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YouTube TV
78
7.5
/36082/
73
/745/
73
/703/
3.9
/58100/
86
/57/
84
/554/

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.1
/2055/
71
/59/
68
/31/
3.8
/9063/
96
/52/
75
/38/
85
/4/

Chan Is Missing (1982)
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.
poster
77
7.7
/462999/
78
/13800/
75
/7057/
3.8
/542387/
77
/64/
84
/5322/
63
/19/
cc age 16+

The Game (1997)
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
poster
76
8.0
/608498/
80
/16033/
78
/10313/
4.0
/871402/
67
/175/
87
/42156/
64
/36/
cc age 12+

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.9
/91698/
71
/3227/
66
/1621/
3.4
/58426/
92
/52/
69
/1120/
71
/8/
cc age 16+

48 Hrs. (1982)
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
poster
Disney Plus
74
7.2
/768679/
74
/48948/
70
/20457/
3.2
/1456281/
83
/339/
85
/7229/
64
/44/
cc age 12+

Ant-Man (2015)
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
7.1
/10809/
72
/240/
69
/146/
3.4
/5389/
57
/14/
80
/1104/

Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?
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Fandango at Home Free
69
6.5
/102229/
70
/8724/
72
/3870/
3.1
/559576/
69
/185/
89
/3442/
56
/41/
cc age 6+

Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
7.2
/164428/
75
/6487/
72
/3205/
3.7
/211888/
73
/66/
82
/6071/
53
/15/
cc age 14+

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
poster
67
6.9
/103789/
71
/3891/
69
/3562/
3.4
/151872/
72
/193/
68
/1046/
62
/40/
cc age 13+

Big Eyes (2014)
In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.
poster
Peacock Premium
66
7.2
/224832/
75
/10197/
74
/6950/
3.2
/297349/
55
/172/
67
/1377/
51
/31/
cc age 13+

The Age of Adaline (2015)
After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
65
7.2
/5540/
71
/129/
67
/103/
3.7
/5626/
88
/8/
77
/30/

Woman on the Run (1950)
Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
57
6.9
/4024/
64
/59/
62
/34/
3.2
/3100/
79
/56/
72
/123/

Flower Drum Song (1961)
A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown, from Hong Kong, with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.
poster
64
56
6.4
/3951/
64
/61/
62
/72/
3.2
/2495/
75
/12/
62
/42/
61
/8/

Hammett (1982)
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.
poster
63
52
6.8
/3534/
65
/54/
63
/52/
3.3
/1835/
71
/7/
49
/51/

The Maltese Falcon (1931)
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.
poster
54
49
6.0
/4849/
63
/191/
58
/96/
3.0
/2990/
50
/6/
36
/66/

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
poster
Hoopla
48
5.5
/64430/
59
/1814/
57
/1210/
2.4
/60314/
21
/116/
41
/6879/
35
/29/
cc age 15+

Rumor Has It... (2005)
Sarah Huttinger's return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her – and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers – as she uncovers secrets that suggest the Huttingers are neither sedate nor proper.
poster
47
6.0
/20983/
65
/576/
59
/356/
2.9
/7734/
41
/32/
33
/148/
31
/11/
cc age 15+

The Presidio (1988)
Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders that cross jurisdictions force them to work together again. That Austin is now dating Caldwell's daughter is not helping their relationship.
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The Roku Channel
49
43
5.6
/4950/
58
/142/
51
/113/
2.8
/1967/
39
/8394/
33
/5/

An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
poster
fuboTV
67
38
7.3
/2707/
73
/148/
72
/42/
3.0
/806/
58
/3/

The Wedding Veil (2022)
Three longtime college friends who discover a mysterious, antique veil fabled to unite its bearer with her true love. After discovering a long-lost painting, museum curator Avery and successful, new board member Peter investigate the artwork's origins as they plan a charity fundraiser to unveil its restoration.
poster
70
30
7.0
/208/
53
/3/
58
/9/
100
/7/

Paths to Paradise (1925)
Two thieves discover a professional and personal relationship when individual heist plans are thrown together by circumstance.
poster
63
30
6.8
/1294/
61
/16/
63
/18/
3.5
/892/
54
/75/

