Original list by revchu.

Overly ambitious list of asian movies to watch in 2026. I also decided to cheat a little, and included some asian dramas since I'm probably gonna get sidetracked by them anyway.

Progress: /52

1. Critic List: The "Asian Cinema 100" from the 2025 Busan Film Festival
2. Asian Women Directors Top 100
3. Acting: Asian Film Award Nominations
4. Made in the Philippines
5. Actor or Director: Sylvia Chang
6. Made in Korea
7. Anti-Bushido Samurai Films
8. Made in Taiwan
9. Music!
10. Made in Palestine
11. Cinema Judaica
12. Queer Asian Cinema
13. China's Sixth Generation Movement
14. Medium: Japanese OVA
15. Director: Yim Soon-rye
16. Hong Kong Film Archive's Must-See Hong Kong Films
17. Asian Cinema with Major International Award Recognition
18. Korean Queer Cinema
19. Director: Johnnie To
20. Japanese Experimental Film
21. Crime!
22. Indian Women Directors
23. Post-Apocalyptic Asian Cinema
24. Banned in China
25. Made in the Middle East
26. Chinese Diaspora Queer Cinema
27. Made in Singapore or Malaysia
28. Not Bollywood: Regional Indian Films
29. Actor: Song Kang-ho
30. For Your Consideration: Taiwan Post-New Wave
31. Made in India
32. Auteur: Hideaki Anno
33. Trains!
34. India Adjacent: Watch a film from Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, or Pakistan
35. Director: Trinh T. Minh-ha
36. Hong Kong Comedic Cinema
37. Japanese Women Directors
38. Made in Southeast Asia / alt
39. Sageuk: Korean Historical Dramas
40. Student Animation: Geidai
41. Pre-revolution (1979) Iranian Cinema
42. Chinese Women Directors
43. Asian Noir
44. Any Film Nominated for Asian Film Award
45. Sports!
46. Tokusatsu Films
47. Chinese New Documentary Movement
48. Asian Film in the Criterion Collection
49. For Your Consideration: Post-6th Generation Chinese Cinema
50. Japanese Ero-Guro Film
51. Cinema of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
52. Asian Anthology Film