Hong Kong film classics you must see
The top 3 according to 10 votes from people: Infernal Affairs (2002) · A Better Tomorrow (1986) · Chungking Express (1994). (Updated Jun 6, 2021.)
From the 80s and 90s golden age to A Simple Life: essential Hong Kong films, based on the Hong Kong Film Critics Society's top ten, my-best critics' picks and the Hong Kong Film Awards winners.
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Top 10
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1
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Moles planted by the police and the triad in each other's ranks.
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2
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
John Woo's heroic bloodshed, with Chow Yun-fat as Mark.
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3
Chungking Express (1994)
Two lovelorn cops, by Wong Kar-wai.
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4
A Simple Life (2011)
The last years of a maid who served one family for sixty years.
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5
The Killer (1989)
A hitman and a cop who come to respect each other.
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6
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
A scholar and the ghost Nie Xiaoqian.
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7
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
Ten years of love between two mainland migrants in Hong Kong.
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8
An Autumn's Tale (1987)
A rough-edged guy and a young woman in New York's Chinatown.
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9
Ip Man (2008)
Wing Chun master Ip Man, starring Donnie Yen.
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10
God of Gamblers (1989)
Chow Yun-fat as the God of Gamblers.
Candidates
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11
Happy Together (1997)
A couple adrift in Buenos Aires, by Wong Kar-wai.
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12
All's Well, Ends Well (1992)
The classic Lunar New Year comedy.
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13
C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993)
A musician and a sick young woman.
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14
Rouge (1987)
A 1930s courtesan's ghost searches for her lover in the 1980s.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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