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Plot Summary:
Sing loves to read cartoons and often daydreams of becoming a tycoon and celebrity. By accident, he becomes a follower of Wai, a gang leader, and makes a friend of Wai's adopted son, Chun. The series of successes made by Sing and Chun breed contempt in Wai's heart. Wai plans to get rid of them so as to pave the way for his son to succeed to his own business. Still, his son kills him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: crime drama, hood, comic
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Look Out, Officer! (1990)
Plot Summary:
After police officer Paio is murdered, his soul cannot be at rest for his murder has been written off as a suicide. Therefore the heavens send him back to Earth as a spirit to find his 'savior' who will help him clear his name. Hsing, a rookie officer, is the savior and in return for finding Paio's killer, Piao must get him a girlfriend and a promotion.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 988
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, spoof, slapstick comedy, freeze frame, parody
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Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997)
Plot Summary:
This arty triad flick from Wai Ka-Fai and Johnnie To is as good as genre pictures get in this era. Lau Ching-Wan is Kau, a small potato in the triad world who must make a fateful decision to discover who he is. With that decision, his life can diverge in two paths, each leading to an ultimate fate.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, surprise ending, allegory
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Justice, My Foot! (1992)
Plot Summary:
Sung (Chow) is by far the best lawyer in Guangdong and the outlying areas of Southeast China. His skills have earned his family an excellent living, albeit his habit of winning all his cases by whatever means necessary. Because of his shyster ways, none of his sons survived beyond a year old, causing grief for his wife Madam Sung (Mui). Upon the death of his 13th son, Sung decides to retire from law, and switch to business, opening an inn in the middle of town, and a tea stand on the outskirts of the city.Sung finds it difficult to truly give up his former career, and in his boredom reenacts his final case constantly. A chance encounter between Madam Sung and a woman whose husband was suspiciously murdered revives his hopes of returning to court. However, the case is compounded by corrupt magistrates, who make it their goal to bury the truth. Sung needs all his wits to beat a system that he has embraced for a long time, as well as redeem himself so he can finally start a family.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: crying, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The Days of Being Dumb (1992)
Plot Summary:
Two losers who'll do anything to try and be successful in the Triad world, but all they've accomplished is having a bad luck reputation.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Black Panther Warriors (1993)
Plot Summary:
A group of specialists are recruited to steal from a police station.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: crime drama
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Those Were the Days (2000)
Plot Summary:
Those Were the Days... is a 2000 Hong Kong film directed by Raymond Yip. The film is a spin-off/prequel of the Young and Dangerous film series, as it follows the life of Chicken Chiu (Jordan Chan) before he joined the triads with the boss Chan Ho Nam (Ekin Cheng).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: crime drama
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Street Angels (1996)
Plot Summary:
After her gangster boyfriend Walkie Pie skips town to evade a murder rap, beautiful Tung Yen hooks up with a wealthy nightclub owner, Brother Man, only to have her ex return with guns blazing.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: crime drama
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The Dragon Family (1988)
Plot Summary:
Rival Triad gangs go to war.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama
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Nutty Kickbox Cops (1990)
Plot Summary:
King-sized martial arts hero Sammo Hung stars in this wild and wacky blend of action and comedy. Skinny (Karl Maka) and Fatty (Sammo Hung) are a pair of police detectives who soon find themselves on the outs with their boss when they accidentally make a mess of his wedding while chasing Tak, a big league drug trafficker. Skinny and Fatty are forced to leave their jobs, but while on holiday in Singapore, they forget their troubles when they both find love with beautiful women. However, Tak is convinced the former cops are still a threat, and when he abducts their girlfriends, Skinny and Fatty swing into action to rescue them.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 751
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, buddy comedy, detective, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday (2022)
Plot Summary:
The Accident Man is back, and this time he must best the top assassins in the world to protect the ungrateful son of a mafia boss, save the life of his only friend and rekindle his relationship with his maniacal father figure.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Jerry Cotton (2010)
Plot Summary:
Jerry Cotton is the best agent of the FBI and suspected of murder. So he has to find the real killers from gangster boss Serrano.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 973
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, rough, realistic, suspenseful, comic
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City Hunter (2018)
Plot Summary:
Nicky Larson is tasked to recover the perfume of Cupid, a perfume that would make anyone who uses it irresistible.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: entertaining, light, humorous, colorful, stylized, slapstick comedy, colourful
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Royal Tramp (1992)
Plot Summary:
The story of Wilson Bond, a pimp who after saving Chan, the leader of the Heaven and Earth society, a revolutionary group, is made a member. After a botched first assignment for the group, he is made a servant to the Prince, the very person the Heaven and Earth society want to overthrow. What follows is plenty of mayhem and laughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: parody, offbeat, humorous, epic, stylized, not serious, slapstick, costume drama
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Once a Gangster (2010)
Plot Summary:
