| Expats (2023) | 6.3 | |
| Fallen Angels (1995) | 7.5 | |
| Days of Being Wild (1990) | 7.4 | |
| Rouge (1987) | 7.3 | |
| Infernal Affairs (2002) | 8.0 |
Movies and TV shows set in hong kong – page 4
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A traffic accident brings together Deborah, a high-strung businesswoman, and Veg, successful owner of a fast food shop that specializes in bull organ soup. Fiercely combative about the accident, they end up in bed after too much drinking one night. ...
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
couples, parents and children, love affair, womanizer, opposites attract, sexual relations, love and romance, hotshot hero, hopes, contests and competitions, road not taken, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Qing Ye Se only knows how to be a thief, but he runs into major trouble when he accidentally steals the heart of Rose, an immortal fairy. During a chaotic chase, Qing gets ahold of the Pandora's Box, sending them both back in time to the Three ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, tense
Plot:
time travel, mistaken identity, escapades, battles, imaginary, rivalry, heroes, dishonesty, disorder, friendship, chosen one, love and romance ...
Place:
hong kong, ancient china
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A blind detective, former cop, teams up with a policewoman who admires him to solve the disappearance of a girl friend of hers, years ago. Besides, he helps her to improve her skills as an investigator.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, detective, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, dark humor, blind character, police investigation, partner, twists and turns, disability, blindness, danger, blind man, gambling, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Master Law awakes from a 30-year coma without memories, but his martial arts skills are intact. His renowned kung fu academy is now a teahouse, and greedy developers are trying to steamroll it to make way for condos
Style:
exciting, humorous, captivating, light, tense ...
Plot:
martial arts, master warrior, save the day, athlete and trainer, rivalry, hopes, ambition, martial arts tournament, friendship, society, violent content, anti hero ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political unrest, war, undercover, intelligence agency, blind man, secret movement, dishonesty, misfit, code breaking, disability, espionage, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
hong kong, asia, china
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China, South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Aryong, the daughter of a triad boss from Hong Kong is accused of killing the boss of a competing triad, she is goes into hiding in Korea. Upon arriving, she is guided by a nimble but loyal Gi-chul and his motley crew, who are assigned to ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, woman in danger, uninhibited rivalry, danger, chases and races, assassination, chase, murder, vengeance, master warrior, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, korea, seoul, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Living in the guilt of sacrificing his informant in a previous operation, Criminal Intelligence Inspector Don Lee is wary when his superior orders him to send another informant to spy on the criminal operations of Barbarian, a vicious gangster ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, heroic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, working undercover, undercover, law enforcement, danger, fighting crime, dishonesty, police detective, estrangement, gangster, spy, chinese mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A troubled boy who seeks escape becomes a man through a miraculous growth formula but encounters a new troubles when the formula won't quit.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, emotional, semi serious, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, child as adult, hopes, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, youth, unfulfillment, power relations, wish come true, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, stepmother ...
Place:
hong kong, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.
Style:
scary, humorous, exciting, semi serious, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, vampire, zombie, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, danger, clergy, heroic mission, wuxia, martial arts, supernatural power, undead ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia, china
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: China, Malaysia, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A love triangle develops during the making of a musical in mainland China.
Style:
sexy, stylized, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
love affair, rivalry, showbiz, femme fatale, ambition, introspection, actor's life, unfulfillment, movie star, love, jealousy, film producer ...
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, asia, beijing china ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Having taken his father's advice, one man decides to return home in pursuit of a fresh start. While training at his father's martial arts school, he learns that his father has given consent to sell the school to a rival martial arts school.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, contests and competitions, love and romance, family relations, parents and children, athlete and trainer, unlikely couple, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, siblings relations, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dynamo Michelle Khan stars as a loyalist who attempts to keep the King's empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group. Top fight action.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, wuxia, female warrior, betrayal, dishonesty, heroic mission, tough heroes, good versus evil, master warrior, asian history, kung fu, sword ...
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The follow-up to 2009's All's Well Ends Well, with returning stars Louis Koo, Sandra Ng, and Ronald Cheng delivering Lunar New Year period comedy shenanigans for 2010. Angelababy makes a cute appearance in this farce about mistaken ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, realistic, humorous
Plot:
couples, fall in love, lifestyle, battle of the sexes, looking for love, silly humor, love and romance, wooing, once promising, self discovery, artists and showbiz, computers and web ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Over the course of one night, a team of cops frantically search for their colleague's missing gun.
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, goofy hero, gang, partners against crime, rivalry, investigation, murder, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, master criminal, dishonesty ...
