Best Movies from Hong Kong by Rank
43
1
1991
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
52
2
2000
Kar Wai Wong
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Romance / Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / France / Thailand
Cantonese
124
3
2000
Ang Lee
Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, Pei-pei Cheng
Adventure / Drama / Action / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China
Mandarin
142
4
1993
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu, Da Ying, You Ge, Chun Li
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Epic
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
663
5
2004
Yimou Zhang
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song
Action / Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
690
6
1994
Kar Wai Wong
Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Valerie Chow
Drama / Mystery / Romance
Hong Kong
Cantonese
732
7
1973
Robert Clouse
Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Kien Shih, Ahna Capri
Action / Crime / Thriller / Cult
Hong Kong / USA
English
833
8
1992
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei
Comedy / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
876
9
1989
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Fui-On Shing
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
Hong Kong
Cantonese
980
10
1994
Yimou Zhang
You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Xiao Cong, Deng Fei, Tao Guo, Wu Jiang, Zhang Lu
Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
1002
11
2002
Yimou Zhang
Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen
Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance / History / Epic
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
1122
12
1992
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1131
13
1997
Kar Wai Wong
Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chen Chang
Drama / Romance
Hong Kong
Mandarin
1133
14
2002
Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Kelly Chen
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1162
15
1993
Zhuangzhuang Tian
Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen, Liping Lu
Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
1217
16
2004
Kar Wai Wong
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Li Gong, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong, Ziyi Zhang
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
China / France / Germany / Hong Kong
Cantonese
1252
17
1986
Hark Tsui
Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung, Mark Cheng, Kenneth Tsang, Ma Wu
Comedy / Action / Drama
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1488
18
1972
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Chuck Norris, Ping-Ao Wei, Chung-Hsin Huang, Robert Wall
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Hong Kong
Mandarin
1492
19
1993
Woo-ping Yuen
Rongguang Yu, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang, Shi-Kwan Yen, James Wong
Action / Crime / Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1563
20
1955
Kenji Mizoguchi
Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura
Drama / History / Epic
Japan / Hong Kong
Japanese
1661
21
1991
Hark Tsui
Jet Li, Biao Yuen, Rosamund Kwan, Jacky Cheung, Steve Tartalia, Kent Cheng
Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Period Film
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1891
22
1991
Kar Wai Wong
Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau
Drama
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1900
23
2015
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Dahong Ni, Yun Zhou
Drama / Action / Period Film
Taiwan / China / Hong Kong / France
Mandarin
1975
24
2004
Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow, Xiaogang Feng, Wah Yuen, Zhi Hua Dong, Kwok Kuen Chan
Action / Comedy / Crime / Fantasy / Period Film / Gangster
China / Hong Kong
Cantonese
2008
25
2000
Zhang Ke Jia
Hong Wei Wang, Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang, Tian Yi Yang
Drama / History / Comedy
Hong Kong / China / Japan / France
Mandarin
2035
26
1994
Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, Lung Ti, Anita Mui, Felix Wong, Chia-Liang Liu
Action / Comedy
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2101
27
1992
Stanley Kwan
Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Tony Leung Kar-Fai
Biography / Drama / Romance
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2132
28
1995
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Baotian Li
Drama / Crime / Gangster
Hong Kong / China / France
Mandarin
2150
29
1995
Kar Wai Wong
Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung, Karen Mok
Drama / Gangster / Romance
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2185
30
2020
Max Barbakow
Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Peter Gallagher, Meredith Hagner
Comedy / Romance
USA / Hong Kong
English
2226
31
1978
Chia-Liang Liu
