1950s Hollywood version of story of the 442nd. Saw this on late night TV as a kid with my Dad and brother, before I knew anything about the internment and the 442nd. Although it's obviously not the definitive story of the 442nd, we were thrilled to see Asians on film as the good guys, and fighting too! The definitive film on the 442nd....Lane Nishikawa's Only the Brave? (haven't seen it yet).

Re-introduced Bruce Lee to American audiences, and made him an international superstar.

One of the first Asian American independent films. NY Times critic Vincent Canby praised this film, which helped establish it as a landmark in Asian American film history. It's less a mystery, and more of an exploration of the "mystery" of being Asian American and a satire.

Not really about Asian America, but it is a facinating true story of one man's escape from Pol Pot's brutal regime and eventual immigration to the U.S. Dr. Haing S. Ngor won an Academy Award in his acting debut for his portray of Dith Pran. He tragically passed away in 1996, murdered near his home.

Another Wayne Wang film (Dim Sum, Joy Luck Club).

A feature film by Steven Okazaki (mostly known for documentary films). This was one of the few Asian American independent films from the late 80s. Film centers around an Asian American slacker, you did not see that much in 80s.

This film is not about Asian America, of course, but it starred many well-known Asian or APA actors like John Lone, and was seen by every AA at the time since there were so few Asian faces on the silver screen. Same with 1990's China Cry with Julia Nickson Soul and other AAs.

Stars APA veterans Mako and Nobu McCarthy.

Asian Americans in the West, and it's not Kung Fu. Based on a true story. Stars Rosalind Chao.

Not about APA, but starring John Lone. You can buy it for a quarter or watch it on IFC.

Denzel Washington and Sarita Chadhoury fall in love in the rural American South. He's a carpet cleaner, her family owns a small motel. A film by Mira Nair who directed Salaam Bombay, an excellent and very different movie, and later The Namesake.

The story of Bruce Lee. Good flick, good love story. Fun chop socky stuff too. Stars Jason Scott Lee and Lauren Holly. It is fictionalized, like all Hollywood movies based on true stories, but still works very well.

Film version of the David Henry Hwang play

Chris Chan Lee's film re Korean American youth in Los Angeles.

Canadian film made in 1995. I think they recently issued this on DVD after Sandra Oh became more famous due to Sideways and Gray's Anatomy.

This is on Logo all the time.