Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club

Between every mother and daughter there is a story that must be told.

Genres

Drama

OverView

Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.

Others

Budget

$11000000

Revenue

$32861136

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

139 mins

Rating

7.109/10

Release Date

08 September 1993

Country

United States of America

Cast

Ming-Na Wen

Ming-Na Wen

June Woo

Lauren Tom

Lauren Tom

Lena St. Clair

Tamlyn Tomita

Tamlyn Tomita

Waverly Jong

Rosalind Chao

Rosalind Chao

Rose Hsu Jordan

Kieu Chinh

Kieu Chinh

Suyuan Wong

France Nuyen

France Nuyen

Ying-Ying St. Clair

Tsai Chin

Tsai Chin

Lindo Jong

Lisa Lu

Lisa Lu

An-Mei Hsu

Chao-Li Chi

Chao-Li Chi

Canning Woo

Melanie Chang

Melanie Chang

June - Age 9

Victor Wong

Victor Wong

Old Chong

Irene Ng

Irene Ng

Lindo - Age 15

Christopher Rich

Christopher Rich

Rich

Russell Wong

Russell Wong

Lin Xiao

Michael Paul Chan

Michael Paul Chan

Harold

Philip Moon

Philip Moon

Ken

Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy

Ted

Fen Tian

Fen Tian

Auntie #1

Vivian Wu

Vivian Wu

An Mei's Mother

Jack Ford

Jack Ford

Mr. Jordan

Diane Baker

Diane Baker

Mrs. Jordan

Yu Feihong

Yu Feihong

Ying Ying - Age 16-25

Similar Movies

5.9

1922

October 2017 •English

A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.

4.5

Tragic Vacation

May 1979 •Romanian

During the peasant uprising of 1888, Alecu Dumitru, a socialist, hides from police in the Nada Florilor island, next to a fishing village.

7.1

Twelve O'Clock High

December 1949 •English

In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.

0.0

Wuhan Driver

December 2021 •English

At the onset of the pandemic, a Chinese Uber driver in New York struggles to make ends meet as he picks up various passengers on a long and dreary night.

6.8

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

September 2008 •English

Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout several decades. Recently, their lives have become mired in turmoil as their adult children’s extramarital affairs, unethical business practices, and a dark secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Charlotte and Alice decide to take a breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin.

7.5

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

February 2009 •Swedish

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece

7.2

Closely Watched Trains

November 1966 •Czech

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot.

6.8

Cruel Intentions

March 1999 •English

Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.

7.3

Lolita

June 1962 •English

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

7.8

Rosemary's Baby

June 1968 •English

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

5.7

Animal Farm

October 1999 •English

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.

6.6

Playing by Heart

December 1998 •English

In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide and truths unfold, revealing that the heart's desires often lead us where we least expect.

7.8

The Bridge on the River Kwai

October 1957 •English

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

7.2

2046

October 2004 •Chinese

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

7.2

Dangerous Liaisons

December 1988 •English

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.

5.5

Sliver

May 1993 •English

A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.

7.6

Planet of the Apes

February 1968 •English

Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.

8.4

Fight Club

October 1999 •English

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

7.1

The Poseidon Adventure

December 1972 •English

When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.

7.4

The Experiment

March 2001 •German

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.