Takeshi Kaneshiro, Brigitte Lin, and Faye Wong in Chungking Express (1994)

Shin'ichi Chiba, Lun Chia, Etsuko Shihomi, and Dana in Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977)

Cynthia Khan in In the Line of Duty 5: Middle Man (1990)

Cynthia Rothrock, Ann Bridgewater, Ellen Chan, Joanna Chan, Sibelle Hu, Kara Ying Hung Wai, Regina Kent, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Wai-Man Lau, Pei-ling Lee, and Ming-Si Lai in Top Squad (1988)

Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, and Lung Ti in A Better Tomorrow (1986)

Although I have already incoporated some of the very best Asian movies cinema has to offer in my best of-lists of a decade there are plenty of films that are more than worthy to be discovered. The reason why I started a new series of listings is simply that many Asian movies are very different of what we came to know of from American or European cinema. To fully appreciate the films on this list you should be open-minded because some of the craziness that asian directors think of goes way beyond that of what Western movie makers churn out every year. But it is exactly that often groundbreaking craziness which makes movies from Asia that much fun. 

As ususal, don't hesitate to leave a comment if you feel up to it. 

PS: The movies are sorted by year and not necessarily by my preference. This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.

Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Chun-Hsiung Ko, Andy Lau, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Chung-Hua Tou, and Jimmy Wang Yu in Island of Fire (1991)

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