# John Woo's best films, ranked

From Hong Kong heroic bloodshed to Hollywood action: John Woo's key films based on Wikipedia and the Hong Kong film directors' database, led by A Better Tomorrow and The Killer.

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- Apr 15, 2020 · Kalok Cheung
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## Top 12

1. **The Killer (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chow Yun-fat and Danny Lee; best director at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
2. **A Better Tomorrow (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — It defined his style; best film at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
3. **Hard Boiled (1992)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chow Yun-fat and the hospital shoot-out.
4. **Bullet in the Head (1990)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Three friends caught up in the Vietnam War.
5. **Face/Off (1997)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — John Travolta and Nicolas Cage swap faces.
6. **Once a Thief (1991)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A heist comedy with Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung and Cherie Chung.
7. **A Better Tomorrow II (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The sequel to A Better Tomorrow.
8. **Red Cliff (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Battle of Red Cliffs from the Three Kingdoms.
9. **Hard Target (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — His Hollywood debut, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.
10. **Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt.
11. **Broken Arrow (1996)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — John Travolta steals nuclear warheads.
12. **The Crossing (2014)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lives before the sinking of the Taiping in 1949.

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