The 8 Best Michelle Yeoh Movies

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The role that started it all. Michelle Yeoh plays a senior police inspector who gets involved in criminal hijinks surrounding a very important piece of microfilm. An important note: Yeoh fights brilliantly in every shot, and everyone in the cast must respond “Yes, Madam!” when she gives them commands. Powerful stuff. Yes, Madam! is also largely credited for kicking off a subgenre in action films titled “Girls with Guns,” which eventually led to highly influential projects such as Ghost in the Shell, Tomb Raider, and The Matrix.

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Another critical note for you: in Royal Warriors, Michelle Yeoh drives a tank at one point and, later on, fights a guy in an airplane. Royal Warriors also features a young, 26-year-old Hiroyuki Sanada, who aids her as one of the top cops from Japan.

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Magnificent Warriors sees Yeoh as an Indiana Jones-type figure—brandishing a whip and wearing a brown leather jacket. Here, she employs gatling guns and shows off amazing martial arts choreography to drive the Japanese from building a poisonous gas factory in China during World War II occupation.

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Supercop not only sees the aforementioned stunt where Yeoh rides a motorcycle onto a moving train, but the film also features a super entertaining team-up with Jackie Chan. The two stars kick an insane amount of ass and get bonus points for being totally platonic heroes. Major respect!

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Directed by Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon not only made $213 million on just a $17 million budget, but it also won Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. In the film, Yeoh plays a warrior from 19th-century Qing dynasty China, who engages in some of the best fights in martial arts film history.

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After her big Hollywood debut in the 1997 Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, Michelle Yeoh didn’t work in Hollywood again for roughly two years due to an increase in stereotypical roles. Though she would appear in a Crouching Tiger sequel and other action flicks, her next, most prestigious role came years later in 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians. The film is a groundbreaking romantic comedy directed by Jon M. Chu and the first big-budget Hollywood film to feature a majority Chinese cast since 1993’s The Joy Luck Club.

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Never forgetting her background in Hong Kong action, Michelle Yeoh joined the cast of the Ip Man franchise’s spinoff film, Master Z. She brandished swords and went toe-to-toe with modern martial arts film actors like Max Zhang and Tony Jaa. A bonus? Dave Bautista is the villain in this one.

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Here we are! The big movie on everyone’s mind—and the talk of the town here, there, and everywhere, all at once. It’s easy to see why this indie film is near the top this year, because it has everything: great action, comedy, a heartbreakingly relatable mother-daughter dynamic, and even Ratatouille jokes. It’s a movie seemingly made for the moment. Everything Everywhere All at Once is up for a leading eleven Oscars this weekend, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and more.

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