Joan Chen

Apex — The Blood of Heroes (1989)

18,860 feet (Base Camp)

1943rd highest of 3,283

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging Saving Face.

The career, climbed · tap a dot for detail

FilmographyAltitudeYear

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	Film	Year	Elevation
	Saving Face	2004	18,480 ft
	The Last Emperor	1987	18,408 ft
	Dìdi (弟弟)	2024	18,261 ft
	The Blood of Heroes ▲ apex	1989	18,204 ft
	On Deadly Ground	1994	18,134 ft
	24 City	2008	18,110 ft
	Heaven & Earth	1993	18,096 ft
	Autumn in New York	2000	18,041 ft
	1911	2011	18,019 ft
	Hachiko	2023	17,885 ft
	Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl	1998	17,771 ft
	Wedlock	1991	17,767 ft
	The Sun Also Rises	2007	17,767 ft
	Mao’s Last Dancer	2009	17,767 ft
	Love in Disguise	2010	17,767 ft
	White Frog	2013	17,767 ft
	Sheep Without a Shepherd	2019	17,767 ft
	Wild Side	1996	17,763 ft
	The Wedding Banquet	2025	17,759 ft
	Lust, Caution	2007	17,700 ft
	Remarkably Bright Creatures	2026	17,685 ft
	Judge Dredd	1995	17,631 ft
	Ava	2020	17,625 ft
	Tai-Pan	1986	17,624 ft
	The Hunted	1995	17,612 ft
	Hemingway & Gellhorn	2012	17,612 ft
	Tigertail	2020	17,612 ft
	What's Cooking?	2000	17,611 ft
	Oh. What. Fun.	2025	17,611 ft
	Twin Peaks	1989	17,609 ft
	Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces	2014	17,609 ft
	Under the Light	2023	17,608 ft