Best Chinese-Triad Crime Dramas
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1. Election (2005)
Unrated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rival gang leaders are locked in a struggle to become the new chairman of Hong Kong's Triad society.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Suet Lam, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Eddie Cheung
Votes: 11,375
2. Infernal Affairs (2002)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop.
Directors: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Stars: Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Eric Tsang
Votes: 131,487 | Gross: $0.17M
3. Infernal Affairs II (2003)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.
Directors: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Stars: Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng
Votes: 19,775
4. Infernal Affairs III (2003)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Months after the events of the original film, Ming suspects a police superintendent as being a new mole for the triads, while years earlier, Yan embarks on his first mission.
Directors: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Andy Lau, Leon Lai, Daoming Chen
Votes: 14,730
5. Drug War (2012)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Honglei Sun, Yi Huang, Michelle Ye
Votes: 10,864 | Gross: $0.13M
6. Big Bullet (1996)
91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After assaulting his tactical commander during a raid gone sour, a dedicated but temperamental cop Sergeant Bill Chu is demoted to the Emergency Unit, long considered to be the police force's dumping ground for problem cops.
Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Jordan Chan, Tat-Ming Cheung, Theresa Lee
Votes: 1,019
7. Full Alert (1997)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested, but then escapes from the prison. By chance, Pao realizes that the target of Kwan's gang is the H. K. Jockey Club.
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Francis Ng, Amanda Lee, Monica Chan
Votes: 1,325
8. Dragon Heat (2005)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Interpol agents and gangsters battle in Hong Kong.
Director: Daniel Lee | Stars: Vanness Wu, Shawn Yue, Yu Xia, Shengyi Huang
Votes: 1,686
9. Léon: The Professional (1994)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello
Votes: 1,246,349 | Gross: $19.50M
Underused.
10. Baby (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A tragic tale of an Asian youth's gang life in South East Los Angeles, set during the mid 80's to the early 90s.
Director: Juwan Chung | Stars: David Huynh, Feodor Chin, Kenneth Choi, Shannon Dang
Votes: 412
11. Honor (2006)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama
In a world where street gangs collide with the law, neighborhood friends, Raymond and Gabriel, must decide which side of the battle to join. This will be the ultimate fight - the one for power, family, and HONOR.
Director: David Worth | Stars: Jason Barry, Russell Wong, Roddy Piper, Remy Bonjasky
Votes: 597
12. War (2007)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An FBI Agent seeks vengeance on a mysterious assassin known as "Rogue" who murdered his partner.
Director: Philip G. Atwell | Stars: Jet Li, Jason Statham, Nadine Velazquez, John Lone
Votes: 96,869 | Gross: $22.49M
13. Martial Law (1998–2000)
45 min | Comedy, Crime, Action
A Shanghai cop who is a master of martial arts fights crime in the Los Angeles Police Department.
Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Kelly Hu, Arsenio Hall, Tom Wright
Votes: 3,141
14. Vanishing Son (1995)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Hunted by the authorities for a murder he didn't commit, a man races against time to prove his innocence and unmask the real perpetrators
Stars: Russell Wong, Jason Leland Adams, Stephanie Niznik, Chi Muoi Lo
Votes: 243
15. Vanishing Son (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Two students (Jian-Wa and Wago) in the Peoples Republic of China are forced to flee out of China after having taken part in a protest action for freedom (reference is made to the fights at ... See full summary »
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Russell Wong, Chi Muoi Lo, Vivian Wu, Rebecca Gayheart
Votes: 518
16. Vanishing Son II (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Drama
The continuing saga of the Chang brothers: Jian-Wa and Wago. Picking up where it left off, Jian-Wa has left L.A. after a gangfight which involved his brother Wago. Jian-wa travels to the ... See full summary »
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Russell Wong, Chi Muoi Lo, Tamlyn Tomita, Vivian Wu
Votes: 270
17. Vanishing Son III (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The saga picks up in Washington, DC where Jian-wa is competing in a classical music competition (under the name Michael Lee). Back in LA, Jian-wa's brother Wago is wanted by the F.B.I. and ... See full summary »
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Russell Wong, Chi Muoi Lo, Vivian Wu, Paul Butler
Votes: 235
18. Vanishing Son IV (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Drama
After the death of his brother Wago, Jian-wa Chang now roams America's countryside while looking for his place in the world. He is hit by a van of two college students. Jian is taken in and... See full summary »
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Russell Wong, Chi Muoi Lo, Mark Valley, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 226
19. Hard Boiled (1992)
R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan
Votes: 54,042
20. The Killer (1989)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu
Votes: 51,089
21. The Departed (2006)
R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
Votes: 1,422,803 | Gross: $132.38M
Underused.
