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Michelle Yeoh stars in this spellbinding, sci-fi epic about a woman who tries to do her taxes, but becomes sucked into a multiversal war. Without spoiling too much, the movie explores themes of family, mother-daughter relationships, and has a lot of cool fight scenes.

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It may be a Disney movie about kids, but adults will love Turning Red for its story about growing up and finding yourself. One day, Canadian teenager (and boy band obsessed) Mei discovers she has a family curse where she turns into a red panda with any strong emotion.

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Ali Wong and Randall Park star in this romantic comedy about two childhood friends who never seem quite ready to be together. It’s a sweet movie about old friends and oh, Keanu Reeves.

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Based on Jenny Han’s 2014 novel of the same name, Lana Condor stars as Lara Jean Covey, who writes intense personal letters to boys she has crushes on. When her younger sister sends out the letters, Lara Jean has to deal with the fallout of all her crushes learning her true feelings.

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Kumail Nanjiani‘s romantic comedy is loosely based on his real-life romance with his wife Emily Gordon. When Kumail begins an unexpected romance with white psychology student Emily, he has to grapple with his parents’ expectations for him as a Pakistani-American, and try to salvage his relationship with Emily.

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Netflix’s documentary Shirkers follows Singapore-born filmmaker Sandi Tan, who once made an independent film with her friends when she was 19. Before the film could see the light of day though, their mentor disappeared, taking the film along with him. The documentary covers the now found film, the impact on Tan’s career, and what actually happened to her mentor all those years ago.

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This 2019 drama centers on a mother and her son, who work to clean out and sell her late sister’s house. In the process, they meet Del, an old man who lives nearby and becomes close with the family. It’s a heartwarming film about neighbors connecting.

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Set during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, Gook follows two brothers who run a shoe store in Paramount, California. As the riots begin, the brothers are pulled into a day of chaos and confusion.

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Directed by Alice Wu, this coming-of-age comedy is about Ellie, a teenager who begins to write letters for one of her classmates, Paul, who is in love with another girl at their school. As Ellie also develops feelings for the girl, she and Paul have to grapple with their shared emotions. The plot is loosely based on the play Cyrano de Bergerac.

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Saving Face is a 2004 romantic comedy focused on closeted lesbian Wilhelmina (she goes by Wil), and a dancer she meets. As the two grow closer, they have to deal with coming out to their parents, and the challenges their family and friends also face. It’s director Alice Wu’s directoral debut, and one of the major films about Chinese-Americans since The Joy Luck Club.

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This classic stoner comedy stars Kal Penn and Jon Cho as two friends who embark on a trip through New Jersey to get White Castle. Despite its initially simple premise, the film was a critical and commercial success and launched not just one but two sequels.

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Andrew Ahn, who also directed Driveways, directs this 2016 drama about an 18-year-old who starts working at a spa in Koreatown, Los Angeles. When he discovers some of the patrons have sex at the establishment, it makes him come to terms with his own sexuality.

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Directed by Lulu Wang and based on her real life experience, this 2019 film tells the story of a young Chinese American woman traveling to Changchun to visit her grandmother who’d been diagnosed with terminal cancer. She realizes once there that the family has a secret: they haven’t told her grandmother of her diagnosis…nor that she’d only have weeks to live. It’s heartbreaking, hilarious, and benefited by the brilliance of Awkwafina’s acting.

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Directed by Hong Kong American filmmaker Wayne Wang, the 1993 award-winning flick based on the famous novel by Amy Tan is a classic for so many reasons we can’t possibly name them all. Capturing the evolution of the relationships between four Chinese mothers and their Chinese American daughters, the Joy Luck Club remains one of the most iconic films among AAPI cinema and film in general.

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In the 2013 documentary Meet the Patels, we meet Ravi Patel who—just out of a relationship—decides to embark on the ultimate quest to find the one with the help of his friends, family, and the overwhelming pressure of having to appease both. It’s hilarious and underrated.

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John Cho stars in this bittersweet film about a Korean American man who visits the Indiana town after his father, a famous architect, falls into a coma and is bedridden. There, he meets a young aspiring architect who battles with leaving Columbus to follow her career passions…or remain in Indiana with her mother, a recovering drug addict. Directed by Korean American filmmaker Kogonada, the movie is beautifully shot, later named one of the best films of 2017 by several critics.

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An 80-year-old grandma with a penchant for chain-smoking and gambling inadvertently gets caught in the crossfire between two Chinatown gangs. Starring Tsai Chin of Joy Luck Club fame and directed by Sasie Sealy, it’s maybe one of the funniest movies we saw in 2020…and just when we needed a laugh, badly.

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The 2005 movie is a funny look at one director, Grace Lee, and her quest to find and meet…all the other Grace Lees that exist in the world. Ultimately, it becomes an effort to deconstruct stereotypes about Asian Americans, including the model minority myth.

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There’s a lot to love about H.P Mendoza’s indie flick, Bitter Melon. The acting, for one. The slow dismantling of toxic masculinity, another. And a story told about a Filipino American family, so rarely seen in mainstream media.

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Directed by Master of None’s Alan Yang and based on his father’s own life, Netflix’s Tigertail follows Pin-Jui, a factory working living in Taiwan who immigrates to the Bronx with his wife, Zhenzhen. Released roughly a month after the country went on lockdown, the movie deserves every ounce of praise that didn’t quite materialize in the wake of a pandemic.

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