THEME EXPLORATION

Hong Kong underworld

28 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bad Seed
Bad Seed
1934 · Billy Wilder
In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love
2000 · Wong Kar-wai
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Love is Colder Than Death
Love is Colder Than Death
1969 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Drive
Drive
2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn
The American Soldier
The American Soldier
1970 · Margarethe von Trotta & Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs
2002 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau & Alan Mak & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Casino
Casino
1995 · Martin Scorsese
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Joel Coen
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
Quattro Hong Kong 2
Quattro Hong Kong 2
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
KD – The Devil
KD – The Devil
2026 · Prem
The King of The Internet
The King of The Internet
2026 · Fabrício Bittar
Bubu (Bubu de Montparnasse
Bubu (Bubu de Montparnasse
1971 · Mauro Bolognini
Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel
1948 · Akira Kurosawa
Il bidone
Il bidone
1955 · Federico Fellini
King Kong 360 3-D
King Kong 360 3-D
2010 · Peter Jackson
Where the Wind Blows
Where the Wind Blows
2023 · Philip Yung Chi-Kwong
Aquesta nit o mai
Aquesta nit o mai
1992 · Ventura Pons
Drunken Monkey
Drunken Monkey
2003 · Kar-leung Lau
Golden Mouth
Golden Mouth
1963 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Ibret
Ibret
1971 · Yílmaz Güney
La Tierra del Fuego se apaga
La Tierra del Fuego se apaga
1955 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Panic in the Streets
Panic in the Streets
1950 · Elia Kazan
Pigs and Battleships
Pigs and Battleships
1961 · Shohei Imamura
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Bille Woodruff Hong Kong

Pioneered the stylized gun-fu action cinema that defined Hong Kong underworld films through iconic triad narratives like 'The Killer' and 'Hard Boiled'.

 Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai Hong Kong

Master of gritty, intelligent crime dramas who examines underworld ethics and violence with artistic precision in films like 'Election' and 'Exiled'.