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A powerful triad boss has been kidnapped, and the new police superintendent Koo (Fala Chen) decides to recruit the help of Mann (Simon Yam), a former supercop who has since been relegated to back-up duty. Mann has his work cut out for him when he ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, vengeance, confined, murder, blackmail, hostage, police brutality, abduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, murder, police investigation, partners against crime, gang, partner, tough law enforcer, master criminal, race against time, undercover, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, asia, new york, china, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jimmy is a mild mannered advertising executive in his twenties. While smoking in an alley packed with booming loudmouth co-workers and sharing explicit gossips and horror stories, he befriends a misfit cosmetics salesgirl Cherie who also likes to ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rules and policies, love and romance, workplace, lifestyle, wooing, workplace romance, couples, misfit, love, asian prostitute, social misfits, advertising ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Set in the 1980s, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun accidentally enters the Walled City, discovers the order amidst its chaos, and learns important life lessons along the way. In the Walled City, he becomes close friends with Shin, Twelfth Master and AV. ...
Style:
absurd
Plot:
kite, friendship, kung fu, martial arts, master, motorcycle, chase, gang, flashback, refugee, hair salon, mahjong ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet clash in a spectacular battle for the ages. As Monarch embarks ...
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, king kong, kaiju, giant ape, giant animal, creature, monster, monster versus monster, giant creature, dinosaur, giant lizard ...
Time:
jurassic, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, las vegas, usa, tokyo, japan ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Gang leader Jim Yam has ascended nearly to the pinnacle of power in the underworld, but it brings him few satisfactions. As he watches his peers drop dead around him - many of them amazingly from natural causes - he finds himself more and more ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, rise to the top, conspiracy, criminal heroes, dishonesty, assassination, hitman, rivalry, law enforcement, triad, urban, gang leader ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china
Is relevant?
329K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, medical horror, bleak, clever ...
Plot:
virus, pandemic, epidemic, deadly virus, infected, infection, death, quarantine, plague, survival, disaster, medical ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 2000, distant future, future ...
Place:
hong kong, minnesota, san francisco, california, bay area ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The Hong Kong Airport Special Police Unit (ASU) is a special police force responsible for maintaining public and aviation security, counter-terrorism, key personnel protection, disaster support and many other areas. Encountering different situations ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, action drama, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
airport, airport security, teamwork, police, problem, workplace situations, police officer, workplace, investigation, police investigation, rescue, save the day ...
Place:
hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A retired British Chinese soldier, a young South Asian man, an encounter at Chungking Mansions. Coincidentally, they both offended the same gang boss. What has given them a new lease of life and how do they rediscover themselves through each ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, intercultural ...
Plot:
soldier, friendship, redemption, life is a bitch, social misfits, white trash, gang, society, social problems, teamwork, criminal gang, identity ...
Place:
hong kong, china
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A debt collector takes over the management of a group of starlets after their talent agent defaults on a loan, but soon finds he's in over his head.
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
showbiz, satire, businessman, entertainment, entertainment industry, business, escapades, pop star, celebrity culture, fish out of water, glamour, pop music ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong, china
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A wondrous prostitute plies her trade while living on a boat in Hong Kong. With a superhuman libido and three loving husbands, she doggedly devotes herself to her work. Using sex to satirize the era, this film brims with intense desire.
Style:
erotic drama, sensual, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
female protagonist, boat, longing, prostitute, prostitution, desire, sexuality, eroticism, mature, brothel, sexual relations, male female relationship ...
Place:
hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young woman lives, hidden in plain sight in a ruined Hong Kong building after a tsunami destroyed the city - A castaway on a concrete island. Her concealed existence is changed forever when a small child literally floats into her life.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
survival, responsibility, motherhood, tsunami, female protagonist, recluse, disaster, guardian, isolation, life is a bitch, child custody, catastrophe ...
Place:
hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.
Style:
suspense, historical drama, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
japanese occupation, world war two, mother daughter relationship, sacrifice, courage, resistance, military, arrest, family relations, life is a bitch, occupation, partisan ...
Place:
hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Romance, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The film follows Xu Lai, a former artist whose dreams were dashed when the responsibilities of life set in. With his life now revolving around his wife Cai Bo who is obsessed with having children, the quirks of his eccentric family and his mediocre, ...
Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
satire, affair, martial arts, paranormal investigation, kids and family, family relations, murder investigation, male female relationship, investigation, family problems, husband wife relationship, escapades ...
Place:
hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on real-life crimes that terrorized Hong Kong in the 1990s, Logan (Tony Leung Ka-Fai) is the head of leading a notorious human trafficking gang, abducting the children of Hong Kong's elite. Police forces decide to send in Sky (Louis Koo), ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, gang, human trafficking, covert operation, kidnapping, hostage, undercover cop, kidnapper, fighting crime, outlaw gang, bandit, secret mission ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, macau
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Kung and Kin's rivalry goes way back to the seventies when they fought over the same girl, who eventually became Kung's wife. Now they run competing phone stores right across from each other on Mongkok's busiest street, and stretch ...
Style:
feel good, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, landlord tenant relationship, urban, social problems, save the day, escapades, lifestyle, problem, tenant, neighbor, loyalty, street life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong, china
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