All Recommendations

Running Out of Time
7.3

Running Out of Time

1999

Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime syndicates.

Election
7.2

Election

2005

After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's authority.

Breaking News
6.9

Breaking News

2004

After a disastrous failure to stop a robber gang, the police attempt to redeem themselves through a series of publicity stunts and shootouts.

The Mission
7.5

The Mission

1999

Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis, James, Mike, Roy and Shin for his protection.

Invisible Target
6.7

Invisible Target

2007

When the Ronin Gang robs an armored car, three cops — Chan, Fong and Wai — go on the warpath. Each has a personal interest in bringing down Ronin leader Tien: he killed Chan's fiancée, humiliated Fong and kidnapped Wai's brother.

Trivisa
7.1

Trivisa

2016

Hong Kong's three notorious thieves who have never met one another before appear in the same restaurant. This leads to a rumour that they are joining forces to pull off something big before the Handover, though this is not something that any of them.

Swordsman
7.0

Swordsman

1990

When a scroll containing valuable martial arts secrets is stolen from the Emperor, an army detachment is sent to recover it. It is based on the novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jinyong.

Exiled
7.2

Exiled

2006

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.

Search for Beauty
5.3

Search for Beauty

1934

Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.

Love on a Diet
5.8

Love on a Diet

2001

A depressed, obese woman tries to lose weight in order to win back her ex-boyfriend with the help of a fellow Hong Konger whom she met in Japan.

PTU File: Death Trap
6.2

PTU File: Death Trap

2005

In one of the modern buildings in Hong Kong, a group of well dressed middle-class people are attending a party held by a medical college. Among them are Ka Ho, a doctor, and his sexy partner Mary, a crime woman and a booty buyer from Japan, a German killer named Stefan, a sexy undercover cop for catching a lawless merchant. All these people, not knowing each other, met more than once on the morning of that day. A lucky draw is being held on the stage, everybody has a 'lucky number'. Suddenly four unexpected guests come. One of them has received a bullet wound while another is holding a gun. Outside the banquet hall a superintendent of police has arrived and his teams have surrounded the building. Meanwhile, inside the hall, as the injured youngster died, his brother, the other youngster, has turned crazy. In his anger, he decide to kill hostages by drawing numbers....

Throw Down
6.7

Throw Down

2004

A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.

The Handsome Suit
5.6

The Handsome Suit

2008

An overweight cook is given the opportunity to woo the girl of his dreams when he is given a "handsome suit" that transforms him into an idealized human being in this absurd Japanese comedy.

Tactical Unit - No Way Out
6.6

Tactical Unit - No Way Out

2008

After a late-night triad dispute leads to the death of an innocent civilian, PTU officers take action by investigating triad activities in the area.

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
6.3

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

2013

Young Dee Renjie arrives in the empire's capital to join the Supreme Court as police judge of his region. He wants to become a prosecutor. Empress Wu, who is at the beginning of her reign, has commissioned the fierce detective Yuchi to investigate a sea monster that stalks the city at night and makes it unsafe.

Manderlay
6.9

Manderlay

2005

In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.

Dheepan
6.8

Dheepan

2015

Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.

Primeval
6.1

Primeval

2007

A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.

Valhalla Rising
6.1

Valhalla Rising

2009

Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.

Pale Rider
7.2

Pale Rider

1985

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.