Frisco Jenny (1933)
Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the custody of a wealthy married couple. Years later, thanks to the protection of a corrupt politician, she becomes the main "madame" of San Francisco, in addition to participating in various illegal activities.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
59
25
5.9
/924/
63
/19/
57
/17/
3.0
/505/
80
/5/
40
/5/

Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.
poster
53
22
5.8
/1081/
55
/22/
52
/24/
3.0
/437/
41
/394/

Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa, on a secret military mission for Chinese forces fighting the Japanese invasion. Mr. Wong finds two captains with the intial J in the case, neither being quite what he seems; there's fog on the waterfront and someone still has that poison-dart gun...
poster
61
22
6.4
/1007/
56
/9/
62
/9/
3.2
/274/
62
/127/

Key to the City (1950)
At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. Written by Ron Kerrigan
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Hoopla
55
22
6.0
/1398/
63
/33/
54
/30/
3.0
/686/
40
/11/

Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.
poster
65
20
5.4
/11/
68
/12/
60
/1/
4.0
/2221/

The House of the Red Dragon (1969)
In the 1890's, Suzie, an 18-year-old Chinese stowaway, leaves her hiding place on a ship after it docks in San Francisco, only to find herself in the middle of the tong wars and a witness to the murder of a runaway "love-slave." She makes her escape and finds work at the Mandarin Club, owned by her distant uncle Wong, who heads the Red Dragon tong.
poster
55
20
6.2
/1765/
65
/29/
53
/20/
3.2
/391/
33
/16/

Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito Morell, goes home, learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a fortune, he opens his own place with Flaxen as the entertainer; but the 1906 quake destroys his place.
poster
55
16
6.4
/591/
60
/4/
51
/13/
3.3
/245/
38
/81/

The Shock (1923)
A gang of blackmailers sends a cripple to San Francisco to expose a banker they have been blackmailing. However, the cripple meets and falls in love with the banker's daughter.
poster
Criterion Channel
56
14
5.9
/889/
66
/9/
49
/19/
3.0
/402/
47
/7/

Welcome Danger (1929)
A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.
poster
51
13
6.4
/438/
56
/3/
53
/9/
30
/79/

Old San Francisco (1927)
In San Francisco, a villainous landowner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.
poster
49
12
6.2
/953/
60
/6/
47
/11/
3.2
/419/
13
/114/

The Hatchet Man (1932)
When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.
poster
Hoopla
62
12
6.5
/896/
66
/20/
60
/12/
3.1
/205/

Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme.
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Hoopla
50
11
5.8
/728/
62
/17/
49
/15/
3.0
/223/
25
/12/

The Chinese Ring (1947)
Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
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MGM Plus
41
9
5.2
/1023/
50
/10/
40
/15/
2.9
/327/
6
/7/

Golden Gate (1994)
A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist-spying against a Chinese laundryman. 10 years later, he wants to make amends to the man and his teenage daughter.
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Amazon Prime Video
36
8
5.1
/496/
25
/6/
56
/8/
12
/67/

Jack London (1943)
The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916).
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?
4.9
/48/
50
/1/

Law of the Barbary Coast (1949)
Wayne Adams is murdered in a Barbary Coast saloon and gambling hall in San Francisco in 1880, and his sister, Julie, enlists the aid of the district attorney, Michael Lodge, in gathering evidence in which to convict the owner of the gambling house of the crime. In order to do so, Julie poses as a dance-hall-girl, and soon finds herself in a dangerous situation.
poster
?
40
/2/

The City of Dim Faces (1918)
Chinese merchant Wing Lung and Elizabeth Mendall, an American, marry and have a son named Jang Lung. Because Elizabeth wants Jang Lung to be raised as a Christian, Wing Lung locks her in the cellar and she becomes insane. Jang meets Marcell Matthews at an Eastern university, and she returns with him to San Francisco to be married.
poster
46
?
5.5
/202/
33
/3/
52
/8/

Pier 23 (1951)
Pier 23 was one of three hour-long mysteries produced by Lippert Productions for both TV and theatrical release. Each of the three films was evenly divided into two half-hour "episodes," and each starred Hugh Beaumont as San Francisco-based amateur sleuth Dennis O'Brien. In Pier 23, O'Brien first tackles the case of a wrestler who has died of a suspicious heart attack after refusing to lose a match. He then agrees to help a priest talk an escaped criminal into returning to prison.
poster
56
?
5.9
/123/
53
/3/