22. A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, War
A man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Anita Mui, Kien Shih
Votes: 3,662
23. Safe (I) (2012)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Mei, a young girl whose memory holds a priceless numerical code, finds herself pursued by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt NYC cops. Coming to her aid is an ex-cage fighter whose life was destroyed by the gangsters on Mei's trail.
Director: Boaz Yakin | Stars: Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke
Votes: 117,639 | Gross: $17.14M
24. The Ghost (2001)
86 min | Action, Thriller
A feared Chinese Tong soldier goes undercover in America as an Asian Internet bride.
Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Julie Lee, Michael Madsen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Richard Hatch
Votes: 383
25. Deadly Target (1994)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A dangerous drug lord; a renegade cop; the ultimate showdown.
Director: Charla Driver | Stars: Gary Daniels, Ken McLeod, Byron Mann, Susan Byun
Votes: 349
26. The Replacement Killers (1998)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A troubled hitman seeks aid from a forger to help him get papers to China. However, the drug lord has hired replacements to finish the job, and kill the hitman.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Kenneth Tsang
Votes: 30,529 | Gross: $18.97M
27. The Tracker (2001 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When lovely Kim Chang is kidnapped in a bloody assault, disgraced private detective Connor Spears is enlisted by her brother Rick to rescue her from warring Russian and Chinese mobs.
Director: Jeff Schechter | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Françoise Robertson, Russell Wong, Jason Blicker
Votes: 299
28. Beast Cops (1998)
TV-MA | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tung is a street cop in Hong Kong who's friends with a Triad named Fai. Fai hires a hit man to murder a business rival; the hit goes wrong and Fai, implicated in the incident, goes on the run.
Directors: Gordon Chan, Dante Lam | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Michael Wong, Stephanie Che, Kathy Chow
Votes: 1,215
29. Prison Break (2005–2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.
Stars: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper
Votes: 579,633
Underused.
30. Year of the Dragon (1985)
R | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Leonard Termo
Votes: 17,727 | Gross: $18.70M
31. Drive (1997)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.
Director: Steve Wang | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Kadeem Hardison, John Pyper-Ferguson, Brittany Murphy
Votes: 6,921
32. Gwang tin lung fo wooi (1989)
R | 104 min | Action, Romance
In Amsterdam - in the time before the legalisation of some drugs and the following growth of competition on the market - takes place a war between the Italian and Chinese mafia because of the control of the heroin market.
Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Russell Wong, Steven Vincent Leigh, Lisa Schrage, Billy Drago
Votes: 417
33. The Criminal Mind (1993)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young District Attorney pays a visit to his older brother, who is a Mafia boss. The older brother forces his girlfriend and his brother to witness a double murder, then sets them up so an... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Vittorie | Stars: Frank Rossi, Ben Cross, Tahnee Welch, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 126
34. Rush Hour (1998)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A loyal and dedicated Hong Kong Inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed L.A.P.D. detective to rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Ken Leung, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 294,810 | Gross: $141.15M
35. Rush Hour 2 (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Carter and Lee head to Hong Kong for a vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Ziyi Zhang
Votes: 239,144 | Gross: $226.16M
36. The Last Tycoon (2012)
Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Action superstar Chow Yun-Fat portrays real-life gangster Chen Daqi as he rises to the upper echelons of power, finding himself torn between the love of two women, the murderous plots of the secret service, and the looming threat of war.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Xiaoming Huang, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Francis Ng
Votes: 2,121
37. China Girl (1987)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A modern day Romeo & Juliet story is told in New York when an Italian boy and a Chinese girl become lovers, causing a tragic conflict between ethnic gangs.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: James Russo, Richard Panebianco, Sari Chang, David Caruso
Votes: 2,335 | Gross: $1.26M
38. Protégé (2007)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A special agent has for 8 years been deep undercover in Asia's lucrative organized crime trade as he plays protégé to one of the key players, Banker. Now, Nick has but he has started to feel loyalty to his new environment and to the money.
