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Added by Aliceinwinter on 20 Aug 2016 09:48
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After an unexpected break up, a travel executive accepts an assignment to go undercover and learn about the tourist industry in Vietnam. Along the way she finds adventure and romance with her Vietnamese expat tour guide when they decide to reroute the tour bus in order to explore life and love off the beaten path.
People who added this item 6 Average listal rating (5 ratings) 6 IMDB Rating 6.3
Expats (2023)
Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, Expats centers on three American women--Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Hilary (Sarayu Blue), and Mercy (Ji-young Yoo)--whose lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy. The series interrogates privilege and explores what happens when the line between victimhood and culpability becomes blurred.
People who added this item 28 Average listal rating (18 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 8
Tokyo Vice (2022)
Tv series
Samantha&Sato



And more Sato....because I didn't really like Sam that much


People who added this item 10 Average listal rating (5 ratings) 4.6 IMDB Rating 6.3
All My Life (2020)
A couple's wedding plans are thrown off course when the groom is diagnosed with liver cancer.
People who added this item 18 Average listal rating (13 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7.1
As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
People who added this item 17 Average listal rating (10 ratings) 4.8 IMDB Rating 4.7
Haunted by her past, an English teacher explores love and lust with a dashing yakuza gangster in Tokyo.
People who added this item 51 Average listal rating (32 ratings) 5.7 IMDB Rating 6.3
A woman travels to her online date's hometown to surprise him for Christmas, but he's another guy who's catfished her. He offers to set her up with her crush, if she pretends to be his girlfriend for the holidays.
When an American woman begins a dangerous relationship with an attractive immigrant worker, in order to save her marriage, she finds her true self.
People who added this item 16 Average listal rating (16 ratings) 5.1 IMDB Rating 6.9
Following the death of his wife, professional chef Cheng travels with his young son to a remote village in Finland to connect with an old Finnish friend he once met in Shanghai.
People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (2 ratings) 10 IMDB Rating 8.4
Miniseries 1989
In 1903, a young Scotswoman goes to join her diplomat fiancé in Manchuria. She marries him, and finds herself in a war zone. Disenchanted with her husband, she falls in love with a married Japanese nobleman, Count Kentaro Kurihama, and bears him a son. She carves out a life for herself in Japanese society, despite the hardships and ostracism she faces as both a Westerner and a woman.
Based on a true story.The U.S. scholarships Austrian student Inge and young mining student from Burma Sao Kya Seng fall in love. But it's only at the lavish wedding ceremony that Inge discovers her husband is the ruling prince of the Shan state of Burma. After a coup staged by the Burmese military, Sao is imprisoned. Inge does everything she can to free him.
In early-90s Kathmandu, an inspired Catalan teacher arrives in town to work at the local school; however, she will soon encounter the region's extreme poverty and its weak educational system.




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People who added this item 7 Average listal rating (5 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 6.6
Set in the autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a fishing village in South Carolina, the film tells the dramatic story of interracial lovers swept up in the tides of history. As World War II rages in Europe a wounded stranger, Mr. Ohta, appears in the town under mysterious circumstances. Sophie, a native of Salty Creek, quickly becomes transfixed by Mr. Ohta and a friendship born of their mutual love of art blossoms into a delicate and forbidden courtship. As their secret relationship evolves the war escalates tragically. When Pearl Harbor is bombed, a surge of misguided patriotism, bigotry and violence sweeps through the town, threatening Mr. Ohta's life. A trio of women, each with her own secrets - Sophie, along with the town matriarch and her housekeeper - rejects law and propriety, risking their lives with their actions.
Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerful crowd-pleaser emerged as one of the year’s most talked about independent films. It’s the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer. Through breathtaking talent and sheer determination, Li makes his way to the United States, but when he falls in love with an American woman, he must risk everything to remain in the land of the free.
A young Japanophile Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student
People who added this item 41 Average listal rating (26 ratings) 5.9 IMDB Rating 5.9
In 1989 Tokyo, Lucy Fly, an enigmatic expat haunted by a painful past, enters into an intense relationship with Teiji, a handsome yet similarly troubled local photographer. Lucy's imperturbable exterior begins to crack when a naive newcomer, Lily Bridges, becomes entangled in their lives and ends up missing - suspected dead.
People who added this item 14 Average listal rating (6 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 6.2
When ambitious New York attorney Sam is sent to Shanghai on assignment, he immediately stumbles into a legal mess that could end his career. With the help of a beautiful relocation specialist, a well-connected old-timer, a clever journalist, and a street-smart legal assistant, Sam might just save his job, find romance, and learn to appreciate the beauty and wonders of Shanghai.
People who added this item 302 Average listal rating (164 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 6.8
The Lover (1992)
It is French Colonial Vietnam in 1929. A young French girl from a family that is having some monetary difficulties is returning to boarding school. She is alone on public transportation when she catches the eye of a wealthy Chinese businessman. He offers her a ride into town in the back of his chauffeured sedan, and sparks fly. Can the torrid affair that ensues between them overcome the class restrictions and social mores of that time? Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras


