Hong Kong 2020-2029
by antodimichele | created - 21 Feb 2023 | updated - 11 months ago | PublicMovies to watch awarded or nominated in the Hong Kong Awards in the '20s
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1. The New King of Comedy (2019)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A young woman who is dreaming and striving to pursue the actors' dream despite being an extra and stand-in.
Directors: Stephen Chow, Herman Yau | Stars: Jingwen E., Baoqiang Wang, Quandan Zhang, Ruyang Jing
Votes: 1,894
2. I'm Livin' It (2019)
114 min | Drama
Once a star in the finance firm, Bowen now spends his nights in a 24-hour fast food joint, where he encounters others who are in a similar predicament. Together, these accidental people must strive to lift one another out of rock bottom.
Director: Hing Fan Wong | Stars: Aaron Kwok, Miriam Chin-Wah Yeung, Zeno Koo, Tat-Ming Cheung
Votes: 503
3. Fagara (2019)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
A young woman from Hong Kong has to reunite with her sisters to settle debts after her father dies.
Director: Heiward Mak | Stars: Kenny Bee, Sammi Cheng, Chun Yip Lo, Richie Jen
Votes: 642
4. Twilight's Kiss (2019)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
SUK SUK is a quiet portrayal of a gay relationship between two men in their twilight years. PAK, 70, a married taxi driver who refuses to retire meets HOI 65, a retired single father. ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Yeung | Stars: Tai-Bo, Ben Yuen, Patra Au, Chun Yip Lo
Votes: 1,568
5. Better Days (2019)
135 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
While she copes the the pressures of her final examinations, a bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants.
Director: Derek Tsang | Stars: Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee, Fang Yin, Ye Zhou
Votes: 13,107
6. Beyond the Dream (2019)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Lok (Chun-Him Lau) is a recovering schizophrenic who yearns for love. One day, he encounters the young and beautiful Yan (Cecilia Choi) and quickly falls in love with her. Just when he ... See full summary »
Director: Kiwi Chow | Stars: Chun-Him Lau, Cecilia Choi, Hee Ching Paw, Chan-Leung Poon
Votes: 972
7. The Bravest (2019)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Drama
Chinese firefighters struggle to contain a huge fire after an oil pipeline explodes.
Director: Tony Chan | Stars: Xiaoming Huang, Jiang Du, Zhuo Tan, Zi Yang
Votes: 1,204 | Gross: $0.29M
8. An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)
230 min | Crime, Drama
Four people in a Chinese city live through a complicated day as their lives intersect.
Director: Bo Hu | Stars: Yu Zhang, Yuchang Peng, Uvin Wang, Zi Xi
Votes: 7,992 | Gross: $0.03M
9. Shadow (2018)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Chao Deng, Li Sun, Ryan Zheng, Qianyuan Wang
Votes: 18,214 | Gross: $0.52M
10. Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)
Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The Kung Fu master travels to the U.S. where his student has upset the local martial arts community by opening a Wing Chun school.
Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins, Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan, Vanness Wu
Votes: 36,697 | Gross: $3.96M
11. Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy (2019)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After they uncover evidence that there is corruption in the police force, three police officers in Hong Kong try to discover which of them can be trusted.
Director: Jazz Boon | Stars: Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Francis Ng, Peiyao Jiang
Votes: 919 | Gross: $0.30M
12. The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019)
99 min | Action, Crime
A wealthy businessman tries to take down a drug kingpin that he used to work with, while a policeman tries to find justice without breaking the law.
Director: Herman Yau | Stars: Andy Lau, Louis Koo, Michael Kiu Wai Miu, Karena Kar-Yan Lam
Votes: 1,517 | Gross: $0.61M
13. The Captain (2019)
111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the windshield of his commercial airplane shatters at 30,000 feet in the air, a pilot and his flight crew work to ensure the safety of the passengers and land the plane.
Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Hanyu Zhang, Hao Ou, Jiang Du, Quan Yuan
Votes: 2,454 | Gross: $0.71M
14. Detention (2019)
TV-MA | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In 1962 Taiwan, student Fang and teacher Mr. Chang fall in love amidst the restrictive White Terror period banning sensitive books. Despite this, Mr. Chang secretly organizes a banned book study group with fellow teacher and student.
Director: John Hsu | Stars: Gingle Wang, Meng-Po Fu, Jing-Hua Tseng, Cecilia Choi
Votes: 3,838
15. Double World (2020)
110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Seeing the neighboring country become more and more powerful, a warlord organizes a competition to reveal the best warriors. A young man is eager to bring honour to his clan.
Director: Teddy Chan | Stars: Henry Lau, Peter Ho, Chenhan Lin, Luxia Jiang
Votes: 4,756
16. My Prince Edward (2019)
92 min | Drama
A story on a woman struggling on whether to enter into a marriage or not.
Director: Norris Wong | Stars: Stephy Tang, Pak Hon Chu, Hee Ching Paw, Kaijie Jin
Votes: 948
17. A Witness Out of the Blue (2019)
104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Three months after a robbery in a jewelry store, one of the criminals is found murdered while the mastermind criminal Sean Wong becomes the prime suspect after the loot gets disappeared, and the only witness is a talking parrot.
