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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) more movies like this

directed by Ang Lee
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung, Cheng Pei-Pei

Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee took a break from making Western period dramas to fashion this wild and woolly martial arts spectacular featuring special effects and action sequences courtesy of the choreographer of The Matrix (1999), Yuen Woo Ping. In the early 19th century, martial arts master Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) is about to retire and enter a ...

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Anna and the King

Anna and the King (1999) more movies like this

directed by Andy Tennant
featuring Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling, Tom Felton, Syed Alwi

The true story of Anna Leonowens' experiences as a governess to the children of an eccentric Asian king has been adapted into a book of memoirs, a biography, a stage play called Anna and the King of Siam -- which was adapted into a 1946 film, a stage musical called The King and I -- made into both the live-action The King and I (1956)) and the ...

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Curse of the Golden Flower

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) more movies like this

directed by Zhang Yimou
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Liu Ye, Chen Jin

A dying love between two powerful people leads to deceit, infidelity, and conspiracy in this epic-scale historical drama from director Zhang Yimou. During the latter days of the Tang dynasty, the Emperor (Chow Yun-Fat) returns home from the war with his son Prince Jai (Jay Chou) in tow. However, the monarch gets a chilly reception from the Empress ...

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Bulletproof Monk

Bulletproof Monk (2003) more movies like this

directed by Paul Hunter
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott, Jaime King, Karel Roden

A monk and a pickpocket become unlikely allies in this action adventure story. Sixty years ago, a nameless monk (Chow Yun-Fat) was appointed the guardian of a mysterious scroll that grants remarkable powers to those who possess it. After six decades of traveling the world to protect the scroll, the monk must find someone new to assume the ...

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City on Fire

City on Fire (1987) more movies like this

directed by Ringo Lam
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Sun Yueh, Danny Lee, Carrie Ng, Roy Cheung

This tense Hong Kong crime thriller is known best as the film upon which Quentin Tarantino borrowed heavily for his 1992 debut, Reservoir Dogs. Those who criticized the American director for lack of originality have perhaps missed the point. In the highly commercialized, formulaic crime genre of Hong Kong, very few thrillers are truly original, ...

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Hard-Boiled

Hard-Boiled (1992) more movies like this

directed by John Woo
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Bowie Lam, Philip Chan, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Kwan Hoi-Shan

Hard-Boiled is the last film directed by Hong Kong action auteur John Woo before his arrival in the U.S. This 1992 thriller, along with The Killer, is widely seen as one of his best from his Hong Kong days. Every ingredient of the quintessential Woo thriller is present, including his ever-present anti-hero (Chow Yun-Fat). Yun-Fat portrays a ...

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The Replacement Killers

The Replacement Killers (1998) more movies like this

directed by Antoine Fuqua
featuring Carlos Gomez, Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Jürgen Prochnow, Kenneth Tsang, Danny Trejo

Music video and TV commercials director Antoine Fuqua made his feature directorial debut with this action thriller starring Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun-Fat. Chinese immigrant John Lee (Yun-Fat) has a violent past as a professional killer. It brings him only remorse, but it makes him the ideal assassin. In exchange for his family's safety, Lee is ...

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A Better Tomorrow

A Better Tomorrow (1986) more movies like this

directed by John Woo
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Ti Lung, Young Pao I

John Woo established himself as one of Hong Kong's premiere action directors with this ultra-hip, ultra-violent action classic. The film centers around the complex relationship between two brothers: Sung Tse-kit (Leslie Cheung) is a recent graduate of the police academy while Tse-ho (Ti Lung) runs a massive counterfeiting ring along with his ...

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Hong Kong 1941

Hong Kong 1941 (1984) more movies like this

directed by Po-Chih Leong
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Cecilia Yip, Man Chi Leung

This melodrama is one of many that have embraced the period setting of Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation of World War II. Chow Yun-Fat, in an award-winning performance, plays a poor worker at a small rice shop. He befriends a rickshaw driver (Alex Mann) who falls in love with the shop owner's daughter. When the shop owner forbids the couple ...

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The Killer

The Killer (1989) more movies like this

directed by John Woo
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kenneth Tsang, Chu Kong

Though John Woo's lifelong admiration of Sam Peckinpah, Sergio Leone, Martin Scorsese, and Stanley Kubrick are also evident in this stylish actioner, the film is essentially a tribute to Jean-Pierre Melville and his cult thriller Le Samourai. During a restaurant shootout, hitman Jeff (Chow Yun-Fat) accidentally hurts the eyes of a singer (Sally ...

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The Corruptor (1999) more movies like this

directed by James Foley
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Mark Wahlberg, Ric Young, Paul Ben-Victor, Jon Kit Lee

Nick Chen (Chow Yun-Fat) was the first Chinese-born immigrant in the NYPD, and is now one of the force's most decorated officers. As such, he's been named leader of the city's Asian Gang Unit, who are the primary peacekeepers in Chinatown. Trouble has just arrived for the Triads, the long-entrenched Chinese gangsters who are the real power behind ...

