263 Films & TV Shows Set In Asia During The 2000s
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Dheepan
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka The 2000sWhen the war continues to rage in your heart and mind โ Three people who have lost everything, a soldier tired of fighting, a young woman and a little girl, pose as a family to escape the civil war in Sri Lanka. They emigrate to France and settle in a chaotic neighborhood on the outskirts of Paris, where apparently the law no longer exists; but they, who barely know each other, struggle to survive there, even when the ghosts of war begin to haunt them again.
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Meru
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 2000s The 2010sBelieve in the impossible โ Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbersโConrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturkโbent on achieving the impossible.
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Port of Call
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong The 2000sHuman nature begins where truth ends. Welcome to the murder without a body. โ Based on a real murder case where a dismembered corpse of a murdered 16 year-old prostitute girl was found in Hong Kong in 2008.
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Office
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong The 2000sA takedown of capitalist corruption and greed that's savvily packaged as a song-and-dance extravaganza.
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Northern Limit Line
๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) The 2000sWhat I can do for my country I am willing to do โ In this true story from 2002, South Korean patrol boats engaged in a deadly battle with North Korean patrol boats who crossed the maritime border known the Northern Limit Line and attacked.
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Phantom
Illinois ๐ฎ๐ณ India ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan ๐ฑ๐ง Lebanon ๐ธ๐พ Syria The 2000sA Story You Wish Were True โ Phantom is an action thriller that unfolds across various countries around the world. The plot revolves around protagonist Daniyal, whose journey to seek justice takes him from India to Europe, America and the volatile Middle East. However, he finds out that in a mission like this, there is always a price to pay, in this case, a very personal price.
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Taj Mahal
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 2000sOne evening, while her parents go out for dinner, 18-year-old Louise, alone in her hotel room at Taj Mahal Mumbai, hears strange noises out in the corridor. Within minutes, she realises that a terrorist attack is underway. Her only connection to the outside world is her cell phone, which allows her to maintain contact with her father, who is desperately trying to reach her from the other side of a city that has been plunged into chaos. Louise must spend a long night alone in the face of danger. She will never be the same again.
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This is Cinta
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia The 2000sFaced with opposition from her stern mother, a young woman tries to reconnect with her childhood friend after being separated for 12 years.
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Karbala
๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq The 2000sOn 3 April 2004, during the holiday of Ashura, Iraqi rebels loyal to Shiite leader Muktada As-Sadr, launched an insurgency in the Polish zone. The Poles, together with Bulgarian soldiers and Iraqi police, were given the task of defending City Hall, led by Lieutenant colonel Grzegorz Kaliciak. The clash developed into the biggest Polish engagement since World War II. Not a single allied soldier died, although about 80 insurgents were killed in a counter-attack.
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Goodbye Mr. Loser
๐จ๐ณ China The 1990s The 2000s The 2010sA middle-aged loser travels back in time to his high scool years to put his life on the right track.
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Sonita
๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan ๐ฎ๐ท Iran ๐บ๐ธ United States of America The 2000s The 2010sIf 18-year-old Sonita had a say, Michael Jackson and Rihanna would be her parents and she'd be a rapper who tells the story of Afghan women and their fate as child brides. She finds out that her family plans to sell her to an unknown husband for $9,000.
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Michigan Pennsylvania District of Columbia England ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan The 2000s The 2010sTrust no one. โ Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
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Million Dollar Arm
California ๐ฎ๐ณ India The 2000sSometimes to win, sometimes you have to change the game โ In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseballโs next great pitcher from a pool of cricket players in India. He soon discovers two young men who can throw a fastball but know nothing about the game of baseball. Or America. Itโs an incredible and touching journey that will change them all โ especially JB, who learns valuable lessons about teamwork, commitment and family.
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Rosewater
England ๐ฎ๐ท Iran The 1980s The 2000sIn 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped interview with comedian Jason Jones. The interview was intended as satire, but if the Tehran authorities got the joke they didn't like it - and it would quickly came back to haunt Bahari when he was rousted from his family home and thrown into prison.
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Red Sky
๐ฎ๐ท Iran ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq ๐ธ๐พ Syria The 2000sGo Rogue โ Disgraced Top Gun fighter pilot Butch Masters leads a rogue squad in recovery of a WMD. Masters must navigate a fractured friendship, a love triangle, and must take to the skies to reclaim his military and personal honor.
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I Origins
Idaho New York Connecticut ๐ฎ๐ณ India The 2000s The 2010sI Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab partner, they make a stunning scientific discovery that has far reaching implications and complicates both his scientific and and spiritual beliefs. Traveling half way around the world, he risks everything he has ever known to validate his theory.
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The Green Prince
๐ต๐ธ Palestine The 2000sA courageous mission. A deadly game. An extraordinary friendship. โ This real-life thriller tells the story of one of Israelโs prized intelligence sources, recruited to spy on his own people for more than a decade. Focusing on the complex relationship with his handler, The Green Prince is a gripping account of terror, betrayal, and unthinkable choices, along with a friendship that defies all boundaries.
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Boys of Abu Ghraib
๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq The 2000sAn American soldier deployed at Abu Ghraib finds himself behind the walls of the infamous Hard Site, where he develops a secret friendship with an Iraqi detainee.
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Desert Dancer
๐ฎ๐ท Iran The 2000sBe Brave. Be Bold. Be Free. โ Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.
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One Night in Istanbul
England ๐น๐ท Turkey The 2000sFour fanatical fans. One cup final... Only one outcome! โ Two down on their luck Liverpool cabbies, Tommy and Gerry, strike an unusual deal with a local gangster to take their sons on a trip of a lifetime, to watch their beloved football team play in the European Cup Final in Istanbul. Hoping to use the trip as a chance to bond with their sons, big trouble awaits them in the form of a sexy hotel chambermaid, two ruthless crooks on a mission and a bag of counterfeit cash. It is 3-0 down at half time and things could not be more desperate both on and off the pitch. Stevie G and the boys in red are trying to launch the most amazing football comeback in history, and Tommy is in deep water, being held hostage. With the clock ticking and time running out, a miracle is needed fast. In the end a bit of faith, and Gerryโs lucky underpants may be the only thing that can get them and the cup back home in one piece.
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Iron Man 3
Tennessee California Florida Kentucky ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan The 1990s The 2000s The 2010sUnleash the power behind the armor. โ When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
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Oldboy
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea Louisiana The 2000s The 2010s The 1990sAsk not why you were imprisoned. Ask why you were set free. โ An everyday man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
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Captain Phillips
Vermont ๐ด๐ฒ Oman ๐ธ๐ด Somalia The 2000sOut here survival is everything. โ The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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Jobs
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000sSome see what's possible, others change what's possible. โ The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
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