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Plot Summary:
Two losers who'll do anything to try and be successful in the Triad world, but all they've accomplished is having a bad luck reputation.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Bomb Disposal Officer Baby Bomb (1994)
Plot Summary:
Explosive devices and unplanned pregnancies are at the center of the crime comedy-featured popular comic duo Anthony Wong and Lau Ching-Wan. As the film opens, a crazed bomber is striking terror in the streets of Hong Kong. John (Wong) and Peter (Ching-Wan) are a pair of bumbling bomb disposal experts given the thankless job of defusing the lunatic's evil deeds. One day after a hard day on the job, the two unwind in the company of their friend Mary (Esther Kwan) and a whole lot of beer. As one thing leads to another, John or Peter or maybe both end up sleeping with Mary. No one really remembers. Unfortunately, the encounter leaves Mary pregnant without any clear idea of who's the father. As the two begin to mentally prepare themselves for fatherhood, disaster strikes -- the mad bomber kidnaps Mary. Worse, she is wired with a bomb such that if the mother or the baby's heart goes above a certain rate, the device will explode. Of course, things aren't helped much when Mary starts to give.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997)
Plot Summary:
This arty triad flick from Wai Ka-Fai and Johnnie To is as good as genre pictures get in this era. Lau Ching-Wan is Kau, a small potato in the triad world who must make a fateful decision to discover who he is. With that decision, his life can diverge in two paths, each leading to an ultimate fate.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, surprise ending, allegory
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My Hero (1990)
Plot Summary:
Sing loves to read cartoons and often daydreams of becoming a tycoon and celebrity. By accident, he becomes a follower of Wai, a gang leader, and makes a friend of Wai's adopted son, Chun. The series of successes made by Sing and Chun breed contempt in Wai's heart. Wai plans to get rid of them so as to pave the way for his son to succeed to his own business. Still, his son kills him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: crime drama, hood, comic
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Aislados (2005)
Plot Summary:
Adrià arrives at the port of San Antonio in Ibiza. No one has come to collect it. He s searchs "the Frenchman's house" in Santa Agnès, a town in the interior of the island, where Kike expect to spend the weekend. During those days, Adrià will discover something that makes him change his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: minimal cast
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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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The 17th Floor (2005)
Plot Summary:
Mancini has to place a bomb inside a large bank to destroy some important documents inconvenient for a shady client.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 462
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film, masterpiece
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Supari (2003)
Plot Summary:
Supari is a modern-day drama of greed, ambition, power and deceit. Four best friends end up owing 500,000 rupees to Mamta Sekhri, a woman involved in various underworld activities. The friends are forced to kill for money (an act called) "Supari" to pay their debt. But things begin to change when the men realize that in this game of Supari, they are not just hunters but also the hunted.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2013)
Plot Summary:
Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In actuality, the firing is part of a carefully orchestrated plan. Reiji is ordered to become a "mole," an undercover cop. His target is Shuho Todoroki, the boss of the Sukiyakai gang. The group is the largest crime group in the Kanto area. Masaya Hiura, who works as a young boss of a Sukiyakai affiliated gang likes Reiji. While going through various hardships, Reiji works his way towards Shuho Todoroki.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious, manga
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Europe Raiders (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Lin and Ms. Lin are the number one and number two in the field. They are neither friends nor enemies, but they ultimately join hands along with trusty assistant Le Qi as they track down an infamous thief who has stolen the 'Heavenly Emperor's Hand'. Unbeknownst to them, they become the common target in a manhunt by the European triads, the CIA and many other agencies.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 509
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, semi serious
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You Shoot, I Shoot (2001)
Plot Summary:
A hired killer pairs up with an amateur filmmaker to provide clients with satisfying footage of enemies getting whacked in this black comedy. Business is down, so hit man Bart is thrilled when Mrs. Ma hires him to kill her enemies -- and film the murders. But Bart's first video killing stinks, so he hires filmmaker Chuen. Although business subsequently picks up, their notoriety creates complications.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspense, dark comedy, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, spoof, parody
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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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Santiago Violenta (2014)
Plot Summary:
Mauro, Noel and Broco have been an inseparable group of friends since grade school. All grown up, their lives are not what they hoped they would be. Life has become so routine that they do nothing more than wait for the weekends to drink themselves into oblivion. One night, a chance encounter leads the group on a wild and deadly chase from Santiago's most dangerous crime boss... Forced to make increasingly risky decisions, their frantic, adrenaline fueled desperation brings them closer to a violent, life-changing end where the friendship will be changed forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, contemplative, retro, neo noir, black comedy, freeze frame, dark comedy, poliziottesco
