Released Date:
1983-12-22
Languages:
English, Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
105 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (9709 Reviews)
Jackie Chan
Jack Maeby (english adaptation)
Edward Tang
In late 19th Century Hong Kong the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Reluctantly, the Coast Guard is given money to fight these pirates, but the pirates themselves have many contacts (that is, bribed officials) in the government, and seek to thwart the Coast Guard's efforts to eliminate them. One Coast Guard officer is Dragon Ma, who is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made fools of.
Released Date:
1981-12-22
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
100 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (2217 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungSammo Kam-Bo Hung
Barry Wong
Jing Wong
A rich man's son (Yuen Biao) believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a traveling theatre company, the son resolves to find a better teacher. Furious kung fu battles and slapstick comedy.
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
95 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (1757 Reviews)
Director:
Hark TsuiA college student (Yuen Biao) at a university in Canada is a fencing champion and when he has an accident one day, he "dreams" of being transported to ancient China and enters a conflict on Zu, the Magic Mountain. At the end of the story, he regains consciousness (this is in the longer English international version). The first and shorter version is about a warrior (Yuen Biao) who has become disillusioned with the constant civil wars in China and goes to the Magic Mountain. There he encounters ghosts and devils, and also good masters and their disciples who are out to stop the Blood Monster and his demons from destroying the world.
Released Date:
1983-07-07
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
108 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (2775 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungFive friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. Trying to mind their own business (and run their Five Star Cleaning Service), they are unfortunately caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.
Released Date:
1984-08-17
Languages:
Cantonese, English
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
100 min
Rated:
TV-14
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (7220 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungCousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket. Action and humor abound in the streets of Barcelona, culminating with a battle in the castle hideout of the evil gang.
Released Date:
1985-02-10
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
96 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (3020 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungTwo Hong-Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.
Released Date:
1986-01-30
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
98 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (944 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungMulti-genre flick (western, martial arts, comedy, adventure, etc.) with an all-star cast about a man who returns to his home town, buys everything in sight, and tries to improve its municipal (and his personal) profits by sabotaging a train so the passengers all have to stop in his town and spend lots o' money! Throw in various subplots involving some Japanese swordsmen, some bungling bankrobbers (one of whom is the head of security), and a gang of no-goods who try to mess up the town.
Released Date:
1985-10-16
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
91 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (2573 Reviews)
Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally retarded brother. Innocently caught up in a gangland fight, the brother is kidnapped to force the cop to turn over a police informant.
Released Date:
1988-02-11
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
TV-14
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (4790 Reviews)
Gordon Chan (original story)
Yiu Ming Leung (original story)
Cheuk-Hon Szeto (screenplay)
Jackie Chan stars as a hot-shot lawyer hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, Jackie is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.
Released Date:
1989-02-24
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (542 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungSammo Kam-Bo Hung (story)
Kin Lo (story)
Barry Wong
Kai-Chi Yuen
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.
Released Date:
2005-11-18
Languages:
Cantonese, Mandarin
Countries:
Hong Kong, Macao
Runtime:
93 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (7615 Reviews)
Director:
Wilson YipChan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. Martial arts expert Ma is set to take over as head of the crime unit, replacing Chan who wants an early retirement.
Released Date:
2008-04-03
Languages:
Mandarin
Countries:
China, South Korea, Hong Kong
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.2 (4804 Reviews)
Director:
Daniel LeeHo Leung Lau
Daniel Lee
Guanzhong Luo (novel)
His country torn asunder by civil war, Zhao Zilong, a common man heeds the call of duty and from the humblest of roots rises through the ranks on wings of courage and cunning to command an army charged with liberating the land from an evil warlord. Inspiring by action, honor and a dream of unifying his divided nation, Zhao Zilong's heroism becomes legend, but as the years pass and the throne changes hands the war still rages on. When a newly enthroned king decides peace can only be achieved by defeating the warlords once and for all, the aging Zhao Zilong embarks on his final and greatest campaign, a road to adventure that will crown his name in glory for all time.
Released Date:
2010-04-29
Languages:
Cantonese, Mandarin, English
Countries:
Hong Kong, China
Runtime:
108 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (57425 Reviews)
Director:
Wilson YipHiu-Yan Choi
Chan Tai-Li
Edmond Wong (screenplay)
Ip Man 2 is a 2010 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun. A sequel to the 2008 film Ip Man, the film was directed by Wilson Yip, and stars Donnie Yen, who reprises the leading role. Continuing after the events of the earlier film, the sequel centers on Ip's movements in Hong Kong, which is under British colonial rule. He attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun, but faces rivalry from other practitioners, including the local master of Hung Ga martial arts.
Released Date:
2014-08-22
Languages:
Mandarin
Countries:
Hong Kong, China, Singapore
Runtime:
114 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (5496 Reviews)
Director:
Daniel LeeDaniel Lee (screenplay)
Abe Kwong (screenplay)
Tin Shu Mak (screenplay)
Ho Leung Lau (screenplay)
Daniel Lee (original story)
Siu Cheung Chan
A kung fu thriller set during the Ming Dynasty and centered on a secret service agent (Donnie Yen) in the emperor's court who is betrayed and then hunted by his colleagues.
Released Date:
2014-01-09
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
China, Hong Kong
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (1232 Reviews)
Director:
Ching-Po WongA laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive.
Released Date:
2012-12-22
Languages:
Mandarin
Countries:
Hong Kong, China
Runtime:
107 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (1361 Reviews)
Director:
Jing WongKoon-nam Lui (screenplay)
Jing Wong (screenplay)
Manfred Wong (screenplay)
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.
Released Date:
2014-11-21
Languages:
Mandarin, Chinese, Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong, China
Runtime:
131 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (1003 Reviews)
Director:
Roy Hin Yeung ChowAn orphan, whose father has been killed by dark power, attempts to bring justice back to the town.
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