John Cheung, Chia Hui Liu, Yu Wang, Lieh Lo, Chia Yung Liu, Norman Chu
Action / Drama
Hong Kong
English
2283
32
1994
Xiaowen Zhou
Liya Ai, Peiqi Liu, Zhijun Ge, Haiyan Zhang, Zhenguo Yan, Xiao Yang
Drama / Comedy
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2299
33
1987
Siu-Tung Ching
Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, Ma Wu, Wai Lam, Siu-Ming Lau, Jing Wong, Zhilun Xue
Action / Fantasy / Horror / Romance / Adventure
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2299
33
1966
King Hu
Pei-pei Cheng, Hua Yueh, Hei Chan, Hung Lieh Chen, Yin-Chieh Han, Feng Ku
Action / Crime / Gangster
Hong Kong
Mandarin
2299
33
1978
Cheh Chang
Sheng Chiang, Philip Kwok, Feng Lu, Pai Wei, Chien Sun, Meng Lo
Action / Adventure / Drama / Cult
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2299
33
1987
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, Carina Lau, David Lam, Bill Tung
Action / Comedy / Crime / Adventure
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2354
35
1979
Hark Tsui
Siu-Ming Lau, Michelle Mee, Shu Tong Wong, Guozhu Zhang, Qiqi Chen, Jiang Wang
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2473
36
2011
Ann Hui
Andy Lau, Deanie Yip, Anthony Wong, Hark Tsui, Wang Fuli, Paul Chun
Drama
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2477
37
2006
Zhang Ke Jia
Zhao Tao, Han Sanming, Li Zhubin, Xiang Haiyu, Zhou Lin, Ma Lizhen
Drama / Romance
China / Hong Kong / Japan
Mandarin
2487
38
2009
Chuan Lu
Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Hideo Nakaizumi, Wei Fan, Yiyan Jiang, Ryu Kohata
Drama / History / War / Epic / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2605
39
1988
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Corey Yuen
Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Biao Yuen, Pauline Yeung, Wah Yuen
Action / Comedy
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2605
39
1996
Tian-Ming Wu
Zhigang Zhang, Zhigang Zhao, Renying Zhou, Xu Zhu
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2605
39
2005
Yimou Zhang
Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai, Jiamin Li, Lin Qiu, Jiang Wen
Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / China / Japan
Mandarin
2633
40
2021
Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe
Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Michael Rianda, Eric André
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi
USA / Canada / Hong Kong
English
2633
40
1983
Hark Tsui
Biao Yuen, Hoi Mang, Adam Cheng, Moon Lee, Brigitte Lin, Damian Lau
Horror / Adventure / Action / Fantasy
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2634
41
2017
Patty Jenkins
Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / War / Comic / Period Film
USA / China / Hong Kong
English
2650
42
2012
Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Epic
Germany / USA / Hong Kong / Singapore
English
2652
43
2010
Hark Tsui
Andy Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Bingbing Li, Carina Lau, Jean-Michel Casanova, Lu Yao
Crime / Action / Thriller / Detective / Mystery
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2664
44
2008
Oliver Stone
Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Thandie Newton
Biography / Comedy / Drama
USA / Hong Kong / Germany / UK / Australia
English
2671
45
2006
Johnny To
Nick Cheung, Roy Cheung, Josie Ho, Suet Lam, Francis Ng, Richie Ren
Crime / Action / Thriller / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2688
46
1978
Woo-ping Yuen
Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Jang Lee Hwang, Ching Chiang, Ging Man Fung
Comedy / Action
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2688
46
1985
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung, Yuen Chor
Action / Comedy / Thriller / Crime / Detective / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2689
47
1978
Sidney J. Furie
Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, James Canning, Michael Lembeck, Craig Wasson
Drama / War
USA / Hong Kong
English
2691
48
1996
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Kevin Lin, Caifei He, Shih Chang, Liankun Lin
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2709
49
2019
Derek Tsang
Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee, Fang Yin, Ye Zhou, Yue Wu, Jue Huang
Crime / Drama / Romance
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2709
49
1995
Rachid Bouchareb
Daniel Guyant, Eric Nguyen, Leon Outtrabady, Gilles Chitlaphone
Drama
France / Algeria / Belgium / Germany / Hong Kong
French
2740
50
2006
Yimou Zhang
Jay Chou, Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Qin Junjie, Man Li, Ye Liu, Dahong Ni
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2740
50
2013
Kar Wai Wong
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Benshan Zhao
Action / Biography / Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2775
51
1987
Ringo Lam
Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Yueh Sun, Carrie Ng, Roy Cheung, Kong Lau
