Series: Running Point Created By: Mindy Kaling, Elaine Ko, Ike Barinholtz Release: 2025 Where to Watch: Netflix Wanna Skip? Pick a Movie from APAHM Project 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 Why It Made The List: You all know Mindy Kaling from her hit shows (plural!) "The Mindy Project," "Never Have I Ever," "The Sex Life of College Girls," and, of course, "The Office." And you may recognize Elaine Ko from "Modern Family" and "Only Murders In The Building," and Ike Barinholtz

Film: SINNERS Directed By: Ryan Coogler Release: 2025 Where to Watch: HBOMax Wanna Skip? Pick a Movie from APAHM Project 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 Today we are joined my friend, Jenny Lam! Jenny is a Memphis native who works at a technology start up and loves to game! Join us today as we discuss growing up in the South, Black and Asian solidarity, and somehow, Michelle Yeoh! If You Liked This, You Might Also Like: NOPE Train to Busan Snowpiercer

Film: People We Meet On Vacation Directed By: Brett Hayley Release: 2026 Where to Watch: Netflix Wanna Skip? Pick a Movie from APAHM Project 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 Why It Made The List: Readers rejoice!! Emily Henry's much anticipated movie adaptation for People We Meet On Vacation (PWMOV) arrived on Netflix earlier this year. Directed by Brett Hayley and written by Yulin Kuang, PWMOV marked a pivotal moment for the resurgence of the Rom Com genre. Kuang, an accom

Film: Umma Directed By: Iris K. Shim Release: 2022 Where to Watch: Hulu Wanna Skip? Pick a Movie from APAHM Project 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 Why It Made The List: Written and directed by Asian American filmmaker Iris K. Shim, Umma stars fan-favorite Sandra Oh fresh off her Golden Globe win for her performance in "Killing Eve." Oh, along with Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead series, Spider-Man) serve as producers. Umma allows Oh to star in a genre we have never seen her in b

Movie: Hamnet Directed By: Chloe Zhao Release: 2025 Where to Watch: Peacock Wanna Skip? Pick a Movie from APAHM Project 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 Why It Made The List: Chloe Zhao became the second woman in the 93-year history of the Academy Awards to be nominated for Best Director in 2021. She took home the Oscar for her film Nomadland (covered in 2021's APAHM Project). In 2026, Zhao became the only woman ever nominated for Best Director twice, with her film, Hamnet.

Series: Deli Boys Created By: Abdullah Saeed Release: 2025 Where to Watch: Hulu Wanna Skip? Pick a Movie from APAHM Project 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 Today we are joined by our first guest of APAHM 2026, my friend, Nirali Zalawadia! Nirali is a Memphis native and works at a non-profit. She chose to discuss Deli Boys because she had seen the first episode before and likes Poorna Jagannathan from "Never Have I Ever." Join us today as we discuss what it means to be in t

Film: Past Lives Directed By: Celine Song Release: 2023 Where to Watch: Tubi Wanna Skip? Pick a Movie from APAHM Project 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 Why It Made The List: Written and directed by Celine Song, The Materialists is a modern-day love story. But if you are expecting a happy ending, you might want to look elsewhere. Song's directorial debut delivers an authentic, realistic, and bittersweet story about childhood sweethearts whose fates were to meet each other

Film: Lucky Grandma Directed By: Sasie Sealy Release: 2019 Where to Watch: Tubi, Roku TV, Kanopy, Pluto Wanna Skip? Pick a Movie from APAHM Project 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 Why It Made The List: While Tsai Chin has had an impressive resume (The Joy Luck Club, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Memoirs of a Geisha), most of her roles have been side characters and/or mother figures. In Lucky Grandma, Chin is undoubtedly the star of her own story. Written and d

Series: Expats Created By: Lulu Wang Release: 2024 Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Wanna Skip? Pick a Movie from APAHM Project 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 Why It Made The List: Lulu Wang became a household name thanks to her 2019 directorial-debut film The Farewell (which we covered during the inaugural APAHM Project). After The Farewell, she directed a short film "Nian". But it has been a while since Wang's name was in headlines again (if you exclude her marriage to fel

Movie: Joy Ride Directed By: Adele Lim Release: 2023 Where to Watch: Hulu Wanna Skip? Pick a Movie from APAHM Project 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 Why It Made The List: You know her name, and if you don't, you definitely know these titles: Crazy Rich Asians, Raya and the Last Dragon, as well as a handful of popular television shows like "Star-Crossed," "One Tree Hill," and "Las Vegas." Adele Lim has spent most of her career in the Producing/Writing role, but in 2023 she

Hi friends! Welcome back to only time I ever post anything from Jeubilant Productions: AANHPI Heritage Month!! Yay, yay, yay! If you are new here, my name is Lauren and I am the creator of The APAHM Project, a passion project I created during the 2020 Covid stay-at-home lock down as a way to combat rising Asian hate by celebrating our culture through movies. What began as a way to pass time and prove that maybe there were more Asian American-made films than we realized has qu

Movie: Twisters Directed By: Lee Isaac Chung Release: 2024 Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Wanna Skip? Pick a Movie from APAHM Project...