HK Crime Flicks
by capo-365-829602 | created - 01 Sep 2014 | updated - 15 Jun 2015 | PublicSome of my favorites...
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1. Long Arm of the Law (1984)
105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four men sneak into Hong Kong to rob a jewelry store. Before the robbery, they're hired by a local triad to kill a man, who turns out to be a cop. They have to execute the heist while hiding from the police hunting them down.
Director: Johnny Mak | Stars: Jing Chen, Lung Chiang, Ling Chow, Pak Fei
Votes: 964
2. Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980)
95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young girl, has observed the scene, follows the bombers and starts to manipulate them. The four criminals plan more and more daring acts.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Lieh Lo, Chen-Chi Lin, Albert Au, Tin Sang Lung
Votes: 1,096
3. 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: 11,654
4. 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
5. 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: 1,745
6. 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: 131,374 | Gross: $0.17M
7. 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: 19,753
8. Police Story (1985)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A virtuous Hong Kong Police Officer must clear his good name when the drug lord he is after frames him for the murder of a dirty cop.
Directors: Jackie Chan, Chi-Hwa Chen | Stars: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Yuen Chor
Votes: 41,833 | Gross: $0.11M
9. 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
10. The Big Heat (1988)
98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Inspector Waipong Wong has to put his life and resignation from the Hong Kong police department on hold to investigate his former partner's mysterious murder. What he and his crack team of ... See full summary »
Directors: Yeung-Wah Kam, Johnnie To, Hark Tsui | Stars: Waise Lee, Joey Wang, Matthew Wong, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
Votes: 757
11. Beast Cops (1998)
TV-MA | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tung is a street cop in Hong Kong who's friends with a Triad named Fai. Fai hires a hit man to murder a business rival; the hit goes wrong and Fai, implicated in the incident, goes on the run.
Directors: Gordon Chan, Dante Lam | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Michael Wong, Stephanie Che, Kathy Chow
Votes: 1,214
12. Fallen Angels (1995)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung
Votes: 50,781
13. Vengeance (2009)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Simon Yam, Suet Lam
Votes: 7,000
14. The White Storm (2013)
R | 140 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A devastating dilemma changes the fate of three cops when an undercover operation against a notorious Thai drug lord goes horribly wrong.
Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Hoi-Pang Lo
Votes: 2,864
15. Drug War (2012)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Honglei Sun, Yi Huang, Michelle Ye
Votes: 10,857 | Gross: $0.13M
16. 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: 25,453
17. 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: 12,481 | Gross: $0.01M
18. Beyond Hypothermia (1996)
R | 90 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
A mysterious and highly skilled hit-woman in Hong Kong is paid to assassinate top-level crime bosses.
Directors: Jeong-il Choi, Ki-bong Du, Patrick Leung, Baek-gyeon Yang | Stars: Chien-Lien Wu, Ching Wan Lau, Han Jae-seok, Shirley Wong
Votes: 1,215
19. Coolie Killer (1982)
92 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
Ko leads a team of Hong Kong assassins that are taken out one by one. Ko manages to flee to the countryside, where he aims to find out who's behind this and to gain the strength to fight back.
Director: Tong Kay Ming Terry | Stars: Charlie Chin, Hua Yueh, Cecilia Yip, Chik-Wai Chan
Votes: 75
20. Fatal Termination (1990)
89 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A Hong Kong police detective investigating weapons smuggling through the airport runs into a corrupt customs officer. Things escalate to a ruthless munitions smuggler kidnapping two security officers' daughter.
Director: Yeung-Wah Kam | Stars: Mike Abbott, Cheuk Yan Chan, Collin Cheung, Kwok Leung Cheung
Votes: 199
21. Profile in Anger (1984)
85 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A vicious gang captures a man who tried to seek vengeance against them. Mistaking the man's friend, successful architect Leung, for his accomplice, they brutally murder Leung's fiancee. Enraged Leung continues his friend's brutal revenge.
Director: Ka-Yan Leung | Stars: Ka-Yan Leung, Patricia Ha, Damian Lau, Yi Chang
Votes: 64
22. Kill Zone (2005)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A near retired inspector and his unit are willing to put down a crime boss at all costs while dealing with his replacement, who is getting in their way. Meanwhile, the crime boss sends his top henchmen to put an end to their dirty schemes.
Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jing Wu
Votes: 13,190
23. 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: 11,369
24. Chungking Express (1994)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong
Votes: 95,681 | Gross: $0.60M
25. New York Chinatown (1982)
90 min | Action
Bloody gang fight story in New York China Town.
Director: Stanley Wing Siu | Stars: Alan Tang, Melvin Wong, Maria Chung, Amon
Votes: 35
26. Tongs: A Chinatown Story (1986)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime
A Chinese immigrant to America is sucked up into the Chinese underworld when he finds greater acceptance in the arms of a small gang.
