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Plot Summary:
Nobody knows that Professor Hong Sum Kwai is actually the Water Magician, one of the five elemental wizards. One day, Hong accidentally loses his magical powers, which are transferred to his student Cheng Meisi. The girl happily uses the superhuman abilities she acquired by luck in life, at school, and on the volleyball court, but those powers also land her in trouble as a war of wizardry rages around her... Fire Magician Bi Yewu is desperate to turn back time to change a tragedy in the past, but to do so he needs to bring together the powers of all five elemental wizards. Wood Magician Gu Xinyue foresees catastrophe if time is warped, so he alerts the other wizards - including Earth Magician Ling Feng and Metal Magician Charlie - to join forces and prevent it from happening.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Treasure Hunt (1994)
Plot Summary:
A C.I.A. agent is assigned to go to Beijing to look for a hidden "treasure," which turns out to be a woman who has supernatural powers, and is the National Treasure of China.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, psychotronic
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Flying Dagger (1993)
Plot Summary:
The well-known "Flying Dagger" Chung and his nephew Lam lived on rewards from apprehending bandits. Chung refused the love of "Great Coquette" Lady Fung. Therefore, Fung always mess up Chung's business for revenge. Flying Fox, the country's number one bandit, had stolen the millionaire Tsao's evidence of being a traitor. Hence, Tsao employed Chung to catch the bandit. Flying Fox's wife, Flying Cat seduced Chung to save her husband, which caused jealousy and a severe fight with Fung. Meanwhile Lam was kidnapped by Tsao. Chung and Fung finally realized that Tsao was the head of East Wing. They united together to beat against Tsao.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, slapstick, fast
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Holy Flame of the Martial World (1983)
Plot Summary:
This internationally popular tale of a brother and sister seeking vengeance for the death of their parents through the mythical yin/yang Holy Flame technique is an eye-filling epic. Kuo Chue (a.k.a. Philip Kwok), famous as the star of Chang Cheh's internationally famous "Venom" film series, both co-stars and choreographs this impressive tale - leading to a vaunted "action director" career with both the 007 thriller Tomorrow Never Dies and the cult classic Brotherhood of the Wolf to his credit.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychedelic, scenic, exciting, rough, humorous, semi serious, fast
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New Mr. Vampire 2 (1989)
Plot Summary:
Lam Ching-Ying returns as the famous "Vampire Buster," this time starring as the One-Eyebrown Priest. To save the village from paranormal menaces, he deals with and battles a host of mysterious creatures including: a little mischievous Chinese vampire; a lustful female ghost; the spirit of a woman murdered by a club owner and a European vampire and his blood-sucking pet bats.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scenic, scary, exciting, atmospheric, offbeat, gothic, humorous, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious
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Spooky Encounters (1980)
Plot Summary:
Sammo is Courageous Cheung, a pedicab driver in a rural community who is known around town as the man who fears nothing. Well, this is proved false before the opening credits finish when he endures a particularly frightening nightmare of flesh-eating zombies. But, that's just the beginning of his run-ins with the supernatural.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, tense, atmospheric, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, weird
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The Golden Monk (2017)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of a monk who realizes he is the reincarnation of Golden Child / Taming Dragon Lohan who was cast down from heaven to experience life and death one hundred times as he broke a sacred rule by falling in love with another fairy, Jade. While Golden Child’s memories were erased, Jade refused to forget their love and accumulated goodwill over one hundred reincarnations….
