List of Crime movies from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan: posters, images, info, trailers, actors, directors, and more.
Follows a young cyclo (bicycle cab) driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy’s struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.
Three siblings idle their time while their parents are away. Youngest son, Hsiao-hung, finds a young fugitive taking refuge in their empty home, and hides him. Later, his mother finds the murderer sleeping in a cupboard – and a night of horror takes hold.
A-kuo and A-tou are teen-aged boys living in an industrial town in Taiwan. When they are not in school, they generally hang out with their buddy Hsiao Kao, a very stylish and charismatic younger gangster who enjoys their company and support. When one of Hsia Kao’s gangland patrons is gunned down, the trio set out to revenge the killing. As a result, the two teens are forced into hiding. One boy tells his dad he … Read more
Amidst a downpour, a fortune-telling master attempts to prevent a prostitute from meeting her untimely demise. However, as they say, fate works in mysterious ways.
Adapted from a sensational real-life case in 2013, the intricate story begins when a young man partners with his friend to murder and dismember his parents. Pleading not guilty, the defense attorneys soon turn on each other, as the defendants play the devil and idiot game. Meanwhile, heated debates emerge inside the jury room, where nine jurors grapple with the truth.
When Hong Kong is rocked by multiple gruesome murders, the police forms a task force to investigate. Jun, once a brilliant detective who suffered a mental breakdown, begins his own investigation. Eventually, the police learn that the murder victims are all suspects of cold cases being rubbed out by a figure known as “The Sleuth”. Now, Jun and a detective from the task force are on a race against time to beat the brutal killer … Read more
“The Long Corridor,” a best-selling suspense novel by Keigo Higashino, serves as the basis for this film. It revolves around a cloister pavilion mansion that harbors countless secrets, where a woman’s vengeful desires are ignited by love. The death of a wealthy businessman prompts his relatives to gather in the mansion, waiting to claim their share of the billions in inheritance. Each person carries their own hidden agenda. Just when the situation becomes critical, lawyer … Read more
In the 70’s, Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption(HKICAC) was founded. The mission to hunt down corrupted detectives unveiled a new chapter of the colonial Hong Kong. Lui Lok (Aaron Kwok) and Nam Kong (Tony Leung) who used to be two rightous police officers wanted to change the status quo. They built an empire of corruption by controlling organized crimes and eventually took the position of Chief Chinese Detective. However, power struggle has always been … Read more
A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
Following the disappearance of their 2-year-old daughter, Darren and Tara receive mysterious videos of their family and intimate life. When they find the voyeur, Darren decides to reverse the roles and spy on him in turn, without suspecting that this will lead him to confront his own image.
Although Chicken does not make an appearance, Chan Ho Nam finds a new love interest in the form of Mei Ling (Shu Qi). Meanwhile, Tung Sing returns to cause trouble again for Hung Hing, in the form of new leader Szeto Ho Nam (Mark Cheng). Young and Dangerous 5 occurs during the transfer of Hong Kong sovereignty to China, with the “boys” becoming “men”, as they develop and mature into more business-like dealings.
When the branch leader position is open for Tuen Mun, Chicken decides to run for it and is up against fellow Hung Hing member “Barbarian”, who resorts to ruthless Tung Sing member “Thunder Tiger” (Roy Cheung) for help in his candidacy. The triad also has to deal with finding a new chairman to the Hung Hing Society, Chiang Tin Yeung (Alex Man), Chiang Tin Sang’s older brother, who resides in Thailand. Young and Dangerous 4 … Read more
On a dark Mongkok night, May, the cousin of Dai Tin-yee (Dominic Ho), was gang-raped to death by Med King (Deep Ng) and his men. The furious Tin-yee, together with his buddies, Ho-Nam(Him Law), Chicken (Oscar Leung), Pou-Pan (Jazz Lam) tracked down Med King to revenge May’s death. As Med King was under the wing of Ugly Kwan (Sammy Sum), a leader of the Hung Hing triad, Kwan gave orders to get rid of Ho-Nam … Read more
During the murder of her boyfriend, Ann is hit and loses her ability to remember more than the previous 15 minutes at any given time. But she swears to find the murderer and recall her past with the aid of her tattooes, which provide her with vital information. Starting with a blank canvas, she must make sense of the people around her–a cop, a business woman, a divorcee, and a transsexual–in order to make put … Read more
“There Is A Secret in My Soup” is based on an infamous HK crime case called ‘Hello Kitty Murder’.In 1999 three triad gangsters kidnapped, brutally tortured, and beat a 23-year-old woman named Fan Man-yee for one month until she died. Then they dismembered and cooked the body, threw most of it out with the trash, fed legs and arms to stray dogs, and hid the skull inside the head of a giant-sized Hello Kitty doll.
A revolver falls into the hands of a series of characters from the bustling district of Mongkok to the mainland port city of Shenzhen.
Chinese-American Wu and his friend Paul are accused of killing 25 women in the United States.