People who added this item 27 Average listal rating (18 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.4
Warrior (2019)
Set during the Tong Wars in the late 1800s, Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy originating from China to San Francisco, ends up becoming a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown
People who added this item 10 Average listal rating (8 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 8
Giri/Haji (2019)
People who added this item 239 Average listal rating (163 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.8
Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.

People who added this item 294 Average listal rating (194 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.3
People who added this item 99 Average listal rating (68 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.5
Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Working as an elf in a year round Christmas store is not good for the wannabe singer. However, she meets Tom there. Her life takes a new turn. For Kate, it seems too good to be true.
People who added this item 42 Average listal rating (26 ratings) 6.2 IMDB Rating 6.7
Moxie (2021)
Netflix teen movie
People who added this item 10 Average listal rating (5 ratings) 5.2 IMDB Rating 5.7
A film about the life and relationships of the early 20th American educator, editor, and journalist Leonie Gilmour, the mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguch
People who added this item 833 Average listal rating (483 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.7
The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s.
Edit: Yes, I know this one is controversial these days, because of colonialism and whatnot, but I'm still gonna throw it in here

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People who added this item 10 Average listal rating (5 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 0
Young female rock singer is not appreciated by her band, gets postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". Takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes to Tokyo. She has numereous cross-cultural adventures and ends up singing with a Japanese rock group looking for a gaijin gimmick.

People who added this item 19 Average listal rating (12 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 5.4
Bel Canto (2018)
A world-renown opera singer becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America.
People who added this item 18 Average listal rating (9 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.8
Distraught Japanese businessman obsessed with Citroën DS (French car brand nicknamed Goddess) and a troubled blind 17-year-old Aussie girl who promised to sell him one drive through the Australian Outback to kill her abusive grandfather.
A timeless tale that takes place against the backdrop of the segregated coffee fields in 1920's Hawaii - a coming of age journey about a young man who transcends the boundaries of race and class in pursuit of a forbidden love
People who added this item 37 Average listal rating (23 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 7.4
People who added this item 603 Average listal rating (346 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 7.9
A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.
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People who added this item 187 Average listal rating (113 ratings) 6 IMDB Rating 6.3
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
People who added this item 16 Average listal rating (5 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 5.5
Keith is a Japanese twenty-something who is followed by Death in various disguises. When he finally faces her, Death (Mira Sorvino) tells him that he has only 12 hours to live and he needs to make the most of it.
People who added this item 80 Average listal rating (49 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 6.7
Against the background of an Australian desert landscape, so much space and so few people, Sandy, a geologist, and Hiromitsu, a Japanese businessman, play out a story of human inconsequence in the face of the blistering universe. The end of the journey leaves no-one capable of going back to where they started from.
People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (0 ratings) 0 IMDB Rating 6.1
The love story between an Australian woman and a Balinese dancer.
People who added this item 29 Average listal rating (14 ratings) 5.7 IMDB Rating 6.5
People who added this item 10 Average listal rating (4 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.9
Lynn (22) lives with her brother in Berlin. There she enjoys the advantages of family life, without really feeling involved in it.When Lynn, working behind the till of restaurant, meets the Japanese student Koji, everything gets more complicated. They can't exchange many words, but it is soon clear that their moments together mean a lot to both of them.
People who added this item 133 Average listal rating (66 ratings) 5.9 IMDB Rating 6.2
Little Fish (2005)
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People who added this item 60 Average listal rating (33 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.2
Pushing Hands (1991)
People who added this item 168 Average listal rating (94 ratings) 6.2 IMDB Rating 6.3
People who added this item 25 Average listal rating (11 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 6.7
Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to an illegitimate child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the wild west. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself as "Jo", a young man, and struggles to make a life for herself in a dingy frontier mining town. Can "Little Jo" live and love without revealing his/her secret?
People who added this item 429 Average listal rating (251 ratings) 5.8 IMDB Rating 5.7
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People who added this item 7 Average listal rating (6 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.3
People who added this item 27 Average listal rating (14 ratings) 5.9 IMDB Rating 5.4
Horror
People who added this item 3 Average listal rating (0 ratings) 0 IMDB Rating 6.8
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