Origin: Spirits of the Past

Plants are dragons and the past is the future in Keiichi Sugiyama’s equal parts bonkers and boring animated sci-fi.

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

Undeath leads to a deeper enjoyment of life, in Yusuke Ishida’s adaptation of Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata’s manga.

Two actresses grow together, then apart in Suik Yun’s quiet drama.

Walls shape and restrict us in Patiparn Boontarig’s contemplative drama.

Love and justice are both blind in Johnnie To’s tonally off mystery.

Survivors of the apocalypse search for food, water and apparently immortality in Heo Myung-haeng’s loopy sequel.

Good cinema cures all in Hideo Jojo’s charming comedy drama.

In Takayuki Kayano’s ode to cleanliness, our sense of self can get lost amid the trash.

Tired tropes and Hollywood stylings don’t do much to diminish a visually strong and entertaining Wukong origin story.

It’s all dancing, spinning and magical centaur monsters in Chang Cheh’s stage-to-screen production.

Sun Wukong dances his way to victory in Te Wei (et al)’s animated retelling of the Baigujing arc.

The first family of demons take centre stage in Xiong Chen’s retelling of Princess Iron Fan.