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Two Thumbs Up (2015)
Plot Summary:
A criminal fresh out of prison who seeks out his former partners in crime for another heist. And they make a very elaborate plan to carry out the criminal intent, but things turn awry when another gang of criminals hit the same target.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, crime drama
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Gangster Payday (2014)
Plot Summary:
Wong Kam-Kwei, a gang boss on the decline, overseeing bathhouses and karaoke bars, falls for a small restaurant owner, Mei. He begins to help her business, and learns that Mei is already in love with Leung, a member of his gang. He’s also like a brother to Kam-Kwei. When a rival gang hoping to steal his territory kills Leung, the only thing left for Kam-Kwei to do now is to protect Mei and avenge Leung.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Crows Zero (2007)
Plot Summary:
The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself to do it as he reminds him of his youth.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, semi serious, dorama, epic, manga, anime, action packed, serious
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Monsieur Gangster (1963)
Plot Summary:
An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, noir, neo noir, slang, fast paced, cult classic, clever, humorous, realistic
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No.3 (1997)
Plot Summary:
The movie loosely follows the life of "Gangster No. 3", who doesn't like to be called a "Gangster" and really hates to be called "No. 3". But there's lots of tangents and side stories so it's hard to really say that there's any one focus to the movie... it's got a very fractured structure (hence the confusion).
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: crime drama, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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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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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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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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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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High Risk (1995)
Plot Summary:
After failing to save his wife from 'The Doctor', Kit Li is working as a bodyguard and secret stunt double for the cowardly martial arts film star Frankie Lane. Frankie attends an exhibition of the crown jewels of Russia at a Hong Kong hotel, and when the Doctor's gang take over the building in attempt to steal them, Kit is the only thing standing in their way. Will Frankie regain his courage? Will romance blossom between Kit and the nosy reporter? Who has the best Kung-Fu?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, freeze frame, grindhouse, cult classic, semi serious, fast, black comedy
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Debt Collectors (2020)
Plot Summary:
A pair of debt collectors are thrust into an explosively dangerous situation, chasing down various lowlifes while also evading a vengeful kingpin.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, funny, exciting, humorous, perverse, buddy comedy
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The Last Blood (1990)
Plot Summary:
Tam is Lui Tai, an Interpol agent assigned to protect a famous religious leader, the Daka Lama, who's targeted for death by the militant Japanese terrorist group, the Red Army. Lui Tai hooks up with the Daka Lama in Singapore, but a Red Army attack leaves the Daka Lama in critical condition. Unfortunately, the Daka Lama has a rare blood type, and there are only three possible donors in all of Singapore. Two are quickly offed, with only annoying lowlife Fatty (Eric Tsang) remaining. Liu Tai and local Singapore cop Stone (Leung Ka-Yan) try to beat the Red Army to Fatty, but they also have to deal with Hong Kong triad boy B (Andy Lau), who wants to make sure Fatty's blood goes to his girlfriend (May Lo) first. She was also wounded in the same attack as the Daka Lama, and also needs the ultra-rare blood. Will everyone work together to make sure both the Daka Lama and B's girl are saved? Or will they get in each other's way and allow the two to die?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: heroic, bloody, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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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
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Bullet in the Head (1990)
Plot Summary:
When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, heroic, bleak, realistic, depressing, neo noir, manga, crime drama, perverse
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The Tigers (1991)
Plot Summary:
Cops find their careers and their lives in jeopardy when they spend a gangster's bribe money after releasing him from custody during a drug bust.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Flickering Lights (2000)
Plot Summary:
Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, start a new life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, surreal, funny, philosophical, brutal, black comedy, cynical, cult classic, clever
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Hard Boiled (1992)
Plot Summary:
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: stylized, bloody, intense, neo noir, exciting, detective, suspense, heroic, grindhouse, cult classic
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Hot Pursuit (2015)
Plot Summary:
An uptight by-the-book cop must protect the widow of a drug boss from crooked cops and gunmen.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, not serious, funny, light, romantic, road movie, teen, tricky, action comedy