248 Films & TV Shows Set In Asia During The 2010s
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I Am Nasrine
๐ฎ๐ท Iran The 2010sA film about love, finding oneself and the eternal search for home. โ When you change where you are do you change who you are? I Am Nasrine is an intimate journey of self-discovery and ultimately reveals the unfolding of a soul. Set in modern day Tehran, and the UK, the film follows the paths of Nasrine and Ali, sister and brother in a comfortable, middle class Iranian home. When Nasrine has a run-in with the police, the punishment is more than she bargained for. At her father's bidding, Nasrine and Ali set out for the UK, torn about leaving behind their home and all that they know, embarking on a reluctant exile.
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Ah Boys To Men
๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore The 1970s The 2010sThe 'keng' evolution of an 'Ah Boy' to a man. โ Ah Boys to Men (ๆฐๅ ตๆญฃไผ ) is a 2012โ2013 Singaporean two-part comedy film produced and directed by Jack Neo, written by Neo and Link Sng and starring Wang Wei Liang, Noah Yap, Joshua Tan and Maxi Lim. It revolves around a group of army recruits in National Service in Singapore.
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Illinois District of Columbia ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia Africa - General The 1960s The 2010sThe invasion we always feared. An enemy we never expected. โ The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.
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The Hangover Part II
๐น๐ญ Thailand California The 2010sThe Wolfpack Is Back โ The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year, Stu is playing it safe with a mellow pre-wedding brunch. However, nothing goes as planned and Bangkok is the perfect setting for another adventure with the rowdy group.
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Hell and Back Again
๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan North Carolina The 2000s The 2010sWhat does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.
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Sector 7
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea The 1980s The 2010sIn Sector 7, an underwater oil field located south of Jeju Island, Hae-jun is working as a marine equipment manager on an oil prospecting ship called Eclipse. Joining the crew later is Jeong-man, a former colleague of Hae-jun's father, assigned to Eclipse as captain. Though his job is to oversee the withdrawal of the ship, he suggests conducting some drilling one last time.
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The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
๐ฏ๐ต Japan The 2010sOn 11 March 2011, an earthquake caused a tsunami to hit the Tลhoku (Northeast) region of Japan. In this film, survivors of the tsunami rebuild as cherry blossom season begins. The film is a stunning visual haiku about the ephemeral nature of lifeโand of the healing power of Japan's most beloved flower.
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Goodbye
๐ฎ๐ท Iran The 2010sTheir freedom is within someone else's boundaries! โ Story of a young lawyer in Tehran in search of a visa to leave the country, which is what Mohammad Rasoulof did during the winter of 2010/11.
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Mayday 3DNA
Guangdong Province Shanghai The 2010sDream a Dream inside the Dream... โ Billed as a "concept film" MAYDAY 3DNA combines play from the group's DNA concert tour in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and China 2010 and interweaves that with three fictional stories. The fictional sequences include a vignette about a Guangzhou father and daughter; another about a Taiwan taxi driver and passenger; and a third about a Shanghai delivery boy. All are affected by the lure of a Mayday gathering and the three separate stories intersect at one particular Mayday concert in Shanghai. Established in Taiwan in the late 1990s, Mayday has remained popular for over a decade by tuning into a Taiwan youth beat and pushing rock music in Greater China. Most songs are performed in Mandarin with some Taiwanese Hokkien tracks by band.
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Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark
๐ง๐ญ Bahrain The 2010sThe story of the Arab revolution that was abandoned by the Arabs, forsaken by the West and forgotten by the world. โ As the "Arab Spring" protests for justice and democracy spread through the middle east in early 2011, people long repressed by the Bahrain monarchy spontaneously gathered at the central Pearl Square to join in the call for their rights.
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Iron Man 2
New York District of Columbia New Mexico California ๐ฒ๐จ Monaco ๐ท๐บ Russia The 2010sIt's not the armor that makes the hero, but the man inside. โ With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances โ and confront powerful enemies.
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Inception
New South Wales California ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฏ๐ต Japan ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya The 2010sYour mind is the scene of the crime. โ Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
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Salt
New York District of Columbia ๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea The 2010sWho is Salt? โ As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"
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Sex and the City 2
New York ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates The 2010sCarrie on. โ Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda are all married now, but they're still up for a little fun in the sun. When Samantha gets the chance to visit one of the most extravagant vacation destinations on the planet and offers to bring them all along, they surmise that a women-only retreat may be the perfect excuse to eschew their responsibilities and remember what life was like before they decided to settle down.
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Slackistan
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan The 2010sIslamabad, Pakistan. A group of privileged and westernised twenty-something friends while away their days and nights driving around town, partying, surfing the internet and smoking shisha pipes. As the country outside their world starts to crack, Hasan and his friends must face up to their relationships, angst and life choices before it is too late.
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2012
California District of Columbia Wyoming Nevada England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ป๐ฆ Holy See ๐ฎ๐ณ India Tibet Tokyo Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 2010s The 2000sWe Were Warned. โ Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
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Iron Man
๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan California Nevada The 2000s The 2010sHeroes aren't born. They're built. โ After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
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Zebraman
Kanagawa Prefecture The 2010sBeing a failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as "Zebraman", the superhero. Although the TV series whas canceled after only 6 episodes, this cannot stop him from acting out his escape fantasy in a self made zebra-suit. He get's more then he could ever wish for, when his black-and-white dressed alter-ego seems to be the only thing to stand between absolute (green) evil and a happy ending.
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Dark Water
๐ฏ๐ต Japan The 2010sA woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
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Millennium Mambo
๐น๐ผ Taiwan The 2010sTaipei. A voice off-camera looks back ten years to 2000, when Vicky was in an on-again off-again relationship with Hao-Hao...
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Dorami-chan: Mini-Dora SOS!!
Tokyo Prefecture The 2010sThis episode is set in the future 2011 where the main characters from Doraemon are all grown up and have kids. Minidora (mini doraemon) accidentally gets delivered to the Nobita's future house. The sons of Jyaiyan, Suneo and Nobita plays with Minidora with the special goods he brings out of his pocket. But trouble happens when they ran away from Dorami, who came to retrieve Minidora.
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Akira
Tokyo Prefecture The 2010sNeo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E. โ A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
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Rollerball
New York Texas Tokyo Prefecture The 2010sIn the not-too-distant future, wars will no longer exist. But there WILL be...The Game โ In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.