Director: Philip Chan | Stars: Simon Yam, Daisey Yong, Te-Pin Tan, Anthony Gioia
Votes: 79
27. Taxi Hunter (1993)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Mild mannered businessman Anthony Wongs life is shattered when his pregnant wife is run over by a busy taxi driver. This and another incident with a sleazy cab driver causes Wong to go on a mission to kill bad taxi drivers.
Director: Herman Yau | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Rongguang Yu, Man-Tat Ng, Athena Chu
Votes: 818
28. Run and Kill (1993)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
To absolve a debt to a gang for accidentally putting a hit on his wife, a man goes and kills the gang's leader, leaving the leader's brother to seek violent retribution.
Director: Billy Hin-Shing Tang | Stars: Kent Cheng, Simon Yam, Danny Lee, Esther Kwan
Votes: 705
29. Time and Tide (2000)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A streetwise young man becomes a bodyguard to score quick cash. He befriends a disillusioned mercenary determined to begin life anew. They find themselves working together to foil an assassination attempt, but their partnership can't last.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai, Candy Lo, Cathy Tsui
Votes: 5,124 | Gross: $0.09M
30. Love Massacre (1981)
91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The story of a young co-ed whose boyfriend turns into a demented stalker after the suicide of his sister.
Director: Patrick Tam | Stars: Kuo-Chu Chang, Charlie Chin, Ann Hui, Deannie Ip
Votes: 247
31. Gunmen (1988)
87 min | Action, Drama, Western
This story follows a cop in Shanghai during the 1930s. His department is overrun with corruption, while gangsters rule the city via the opium trade.
Director: Kirk Wong | Stars: Tony Ka Fai Leung, Adam Cheng, Elizabeth Lee, Carrie Ng
Votes: 239
32. 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: 2,054
33. The Killer (1989)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu
Votes: 51,065
34. Wild Search (1989)
98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The police are staking out a Hong Kong flat, waiting to catch some major gun dealers. While the suppliers are conducting their deal, they move in. Both buyers are killed in the gunfire, but... See full summary »
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Cherie Chung, Roy Cheung, Paul Chun
Votes: 789
35. The Odd One Dies (1997)
89 min | Crime, Drama
The secret world of contract killing comes to focus in the dark, comical tale of Hong Kong's triad. A lowlife gangster is offered a huge fee to commit a murder. He accepts, but there's a ... See full summary »
Directors: Tat-Chi Yau, Johnnie To | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Carman Lee, Chi-Shing Chiu, Fung-wah Choi
Votes: 604
36. 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: 3,000
37. Hard Boiled (1992)
R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan
Votes: 53,998
38. Full Alert (1997)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested, but then escapes from the prison. By chance, Pao realizes that the target of Kwan's gang is the H. K. Jockey Club.
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Francis Ng, Amanda Lee, Monica Chan
Votes: 1,323
39. Exiled (2006)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Nick Cheung, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng, Simon Yam
Votes: 9,642 | Gross: $0.05M
40. Full Contact (1992)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two disreputable friends get tied in with a group of criminals who turn out to be excessively violent and deceptive.
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Simon Yam, Ann Bridgewater, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
Votes: 4,831
41. City on Fire (1987)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store.
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Yueh Sun, Danny Lee, Carrie Ng
Votes: 7,258
42. Gwang tin lung fo wooi (1989)
R | 104 min | Action, Romance
In Amsterdam - in the time before the legalisation of some drugs and the following growth of competition on the market - takes place a war between the Italian and Chinese mafia because of the control of the heroin market.
Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Russell Wong, Steven Vincent Leigh, Lisa Schrage, Billy Drago
Votes: 417
43. A True Mob Story (1998)
112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A low level gangster in Hong Kong gains new respect after saving a boss's life in a gang fight.
Directors: Wang Jing, Jing Wong | Stars: Andy Lau, Gigi Leung, Suki Kwan, Mark Cheng
Votes: 495
44. Bloody Brotherhood (1989)
92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Wah is the only one in his family lucky enough to survive the deadly boat passage from China to Hong Kong. Once in Hong Kong, he searches for opportunities he heard so much about.
Director: Lung-Wei Wang | Stars: Michael Wai-Man Chan, Bing-Chuen Cheung, Hsin-Nan Hung, Phillip Ko
Votes: 80
45. Casino Raiders II (1991)
91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Love and Animosities of three men... who will win in the end?
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Andy Lau, Dave Wang, Chien-Lien Wu, Monica Chan
Votes: 386
46. Man on the Brink (1981)
100 min | Crime, Drama
An undercover cop goes deep undercover to inside one of Hong Kong's most notorious Triad gangs only to find him getting consumed by a life of crime and seediness.
