Top 30 Triad Crime Movies
by transitasis | created - 16 Nov 2013 | updated - 20 Feb 2016 | PublicThe main focus was not on cops, gamblers, robbers or hitmen characters.
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1. Year of the Dragon (1985)
R | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Leonard Termo
Votes: 17,727 | Gross: $18.70M
2. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu
Votes: 25,474
3. Infernal Affairs (2002)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop.
Directors: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Stars: Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Eric Tsang
Votes: 131,488 | Gross: $0.17M
4. Infernal Affairs II (2003)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.
Directors: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Stars: Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng
Votes: 19,775
5. Election 2 (2006)
Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Ka-Tung Lam
Votes: 6,903 | Gross: $0.05M
6. Bullet in the Head (1990)
Not Rated | 136 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam
Votes: 11,666
7. Election (2005)
Unrated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rival gang leaders are locked in a struggle to become the new chairman of Hong Kong's Triad society.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Suet Lam, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Eddie Cheung
Votes: 11,375
8. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Lung Ti, Dean Shek
Votes: 11,321
9. The Mission (1999)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action
Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination, hires five killers for his protection. Their grown solidarity is under compulsion when Lung gives a special order.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng, Jackie Chung-yin Lui, Roy Cheung
Votes: 6,145
10. Hong Kong Godfather (1985)
95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After receiving a life imprisonment sentence for a NY Chinatown massacre, Jia Shi Lan obtains a pardon through the Mafia's influence.
Director: Lung-Wei Wang | Stars: Ka-Yan Leung, Norman Chu, Shu-Yuan Hsu, Lung-Wei Wang
Votes: 191
11. Born to Be King (2000)
118 min | Crime, Thriller
Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Shin'ichi Chiba, Shu Qi
Votes: 786
12. Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997)
90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When Ah-Gou, a smalltime Hong Kong street rascal, visits a fortune teller and hears that soon he will face a life-changing choice, he surely can't imagine that his life reached a middle ... See full summary »
Director: Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Carman Lee, Francis Ng, Ruby Wong
Votes: 988
13. As Tears Go By (1988)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Alex Man
Votes: 12,507 | Gross: $0.01M
14. Century of the Dragon (1999)
90 min | Action, Crime
Five years ago, Shing, an outstanding trainee at the police academy, was hand-picked to go under cover in the Hung Hing triad. There, he became close friends with their toughest leader Fei ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence Fok | Stars: Andy Lau, Louis Koo, Patrick Tam, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
Votes: 469
15. The Longest Nite (1998)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A corrupt cop named Sam handles negotiations between two Triad leaders who plan to join forces. However, he meets a suspicious bald man named Tony, who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business.
Directors: Tat-Chi Yau, Johnnie To | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Siu, Hoi-Pang Lo
Votes: 2,435
16. Triad Underworld (2004)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Triad leader Hung's wife gives birth to a baby boy, Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters. Despite the fact that he is not sure of his decision, word gets out fast and now,... See full summary »
Director: Ching-Po Wong | Stars: Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Shawn Yue, Edison Chen
Votes: 1,534
17. A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, War
A man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Anita Mui, Kien Shih
Votes: 3,662
18. Young and Dangerous (1996)
97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Nam opens a bar in Wanchai and continues his rise in Hong Kong's Hung Hing gang. His best friend, Chicken, needs to lie low, so he's sent to Taiwan to work for Lui, leader of the San Luen ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Gigi Lai, Francis Ng
Votes: 2,057
19. A Moment of Romance (1990)
92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
During a bank heist, the getaway driver Wah took a young woman Jo Jo hostage. After preventing her from getting killed by his accomplices, they began a forbidden relationship causing mayhem and chaos for their friends and family.
Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Andy Lau, Chien-Lien Wu, Man-Tat Ng, Kwong-Leung Wong
Votes: 1,752
20. Long Arm of the Law: Part 3 (1989)
107 min | Action, Crime, Romance
Michal Mak's second sequel to his brother's action classic finds an ex-soldier/escaped death row prisoner fleeing to Hong Kong and forced to work for a gang of criminals when they kidnap the woman he loves.
Director: Michael Mak | Stars: Andy Lau, Elizabeth Lee, Siu Chung Mok, Ken Boyle
Votes: 200
21. Kill Zone 2 (2015)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
While undercover officer Kit is taken prisoner by the syndicate, he befriends his keeper and discovers an organ trafficking ring.
Director: Soi Cheang | Stars: Tony Jaa, Jing Wu, Simon Yam, Jin Zhang
Votes: 7,260
22. Organized Crime & Triad Bureau (1994)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The head of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, Inspector San Lee, will do anything to put triad boss Tung in jail, but he'll have to fight both sides of the law to do it.
Director: Kirk Wong | Stars: Danny Lee, Cecilia Yip, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Tak-Kwong Chan
Votes: 277
23. Made in Hong Kong (1997)
109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Autumn Moon (Sam Lee), a low-rent triad living in Hong Kong, struggles to find meaning in his hopelessly violent existence.
Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Sam Lee, Neiky Hui-Chi Yim, Wenders Li, Ka-Chuen Tam
Votes: 3,008
24. Goodbye, Mr. Cool (2001)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama
Dragon is determined to leave his life of crime after leaving prison but denying the temptations of the free world won't be easy.
Director: Jingle Ma | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Karen Mok, Kin-Lung Au, Bond Chan
Votes: 492
25. Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Amidst a Chinese and Japanese mafia war, a lawyer for the Chinese mob finds a rift forming between him and his corrupt police office brother.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Tomorô Taguchi, Takeshi Caesar, Ren Ôsugi
Votes: 2,463
26. A Hero Never Dies (1998)
86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack and Martin are members of rival Chinese triads in the middle of a gang war. Both of their gang leaders like to get advice from a fortune teller living in Thailand. On one such trip, ... See full summary »
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Leon Lai, Ching Wan Lau, Fiona Leung, YoYo Mung
Votes: 1,323
27. To Be Number One (1991)
136 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of Ho, a Chinese peasant/slave worker who escapes to Hong Kong and becomes one of the most feared crime bosses in Hong Kong.
Director: Man Kit Poon | Stars: Ray Lui, Kent Cheng, Cecilia Yip, Amy Yip
Votes: 706
28. Once Upon a Time in Triad Society (1996)
100 min | Action
Director: Chuen-Yee Cha | Stars: Francis Ng, Loletta Lee, Airi Ando, Michael Wai-Man Chan
Votes: 151
29. Wu ting (1981)
86 min | Action, Crime
The story of Sai, a rascal who works at a gang-operated nightclub, and his conflicts with a rival gang.
Director: Kirk Wong | Stars: Michael Wai-Man Chan, Norman Chu, Kent Cheng, Mabel Kwong
Votes: 74
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