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Plot Summary:
David infiltrates a gang to take revenge on a triad kingpin. Two of David's good friends die in David's search for revenge. David is captured by the kingpin to face the punishment of the triad society.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tragic
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Killer's Nocturne (1987)
Plot Summary:
Lo Tien Pei has retired as the king of gambling. But Yen Li Shan, who was humiliated by Lo years ago, is coming to town with fiery vengeance in his heart. Yen manages to buy the Endless Night, the top casino night club in Shanghai. Lo's son, Chi Feng, sees his father being forced by Yen to fall to his death. Chi Feng, trying to get revenge against Yen is badly beaten up. Chi Feng escapes and eventually leaves Shanghai. He takes on the meanest jobs, including boxing against a kangaroo, to eke out a living. Chi Feng eventually comes back to Shanghai for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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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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Guns of Dragon (1993)
Plot Summary:
a HK cop (Mark Cheng) comes to New York City to try and patch things up with his estranged wife (Yvonne Yung Hung), only to find that the criminal (Patrick Lung Kong) that made his life hell in Hong Kong has also come to the States.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Masked Prosecutor (1999)
Plot Summary:
Two cops, one young and tough, the other nearing retirement, are after a ruthless vigilante who kidnaps and tortures acquitted criminals.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Fury in Red (1991)
Plot Summary:
A cop/gangster actioner involving seedy corporate dealings tied with ruthless Vietnamese gangs.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Hong Kong Godfather (1991)
Plot Summary:
When the boss of a highly profitable Triad family is forced to flee from Hong Kong, rival gangs swoop in to steal any piece of the action they can. York Koo (Andy Lau) becomes the family's acting boss, and must do what he can to handle the difficult situation, with mounting pressure from both the Hong Kong police, and rival families.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama, poliziottesco
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Burning Ambition (1989)
Plot Summary:
This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: weird
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A Day Without Policemen (1993)
Plot Summary:
Simon Yam plays a former big city cop who had a very bad experince with an AK-47. So he's been assigned duty on one of the Hong Kong Islands as a police chief of a small village. He spends most of his time drinking beer and smoking hash while daydreaming. But when a group of thugs armed with AK-47's and .45's invade his terrain, he must over come his fear of that weapon to save his ex-wife and his fellow officers only armed with a .38 and a baton. Can Yam save the day?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Hong Kong Godfather (1985)
Plot Summary:
After receiving a life imprisonment sentence for a NY Chinatown massacre, Jia Shi Lan, alias Hei Lan, obtains a pardon through the Mafia's influence. Returning to Hong Kong, Hei Lan attempts to use the stature and fortitude of Brother Han, an elder, but good-natured underworld boss, to gain power and spread the Mafia's influence throughout Southeast Asia. After a deadly double cross leaves many of Han's society dead, two former members, one a cop, the other a florist, and the sole remaining loyalist join forces to bring down the criminal empire of Hei Lan.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: heroic, bloody
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Her Vengeance (1988)
Plot Summary:
Wong plays an unassuming nightclub employee in Macao who alienates a gang of drunken men (led by Shing Fui-on). They tail her after her shift, and mount a gang assault. She attempts to enlist the aid of her former brother-in-law (Lam) - an ex-triad now confined to a wheelchair.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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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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Taxi Hunter (1993)
Plot Summary:
Kin (Anthony Wong) is a hard-working insurance salesman with a very pregnant wife. When his wife starts haemorrhaging, he calls a taxi, but it leaves when someone else offers more money. After his wife dies, Kin vows to get revenge on all taxi drivers by taking them out one at a time.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: controversial, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Man Wanted (1995)
Plot Summary:
Undercover cop Lok Hwa takes two years to become the trusted lieutenant of rising Hong Kong drug lord, Feng. The night of the big bust, Feng's flaming car crashes spectacularly into the sea; Feng is presumed dead. Hwa returns to the force and to June, his patient girl friend. Also, to save Feng's lover Yung from a life of crime, Hwa gives her his pager number and promises to be there for her. A year later, Feng reappears, asking Hwa's aid with one last task before he returns to the mainland forever. Feeling sentimental, Hwa agrees to help and finds himself set up to take the fall in a drug war. June is in danger, too, and death awaits as Yung realizes it's Hwa she loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama, poliziottesco
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Bullet for Hire (1990)
Plot Summary:
Two hitmen, both good friends who work for the Triad, get a new partner, a nervous young rookie who starts off badly by blowing an assignment, but soon becomes proficient at his bloody work. When one of them is blackmailed into helping the police, a Triad boss grows suspicious.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: heroic, bloody, black comedy, dark comedy
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Young and Dangerous (1996)
Plot Summary:
Nam opens a bar in Wanchai and continues his rise in Hong Kong's Hung Hing gang. His best friend, Chicken, needs to lie low, so he's sent to Taiwan to work for Lui, leader of the San Luen gang; there, he falls for the aging Lui's mistress, Ting Yiu. When Chicken returns to Hong Kong, he finds Nam in a struggle with long time rival, Fai Fat. Then, Lui shows up, demanding that Hung Hing sell him a half interest in their new Macau casino. When Chiang, the Hung Hing boss, wants to think about it, Lui threatens war, Chicken must choose sides, and Ting Yui sets up a meeting. Chicken's affections, Fai and Nam's rivalry, Lui's greed, and Ting's intentions are on a collision course.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, heroic, crime drama, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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A Moment of Romance (1990)
Plot Summary:
A story of a bank heist that almost ended in disaster (for the robbers) until their getaway driver Wah Dee (Andy Lau) took a young woman Jo Jo(Jacklyn Wu) hostage. After preventing her from getting killed by his accomplices, both began a forbidden relationship causing mayhem and chaos for their friends and family.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, heroic, crime drama, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Double Tap (2000)
Plot Summary:
Leslie Cheung plays Rick Pang, an IPSC champion who is also a gun expert who modifies his pistols to perfect his technique known as 'double tap', placing two shots in the same exact spot. In the 1996 IPSC Hong Kong shooting competition, he goes up against another experienced shooter named Miu. Unfortunately, the competition was marred by a depressed stock trader, a friend of Miu, who lost much in the stock market and threatened the safety of the contest, wounding the IPSC supervisor, again one of Miu's friend. Rick was forced to kill him with his trademark double tap. Rick's experience from this encounter was strangely exciting to him and he discovers his lust for murdering others in cold blood.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama, heroic, cult film
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One Nite in Mongkok (2004)
Plot Summary:
Hong Kong nihilism. December 22, a street quarrel leads to the death of a gang leader's son. Next day, he seeks revenge on his brother, a rival boss. He calls on Liu, a fixer, to import a hit man from the mainland. Lai Fu, a tough and youthful hick, arrives with a day pass. The cops, led by the morose Milo, hear about the killer; they open a full-scale Christmas Eve operation to find the warring brothers and Lai Fu. Lai Fu rescues a hooker, Dan Dan, from a sadist and asks her to help him find his way around Mongkok. By nightfall, Liu has double crossed Lai Fu, the brothers are hiding, the cops are everywhere, and Lai Fu and Dan Dan are on the run. Peace on earth, good will to all?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric, realistic, neo noir, crime drama, black and white
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Revenge: A Love Story (2010)
Plot Summary:
A serial murderer has brutally killed several policemen and their pregnant wives. After a quick investigation, the murderer is revealed to be Kit, whom the case's detective-in-charge knows from a previous case. Once upon a time, Kit was an innocent boy in a rural village who also has a crush on naïve high school student Wing. After the death of Wing's grandmother, Kit rescues Wing from a foster care facility, and the two quickly fall in love. However, their romance ends prematurely when a local policeman arrests them. The events that follow lay the seeds for Kit's terrifying path to vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, tense, suspenseful, sexy, controversial, serious, realistic, hot
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Triads: The Inside Story (1989)
Plot Summary:
