100% Original HK Movies (1980s - 1990s)
by carina-ny-chau | created - 01 Aug 2015 | updated - 01 Aug 2015 | PublicNo HK-China cooperative movies back then! In 1980s-late 1990s, HK was the focus of Asia's entertainment industry and main movies producer for China, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. This list may not include all box-office-hit movies but certainly they are pleasant ones for foreigners to understand a bit about our local culture ;)
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1. Anna Magdalena (1998)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Two young men fall for the woman staying upstairs when she practises J.S. Bach's "Notebook for Anna Magdalena".
Director: Chung-Man Yee | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Aaron Kwok, Kelly Chen, Chi Kwong Cheung
Votes: 492
Exact movie name should be Anna Magdalena. Part of the movie was shot in Hanoi, Vietnam.
2. Chungking Express (1994)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong
Votes: 95,870 | Gross: $0.60M
3. Days of Being Wild (1990)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau
Votes: 25,510 | Gross: $0.14M
4. Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
118 min | Drama, Romance
Two Chinese-mainlanders living in Hong Kong form a close friendship. Over the years this grows into love, but there are obstacles.
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Stars: Maggie Cheung, Leon Lai, Eric Tsang, Kristy Yeung
Votes: 7,650
Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He met Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out.
5. Happy Together (1997)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Chang Chen, Gregory Dayton
Votes: 34,070 | Gross: $0.19M
6. Police Story (1985)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A virtuous Hong Kong Police Officer must clear his good name when the drug lord he is after frames him for the murder of a dirty cop.
Directors: Jackie Chan, Chi-Hwa Chen | Stars: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Yuen Chor
Votes: 41,898 | Gross: $0.11M
7. Once a Thief (1991)
R | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A romantic and action packed story of three best friends, a group of high end art thieves, who come into trouble when a love-triangle forms between them.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Cherie Chung, Kong Chu
Votes: 7,292
8. Dragon Inn (1992)
88 min | Action, Thriller
During the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Siu-yan, a power-crazed eunuch who rules his desert region of China as if he were the Emperor, ruthlessly thwarts plots against him and sets a trap for one of this enemies at the Dragon Gate Inn.
Directors: Raymond Lee, Siu-Tung Ching, Hark Tsui | Stars: Tony Ka Fai Leung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen
Votes: 4,839
9. C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A jazz musician (Lau Ching-Wan) who has problems in both his life and career breaks up with his girlfriend, and moves into a poor neighborhood. There, he meets a girl (Anita Yuen), who ... See full summary »
Director: Tung-Shing Yee | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Anita Yuen, Carina Lau, Bo-Bo Fung
Votes: 945
10. He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994)
107 min | Comedy, Romance
A singer is so desperate to meet a famous record producer and his singer girlfriend that she disguises herself as a man, resulting in a wild love triangle.
Directors: Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Chi Lee | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Carina Lau, Anita Yuen, Eric Tsang
Votes: 1,283
11. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu
Votes: 25,475
12. Running Out of Time (1999)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer-suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime Syndicates.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Andy Lau, Ching Wan Lau, YoYo Mung, Waise Lee
Votes: 6,547
13. Tempting Heart (1999)
115 min | Drama, Romance
Cheryl is a Hong Kong-based film director who uses the story of her first love as the basis for her next screen project. As she tells her tale to a screenwriter, she relives memories from a more innocent time.
Director: Sylvia Chang | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung, Karen Mok, Elaine Jin
Votes: 750
14. Juliet in Love (2000)
89 min | Drama, Romance
Young man Jordan owes a gambling debt and runs away. Judy leaves her husband at the same time. The two encounter when Jordan goes to save his friend and Judy goes to hospital to visit her grandpa, and then they fall in love.
Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Francis Ng, Eric Kot, Simon Yam
Votes: 387
15. The Lovers (1994)
107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, parents dress a pretty girl like a boy, so she may be educated in a local boarding school. There, she falls in love with a poor, but industrious young man. However, their short love affair ends in disaster.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Nicky Wu, Charlie Yeung, Carrie Ng, Elvis Tsui
Votes: 1,010
Based on one of the China legendary stories from ancient times.
(with English subtitles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG8HFoYuGJw
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