Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
Season's Beatings
The halls won't be the only thing getting decked this holiday season! We've got all the rough-and-tumble fun you need to beat (up) the winter blahs..."
So kick back and punch things up with this selection of films that's spirited in a decidedly different sort of way, and know that at the very least you'll be kicking in a new year before you know it.
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Selected Films
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Full Contact
Unsurpassed action-packed set pieces, dazzling direction and one of Chow Yun-Fat's most explosive performance fuel FULL CONTACT, a first-rate, high-octane tale of revenge and retribution. To help his buddy Sam (Anthony Wong) settle a gambling debt, Jeff (Chow Yun-Fat) reluctantly agrees to join...Watch Movie
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Red Trousers
In this dazzling combination of documentary and short film directed by and starring Robin Shou (star of MORTAL KOMBAT), the death-defying feats performed by the world's greatest stuntmen are profiled through interviews and clips that showcase their work. Intercutting with the documentary footage...Watch Movie
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Riki-Oh
Ricky is sentenced to prison for the pulpy murder of a lowlife responsible for his girlfriend's suicide. In the dystopian future of 2001, the prison system has been privatized and run by monsters far worse than the criminals they keep locked up. Ricky finds himself up against the Gang of Four,...Watch Movie
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Dynamite Brothers
Before RUSH HOUR there was DYNAMITE BROTHERS, the first movie to team an African-American action star and an Asian Martial Arts star! It's action all the way from the ghettos of L.A. to the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown as Larry Chin and Stud Brown blast apart the...Watch Movie
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As Tears Go By
Though as gritty as any 80s Hong Kong gangster picture, AS TEARS GO BY is a watershed film heralding one of the most auspicious directorial debuts in international cinema. Wong Kar-Wai's visually stunning, tough and romantic 1988 first feature deftly smuggles the director's now celebrated genius...Watch Movie
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Bunohan: Return to Murder
Set in a border town in northeastern Malaysia of the same name, BUNOHAN tells the powerful story of three estranged brothers (Adil, Bakar and Ilham) and their ailing father, whose fates become tragically intertwined in a web of deceit and corruption. After fleeing a deathmatch...Watch Movie
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OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
A box-office sensation in France, comic star Jean Dujardin stars as secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117 who in the tradition of Maxwell Smart and Inspector Clouseau somehow succeeds in spite of his ineptitude. After a fellow agent and close friend is...Watch Movie
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Budo
Filmed entirely in Japan, BUDO: THE ART OF KILLING is a highly acclaimed documentary and a favorite of martial arts practitioners and fans alike. Highlighting the various techniques of “Budo” (Karate, Judo, Aikido and so forth), this action-packed film is a visual feast exploring the spiritual...Watch Movie
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Karate Girl
Real-life black-belt Rina Takeda stars as an ordinary high school student turned martial arts master in this throwback action film with a refreshing lack of CGI and special effects and a surprisingly old-school focus on hand-to-hand martial arts action. Years ago, a murderous clan of ninjas...Watch Movie
