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In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, I wanted to make a thread of some related movies I enjoy.
One for each day of May.
#AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth
One for each day of May.
#AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth
#01
BETTER LUCK TOMORROW (2002)
dir. Justin Lin
@JohnTheCho
Underachieving high school students get mixed up in crime.
BETTER LUCK TOMORROW (2002)
dir. Justin Lin
@JohnTheCho
Underachieving high school students get mixed up in crime.
#02
CRUSH THE SKULL (2015)
dir. Viet Nguyen
@VietNguyenTx
Four burglars break into a house unaware of the fact the owner is a killer.
CRUSH THE SKULL (2015)
dir. Viet Nguyen
@VietNguyenTx
Four burglars break into a house unaware of the fact the owner is a killer.
#03
RED DOORS (2005)
dir. Georgia Lee
A dysfunctional Chinese-American family faces emotional hardships while living in a suburb of New York.
RED DOORS (2005)
dir. Georgia Lee
A dysfunctional Chinese-American family faces emotional hardships while living in a suburb of New York.
#04
WHAT'S COOKING? (2000)
dir. Gurinder Chadha
@GurinderC
Four different families — Vietnamese, Latino, Jewish, and African-American — living near one another, all experience personal drama as they individually celebrate Thanksgiving.
WHAT'S COOKING? (2000)
dir. Gurinder Chadha
@GurinderC
Four different families — Vietnamese, Latino, Jewish, and African-American — living near one another, all experience personal drama as they individually celebrate Thanksgiving.
#05
FRONT COVER (2015)
dir. Ray Yeung
@FrontCoverMovie
A New York-based fashion stylist and a Beijing actor have a whirlwind romance.
FRONT COVER (2015)
dir. Ray Yeung
@FrontCoverMovie
A New York-based fashion stylist and a Beijing actor have a whirlwind romance.
#06
THE DEBUT (2001)
dir. Gene Cajayon
@dantebasco @genecajayon
A Filipino-American high school senior — whose aspiration to become a professional artist creates conflict with his strict father — sees things from a different perspective during his sister's exciting debut.
THE DEBUT (2001)
dir. Gene Cajayon
@dantebasco @genecajayon
A Filipino-American high school senior — whose aspiration to become a professional artist creates conflict with his strict father — sees things from a different perspective during his sister's exciting debut.
#07
THE HALF OF IT (2020)
dir. Alice Wu
@thatalicewu
#TheHalfOfItNetflix
A high school introvert helps her classmate romance the girl they both secretly like.
THE HALF OF IT (2020)
dir. Alice Wu
@thatalicewu
#TheHalfOfItNetflix
A high school introvert helps her classmate romance the girl they both secretly like.
#08
GOOK (2017)
dir. Justin Chon
@justinchon
Set in 1992, a pair of Korean-American siblings and their young friend protect their store as civil unrest begins in South Central Los Angeles.
GOOK (2017)
dir. Justin Chon
@justinchon
Set in 1992, a pair of Korean-American siblings and their young friend protect their store as civil unrest begins in South Central Los Angeles.
#09
COLUMBUS (2017)
dir. Kogonada
@kogonada @JohnTheCho
Stranded in Columbus, Indiana, an ill architecture scholar develops a curious relationship with a young woman at the local library.
COLUMBUS (2017)
dir. Kogonada
@kogonada @JohnTheCho
Stranded in Columbus, Indiana, an ill architecture scholar develops a curious relationship with a young woman at the local library.
#10
COMFORT (2016)
dir. William Lu
@chrisdinh @ComfortTheMovie
A man with an allergy to the sun, who works as a night courier, spends time with a client's daughter before she leaves on a fight to Japan.
COMFORT (2016)
dir. William Lu
@chrisdinh @ComfortTheMovie
A man with an allergy to the sun, who works as a night courier, spends time with a client's daughter before she leaves on a fight to Japan.
#11
THE WEDDING BANQUET (1993)
dir. Ang Lee
To appease his traditional Taiwanese parents, a gay man marries a woman looking to become a U.S. citizen. His partner goes along with it, but they all realize this won't be a simple matter as the parents have planned a lavish wedding.
THE WEDDING BANQUET (1993)
dir. Ang Lee
To appease his traditional Taiwanese parents, a gay man marries a woman looking to become a U.S. citizen. His partner goes along with it, but they all realize this won't be a simple matter as the parents have planned a lavish wedding.
#12
THE TIGER HUNTER (2016)
dir. Lena Khan
@Lena_Khan @dannypudi
Set in '70s Chicago, an Indian man moves to America in hopes of honoring the memory of his father, a respected tiger hunter. He also tries to win the heart of a childhood sweetheart.
THE TIGER HUNTER (2016)
dir. Lena Khan
@Lena_Khan @dannypudi
Set in '70s Chicago, an Indian man moves to America in hopes of honoring the memory of his father, a respected tiger hunter. He also tries to win the heart of a childhood sweetheart.
Random: this movie makes me miss IMDb's message boards only because I could ask about a song that's not coming up in Shazam.
