HongKong
Ten Years (2015) IMDb NeoDB TMDB
十年
8.7 (10 ratings) director: Wong Fei-Pang / Zune Kwok actor: Catherine Chau / Wang Hongwei
Five shorts reveal a fictional Hong Kong in 2025, depicting a dystopian city where residents and activists face crackdowns under iron-fisted rule.
Stuntman (2024) TMDB IMDb
武替道
director: Herbert Leung / Albert Leung actor: Terrance Lau Chun-Him / Stephen Tung Wai
other title: 武替道
A washed-up action choreographer, struggling to find his way in a changing industry, risks everything to stage an epic comeback, and attempts to repair the relationship with his estranged daughter before it's too late.
The Revenger (1980) TMDB IMDb
金劍殘骨令
director: Pao Hsueh-Li actor: Ti Lung / Dorian Tan Tao-Liang
other title: 金劍殘骨令
A kung fu warrior, devoted to helping the oppressed, makes many deadly enemies along the way, including the leader of an army, who plots his demise.
They Call Her Cleopatra Wong (1978) IMDb WikiData
Cleopatra Wong
director: Bobby A. Suarez actor: Marrie Lee / George Estregan
other title: Cleopatra Wong - Die Unüberwindliche / Cléopatre, La panthére du kung-fu
An Interpol top cop teams up with Filipino police to take down a counterfeit money operation threatening multiple Asian countries.
The Seventh Curse (1986) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
原振俠與衛斯理
director: Lam Nai-Choi actor: Chin Siu-Ho / Maggie Cheung
other title: La 7eme Malédiction / 原振俠與衛斯理
When Dr. Yuen attempts to rescue a girl about to be sacrificed by the Worm Tribe in the middle of a jungle in Thailand, he is damned with seven deadly "blood curses" and must return there to find a permanent cure.
Future Cops (1993) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
超級學校霸王
director: Wong Jing actor: Andy Lau / Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau
other title: Chao ji xue xiao ba wang
In the year 2043, an evil crime lord is trying to take over the world. Only one government official stands in his way, and plans to send him to prison, so The General and his minions Kent, Thai King, and Toyota travel to the year 1993 to kill the official before he has a chance to get into office. During a battle with The General's minions, the Future Cops Lung, Broom Man, Ti Man, and Ah-Sing hear of their evil plan and devise a plan of their own to travel back in time to protect the official.
Naked Weapon (2002) Douban IMDb WikiData
赤裸特工
director: 程小东 actor: 李美琪 / 安雅
other title: 赤裸特工 / Chek law dak gung
A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.
Kung Fu Hustle (2004) IMDb NeoDB TMDB Douban
功夫
8.7 (26 ratings) director: Stephen Chow actor: Stephen Chow / Yuen Qiu
other title: Kung Fusion / Kung Fu Zão
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
The Mighty Peking Man (1977) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
猩猩王
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Evelyne Kraft / Danny Lee Sau-Yin
other title: Il gigante dell'Himalaya / Der Koloss von Konga
Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster and discovers it's been raising a scantily-clad woman, Samantha, since she survived a plane crash years before that killed her parents. In the idyllic jungle, Johnny and Samantha fall in love. Then Johnny asks her to convince "Utam" to go to Hong Kong. Lu Tien, an unscrupulous promoter, takes over: Utam is in chains for freak show exhibitions. When Lu Tien assaults Samantha, Utam's protective instincts take over: havoc in Hong Kong.
The Super Inframan (1975) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
中國超人
director: Hua Shan actor: Danny Lee Sau-Yin / Wang Hsieh
other title: Inframan l'altra dimensione / Invasion aus dem Inneren der Erde
The surface of the Earth is under attack, thousands of people are killed in this unprovoked attacked. The cause, Princess Dragonmon and her army of monsters have decided to invade. Princess Dragonmon is an alien whose race has been hiding under us for centuries waiting to attack at the time is right. A doctor has been preparing for something like this and turns his assistant Rayma into the cyborg hero known as Inframan. Now only Inframan stands between the Earth and Princess Dragonmon but when a close friend is captured and brainwashed, can she be stopped with this inside man feeding her info?
Cinema of Vengeance (1994) IMDb TMDB
Cinema of Vengeance
director: Toby Russell actor: Cynthia Rothrock / Yuen Biao
other title: Le furie del cinema
A documentary study of martial arts films and their leading protagonists. Included are profiles of such artists as Bruce Lee, Cynthia Rothrock, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Woo favorite Chow Yun-Fat.
Nov. 23, 2025 watched
Fascinating (for us fans) documentary on the history & development of Hong Kong martial arts & action films, featuring interviews with the people who make the magic happen. And lots of great clips from movies! (Which I have put into a collection here: https://eggplant.place/collection/69ChUBekkGbNHa0VeIGmSz

I'm sure watched this on VHS in the 90s. Rewatched in #KungFuSat #WatchParty on Mastodon.
1990s Action Documentary HongKong MartialArts
Election (2005) TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData
黑社會
7.9 (17 ratings) director: Johnnie To actor: Simon Yam / Tony Leung Ka-fai
other title: Election 1 / 黑社會
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.
Pedicab Driver (1989) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
群龍戲鳳
director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo actor: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo / Nina Li Chi
other title: 群龍戲鳳
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.
The Club (1981) WikiData IMDb
舞廳
director: Kirk Wong Chi-Keung actor: Michael Chan Wai-Man / Norman Tsui
other title: 舞廳
Mainly the story of Sai, a rascal who works at a gang-operated nightclub, and his conflicts with a rival gang.
Five Fingers of Death (1972) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
天下第一拳
director: Jeong Chang-hwa actor: Lo Lieh / Wang Ping
other title: Cinque dita di violenza / Zhao, der Unbesiegbare
A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts competition. He leaves the school when he hears that a local gangster is terrorizing the town. He comes to the aid of a young singer and brings on the wrath of the local gang. He eventually enters the martial arts competition after learning iron palm technique and takes out all competition.
The Screaming Tiger (1973) IMDb WikiData
唐人票客
director: Chien Lung actor: Jimmy Wang Yu / Liu Ping
other title: Wang Yu - Stärker als tausend Kamikaze / Mano de hacha (El hacha del dragón)
Rare was the film in 1973 that incorporated the star's name in the title. One of the few such films was Screaming Ninja, aka Wang Yu, King of Boxing. The story is set in China in the early 1900x. Essentially playing an extension of himself, action-star Wang-Yu spends much of the time defending himself against evil martial-arts masters. He also tries to make sense of a tragic incident in his past.
The Chinese Boxer (1970) TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
龍虎鬪
director: Jimmy Wang Yu actor: Jimmy Wang Yu / Lo Lieh
other title: La morte nella mano / Wang Yu - Sein Schlag war tödlich
Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert, which leads to many memorable battles as well as several unforgettable training sequences.
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
獨臂刀
director: Chang Cheh actor: Jimmy Wang Yu / Lisa Chiao Chiao
other title: Mantieni l'odio per la tua vendetta / A Raiva do Tigre
A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.
The Boxer's Omen (1983) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
director: Kuei Chih-Hung actor: Phillip Ko Fai / Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong
other title: Mo
After his brother was crippled in the ring by a cheating Thai boxer, Chan Hung goes to Thailand to avenge his brother, and finds the key to an omen which may release their family from an ancient curse. He is then caught up in a spiraling web of fate, Buddhist curses, and black magic.