asian americans 101

List creator: maritoni Created on: July 21, 2003 - 11:10 AM PDT Description: significant asian american feature films

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
the real must see early wang is "chan is missing" which is really hard to find
	Mississippi Masala (1991)
topically seems ahead of it's time even today, great early mira nair
	Pushing Hands (1992)			Not Rated
early early super director ang lee, first in trilogy
	The Wedding Banquet (1993)
early ang lee, second in trilogy, was a hit along with third installment, eat drink man woman
	Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)			Not Rated
early ang lee, third in trilogy
	The Joy Luck Club (1993)
wayne wang hit the mainstream paydirt with this adaptation of the amy tan novel
	Yellow (1997)			Not Rated
groundbreaking, first of the "next generation"
	Shopping for Fangs (1997)
interesting prelude to "better luck tomorrow" for justin lin
	The Sixth Sense (1999)
did you know this talented director is asian american? break out hit for the shamylan
	Girlfight (2000)
won a jury prize at sundance, tho not about an asian american, significant that director is asian american woman
	The Debut (2001)
one of a series of ethnic specific/universal appeal coming of age stories, this one filipino
	American Desi (Special Director's Edition) (2001)
another early coming of age story for the south asian kids
	Charlotte Sometimes (2002)
emerging talent with fresh take
	Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
first film picked up by mtv at sundance