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FR #67 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Hong Kong, Taiwan | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
Ang Lee
Writer
Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai
Cast
Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang
Plot
A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
FR #347 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Hong Kong, France | Cantonese, French
Director
Wong Kar-Wai
Writer
Wong Kar-Wai
Cast
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Ping-Lam Siu
Plot
Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
FR #584 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Hong Kong, Belgium | Cantonese, Thai
Director
Wai Keung Lau, Alan Mak
Writer
Alan Mak, Felix Chong
Cast
Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
Plot
Chen Wing Yan, a policeman, successfully infiltrates a gang while Lau Kin Ming, a tried member, becomes a mole in the police force. However, things change when both of them must seek each other out.
FR #845 | Movie | Crime, Action | Hong Kong, USA | English, Cantonese
Director
Robert Clouse
Writer
Michael Allin, Bruce Lee
Cast
Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly
Plot
A Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.
FR #1032 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Hong Kong, USA | English
Director
Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe
Writer
Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe, Peter Szilagyi
Cast
Abbi Jacobson, Danny Mcbride, Maya Rudolph
Plot
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
FR #1076 | Movie | Comedy, Crime | Hong Kong | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director
Wong Kar-Wai
Writer
Wong Kar-Wai
Cast
Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Plot
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
FR #1628 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong, India | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director
Yuen Woo-Ping
Writer
Lung Hsiao, See-Yuen Ng
Cast
Jackie Chan, Siu-Tin Yuen, Jeong-Lee Hwang
Plot
Wong Fei-Hung is a mischievous, yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents, his frustrated father has him disciplined by a master of drunken martial arts.
FR #1821 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong, India | Cantonese, Japanese
Director
Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan
Writer
Edward Tang, Man-Ming Tong, Kai-Chi Yuen
Cast
Jackie Chan, Ho-Sung Pak, Lung Ti
Plot
A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts.
FR #2291 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | Hong Kong, Taiwan | French, English
Director
Alejandro G. Inarritu
Writer
Mark L. Smith, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Michael Punke
Cast
Leonardo Dicaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter
Plot
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
FR #2375 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Hong Kong | English, Cantonese
Director
Bruce Lee
Writer
Bruce Lee
Cast
Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Nora Miao
Plot
A country bumpkin martial artist visits his relatives in Rome, Italy, where he must defend them and their restaurant against harassment from brutal gangsters.
FR #2379 | Movie | Action, Drama | Hong Kong | Mandarin, Cantonese
Director
Wei Lo
Writer
Wei Lo
Cast
Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, James Tien
Plot
During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his master's fighting school.
FR #3127 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Hong Kong | English, Cantonese
Director
Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Writer
Jackie Chan, Edward Tang
Cast
Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Biao Yuen
Plot
Fighting against pirates at the turn of the 20th century, the Hong Kong navy are failing miserably. It's up to Sergeant Dragon Ma to take matters into his own hands.
FR #3381 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese
Director
Yuen Woo-Ping
Writer
Chi Yuan Hsi, Huo An Hsi, Lung Hsiao
Cast
Jackie Chan, Siu-Tin Yuen, Jeong-Lee Hwang
Plot
An orphan who has been raised at a kung fu school, where he is treated as little more than a dogsbody and practice target for the students, has a life-changing experience after helping an old peripatetic beggar.
FR #3786 | Movie | Crime, Action | Hong Kong, Taiwan | Cantonese
Director
Yuen Woo-Ping
Writer
Tan Cheung, Tai-Mok Lau, Elsa Tang
Cast
Rongguang Yu, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang
Plot
A martial artist/doctor steals from the corrupt authorities as a masked thief to give to the poor while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt him down. But a major threat unites them as a powerful and traitorous shaolin ...
FR #4129 | Movie | Fantasy, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese, Sanskrit
Director
Siu-Tung Ching
Writer
Songling Pu, Kai-Chi Yuen
Cast
Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Wu Ma
Plot
After a string of bad luck, a debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a ravishing female ghost and later battles to save her soul from the control of a wicked tree demon.
FR #4131 | Movie | Crime, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director
Wei Lo, Chia-Hsiang Wu
Writer
Wei Lo
Cast
Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien
Plot
A young Chinese man sworn an oath of non-violence moves to Thailand to work with his cousins in an ice factory, which he discovers to be a front for a sinister heroin-smuggling operation.
FR #4290 | Movie | Crime, Action | Hong Kong, India | Cantonese, French
Director
John Woo
Writer
John Woo, Patrick Leung, Janet Chun
Cast
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee
Plot
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.
