Asian Christmas Movies
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1. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
PG-13 | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
Directors: Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon | Stars: Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka
Votes: 46,787 | Gross: $0.13M
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2. Merry Christmas (1984)
96 min | Comedy, Romance
A widower named Baldy longs for his lovely neighbor, but is unable to summon the courage to tell her until another man enters the picture and forces his hand.
Director: Clifton Ko | Stars: Karl Maka, Paula Tsui, Danny Bak-Keung Chan, Loletta Lee
Votes: 177
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3. Happy Ero Christmas (2003)
109 min | Comedy, Romance
Both a cop, who dreams of clearing the Korean spa town of gangsters, and the local gangster boss are in love with the bowling alley girl. Who gets to spend Christmas/her birthday with her?
Director: Geon-dong Lee | Stars: Cha Tae-hyun, Kim Seon-a, Park Yeong-gyu, Jang-Su Bae
Votes: 183
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4. Woojoo's Christmas (2016)
Drama, Fantasy
When her mother dies, Woojoo plans to open a cafe in a rural town as a way to live with her daughter. There she meets two women who have the same name and a similar past as her, making her experience deja vu and confusion.
Director: Kyeong-hyeong Kim | Stars: Shim Eun-Jin, Kim Ji-Soo, Kim Yong-Joon
5. If It Snows on Christmas (1998)
101 min | Romance
Song-hie promises to give her father's Stradivarius violin to her childhood friend, Su-wan, if he forgets that he is about to be married and dates her for one week.
Director: Dong-hong Jang | Stars: Kim Hyun-joo, Yong-ha Park, Kim Ji-yeong, Kwon Oh-jung
Votes: 21
6. Hansel and Gretel (2007)
TV-14 | 117 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After meeting a mysterious girl on an dark stretch of road, a young salesman is invited to a beautiful house with bizarre secrets and no way to escape.
Director: Pil-sung Yim | Stars: Cheon Jeong-myeong, Eun Won-jae, Shim Eun-kyung, Jin Ji-hee
Votes: 4,945
7. The Tower (2012)
Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A Christmas Eve party at a luxury residential building takes a horrific turn when a fire breaks out.
Director: Ji-hoon Kim | Stars: Kim Sang-kyung, Sol Kyung-gu, Son Ye-jin, Kim In-kwon
Votes: 6,824
Christmas adjacent
8. One Nite in Mongkok (2004)
110 min | Crime, Drama
Hong Kong nihilism. December 22, a street quarrel leads to the death of a gang leader's son. Next day, he seeks revenge on his brother, a rival boss. He calls on Liu, a fixer, to import a ... See full summary »
Director: Tung-Shing Yee | Stars: Daniel Wu, Cecilia Cheung, Alex Fong, Kar Lok Chin
Votes: 2,769
Christmas adjacent
9. Bodies at Rest (2019)
94 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Working in the morgue, a hardworking forensics expert and his assistant are suddenly accosted by masked intruders who demand access to a body involved in a recent crime.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Nick Cheung, Richie Jen, Zi Yang, Carlos Chan
Votes: 983
Christmas adjacent
10. Christmas Carol (I) (2022)
131 min | Thriller
'A Christmas Carol' is a story about a twin brother who goes to a juvenile detention center on his own to avenge the death of his twin brother.
Director: Kim Seong-soo | Stars: Park Jin-young, Kim Young-min, Kim Dong-hwi, Heo Dong-won
Votes: 589
11. Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
G | 82 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Clara finds herself in a magical world where her toys have come to life but must fight the evil mice who threaten the kingdom before she can return home.
Director: Takeo Nakamura | Stars: Michele Lee, Melissa Gilbert, Lurene Tuttle, Christopher Lee
Votes: 282
12. 2046 (2004)
R | 129 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Several women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ziyi Zhang, Faye Wong, Gong Li
Votes: 61,805 | Gross: $1.44M
Christmas scene
13. Starry Starry Night (2011)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy
12-year-old Mei grew up with her grandparents in the mountains, but now lives with her parents in the city. Her parents constantly fight and she ignored at home. Mei withdraws into her own world and imagination.
Director: Tom Lin | Stars: Jiao Xu, Hui-Min Lin, Rene Liu, Harlem Yu
Votes: 1,310
Christmas scene
14. As the Light Goes Out (2014)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Drama
The firefighters of Hong Kong's Pillar Point division battle an out-of-control blaze that threatens to plunge the city into darkness.
Director: Chi-Kin Kwok | Stars: Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Simon Yam, Jun Hu
Votes: 1,412
Christmas scene
15. The Flowers of War (2011)
R | 146 min | Drama, History, Romance
An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang, Tianyuan Huang
Votes: 55,738 | Gross: $0.01M
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16. New Year Blues (2021)
115 min | Comedy, Romance
Four very different couples with very different problems, needs, and concerns face up to their worries and obstacles at the start of a brand new year. Ji Ho is a divorcee police detective from a violent crime unit who meets Hyo Young.
Director: Hong Ji-Young | Stars: Kim Kang-woo, Yoo In-na, Yoo Yeon-Seok, Lee Yeon-hee
Votes: 410
17. A Year-End Medley (2021 TV Movie)
138 min | Comedy, Romance
A heartwarming and romantic melodrama about the guests and employees that work at Hotel Emros around the New Year's holiday.