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A Better Tomorrow II (1988) more movies like this

directed by John Woo
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu, Waise Lee

Following the bloody climax of the previous film, A Better Tomorrow -- again directed by John Woo -- opens with Sung Chi-hi (spelled Tse-ho in the first film though still played by Ti Lung) getting released from jail on the condition that he rat out his gangland associate and a shipyard owner, Lung (Dean Shek). Chi-ti's younger brother, a young ...

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The Postman Fights Back (1981) more movies like this

directed by Ronny Yu
featuring Chow Yun-Fat

Chow Yun-Fat stars in this historical drama from Hong Kong. During the Republican era in China, warlords divided the nation and fighting was fierce. But while many of the best soldiers could command a handsome fee for their services, the greatest warrior of them all was a man who would not fight for money. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Once a Thief (1991) more movies like this

directed by John Woo
featuring Kenneth Tsang, Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung

For this 1991 action comedy from Hong Kong, director John Woo took a break from his ultraviolent thrillers; it was made a year after Bullet in the Head, and a year before Hard-Boiled. Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, and Cherie Chung portray a trio of orphans who have grown to become art thieves. When their foster father (Kenneth Tsang), a powerful ...

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God of Killers (1981) more movies like this

directed by Ann Hui
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Lo Lieh

Hong Kong action star Chow Yun-Fat landed one of his first starring roles in this somber military drama. Wu Viet (Yun-Fat) is a Vietnamese refugee who wants to leave his country behind and start over in the United States. First, he must make his way to Hong Kong, but as he passes through Thailand, he meets a beautiful woman who travels with him. ...

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Killers Two (1977) more movies like this

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Goodbye My Friend (1988) more movies like this

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The Peace Hotel (1995) more movies like this

directed by Wai Ka-fai
featuring Chow Yun-Fat

A criminal, known only as "The King of Killers" (Chow Yun-Fat, in a possible nod to his famous role as the God of Gamblers), is guilt-ridden over his violent past and establishes the Peace Hotel, a refuge with a promise of sanctuary to those in need. When he takes in a woman with a troubled past, he must fight to keep that promise when a gang of ...

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Rich and Famous (1987) more movies like this

directed by Taylor Wong Tai-loi
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Man Chi Leung, Andy Lau, Alan Tam

Taylor Wong delivers this gangster saga about brotherhoood and betrayal. Bumptious, ill-tempered Yung (Man Chi-leung) has run up a huge gambling debt is about to get his finger loped off for non-payment until his more levelheaded brother, Kwok (Andy Lau), intercedes. When Yung's troubles become too great for even Kwok to handle, they turn to Chai ...

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Full Contact (1992) more movies like this

directed by Ringo Lam
featuring Chow Yun-Fat

Another entry into the "cheer for the most likeable bad guy" series of Hong Kong action flicks, Full Contact tells the oft-told tale of betrayal and revenge, but serves it up as a potent cocktail of Western convention mixed with the trademarked Hong Kong style. When Jeff's (Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun Fat in true hard-case form) friend Sam ...

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The Romancing Star (1987) more movies like this

directed by Wong Jing
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Eric Tsang, Maggie Cheung, Chan Pak-cheung

One misunderstanding after another seems to plague the efforts of Fred, Silver, and Tony in this romantic comedy. Away on vacation, the three run into two beautiful young women named Agnes and Maggie who are strolling down the beach and, by all appearances, seem quite wealthy. All three men are enamored with the ladies and a poker game gives Fred ...

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Treasure Hunt (1994) more movies like this

directed by Jeffrey Lau
featuring Chow Yun-Fat

Jeff Lau directs this action flick cum romantic comedy. The film centers on CIA agent Jeff Chang (Chow Yun-fat) who is assigned to steal a Chinese national treasure, even though he is not told what this treasure might be. He meets his contact Tong Ling (Chin Han) who instructs him to hold up in a Shaolin temple. There he meets Miss Mei (Wu Chien ...

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Police Sir (1980) more movies like this

A young still relatively unknown Chow Yun Fat stars in this low-budget critically panned police action-comedy. Fresh out of the academy, straight-laced and obtuse rookie cop Chu quickly lands in hot water when his integrity and by-the-book manner gets his colleagues in trouble. When he accidentally exposes his British boss' illegal gambling ring, ...

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Flaming Brothers (1987) more movies like this

Two close brothers (Alan Tang and Chow Yun-Fat) grow up and go their separate ways. One of them (Yun-Fat) gets married and settles down, while the other (Tang) goes into business with a local triad (organized crime family). When a rival triad tries to muscle in on his business and threatens his life, the two brothers band together to fight them. ...

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Witch from Nepal (1985) more movies like this

directed by Ching Siu Tung
featuring Chow Yun-Fat

Noted action director Ching Siu-tang spins this wild and woolly supernatural romantic thriller. Joe Wong (Chow Yun-fat) is an architect, who, while on vacation in Nepal with his lady friend, Ida (Yammie Nam Kit-yang), gets thrown from an elephant, injuring his leg. While convalescing in a Kathmandu hospital, he has a vision of a beautiful veiled ...

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