Movie List for "hong kong"

The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010) Action Biography Drama History Sport Movie

Yip Man’s resistance against invading foreigners, along with his romantic relations while under the tutelage of three Wing Chun masters. Year 2010.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Director: Herman Yau
Writer: Erica Li (screenplay), Sean Whitley
Actors: Yu-Hang To, Yi Huang, Biao Yuen, Siu-Wong Fan

Drug War (2012) Action Crime Drama Thriller Movie

A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation. Year 2012.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Johnnie To
Writer: Ka-Fai Wai (screenplay), Nai-Hoi Yau (screenplay), Ryker Chan (screenplay), Xi Yu (screenplay)
Actors: Honglei Sun, Louis Koo, Yi Huang, Yunxiang Gao

The Last Tycoon (2012) Action Adventure Crime Drama Movie

Action superstar Chow Yun-Fat portrays real-life gangster Chen Daqi as he rises to the upper echelons of power, finding himself torn between the love of two women, the murderous plots of the secret service, and the looming threat of war. Year 2012.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Director: Jing Wong
Writer: Koon-Nam Lui (screenplay), Jing Wong (screenplay), Manfred Wong (screenplay)
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Xiaoming Huang, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Francis Ng

Infernal Affairs III (2003) Action Crime Drama Thriller Movie

Months after the events of the original film, Ming suspects a police superintendent as being a new mole for the triads, while years earlier, Yan embarks on his first mission. Year 2003.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Writer: Alan Mak, Felix Chong
Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Andy Lau, Leon Lai, Daoming Chen

A Better Tomorrow II (1987) Action Crime Drama Thriller Movie

A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend’s daughter. Year 1987.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: John Woo
Writer: Hark Tsui (story), John Woo
Actors: Lung Ti, Yun-Fat Chow, Leslie Cheung, Dean Shek

A Chinese Odyssey: Part One – Pandora’s Box (1995) Action Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Movie

Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain … Year 1995.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Jeffrey Lau
Writer: Jeffrey Lau, Cheng’en Wu (novel)
Actors: Stephen Chow, Man-Tat Ng, Kar-Ying Law, Kit Ying Lam

Red Cliff II (2009) Action Adventure Drama Fantasy History War Movie

Second and final part of epic tale about a legendary battle that changed the course of China history. Year 2009.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, War
Director: John Woo
Writer: John Woo (screenplay), Khan Chan (screenplay), Cheng Kuo (screenplay), Heyu Sheng (screenplay), Guanzhong Luo (novel)
Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang

Assembly (2007) Action Biography Drama History War Movie

A soldier fights to gain recognition for comrades who died during the Chinese Civil War. Year 2007.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Writer: Heng Liu, Jingyuan Yang (original novel)
Actors: Hanyu Zhang, Chao Deng, Wenkang Yuan, Yan Tang

Cloud Atlas (2012) Action Drama Mystery Sci-Fi Movie

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. Year 2012.

Generes: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Writer: David Mitchell (novel), Lana Wachowski (written for the screen by), Tom Tykwer (written for the screen by), Lilly Wachowski (written for the screen by), Chris Lindsay (additional material)
Actors: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) Action Comedy Thriller Movie

A young man with superhuman strength is incarcerated at a prison run by corrupt officials and seeks to use his martial arts to clean up the system. Year 1991.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Director: Ngai Choi Lam
Writer: Tetsuya Saruwatari (manga “Riki-oh”), Masahiko Takajo (manga “Riki-oh”), Ngai Choi Lam (screenplay)
Actors: Siu-Wong Fan, Mei Sheng Fan, Ka-Kui Ho, Yukari Ôshima

The Flowers of War (2011) Drama History Romance War Movie

An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety. Year 2011.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Heng Liu (screenplay), Geling Yan (novel)
Actors: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang, Tianyuan Huang

Let the Bullets Fly (2010) Action Comedy Drama Western Movie

In 1920s China, a bandit arrives in a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, where he faces off against a tyrannical local nobleman. Year 2010.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Drama, Western
Director: Wen Jiang
Writer: Junli Guo (screenplay), Wen Jiang (screenplay), Bukong Li (screenplay), Ma Shitu (adapted from ”Ye Tan Shi Ji” by), Ping Shu (screenplay), Xiao Wei (screenplay), Sujin Zhu (screenplay)
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, You Ge, Wen Jiang, Carina Lau

The Silent War (2012) Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

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. Year 2012.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Writer: Felix Chong, Si Luo (writter), Jia Mai (original novel), Alan Mak
Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Xun Zhou, Xuebing Wang, Mavis Fan

Tin shui wai dik yat yu ye (2008) Drama Movie

“The Way We Are” tells the story of a hardworking, widowed, single mother (Mrs. Cheung) and her teenage son (Ka-on) living in the troubled housing estate of Tinshuiwai, a suburb regularly featured in the news for all the wrong reasons. Year 2008.

Generes: Drama
Director: Ann Hui
Writer: Shiu-wa Lou (screenplay)
Actors: Hee Ching Paw, Chun-lung Leung, Cheuk Man Au, Idy Chan

The Big Boss (1971) Action Crime Drama Thriller Movie

A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear. Year 1971.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Wei Lo, Chia-Hsiang Wu
Writer: Wei Lo (screenplay)
Actors: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Marilyn Bautista