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1. The Young Dragons (1974)
95 min | Action
The powerful mobster Leung, who is protected by the dangerous and wicked Huan Fai, sells two hundred Japanese weapons and ammunition to a Chinese gang. He uses the smuggler Luy Fu to bring ... See full summary »
Director: John Woo | Stars: Ni Tien, Yung Henry Yu, Chin Hu, Chi-Ping Chang
Votes: 180
2. The Dragon Tamers (1975)
107 min | Action, Drama
A young Chinese martial arts student travels to Korea to learn Taekwondo. Soon he comes up against a vicious gang who want all the local martial arts schools to join their evil association.
Director: John Woo | Stars: James Tien, Carter Wong, Kim Chang-suk, Han Jae Ji
Votes: 146
3. The Hand of Death (1976)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
A survivor of an attack on a rebel group opposing the Manchu invasion of China creates the Goose Fist fighting technique and tries for revenge on a traitor.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tao-Liang Tan, James Tien, Jackie Chan, Ching Chu
Votes: 1,949
4. Princess Chang Ping (1976)
102 min | Adventure, Romance, Drama
Love story of Princess Changping, the last princess of the Ming Dynasty in China.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Kim Sung Lung, Shuet Shi Mui, Xuelu Jiang, Sing-Po Leung
Votes: 112
5. Money Crazy (1977)
92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Ducky is hired by Rich Chen to transport the "diamonds" he stole from Uncle Pai Mary. Uncles Tough Guy and Mary would like to get the diamond from Ducky, so they volunteer to relieve Ducky of his responsibility.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Richard Ng, Ricky Hui, Angie Chiu, Ying Cheung
Votes: 169
6. Follow the Star (1978)
90 min | Action, Comedy
Miss Chen is a rich pop singer and her father is a former criminal.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Roy Chiao, Chi-Shen Chung, Rowena Cortes, Hark-On Fung
Votes: 72
7. Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Drama
A son tries to avenge his father, and gets two sword fighters to help him.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Pai Wei, Damian Lau, Kong Lau, Chau-Wah Yim
Votes: 1,882
8. From Riches to Rags (1980)
101 min | Comedy, Action, Adventure
A doofus wins the lottery. He and his best friend live it up until a fortune teller tells him that he's going to die. So, the doofus goes to the doctor and after a mix-up his fears come ... See full summary »
Director: John Woo | Stars: Ricky Hui, Chi-Chi Chen, Ka Yik, Jing Tang
Votes: 148
9. Laughing Times (1981)
101 min | Comedy, Action, Drama
A homeless wanderer just happens across various articles of clothing that make him resemble Charlie Chaplin much to the amusement of passersby.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Dean Shek, Wai Wong, Karl Maka, Fei-Lung Chen
Votes: 119
10. To Hell with the Devil (1982)
88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A shmo makes a deal with the devil so he can become a great Pop star just to impress his dream girl. After he makes the deal, a catholic priest hangs around him to try and convince him that... See full summary »
Director: John Woo | Stars: Pak-Cheung Chan, Paul Chun, Fat Chung, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung
Votes: 151
11. Plain Jane to the Rescue (1982)
86 min | Action, Comedy
Josephine Siao is hired by a C. E. O. To teach his father manners and how to act like a "gentleman" in public. A goofy slapstick comedy that also features Ricky Hui as Josephine's long suffering boyfriend. John Woo stars as himself.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Josephine Siao, Ricky Hui, Roman Tam, Lin-Lin Li
Votes: 148
12. Run Tiger, Run (1984)
91 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Two street urchins meet up with a sad and lonely rich kid. They become friends when the kid's shady uncle mistakes them for his nephews.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Teddy Robin Kwan, Bin Bin, Yin-Tze Pan, Hark Tsui
Votes: 116
13. Heroes Shed No Tears (1984)
82 min | Action, Drama, War
The Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but soon find themselves ... See full summary »
Director: John Woo | Stars: Eddy Ko, Ching-Ying Lam, Philippe Loffredo, Cécile Le Bailly
Votes: 1,403
14. The Time You Need a Friend (1985)
91 min | Drama
Two old vaudeville comedians who broke up many years ago over a woman are reunited to perform for a benefit show for sick children.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Yueh Sun, David Tao, Linda Jui-Chi Liu, Hsia Chiang
Votes: 81
15. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu
Votes: 25,486
16. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Lung Ti, Dean Shek
Votes: 11,326
17. 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: 51,106
18. Just Heroes (1989)
97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor.
Directors: John Woo, Wu Ma | Stars: David Chiang, Danny Lee, Kuan Tai Chen, Niu Tien
Votes: 1,099
19. 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: 11,668
20. Once a Thief (1991)
R | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A romantic and action packed story of three best friends, a group of high end art thieves, who come into trouble when a love-triangle forms between them.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Cherie Chung, Kong Chu
Votes: 7,295
21. 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: 54,059
22. Hard Target (1993)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Chuck Pfarrer
Votes: 56,322 | Gross: $32.59M
23. Broken Arrow (1996)
R | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.
Director: John Woo | Stars: John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo
Votes: 105,291 | Gross: $70.77M
24. Face/Off (1997)
R | 138 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
To foil a terrorist plot, FBI agent Sean Archer assumes the identity of the criminal Castor Troy who murdered his son through facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.
Director: John Woo | Stars: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola
Votes: 401,177 | Gross: $112.23M
25. Mission: Impossible II (2000)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
IMF agent Ethan Hunt is sent to Sydney to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera".
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandiwe Newton, Ving Rhames
Votes: 377,953 | Gross: $215.41M
26. Windtalkers (2002)
R | 134 min | Action, Drama, War
Two U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect Navajo Marines, who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich
Votes: 73,689 | Gross: $40.91M
27. Paycheck (2003)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
What seemed like a breezy idea that would net an engineer millions of dollars ends up leaving him on the run for his life and trying to piece together why he's being chased.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Michael C. Hall
Votes: 113,325 | Gross: $53.79M
28. Red Cliff (2008)
R | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 48,508 | Gross: $0.63M
29. Red Cliff II (2009)
142 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Second and final part of epic tale about a legendary battle that changed the course of China history.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 25,359 | Gross: $0.63M
30. The Crossing (I) (2014)
129 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the midst of the Chinese Revolution during the late 1940s, couples flee to the island of Taiwan.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Song Hye-kyo, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Masami Nagasawa
Votes: 2,093
31. The Crossing 2 (2015)
131 min | Drama, History, Romance
A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai, centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xiaoming Huang, Song Hye-kyo
Votes: 1,446
32. Manhunt (2017)
18+ | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Accused of heinous crimes he didn't commit, a prosecutor sets out on a mission to clear his name.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Hanyu Zhang, Masaharu Fukuyama, Stephy Qi, Ha Ji-Won
Votes: 3,650
33. Silent Night (2023)
R | 104 min | Action, Thriller
A grieving father enacts his long-awaited revenge against a ruthless gang on Christmas Eve.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Kid Cudi, Harold Torres, Catalina Sandino Moreno
Votes: 18,973
34. The Killer (II)
Action | Post-production
Ah Jong trying to make amends and pay for a cornea transplant to restore the sight of a beautiful young singer Jennie. He has to face several challenges in this endeavor but he is a man of principle and morals.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Nathalie Emmanuel, Sam Worthington, Omar Sy, Diana Silvers
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