Heroic bloodshed movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant heroic bloodshed movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out heroic, realistic, serious, suspenseful, crime drama and rough films and TV shows about / with heroic bloodshed, bloodbath, gangster, violence, blood, gunfight, blood splatter, shot in the back, rivalry and shot in the head plots mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres shot in Hong Kong, France, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as heroic bloodshed: A Better Tomorrow (1986), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), The Killer (1989), Vengeance (2009), City on Fire (1987), Rich and Famous 2 (1987), Hard Boiled (1992), A Hero Never Dies (1998), Full Contact (1992), Rich and Famous (1987).

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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
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A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A restaurant owner his ex-con brother and a policeman team up to avenge the murder of his old friends daughter by the Triad.
Style: neo noir, stylized, bloody, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, gunfight, vigilantism, good versus evil, friendship, bloody violence, criminal underworld, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, shootout, vengeance ...
Time: 80s
Place: china, hong kong, new york, asia, usa
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 7.8
 51K
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
Plot: hitman, assassin, heroic bloodshed, organized crime, gunfight, friendship, triad, revenge, one last job, yakuza, violent, mob boss ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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 6.5
 7K
Vengeance (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Style: neo noir, realistic, stylized, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, heroic bloodshed, gangster, danger, murder, chef, gunfight, violence, triad, gun fu, mafia, martial arts ...
Place: hong kong, china, asia, macau
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 7.0
 7K
City on Fire (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; in order to do this he must obtain some handguns; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or ...
Style: neo noir, cult classic, action thriller, crime drama, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, heroic bloodshed, heist, gangster, robbery, triad, male bonding, police, police officer, undercover, undercover cop, yakuza ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: china, hong kong, asia, hawaii
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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
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 7.7
 54K
Hard Boiled (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of ...
Style: stylized, bloody, intense, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: gun fu, gunfight, gangster, violence, martial arts, organized crime, heroic bloodshed, mafia, triad, buddy cop, murder, partnership ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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A Hero Never Dies (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Jack and Martin are members of rival Chinese triads in the middle of a gang war. Both of their gang leaders like to get advice from a fortune teller living in Thailand. On one such trip, Martin's gang ambushes Jack's at a Thai hotel. There ...
Style: crime drama, neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, heroes, gunfight, triad, prostitute, partner, gangster, battles, hitman, friends, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, hong kong, thailand
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 7.1
 5K
Full Contact (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Thailand
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In an effort to get his buddy out of a gambling debt, Jeff agrees to join forces with Judge in a weapons heist. The job goes bad and Judge betrays Jeff. Jeff plots the ultimate revenge on Judge and his followers and it is a question of whether he ...
Style: neo noir, stylized, bloody, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, martial arts, gangster, gang, vengeance, organized crime, gunfight, gun fu, revenge, kickass, kung fu, vigilante ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, asia, hong kong, thailand
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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
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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
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 7.0
 757
The Big Heat (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A cop (Waise Lee) is losing the control of his right hand and cannot pull the trigger on time anymore. Before any accident happens, he decides to resign. Meanwhile his friend and informer is brutally murdered in Malaysia. Before leaving the force, ...
Style: neo noir, bloody, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, gun fu, gangster, police detective, chaos and mayhem, working undercover, wrongfully committed, police corruption, wooing, gory, master criminal, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s
Place: malaysia, hong kong, asia
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Bullet for Hire (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two hitmen, both good friends who work for the Triad, get a new partner, a nervous young rookie who starts off badly by blowing an assignment, but soon becomes proficient at his bloody work. When one of them is blackmailed into helping the police, a ...
Style: bloody, black comedy, dark comedy, heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, hitman, killer, contract killer, female police officer, triad, gun fu, impersonating a police officer, interpol, death of child, undercover, loss of mother ...
Place: hong kong
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 7.5
 6K
The Mission (1999)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Triad boss Lung (Eddy Ko), who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis (Anthony Wong), James (Lam Suet), Mike (Roy Cheung), Roy (Francis Ng) and Shin (Jackie Lui) for his protection.
Style: neo noir, crime drama, bloody, art house, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chinese mafia, heroic bloodshed, hitman, gunfight, triad, master criminal, mafia, organized crime, martial arts, gun fu, great ending, asian gangster ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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Fulltime Killer (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Professional assassin O has resided in an isolated world of killing and loneliness. But his life begins to change once he meets the innocent Chin; hired to clean O's apartment. However, soon the flamboyent and reckless Tok enters Chin's ...
Style: tense, harsh, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, killer, gunfight, dark hero, police detective, assassin, danger, rivalry, heroic bloodshed, fall in love, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: japan, hong kong, china, asia, malaysia ...
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A Better Tomorrow (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A Korean remake of the John Woo Classic. One brother is a criminal. One brother is a cop. Both will fight to the death.