Director: Tung-Shing Yee | Stars: Andy Lau, Daniel Wu, Louis Koo, Jingchu Zhang
Votes: 5,747
39. Flash Point (2007)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A hot-headed inspector takes on a small but powerful Vietnamese-Chinese gang, after a series of crimes and murder attempts committed and putting an undercover cop and his girlfriend in great danger.
Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, Ray Lui, Collin Chou
Votes: 13,821 | Gross: $0.00M
40. Kill Zone (2005)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A near retired inspector and his unit are willing to put down a crime boss at all costs while dealing with his replacement, who is getting in their way. Meanwhile, the crime boss sends his top henchmen to put an end to their dirty schemes.
Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jing Wu
Votes: 13,203
41. Kill Zone 2 (2015)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
While undercover officer Kit is taken prisoner by the syndicate, he befriends his keeper and discovers an organ trafficking ring.
Director: Soi Cheang | Stars: Tony Jaa, Jing Wu, Simon Yam, Jin Zhang
Votes: 7,260
42. Supercop (1992)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Kenneth Tsang
Votes: 24,288 | Gross: $16.27M
43. The Girl from the Naked Eye (2012)
R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
When Sandy, a call girl at "The Naked Eye", ends up dead, her friend and only ally in the world, Jake, goes on a manhunt to find out who killed her.
Director: David Ren | Stars: Jason Yee, Samantha Streets, Ron Yuan, Dominique Swain
Votes: 2,156 | Gross: $0.02M
44. City on Fire (1987)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store.
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Yueh Sun, Danny Lee, Carrie Ng
Votes: 7,264
45. Hak bak jin cheung (2005)
90 min | Crime, Drama
A triad leader who has half gone out of business learns that his head is priced. He suspects four other triad leaders who end up falling one by one. No one knows who is behind his murders.
Directors: Siu-Hung Chung, Jing Wong | Stars: Eric Tsang, Suki Kwan, Shawn Yue, Emme Wong
Votes: 171
46. Colour of the Truth (2003)
104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man becomes a cop in order to take down the police superintendent who may have killed his father, and that of a vengeful Triad boss.
Directors: Marco Mak, Jing Wong | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Jordan Chan, Raymond Ho-Yin Wong, Gillian Chung
Votes: 683
47. Exiled (2006)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Nick Cheung, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng, Simon Yam
Votes: 9,651 | Gross: $0.05M
48. Tiger on Beat (1988)
TV-MA | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Nina Li Chi, Conan Lee, Norman Chu
Votes: 2,058
49. The Mission (1999)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action
Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination, hires five killers for his protection. Their grown solidarity is under compulsion when Lung gives a special order.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng, Jackie Chung-yin Lui, Roy Cheung
Votes: 6,145
50. Vengeance (2009)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Simon Yam, Suet Lam
Votes: 7,002
51. Gran Torino (2008)
R | 116 min | Drama
After a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her
Votes: 815,172 | Gross: $148.10M
52. Life Without Principle (2011)
Not Rated | 107 min | Crime, Drama
Three people - a criminal, a bank officer and a cop - end up in a catastrophic situation in the midst of a global economical crisis and are forced to betray any morals and principles to solve their financial problems.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Richie Jen, Denise Ho, Myolie Wu
Votes: 2,741
53. Four Assassins (2011)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Thriller
Four assassins meet in a hotel suite to resolve unfinished business. A tense drama set in the cosmopolitan world of Hong Kong.
Director: Stanley J. Orzel | Stars: Miguel Ferrer, Will Yun Lee, Mercedes López Renard, Michael C. Pizzuto
Votes: 675
54. Payback (I) (1999)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a successful heist, Porter is left for dead. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer
Votes: 145,761 | Gross: $81.53M
55. Shanghai Triad (1995)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, History
A provincial boy related to a Shanghai crime family is recruited by his uncle into cosmopolitan Shanghai in the 1930s to be a servant to a ganglord's mistress.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Baotian Li, Xiaoxiao Wang, Xuejian Li
Votes: 6,026 | Gross: $2.30M
56. Hero (1997)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama
Corey Yuen's remake of Chang Cheh's Boxer From Shantung sees Taiwanese Japanese heart-throb Takeshi Kaneshiro as Ma Wing-jing, a worker from Shantung who rises to the top of the Shanghai triad ladder.
Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Biao Yuen, Jessica Hester Hsuan, Wah Yuen
Votes: 815
57. Triad Wars (2008)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In the mist of a violent gang war, a series of unfortunate events threatens the fate of a powerful triad leader and his empire.