FR #4813 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Hong Kong | English, Cantonese
Director
Hark Tsui
Writer
Hark Tsui, Kai-Chi Yuen, Yiu-Ming Leung
Cast
Jet LI, Rosamund Kwan, Biao Yuen
Plot
Legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung fights against foreign forces' plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector.
FR #5131 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong | English, Cantonese
Director
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Writer
Edward Tang, Gwing-Gai Lee, David Tadman
Cast
Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Plot
Two Chinese friends, who operate a food truck in Barcelona, Spain, use their martial arts expertise to help their private investigator friend protect the pickpocket Sylvia, who's been targeted by a ruthless gang.
FR #5250 | Movie | Action, Drama | Hong Kong, USA | English
Director
Peter Berg
Writer
Matthew Michael Carnahan, Matthew Sand, David Barstow
Cast
Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin
Plot
A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in history.
FR #5310 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Hong Kong, USA | English, Cantonese
Director
Hark Tsui
Writer
Tin-Suen Chan, Tan Cheung, Hark Tsui
Cast
Jet LI, Rosamund Kwan, Mok Siu-Chung
Plot
Arriving by train in Guangzhou, 1895, the trio fight off White Lotus followers, who want to kill all foreigners and the cute, European dressed 13th Aunt. It's not kung fu master Dr. Wong's (Jet Li) last fight.
FR #5370 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Hong Kong, Yugoslavia | Cantonese, English
Director
Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang
Writer
Barry Wong, Edward Tang, Cheuk-Hon Szeto
Cast
Jackie Chan, Alan Tam, Lola Forner
Plot
Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan) and his bumbling sidekick are sent on a quest through Europe to find a mysterious treasure held by a shadowy organization of monks.
FR #5567 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese
Director
Jackie Chan
Writer
Jackie Chan, Edward Tang
Cast
Jackie Chan, Do Do Cheng, Eva Cobo
Plot
Jackie is hired to help the UN find Nazi gold hidden in Sahara. He's accompanied from Spain by 2 (later 3) cute women. As there are others wanting the gold, lots of kung fu fighting and comedy follows.
FR #5874 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese
Director
Jackie Chan
Writer
Jackie Chan, Edward Tang, Yu Ting
Cast
Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Rosamund Kwan
Plot
Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt Police Superintendent.
FR #6123 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong, France | Cantonese, English
Director
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Corey Yuen
Writer
Gordon Chan, Yiu-Ming Leung, Cheuk-Hon Szeto
Cast
Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Biao Yuen
Plot
Three successful Hong Kong lawyers are hired by a chemical company of questionable ethics and must eventually make a difficult decision when their employer's motives become clear.
FR #6557 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Hong Kong, China | Cantonese, Turkish
Director
Jeffrey Lau
Writer
Jeffrey Lau, Cheng'En Wu
Cast
Stephen Chow, Man-Tat Ng, Kar-Ying Law
Plot
A Monkey King is reincarnated in the un human form as Joker, a highwayman oblivious to his original identity and the fact that 500 years earlier, he and his master, the Longevity Monk, were punished and made to stay human.
FR #6817 | Movie | Musical, Drama | Hong Kong, Taiwan | English, Mandarin
Director
Jay Chou
Writer
Jay Chou, Chi-Long To
Cast
Jay Chou, Lun-Mei Gwei, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
Plot
Ye Xiang Lun, a talented piano player is a new student at the prestigious Tamkang School. On his first day, he meets Lu Xiao Yu, a pretty girl playing a mysterious piece of music.
FR #6872 | Movie | Action, Drama | Hong Kong | Mandarin, Cantonese
Director
Cheh Chang
Writer
Kuang Ni, Cheh Chang
Cast
Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
Plot
The sixth and final disciple of a dying martial arts master is instructed to find the master's five former disciples, each specializing in their own unique kung fu style, and defeat any evil ones amongst them.
FR #6882 | Movie | Crime, Action | Hong Kong | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
King Hu
Writer
King Hu, Shan-Hsi Ting
Cast
Pei-Pei Cheng, Yueh Hua, Chih-Ching Yang
Plot
Bandits kidnap a governor's son and demand their imprisoned leader to be set free in exchange. The governor's daughter, a skilled martial artist, is sent to rescue him, but eventually finds herself overmatched and in need of assis...
FR #7312 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Hong Kong | Mandarin, Cantonese
Director
Johnnie To
Writer
Nai-Hoi Yau, Tin-Shing Yip
Cast
Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung
Plot
As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.
