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Plot Summary:
A film adaptation of the hit TV series by the same name, the movie continues the story where the series left off. 15 years on, the city of Macau has changed a lot but not the people and their compassion. In a twist of events, Kwan-Ho’s husband dies in a car accident and she reunites with Man-Cho in Macau. Can true love really stand the test of time?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 103 min
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S for Sex, S for Secrets (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hung and Bobo struggle with their newly marriage and sex life, and things get complicated when a mystery girl steps in their marriage. On the other hand, Sze, a business woman, has a husband who suffers from sex addiction….
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
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Everlasting Regret (2005)
Plot Summary:
a film adaptation of Wang Anyi's popular and influential novel Changhen Ge.A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive. A pretty young girl from an ordinary family, Qiyao is lucky enough to win the 2nd runner-up of the "Miss Shanghai" contest. Mr. Cheng, her admirer as well as a photographer who assists her to her success, knows the girl is going to live an extraordinary life. It turns out she is going to witness the decades of changes to her city.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 115 min
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My Horny Girl Friend (2003)
Plot Summary:
Grace nearly drowns before she is saved by a handsome lifeguard named Gordon. She falls for Gordon and decides to take lifeguarding lessons. However, Gordon falls in love with Pamila. Grace is aided by Eddie and Dawn, but they are unable to separate Gordon and Pamila. In fact, Eddie has romantic feelings for Grace but has had a one night stand with Dawn... The relationships quickly get complicated, how can it all get sorted out?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
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Runaway Blues (1988)
Plot Summary:
Before he was crowned one of the "Four Heavenly Kings", Andy Lau starred in the 1989 gangster film Runaway Blues. He plays Lam, a Taiwan gangster who flees to Hong Kong after killing a rival gangster. Hiding at his uncle gang boss Lip's place, he gets embroiled in more gang conflicts and is forced to be an informant for the police. Lam runs away to Guangzhou and Macau with Lip's mistress, causing an enraged Lip to be hot on his trail.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: heroic, poliziottesco
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Men Suddenly in Black 2 (2006)
Plot Summary:
The war between men and women never ends... Last time, Tin, Dr. Lee and Chao failed in the "mission", but they didn't take this as a lesson. They are more cautions these years and success to fool around behind their wives. This time, the team grows by a new comer - a university student Sai. At the same time, Mary, Ching, Chao's wife and Ling (Sai's girlfriend) get a DVD from Auntie Ninth. It is a very popular DVD among women recently, which is a documentary to teach women how to fooling around. Four women go to Macau to break the bond of morality. It is too late when the men discover this. They rush to Macau to ruin the women's plan. A battle between women and men begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
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Your Black Hair and My Hand (1996)
Plot Summary:
This Hong Kong drama parallels the stories of two young couples, splicing them with dream sequences and a framing story set at a coffee bar where friends have gathered to talk.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 98 min
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The Gravity of a Rainbow (2019)
Plot Summary:
A story about three modern-day women who make different decisions, how it affects them in the workplace and changes their friendship and how they find love.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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All About Love (2005)
Plot Summary:
Andy Lau plays a husband who only learns the importance of expressing his tremendous love for his wife when it is too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, emotional, sentimental, touching, humorous, serious, surprise ending
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Sunflower (2005)
Plot Summary:
Sunflower is the story of the Zhang family in Beijing father, mother and son across three decades, centering on the tensions and misunderstandings between father and son. Nine-year-old Xiangyang is having the time of his life, free of adult supervision until the day he meets the father he can hardly remember. Having spent years away, he returns with strong ideas about his son learning to draw. But Xiangyang chafes under his father's constant rules and soon stages his own revolution against the lessons enforced.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, family saga, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative
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But Always (2014)
Plot Summary:
After relocating to New York, former lovers feel the pull of romance once again.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, retro
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Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1994)
Plot Summary:
A woman inherits her father's fireworks factory, as he had no son. The business does well and everything works in an orderly fashion until one day, an itinerant painter is hired to decorate the doors and vases at the factory. The woman, forbidden to marry and thereby involve outsiders in the factory ownership, finds herself drawn to the headstrong painter. When they fall in love, the situation throws her entire life into disarray.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, romantic, sexy, thought provoking, clever, intellectual, enigmatic, depressing, emotional
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Soulmate (2016)
Plot Summary:
30 year-old working woman Li Ansheng’s life in Shanghai is suddenly disrupted by the publication of a novel, entitled “Qiyue and Ansheng”, a chronicle of her friendship with Qi Yue during her youth. Coupled with an accidental encounter with Su Jia Ming, a past love, her long repressed memories are unleashed with the force of a tsunami. The two girls seemed destined to become friends from the moment they entered high school. Though they were inseparable and believed that their bond would last for the rest of their lives, the cruelty of youth eventually led them to separate paths. Even more shocking is the discovery of a long buried secret shared by the women – a secret that serves as an emblem of their youth and the proof of their friendship.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sad
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Autumn Fairy Tale (2019)
Plot Summary:
The film tells a story of 2 girls who were born on the same day and unintentionally switched at birth. Their lives are completed changed due to the misplacement when they are returned to their respective families.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
Plot Summary:
The film is set in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. It is told from the perspective of Ma Xiaojun nicknamed Monkey, a teenage boy. Monkey and his friends are free to roam the streets of Beijing day and night because the Cultural Revolution has caused their parents and most adults to be either busy or away. The story revolves around Monkey's dalliances with his roguish male friends and his subsequent angst-filled crush with Mi Lan.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: sincere, epic, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, contemplative, sexual, semi autobiographical, freeze frame
