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Plot Summary:
Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast, slapstick comedy, slapstick, eighties
Best tv shows and movies like Project A 2 (1987):
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In the Line of Duty 4 (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two detectives who are up to their necks in trouble and in each other's face, as they try to shut down a drug-trafficking scheme that could be connected with international ties to organized crime. But in the midst of their investigation, innocent immigrant dock worker Luk Wan-Ting gets caught up in the mix when he witnesses the murder of an intelligence operative and is framed for the crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: perverse, cult classic, detective, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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The Master (1992)
Plot Summary:
Uncle Tak is famous for using Chinese herbal medicines to cure diseases. A martial arts expert, he also teaches the young how to defend themselves. One of his students, Johnny, dreams of monopolizing the teaching of kung fu throughout the United States. To accomplish this, he tries to kill Uncle Tak. Chuck, Uncle Tak's best student from Hong Kong, comes to Los Angeles to find his master. Chuck is willing to let Johnny have his way, and tries to take Uncle Tak back to Hong Kong. But Johnny and his men will not leave Chuck alone. Chuck, on his way back to Hong Kong, returns for the showdown.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: romantic, scenic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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The Accidental Spy (2001)
Plot Summary:
A fun-filled story about an ordinary guy about to kick into an action-packed adventure. Jackie Chan plays a bored and unsuccessful salesman who never thought his life would amount to anything. All that changes one day when he becomes an instant hero by foiling an attempted bank robbery.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, suspenseful, captivating, realistic, semi serious, suspense, action comedy, parody, fast
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Robin-B-Hood (2006)
Plot Summary:
For never-do-well compulsive gambler Fong, there's only one thing more fearsome than debtors at his doorstep - having to coax a crying baby. But what if the baby becomes his golden goose to fend off his debtors? Can he overcome his phobia of diapers, milk bottles, and cloying lullabies?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, poignant, action comedy, cult classic, profound, realistic, crying, cult film
Similar in 75%
Winners & Sinners (1983)
Plot Summary:
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: action comedy, cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Similar in 77%
Mr. Canton and Lady Rose (1989)
Plot Summary:
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, cult classic, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick, dark comedy, cult film
Similar in 76%
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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Dragon Strike (1982)
Plot Summary:
Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, the pair leap into action. Also, Cowboy's wealthy father is kidnapped by the villainous and lethal Big Boss, and the scene is set for a furious martial arts showdown.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: semi serious, touching, tense, captivating, perverse, cult classic, humorous, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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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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Million Dollar Heiress (1984)
Plot Summary:
Cousins 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.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, tense, action comedy, suspense, detective, hood, cult classic, hilarious
Similar in 82%
Twin Dragons (1992)
Plot Summary:
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, exciting, realistic, semi serious, road movie, action comedy, harsh, cult classic, action adventure
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Battle Creek Brawl (1980)
Plot Summary:
A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, slapstick, action comedy, action adventure, exciting, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, sexy
Similar in 78%
Drunken Master (1978)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Chan stars as Wong Fei-Hung, whose mischievous antics land him in hot water. Having tolerated enough of his son's mishaps, Fei-Hung's dad enlists his sadistic uncle, who specializes in drunken-style kung fu, to teach the lad some discipline. This Hong Kong martial-arts comedy helped establish the slapstick fighting style that would become Chan's trademark.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, grindhouse, exciting, intense, fast paced, cult classic, slapstick, slapstick comedy, epic
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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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The Fearless Hyena (1979)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Chan is a youngster, living in a remote vllage with his grandfather who teaches him Kong-Fu (naturally). He keeps getting into fights, even though his grandfather warns him not to show their Kong-Fu to others. Jackie, though, is tempted by some thugs he beat up to act as the master of a Kong-Fu school. This school's name apparently spreads far, as an old enemy of Jackie's grandfather (who t.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Action
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slapstick, cult classic, action adventure, serious, slapstick comedy
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Once a Cop (1993)
Plot Summary:
As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang (Yeoh), a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jessica doesn't realize is that her boyfriend - recently discharged from the force - is the leader of this ruthless crime ring!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: slapstick, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, slapstick comedy
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The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Plot Summary:
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, cult classic, slapstick, action comedy, funny, slapstick comedy, anamorphic, relaxing
Similar in 87%
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
Plot Summary:
Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan (Chan) until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the "snake fist" fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the "eagle's claw" style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, grindhouse, fast paced, cult classic, exciting, realistic, fast, slapstick comedy, funny
Similar in 81%
The Young Master (1980)
Plot Summary:
Youthful martial arts master Lung is searching for his missing brother, when he is mistaken for a criminal on the run. He must prove his innocence by solving the case himself, while local lawmen and merciless mercenaries are hot on his trail.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, tense, light, exciting, semi serious, cult classic, funny, sexy, thought provoking
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Police Story 4: First Strike (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Chan reprises his role as Chan Ka-Kui (also known in some versions as Jackie) yet again as a Hong Kong cop who works with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Later Jackie realizes that things are not as simple as they appear and soon find himself a pawn of an organisation posing as Russian intelligence.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, exciting, action comedy, epic, freeze frame, cult classic, rough, suspenseful
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Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
Plot Summary:
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. One of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, action comedy, entertaining, semi serious, fast paced, cult classic, exciting, stylized, hood
Similar in 86%
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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Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
Plot Summary:
A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, semi serious, action comedy, freeze frame, cult classic, action adventure, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Police Story 2 (1988)
Plot Summary:
The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: stylized, intense, humorous, rough, suspenseful, action packed, cult classic, action comedy, exciting, realistic
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Police Story (1985)
Plot Summary:
A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his name after he is framed for murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, stylized, cult classic, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, action packed, slapstick
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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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Project A (1983)
Plot Summary:
In late 19th Century Hong Kong the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. One Coast Guard officer is Dragon Ma, who is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: perverse, cult classic, slapstick comedy, exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast, slapstick
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Armour of God (1986)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exotic antiquities. After Hawk discovers a mysterious sword in Africa, a band of Satan-worshipping monks kidnap his ex-girlfriend Lorelei, demanding the sword as ransom as well as other pieces of the legendary Armour of God - a magical outfit dating back to the Crusades.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Yugoslavia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, stylized, humorous, semi serious, cult classic, fast, sexy, thought provoking, clever
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Chinese Zodiac (2012)
Plot Summary:
Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan) leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student & a Parisian lady, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, cult classic, action packed, hilarious, slapstick, fast
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Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991)
Plot Summary:
Agent Jackie is hired to find WWII Nazi gold hidden in the Sahara desert. He teams up with three bungling women (the 3 stooges?) who are all connected in some way. However a team of mercenries have ideas on the ownership of the gold. A battle / chase ensues as to who gets there first. Lots of choregraphed Kung-Fu and quirky Chan humor.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, suspenseful, semi serious, exciting, intense, slapstick, cult classic, realistic, fast