Asian & Pacific Islander Stories

Shōgun

Based on James Clavell’s novel, FX’s Shōgun is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village. To experience in English, navigate to the “Shōgun (English Dub)” Series Collection on Hulu or “Extras” in Hulu on Disney+.

TVMA • Drama, Action and Adventure • TV Series (2024)

Interior Chinatown

Interior Chinatown follows the story of Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural trying to find his way into the larger story--and along the way discovering secrets about the strange world he inhabits and his family's buried history.

TVMA • Drama • TV Series (2024)

Deli Boys

When their convenience store-magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani American brothers lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.

TVMA • Comedy, Crime • TV Series (2025)

Quiz Lady

A hilarious and heartfelt comedy starring Awkwafina and Sandra Oh as estranged sisters forced to cover their mother’s gambling debts, set out to get the cash the only way they know how - by turning Anne (Awkwafina) into a bona-fide gameshow champion.

R • Comedy • Movie (2023)

Decision to Leave

A detective investigates the unnatural death of a man in the mountains and begins to develop feelings for the murder suspect, the man's mysterious wife.

International, Thriller • Movie (2022)

Paris Has Fallen

A protection officer and an MI6 operative team up after a terrorist attack; they suspect a mole as they race to thwart a larger conspiracy threatening Paris.

TVMA • Drama, Action • TV Series (2024)

Fire Island

A group of queer best friends gather in Fire Island Pines for their annual week of love and laughter, but a sudden change of events might make this their last summer in gay paradise.

R • LGBTQ+, Romance • Movie (2022)

Gannibal

After causing a major incident, police officer Daigo Agawa takes his wife Yuki and daughter Mashiro to live in the remote mountain village of Kuge. It seems the perfect place for the family to recover from the ordeal, despite the mysterious disappearance of a previous officer posted there. The village thrives on forestry, with the residents making their living from cypress timber. In charge of this whole operation is the Goto family, who own most of the village. One day, the body of an old woman is found on the mountain. The Goto family says she was attacked by a bear, but Daigo notices a human bite mark on the arm. Daigo begins to suspect something is not quite right with the village.

TVMA • International, Drama • TV Series (2022)

Light Shop

Every night, the light shop brightens up the dark alley and welcomes customers. Even if it is just for one customer, the adamant owner keeps the shop open. However, running the shop at night is not so easy as he is visited by all sorts of customers.

International, Mystery • TV Series (2024)

Tengoku Daimakyo

In the year 2024, grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to take a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven.

International, Science Fiction • TV Series (2023)

The Cleaning Lady

A whip-smart Cambodian doctor comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son. However, when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she refuses to be beaten down and marginalized. Instead, she becomes a cleaning lady for organized crime, using her cunning and intelligence to forge her own path in the criminal underworld.

TV14 • Drama • TV Series (2022)

Together as One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage – A Soul of a Nation Presentation

The network’s first-ever primetime program celebrating diversity and recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of the vibrant Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community.

Documentaries • TV Series (2022)

Control Freak

A motivational speaker is tormented by an unrelenting itch on the back of her head.

TVMA • Horror • Movie (2025)

PEN15

PEN15 is middle school as it really happened. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle star in this adult comedy, playing versions of themselves as thirteen-year-old outcasts in the year 2000, surrounded by actual thirteen-year-olds, where the best day of your life can turn into your worst with the stroke of a gel pen.

TVMA • Comedy • TV Series (2019)

Good Trouble

Residents of a communal living space juggle career, sex, love and friendship, while fighting for social justice and queer rights by making noise and getting into good trouble.

TV14 • Drama • TV Series (2019)

Crush

When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she’s been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate.

TVMA • Romance, Comedy • Movie (2022)

The Family Law

Welcome to "The Family Law," the story of a sprawling Chinese-Australian family who are unlike any you've ever met... and yet, they may also be disturbingly familiar.

Drama, Comedy • TV Series (2016)

Outrun by Running Man

Kim Jong Kook, HaHa, Jee Seok Jin, Song Ji Hyo, and Yang Se Chan are all united and going big in this original spin-off of the hit "Running Man" series- from wild competition matches to superstar guests.

International, Reality • TV Series (2021)

Attack on Titan

From the director of Death Note comes Attack on Titan. Many years ago, humanity was forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. This is their story.

TVMA • Fantasy, International • TV Series (2013)

Anupama (Hindi)

Despite the many challenges thrown her way, Anupama begins a new chapter of her life post divorce. Head held always high, what's waiting for her next?

TV14 • Drama • TV Series (2021)

Creamerie

A post-apocalyptic dark comedy set in the not-too-distant future, "Creamerie" takes place after a viral plague has wiped out all men, leading to a new world order designed by women.

TV14 • International, Comedy • TV Series (2021)

Superstore

Revolving around a group of employees at a big-box store, it examines love, friendship and the beauty of everyday moments.

TV14 • Comedy, Sitcom • TV Series (2015)

Blackpink: The Movie

K-pop group ‘BLACKPINK’ celebrates the 5th anniversary of their debut with a feature film release.

TVPG • Music, Documentaries • Movie (2021)

Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

In Taste the Nation, award winning cookbook author, host and executive producer Padma Lakshmi, takes audiences on a journey across America, exploring the rich and diverse food culture of various immigrant groups, seeking out the people who have so heavily shaped what American food is today. From indigenous communities to recent immigrant arrivals, Padma breaks bread with Americans across the nation to uncover the roots and relationship between our food, our humanity and our history - ultimately revealing stories that challenge notions of identity, belonging, and what it means to be American.

TV14 • Travel, Reality • TV Series (2020)

Killing Eve

Villanelle is a psychopathic assassin, and Eve is the woman charged with hunting her down; the two fiercely intelligent women, equally obsessed with each other, go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse.

TVMA • British, Thriller • TV Series (2018)

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Maya, the young communications director for a New York senatorial campaign, receives a wedding invitation from her college schoolmate now living in London. She leaves her professional and personal life behind, in favor of traveling to England and reconnecting with old friends and ends up in the midst of their personal crises. Relationships are forged and broken, political scandals exposed, London social life lampooned, love affairs ignited and doused, and of course, there are four weddings…and a funeral.

TVMA • Comedy, Romance • TV Series (2019)

Fresh off the Boat

It’s the '90s and 12 year old, hip-hop loving Eddie just moved to suburban Orlando from DC’s Chinatown with his parents. It’s culture shock for his immigrant family in this comedy about pursuing the American Dream.

TV14 • Family, Comedy • TV Series (2015)

A Million Little Things

They say friendship isn’t one big thing, it’s a million little things; and that’s true for a group of friends from Boston who bonded under unexpected circumstances. Some have achieved success, others are struggling in their careers and relationships, but all of them feel stuck in life. After one of them dies unexpectedly, it’s just the wake-up call the others need to finally start living. Along the way they discover that friends may be the one thing to save them from themselves.

TV14 • Drama • TV Series (2018)

Lost

ABC's LOST explores the destiny of the passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 who crashed on an island. The survivors not only have to rely on each other, but also cope with the secrets the mysterious island holds. Some become friends, others enemies and some stories remain to be told. There's much more than meets the eye, as it becomes apparent that everyone is somehow connected and that everyone has a purpose.

TV14 • Adventure, Thriller • TV Series (2004)

The Mindy Project

A single-camera comedy, starring Mindy Kaling, that follows a skilled OB/GYN navigating the tricky waters of both her personal and professional life, as she pursues her dreams of becoming the perfect woman, finding the perfect man and getting her perfect romantic comedy ending.

TV14 • Comedy, Sitcom • TV Series (2012)

Naruto Shippuden

The Village Hidden in the Leaves is home to the stealthiest ninja in the land. But twelve years earlier, a fearsome Nine-tailed Fox terrorized the village before it was subdued and its spirit sealed within the body of a baby boy. Now that boy, Naruto, has grown up to become a hyperactive ninja-in-training who's more interested in pranks than schoolwork...but Naruto is determined to become the greatest ninja ever!

TV14 • Fantasy, International • TV Series (2007)

One-Punch Man

Saitama only became a hero for fun, but after three years of “special” training, he finds that he can beat even the mightiest opponents with a single punch. Though he faces new enemies every day, it turns out being devastatingly powerful is actually kind of a bore. Can a hero be too strong?

TVMA • Comedy, Adventure • TV Series (2015)

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