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic, scenic
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Arahan (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a thief driving a motorcycle steals a purse of a pedestrian, the clumsy, naive and honest rookie policeman Sang-hwan runs after him, but the skilled specialist in martial arts Wi-jin captures the criminal and Sang-hwan is severely injured. She brings Sang-hwan to her home, where the six Masters of Tao heal him and believe that he has a powerful Qi, the spiritual energy of the universe, and could be a powerful warrior. Sang-hwan begins his training to ascend to a Maruchi, while the evil and ambitious Heuk-woon is accidentally released from his imprisonment. The powerful Heuk-woon attacks the masters, searching a key that they protect, which would permit him to become an Arahan and dominate the world. When the masters are defeated, Sang-hwan and Wi-jin are the only and last hope to mankind.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, scenic, crime drama, fast
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Deadly Life of a Ninja (1983)
Plot Summary:
A businessman and his sister-in-law are targeted for assassination by a band of evil ninjas and their vicious leader (Yasuaki Kurata). The ninjas are committing bizarre murders all over the city, and the police can't seem to pick up their trail -- so they call in ninja hunter and Kendo master Mr. Chow (Kuan Tai Chen). To take down the silent killers, Mr. Chow will have to fight against incredible odds in this campy ninja classic.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Comedy, Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious
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2002 (2001)
Plot Summary:
In Hong Kong, the special force of the police known as 2002 is composed of the twenty-two year-old cop Chiu and his ghost partner and they fight against supernatural phenomena under the guidance of the mystic Paper Chan. When his partner reincarnates, the rookie policeman Fung applies for the position; but Paper Chan explains Chiu that the team is to be formed by a man and a spirit, and Chiu has a death star on his hand that dooms his friends to die. Meanwhile, Chiu falls in love for Nurse Danielle, but he avoids her to protect her life against the fate of the death star. When the fiend Water Ghost possesses Fung seeking revenge against Chiu, he has to battle against the evil spirit trying to protect also his friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, suspense, dark
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Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the mystical realm of Ryntia, the forces of the underworld are aligning to unleash a plague of evil upon the surface. The deadly bat-like Blood Reavers, the Saurian Maurauders, the Orcish Warmongers and the feline Shadow-cat mercenaries have pledged their respective clans to the service of Bre'Gwen, queen of the deep elves. Together they seek to destroy the human and Elven kingdoms and rule all of Ryntia in the name of evil.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: captivating, mystical, entertaining
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Tai Chi II (1996)
Plot Summary:
A young Tai Chi master fights Opium smugglers with the aid of his powerful braid while wooing a girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, fast
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Minnal Murali (2021)
Plot Summary:
A tailor gains special powers after being struck by lightning but must take down an unexpected foe if he is to become the superhero his hometown in Kerala needs.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Cineman (2009)
Plot Summary:
A maths teacher acquires the power to travel into movies to save the woman of his dreams and bring her back to her correct film.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 684
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, stylized, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Mantecoza (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story of office drone Sebastian King's tongue-in-cheek adventures in the magically steampunk world of Mantecoza. Using the magical ring and a magical word, Sebastian travels between worlds, trying to save both from the evil machinations of Lord Barr.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, witty, semi serious, offbeat
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The Magic Crane (1993)
Plot Summary:
On his way to a congress of kung fu masters, an initiate falls from a high cliff, only to be rescued by lovely Tien Lam (Anita Mui), who rides a huge (and sorry-looking) crane. The rest of the movie features a battle between warring martial arts factions, an equally fierce rivalry between the two daughters of the Crane Master, the accidental empowerment of an unprincipled master after having eaten half of a secret scroll, a battle with an immense tortoise whose spleeny vapors save a group of poisoned swordsmen, lots of great aerial fights against nearly invincible villains, and the usual blood spurting from assorted mouths.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, semi serious
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The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the twilight of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial court is plagued by corruption as tyrants rule over the land. With the Manchurians preying on a weakened empire, war is imminent. To save the victims from their suffering, sorceress Jade Raksha fights the soldiers that oppress people for their own gain. As payback, local government officials decide to pin the murder of Governor Zhuo Zhonglian on Jade, turning her and the members of her cult into wanted fugitives for a crime they didn't commit.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, serious, stylized, tense, disturbing, touching, surprise ending
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The Storm Warriors (2009)
Plot Summary:
Wind and Cloud find themselves up against a ruthless Japanese warlord intent on invading China.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, visually stunning, action adventure, epic
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A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
Plot Summary:
Having slept for a century, the monstrous Tree Devil is now awaken and starts finding lost souls again. One stormy night, a wise High Priest and his student Fong pass by the Orchid Temple and realize that it is haunted. Fong encounters two evil spirits, the seductive Lotus and her hated sister Butterfly in the temple. Although Fong knows his master wants to capture them, he finds himself being attracted by them so he sets them free. The monks stay at the temple has to be prolonged since Fong carelessly loses the valuable Gold Buddha. Later on, they come to a corrupt local town, while the High Priest meets Yin by chance and a series of misunderstandings evolve. Meanwhile, Fong encounters Lotus again and finds himself falling in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, atmospheric, stylized, semi serious, cult film
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Mr. Vampire (1985)
Plot Summary:
The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, exciting, semi serious, slapstick, horror comedy, slapstick comedy, spooky, weird, corny
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The Medallion (2003)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong detective suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, stylized, semi serious, action packed, action comedy, cult classic, detective, fast, slapstick comedy
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Volcano High (2001)
Plot Summary:
Volcano High School is marking its 108th. Every student is a martial arts expert, so it is not surprising to see tea leaves moving in the shape of dragons or hallway windows shattering into bits with no one touching them. At Volcano High, the legend of the Secret Manuscript - the one who inherits these writings will rule the world - has been continuously passed down. From the outside, Volcano High School seems peaceful. But a bitter showdown for the Secret Manuscript is at hand.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, exciting, semi serious, slapstick, slapstick comedy, light, sexy, breathtaking, entertaining
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The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman (2010)
Plot Summary:
A tale of revenge, honor and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this wild and brash action comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, stylized, exciting, semi serious, epic, fast
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The Twins Effect II (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the mythical land of Huadu, Charcoal Head, a humble boy born to rule an empire must undertake his journey to claim his throne.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, fast, epic
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A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995)
Plot Summary:
Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, spoof, parody, fun
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A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995)
Plot Summary:
This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: dorama, exciting, offbeat, epic, serious, stylized, semi serious, spoof, parody, campy
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House of Fury (2005)
Plot Summary:
Teddy Yu is a former secret agent turned chiropractor who thought he left his past behind. He teaches martial arts to his two kids. However, his past catches up to him as a rogue agent demands to know the whereabouts of an agent known as Dragon. Now, father and children must team up to stop the rogue agent and his goons.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, light, cult classic, realistic, suspenseful
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Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a world plagued by demons who cause great human suffering, young demon hunter Xuan Zang risks his all to conquer a water demon, a pig demon and the demon of all demons, Sun Wukong.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, talky, exciting, semi serious, dorama, mysterious, action adventure, crying, fairy tale
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How I Became a Super Hero (2020)
Plot Summary:
Paris 2020. While superheroes have assimilated into the Parisian society, they discover a new drug that gives themselves personal superpowers to mere mortals. Lieutenants Moreau and Schaltzmann are investigating the case with the support of two ex-superheroes, Monte Carlo and Callista. They'll do whatever it takes to dismantle the traffic. But Moreau's past resurfaces, and the investigation becomes more complicated.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, weird
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The Gamers: Dorkness Rising (2008)
Plot Summary:
All Lodge wants is for his gaming group to finish their adventure. Unfortunately, they're more interested in seducing barmaids, mooning their enemies, and setting random villagers on fire. Desperate to rein in his players, Lodge injects two newbies into the party: a non-player character controlled by Lodge, who the power gamers immediately distrust, and the rarest gamer of all -- a girl.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: parody, talky, stylized, humorous, entertaining, exciting, semi serious, funny, light, atmospheric
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Zu Warriors (2001)
Plot Summary:
King Sky (Ekin Cheng), the sole disciple of the Kun Lun Sect, falls in love with his master Dawn (Cecilia Cheung). Dawn is killed when Insomnia destroys the Kin Lun Mountain. King Sky waits for two hundred years and meets Enigma (Cecilia Cheung), who is the reincarnation of Dawn, and in love with her again. However, Insomnia's Blood Clouds is ready to destroy Zu.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, epic