Directed by Johnnie To • 2004 • Hong Kong
Starring Nick Cheung Ka-fai, Richie Jen, Kelly Chen

Opening with a dazzling, seven-minute-long tracking shot and never letting up from there, this typically dynamic action thriller from director Johnnie To explores the gulf between the truth and what the...

Directed by Johnnie To • 2003 • Hong Kong
Starring Simon Yam, Maggie Siu Mei-kei, Lam Suet

Director Johnnie To’s propulsive action choreography and vivid feeling for the seedy corners of the neon-soaked Hong Kong night world are on full display in this stylishly moody thriller, one of the direct...

Directed by Johnnie To • 2012 • China, Hong Kong
Starring Louis Koo, Sun Honglei, Huang Yi

Manufacturing just fifty grams of meth in China will earn you a death sentence. Timmy Choi (Louis Koo) just got caught making tons. Now he’s in the custody of Captain Zhang (Sun Honglei) and has one chance...

Directed by Johnnie To • 2004 • Hong Kong
Starring Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying

One of the most personal films by the prolific Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To is a thrilling love letter to both the cinema of Akira Kurosawa and the art and philosophy of judo. Amid the neon-drenched nightclubs ...

Directed by Johnnie To • 2011 • Hong Kong
Starring Sean Lau Ching-wan, Richie Jen, Myolie Wu

Set against the turbulent backdrop of the 2008 banking crisis, this gripping, intricately constructed portrait of capitalism’s corruption of the soul follows three people—a police officer (Richie Jen), a...

Directed by Johnnie To • 2006 • Hong Kong
Starring Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Nick Cheung

An ultrastylish underworld saga crackling with virtuosically choreographed bullet-spray, relentless tension, and vivid characters, this bravura thriller ranks among action auteur Johnnie To’s definitive achi...

Directed by Johnnie To • 2013 • Hong Kong, China
Starring Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Guo Tao

Director Johnnie To blends his signature mastery of the crime drama with freewheeling comedy and whirlwind romance for this madcap screwball procedural, bolstered by the chemistry and charisma of superstars ...

Directed by Sammo Hung • 1989 • Hong Kong
Starring Sammo Hung, Max Mok Siu-chung, Lau Kar-leung

Rascally pedicab driver Lo Tung (Sammo Hung) yearns for the lovely Ping (Nina Li Chi)—but a dangerous gang boss also has eyes for her. When two of his friends are killed by the gangster’s men, Lo must...

Directed by Yuen Woo-ping • 1979 • Hong Kong
Starring Sammo Hung, Kwan Tak-hing, Yuen Biao

Hot on the heels of his blockbuster Jackie Chan hit DRUNKEN MASTER, the legendary martial-arts director Yuen Woo-ping helmed another rollicking star vehicle. This time, rising talent Sammo Hung plays Lam S...

Directed by Tsui Hark • 1991 • Hong Kong
Starring Jet Li, Yuen Biao, Jacky Cheung Hok Yau

Writer-producer-director Tsui Hark’s sprawling vision of a changing nineteenth-century China begins with this riotously entertaining epic, a blockbuster hit that cemented Jet Li’s status as the greatest mar...

Directed by Tsui Hark • 1992 • Hong Kong
Starring Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Max Mok Siu-chung

Having chronicled the social upheaval wrought by Western influence in the opening chapter of the ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA series, Tsui Hark turned his attention to the perils of unchecked nationalism in h...

Directed by Tsui Hark • 1993 • Hong Kong
Starring Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Max Mok Siu-chung

Jet Li’s third outing as the storied martial-arts hero Wong Fei-hung is an exhilarating celebration of Chinese culture peppered with a dash of international espionage. This time around, Wong travels to Bei...

Directed by Sammo Hung • 1997 • Hong Kong
Starring Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Xiong Xin-Xin

Jet Li returns in the sixth and final entry in the ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA series, here under the direction of Sammo Hung, who transfers the action to the American Wild West for a rootin’ tootin’ cowboys-me...

Directed by John Woo • 1979 • Hong Kong
Starring Damian Lau, Wei Pai

With this tale of two swordsmen who team up on a mission of revenge, John Woo attempted to revive the moribund wuxia genre. A flop at the time of its release, this early work has since been recognized as an artistic breakthroug...