The story in Young and Dangerous 2 is told in two parts: the first focuses on Chicken and his exile in Taiwan skipped over in the first film. The second half deals with the Hung Hing Society trying to ally with Chicken’s Taiwanese triad “San Luen.” The character “Banana” (Jerry Lam) is recruited into Ho Nam’s circle. At the same time, an election to obtain the branch leadership status of Causeway Bay is underway, with … Read more
The second part of the “Trilogy of Lust”-series tells the story of a woman who suffers from childhood trauma when she was brutally raped by her uncle and his stinky booze companions. Now as an adult she leads two different lives: during the day she´s the upright manager of a firm, but at night she goes on murderous sprees, dressed in sexy rubber and latex costumes, to have sex with unsuspecting men. After the sexual … Read more
Simon Yam plays a former big-city cop who had a very bad experience with an AK-47. So he’s been assigned duty on one of the Hong Kong Islands as police chief of a small village. He spends most of his time drinking beer and smoking hash while daydreaming. But when a group of thugs armed with AK-47s and .45’s invade his terrain, he must overcome his fear of that weapon to save his ex-wife and … Read more
A body is found inside a water tank a top of an apartment building. It’s not a hard case to solve for Danny Lee and company.
A man (Fatty) returns home to find his wife with another man. He goes to a bar and begins to drink, waking up the next day to find that he owes a mafioso money for killing his wife. Not wanting to pay the money, he enlists a militia organization only to find the leader a psychopath who seeks revenge on his brother, who the mafioso tortured. The psycho blames Fatty, and kills his mother and … Read more
A special agent is assigned to protect a wealthy business magnate. However, when the businessman is kidnapped in a daring ambush, he teams up with a seasoned detective to crack the case. But soon he discovers the case isn’t that simple.
A set of three stories, each concerning a woman’s difficulty with her husband. Story 1 is set in 1940, in a brothel fallen on hard times. Their star attraction is Flora, but she marries a local fishseller, only to kill him with too much sex on their wedding night, then he comes back as a jealous ghost. Story 2 is possibly in the 1960s, regarding a poor family where the husband is very ill with … Read more
The film is about Ming, a famous photographer that is suspected of killing women and committing necrophilia on their bodies, his buddy (who’s a cop, played by Wai Lam) embarks on a quest to clear Ming’s name.
In April 1985, two expatriate students Kenneth McBride, age 17, and 18-year-old Nicola Myers were beaten, raped, and murdered by a teenage gang. Based on the true story of Hong Kong’s Braemar Hill murders.
When Fung’s cop boyfriend Tats (Wilson Lam) puts her supposedly reformed triad father (Foo Wang-tat) behind bars, her daughter Fung (Joey Wong) aims to rid the organization of its dirty ties, but one of Fung’s father’s chief goons Cheong (Jimmy Lung Fong) in a deliciously over-the-top portrait of plans for a very hostile takeover. To ensure her cooperation, he rapes her, videotapes her naked the deed, and sells copies to his pals when he’s whipping … Read more
Li Man-Ho comes to Hong Kong after his father’s death following a double crossed peace meeting at the hands of a rival gang. The family’s business begins to crumble as rival organizations stir violence and trouble in acknowledgment of this weakness. Li Man-Ho reluctantly agrees after pressure from other members to temporarily act as leader in order to restore stability and order. But he is soon faced with violence, betrayal and confusion, in this world … Read more
Wong plays an unassuming nightclub employee in Macao who alienates a gang of drunken men (led by Shing Fui-on). They tail her after her shift, and mount a gang assault. She attempts to enlist the aid of her former brother-in-law (Lam) – an ex-triad now confined to a wheelchair.
While working alone late at the office one night, Veronica is raped by a returning male colleague, who accidentally kills her in the process (she falls back and hits her head on a sharp object). Later that same evening, he comes across a bar hostess who looks identical to the woman that he has just murdered. He eventually talks her into showing up for work in Veronica’s place on the very next day, and handing … Read more
On the eve of the 1997 handover, violence is rampant as the British Hong Kong government has joined forces with the triads to cause chaos in Hong Kong. The gang leader, Lam Yiu-Cheong assigns his crony Ah Lok to take an important role in the destruction. But Lok harbours a secret – he’s an undercover policeman and he’s about to discover a political conspiracy that will shock the country to its core.
A former triad fresh from a prison term, decides to go straight, but finds himself up against a rival gangster.
Chronicles the rise of two brothers from their start in the 1940’sas illegal immigrants from China to the 1970’s when they became the heads of the most powerful triad group in Hong Kong. Kent Cheng is the wise brother who must constantly help out his rash younger brother, Ray Lui. Another one of these true-life stories that seems to glorify triad life. Predictable at best.
Alex Fong hangs around gangsters, stresses out his girlfriend with his reluctance to commit and embarrasses his father (Ku Feng) when he gets into trouble. Moon Lee is his sister who’s also a cop working at the same the station of her father and she can’t stand her brother nor his lifestyle. When their father is murdered in cold blood by a hired hitman (Billy Chow), Moon Lee vows to avenge his death.
After police officer Paio is murdered, his soul cannot be at rest for his murder has been written off as a suicide…
Mr. Lau (Kent Cheng) is a seedy detective who sets up cameras to record an illicit affair. Things go awry however when a hideously glam rock band checks into Lau’s room, and gets a free show via his hook-up. Meanwhile, silly thief Donald Ng (Richard Ng) uses ninjitsu to fool the locals while a womanizing tour guide (Eric Tsang) gets stalked by not one, but two pretty women (Cherie Chung and Pat Ha). And Buddy … Read more
Caught in the middle of a fierce gang war in Macau, a corrupt cop named Sam (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) handles negotiations between two Triad leaders who plan to join forces. He meets a suspicious bald man named Tony (Lau Ching-wan), who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business. But when Sam finds out he’s a suspect in a nightclub owner’s murder, he’s sure his stalker has something to do with it.
A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of ‘Lethal Weapon’. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.