Director: Kwok-Ming Cheung | Stars: Lun Chia, Hing-Yin Kam, Eddie Chan, Oi-Tsu Fung
Votes: 164
47. Sleepless Town (1998)
122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Kabukicho is a forgotten world. A place where people of different tongues and races meet, where they fight against each other to gain money, power and territory. The struggle which never ... See full summary »
Director: Chi-Ngai Lee | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Mirai Yamamoto, Kippei Shîna, Sihung Lung
Votes: 719
48. Angry Ranger (1991)
90 min | Action
A man returning to his old neighborhood after a prison term finds that the friends he used to hang out with are now a violent street gang that is terrorizing the community.
Director: Lung-Wei Wang | Stars: Sai-Tang Chan, Wah Cheung, Keung-Kuen Lai, Rocky Lai
Votes: 81
49. On the Run (1988)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When his wife, also working for the the police, but in a different department, is being brutally murdered, a police officer begins to investigate the case on his own. Soon he has the ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Cheung | Stars: Biao Yuen, Patricia Ha, Charlie Chin, Lieh Lo
Votes: 621
50. Edge of Darkness (1988)
99 min | Action, Drama
A Hong Kong cop's first undercover assignment sends him on a psychological downward spiral, unable to separate his two identities after unearthing a connection between his supervisor and the crime syndicate he's investigating.
Director: Hark-On Fung | Stars: Alex Man, John Sham, Siu-Ho Chin, Idy Chan
Votes: 37
51. On the Edge (2006)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama
After 8 years of working undercover among triads, Harry Sin busts a crime lord and returns to regular police work. But old habits die hard, and Harry's immersion in the underworld is tough to shake.
Director: Herman Yau | Stars: Nick Cheung, Francis Ng, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Choi Wah 'Rain' Lee
Votes: 484
52. Brothers from the Walled City (1982)
89 min | Crime, Drama
When a gambling boss named Chen Yuan Lung ends up dead, he leaves his two sons, Chia Chin and Chia Kang in the custody of his good buddy Chiptooth.
Director: Ngai Choi Lam | Stars: Siu-Ho Chin, Wai-kong Ha, Chien-Hua Hsu, Wei-Wei Huang
Votes: 68
53. Ma lu xiao ying xiong (1973)
122 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Polly Shang Kwan and Sam Hui are con artists who befriend a family of street venders and entertainers.
Director: Wei Lo | Stars: Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Samuel Hui, Angela Mao, Yi Feng
Votes: 54
54. The Underground Banker (1994)
91 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A man's family is torn apart when his wife takes a loan from a loan shark who will stop at nothing to get his money back.
Director: Bosco Lam | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Lawrence Ng, Chi-Yeung Wong, Ka-Kui Ho
Votes: 282
55. Return Engagement (1990)
108 min | Action, Drama
A well-known gangster is released from prison, and decides look for his daughter with the help of a troubled young woman.
Director: Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung | Stars: Alan Tang, Elizabeth Lee, May Mei-Mei Lo, Simon Yam
Votes: 173
56. Sleazy Dizzy (1990)
88 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A common thief and an employee of a Hong Kong stock company try to help an amnesia-plagued undercover cop to regain his memory and locate the whereabouts of the 50 million dollars cash used... See full summary »
Director: Yuen Chor | Stars: Stephen Chow, Sibelle Hu, Kuan Tai Chen, Kenneth Tsang
Votes: 245
57. Tragic Hero (1987)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being released from prison, Tang Kat Yung exacts revenge on Li Ah Chai, in this sequel to Rich and Famous.
Director: Taylor Wong | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Andy Lau, Alex Man, Siu-Fung Wong
Votes: 696
58. Queen of Temple Street (1990)
110 min | Drama
Director: Lawrence Ah-Mon | Stars: Sylvia Chang, Rain Lau, Ya-Li Liu, Yuet-Fong Au
Votes: 50
59. Gangland Odyssey (1990)
93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A retired cop is summoned by his ex-boss to save his kidnapped son from the hands of a deadly Japanese triad.
Director: Michael Wai-Man Chan | Stars: Andy Lau, Alex Man, Regina Kent, Michael Wai-Man Chan
Votes: 55
60. Nomad (1982)
96 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A story about the experiences of a group of youngsters who feel lost and try to find the true meaning of life.
Directors: Patrick Tam, Tong Kay Ming Terry | Stars: Cecilia Yip, Leslie Cheung, Patricia Ha, Ken Tong
Votes: 488
61. He Lives by Night (1982)
87 min | Comedy, Horror
A killer wears women's clothing and stalks others that wear fish-net stockings.
Director: Po-Chih Leong | Stars: Sylvia Chang, Eddie Chan, Kent Cheng, Simon Yam
Votes: 177
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