Director: Dennis Law | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Simon Yam, Niu Tien, Danny Lee
Votes: 1,157
58. Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to prevent any attacks.
Director: Teddy Chan | Stars: Xueqi Wang, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Jun Hu, Bo-Chieh Wang
Votes: 8,544
59. King of Triads (2010)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the boss of a ruling Hong Kong triad is arrested and executed in China for counterfeiting money, mayhem ensues as the mob's leading contenders circle the throne.
Director: Dennis Law | Stars: Tian-Lin Wang, Eddie Cheung, Suet Lam, Simon Yam
Votes: 604
60. Street Angels (1996)
91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Tung Yen goes into jail for her boyfriend, Walkie Pi, after they kill a gang boss together. On the other hand, Walkie Pi escapes to Holland. When Tung Yen gets out, she hooks up with club owner, Playboy Man, and runs the girls at his club.
Director: Billy Hin-Shing Tang | Stars: Chingmy Yau, Michael Tao, Shu Qi, Simon Yam
Votes: 225
61. Wake of Death (2004)
R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After his wife is brutally murdered, club enforcer Ben Archer wages war against the Chinese triads.
Director: Philippe Martinez | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Simon Yam, Philip Tan, Valerie Tian
Votes: 10,191
62. Time and Tide (2000)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A streetwise young man becomes a bodyguard to score quick cash. He befriends a disillusioned mercenary determined to begin life anew. They find themselves working together to foil an assassination attempt, but their partnership can't last.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai, Candy Lo, Cathy Tsui
Votes: 5,126 | Gross: $0.09M
63. Young and Dangerous (1996)
97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Nam opens a bar in Wanchai and continues his rise in Hong Kong's Hung Hing gang. His best friend, Chicken, needs to lie low, so he's sent to Taiwan to work for Lui, leader of the San Luen ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Gigi Lai, Francis Ng
Votes: 2,057
64. Young and Dangerous 2 (1996)
101 min | Action, Crime
The story is told in two parts: the first focuses on Chicken and his exile in Taiwan skipped over in the first film. The second half deals with the Hung Hing Society trying to ally with Chicken's Taiwanese triad.
Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Chingmy Yau, Gigi Lai
Votes: 1,269
65. Young and Dangerous 3 (1996)
98 min | Action, Drama
Chan Ho Nam and Chicken are back again in Young and Dangerous 3, this time taking on the rival "Tung Sing" triad.
Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Gigi Lai, Karen Mok
Votes: 1,242
66. Young and Dangerous 1997 (1997)
106 min | Crime
The boss of the Hung Hing gang, Tian Sang, has died. Ho Nam and Hon Bun find Sangs younger brother, Yang to lead the gang. Meanwhile, Hon Bun receives news that his younger brother, a ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Michael Tse, Michelle Reis
Votes: 943
67. Young and Dangerous 5 (1998)
114 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Youth Teen Fashion, Lifestyle, Sports, Music, Variety and Entertainment
Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Shu Qi, Kar Lok Chin, Mark Cheng
Votes: 810
68. Those Were the Days... (2000)
103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Focusing on triad member Chiu Shan Ho, a.k.a. 'Chicken' Chiu as he successfully tries to find love with his childhood friend, in this spin-off to the Young & Dangerous saga.
Director: Wai-Man Yip | Stars: Jordan Chan, Gigi Leung, Michael Tse, Jason Chu
Votes: 288
69. A True Mob Story (1998)
112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A low level gangster in Hong Kong gains new respect after saving a boss's life in a gang fight.
Directors: Wang Jing, Jing Wong | Stars: Andy Lau, Gigi Leung, Suki Kwan, Mark Cheng
Votes: 496
70. Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994)
103 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An adventure that delves into the dark caverns of the underworld and tells the tale of three chivalrous gangsters who attempt to escape the powerful clutch of their gang leader.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Ching Wan Lau, Michael Wong, Chingmy Yau
Votes: 339
71. Warriors: The Black Panther (1993)
91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Black Cougar is a mercenary who is being paid a huge sum of money by an unknown person to recover a top secret file. Realising the enormity and complexity of the task, he looks for a group of experts to help him out.
Director: Clarence Fok | Stars: Alan Tang, Brigitte Lin, Dicky Cheung, Simon Yam
Votes: 181
72. Lee Rock (1991)
128 min | Crime, Drama
The first part of the Lee Rock trilogy which chronicles the rise and fall of the corrupt police force that Lee Rock becomes a part of. Rock enters Hong Kong as an immigrant from the ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Ah-Mon | Stars: Andy Lau, Sharla Cheung, Man-Tat Ng, Chingmy Yau
Votes: 866
73. Lee Rock II (1991)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The second part of the trilogy chronicling the rise and fall of Hong Kong's top corrupt official. During this time period, Lee Rock enjoys his success and has found a new love. But jealousy... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Ah-Mon | Stars: Andy Lau, Sharla Cheung, Aaron Kwok, Man-Tat Ng
Votes: 564
74. Lee Rock III (1992)
73 min | Crime, Drama
The final part to the Lee Rock trilogy. Lee Rock's rise to power with the corruption of the Hong Kong Police is about to crumble beneath him. With the discovery of him being a father of a ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Ah-Mon | Stars: Andy Lau, Chingmy Yau, Sharla Cheung, Paul Chun
Votes: 233
75. Blood Money (I) (2012)
R | 109 min | Action, Thriller
A Colombian drugs cartel joins forces with a group of Hong Kong Triads and the hottest Hitman on the planet, to ship two tonnes of cocaine into Australia and China.
Director: Gregory McQualter | Stars: Toby Barron, Byron J. Brochmann, Alex Castro, Pauline Egan
Votes: 616
76. Rich and Famous (1987)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
To pay off his debt as a gambler, a man drags his sister and step-brother into a life of crime and a violent war between rival gang lords.
Director: Taylor Wong | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Andy Lau, Alex Man, Siu-Fung Wong
Votes: 772
77. Tragic Hero (1987)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being released from prison, Tang Kat Yung exacts revenge on Li Ah Chai, in this sequel to Rich and Famous.
Director: Taylor Wong | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Andy Lau, Alex Man, Siu-Fung Wong
Votes: 696
78. Blood Brothers (2007)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Set in Shanghai during the 1930s, the story is inspired by John Woo's classic work Bullet in the Head, released in 1990.
Director: Alexi Tan | Stars: Daniel Wu, Chang Chen, Ye Liu, Shu Qi
Votes: 1,217
79. Triad Underworld (2004)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Triad leader Hung's wife gives birth to a baby boy, Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters. Despite the fact that he is not sure of his decision, word gets out fast and now,... See full summary »
Director: Ching-Po Wong | Stars: Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Shawn Yue, Edison Chen
Votes: 1,534
80. Bullet in the Head (1990)
Not Rated | 136 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam
Votes: 11,666
81. Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Amidst a Chinese and Japanese mafia war, a lawyer for the Chinese mob finds a rift forming between him and his corrupt police office brother.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Tomorô Taguchi, Takeshi Caesar, Ren Ôsugi
Votes: 2,463
82. Century of the Dragon (1999)
90 min | Action, Crime
Five years ago, Shing, an outstanding trainee at the police academy, was hand-picked to go under cover in the Hung Hing triad. There, he became close friends with their toughest leader Fei ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence Fok | Stars: Andy Lau, Louis Koo, Patrick Tam, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
Votes: 469
83. As Tears Go By (1988)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Alex Man
Votes: 12,506 | Gross: $0.01M
84. A Moment of Romance (1990)
92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
During a bank heist, the getaway driver Wah took a young woman Jo Jo hostage. After preventing her from getting killed by his accomplices, they began a forbidden relationship causing mayhem and chaos for their friends and family.
Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Andy Lau, Chien-Lien Wu, Man-Tat Ng, Kwong-Leung Wong
Votes: 1,751
85. A Moment of Romance II (1993)
87 min | Action, Crime, Romance
A street racer encounters a mainland courtesan under an extraordinary circumstances. A moment of Romance between them follows after.
Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Aaron Kwok, Chien-Lien Wu, Roger Kwok, Hoi-San Kwan
Votes: 298
86. A Moment of Romance III (1996)
95 min | Drama, Romance, War
It is the year 1938. Tension is in the air as China is in the throes of an impending war with Japan.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Andy Lau, Chien-Lien Wu, Alex Fong, Li-Li Chang
Votes: 249
87. Born to Be King (2000)
118 min | Crime, Thriller
Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Shin'ichi Chiba, Shu Qi
Votes: 786
88. Long Arm of the Law (1984)
105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four men sneak into Hong Kong to rob a jewelry store. Before the robbery, they're hired by a local triad to kill a man, who turns out to be a cop. They have to execute the heist while hiding from the police hunting them down.
