# The best Andy Lau movies

From Wong Kar-wai's As Tears Go By to Infernal Affairs and A Simple Life: Andy Lau's essential films, as picked by Time Out Hong Kong, Esquire HK and AgentM.

- 24 votes · 13 items
- Sep 13, 2025 · 吳美玲
- https://even.best/en/l/4236/the-best-andy-lau-movies

## Top 12

1. **Infernal Affairs (2002)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Lau plays Lau Kin-ming, the triad mole inside the police.
2. **A Simple Life (2011)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Ann Hui's film, with Deanie Ip as the family's devoted old servant.
3. **A Moment of Romance (1990)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The classic romance of Andy Lau on a motorbike with Jacklyn Wu.
4. **The Warlords (2007)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Peter Chan's film: sworn brothers with Jet Li and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
5. **As Tears Go By (1988)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Wong Kar-wai's debut feature.
6. **Running Out of Time (1999)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Johnnie To's cat-and-mouse thriller with Lau Ching-wan.
7. **God of Gamblers II (1990)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Wong Jing's gambling film, with Lau as the Knight of Gamblers.
8. **Blind Detective (2013)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Johnnie To's film about a blind detective.
9. **The Unwritten Law (1985)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A courtroom drama: a lawyer defends his birth mother.
10. **Needing You... (2000)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Romantic comedy with Sammi Cheng.
11. **Love on a Diet (2001)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai's weight-loss romantic comedy.
12. **Protégé (2007)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Derek Yee's film about the drug trade.
13. **Lee Rock (1991)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Lawrence Ah Mon's portrait of a corrupt police chief.

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