East Asian Lead Movies

Frank is in search for a girlfriend, but every woman he meets already has a boyfriend. He then seeks out advice from his friends on what to do to...

Over the course of one night, a newly out-of -the-closet young man struggles to hold back his feelings for his straight best friend while dealing...

Inspired by the true-life experience of its star George Takei, Allegiance follows one family's extraordinary journey in this untold American story...

An old, bigoted Japanese-American traditionalist is unable to reconcile the needs of his wife and two daughters with his own conservative view on...

Asian man. Black woman. Two people from different worlds bond over rap, food and friendship. A hip-hop "When Harry Met Sally". "Save the Last Dance"...

Based on the real life story of Parinya Charoenphol, a Muaythai boxer who underwent a sex change operation to become a woman.

Yeon-Seo (Yang Ha-Eun) majors in music at an university. She travels to Seoul to meet her older sister Jin-Seo. When she arrives at her sister's...

A political secretary visits their cousin in hopes to understand why certain policies threaten that family member's way of life.

The Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple had an opportunity to take part in an episode of East of Main Street, an HBO documentary series that has been...

Based on actual events surrounding a New Zealand drug scandal that involved the murder of Martin Johnstone of the UK, in the early 1070's. Johnstone...

When student journalist Savannah Lin becomes embroiled in the complicated dynamics of a social justice "safe space," she must choose between...

The first and only Taiwanese player for the New York Yankees, Chien-Ming Wang held many titles: American League Wins Leader, World Series Champion,...

Kyle and Jen, estranged siblings, travel from New York City to rural Pennsylvania to pack up the home of their recently deceased mother. While there,...

KEYE LUKE is a short film bio-pic about pioneering Actor and Artist Keye Luke, the first, original on-screen Kato in the 1940s Green Hornet decades...

A documentary that explores the increasing visibility of Asian Americans in pop culture since the advent of new media forms such as YouTube.

Chink is about an Asian American man who has internalized the racism he felt as a child and turned it into a hatred of all Asians – including...

Renee Tajima-Peña takes to the road to investigate questions about Asian-American identity.

In the middle of a French exam, 17 year old Charlie struggles to find the words to be true to himself…and his best friend.

A teenage girl must come to terms with her tense relationship with her mother while reckoning with the suspicion that she may be eating far more than...

When a Chinese-Canadian college student returns home to Toronto, she visits a Hong Kong cafe she frequented during her childhood. Through eating the...