1920
The Sheikh — 1921
Character: The Sheik — Arab
Actor: Rudolph Valentino
The Thief of Bagdad — 1924
Character: Arab Main Character
Actor: Douglas Fairbanks
The Son of the Sheik — 1926
Character: The Sheik — Arab
Actor: Rudolph Valentino
1930
Charlie Chan Carries On — 1931
Character: Charlie Chan — Chinese
Actor: Warner Oland
The Good Earth — 1937
Character: Main Characters — Chinese
Actor: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer
1940
Dragon Seed — 1944
Character: Jade — Chinese
Actor: Katherine Hepburn
Anna and the King of Siam — 1946
Character: The King — Siamese
Actor: Rex Harrison
Fiesta — 1947
Character: Maria Morales — Mexican
Actor: Esther Williams
Lost Boundaries — 1949
Character: family — part African American
Actors: all white cast
Pinky — 1949
Character: main character — African American
Actor: Jeanne Crain
1950
Show Boat — 1951
Character: Julie — Mixed race
Actor: Ava Gardner
Apache — 1954
Character: Warrior — Apache
Actor: Burt Lancaster
The Conqueror — 1956
Character: Genghis Khan — Mongolian
Actor: Yul Brynner
The King and I — 1956
Character: the King — Thai
Actor: Yul Brynner
The Teahouse of the August Moon — 1956
Character: Sakani — Japanese
Actor: Marlon Brando
The Ten Commandments — 1956
Character: Biblical character — Middle Eastern
Actors: All white cast
Touch of Evil — 1958
Character: Miguel Vargas — Mexican
Actor: Charlton Heston
Imitation of Life — 1959
Character: Sarah Jane — Mixed race
Actor: Susan Kohner
1960
Breakfast at Tiffany's — 1961
Character: Mr.Yunioshi— Japanese
Actor: Mickey Rooney
King of Kings — 1961
Character: Jesus Christ + Biblical Figures — Middle Eastern
Actors: Jeffrey Hunter + All white cast
A Majority of One — 1961
Character: Business man — Japanese
Actor: Alec Guinness
West Side Story — 1961
Character: Maria — Puerto Rican
Actor: Natalie Wood
Lawrence of Arabia — 1962
Character: Prince Faisal — Arab
Actor: Alec Guinness
Hud — 1963
Character: Alma — African American
Actor: Patricia Neal
Othello — 1965
Character: Othello — Moorish
Actor: Lawrence Olivier in blackface
The Party — 1968
Character: actor — Indian
Actor: Peter Sellers
1970
The Wind and the Lion — 1975
Character: Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni — Berber
Actor: Sean Connery
1980
The Year of Living Dangerously — 1982
Character: Dwarf — Chinese Australian
Actor: Linda Hunrt
Scarface — 1983
Character: Tony Montana — Cuban
Actor: Al Pacino
A Passage to India — 1984
Character: Professor Godbole — Indian
Actor: Alec Guinness
King David — 1985
Character: David — Middle Eastern
Actor: Richard Gere
Remo Williams: the Adventure Begins — 1985
Character: Martials art master — Korean
Actor: Joel Grey
Short Circuit — 1986
Character: Character — Indian
Actor: Fisher Stevens
The last Temptation of Christ — 1988
Character: Jesus Christ + biblical figures —
Actor: William Dafoe
Short Circuit 2 — 1988
Character: Character — Indian
Actor: Fisher Stevens
1990
Not Without My Daughter — 1991
Character: Sayed Bozorg "Moody" Mahmoody — Iranian
Actor: Alfred Molina
The House of Spirits — 1993
Character: Family — Chilean
Actor: Glenn Close, Meryl Streep
Spawn — 1997
Character: Terry Fitzgerald — African American
Actor: D.B Sweeney
Starship Troopers — 1997
Character: Juan Roco — Filipino
Actor: Casper Van Dien
2000
Pay it Forward — 2000
Character: Eugene Simonet — African American
Actor: Kevin Spacey
A Beautiful Mind — 2001
Character: Alicia Nash — Salvadorean American
Actor: Jennifer Connelly
Batman Begins — 2005
Character: Ra's al Ghul — Middle Eastern
Actor: Liam Neeson
World Trade Center — 2006
Character: Jason Thomas — African American
Actor: William Mapother
30 Days of Night — 2007
Character: Sheriff — Inuit
Actor: Josh Hartnett
A Mighty Heart — 2007
Character: Mariane Pearl — Mixed race
Actor: Angelina Jolie
Stuck — 2007
Character: Brandi Boski — African American
Actor: Mena Suvari
21 — 2008
Character: Original character — Asian American
Actor: Jim Sturgess, Jacob Pitt, Kevin Spacey
Speed Racer — 2008
Character: Principal cast — Japanese
Actors: Principal white cast
Wanted — 2008
Character: Fox — African American
Actor: Angelina Jolie
2010
The King of Fighters — 2010
Character: Kyo Kusanagi — Japanese
Actor: Sean Faris
The Last Airbender — 2010
Character: Principal cast — Asian + inuit
Actors: Principal white cast
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time— 2010
Character: Prince Dastan — Persian
Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal
The Social Network — 2010
Character: Divya Narendra — Indian
Actor: Max Minghella (mixed race)
Drive — 2011
Character: Irene — Latin
Actor: Carey Mulligan
Argo — 2011
Character: Tony Mendez — Mexican
Actor: Ben Affleck
The Big Wedding — 2013
Character: Alejandro Soto Griffin — Colombian
Actor: Ben Barnes (in brown face)
The Lone Ranger — 2013
Character: Tonto — Native American
Actor: Johnny Depp (claims some Native American ancestry)
Star Trek Into Darkness —
Character: Khan noonien Singh — Indian
Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch
Warm Bodies — 2013
Character: Nora — Ethiopian
Actor: Analeigh Tipton
Edge of Tomorrow — 2014
Character: Keiji Kiriya — Japanese
Actor: Tom Cruise
Exodus: Gods and Kings — 2014
Character: Biblical Figures — Middle Eastern
Actors: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver
Noah — 2014
Character: Principal Cast — Middle Eastern
Actors: Principal white cast
Aloha — 2015
Character: Allison Ng — Mixed race
Actor: Emma Stone
The Martian — 2015
Character: Mindy Park — Korean
Actor: Mackenzie Davis
Pan — 2015
Character: Tiger Lily — Native American
Actor: Rooney Mara
Stonewall — 2015
Characters: Actual characters — largely African American
Actors: white fictional main character
Doctor Strange — 2016
Character: Ancient One — Tibetan
Actor: Tilda Swinton
Gods of Egypt — 2016
Character: Principal cast — Egyptian
Actors: All white principal cast
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot — 2016
Characters: Main characters — Afghan
Actors: Christopher Abbott, Alfred Molina
Ghost in the Shell — 2017
