joan Chen, Alfre Woodard, Kyra Sedgwick …
Directed by: Gurinder Chadha
This multicultural comedy-drama set in Los Angeles's middle-class environs paints an intriguing portrait of family tensions as four ethnic clans -- Latino, black, Jewish and Asian -- get…
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Purple Storm (1999)
Cast: Daniel Wu, Kwok Leung Cheung, Emil Chau …
Directed by: Teddy Chan
After losing his memory during a dangerous mission, Khmer Rouge terrorist Todd Nguyen (Daniel Wu) is captured by the authorities and brainwashed to believe he's one of the good guys.…
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In a Class of His Own (1999)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Joan Chen, Candice McClure …
Directed by: Robert Munic
Thanks to an edict by the school board, high school custodian Rich Donato (Lou Diamond Phillips) may lose his job unless he passes an equivalency test within 30 days. In an amazing gesture of…
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The Hunted (1995)
Cast: Christopher Lambert, John Lone, Joan Chen …
Directed by: J.F. Lawton
New York executive Paul Racine (Christopher Lambert) is on a business trip in Tokyo, where he meets a mysterious woman and witnesses a grisly assassination by a ruthless ninja cult. Now, on…
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Judge Dredd (1995)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider …
Directed by: Danny Cannon
The heavily armed Judge Dredd plays jury and executioner in the streets of his futuristic megalopolis, only to find the system turn on him when he's framed for murder and sent to prison.
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Wild Side (1995)
Cast: Anne Heche, Christopher Walken, Joan Chen …
Directed by: Donald Cammell
Anne Heche (TV's "Men in Trees") stars in this stylized thriller as Alex Lee, an upscale call girl who finds herself in a perilously compromised position when she's forced to help…
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On Deadly Ground (1994)
Cast: Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, John C. McGinley …
Directed by: Steven Seagal
Government agent Forrest Taft (Steven Seagal) has uncovered gross environmental misconduct in Alaska, where a huge oil company helmed by a wicked CEO (Michael Caine) is strangling Mother…
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Red Rose White Rose (1994)
Cast: Zhao Chang, Winston Chao, Joan Chen …
Directed by: Stanley Kwan
Set in Shanghai during the glamorous 1930s and '40s, this two-part romance follows the trials of one man (Winston Chao) who finds himself in love with two very different women. First,…
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Heaven & Earth (1993)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor, Bussaro Sanruck …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
After enduring a lifetime of hardship in her native country at the hands of French colonists and the communist Viet Cong, a young mother (Hiep Thi Le) becomes the wife of a U.S. marine (Tommy…
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Wedlock (1991)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen …
Directed by: Lewis Teague
In a futuristic prison where pairs of inmates are literally bound together by an electronic device that prevents them from getting more than 100 yards apart from each other, Frank Warren and…
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The Blood of Heroes (1990)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Delroy Lindo, Joan Chen …
Directed by: David Webb Peoples
In this postapocalyptic saga that takes a page from Mad Max and Rollerblade, Rutger Hauer plays a former star of "jugging" -- a futuristic type of rugby -- who's preparing a crew of…
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Twin Peaks (1990)
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick …
Kyle MacLachlan stars as eccentric FBI agent Dale Cooper in David Lynch's surreal cult classic series. When Cooper arrives in Twin Peaks to investigate the murder of teenager Laura…
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The Night Stalker (1987)
Cast: Charles Napier, Joan Chen, Katherine Kelly Lang …
Directed by: Max Kleven
Sergeant J.J. Striker (Charles Napier) tracks an indestructible serial killer in this crime thriller. Able to repel any bullet that's fired at him, the murderous Sommers (Robert…
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The Last Emperor (1987)
Cast: John Lone, Peter O'Toole, Victor Wong …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Recounting the last years of China's Ching Dynasty through flashbacks and flash-forwards, this Oscar-winning epic charts the life of Pu Yi (John Lone) -- who ascended the throne at age 3…
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Tai-Pan (1986)
Cast: Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, John Stanton …
Directed by: Daryl Duke
Filmed on location in the People's Republic of China, this epic adventure relates the founding of Hong Kong and tells of the merchant chiefs who traded the South China Sea, risking their…
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Autumn in New York (2000)
Cast: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Anthony LaPaglia …
Directed by: Joan Chen
Will Keane is a middle-aged playboy working the Big Apple who experiences true love for the first time when he falls under the spell of Charlotte Fielding, a young, vibrant woman harboring a…
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Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1999)
Cast: Lu Lu, Lopsang, Zheng Qian …
Directed by: Joan Chen
At the height of China's Cultural Revolution, a girl is sent to a remote area as part of a government initiative and finds her exile a thrilling adventure -- and a nightmarish trap. This…