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Joan Chen - what members say


  • Wild Side
  • Wild Side review by Philip Concannon from London
    Rated - 3 stars Flawed, frustrating, occasionally brilliant thriller 22 May 2004
    ... obsession as the stakes for both characters are raised. Meanwhile Bruno's wife(Joan Chen) and chauffeur(Steven Bauer) are also making plans for Bruno. This is a real...  
  • The Hunted
  • The Hunted review by A customer from GLASGOW
    Rated - 4 stars TOP MOVIE !!! 21 June 2005
    ...Lambert plays Paul Racine, a yuppie scum salesman who meets a mystery woman (Joan Chen) in the hotel bar one night during a business trip to Japan. And in doing so he d...  
  • Saving Face
  • Saving Face review by Sam Inglis from Tonbridge, Kent
    Rated - 3 stars Saving Face 19 March 2007
    ...ith dancer Vivian (Lynn Chen). The second has Wil's widowed 48 year old mother (Joan Chen) move back in with her daughter when she is thrown out by her parents when they...  

Joan Chen - filmography


  • Lust, Caution on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Joan Chen,  Tony Leung Chiu-wai,  Tang Wei
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: 18
    An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi (Tang Wei), gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee (Tony Leung).
    Rate this: 3.5 67% from 7,330 members
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  • Saving Face on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Michelle Krusiec,  Joan Chen,  Lynn Chen
    Director: Alice Wu
    Certificate: 15
    A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations..
    Rate this: 3.0 68% from 527 members
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  • Autumn In New York on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Winona Ryder,  Elaine Stritch
    Director: Joan Chen
    Certificate: 15
    Following in a long tradition of Hollywood May-December romances, AUTUMN IN NEW YORK is the story of a pair who finds love when each least expects it. Will Keane (Richard Gere) is a successful restaurant owner and bachelor playboy with more "girlfriends" than he knows what to do with but no serious ...
    Rate this: 2.5 56% from 280 members
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  • What's Cooking? on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Joan Chen,  Julianna Margulies,  Mercedes Ruehl
    Director: Gurinder Chadha
    Certificate: 12
    What happens when families come together for Thanksgiving? Almost anything! Sit back, relax and enjoy this generous and charming tale of four very different families, as they cook up some tasty holiday surprises; love, betrayal and even a few outrageous secrets! And, ultimately, discover the ...
    Rate this: 3.5 65% from 176 members
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  • Purple Storm (1999)
    Starring: Daniel Wu,  Kwok-Leung Gan,  Emil Chau
    Director: Teddy Chan
    Certificate: 15
    PURPLE STORM stars Daniel Wu as an amnesiac who must choose between continuing a new life or returning to his dark past. Joan Chen plays a psychologist who attempts to help him. Produced by Jackie Chan, this action movie features blazing guns and stunning fight sequences.
    Rate this: 2.5 53% from 230 members
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  • Wild Side on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Joan Chen,  Steven Bauer
    Director: Donald Cammell
    Certificate: 18
    Anne Heche stars as Alex Lee, a loan officer who works as a high-class call girl by night, in this erotic thriller. When Alex is unwittingly caught up in a sting operation by the police, she is forced to agree to help catch a notorious underworld boss named Bruno (Walken) who had hired her one ...
    Rate this: 2.5 52% from 123 members
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  • Judge Dredd on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Jurgen Prochnow,  Armand Assante
    Director: Danny Cannon
    Certificate: 15
    In the third millenium, all-powerful Judges keep the peace in Earth's giant Mega-Cities. Judge Dredd is framed by corrupt power-seekers and must fight for his life and for justice. Based on the futuristic, action-packed comic books by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra.
    Rate this: 3.0 58% from 2,578 members
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  • Heaven And Earth on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Tommy Lee Jones,  Joan Chen,  Debbie Reynolds
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: 15
    The true story of Le Ly, a young girl living in Central Vietnam in the early 1950s. Raped by the Viet Cong and tortured by the South Vietnamese, she is eventually courted by a battle-scarred Marine and returns with him to America as his bride, anxious to put the past behind her.
    Rate this: 3.0 62% from 587 members
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  • Wedlock on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Rutger Hauer,  Mimi Rogers,  Joan Chen
    Director: Lewis Teague
    Certificate: 15
    Frank Warren, an electronics expert, is imprisoned in an experimental 'high-tech' prison for being convicted of a diamond robbery. Here, inmates are secretly connected by collars which explode if separated by more than 100 yards...
    Rate this: 3.0 66% from 138 members
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  • Salute Of The Jugger on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Rutger Hauer,  Joan Chen,  Vincent D'Onofrio
    Director: David Webb Peoples
    Certificate: 18
    A future barren world destroyed by war is inhabited by settlers whose daily task is to survive a harsh world where food is scarce. The only pleasure in life is the Game in which opposing settlers put forward a team of gladiators to do battle.
    Rate this: 3.5 66% from 224 members
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  • The Last Emperor (2 discs) on DVD (1987)
    Starring: John Lone,  Joan Chen,  Peter O'Toole
    Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
    Certificate: 15
    The story of Pu Yi, who ascended to the Imperial Throne in China at the age of three and became the country’s last Emperor. Although it is 160 minutes long and shot with breathtaking scope and sumptuousness, Bernardo Bertolucci's film is a story about claustrophobia. Pu Yi is a prisoner in the ...
    Rate this: 3.5 72% from 1,477 members
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  • Tai-Pan on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Bryan Brown,  John Stanton,  Joan Chen
    Director: Daryl Duke
    Certificate: 18
    This exotic drama tells of the founding of Hong Kong and the Western merchants who traded the South China Sea risking their lives to create magnificent dynasties. Based on James Clavell's bestseller and filmed in the Republic of China.
    Rate this: 2.5 49% from 137 members
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  • Hollywood Chinese
    Starring: Turhan Bey,  Joan Chen,  Tsai Chin
    Director: Arthur Dong
    Certificate: TBC
    Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues and treasures. It weaves together a ...
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Joan Chen - downloads


