Hong Kong/Taiwanese Action Gold!

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1. Tiger on Beat (1988)

TV-MA | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.

Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Nina Li Chi, Conan Lee, Norman Chu

Votes: 2,057

Top tier Buddy Action film bungee shotguns, chainsaw fights & Gordon Liu with hair... what more do you need?

2. Tiger on the Beat 2 (1990)

94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Captain Lam is a cop approaching 40, wants to achieve something memorable before his retirement.

Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Danny Lee, Conan Lee, Ellen Chan, Roy Cheung

Votes: 172

Not as good as the first but it has it's moments and a crazy stunt gone wrong.

3. Gun & Rose (1992)

99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Taiwanese gang boss Jeff appoints his adopted son Alan as his successor over his two biological sons, Simon and Bowie. But greed takes precedence over family loyalty as Bowie turns police informant in an attempt to put Alan in jail.

Director: Clarence Fok | Stars: Alan Tang, Andy Lau, Leon Lai, Simon Yam

Votes: 206

4. A Better Tomorrow (1986)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

78 Metascore

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

5. 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

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. 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

8. Tiger Cage (1988)

TV-MA | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A team of cops get brutally exposed to violence after raiding a drug operation and discovering a link between few members of the police force and an American crime syndicate dealing with drug trafficking.

Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Jacky Cheung, Carol 'Do Do' Cheng, Simon Yam, Man-Tat Ng

Votes: 1,170

9. Tiger Cage II (1990)

TV-14 | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An ex-cop and divorce lawyer team up with a gangster to clear their names after getting involved in a dirty money scheme led by a vicious money launderer, who plans to expand his business and wipe out anyone who stands in his way.

Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Donnie Yen, Rosamund Kwan, David Wu, Robin Shou

Votes: 1,331

10. Tiger Cage III (1991)

94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

James and John are working in the Commercial Crime Bureau. Jointly they look into a case of which the suspect is an influential rich business man called Lee. James has a girl friend called ... See full summary »

Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Sharla Cheung, Kwok Leung Cheung, Michael Wong, Kam-Kong Wong

Votes: 368

11. Royal Warriors (1986)

R | 96 min | Action, Drama

Michelle Yip of the Hong Kong police is a mild-mannered Kung Fu expert; Michael Wong, from air security, is happy-go-lucky, stuck on himself, constantly talking, and smitten by her; ... See full summary »

Director: David Chung | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Wong, Ying Bai

Votes: 2,078

12. Yes, Madam! (1985)

TV-MA | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two hard kicking women cops from HK and UK get the case.

Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock, John Sham, Hoi Mang

Votes: 2,939

13. In the Line of Duty III (1988)

90 min | Action

Genji Nakamura and his soul-mate and partner Michiko Nishiwaki are thieves for the notorious Red Army terrorist organization in Japan. After pulling off the jewelry heist of the century (in... See full summary »

Directors: Arthur Wong, Brandy Yuen | Stars: Cynthia Khan, Hiroshi Fujioka, Stuart Ong, Michiko Nishiwaki

Votes: 767

14. In the Line of Duty IV (1989)

R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A Hong Kong cop and two American cops are onto a suspected harbor worker and are forced to team up when they discover that the suspect is a witness on the run from CIA agents and their schemers; two corrupt cops.

Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Cynthia Khan, Donnie Yen, Michael Wong, Yat-Chor Yuen

Votes: 1,803

15. Middle Man (1990)

94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When he is framed for being a spy because of his friend's illegal activities, David must escape from police, CIA, and assassins with the help of his cousin.

Director: Chuen-Yee Cha | Stars: Cynthia Khan, David Wu, Elvina Kong, Lieh Lo

Votes: 277

16. Forbidden Arsenal (1991)

92 min | Action

Hong Kong policewoman Yeung teams up with Taiwanese and Mainland officers to take down a gunrunning ring.

Directors: Siu-Keung Cheng, Chun-Man Yuen | Stars: Cynthia Khan, Waise Lee, Gary Chow, Loletta Lee

Votes: 165

17. Sea Wolves (1991)

90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Madam Yeung is assigned to investigate a serial murder in a Philippine cargo ship anchored in Hong Kong.

Director: Siu-Keung Cheng | Stars: Cynthia Khan, Simon Yam, Gary Chow, Wai-To Chan

Votes: 142

18. Death Triangle (1993)

98 min | Action

In this action packed Hong Kong Yes Madam installment two friends in the police force are in love with the same man. After a certain incident one of them goes crazy and does everything she can to kill her former friend.

Directors: Kin-Kwok Lai, Stanley Wing Siu | Stars: Cynthia Khan, Moon Lee, Eric Tsang, Lawrence Ng

Votes: 95

19. She Shoots Straight (1990)

87 min | Action, Crime

Working in a police precinct full of her in-laws, inspector Mina Kao and her colleagues are assigned a dangerous case involving Vietnamese criminal refugees, right after getting married to her fellow inspector Huang.

Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Joyce Godenzi, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Carina Lau

Votes: 629

20. Eastern Condors (1987)

R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, War

A group of Asian prisoners is recruited, trained, armed and sent to Vietnam to destroy a cache of American weapons left behind after the Vietnam War, before the Vietcong discovers its location.

Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Biao Yuen, Haing S. Ngor, Ching-Ying Lam

Votes: 2,881

21. Dreaming the Reality (1991)

103 min | Action

An expert assassin - trained since childhood to be the perfect killer - loses her memory during a mission in Thailand, and ends up in the care of a wry ex-policewoman and her boxing cohort.

Director: Chun-Ku Lu | Stars: Sibelle Hu, Moon Lee, Yukari Ôshima, Eddy Ko

Votes: 145

22. High Risk (1995)

R | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After failing to save his wife from 'The Doctor', Kit Li is working as a bodyguard and secret stunt double for the cowardly martial arts film star Frankie Lane. Frankie attends an ... See full summary »

Directors: Jing Wong, Wai-Lun Lam | Stars: Jet Li, Chingmy Yau, Jacky Cheung, Charlie Yeung

Votes: 4,605

23. 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: 1,216

24. Flash Point (2007)

R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

38 Metascore

A hot-headed inspector takes on a small but powerful Vietnamese-Chinese gang, after a series of crimes and murder attempts committed and putting an undercover cop and his girlfriend in great danger.

Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, Ray Lui, Collin Chou

Votes: 13,821 | Gross: $0.00M

25. Men from the Gutter (1983)

83 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Two very different cops are out to capture a local drug boss. The two cops go about their job differently, one of them doing everything to the letter of the law and the other not caring and doing whatever it takes to get the job done.

Director: Ngai Choi Lam | Stars: Jason Piao Pai, Jung Wang, Meng Lo, Michael Kiu Wai Miu

Votes: 142

26. Don't Give a Damn (1995)

90 min | Action, Thriller, Comedy

Sammo Hung plays a cop on the trail of drug dealers. Customs officer Yuen Biao is investigating the same gang. Sammo's new partner is eager-beaver Takeshi Kaneshiro. Despite each having ... See full summary »

Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Biao Yuen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Eileen Tung

Votes: 200

27. 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: 7,264

28. Prison on Fire (1987)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Inside a Hong Kong prison, two inmates form a friendship and face the difficulty of life on the inside.

Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Ka-Kui Ho, Roy Cheung

Votes: 3,264

29. School on Fire (1988)

101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young schoolgirl gets involved in the triads of Hong Kong after a classmate is killed in a fight.

Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Fennie Yuen, Roy Cheung, Damian Lau, Lai-Yui Lee

Votes: 699

The tension builds like a crescendo in this bleak triad saga.

30. Raging Fire (2021)

Not Rated | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

72 Metascore

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: 5,954 | Gross: $0.39M

Great swan song from the late Benny Chan with Donnie Yen and Nicolas Tse bringing the goods.

31. City Warriors (1988)

91 min | Action

A soldier from Mainland China arrives at Hong Kong to look for his estranged sister and finds out that she has been forced into prostitution by a criminal organization.

Director: Lung-Wei Wang | Stars: Dick Wei, Carina Lau, Yuen Chor, Philip Chan

Votes: 38

32. Outlaw Brothers (1990)

97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Follows the exploits of two car thieves, and the female police officer who is on their trail.

Director: Frankie Chan | Stars: Frankie Chan, Siu Chung Mok, Michael Kiu Wai Miu, Yukari Ôshima

Votes: 257

33. Devil Hunters (1989)

Unrated | 90 min | Action, Crime

A veteran mobster finds that not only are the police after him, but so are members of his own gang, led by a young gangster who wants to take over.

Director: Chun-Ku Lu | Stars: Alex Man, Moon Lee, Siu-Ming Lau, Sibelle Hu

Votes: 232

Oh that finale and end credits ouch!

34. Pantyhose Hero (1990)

99 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

Two policemen must pretend to be a gay couple in order to investigate the murders of homosexuals in Hong Kong.

Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Philip Chan, Billy Sau Yat Ching, Kam Kong Chow, Jaclyn Chu

Votes: 225

The comedy is pretty outdated but there are some great fights and bone crunching stunts throughout.

35. Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon (1990)

Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A balding detective and his rotund partner go up against a triad crime syndicate.

Director: Chia-Yung Liu | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Karl Maka, Ming Yan Lung, Wanda Yung

Votes: 769

36. 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: 54,043

37. The Killer (1989)

R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama

82 Metascore

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: 51,089

38. 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

40. 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: 971

41. Long Arm of the Law: Part 2 (1987)

88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Three ex-police officers who were unjustly imprisoned escape from Mainland China to Hong Kong. In order to acquire legal residency, they agree to work with a veteran undercover cop and infiltrate triads planning crimes.

Director: Michael Mak | Stars: Ming-Wai Chan, Tak-Kwong Chan, Jing Chen, Lung Chiang

Votes: 358

42. 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

43. Long Arm of the Law: Part 4 (1990)

100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

The story of gangsters versus police, focusing on the difference between how both factions act depending if they're coming from Hong Kong or Mainland China.

Director: Michael Mak | Stars: Elvis Tsui, Jing Chen, Ching Siu-Lung, Frankie Chi-Leung Chan

Votes: 204

44. 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

45. 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: 1,097

46. Bury Me High (1991)

102 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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Directors: Chi Li Tang, Siu-Ming Tsui | Stars: Moon Lee, Kar Lok Chin, Sibelle Hu, Wing Cho

Votes: 170

47. Godfather from Canton (1982)

85 min | Action, Drama

A coolie is offered a job as policeman after saving a government official, and through treachery and corruption rises through the ranks of the police, then becomes a gangster.

Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Linda Chu, Szu-Chia Chen, Shen Chan

Votes: 62

48. 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

49. Full Alert (1997)

Not Rated | 99 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: 1,325

50. 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

51. 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: 200

52. 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: 964

53. 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: 985

54. 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: 3,264

55. Fulltime Killer (2001)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

54 Metascore

Two very different hitmen find themselves to be in each other's way. They use all their skill to solve the problem.

Directors: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Kelly Lin, Simon Yam

Votes: 6,777 | Gross: $0.01M

56. 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

57. Drug War (2012)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

86 Metascore

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: 10,864 | Gross: $0.13M

58. Heroes Shed No Tears (1984)

82 min | Action, Drama, War

The Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but soon find themselves ... See full summary »

Director: John Woo | Stars: Eddy Ko, Ching-Ying Lam, Philippe Loffredo, Cécile Le Bailly

Votes: 1,403

59. Election (2005)

Unrated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

73 Metascore

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

60. Election 2 (2006)

Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

83 Metascore

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

61. Sworn Brothers (1987)

91 min | Action, Drama

A tough, violent look inside today's Hong Kong underworld. Sworn Brothers is the dramatic, tragic story of two men brought up closer than most brothers. Now they find they stand on different sides of the law.

Director: David Lai | Stars: Andy Lau, Kwok-Keung Cheung, Chun Yang, Bill Tung

Votes: 103

62. Righting Wrongs (1986)

Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Yuen Biao plays Jason Chan, a lawyer angry at the way the law seems to protect the bad guys. He decides to take the law into his own hands when a key witness and his entire family are ... See full summary »

Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Biao Yuen, Cynthia Rothrock, Melvin Wong, Roy Chiao

Votes: 2,014

63. 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: 13,203

64. Kill Zone 2 (2015)

Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

73 Metascore

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

65. Paradox (2017)

101 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A tough Hong Kong cop's 16 y.o. daughter disappears in Pattaya. He goes to Thailand to find her and must deal with corrupt cops but an honest one helps him track down culprits involved in illegal organ trafficking.

Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Louis Koo, Yue Wu, Ka-Tung Lam, Chris Collins

Votes: 4,358

66. Shan dong kuang ren (1985)

92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Cheng Tzu-hao and Kao Ying-wei, are CID officers in Hong Kong that are transferred to the same action squad to help solve a number of robberies and murders committed by a notorious, vicious... See full summary »

Director: Lung-Wei Wang | Stars: Siu-Ho Chin, Chan-Peng Chang, Lung-Wei Wang, Meng Lo

Votes: 27

67. Breaking News (2004)

TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

63 Metascore

After a disastrous failure to stop a robber gang, the police attempt to redeem themselves through a series of publicity stunts and shootouts.

Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Richie Jen, Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung, Yong You

Votes: 5,777

68. Angel's Project (1993)

89 min | Action

Two cops from Hong Kong go to Malaysia to extradite Susana, but she escapes with a computer disk with very important data about connections between a criminal boss and a chief cop.

Directors: Hao-te Chang, Po-San Lo | Stars: Sibelle Hu, Moon Lee, Bing-Chan Cheung, Kwai-Bo Chun

Votes: 25

69. Infernal Affairs (2002)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

75 Metascore

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

70. 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

71. Infernal Affairs III (2003)

Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Crime, Drama

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.

Directors: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Andy Lau, Leon Lai, Daoming Chen

Votes: 14,730

72. Rock N'Roll Cop (1994)

92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A Hong Kong cop is sent to mainland China to find a group of killers. Meanwhile, a cop discovers that his former love is aiding the gang of crooks.

Director: Kirk Wong | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Hsing-Kuo Wu, Rongguang Yu, Carrie Ng

Votes: 167

74. Flaming Brothers (1987)

Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Crime, Romance

A tale between two brothers: One has left the triads and gone legit, the other has decided to stay and keep the triad from going to the ways of drugs and gun running.

Director: Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Alan Tang, Patricia Ha, Lap Ban Chan

Votes: 674

75. City War (1988)

92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Two cops--both partners and best friends--find their friendship and their lives at stake when they try to take down a ruthless drug dealer.

Director: Chung Sun | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Lung Ti, Niu Tien, Norman Chu

Votes: 501

76. Hunting List (1994)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime

Chu Chi Jeh returns to Hong Kong from Taiwan after many years in hiding, and rejoins his old friend Cramp in a drug operation. But times are different, their big boss Ray now cares more about business than loyalty.

Director: Yen-Ping Chu | Stars: Ray Lui, Suk-Fong Lo, Vivian Hsu, Pal Sinn

Votes: 172

77. Cheap Killers (1998)

99 min | Action

Sam Cool and Yat-Tiu are top hitmen for the triads, until Yat-Tiu seduces a mob boss Ma's woman Ling. After his murder Sam Cool and Yat-tiu go on the run, not just from underworld enemies, ... See full summary »

Director: Clarence Fok | Stars: Sunny Chan, Kathy Chow, Alex Fong, Henry Fong

Votes: 114

78. Mad Detective (2007)

Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

68 Metascore

A rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.

Directors: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Andy On, Ka-Tung Lam, Kelly Lin

Votes: 8,132 | Gross: $0.00M

79. Fatal Vacation (1990)

96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A pleasant trip to the Phillipines is turned into tragedy when the tour bus is kidnapped by a group of rebels that want to exchange the prisoners for the Rebel Leader's brother.

Director: Eric Tsang | Stars: Eric Tsang, Irene Wan, Kwong-Leung Wong, Chih-Hsi Li

Votes: 238

80. 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

81. Lethal Angels (1990)

91 min | Action

The 1990 Hong Kong action classic, starring Yukari Oshima, is titled Brave Young Girls in the U.S. It is a very interesting story about two beautiful young women who are completely ... See full summary »

Director: Bong Luk | Stars: Yukari Ôshima, Kara Wai, Tien-Lang Li, Chi Jan Ha

Votes: 52

82. Angel Terminators (1992)

92 min | Action

It's the year 1990 and the beautiful city of Hong Kong is under siege as the crime world goes 'turbo'. Triad leaders vie for power on the streets, drug trafficking is getting out of hand ... See full summary »

Director: Lieh Wei | Stars: Carrie Ng, Kara Wai, Dick Wei, Kenneth Tsang

Votes: 179

83. Angel Terminators II (1992)

93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When teens help a friend who's been forced into prostitution they upset some very dangerous people. With the help of a renegade cop a bloody war ensues with tragic consequences.

Directors: Lau Chan, Chun-Ku Lu | Stars: Sibelle Hu, Moon Lee, Yukari Ôshima, Andy Cheng

Votes: 212

84. The Postman Strikes Back (1982)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Republiic of China was still young, Shihai and the warlords were against Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. Long and his gang roamed the northern mountain areas. They are known as "The Pigtails" for the ... See full summary »

Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Ka-Yan Leung, Cherie Chung, Chow Yun-Fat, Eddy Ko

Votes: 691

85. Dynamite Fighters (1987)

R | 91 min | Action, Drama

Action film about Chinese resistance after Japanese invasion in 1930's.

Director: David Chung | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Richard Ng, Tung-Shing Yee, Lowell Lo

Votes: 1,317



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