Director: Johnny Mak | Stars: Jing Chen, Lung Chiang, Ling Chow, Pak Fei
Votes: 971
89. Long Arm of the Law: Part 2 (1987)
88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Three ex-police officers who were unjustly imprisoned escape from Mainland China to Hong Kong. In order to acquire legal residency, they agree to work with a veteran undercover cop and infiltrate triads planning crimes.
Director: Michael Mak | Stars: Ming-Wai Chan, Tak-Kwong Chan, Jing Chen, Lung Chiang
Votes: 358
90. Long Arm of the Law: Part 3 (1989)
107 min | Action, Crime, Romance
Michal Mak's second sequel to his brother's action classic finds an ex-soldier/escaped death row prisoner fleeing to Hong Kong and forced to work for a gang of criminals when they kidnap the woman he loves.
Director: Michael Mak | Stars: Andy Lau, Elizabeth Lee, Siu Chung Mok, Ken Boyle
Votes: 200
91. Long Arm of the Law: Part 4 (1990)
100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The story of gangsters versus police, focusing on the difference between how both factions act depending if they're coming from Hong Kong or Mainland China.
Director: Michael Mak | Stars: Elvis Tsui, Jing Chen, Ching Siu-Lung, Frankie Chi-Leung Chan
Votes: 204
92. Organized Crime & Triad Bureau (1994)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The head of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, Inspector San Lee, will do anything to put triad boss Tung in jail, but he'll have to fight both sides of the law to do it.
Director: Kirk Wong | Stars: Danny Lee, Cecilia Yip, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Tak-Kwong Chan
Votes: 277
93. Goodbye, Mr. Cool (2001)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama
Dragon is determined to leave his life of crime after leaving prison but denying the temptations of the free world won't be easy.
Director: Jingle Ma | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Karen Mok, Kin-Lung Au, Bond Chan
Votes: 492
94. To Be Number One (1991)
136 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of Ho, a Chinese peasant/slave worker who escapes to Hong Kong and becomes one of the most feared crime bosses in Hong Kong.
Director: Man Kit Poon | Stars: Ray Lui, Kent Cheng, Cecilia Yip, Amy Yip
Votes: 706
95. God of Gamblers (1989)
R | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A master gambler loses his memory and is befriended by a street hustler who discovers his supernatural gambling abilities.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Andy Lau, Joey Wang, Charles Heung
Votes: 6,377
96. The Return of the God of Gamblers (1994)
126 min | Action, Drama
Ko Chun vows to keep his identity hidden while looking for the gangsters who murdered his pregnant wife, in Wong Jing's sequel to his action/comedy classic.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Chien-Lien Wu, Charles Heung
Votes: 2,881
97. Rapid Fire (1992)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When student Jake Lo witnesses a killing, he finds himself caught between two feuding drug lords. Betrayed and set up by the federal agents, the only person he can trust is Ryan, a Chicago cop who reminds Jake of his deceased father.
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Brandon Lee, Powers Boothe, Nick Mancuso, Raymond J. Barry
Votes: 10,396 | Gross: $14.36M
98. The Immortals (1995)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A seedy night-club owner recruits eight violent gangsters for an elaborate heist. But when they all begin to compare notes, they find they're pawns in a dangerous game of double-cross.
Director: Brian Grant | Stars: Eric Roberts, Joe Pantoliano, Tia Carrere, Tony Curtis
Votes: 1,539
99. The King of the Streets (2012)
TV-MA | 88 min | Action
Killing a competitor in a brutal street fight, Yue Feng is sent to prison for eight years. Upon his release, Yue works to fit back into society. But his dark past makes redemption a difficult, and possibly violent, road.
Directors: Zhong Lei, Yue Song | Stars: Kang En, Becki Li, Changhai Li, Yue Song
Votes: 475
100. Hong Kong Godfather (1991)
94 min | Crime
When the boss of a highly profitable Triad family is forced to flee from Hong Kong, rival gangs swoop in to steal any piece of the action they can. Koo becomes the family's new boss and ... See full summary »
Director: Cheuk-Wing Ho | Stars: Andy Lau, Roy Cheung, Kwong-Leung Wong, Li Yu
Votes: 94
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