HongKong
Kung Fu Hustle (2004) IMDb NeoDB TMDB Douban
功夫
8.8 (24 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
8.0 (16 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.
Tai-Chi Master (1993) TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
太极张三丰
8.4 (5 ratings) director: Yuen Woo-Ping actor: Jet Li / Michelle Yeoh
other title: Batalha de Honra / Tai Chi
Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their differences mano-a-mano.
The Man from Hong Kong (1975) NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
直搗黃龍
director: Brian Trenchard-Smith actor: Jimmy Wang Yu / George Lazenby
other title: Der Mann von Hongkong / L'Homme de Hong Kong
Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.
Yes, Madam! (1985) TMDB IMDb
皇家師姐
director: Corey Yuen Kwai actor: Michelle Yeoh / John Shum Kin-Fun
other title: Yes, Madam / Ultra Force 2
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.
Heroes Two (1974) IMDb WikiData
方世玉與洪熙官
director: Chang Cheh actor: Chen Kuan-Tai / Alexander Fu Sheng
other title: Heroes Two - I due eroi / Die tödlichen Fäuste der Shaolin
A band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state are driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty officials. Due to a misunderstanding, Shaolin kung fu prodigy Fong Sai-yuk is duped into helping Qing agents to capture leading Shaolin rebel Hung Hei-gun. Upon discovering his mistake, Sai-yuk teams up with the remaining rebels to free Hei-gun before his planned execution. Plotting to stop them is General Che Kang, a formidable Tibetan kung fu master who commands an army of fighters including four deadly Tibetan llamas.