Hong Kong Cinema

By: daniel

Hong Kong is an odd specimen in terms of culture. It is predominantly Chinese, but it is obviously influenced by Western culture because of the British occupation it has been with for over one hundred years. The films that are compiled in this list shows that influence one way or another.

In Wong Kar Wai’s Days of Being Wild there’s displacement (Occupancy) and the search for one’s mother (China).
Once Upon a Time In China is about unity and not losing identity.

• 01
  Happy Together
  Wong Kar-wai
• 02
  The Killer
  John Woo
• 03
  Hard Boiled
  John Woo
• 04
  In the Mood for Love
  Wong Kar-wai
• 05
  Exiled
  Johnnie To
• 06
  Chungking Express
  Wong Kar-wai
• 07
  Mambo Girl
  Yi Wen
• 08
  Center Stage
  Stanley Kwan
• 09
  Drunken Master II
  Liu Chia-Liang
• 10
  Sparrow
  Johnnie To
• 11
  City on Fire
  Ringo Lam
• 12
  Breaking News
  Johnnie To
• 13
  The Eye
  Oxide Pang Chun
• 14
  Rouge
  Stanley Kwan
• 15
  The Wild, Wild Rose
  Tian-lin Wang
• 16
  Days of Being Wild
  Wong Kar-wai
• 17
  Once a Thief
  John Woo
• 18
  Once Upon a Time in China
  Tsui Hark
• 19
  Police Story
  Jackie Chan
• 20
  Police Story Part II
  Jackie Chan
• 21
  Bullet In The Head
  John Woo
• 22
  A Better Tomorrow
  John Woo
• 23
  A Better Tomorrow II
  John Woo
• 24
  Kung Fu Hustle
  Stephen Chow
• 25
  Project A-ko
  Katsuhiko Nishijima
• 26
  Project A2
  Jackie Chan
• 27
  Armour of God II: Operation Condor
  Jackie Chan