Best Hong Kong Movies
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Best Hong Kong Movies
TOP Movies: Infernal Affairs (2002), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Chungking Express (1994), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Fallen Angels (1995), A Simple Life (2011), The Legend of Drunken Master (1994), Hard Boiled (1992), The Revenant (2015), Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996), In the Mood for Love (2000), Ip Man (2008), The Killer (1989), Election (2005), Days of Being Wild (1990), Hero (2002), Who Am I? (1998), Rumble in the Bronx (1995), Exiled (2006), Police Story (1985).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, intense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mole, police, suspense, organized crime, undercover, betrayal, mafia, gangsters, undercover cop, double life, mind game, spy ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, india, china, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An assassin is shot at the altar by her ruthless employer, Bill and other members of their assassination circle – but 'The Bride' lives to plot her vengeance. Setting out for some payback, she makes a death list and hunts down those who ...
Style:
tense, non-linear, bloody, visually appealing, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, martial arts, mentor, female protagonist, dark hero, fight, mission, sword, violent, katana, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, austin texas, asia, usa ...
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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:
atmospheric, art house, surreal, stylized, non-linear ...
Plot:
loneliness, multiple storylines, love, femme fatale, food, breakup, relationships, life philosophy, love story, fall in love, drug dealer, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
hong kong, california, india, canada, china ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.
Style:
atmospheric, epic, stylized, breathtaking, colourful ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
martial arts, sword fight, fight, kung fu, master warrior, female martial artist, sword, tough girl, warrior, monastery, heroine, unspoken love ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 17th century
Place:
china, beijing china, hong kong, india, tokyo ...
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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, art house, meditative, mysterious ...
Plot:
killer, couples, hitman, love, criminal heroes, love affair, couple relations, partners in crime, existentialism, melancholy, murderer, mute or deaf ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
hong kong, india, china, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The relationship between a middle-aged man (Andy Lau) and the elderly woman (Deanie Ip), who has been the family's helper for sixty years.
Style:
touching, serious, sentimental, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
maid, retirement home, family relations, social differences, society, master and servant, family life, power relations, producer, film producer, senior citizen, urban setting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, semi serious, buddy movie ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, martial artist, kung fu master, farce, boxing, fight scenes, heroes, good versus evil, goofy hero, righting the wronged ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, tokyo, asia
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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, intense, bloody, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gunfight, violence, martial arts, undercover, organized crime, mafia, heroic bloodshed, murder, partnership, suspense, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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819K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Style:
breathtaking, atmospheric, exciting, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, snow, bear attack, life & death, obsessive quest, lone hero, father son relationship, bravery, violent ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, georgian era
Place:
los angeles, usa
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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, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love, chinese, gay, street life, hopes, love and romance, society, misfit, friends, couples, disorder, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, new york, asia, east asia ...
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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:
atmospheric, melancholic, art house, visually appealing, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
loneliness, adultery, infidelity, forbidden love, marriage, love affair, newspaper, love, human nature, food, art, betrayal ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1966, year 1962
Place:
hong kong, japan, china, india, shanghai ...
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226K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second ...
Style:
heroic, epic, captivating, uplifting, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, master warrior, human spirit, wing chun, warrior, courage, bravery, fight, martial artist, ambition, fight scenes ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1935, year 1937, 1930s
Place:
china, hong kong, japan, india, tokyo ...
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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:
intense, exciting, bloody, atmospheric, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
hitman, gangsters, organized crime, gunfight, friendship, redemption, revenge, heroic bloodshed, one last job, assassin, violent, suspense ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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11K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A drama-thriller centered on a democratic election within an organized crime society.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, rough, bloody, realistic ...
Plot:
organized crime, election, gangsters, suspense, rise to the top, rivalry, ego clash, ambition, uninhibited rivalry, rules and policies, temperamental, merciless ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
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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, atmospheric, affectionate, sexy, mind bending ...
Plot:
obsession, love, melancholy, love triangle, adoption, friendship, hotel, violence, fight, culture clash, complex characters, brutality ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, tokyo, india, china, the philippines ...
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183K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
One man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most powerful warlord in pre-unified China.
