Movies and TV shows set in hong kong – page 5

List of movies set in hong kong

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Once a Gangster (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Roast Pork joins the triad as a young man and ends up becoming a trusted lieutenant of boss Kerosene. However, his true passion is in his successful chain of restaurants, his loving wife, and his two children. So when Kerosene wants to promote his ...
Style: humorous, rough, suspenseful, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot: life turned upside down, blind ambition, prison, dishonesty, university, gang, gangster, working undercover, friends, criminal heroes, college, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china
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Running Out of Time 2 (2001)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ho Sheung Sang finds himself wrapped up in another cat-and-mouse game, this time against a tricky magician.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot: police detective, hostage, chases and races, confined, law enforcement, master criminal, rivalry, time, thief, art thief, heist, mind game
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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 7.1
 3K
Overheard (2009)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story revolves around three members of a police surveillance squad conducting an investigation into a financial investment group involved in criminal fraud. The focus of the plot, however, is actually on the three officers themselves who stumble ...
Style: realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot: police investigation, partner, corporate crime, undercover, dishonesty, secretly observing, business, danger, rivalry, espionage, hustler, stock market ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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Blind Detective (2013)
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, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, blind character, police investigation, partner, twists and turns, dark humor, disability, blindness, danger, blind man, gambling, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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Gallants (2010)
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, tense, light ...
Plot: martial arts, athlete and trainer, save the day, rivalry, master warrior, hopes, ambition, martial arts tournament, society, friendship, violent content, heroes ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: hong kong, china
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 6.9
 700
Beyond Our Ken (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A month after Wai Ming broke up with Ken, she finds nude pictures of her on his website. To get back at him, she teams up with his new girlfriend.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: vengeance, love triangle, rivalry, breakup, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, battle of the sexes, couples, love and romance, partner, escape, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
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Hot Summer Days (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In "Hot Summer Days" a hot summer heat wave engulfs the Chinese territory, while the movie covers the lives of various characters during that time. There's chaffeur Wah who tries to woo foot masseur Li Yan via text messages, air ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, atmospheric, captivating, light ...
Audience: date night
Plot: obsession, fall in love, couples, couple relations, wooing, singleness, holiday, summer, city life, multiple storylines, child, obsessive quest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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The Silent War (2012)
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: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating
Audience: boys' night
Plot: war, political unrest, undercover, blind man, disability, dishonesty, secret movement, misfit, espionage, state affairs, code breaking, secret agent ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: hong kong, asia, china
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 6.3
 2K
Vulgaria (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Struggling movie producer To Wai-Cheung (Chapman To) is hardly able to make ends meet, yet his daughter (Fiona Sit) hopes to one day sees him being interviewed on TV. In order to fulfill his daughter's dream, he meets Tyrannosaurus (Ronald ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, feel good ...
Plot: starlet, showbiz, dark humor, artists and showbiz, filmmaking, disorder, sexual perversion, nude, escapades, asian, nudity, porn ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, hong kong, china
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My Wife Is a Gangster 3 (2006)
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: suspenseful, semi serious, exciting, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: martial arts, gangster, woman in danger, chase, murder, danger, assassination, heroes, chases and races, uninhibited rivalry, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, seoul, asia, korea
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Love in the Buff (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When old flames reunite, will it be second time's the charm or a case of once bitten twice shy? Jimmy and Cherie, two ex-lovers from Hong Kong, cross paths in Beijing and can't seem to forget each other, despite being involved with someone ...
Style: feel good, touching, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: starting over, couples, relationship vs career, hopes, friendship, asian, love and romance, dare, woman wearing a miniskirt
Time: 21st century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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 4.7
 600
Lan Kwai Fong (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Lan Kwai Fong (LKF), a well-known party location in Hong Kong with loads of nightclubs and bars. Everyone likes to go to LKF for fun, one night stands or even true love. LKF has captured the joys and sorrows of many... One night, Steven - a regular ...
Style: realistic, sexy, captivating, humorous, serious
Audience: adult
Plot: nightclub, stewardess, fall in love, wooing, sexual relations, lifestyle, nightlife, couples, sex, sexual content, unfulfilled love, true love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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Wait 'Til You're Older (2005)
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, emotional, humorous, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: family relations, child as adult, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, power relations, youth, unfulfillment, wish come true, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, bittersweet ...
Place: hong kong, asia
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 7.3
 5K
Mr. Vampire (1985)
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, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vampire, ghost, zombie, martial arts, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, clergy, danger, heroic mission, supernatural power, undead, badass ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia, china
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6th Commandment Cross (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Meet Leonard, a man who will help you die with a smile on your face. A young attorney meets his client for the first time, a serial killer known as the "Smiley Face Killer", whose victims all died with a smile on their faces.
Style: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, danger, euthanasia, mercy killing, lawyer, suicide, murder, rivalry, angel of death, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
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Shadow: Dead Riot (2006)
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Evil voodoo-practicing serial killer Shadow gets executed for murdering pregnant women. Twenty years later the prison Shadow was put to death at has been turned into an experimental women's penitentiary. Tough and fiercely autonomous new inmate ...
Style: rough, disturbing, bleak, serious, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, lesbianism, women in prison, supernatural, murder of a nude woman, violence spree, danger, prison life, women's prison, confined, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals ...
Place: hong kong, asia
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 6.8
 3K
Perhaps Love (2005)
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: stylized, captivating, emotional, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot: love affair, rivalry, showbiz, femme fatale, ambition, actor's life, unfulfillment, introspection, love triangle, movie star, love, film producer ...
Place: china, hong kong, east asia, asia, shanghai ...
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 5.0
 380
Playboy Cops (2008)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Two off-the-wall detectives go in search for a killer, while vying for the affections of a young woman.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, martial arts, jealousy, police investigation, police detective, gang, vengeance, reluctant partners, rivalry, law enforcement, chase, love triangle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
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The Shopaholics (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Compulsive disorders plague Hong Kong: Fong Fong Fong, a foundling who's now a nurse, is a shopaholic who seeks psychiatric help from Kan Yan (Choosey) Lee, who's frozen by an inability to choose. Into the mix come Kung Fu (Richie) Ho, a ...
Style: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: shopping, wedding, love triangle, moral dilemma, fashion, couples, addiction, journalism, womanizer, unfulfillment, disorder, mental illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
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PTU: Police Tactical Unit (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 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, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, police detective, gang, investigation, partners against crime, goofy hero, rivalry, murder, tough law enforcer, master criminal, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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Goddess of Mercy (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Yang Rui falls in love for the cleaning woman who works in a taekwando gym, only to later discover she's an undercover cop named An Xin. An is in hiding from drug smugglers who have a score to settle with her - a raid she led resulted in the ...
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: rivalry, working undercover, vengeance, martial arts, wooing, policewoman, love, investigation, fighting crime, danger, relationship vs career, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
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Love in a Puff (2010)
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: love and romance, workplace, lifestyle, rules and policies, workplace romance, wooing, misfit, couples, love, asian prostitute, social misfits, twentysomething life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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 6.5
 4K
Paradox (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When a Hong Kong police negotiator is informed about the sudden disappearance of his 16-year-old daughter in Thailand, he travels there to search for her whereabouts.
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, organ theft, kidnapping, danger, police investigation, father daughter relationship, parents and children, rescue, police officer, violence, murder, teenager ...
Place: hong kong, china
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Die Another Day (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Bond takes on a North Korean leader who undergoes DNA replacement procedures that allow him to assume different identities. American agent, Jinx Johnson assists Bond in his attempt to thwart the villain's plans to exploit a satellite that is ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, clever, action packed, saga ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: james bond, espionage, spy, 007, british secret service, cia, secret service, secret agent, agent, secret service agent, sword fight, twists and turns ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: north korea, iceland, hong kong, britain, sydney australia ...
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 5.5
 64K
Blackhat (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A man is released from prison to help American and Chinese authorities pursue a mysterious cyber criminal. The dangerous search leads them from Chicago to Hong Kong.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, intense ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night
Plot: hacker, computer, terrorist, terrorism, computer hacker, terrorist plot, cybercrime, hacking, geek, espionage, chase, fbi ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, malaysia, chicago, asia ...
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The God of Cookery (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The God of Cookery, a brilliant chef who sits in judgement of those who would challenge his title, loses his title when a jealous chef reveals him to be a con-man and humiliates him publicly. As this new chef takes on the God of Cookery's role, ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, witty, scenic ...
Plot: martial arts, food, chef, cooking and food, kung fu, wuxia, restaurant, redemption, satire, eternal love, asian, gourmet ...
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 ...
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 4K
Once a Cop (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang (Yeoh), a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jessica doesn't realize is that her boyfriend - recently discharged from the force - is ...
Style: slapstick, cult classic, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, female martial artist, kung fu, police, fight scenes, police investigation, violence, gunfight, buddy cop, woman with a gun, strong female lead, hot chick ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, china, asia
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 34K
Happy Together (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A couple take a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning, but instead find themselves drifting ever further apart.
Style: art house, emotional, visual, independent film, visually appealing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay asian, loneliness, love, tango, lgbtq, heartache, lgbtqi, lgbt, melancholy, glbt, sexuality ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, year 1996
Place: buenos aires argentina, hong kong, china, asia, latin america ...
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You Only Live Twice (1967)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A mysterious space craft kidnaps a Russian and American space capsule and brings the world on the verge of another World War. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and meets with his archenemy Blofeld. The fifth film from the legendary James ...
Style: exciting, witty, saga, retro, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: james bond, 007, spy, espionage, secret service, secret organization, secret headquarters, ninja, interracial romance, faked death, cold war, white man asian woman relationship ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: japan, tokyo, russia, hong kong, asia ...
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