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One Night Only (2016)
Plot Summary:
Mixing high-octane actions with moving romance, One Night Only starring Hong Kong's legendary Aaron Kwok (Cold War, The Monkey King) follows a gambler and a hooker's suspenseful night together as they race through Bangkok's underground world trying to win their fortune and dignity back. With style and energy, Matt Wu's debut wins as an emotional rollercoaster that contemplates love and fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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August Never Ends (2021)
Plot Summary:
A story revolving around two friends with very different personalities - the no-nonsense and rebellious Weiyang and the idealist 'Princess' Qiao. When Xiao Qiao met Weiyang, the two easily became close friends. However, Xiao Qiao's fiancee Chao Yan can't help himself as he falls deeply in love with Weiyang, which crushes Xiao Qiao's fairytale love story. Just as the three are entangled in a world of complications, Weiyang makes a surprising decision.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing
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I Remember (2020)
Plot Summary:
When an average and unexciting IT worker meets the new girl in the office, the beautiful Zhao Ximan, he finds a reason to change his life. But Ximan hides a secret, she suffers from Global Transient Amnesia, meaning she won't remember anything tomorrow. How can he win her over?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Marriage With a Liar (2010)
Plot Summary:
Kiki, a sexy and charming OL, will be married to her cop boyfriend Sean in a week. During the hen night, Kiki encounters a handsome photographer named Jack and falls head over heels for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Love for Life (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in a small Chinese village where HIV virus is spreading rapidly as a result of illicit blood trade, Mo shu wai zhuan revolves around De Yi and Qinqin are both estranged from their respective family because of their disease and unexpectedly find love with each other by their misfortunes.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 661
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Temptress Moon (1996)
Plot Summary:
Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest daughter, Ruyi, is brought up as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law Zhongliang has a successful, if illegal, career seducing and blackmailing married women in the city. When he comes to Ruyi's home the two fall in love, and trouble ensues.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: stylized, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, epic, erotic, atmospheric, sexy
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Love Actually... Sucks! (2011)
Plot Summary:
Love Actually... Sucks! was inspired by real-life events, and opens with a dramatic wedding feast. It tells a variety of stories about love that has gone wrong: a brother and sister in an illicit relationship, a married painter who falls in love with his young male life model, a dance school teacher who is besotted with his senior student, and a lesbian couple, one of whom has role-play paranoia, and is caught in a complex love triangle. The film celebrates the belief that life is love.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, erotic, psychological, rough, disturbing, sexy
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Love The Way You Are (2019)
Plot Summary:
Opposites clash when spunky girl next door Lin Lin meets eccentric nerd Yuke. Despite being neighbors and schoolmates since childhood, Lin Lin and Yuke barely know each other. When the pair are both admitted into the same university, Lin Lin discovers that Yuke harbors a secret crush for campus beauty, Ruting. Ever the busybody, Lin Lin decides to matchmake Yuke and Ruting, only to find herself gradually falling for Yuke.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, romantic, touching, sweet
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Zhou Yu's Train (2002)
Plot Summary:
Zhou Yu, a ceramic artisan in China's rural Northwest, has a deep rapport with Chen Qing, a shy sensitive poet. Taking a long train ride every weekend just to make mad passionate love with him, her longing seems insatiable. Until one day, she meets the hedonistic vet Zhang Qiang and begins a torrid affair, which takes her to another train station, and another level of lust. Driven by the locomotive of love and desire, she hustles through a dark tunnel of no return.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, atmospheric, touching, serious, contemplative, realistic, surprise ending, non-linear
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Cry Me a Sad River (2018)
Plot Summary:
Qi Ming is a handsome boy and he is also a top student at school, but Yi Yao is a so-called bitch on everyone’s lips. Qi and Yi grew up together and they have been maintaining a good relationship. However, everything is interrupted and changed by Tang Xiaomi. Rumors have become a sharp weapon to destroy people. Yi Yao's life falls into darkness, and she suffers all kinds of cruel bullying at school.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tense, sentimental, thought provoking, touching, unusual plot structure
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The Left Ear (2015)
Plot Summary:
Li Er, a 17 year old girl who has great difficulty hearing out of her left ear, is rejected after confessing her love to a boy, Xu yi. Instead the boy is in love with Li Bala, a girl who is in fact in love with Zhang Yang. Li Er befriends Li Bala, who dies due to an accident. As the movie progresses, Li Er overcomes her hatred of Zhang Yang, whom she blamed for Li Bala's death.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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A Beautiful Life (2011)
Plot Summary:
Fang Zhen Dong (Liu Ye) is a patrolling officer in Beijing who one night meets the drunk Li Pei Ru (Shu Qi) while singing karaoke at the KTV place. Li Pei Ru is a real estate agent from Hong Kong who has vowed to make her fortune in the cosmoplitan Beijing, but is caught up in the complexities of life and ends up becoming a mistress of a married man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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The Third Way of Love (2015)
Plot Summary:
"The Third Way of Love" tells the sad love story of Lin Qi Zheng, who is from a rich family, and Zhou Yu who is a smart and beautiful lawyer.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, romantic drama
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Lan Yu (2001)
Plot Summary:
A love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, depressing, heartbreaking, lgbt cinema, poignant, crying, serious
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Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Plot Summary:
China in the 1920s. After her father's death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained. This competition gets out of hand.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, depressing, stylized, visually stunning, intense, serious, realistic, poignant, cerebral, independent film
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Natural Born Lovers (2012)
Plot Summary:
Popular pastry chef (Chi-lam) meets a nurse (Annie) and falls in love with her. Soon he realizes that she is an overly sensitive girlfriend who is also suspicious, jealous, controlling and slightly violent. She checks up on him 24-7 and screens his computer, phone, blogs and Facebook contents and messages. Desperate to get rid of his crazy love, he decides to start an investigation into her past to find out the secret behind her crazy behavior.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, entertaining