Style:
breathtaking, atmospheric, epic, stylized, philosophical ...
Plot:
martial arts, sword fight, master warrior, kung fu, swords and armor, twists and turns, vengeance, betrayal, samurai, violence, battles, ancient history ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
china, ancient china, hong kong, asia
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41K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Martial-arts megastar Jackie Chan wrote, directed and stars in this action-comedy. Secret agent Jackie (Chan) leads a commando group to Africa to kidnap scientists who are working to unleash a powerful -- and lethal -- new energy source. When Jackie ...
Style:
light, semi serious, suspenseful, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, chase, kung fu, fight, spy, secret agents, master warrior, on the run, fight scenes, undercover, kidnapping, car chase ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
hong kong, africa, south africa, asia, johannesburg south africa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, martial artist, gang, kung fu, fight, gangsters, fight scenes, supermarket, street life, righting the wronged, revenge, rescue ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
china, new york, tokyo, hong kong, bronx new york city ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, 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, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, hitman, friendship, starting over, leadership, dishonesty, vengeance, frame up, babies and infants, heroic bloodshed, crime boss, organized crime ...
Place:
china, macau
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his name after he is framed for murder.
Style:
light, stylized, humorous, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight scenes, car chase, murder, police, fight, justice, drug lord, gunfight, law enforcement, gangsters ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
They say Hong Kong is the safest city in Asia. But tonight, a police van has been hijacked along with the arms, equipment and the five officers aboard, one of the hostages being the only son of police deputy commissioner M.B. Lee! With the chief ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, noir ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, hostage, rescue, missing person, hijacking, police chase, police investigation, police, father and son, con trick, police detective, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Undercover officer Nick had spent the last seven years penetrating into the core of a drug ring working his way up from a street dealer post to the managerial position handling cargo deliveries for Kwan - the biggest player in the local heroin ...
Style:
serious, bleak, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
drug dealing, mole, undercover, working undercover, drug abuse, life is a bitch, law enforcement, dishonesty, moral dilemma, tragic hero, organized crime, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Featuring some of the most spectacular, innovative and explosive martial arts ever staged, The Legend Is Born is the remarkable true story of the early life of Ip Man, the formidable kung fu genius who would become Bruce Lee's mentor.Beginning ...
Style:
heroic, exciting, sentimental, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, wing chun, master warrior, kung fu, fight, training, teacher, ambition, fall in love, social differences, talented, society ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Iron Zhao aka Steelhead, a truck repairman from China's Northeast, and settles down as an illegal immigrant in Tokyo. After a series of run-ins with the Yakuza, he rises to power as the Don of Chinese illegal immigrants. However, things get out ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, realistic, bloody ...
Plot:
gang war, gangsters, survival, criminal syndicate, gang, yakuza, immigrants, vengeance, rivalry, drug lord, martial arts, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
japan, china, tokyo, asia, mount fuji ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.
Style:
disturbing, enigmatic, tense, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
bullying, romantic relationship, friendship, grownups, love and romance, youth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, social problems, dishonesty, murder, love ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Based on a real murder case where a dismembered corpse of a murdered 16 year-old prostitute girl was found in Hong Kong in 2008.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot:
suspense, crime investigation, psychopath, immigrants, murder, violence, uncover truth, partners, murder mystery, society, vengeance, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.
Style:
surreal, psychological, serious, suspenseful, bloody ...
Plot:
police investigation, mental illness, police detective, manic, murder, law enforcement, dishonesty, serial killer, imagination, surveillance, twists and turns, killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
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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:
art house, bloody, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chinese mafia, gangsters, hitman, heroic bloodshed, gunfight, master criminal, mafia, organized crime, martial arts, assassination attempt, betrayal, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
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, intense, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, gunfight, organized crime, police, heroic bloodshed, mafia, crime boss, criminal underworld, hate, death of friend, betrayal, criminal ...
Time:
80s, 70s, future, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, california, tokyo, asia ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in ...
Style:
harsh, intense, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, sword fight, fight scenes, violence, brutality, master warrior, kung fu classic, kung fu master, folk hero, humiliation ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
china, asia, hong kong, japan, tokyo
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