Joan Chen

Director, Actor

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Tai Pan (1986): Dir. Daryl Duke
Feat. Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, Kyra Sedgwick; Colourful though largely missed attempt at adapting James Clavell's novel about the adventures of a rogue trader in 19th century Hong Kong . Despite…
Salute of the Jugger (1989): Dir. David Peoples
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen; Rutger Hauer leads a band of brutal apocalyptic gladiators in their challenge for The League.
Twin Peaks - Season 1 (TV Series) (1990): Dir. David Lynch, Various
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick…; An eccentric, mystical FBI agent arrives in a small Pacific Northwest town to investigate the murder of a young high school girl. Iconic, influential…
Twin Peaks - Season 2 (TV Series) (1991): Dir. David Lynch, Various
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick…; Second and final season of the cult nineties serial, with Kyle MacLachlan as an eccentric, mystical FBI agent arriving in a small Pacific Northwest…
Strangers (1992): Dir. Daniel Vigne, Joan Tewkesbury, Wayne Wang
Feat. Linda Fiorentino, Joan Chen, Timothy Hutton; A compendium of three stories connected only by a theme of American tourists in Europe. Three seasoned directors add class.
Golden Gate (1993): Dir. John Madden
Feat. Matt Dillon, Joan Chen, Bruno Kirby; Rookie FBI agent Matt Dillon is assigned to expose subversives in McCarthy–era San Fransisco, but years later becomes embroiled with the…
Temptation of a Monk (1993): Dir. Clara Law
Feat. Joan Chen, Zhang Fenyi; Graphic chronicle of blood–letting by a fierce warrior general in 7th century China, that hews to the visual traditions of the classic Japanese…
On Deadly Ground (1994): Dir. Steven Seagal
Feat. Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen; Steven Seagal goes PC as a macho hero with an environmental agenda in Alaska. The film even concludes with a personal message from the star/director.
Wild Side (1995): Dir. Donald Cammell
Feat. Anne Heche, Christopher Walken, Joan Chen…; Bank exec Anne Heche moonlights as a hooker to service a debt and initiates a twisted game of role–playing with miscreants Christopher Walken…
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Tian yu) (1998): Dir. Joan Chen
Feat. Li Xiaolu; Coming–of–age story set in the 70's about a teenage girl who is sent to the countryside during the "Down to the Countryside" Movement in…
Autumn in New York (2000): Dir. Joan Chen
Feat. Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Anthony LaPaglia; Silver–maned Richard Gere may be an accomplished womaniser, but amid the golden–hued atmosphere of the Big Apple he can't help falling…
What's Cooking? (2000): Dir. Gurinder Chadha
Feat. Joan Chen, Mercedes Ruehl, Julianne Margulies…; Four Thanksgiving dinners boil over in this goulash of comical family disagreements, with Joan Chen, Mercedes Ruehl, Julianna Margulies and Kyra…
Saving Face (2004): Dir. Alice Wu
Feat. Joan Chen, Lynn Chen, Michelle Krusiec; Comfy American indie which plumbs various relationship taboos in the world of Asian–America, centred around the lesbian longings of a surgeon…
Jasmine Women (Mo li hua kai; Blossoming Jasmine; Jasmine Flower) (2004): Dir. Yong Hou
Feat. Joan Chen, Wen Jiang, Zhang Ziyi; Intergenerational Chinese weepie about women who are unlucky in love, set during the 1920s, '50s and '80s, and based on the book by Su Tong (also the…
Home Song Stories, The (2007): Dir. Tony Ayres
Feat. Joan Chen, Joel Lok; Dir. Tony Ayres’ heartbreaking semi–autobiography of growing up in the seventies, starring Joan Chen as an alluring Shanghai nightclub…
Lust, Caution (Se, Jie) (2007): Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Joan Chen, Wei Tang…; Dir. Ang Lee (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN) returns to the mainland to present a slow–burn, psychologically dense and provocative spy thriller, based on…
Mao's Last Dancer (2009): Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan…; Enthralling true–life story traces the life of acclaimed ballet dancer Li Cunxin from his impoverished upbringing in communist China to the…
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012): Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen, David Strathairn…; Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman spar in this highly mannered HBO biopic of famed war correspondent Martha Gellhorn's rocky romance with literary giant…
Twin Peaks (TV Series) (Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series, Twin Peaks: The Return) (2017): Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Catherine E. Coulson, Madchen Amick…; Revival of the cult TV series with most of the same cast (plus many, many more), which rivals and occasionally surpasses the terrifying brilliance of…
Didi (2024): Feat. Joan Chen; A semi–autobiographical film about a Taiwanese American teenage outcast growing up, falling in love, and acting–out during the eccentric…

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