Li Man-Ho comes to Hong Kong after his father's death following a double crossed peace meeting at the hands of a rival gang. The family's business begins to crumble as rival organizations stir violence and trouble in acknowledgment of this weakness. Li Man-Ho reluctantly agrees after pressure from other members to temporarily act as leader in order to restore stability and order. But he is soon faced with violence, betrayal and confusion, in this world he tried so long to avoid.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Triangle (2007)
Plot Summary:
Small-timer Fei (Louis Koo), his harried buddy Sam (Simon Yam), and antique store owner Mok (Sun Hong Lei) are all in desperate need of money. Fei wants his friend to drive a robbery getaway car but Sam backs out, throwing Fei in trouble with the triads. As the three are arguing, a mysterious man leaves them a map, leading them to an unlikely treasure under the Legislative Council building. All their financial woes seem to be solved after a late-night heist, but they are being tracked by shady cop Wen (Lam Ka-Tung), who is carrying on an affair with Sam's emotionally unstable wife, Ling (Kelly Lin), and has connections with Fei. When the twisted relationship tangles come to light, the brotherhood dangerously breaks down and the treasure ends up in the wrong hands.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, thought provoking, realistic, neo noir, bloody, heroic, action packed, mindfuck, mind blowing
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Young and Dangerous: Portland Street Blues (1998)
Plot Summary:
This spin-off movie provides a different contrast to the familiar Young and Dangerous films with greater character development. This time, the story's focus is on a female character - Sister 13 (Sandra Ng) of the "Hung Hing" triad. In a triad underworld dominated by men, the film tells the story of how she faces trials and tribulations of rising to become the branch leader of Portland Street. The story shows the reasons she became a lesbian. The film also gives more details about the "Tung Sing" triad, and how the relationship between Sister 13 and Ben Hon develops.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Jamaican Mafia (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jamaican Gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Sons of the Neon Night (2021)
Plot Summary:
A detective goes against the successor to a drug-trafficking crime syndicate, who aspires for a society free of drugs by orchestrating anarchy in Hong Kong.
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IMDB Votes:
Genere: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative, interesting
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Young and Dangerous: Reloaded (2013)
Plot Summary:
On a dark Mongkok night, May, the cousin of Dai Tin-yee (Dominic Ho), was gang-raped to death by Med King (Deep Ng) and his men. The furious Tin-yee, together with his buddies, Ho-Nam(Him Law), Chicken (Oscar Leung), Pou-Pan (Jazz Lam) tracked down Med King to revenge May’s death. As Med King was under the wing of Ugly Kwan (Sammy Sum), a leader of the Hung Hing triad, Kwan gave orders to get rid of Ho-Nam by all means….
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Original Gangster (2020)
Plot Summary:
The stoic chronicles of Castor, orphaned as a child, forced to survive in the wild and his colorful journey through the criminal underworld of London.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Gatao 2: Rise of the King (2018)
Plot Summary:
Ren has finally succeeded his boss as the head of the North Fort Gang. For so long, his ambitions had been held back; now, he can realize them. But the ruthless Jian returns with his own gang. Though Ren and Jian were once like brothers, Ren's position is challenged, causing tensions with Qing, his loyal captain. Now that former friends are enemies, what is the price of loyalty? What will be left of friendship when the smoke of battle clears?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Crime
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Point of No Return (1990)
Plot Summary:
Woefully underrated HK action drama concerning hitmen and gangsters. Circa 1990, were there any other characters befitting of a HK film? Nope! Jacky Cheung dresses the part as a hitman who falls for the lovely Joey Wong. Wong is reduced to the part of a flower vase but the juice of the film is the loving early 90's HK action. Some crazy characters in this one. Look out for the colorful hitman duo of Ken Lo as 'Puma' and Ling Gwai-yuet as Lily. Are there better action films from this era? Sure. But this one doesn't disappoint.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tragic ending
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Full Contact (1992)
Plot Summary:
In an effort to get his buddy out of a gambling debt, Jeff agrees to join forces with Judge in a weapons heist. The job goes bad and Judge betrays Jeff. Jeff plots the ultimate revenge on Judge and his followers and it is a question of whether he can follow through with his plan.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Thailand
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, heroic, stylized, bloody, suspense, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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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