Roast Pork joins the triad as a young man and ends up becoming a trusted lieutenant of boss Kerosene. However, his true passion is in his successful chain of restaurants, his loving wife, and his two children. So when Kerosene wants to promote his trusted right hand man to the top of the organization as a way to take on his financial debts, it's understandable why Roast Pork would want to refuse. Roast Pork comes up with an intricate scheme with his men that would take himself out of the running, but Kerosene's intervention causes it to fail. When all hopes appears to be lost, lifelong gangster Sparrow is released from jail after serving a 20-year sentence for committing a gang-related murder that earned him a guarantee for the leader spot. However, Sparrow has made his own plans to stay out of the gang, setting off a battle of wits between the two men.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 540
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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My Wife Is a Gangster 2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
Former Scissor Gang leader Eun-jin (Shin Eun-kyung), who now suffers from amnesia, nevertheless defends Jae-cheol (Jun Gyu Park), a restaurateur who employs her, from a gangster who wants his business.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, exciting, crime drama
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You Shoot, I Shoot (2001)
Plot Summary:
A hired killer pairs up with an amateur filmmaker to provide clients with satisfying footage of enemies getting whacked in this black comedy. Business is down, so hit man Bart is thrilled when Mrs. Ma hires him to kill her enemies -- and film the murders. But Bart's first video killing stinks, so he hires filmmaker Chuen. Although business subsequently picks up, their notoriety creates complications.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspense, dark comedy, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, spoof, parody
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Next Day Air (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes ten people's lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: hood, humorous, realistic, exciting, semi serious, black comedy, action comedy, independent film, fast, banned
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Gangster Payday (2014)
Plot Summary:
Wong Kam-Kwei, a gang boss on the decline, overseeing bathhouses and karaoke bars, falls for a small restaurant owner, Mei. He begins to help her business, and learns that Mei is already in love with Leung, a member of his gang. He’s also like a brother to Kam-Kwei. When a rival gang hoping to steal his territory kills Leung, the only thing left for Kam-Kwei to do now is to protect Mei and avenge Leung.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Crows Zero (2007)
Plot Summary:
The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself to do it as he reminds him of his youth.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, semi serious, dorama, epic, manga, anime, action packed, serious
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Family (2001)
Plot Summary:
When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Takeshi's brothers Takashi and Hideshi Miwa try to find Takeshi, who is hidden with the nurse Rie Ishibashi, to protect him and Hideshi discovers that Takeshi was secretly sent by their Yakuza boss to eliminate Iwaida. Meanwhile, the mobster Kenmoshi abducts Takashi's wife Mariko and rapes her, trying to force Takashi to deliver his brother to him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, bloody, crime drama, realistic
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Paper Soldiers (2002)
Plot Summary:
Paper Soldiers follows an overeager burglar named Shawn (Kevin Hart) through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, hood, exciting, realistic, black comedy, crime drama, independent film
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City Hunter (1993)
Plot Summary:
Extremely silly comedy about a self-indulgent private investigator who winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, manga, spoof, freeze frame, cult classic, action adventure, parody, exciting, offbeat
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Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Plot Summary:
It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 235000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, humorous, action comedy, funny, hilarious, action packed, intense, realistic, fast
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Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, suspenseful, cult classic, action packed, exciting, stylized, slapstick, action comedy, crime drama
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Ride Along 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious, entertaining, not serious, exciting, light, feel good
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Crime Spree (2003)
Plot Summary:
An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of street gangs on their backs as they attempt to make their way back to Paris.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, witty, stylized, semi serious, realistic, hilarious, fast, independent film, parody
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The Green Hornet (2011)
Plot Summary:
Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets Kato (Jay Chou), a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz).
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 164000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: funny, stylized, entertaining, satirical, clever, buddy comedy, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious
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Century of the Dragon (1999)
Plot Summary:
Rookie policeman Shing (Louis Koo) grapples with right and wrong in this action-packed story about Hong Kong gangsters. Assigned to go undercover, Shing is so successful in playing the part of a gang member that he becomes right-hand man to gang leader Fei Ling (Andy Lau). Shing comes to respect Fei Ling and question his original motives, but the troubled cop must make a crucial decision before rival gangs and impatient cops move in for the kill.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Plot Summary:
Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, surreal, parody, spoof, exciting, visual, action comedy, semi serious, spectacular
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Cop Out (2010)
Plot Summary:
Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time, and without any backup – except for each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, buddy comedy, funny, entertaining, melancholic, absurd, detective, exciting, realistic, talky