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Plot Summary:
Sammo plays a detective investigating the murder of homosexual men. In order to apprehend the killer, Sammo and his partner has to dress up in gay fashion, act gay and pretend to be a gay couple. Sammo's character is homophobic, therefore he has a difficult time coping with the people he meets at the gay bar. But he knows in order to get clues for the murder case, he has to change teams.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: perverse, parody
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Red Wolf (1995)
Plot Summary:
A group of terrorists murder the captain of a cruise ship and take everyone hostage. Their plan is to steal the uranium being stored in the ship's safe. It's up to a security officer and a pickpocketing cocktail waitress to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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The Lizard (1972)
Plot Summary:
He steals from the rich and gives to the poor! Like Robin Hood, the title hero of The Lizard is a philanthropic thief, except the Lizard makes his rounds in 1930s Shanghai. Corrupt police chief Chen Can (Law Lit) is assigned to bring down the Lizard to appease the sinister Japanese forces, but the Lizard constantly eludes his grasp. Little does Chen Can know that the wily thief actually works for him! The Lizard's true identity is the mousy Cheng Long (Ngok Wah), who dons a mask and takes to the streets to spread his righteous message.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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My Rebellious Son (1982)
Plot Summary:
Here Chang Siu Tai (Alexander Fu Sheng) is the son of Master Chang (played by Ku Feng), a renowned chiropractor/bone-setter operating a clinic in a poor neighborhood in an unidentified city in early 20th century China. Siu Tai works for his father and studies bone-setting and kung fu under him, but gets into lots of trouble, especially after white foreigners and their westernized Chinese enablers descend on the town in hopes of acquiring a valuable statue of the Goddess of Mercy on display at a local Buddhist temple.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Shaolin Handlock (1978)
Plot Summary:
As an expert of the 'Cross fists' technique, a reclusive kung fu master Li Pai perfects a lethal maneuver called the 'Shaolin Handlock' while an old wolf-in-sheep's-clothing friend Fang Yun-piao pays the unwitting Li a visit. Armed with the deadly Handlock maneuver, Cheng-ying & Kun Shih joins forces to exact revenge on the evil Ling Hao after the truth is unraveled.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Anonymous Heroes (1971)
Plot Summary:
A perennial Chang Cheh favorite, Anonymous Heroes focuses on two vagabond brothers, Meng Kang (David Chiang) and Tieh (Ti Lung) who, in the search for fame and fortune, join in a rebellion against a provincial general. Used to shaking down local vendors for food and gambling away their limited funds, they are recruited by a local rebel leader (Ku Feng) who promises them a glorious adventure. The rebels plan is to steal a huge cache of new rifles set to be delivered to the barracks of the local army. With the help of an officer’s daughter (Ching Li), their plan starts out well, but inevitably slips toward a heroic but tragic finale.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Plot Summary:
Sammo Hung stars in this supernatural crime comedy directed by Ricky Lau Koon-wai and Phillip Chan Yan-kin. Tuba (Hung) is a fainthearted cop who prefers to play in the brass section of the police band to pounding the streets. One day, he finds himself caught up in an extortion case with trigger-happy detective Rambo Chow (David Chiang Da-wei). When Rambo gets fatally wounded, he makes a half-hearted vow to avenge his death. Tuba is more than a little surprised when Rambo's spirit returns to make sure the timid cop makes good on his promise. Backed up by his hotshot partner Cheung (Jacky Cheung Hok-yau), Tuba eventually summons the gumption to track down the baddies.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sitcom, psychotronic, slapstick comedy
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City Cops (1989)
Plot Summary:
Cindy is an American FBI agent who is currently in Hong Kong seeking arch-criminal Kent Tong. In order to bring down Tong and his criminal organization, she teams up with local HK cops David and Johnny.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, USA, China
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Licence To Steal (1990)
Plot Summary:
Godenzi plays an acrobatic thief who, after taking part in an elaborate burglary, is double-crossed by her partner (Aurelio) and is captured by the police. On her release from prison, Godenzi discovers that her betrayer is now a highly influential criminal in the area and commands a posse of hired thugs. With a new partner by her side, Godenzi looks to avenge her imprisonment and steal the valuables her former partner had double-crossed her for.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The Thundering Mantis (1980)
Plot Summary:
Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. Ending up facing Hsia (Eddie Ko) of the notorious Jade Brotherhood is inevitable. As a result, Hsia forces Chi's martial arts master to expel him. Masterless and working for a fish vendor, Chi meets a crafty kid (Yat Lung Wong), whose uncle Chow Tung (Chin Yuet Sang) is a master of the Insane Mantis style. The Jade Brotherhood aims for control of the small town but Chi is training with a new Master and will not accept bullies in the neighbourhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Master Kim vs Master Kim vs Master Kim (2007)
Plot Summary:
The plot is instantly familiar in the great martial arts tradition, being set in a small town which is home to two rival masters, one who practices Taekkyun (Shin Hyun Jun, also in the likes of “Shadowless Sword” and the “Marrying the Mafia” films) and the other Kendo (Choi Sung Kook, also in “Crazy Assassins”), both of who just happen to be called Kim. As well as competing for students, the two are locked in deadly combat for the hand of the local beauty, who seems to be pretty much the only woman in town. Into their conflict comes yet another master Kim, this time a kung fu expert (Kwon Oh Joong, “Damo”) who puts them both to shame with his dizzying skills and suave charm. Eventually, real danger arrives in the form of some unscrupulous land developers, forcing the three to join forces for the greater good.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Coward Bastard (1980)
Plot Summary:
The plot is a trifle about an obnoxious restaurant delivery boy causing trouble with some local bad guys for the cook who secretly knows kung fu, eventually learning some techniques and finally, with the cook, confronting the bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Pedicab Driver (1989)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick, eighties
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Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)
Plot Summary:
Ah Lung is a pig farmer and a devoted Bruce Lee fan who is anxious to follow in Lee's footsteps, but only ridiculed for his attempts. He is sent to the city to earn a living working at his uncle's restaurant, but when he arrives, he finds a gang of thugs causing trouble in the restaurant. He takes the chance to prove himself and attacks the thugs, defeating them and saving the restaurant. Soon, he becomes a waiter, and discovers a plot by the same thugs to kidnap a woman he works with. Eventually, he defeats the thugs once again and saves the day.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Stoner (1974)
Plot Summary:
An Australian cop heads to Hong Kong to head off the supply of a new designer drug which raises the sexual appetite of anyone who takes it.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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The Outlaw Brothers (1990)
Plot Summary:
Follows the exploits of two car thieves, and the female police officer who is on their trail.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Body Weapon (1999)
Plot Summary:
While investigating murder cases involving masked rapists, Officer Ling herself is raped and her husband murdered by the suspects, on their wedding night. Rather than relying on her fellow police officers to solve her case, Ling chooses to use her own body as the weapon to take revenge on her violators.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, sexploitation film, cult film
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The 36 Crazy Fists (1977)
Plot Summary:
When a young man's village is destroyed by a band of thugs, he seeks help from a great kung-fu master, but his real lessons come from a drunk old man, he basically learns kung fu by accident and seeks his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 734
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Above the Law (1986)
Plot Summary:
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 murdered. but Cindy Si is soon on his case and it all spirals into a situation only a few will survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: action comedy, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir, independent film
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Dreadnaught (1981)
Plot Summary:
A short-tempered, violent criminal named "White Tiger" is on the run from the police and joins a theater troupe for disguise, killing anyone who angers him or who suspects his identity. One person he unsuccessfully tries to kill several times is a cowardly laundry man named "Mousy" who manages to escape mostly by running and hiding. When a very close friend of Mousy's is killed by the White Tiger, Mousy overcomes his cowardliness enough to seek revenge. Spectacular martial arts and acrobatics highlight the film, including a well choreographed fight between two pairs of men in dragon costume.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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My Lucky Stars 2: Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985)
Plot Summary:
The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners (1983) and My Lucky Stars (1985)... The team are released from prison to play detective in order to stop a ruthless gang from ruining their reputations, taking their lives, and that of a key witness in an upcoming trial. They must battle their way through and with the help of Muscles, take down the bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: cult classic, action adventure, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick, detective
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The Prodigal Son (1981)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: cult classic, serious, cult film
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My Young Auntie (1981)
Plot Summary:
Cheng (Kara Hui Ying Hung), a beautiful martial arts ace, battles to keep her inheritance from the ruthless Yun Wei (Johnny Wang Lung Wei), but her efforts are sabotaged by Yu Tao (Hsaio Ho), her wayward and irrepressible great-nephew. Following a frenzy of spectacular comic mishaps, the hapless duo are setup and imprisoned and the deeds to Cheng's estate are stolen. She is held hostage after a doomed attempt to reclaim the papers back from Yu Wei's place, and the stage is set for a savage fight to the death.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 909
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: humorous, epic, semi serious
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Dance of the Drunken Mantis (1979)
Plot Summary:
A year after training young Jackie Chan in the Drunken Fist, Sam the Seed discovers he has a son, Foggy. He tries to train Foggy but to no avail. Foggy is then trained in Drunken Fist from his uncle as he must face his father's rival, Rubber Legs, another Drunken Fist master who combines it with Mantis Fist to create a deadly style.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slapstick, exciting, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend their business.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: cult classic, grindhouse, cult film
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Heart of a Dragon (1985)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: perverse, cult classic, humorous, semi serious, dark comedy
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My Lucky Stars (1985)
Plot Summary:
Two 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.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast
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Dragons Forever (1988)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neurotic, exciting, humorous, semi serious, slapstick, cult classic, slapstick comedy, cult film
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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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Kung Fu Jungle (2014)
Plot Summary:
A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, rough, suspenseful, scenic, crime drama, perverse, cult classic, serious, realistic
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Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
Plot Summary:
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast