The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)

Summary: In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.

Release Date: November 14, 1998

Genres: Drama, History, Romance

Director: Kaige Chen

Writers: Kaige Chen

, Peigong Wang

Runtime: 2 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: Shin Corporation, Le Studio Canal+, New Wave Company, Beijing Film Studio, Nippon Film Development and Finance, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Pricel

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Home Video

Countries: China, France, Japan

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,267,239

Flirt (1995)

Summary: Three short films about lovers' ultimatums are set in New York, Berlin and Tokyo.

Release Date: August 07, 1996

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Hal Hartley

Writer: Hal Hartley

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: R

Production: Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft (NDF), Nippon Film Development and Finance, Olive Films, True Fiction Pictures, Zenith Entertainment

Distributor: Cinépix Film Properties (CFP), Miramax, Olive Films

Countries: United States, Germany, Japan

Language: English

Domestic: $ 263,192

Naked Lunch (1991)

Summary: After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife, and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.

Release Date: April 24, 1992

Genre: Drama

Director: David Cronenberg