Movies and TV shows set in hong kong – page 2

List of movies set in hong kong

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 7.0
 12K
As Tears Go By (1988)
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, crime drama, psychedelic, surreal, mind bending ...
Plot: triad, friendship, anti hero, mob hit, criminal underworld, brother brother relationship, thug, gang leader, bloody violence, love, gang, heroic bloodshed ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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Forced Vengeance (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A casino security guard is forced into violence from when the Hong Kong mob threatens his friends.
Style: cult classic, psychotronic, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, gay, kung fu, vietnam war, casino, organized crime, showdown, machine gun, mixed martial arts, heroes, hitman, gambling ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: hong kong, china, vietnam, asia
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Crazy n' the City (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Tensions arise when Jack Chan, a spineless constable who regards his work as a job but not a career, is partnered with an energetic and conscientious policewoman, Man Liu. When a serial killer emerges in Hong Kong, Man Liu swears to catch him. Jack ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: gang war, serial killer, law enforcement, introspection, partner, idealism, police corruption, police detective, killer, police officer
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
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Hong Kong Confidential (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Latvia, Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: One week in one of the most exotic and picturesque cities of the world. The day of changes comes when Amaya meets a charming Englishman, Paul and it dramatically changes Amaya's perception of her cultural and personal identity.
Style: humorous, sentimental, semi serious, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: culture clash, couple relations, introspection, interracial relations, society, couples, city life, alone in the world, workplace situations, lifestyle, urban, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, latvia, asia
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Supercapitalist (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A maverick New York hedge fund trader with uncanny analytic abilities moves to Hong Kong and orchestrates a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond his control.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense
Plot: ambition, fish out of water, society, workplace intrigue, workplace, workplace situations, boss and employee, dishonesty, misfit, stock broker, rivalry, culture clash ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia, usa
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 5.5
 2K
The Sniper (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A police sniper teams up with a hot-headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force.
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot: sniper, vengeance, partner, law enforcement, rivalry, disagreement, moral dilemma, chase, murder, police, hostage situation, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china
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My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A car accident gives a spoiled, troubled young woman the ability to see ghosts, including one of a former classmate.
Style: emotional, sincere, sentimental, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: afterlife, ghost, unfulfilled love, friendship, supernatural, hopes, last wish, twists and turns, love and romance, obsessive quest, escapades, supernatural ability ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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 5.3
 2K
Dragon Squad (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A team of Interpol agents arrive in the city to testify against a local crime lord. However on the way to court the vehicle carrying the Triad boss is attacked and the crime lord snatched, not by his own people but by another foe.
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: interpol, kidnapping, gangster, martial arts, undercover, chase, danger, law enforcement, fighting crime, terrorism, law enforcer killer, master criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
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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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 6.7
 14K
Flash Point (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, non stop action ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, drug lord, kung fu, fighting crime, fight, police investigation, gang, danger, rivalry, working undercover, vigilantism, arrest ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, 90s
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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 6.3
 6K
Rigor Mortis (2013)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Juno Mak’s debut feature Rigor Mortis is an eerie and chilling, contemporary action- and special effects-laden homage to the classic Chinese vampire movies of the 1980s.
Style: scary, exciting, serious, stylized, psychotronic ...
Plot: ghost, vampire, supernatural, black magic, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, exorcism, deadly creature, supernatural ability, danger, down on your luck, imaginary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, hong kong
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 6.4
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Twin Dragons (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
Style: humorous, entertaining, realistic, exciting, semi serious ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, gangster, farce, twins, brutality, chase, gunfight, siblings relations, goofy hero, disorder, wuxia ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: hong kong, new york
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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
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Time and Tide (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Tyler is a restless, streetwise 21-year-old Hong Kong native who's had trouble gaining the trust of others all his life. He secretly fantasizes about living the good life in South America. After a while, he is forced to deal with the reality of ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassination, gangster, gang war, friendship, race against time, danger, drug dealing, working undercover, fight, shootout, violence, triad ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, japan, china, asia, latin america
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Enter the Dragon (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
Style: tense, suspense, grindhouse, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, master warrior, martial arts tournament, island, tough heroes, shaolin monk, revenge, strong man, drug lord, final showdown ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, east asia, fictional island, usa ...
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Bloodsport (1988)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Frank Dux has entered the "kumite", an illegal underground martial-arts competition where serious injury and even death are not unknown. Chong Li, a particularly ruthless and vicious fighter is the favorite, but then again Dux has not ...
