Los Angeles, 1937. El detectiu Gittes, especialitzat en divorcis, rep la visita de l'esposa de Mulwray, el cap del Servei d'Aigües de la ciutat, que sospita que el seu marit l'enganya. Alhora, Gittes descobreix que els agricultors acusen Mulwray de corrupció per la seva negativa a construir un pantà que pal·liaria la sequera que pateixen. Poc després, l'escàndol salta a la premsa, però la cosa es complica quan una dona es presenta al despatx de Gittes amb una sorprenent revelació.
Jack Burton, a tough-talking truck driver, goes into a supernatural tailspin when his best friend's fiancée is kidnapped.
Maggie, professora i dona decidida, està preparada per ser mare. Els seus amants no duren més de sis mesos, però té un donant ideal. Amb la mostra a la mà, se li declara un company casat...
Cinquena i última entrega de la saga policíaca que neix amb 'Harry, el brut', protagonitzada pel controvertit inspector de la policia de Los Angeles, Harry Callahan. Una llista de vuit persones cèlebres circula per San Francisco i s'estan fent macabres apostes, que consisteixen a endevinar qui d'aquelles persones morirà primer. Un dels noms és el del famós inspector Callahan, que investiga el cas.
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.
Stanley White (Rourke) és un veterà de Vietnam que, després de quinze anys a la policia, és destinat a Manhattan Sud, un districte de Nova York. La seva tasca és acabar amb les bandes juvenils que dominen la zona. Les seves investigacions el condueixen a la perillosa màfia xinesa, dirigida per Joey Tai (John Lone), i els mètodes de les quals per controlar el tràfic de drogues són extraordinàriament violents. Acabar amb el crim organitzat es converteix per a White en una obsessió, però el seu traumàtic passat i la seva situació present l'arrosseguen més enllà de les ordres rebudes.
Following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future for his son.
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of well-established rut.
Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.
Molt de temps després del seu curs d'Erasmus a Espanya, Xavier ja està casat i té dos fills. Malgrat l'aparent estabilitat, Xavier continua pensant que la vida és molt complicada. Quan traslladen la seva dona a Nova York per raons de feina, es trobarà sobrepassat per la situació.
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.
Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing. He moves to America to live with his son's family, but finds the cultural adjustment difficult. Since his daughter-in-law is a white woman who does not speak Chinese, Mr. Chu's son, Alex, must mediate.
Vincent's life is on hold until he finds his wife's killer. Alice, his neighbor, is convinced she can make him happy. She decides to invent a culprit, so that Vincent can find revenge and leave the past behind. But there is no ideal culprit and no perfect crime.
A child abandoned in a subway coin locker is sold to a ruthless and calculating loan shark and gangster boss dubbed Mother, who runs an organ-harvesting ring in Incheon’s Chinatown. Named Il-Young, the baby girl grows into Mother’s loyal right-hand enforcer and is groomed to be her eventual successor. But when Il-Young’s loyalty to Mother wavers, the clash between the two unleashes a merciless tidal wave of blood-soaked retribution and strife.
Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the many problems experienced by Chinese-Americans trying to assimilate into contemporary American society.
A short documentary about London's Chinatown.
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.
When Harry Levine, an aging, unsuccessful Greenwich Village writer, is fired from his job as restaurant doorman, he calls on friend and mentor Jake, ostensibly to collect a long-standing debt.
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
Johnny Woo is a Chinese doctor who has given up fighting in the ring. His brother is a teacher at a kickboxing club. When Johnny falls in love with Julie, whose brother is a teacher in a rival kickboxing club, tension begins to build...