Joan Chen films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 20 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Twin Peaks, The Last Emperor and Dìdi (弟弟).

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Twin Peaks
1990 · Film
8.4/10 · TMDB
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed...
Remarkably Bright Creatures
2026 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Through unlikely bonds formed during night shifts at a local aquarium, Tova, an elderly widow, learns of a life-changing discovery that may bring her joy and wonder once again.
Sheep Without a Shepherd
2019 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Li and his wife A Yu run a small business in Thailand and enjoy a happy home life with their two daughters. When their eldest daughter is violently assaulted, blackmailed and left traumatised by another student, her parents intervene...
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The Last Emperor
1987 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his...
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Saving Face
2004 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
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Hachiko
2023 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
This is the story of a puppy that touched hundreds of millions of people around the world. Hachiko (/Batong) is a cute Chinese pastoral dog. He met his destined owner Chen Jingxiu in the vast crowd and became a member of the Chen family...
A Murder at the End of the World
2023 · TV
7.2/10 · TMDB
Gen Z amateur sleuth and tech-savvy hacker Darby Hart and eight other guests are invited by a reclusive billionaire to participate in a retreat at a remote location. When one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must use her skills to...
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Dìdi (弟弟)
2024 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
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The Wedding Banquet
2025 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when...
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Lust, Caution
2007 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
During World War II, a secret agent must seduce then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.
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Tigertail
2020 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
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Oh. What. Fun.
2025 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Claire Clauster is the glue that holds her chaotic, lovable family together at the holidays. But this year, after planning a special outing for them, they make a crucial mistake and leave her home alone. Fed up and feeling under...
Heaven & Earth
1993 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Le Ly lives in a small Vietnamese village whose serenity is shattered when war breaks out. Caught between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese army, the village is all but destroyed. After being both brutalized and raped, Le Ly resolves...
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Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
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The Blood of Heroes
1989 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-tag team, has played in the main Leagues before, but was cast out because of...
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Judge Dredd
1995 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
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Ava
2020 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
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1911
2011 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a...
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Under the Light
2023 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Su Jianming, the son of Deputy Mayor Zheng Gang of Jinjiang City, defies his father's counsel and attends a cunning dinner invitation from the wealthiest man in Jinjiang City, Li Zhitian (played by Yu Hewei). To his astonishment, he...
On Deadly Ground
1994 · Film
4.7/10 · TMDB
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making...
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Joan Chen films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Starring Joan Chen

Directed by Joan Chen