  • Lust Caution for Download (2008)
    Starring: Joan Chen,  Lee-Hom Wang,  Tony Leung Chiu Wai
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: 18
    Buy from: £13.99
    Run time: 157 minutes
    Shanghai, 1942. The World War II Japanese occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a woman of sophistication and means, walks into a café, places a call, and then sits and waits. She remembers how her story began several years earlier, in 1938 China. She is not in fact Mrs. Mak,...
    Rate this: 4.0 82% from 9 members
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  • Wild Side for Download (1995)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Joan Chen,  Steven Bauer
    Director: Donald Cammell
    Certificate: 18
    Rent from: £2.99
    Run time: 111 minutes
    Anne Heche stars as Alex Lee, a loan officer who works as a high-class call girl by night, in this erotic thriller. When Alex is unwittingly caught up in a sting operation by the police, she is forced to agree to help catch a notorious underworld boss named Bruno (Walken) who had hired her one ...
    Rate this: 3 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Wedlock for Download (1990)
    Starring: Joan Chen,  Mimi Rogers,  Rutger Hauer
    Director: Lewis Teague
    Certificate: 18
    Buy from: £4.99
    Run time: 98 minutes
    Frank Warren, an electronics expert, is imprisoned in an experimental 'high-tech' prison for being convicted of a diamond robbery. Here, inmates are secretly connected by collars which explode if separated by more than 100 yards...
    Rate this: 3.5 70% from 1 members
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Joan Chen facts

5 most recent films


24 Cities - 3 stars
Lust, Caution - 3.5 stars
Saving Face - 3.0 stars
Autumn In New York - 2.5 stars
What's Cooking? - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films


The Last Emperor - 3.5 stars
Lust, Caution - 3.5 stars
Salute Of The Jugger - 3.5 stars
What's Cooking? - 3.5 stars
Heaven And Earth - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Hollywood Chinese - 3 stars
24 Cities - 3 stars
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl - 2.5 stars
Wild Side - 2.5 stars
Tai-Pan - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Rutger Hauer - 3 times - show films
Jill Hennessy - 2 times - show films
John Lone - 2 times - show films
Winona Ryder - 2 times - show films
Kyra Sedgwick - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Ang Lee - 2 times - show films
Lewis Teague - 2 times - show films
Donald Cammell - 2 times - show films
David Webb Peoples - 1 times - show films
Daryl Duke - 1 times - show films