The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939)
Some try to travel around the world with a time constraint, but Lavarède has to perform an even harder task than Phineas Fogg. His assignment is to go around the globe with a mere five cents coin. Worse, he can't even spend it or else he will not come into the money of his inheritance. To make sure Lavarède plays by the rules of the game, two supervisors stick to him like a shadow. Will the young man meet this unbelievable challenge?
poster
52
?
5.8
/285/
45
/2/
53
/8/

Execution of Justice (1999)
The true story of the assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk on November 27, 1978. The case of assassin Dan White has become known as the "Twinkie defense" after his sentence was reduced from first-degree murder to voluntary manslaughter. White served five years in prison and committed suicide in 1985.
poster
57
?
5.6
/145/
66
/3/
50
/2/

Windjammer (1937)
The fourth and last of the George A. Hirliman-produced films starring George O'Brien (preceded by "Daniel Boone", "Park Avenue Logger" and "Hollywood Cowboy") that were distributed by RKO Radio. Hirliman sold O'Brien's contract to RKO, which then produced 18 series westerns starring O'Brien that ended when O'Brien went into the Navy at the outbreak of WW II. Long-time (past and future) O'Brien director David Howard served as Hirliman's Associate Producer on this film. "Windjammer" finds O'Brien as a subpoena server ordered to serve a subpoena on Brandon Evans (The Commondore) for a senate inquiry or lose his job. Posing as a playboy, he boards the Commodore's yacht during a yacht race, and the yacht is wrecked by a gun-running windjammer commanded by Captain Morgan (William Hall.) All hands are picked up by the windjammer, including the Commodore's daughter (played by Constance Worth) and put to work as galley slaves.
poster
48
?
4.7
/149/
50
/3/

Shadows of the Orient (1935)
A classic "B" featurette about "smugglin' in Chinamen for $300 a load"
poster
29
?
4.3
/239/
27
/5/
30
/6/

Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. (1897)
The title tells us where we are; the vignette is in two parts, spliced together. On a busy sidewalk, a police officer holds the left arm and a suited man holds the other of a Chinese wearing a loose white shirt and hat - marching the man up the slight incline past the camera.
poster
?
6.1
/48/
60
/1/

Half Past Midnight (1948)
A detective encounters a woman in a nightclub. He finds that she is being blackmailed by a dancer who is murdered that very night. Of course, the woman becomes the main suspect. She and the gumshoe team up and begin searching for the real killer.
poster
AMC+ Amazon Channel
41
?
6.1
/184/
40
/2/
54
/7/
20
/5/
33
/6/

Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day (1996)
The Yosemite Valley Railroad, which runs through the breathtaking scenery and stunning vistas of Yosemite National Park, is on the brink of failure. The grandson of a Chinese railroad laborer embarks on a romantic, but ultimately doomed, quest to save this railroad from being sold for scrap. His love of trains finds him working as a railroad-man, instead of at his father's profitable business. He manages to locate a wealthy eccentric investor to help him acquire the railroad, but its financial inviability makes this a quixotic reprieve, at best. The film also portrays the anti-Asian racism present in America at the conclusion of World War II.
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?
6.3
/82/
70
/1/
60
/1/

Chinatown Squad (1935)
Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.
poster
?
6.2
/46/
50
/2/

Where Lights Are Low (1921)
The Chinese prince T'Su Wong Shih loves Quan Yin, the daughter of a gardener, but his uncle wants him to marry a girl of his own class. Leaving to study in the United States, the young man promises his beloved that they two will be together soon. Having finished university, one day T'Su Wong Shih visits the market of San Francisco, and at an auction of slaves, he finds Quan Yin auctioned. To save her, he agrees to pay a price of five thousand dollars but, not possessing the full amount, he makes a deal with the auctioneer for a three-year extension in which he must work to raise the money needed to rescue the girl. T'Su Wong Shih has no great success until he manages to win a large sum in a lottery. However, Quan Yin is now in danger because a Chinese gangster wants to have it and, to do that, goes to threaten the auctioneer who is forced to comply. T'Su Wong Shih is then engaged in a struggle to liberate his beloved: he defeats the gangster, rescues Quan Yin and claims her as his...


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