Director: Chi-Keung Fung | Stars: Louis Koo, Louis Cheung, Jessica Hester Hsuan, Philip Keung
Votes: 691
18. Raging Fire (2021)
Not Rated | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Bong is a hardline cop with a long history of success, but his past comes back to haunt him when a sting is attacked by a group led by his former protégé, a man set on destroying everyone who ever wronged him.
Directors: Benny Chan, Shane Comley-White | Stars: Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Lan Qin, Angus Yeung
Votes: 5,941 | Gross: $0.39M
19. Zero to Hero (2021)
TV-14 | 102 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Biopic tribute to So Wa Wai, Hong Kong's first Paralympic athlete to win gold. Even if you start at a disadvantage, you can still be first across the finish line.
Director: Chi-Man Wan | Stars: Chung-Hang Leung, Louis Cheung, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Hoi-Pang Lo
Votes: 1,146
20. Drifting (2021)
112 min | Drama
Just out of jail, Fai finds a spot on a street corner where other homeless people welcome him. But he doesn't get much time to settle in. The police soon chase them away, and their ... See full summary »
Director: Jun Li | Stars: Francis Ng, Loletta Lee, Kwan-Ho Tse, Cecilia Choi
Votes: 961
21. Leap (2020)
135 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
After 12 years, the Chinese women's volleyball team again reached the Olympic final. The ups and downs of the Chinese women's volleyball team for more than three decades have slowly spread away.
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Stars: Gong Li, Huang Bo, Gang Wu, Yuchang Peng
Votes: 1,443 | Gross: $0.08M
22. Hand Rolled Cigarette (2020)
101 min | Crime, Drama
A story of how a retired British-Chinese soldier and a marginalized young South Asian man face the plight of being abandoned by society.
Director: Kin-Long Chan | Stars: Ka-Tung Lam, Bipin Karma, Singh Hartihan Bitto, Wing-Kwok Chan
Votes: 982
23. Caught in Time (2020)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A detective tracks down a gang of criminals ten years after they initially evaded arrest.
Director: Ho-Leung Lau | Stars: Qianyuan Wang, Daniel Wu, Jessie Li, Michelle Wai
Votes: 962
24. Love After Love (2020)
144 min | Drama
The film tells the story of a young girl who travels from Shanghai to Hong Kong in pursuit of education, but ends up working for her aunt seducing rich and powerful men.
Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Sichun Ma, Feihong Yu, Eddie Peng, Janine Chun-Ning Chang
Votes: 629
25. The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)
Not Rated | 176 min | Action, Drama, History
In the fierce battlefield in the midst of the harsh weather conditions, Wu Qian Li and Wu Wan Li, two brothers soldier including the brave Chinese soldiers must fight together and find a way to cope with the invasion of US forces.
Directors: Kaige Chen, Dante Lam, Hark Tsui, Jianxin Huang, Haiqiang Ning, Ju-chun Park | Stars: Jing Wu, Jackson Yee, Yihong Duan, Yawen Zhu
Votes: 4,113 | Gross: $0.34M
26. Dynasty Warriors (2021)
119 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
This movie is adapted from a video game of the same title. The story is set in the turbulent late Eastern Han Dynasty. Ambitious Dong Zhuo controls the court and the commonalty, and heroes from all over the country begin to rise.
Director: Roy Hin Yeung Chow | Stars: Louis Koo, Kai Wang, Ray Lui, Justin Cheung
Votes: 2,534
27. American Girl (2021)
101 min | Drama
During the SARS outbreak of 2003, 13-year-old Fen returns to Taiwan.
Director: Feng-I Fiona Roan | Stars: Karena Kar-Yan Lam, Kaiser Chuang, Caitlin Fang, Pin-Tung Lin
Votes: 1,726
28. Till We Meet Again (2021)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Ah-Lun, who has a choice to make in the underworld, decides to be a god of love in Chinese mythology. As he advances with his tasks on Earth, his biggest challenge is to tie a red string with the woman he loved the most.
Director: Giddens Ko | Stars: Kai Ko, Vivian Sung, Gingle Wang, Umin Boya
Votes: 1,711
29. My Missing Valentine (2020)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A girl who does everything so quickly that she's always one step ahead of others found out that her Valentine's Day has mysteriously passed when she wakes up the next morning.
Director: Yu-Hsun Chen | Stars: Patty Pei-Yu Lee, Yu Chun Lin, Xiao-Ying Bai, Tom Lin
Votes: 1,901
30. Shock Wave 2 (2020)
120 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A terrorist expert in explosives, whose gang has been dismantled, seeks revenge. He threatens to blow up a Hong Kong tunnel with hundreds of hostages. The policeman who has already beaten him once must stop him again.
Directors: Herman Yau, Shane Comley-White | Stars: Andy Lau, Ching Wan Lau, Ni Ni, Kwan-Ho Tse
Votes: 2,879
31. Limbo (2021)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rookie policeman Will Ren and his partner, the veteran cop Cham Lau, are pursuing an obsessive and especially brutal murderer of women.
Director: Soi Cheang | Stars: Ka-Tung Lam, Yase Liu, Mason Lee, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Votes: 3,248
32. Anita (2021)
137 min | Biography, Drama, History
Traces the life of Anita Mui, Hong Kong's legendary Cantopop star.
Director: Lok Man Leung | Stars: Louise Wong, Louis Koo, Fish Liew, Ka-Tung Lam
Votes: 1,205
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