Style: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, heroic bloodshed, betrayal, crime boss, arms dealer, organized crime, criminal underworld, family relations, vengeance, family problems, siblings relations, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, asia, north korea, thailand
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Long Arm of the Law (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An ultra-violent and ultra-gritty tale of desperate Chinese would-be jewel thieves hoping to make a quick, effortless score in Hong Kong. Naturally, things go afoul, and the gang must hide out until the heat dies down, besmirched with the blood of ...
Style: crime drama, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: heroic bloodshed, organized crime, big city, gun fu, triad, gangster, walled city, violent content, partner, store, working undercover, heist ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hong kong, china
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Tiger on Beat (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.
Style: heroic, cult classic, crime drama, buddy comedy, fast ...
Plot: buddies, martial arts, heroic bloodshed, buddy cop, triad, kung fu, buddy, gunfight, chainsaw, organized crime, cop, drug dealer ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
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 7.0
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People's Hero (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Ex-gangster Sonny Koo finds himself in the middle of a bank holdup by two inexperienced crooks. The robbery goes awry, but before order can be restored, Sonny assumes control. He proceeds to turn the hostage situation to his advantage, and uses the ...
Style: heroic, detective
Plot: heroic bloodshed, gunfight, escape, bank, hostage, brutality, bank clerk, bloodbath, arrest, media, violent death, bank vault ...
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My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The triangular relationship between Lap (Joey Wang). Rick (Kenny Bee) and Cheung (Tony Leung) is the backbone of this film. Lap's father was once a triad; he retired and opened a bar near seashore. Rick worked there and was a couple with Lap. ...
Style: heroic, crime drama
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, police, asian gangster, gun fu, loyalty, assassination, gunfight, rescue, tragedy, mexican standoff, tragic event ...
Place: hong kong, macau
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The Dragon Family (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Rival Triad gangs go to war...
Style: heroic, crime drama
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, kung fu, hospital, corrupt cop, funeral, robbery, person on fire, murder, death, suicide, mass murder ...
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A War Named Desire (2000)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Younger brother from HK visits older brother, who is a mid-level mobster in Thailand. He is looking to recoup money the brother took from the family when he fled HK 15 years earlier. His pesky girlfriend, refusing to stay in HK, learns the hard way ...
Style: captivating, romantic, neo noir, heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, gangster, friendship, murder, conflict, gang war, love affair, love and romance, mafia, brother brother relationship, romancing partners, gang ...
Place: thailand
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Prison on Fire (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ching and Yiu and problems they face with Mickey, a fellow inmate and "Assassin", a prison guard. Yiu is sentenced to three years for manslaughter. In a fight for his father, he pushed a man and was run over by a bus. Ching was sent to ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, heroic bloodshed, prison escape, prison break, favoritism, escape, gangster, injustice, friends, survival, confined, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
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 7.2
 10K
Exiled (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, hitman, friendship, starting over, heroic bloodshed, vengeance, dishonesty, danger, frame up, babies and infants, crime boss, triad ...
Time: year 2006
Place: east asia, china, macau
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 6.7
 1K
Big Bullet (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Hotheaded cop Bill Zhu (Lau Ching-wan) gets relegated to the Emergency Unit after a dustup with his inept boss. When the mob kills Zhu's pal and ex-colleague (Francis Ng) during a turf-war hit, he rounds up his motley department cohorts and ...
Style: heroic, crime drama, bloody, neo noir, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, swat team, heist, police, violent content, law enforcement, workplace, chases and races, danger, escapades, heroes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: asia, hong kong, united kingdom, china, east asia
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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
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, friends, hitman, working undercover, siblings relations, martial arts, culture clash, heroes, gang, society, fighting crime ...
Time: 80s
Place: asia, hong kong, macau, thailand
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 6.4
 1K
Just Heroes (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The assassination of a gang lord triggers a power struggle amongst his men. Who will win the game the righteous or the villain?
Style: cult classic, heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, gunfight, carnage, car crash, shootout, gun fu, death, falling from height, revenge, betrayal, brutality, blood ...
Place: hong kong
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 6.3
 495
City War (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two cops--both partners and best friends--find their friendship and their lives at stake when they try to take down a ruthless drug dealer.
Style: heroic, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, revenge, arms smuggling, police, criminal, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, drug dealing, rivalry, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
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Return Engagement (1990)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A well-known gangster is released from prison, and decides look for his daughter with the help of a troubled young woman.
Style: heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, daughter, gun fu, child killed, mexican standoff, martial arts, boy killed, child murder, dead children, gunfight, gangster, blood ...
Place: vancouver
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 6.7
 7K
Once a Thief (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: John Woo directs this action-packed comedy that stars Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung and Cherie Chung as a trio of art thieves who grew up together as orphans under the tutelage of a cruel crime boss named Chow (Kenneth Tsang). Although Red Bean ...
Style: suspense, stylized, heroic, fast, exciting ...
Plot: martial arts, heist, kung fu, gunfight, chase, art thief, art theft, heroic bloodshed, caper, friendship, betrayal, brutality ...
Time: 90s, year 1988
Place: british columbia, china
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