Movies like As Tears Go By

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As Tears Go By (1988)
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As Tears Go By (1988)
Original name: 旺角卡門
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two parallel stories of Wah caught in the mist of a love affair with his beloved cousin, Ngor and his relationship with his triad brother, Fly, who seems to never fall out of trouble.
Style: neo noir, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, crime drama, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, black comedy ...
Plot: triad, friendship, criminal underworld, brother brother relationship, mob hit, anti hero, love, gang leader, bloody violence, thug, gang, heroic bloodshed, gangster, city, multiple storylines, young love, love story, animal abuse, underworld, asian prostitute, violence, torture, criminal, brutality, organized crime ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, china, asia
Keyword: chinese, gangsters, retrospective

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Most similar movies to As Tears Go By

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, neo noir and crime drama films with plots about gangster, blood, violence, friendship, gang, gun and triad mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like As Tears Go By: Chungking Express (1994), Days of Being Wild (1990), Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996), A Moment of Romance (1990), Fallen Angels (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Chungking Express (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
Style: artsy, art house, atmospheric, visual, surreal ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: loneliness, multiple storylines, femme fatale, serendipity, food, breakup, storytelling, relationships, love story, life philosophy, fall in love, dating ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, california, asia, taiwan
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100%
Days of Being Wild (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The movie is set in Hong Kong and the Philippines in 1960. Yuddy, or 'York' in English, is a playboy in Hong Kong and is well-known for stealing girls' hearts and breaking them. His first victim is Li Zhen who suffered emotional and ...
Style: surreal, artsy, contemplative, atmospheric, aesthetic ...
Plot: obsession, unrequited love, love, melancholy, adoption, asian, violence, friendship, drinking, hotel, fight, radio ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, the philippines, asia, macau
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem ...
Style: realistic, emotional, art house, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love, gay, asian history, love letter, gangster, street life, friends, disorder, couples, love and romance, couple relations, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, china, new york, asia, east asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Moment of Romance (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A story of a bank heist that almost ended in disaster (for the robbers) until their getaway driver Wah Dee (Andy Lau) took a young woman Jo Jo(Jacklyn Wu) hostage. After preventing her from getting killed by his accomplices, both began a forbidden ...
Style: neo noir, crime drama, heroic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: triad, motorcycle, gang, forbidden love, love, heroic bloodshed, biker, gangster, friendship, criminal underworld, street gang, gang leader ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Fallen Angels (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In this bifurcated crime narrative, a disillusioned hitman attempts to escape from his violent lifestyle against the wishes of his partner, who is infatuated with him, and an eccentric mute repeatedly encounters, then subsequently falls for, a ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, visual, neo noir, art house ...
Plot: couples, killer, hitman, couple relations, existentialism, love, criminal heroes, partners in crime, love affair, dialogue, triad, asian ...
Time: year 1995, 90s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 136 min.
Story: When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.
Style: cult classic, suspense, realistic, bleak, perverse ...
Plot: vietnam war, heroic bloodshed, gunfight, betrayal, friendship, drug addiction, kung fu, war, survival, triad, gangster, blood ...
Time: 20th century
Place: vietnam, hong kong, china, asia, saigon
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Rich and Famous (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: To pay off his debt as a gambler, a man drags his sister and step-brother into a life of crime and a violent war between rival gang lords.
Style: cult classic, crime drama, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, wedding, gangster, betrayal, gang, urban, godparent, gambling, siblings relations, gory, rich and poor ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A melancholy story about the love between a woman and a man who live in the same building and one day find out that their husband and wife had an affair with each other. More and more the two meet during their daily lives as they determine that they ...
Style: art house, atmospheric, melancholic, visually stunning, artsy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: loneliness, adultery, infidelity, forbidden love, marriage, love affair, unrequited love, love, newspaper, food, tragedy, betrayal ...
Time: 60s, 2000s, y2k, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place: hong kong, japan, china, east asia, shanghai ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Runaway Blues (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Before he was crowned one of the "Four Heavenly Kings", Andy Lau starred in the 1989 gangster film Runaway Blues. He plays Lam, a Taiwan gangster who flees to Hong Kong after killing a rival gangster. Hiding at his uncle gang boss ...
Style: heroic, poliziottesco
Plot: heroic bloodshed, exploitation, hostage, murder, corpse, burned alive, blood, brutality, sadism, death, female nudity, gangster ...
Place: taiwan, macau
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Rich and Famous 2 (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After being released from prison, Tang Kat-Yung exacts revenge on Li Ah Chai, in this sequel to Rich and Famous.
Style: crime drama, cult classic, tense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, betrayal, gangster, gang, rivalry, tragic hero, friendship, buddies, hopes, ambition, criminal heroes ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Style: neo noir, bloody, cult classic, intense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, heroic bloodshed, triad, gunfight, organized crime, police, yakuza, mafia, mobster, hate, criminal underworld, crime boss ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, future, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, asia, taiwan, taipei
