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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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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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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
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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
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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
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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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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
Similar in 83%
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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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
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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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Black Mask (1996)
Plot Summary:
Chui Chik tries to lead a quiet life as a librarian. However, he is really a former test subject for a highly secretive supersoldier project and the instructor of a special commando unit dubbed "701." The 701 squad is used for many government missions, but after one of the agents kills a team of policemen in an uncontrollable rage, the government decides to abort the project and eliminate all the subjects. Chui Chik helped the surviving 701 agents flee the extermination attempt. Having escaped, Chui Chik went separate ways from his team. Later, he discovers that the rest of the team were responsible for a violent crime spree that was beyond the capability of the local police. He sets out to stop them, donning a disguise and using the superhero alias of "Black Mask". Having lost the ability to feel pain due to the surgery performed on the super-soldiers by the military, Black Mask is almost invulnerable.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, bloody, stylized, crime drama, cult classic, colorful, rough, fast
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Thunderbolt (1995)
Plot Summary:
In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Jackie Chan has to beat a super-criminal street racer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, cult classic, action adventure, humorous, fast, neo noir, independent film
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Hitman (1998)
Plot Summary:
Financially troubled, a newbie hitman reluctantly takes the job of finding the plotted killer of a Japanese tycoon.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: crime drama, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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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
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Project A 2 (1987)
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
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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
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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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Who Am I? (1998)
Plot Summary:
Martial-arts megastar Jackie Chan wrote, directed and stars in this action-comedy. Secret agent Jackie (Chan) leads a commando group to Africa to kidnap scientists who are working to unleash a powerful -- and lethal -- new energy source. When Jackie develops amnesia after a plane crash, he fights to regain his memory and continue his assignment. Who Am I is packed with excitement and, of course, Jackie's unique brand of gymnastic martial arts.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: light, suspenseful, semi serious, entertaining, humorous, suspense, action comedy, spy comedy, inspirational, epic
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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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Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Plot Summary:
It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 235000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, humorous, action comedy, funny, hilarious, action packed, intense, realistic, fast
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Rush Hour (1998)
Plot Summary:
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 289000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy, hilarious, detective, light, intense, action packed
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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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The Tuxedo (2002)
Plot Summary:
Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident, Jimmy puts on the tux and soon discovers that this extraordinary suit may be more black belt than black tie. Paired with a partner as inexperienced as he is, Jimmy becomes an unwitting secret agent.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, action comedy, not serious, exciting, funny, action packed, satirical, spy comedy, spoof, cult classic
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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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New Police Story (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing (Jackie Chan) needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, suspenseful, rough, serious, fast paced, action packed, detective, bleak, cult classic