Riki-Oh, a young man who has superhuman strength, is incarcerated in a private prison, where inmates are treated like slaves. He is forced to use his unstoppable form of martial arts to destroy the corrupt officials and their lack...
FR #7560 | Movie | Drama | Hong Kong, China | Mandarin, Hindi
Director
Jia Zhang-Ke
Writer
Jia Zhang-Ke, Na Guan, Jiamin Sun
Cast
Tao Zhao, Zhou Lan, Sanming Han
Plot
A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.
FR #7567 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | Hong Kong, China | Cantonese, Hindi
Director
Lik-Chi Lee
Writer
Man-Keung Chan, Lik-Chi Lee, Vincent Kok
Cast
Stephen Chow, Gong LI, Pak-Cheung Chan
Plot
A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.
FR #7621 | Movie | Action, Drama | Hong Kong, Taiwan | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
Jimmy Wang Yu
Writer
Jimmy Wang Yu
Cast
Jimmy Wang Yu, Tien Wu Chu, Kang Chin
Plot
After his students are killed by the One Armed Boxer, a vengeful and blind Kung Fu expert travels to a village where a martial arts contest is being held and vows to behead every one armed man he comes across.
FR #8077 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong, Germany | Cantonese, English
Director
Stephen Chow, Lik-Chi Lee
Writer
Stephen Chow, Man-Sang Lo, Kan-Cheung Tsang
Cast
Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Vincent Kok
Plot
The most renowned and feared chef in the world loses his title of God of Cookery because of his pompous attitude. Humbled, he sets out to reclaim his title.
FR #8116 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Hong Kong, USA | English
Director
Peter R. Hunt
Writer
Michael Grais, Mark Victor
Cast
Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Andrew Stevens
Plot
In 1931 Canada, Yukon trapper Johnson has a feud with a dog owner who later retaliates by publicly accusing Johnson of murder and thus triggering a police manhunt in the wilderness.
FR #8321 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong, UK | Mandarin, Cantonese
Director
Corey Yuen
Writer
Kin Chung Chan, Susan Godfrey, Jeffrey Lau
Cast
Jet LI, Josephine Siao, Michelle Reis
Plot
Martial artists join Red Lotus Flower Society to overthrow evil emperor. Governor hunts society members. Kung fu practitioner falls for merchant's daughter amid kung fu contest for her hand. Gender role reversal comedy ensues.
FR #8374 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese
Director
Ricky Lau
Writer
Ricky Lau, Cheuk-Hon Szeto, Barry Wong
Cast
Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-Ho Chin, Ricky Hui
Plot
The planned reburial of a town elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, targeting everyone responsible for digging the grave. A Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.
FR #8375 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese, English
Director
Jackie Chan
Writer
Golden Way Creative Group, Hal Kanter, Robert Riskin
Cast
Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Ah-Lei Gua
Plot
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
FR #8546 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Hong Kong | English, Dutch
Director
Benny Chan, Jackie Chan
Writer
Jackie Chan, Susan Chan, Lee Reynolds
Cast
Jackie Chan, Michelle Ferre, Mirai Yamamoto
Plot
A Secret Agent loses his memory after falling from a crashing helicopter. He is then chased by several other agency operatives, but he has no idea why.
FR #8561 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong, China | English, Mandarin
Director
Benny Chan
Writer
Alan Yuen
Cast
Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Charlie Yeung
Plot
A hero cop accidentally leads his team into a trap from which he is the only survivor. Drowning his guilt in booze, he is eventually assigned a new younger partner who turns out to have his own secrets.
FR #9069 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong, China | Cantonese, English
Director
Yuen Woo-Ping
Writer
Kwong-Kim Yip
Cast
Jet LI, Michelle Yeoh, Siu-Ho Chin
Plot
Two friends, ex Shaolin monks, part ways as they brush with the ongoing rebellion against the government. The ambitious one rises up to be a powerful military commander, while his betrayed friend resorts to learn the calm ways of ...
FR #9071 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | Hong Kong | Cantonese
Director
Johnnie To
Writer
Nai-Hoi Yau
Cast
Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng, Jackie Chung-Yin Lui
Plot
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.
FR #9127 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong, Bangladesh | Cantonese, Bengali
Director
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Writer
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Barry Wong, Jing Wong
Cast
Biao Yuen, Ching-Ying Lam, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Plot
A young man discovers that his reputation as a fearsome martial artist is manufactured by his rich father, after meeting a real martial arts master, who's also a master thespian, and is determined to apprentice under him to learn ...
