Timeout's The 100 Best Hong Kong Films
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Hong Kong was once the Hollywood of the East. At its peak, around the early 90s, the local movie industry was first in the world in terms of per capita production as well as the second largest exporter of films, second only to the US.
The influence of Hong Kong cinema can be seen far and wide. Bruce Lee remains a global icon, his martial arts movies are classics; the groundbreaking action of The Matrix would never have come about if not for John Woo films and the action chereography of Yuen Woo-ping; Quentin Tarantino ripped off Ringo Lam’s City on Fire for his debut, 1992’s Reservoir Dogs; Moonlight owes much to the style of Wong Kar-wai films and the auteur was an influence acknowledged by Sofia Coppola when she collected the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation.
So with such a massive cultural legacy, what are the best Hong Kong movies of all time? We present to you this definitive ranking of the best films made in Hong Kong dating as far back as the 1930s.
Note: "The Blue and The Black" and "Chinese Odyssey" Duologies are considered one entry hence 102 titles.
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Hak se wui: Yi woo wai kwai
2006 — a.k.a. Election 2, in 2 top lists Check -
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San taam
2007 — a.k.a. Mad Detective, in 2 top lists Check -
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San ren xing
2016 — a.k.a. Three, in 0 top lists Check -
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Se, jie
2007 — a.k.a. Lust, Caution, in 5 top lists Check -
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Di yi lei xing wei xian
1980 — a.k.a. Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind, in 2 top lists Check -
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Ging chaat goo si
1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check -
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PTU
2003, in 3 top lists Check -
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Lie huo qing chun
1982 — a.k.a. Nomad, in 2 top lists Check -
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Fung gip
1979 — a.k.a. The Secret, in 2 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 11, 2023 by dirty_score; source