Starring Ma Sichun, "Now I Met Her" dramatizes a son's revisiting of his vivacious mother's youthful romances.

Set in rural Yunlin, "Will You Still Be My Friend" offers a compelling look at youth and environmental issues.

Recently restored in 2025, Lee Hsing’s taiyupian “Good Neighbor” dramatizes tensions and reconciliation between Taiwan’s waishengren and benshengren in the post-WWII period. Courtesy of SDAFF. The ...

Director Dante Lam's follow-up to "Operation Red Sea" is an incoherent, big-budget misfire that gives China's military the look of a sci-fi B-movie instead of a competent global power. Courtesy of ...

"Wolf Warrior 2" breathes new life into the Chinese action genre—and appeals to foreign-born Chinese in the process. To start, we’re introduced to a family whose house is about to be torn down ...

What are the best African movies? There are many ways to address that question, but Cinema Escapist will give you the most comprehensive answer—by highlighting the top films from all 54 African ...

When I flew on North Korea’s state airline Air Koryo several years back, I noticed something unexpected: cartoons. Throughout the two hour flight from Beijing to Pyongyang, various North Korean ...

A Moment of Innocence is a film unlike any other. Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the movie is a landmark film of the Iranian New Wave, blending autobiography, behind-the-scenes documentary, and poetry ...

This author has consistently argued, to much ridicule, that a movie which proudly declares that everybody in Uganda knows Kung Fu can be compared to masterpieces like Ousmane Sembene’s Black Girl, ...

Discover the top Japanese movies of 2023 across genres like anime, comedy, action, romance, and more—streaming links included when possible. Though Japan’s 2023 box office revenue still mostly came ...

Want to know what were the Best Chinese Movies of 2025? After a long hiatus since 2020, Cinema Escapist’s editors have regrouped to curate this list of top Chinese movies from 2025. In the last few ...

With an impressive list of titles in the realms of both literature and film, it is easy to see why the late Ousmane Sembène, from Senegal, is a mainstay in the pantheon of great African artists. His ...