Style: exciting, grindhouse, cult classic, intense, serious ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, mixed martial arts, heroes, martial arts tournament, kung fu, tournament, underdog, master warrior, revenge, hand to hand combat, karate, underground fighting ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
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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God of Gamblers (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Chow Yun-Fat plays Ko Chun, an extremely talented and well known gambler. On the eve of a big confrontation with a famous Singaporean gambler, Ko walks into a trap set by Knife, an avid but a so-so gambler (Andy Lau), meant for an Indian servant. ...
Style: realistic, exciting, semi serious, scenic, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, poker, memory loss, triad, betrayal, comeback, kung fu, casino, martial arts, bodyguard, amnesia, traitor ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, asia, tokyo, san francisco
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Sparrow (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Kei (Simon Yam) is the experienced leader of a team of pickpockets — also known as "Sparrows" in HK slang. He enjoys a carefree lifestyle taking photos. One day a dashing beauty, Chun-Lei (Kelly Lin), suddenly appears in Kei's ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, stylized, sentimental ...
Plot: cons and scams, partner, friendship, love and romance, dishonesty, fall in love, mysterious character, hopes, criminal heroes, beauty, asian, thief ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia, china
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General Commander (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Philippines, Hungary, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: GRS operative Jake Alexander and his team of young recruits go after the most dangerous and notorious criminals with the help of a Hong Kong billionaire.
Style: rough, psychological, bleak, suspenseful
Plot: female warrior, gang war, spy, gang leader, martial arts, cia, shootout, firefight, tough girl, helicopter, female assassin, showdown ...
Place: hong kong, bangkok thailand, manila philippines
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Gong Tau (2007)
Genre: Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: CID detective Rockman was sent to Thailand to investigate a case involving the Hong Kong and Thai underground syndicate. During his visit he met a sexy table dancer called Elli, they had a brief but hot steamy affair. Unexpectedly Rockman was ...
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, erotic ...
Plot: black magic, magic, violence, crime scene, insanity, voodoo, extreme, witch, guts, dead child, sex, police station ...
Place: hong kong
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Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 78 min.
Story: An attraction forms when a Chinese American girl visiting Hong Kong for the first time meets an American expat who shows her the way, but timing may not quite be on their side.
Style: ambiguous ending, thought provoking, sincere, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: chance meeting, stranger, white man asian woman relationship, love interest, american abroad, walking, expatriate, love, wanderlust, young romance, storytelling, woman ...
Place: hong kong
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Skiptrace (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.
Style: action comedy, detective, captivating, humorous, exciting ...
Plot: gambler, journey, criminal, loss of friend, betrayal, martial arts, evidence, faked death, russian mafia, friendship, investigation, buddy cop ...
Time: year 2016
Place: hong kong, siberia, china, russia, macau ...
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Naked Weapon (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female assassin, hitman, female killer, assassination, female martial artist, woman kills a man, one woman army, rape and revenge, terrorism, tough heroes, revenge, martial arts ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: hong kong, japan, china, the philippines, tokyo ...
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Four Assassins (2011)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Four assassins meet in a hotel suite to resolve unfinished business. A tense drama set in the cosmopolitan world of Hong Kong.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: hitman, rivalry, hotel, danger, murder, assassin, professional, triad, killer, woman with a gun, martial arts, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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Love Battlefield (2004)
Genre: Action, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The story of a couple (Niki Chow and Eason Chan) who break up one morning and proceed to find their love tested in unexpected and violent ways.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: love affair, gang, vigilantism, missing child, kidnapping, criminal heroes, vengeance, rescue, master criminal, hostage, gangster, tough heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, europe
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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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Divergence (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A cop, a lawyer, and an assassin cross paths after the murder of a federal witness and the kidnapping of a famous pop star.
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, undercover, police investigation, law enforcement, partners against crime, heroes, dishonesty, police corruption, hitman, police detective, partner, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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The Way We Are (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Way We Are is a respectful, unglamorous, and serenely charming portrait of regular people and a Hong Kong town that normally gets a bad rap. It may put you to sleep, but the visit and Ann Hui's quiet touch are exceptionally worthwhile.
Style: touching, emotional, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, working class, society, single parent, family problems, unfulfillment, poverty, boy, loss of daughter, hopes, parents and children, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
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 5.9
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Motorway (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two police pursuit drivers, a hothead rookie and his long-suffering, almost-retired mentor, face off against an escape car driver from the latter's past.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, uninhibited rivalry, heist, law enforcer killer, car, police shootout, gunfight, fast car, racing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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