Rated 7+ IMDb · 70%+ RT Little-known finds Curated by humans
Rated 7+ IMDb · 70%+ RT Little-known finds Curated by humans
Find the best Cantonese-language movies to watch. These movies in Cantonese are: highly-rated by critics, highly-rated by viewers, and handpicked by our staff.
Dir. Ray Yeung
While the film is calm, contemplative, and never goes into histrionics, there’s a deep-seated anger in All Shall Be Well…
With immigration being a vastly different experience across race, gender, and origin country, it can be easy to dismiss Amazon…
Dir. Babak Jalali
Aptly for a film partly set in a fortune cookie factory, Fremont deals with luck — specifically, the other side…
Dir. Cheang Pou-Soi & Soi Cheang
If you’re craving for the fast-paced fights, hand-to-hand combat, and insane stunts of Hong Kong action cinema, you might enjoy…
Dir. Damien Chazelle
Between its maximalist production design and increasingly dark comedic set pieces, the most striking thing about Damien Chazelle’s critically misunderstood…
Dir. Ho Cheuk-Tin
The real life case that inspired this movie is quite chilling. It’s probably the reason why, instead of depicting the…
Dir. Cathy Garcia-Molina & Cathy Garcia-Sampana
Joy is a dutiful, overseas Filipino worker supporting her entire family back home. Ethan is a well-off bartender who has,…
Dir. John Woo
In the fallout of his conflict with producer Tsui Hark, filmmaker John Woo was alone, virtually blacklisted, and unable to…
Dir. Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
What would be the best medium for depicting the life and legacy of an icon? Would a biopic be best,…
Dir. John Woo
Ah Jong is The Killer referred to in the title, but he’s more than just a professional assassin. In fact,…
Dir. Ann Hui
There are moments that irrevocably shape the rest of life, and for many of us, we stumble into them unprepared.…
Dir. Tsui Hark
How do we explain Peking Opera Blues? It’s a film set earlier in history, but it’s not as sepia-toned, slow,…
Dir. Yuen Woo-Ping
Based on the legendary Zhang Sanfeng, Tai Chi Master recreates the myth surrounding his beginnings of his craft and transforms…
Dir. John Woo
When A Better Tomorrow was released, its producers expected a box office bomb. It was more melodramatic than most action…
Dir. Ringo Lam & Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
For Western audiences, City on Fire might be best known as the Hong Kong crime actioner that inspired Quentin Tarantino’s…
Dir. Female director & Mina Shum
Sandra Oh earned her breakout in this warm, candid Canadian indie, which — not uncoincidentally — shares its name with…
Dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung
After running out of money, travelling tax collector Ning Choi-san might be getting better with his new romance with the…
Dir. Tsui Hark
If you are a fan of Hong Kong martial arts films, you probably already know who Jet Li is. The…
Dir. Stephen Chow
Shaolin Soccer is hilarious. It takes all the familiar elements of the sports drama and kung-fu action flicks, and uses…
Dir. Johnnie To & Johnnie To Kei-Fung
At first glance, Drug War is basically just what it says on the tin– cops crack down on kingpins, lords,…
Dir. Chi-Hwa Chen & Jackie Chan
After an initially disappointing breakthrough attempt to Hollywood, Jackie Chan pivoted back to Hong Kong, unexpectedly creating an iconic film…
Dir. Kar-Wai Wong & Wong Kar-wai
Forlorn longing envelops Days of Being Wild, where the act of dreaming is as valuable as its actual fulfillment. “You’ll…
Dir. Jia Zhangke
“It is better to live miserable than to die happy,” or so says one of the characters in Jia Zhangke’s…
Dir. Derek Yee & Derek Yee Tung-Sing
Crime thrillers have plenty of cops undercover, so Hong Kong’s Protégé won’t be the most unique and extraordinary entry that…
Dir. Yuen Woo-Ping
Martial arts is awesome, comedy is awesome, but the idea of putting them together wasn’t really explored until the late…
Dir. Yuen Wo-Ping & Yuen Woo-Ping
Say what you will about Quentin Tarantino, but when he recommends a martial arts film, you just have to watch…
Dir. Mabel Cheung & Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting
New York, especially in older movies, seems to be an enchanting place with endless possibilities, as long as you’re willing…
Dir. Benny Chan & Benny Chan Muk-Sing
Oh, forbidden love. There are many a film centered around that intense, passionate experience, but that’s because there’s something so…
Dir. Jeff Lau Chun-Wai & Jeffrey Lau
While produced by Wong Kar Wai, Chinese Odyssey 2002 isn’t a moody, melancholy drama that we’re used to. Instead, the…
Dir. Wilson Yip
It’s been acclaimed as one the best Kung Fu movies ever made. You are probably wondering why this contemporary movie…
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