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective / Caper
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2785
52
2017
Stephen Chbosky
Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, Izabela Vidovic, Julia Roberts, Mark Dozlaw
Drama / Family
USA / Hong Kong
English
2788
53
2008
Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Jô Odagiri, Yi Huang, Milhem Cortaz
Thriller / Gangster
Brazil / China / Hong Kong / Japan
Portuguese
2788
53
2010
Bing Wang
Cenzi Xu, Deguang Li, Haoyu Yang, Jielu Wang, Niansong Jing, Renjun Lian
Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / France / Belgium
Mandarin
2788
53
2011
Johnnie To
Ching Wan Lau, Ken Lo, Richie Ren, Terence Yin, Felix Wong, Siu-Fai Cheung
Drama / Crime
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2788
53
2001
Fruit Chan
Xun Zhou, Glen Chin, You-Nam Wong, Sai Man Ho, Sze Ping Leu
Comedy / Drama / Crime
Hong Kong / France / UK / Japan
Cantonese
2788
53
2003
Miu-suet Lai
Ekin Cheng, Kar Yan Lam, Ye Liu
Drama / Romance
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2788
53
2000
Fruit Chan
Hailu Qin, Wai-Fan Mak, Xiao Ming Biao, Wai Yiu Yung
Drama
Hong Kong / France / China
Cantonese
2788
53
2019
Yonfan
Sylvia Chang, Wei Zhao
Animation / Drama / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2788
53
2011
Shangjun Cai
Zhenjiang Bao, Jianbin Chen, Hong Tao
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Crime
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2788
53
2009
Pou-Soi Cheang
Louis Koo, Richie Ren, Shui-Fan Fung, Michelle Ye, Suet Lam, Monica Mok
Action / Thriller
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2788
53
1997
Yimou Zhang
Wen Jiang, Baotian Li, Qu Ying, You Ge, Yimou Zhang
Comedy / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2789
54
1994
Kar Wai Wong
Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
Hong Kong / China / Taiwan
Cantonese
2789
54
2011
Yimou Zhang
Christian Bale, Paul Schneider, Shigeo Kobayashi, Atsurô Watabe
Drama / History / War
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2789
54
2005
Kaige Chen
Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Ye Liu, Hong Chen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang
Action / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea
Mandarin
2792
55
1994
Shaohong Li
Ji Wang, Zhiwen Wang, Caifei He, Liwei Zhang, Ruoli Wang
Drama / Romance
China / Hong Kong
Cantonese
2792
55
1996
Peter Chan
Leon Lai, Maggie Cheung, Eric Tsang
Drama / Romance / Comedy
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2792
55
1994
Ho Yim
Gaowa Siqin, Chung Hua Tou, Jingwu Ma, Zhi Wei
Drama / Mystery
Hong Kong
Mandarin
2792
55
1989
Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
Maggie Cheung, Biao Yuen, Wah Yuen, Sarah Lee, Alvina Kong
Action / Romance / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Fantasy
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2792
55
1998
Yue Lu
Yi-Nan Chen, Jing-ming Shi, Zhi-Hua Zhang
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2792
55
2002
Zhuangzhuang Tian
Jingfan Hu, Jun Wu, Bai Qing Xin, Xiao Keng Ye, Si Si Lu
Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / France / Netherlands
Mandarin
2801
56
2004
Chuan Lu
Duobuji, Zhang Lei, Qi Liang, Xueying Zhao, Ma Zhanlin
Action / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2801
56
2004
Takashi Miike, Fruit Chan, Chan-wook Park
Ling Bai, Pauline Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Meme, Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Miki Yeung
Horror / Thriller
Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea
English
2801
56
2008
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi, Inowaki Kai
Drama
Japan / Netherlands / Hong Kong
Japanese
2801
56
2009
Johnnie To
Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Testud, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Ka Tung Lam, Suet Lam
Action / Crime / Thriller
Hong Kong / France
English
2807
57
1960
Tian-Lin Wang
Grace Chang, Yang Chang, Po-Chien Chin, Chi Hsieh, Ta Lei, Enjia Liu, Li Ma
Musical / Romance
Hong Kong
Mandarin
2817
58
2002
Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang
Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon, Yut Lai So, Candy Lo
Drama / Horror / Thriller
Hong Kong / UK / Singapore
Cantonese
2847
59
1998
Joan Chen
Lu Lu, Lopsang, Zheng Qian, Jie Gao, Qianqian Li, Yue Lu, Qian Qiao, Cheng Jiang
Drama
Hong Kong / USA / Taiwan
Mandarin
2860
60
1973
Chang-hwa Jeong
Lieh Lo, Wang Ping, Wang Ching-Feng, Tien Feng
Action / Drama / Adventure
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2860
60
1990
Ann Hui
Maggie Cheung, Tan Lang Jachi Tian, Waise Lee, Zi Xiong Li
Drama
Hong Kong / Taiwan
Cantonese
NR
-
2015
Raman Hui
Baihe Bai, Boran Jing, Wu Jiang, Elaine Jin, Wallace Chung, Eric Tsang
Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Adventure
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
