Joan Chen
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- 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…