FR #9574 | Movie | Crime, Action | Hong Kong, Israel | Cantonese, English
Director
Johnnie To
Writer
Nai-Hoi Yau, Laurent Courtiaud, Julien Carbon
Cast
Andy Lau, Ching Wan Lau, Yoyo Mung
Plot
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.
FR #9624 | Movie | Action, Drama | Hong Kong | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director
Chia-Liang Liu
Writer
Chia-Liang Liu, Kuang Ni
Cast
Chia-Hui Liu, Sheng Fu, Lily LI
Plot
Mongols with the help of an insider, ambush the influential Yang Family, defenders of the dynasty. The Mongols must hunt down all Yang survivors so their insidious plot to overthrow the dynasty will not be uncovered.
FR #10131 | Movie | Fantasy, Drama | Hong Kong | Cantonese
Director
Stanley Kwan
Writer
Pik-Wah Lee, Kang-Chien Chiu
Cast
Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Alex Man
Plot
Fleur is the blue angel in one of Hong Kong's "flower houses" - bordellos and night clubs of the 1930s. A detached and beautiful performer, she falls in love with Twelfth Master Chan, heir to a chain of pharmacies. They agree to a...
FR #10376 | Movie | Action, Drama | Hong Kong, Japan | Mandarin, Japanese
Director
Chang-Hwa Jeong
Writer
Yang Chiang
Cast
Lo Lieh, Ping Wang, Hsiung Chao
Plot
As two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament, one school's master is a dishonorable man, and to ensure his son wins the title, he hires three Japanese samurais, who target the rival school's best fighter.
FR #10571 | Movie | Crime, Action | Hong Kong, Macao | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director
Wilson Yip
Writer
Wilson Yip, Kam-Yuen Szeto, Wai-Lun Ng
Cast
Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Plot
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...
FR #10576 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong, Norway | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director
Stephen Chow, Lik-Chi Lee
Writer
Roman Cheung, Stephen Chow, Vincent Kok
Cast
Stephen Chow, Anita Yuen, Kar-Ying Law
Plot
A Chinese spy who's been out of service for ten years whilst making a living as a butcher is sent to Hong Kong to locate a stolen Tyrannosaurus rex skull.
FR #10879 | Movie | Action, Drama | Hong Kong | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
Cheh Chang
Writer
Cheh Chang, Kuang Ni
Cast
Tien-Chi Cheng, Tien-Hsiang Lung, Meng Lo
Plot
A Chinese martial arts school is infiltrated and destroyed by ninjas. Tian Hao survives the massacre and seeks to uncover the trickery of ninjutsu in order to beat the Five Element Ninjas and avenge his family.
FR #10880 | Movie | History, Drama | Hong Kong | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director
Tun-Fei Mou
Writer
Mei Liu, Wen Yuan Mou, Dun Jing Teng
Cast
Dai Yao Wu, Gang Wang, Ying Git Wong
Plot
Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.
FR #11128 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong, South Korea | Cantonese
Director
Jackie Chan
Writer
Jackie Chan, Wei Lo
Cast
Jackie Chan, James Tien, Dean Shek
Plot
A young man whose sickly grandfather has taught him a secret form of Kung Fu, starts to make a living off of his unique fighting style, only to attract the attention of his grandfather's mortal enemy.
FR #11376 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director
Chia-Liang Liu
Writer
Kuang Ni
Cast
Chia-Hui Liu, Lung-Wei Wang, Hou Hsiao
Plot
After failing to help his friends at the local dyeing mill who're getting bullied by Manchurians, a lowly street hustler sneaks into the Shaolin Temple, and is willing to do anything to learn kung fu and help his friends.
FR #11625 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong, Italy | Mandarin, Cantonese
Director
Chia-Liang Liu
Writer
Kuang Ni
Cast
Chia-Hui Liu, Yuka Mizuno, Yasuaki Kurata
Plot
A Chinese man marries a Japanese martial artist, and they begin to bicker over which country has the better martial arts. It reaches a point where he has to go against Japanese martial artists in different styles to prove who's th...
FR #11626 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director
Hark Tsui
Writer
Raymond To
Cast
Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung
Plot
The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. The movie tells the story of three young women and two young me...
FR #11877 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese, Japanese
Director
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Writer
Barry Wong, Kin Lo, Cheuk-Hon Szeto
Cast
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Charlie Chin, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung
Plot
Muscles, cop from Hong Kong, is in Japan chasing a bad HK cop. His cop partner gets taken by the ninja gang. Muscles gets his 5 old no-good friends from the orphanage to help find the bad cop. Lots of comedy and kung-fu fighting f...