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Lee Rock (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The film chronicles the rise and fall of a corrupt police force that Lee Rock becomes a part of.
Style: crime drama, neo noir
Plot: dirty cop, triad, heroic bloodshed, gun fu, organized crime, corruption, police officer, mob boss, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mentor protege relationship, police corruption, police station ...
Place: taiwan, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
So Close to Paradise (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two young farm workers, who like millions of others, leave their village to seek their fortunes in the city. Each chose a vastly different path to make it and become embroiled in misunderstandings, gangster brawls and police raids.
Style: neo noir, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: gangster, friendship, nightclub, love triangle, kidnapping, gang, betrayal, urban, city life, dangerous attraction, politics, dishonesty ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Flaming Brothers (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An early movie of Chow Yun-Fat. The story is about two brothers going into opposite directions in life. One leaves the triads to become an honest citizen, the other stays triads member. But in the end both hold together. A typical HK movie storylin ...
Style: heroic, crime drama, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 80s
Place: asia, hong kong, macau, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Ash Is Purest White (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: China, France, Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Style: captivating, touching, exciting, suspenseful, psychological ...
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Time: 2010s, year 2017, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
One Nite in Mongkok (2004)
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, atmospheric, exciting ...
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Infernal Affairs III (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 118 min.
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Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, triad, police, mob boss, spy, gang war, working undercover, twists and turns, mole, police detective, police investigation, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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City on Fire (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
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Country: Hong Kong
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Place: hong kong, asia
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23%
Love the Hard Way (2001)
Genre: Drama, Crime, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Jack, at the cinema, and is intrigued by his style, assurance and audacity. Apart from his artistic ...
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Time: year 2001
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
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Style: neo noir, stylized, bloody, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
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22%
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Casino Raiders (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 127 min.
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Style: heroic
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Country: UK, France, USA
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Time: year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 2005 ...
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Infernal Affairs (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
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Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, intense ...
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Place: hong kong, china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Tsotsi (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The South African multi-award winning film about a young South African boy from the ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster. Tsotsi, who left home as a child to get away from helpless parents, finds a baby in the back seat of a car that he has just ...
Style: sincere, bleak, emotional, harsh, captivating ...
Audience: teen drama
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Killer (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey ...
Style: exciting, suspense, cult classic, atmospheric, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, manly
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Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Made in Hong Kong (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The first independent film to emerge from the former British colony since the changeover to China in 1997, Made in Hong Kong is an intoxicating drama about teenage alienation.
Style: art house, neo noir, crime drama, cult classic, brutal ...
Plot: triad, criminal, architecture, love letter, organized crime, alienation, troubled, gangster, juvenile delinquency, estrangement, right hand man, city life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Drummer (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When Sid insults a powerful triad boss, his father sends him to Taiwan for safety. Bored and restless, he discovers a community of Zen drummers high in the hills, and joins up - a decision inspired by a pretty face that soon becomes a challenge.
Style: contemplative, realistic, psychological, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot: gangster, martial arts, self discovery, redemption, rivalry, introspection, hopes, drummer, chase, business partner, training, on the run ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, taiwan, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Blood Brothers (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fung (Daniel Wu) and his best friends, brothers Kang (Liu Ye) and Hu (Tony Yang), leave the countryside together to make it big in Shanghai. Things aren't so easy in the city, however, and the brothers stumble and toil until opportunity brings ...
Style: rough, stylized, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot: innocence lost, friendship, betrayal, rise and fall, village life, best friend, starting over, lifestyle, city life, triad, heroic bloodshed, nightclub ...
Time: 1930s
Place: china, shanghai, ancient china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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