30 Movies Set in Asia to Pass the Time During the Pandemic

There are far too many great movies set in Asia to list them all, but I originally started this list as a top ten list. Then it was a dozen, then 20, and by the time I live streamed this, the list grew to thirty  movies, not including the three movies I seriously dislike; Eat, Love, Pray, Bangkok Dangerous and No Escape. Perhaps Eat, Pray Love was made specifically for women, but I this is one of my least favorite movies. Not only movies set in Asia, but of ALL MOVIES! Maybe it was Julia Roberts praying and walking around in yoga pants, I don't know. Bangkok Dangerous...please, for anyone who knows a little about Thailand, the movie is way over the top. No Escape is another one of my least favorites because the director can't seem to decide on the country in which the coup took place.

Without further ado...my top three favorites from my list: Saint Jack, Return to Paradise and Holly. Let me know your favorites.

 1. The Impossible (2012)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649419/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

2. Saint Jack (1979)
​https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079843/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

3. The Beach (2000)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163978/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

4. The Hangover II (2011)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1411697/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

5. Return to Paradise (1998)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124595/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_60

6. City of Ghosts (2002)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164003/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3

7. Lost In Translation (2003)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335266/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

8. Contagion (2011)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598778/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

9. The Drifter (2009)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462768/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_4

10 . Railway Man (2013)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2058107/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

11. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0838221/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

12. Only God Forgives (2013)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602613/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

13. Holly (2006)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419815/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

14. Same Same But Different (2009)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1368443/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

15. My Thai Bride (2011)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2090573/

16. The Legend of Suriyothai (2001)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290879/?ref_=ttls_li_tt

17. Tom Yung Goong / The Protector (2005)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427954/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

18. Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior (2001)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368909/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

19. Shutter (2004)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0440803/

20. Beautiful Boxer (2004)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401248/?ref_=ttls_li_tt

21. Bangkok Hilton (1989) - TV Mini-series
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096540/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_70

22. Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120102/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

23. Black Rain (1989)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096933/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

24. The Con-Heartist (2020)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13393728/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

25. A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4080956/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

26. The Killing Fields (1984)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087553/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

27. The Last Emperor (1987)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093389/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

28. The Seven Samurai (1954)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0047478/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2​

29. Enter the Dragon (1973)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0070034/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

30. Train to Busan
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5700672/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1​