Director: Jae-young Kwak | Stars: Han Ji-min, Lee Dong-wook, Kang Ha-neul, Won Jin-ah
Votes: 843
18. Rave Fever (1999)
96 min | Drama
A man wakes up with a hangover where his memory should be, and discovers he also has a love bite and a filofax that weren't there before, both of which appear to come from someone named Sonia.
Director: Alan Mak | Stars: Mark Lui, Terence Yin, Jaymee Ong, Sam Lee
Votes: 49
New Year's Eve scene
19. Merry Christmas Mr. Mo (2016)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
This is a tragicomedy about Mr. Mo Geum-San, a dying man, his son Stephen, an aspiring film director and his son's girlfriend Ye-Won. Together they travel around to shoot a silent movie inspired by Charlie Chaplin.
Director: Dae Hyung Lim | Stars: Gi Ju-bong, David Oh, Go Won-Hee, Jeon Yeo-been
Votes: 84
20. Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North! (2011)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
When a boy from North Korea finds a unique Christmas gift sent up from South Korea, he suddenly becomes the most popular child in his small town. But how long will it take for his new toy to attract the wrong kind of attention?
Director: Seong-hoon Kim | Stars: Whan-young Kim, Hae-ri Joo, Choong-hoon Lee, Yoon-sang Yu
Votes: 104
21. Switch (2023)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The movie "Switch" is about top star Park Kang, who is a hit actor but a troublemaker, meets a taxi driver on Christmas Eve and experiences a new life.
Director: Ma Dae-Yoon | Stars: Oh Jung-se, Kim Mi-kyung, Lee Min-Jung, Kwon Sang-Woo
Votes: 552
22. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
R | 123 min | Drama, War
During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano
Votes: 20,035 | Gross: $2.31M
23. It All Began When I Met You (2013)
106 min | Drama, Romance
Six love stories following the love lives of ten different people.
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Masahiro Higashide, Tsubasa Honda, Miwako Ichikawa
Votes: 149
24. 7 gatsu 24 ka dôri no Kurisumasu (2006)
110 min | Comedy, Romance
Hopeless romantic Sayuri (Miki Nakatani) yearns for her dream man to sweep her off her feet and take her to July 24th Avenue in Lisbon, Portugal, her idealised paradise from her favourite ... See full summary »
Director: Shôsuke Murakami | Stars: Takao Osawa, Miki Nakatani, Ryûta Satô, Juri Ueno
Votes: 102
25. Santa Company (2013)
Animation
A young girl joins the Santa Company, a company that delivers presents to children around the world.
Director: Kenji Itoso | Stars: Ayumi Fujimura, Minoru Inaba, Yûki Kaji, Yûichi Karasuma
Votes: 41
26. Daiteiden no yoru ni (2005)
132 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Takashi Minamoto | Stars: Tsuyoshi Abe, Chikage Awashima, Tomoyo Harada, Kanata Hongô
Votes: 163
27. Mirai no omoide: Last Christmas (1992)
118 min | Romance, Sci-Fi
Based on the 'not quite Sci-Fi, not quite a Romance' manga by the Fujiko F. Fujio. Yuko dreams of being a best selling children's author, but as an adult she has made little progress. In ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Shizuka Kudô, Misa Shimizu, Fujio Akatsuka, Fujio F. Fujiko
Votes: 62
28. Miracle: Devil Claus' Love and Magic (2014)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The intertwined love story of four young people on Christmas night.
Director: Isshin Inudô | Stars: Han Hyo-joo, Makiko Watanabe, Nana Eikura, Tôma Ikuta
Votes: 112
29. Silent Tokyo (2020)
99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
It is Xmas, the time for shopping, consumerism, gifts, late gifts and of course silly hats. This is no time for a call into a television station with an ultimatum about a bomb in a major ... See full summary »
Director: Takafumi Hatano | Stars: Alice Hirose, Kai Inowaki, Yuriko Ishida, Yûta Kanai
Votes: 128
30. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
Not Rated | 162 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.
Directors: Noriyuki Kitanohara, Kazuya Sakamoto, Noriko Takao, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Hiroko Utsumi, Naoko Yamada, Mitsuyoshi Yoneda, Tatsuya Ishihara | Stars: Aya Hirano, Tomokazu Sugita, Minori Chihara, Yûko Gotô
Votes: 8,016
31. Hôrudo appu daun (2005)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two robbers, three cops, a wanted criminal and a former priest's lives are intertwined when a bank heist goes wrong.
Director: Sabu | Stars: Masayuki Sakamoto, Hiroshi Nagano, Yoshihiko Inohara, Ken Miyake
Votes: 266
32. Love & Peace (2015)
117 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Bullied and diminished by his fellow employees, demure and bashful Ryoichi Suzuki finds support in an unusual friendship with a turtle. Together they will share many adventures and finally conquer the world.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Hiroki Hasegawa, Kumiko Asô, Motoki Fukami, Suidôbashi Hakase
Votes: 1,307
33. Survive Style 5+ (2004)
120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
Director: Gen Sekiguchi | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Reika Hashimoto, Kyôko Koizumi, Hiroshi Abe
Votes: 10,151
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