# The best Hong Kong films of the 1980s

From A Better Tomorrow, Long Arm of the Law and Boat People to Rouge, A Chinese Ghost Story and Police Story: the 1980s Hong Kong films in the Hong Kong Film Awards' 2005 poll of the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures, in order.

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## Top 15

1. **A Better Tomorrow (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — John Woo. Chow Yun-fat as Mark, the film that launched heroic bloodshed. 2nd of the hundred.
2. **Long Arm of the Law (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Johnny Mak. Mainland robbers on a heist in Hong Kong. 6th.
3. **Boat People (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ann Hui. A Japanese photojournalist in postwar Vietnam. 8th.
4. **Rouge (1988)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Stanley Kwan. Anita Mui as Fleur, a ghost from the 1930s. 21st.
5. **Homecoming (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yim Ho. A Hong Kong woman returns to her home village. 23rd.
6. **Father and Son (1981)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Allen Fong. A father's hopes for his son. 26th.
7. **Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tsui Hark. A special-effects wuxia fantasy. 40th.
8. **The Killer (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — John Woo. A hitman and a cop, Chow Yun-fat and Danny Lee. 42nd.
9. **An Autumn's Tale (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mabel Cheung. A Chinatown loafer and a student in New York. 49th.
10. **A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ching Siu-tung. Leslie Cheung and Joey Wong in a romance with a ghost. 50th.
11. **City on Fire (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ringo Lam. Chow Yun-fat as an undercover cop. 54th.
12. **Police Story (1985)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jackie Chan. Chan Ka-kui and the shopping-mall showdown. 60th.
13. **Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tsui Hark. Teenagers playing with bombs and arms dealers. 67th.
14. **Ah Ying (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Allen Fong. A fishmonger's daughter learns to act. 68th.
15. **Nomad (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Patrick Tam. Leslie Cheung and Cecilia Yip as restless youth. 73rd.

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