Films in the Cantonese language
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DIM SUM (1985)
CertificationU Our Rating
A sympathetic and well observed study of a Chinese family in San Francisco exploring the culture clash between them and Asia. This film took the Cannes film festival by storm find out more...
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DRUNKEN MASTER (1974)
Certification15 Our Rating
The early Jackie Chan masterpiece that introduced his comic style to the world. Chan is sent to train under his loathsome wine-guzzling uncle, escapes, but after a hair-raising incident in the outside world, must return to his uncle to learn more...... find out more...
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DUMPLINGS (2004)
Certification18 Our Rating
Mrs Li, a rich neglected wife, is looking for youth and longs to rejuvenate her relationship with her husband. Mei is a doctor who, for her age, looks very young, and her secret? Home-made dumplings from a special recipe! And for Mrs Li it works! But what are the ingredients of the dumplings? Watch the movie and find out! find out more...
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ELECTION (2005)
Certification18 Our Rating
The chairmanship of the ancient, powerful Wu Sing Society, a Triad alliance is up for 'election', a process by which the 'uncles', a group of ageing Mafiosi sit in a smoke filled room and vote. The trouble is that two characters of vastly different style, relaxed family man Lok and volatile Big D, are rivals for the post and a violent battle ensues for the future of the clan. find out more...
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ELECTION 2 (2006)
Certification18 Our Rating
Jimmy is an educated gangster, a member of one of Hong Kong's oldest triads, Wo Sing, and in line to become its next Chairman. Moreover the Chinese authorities, recognizing his popularity, also see him as the ideal leader with whom they will be able to negotiate a peaceful co-existence. However Jimmy wants to leave the Triad and go legit, bitterly aware of the irony that, in order to break free, first he must take control. 'Election 2' is a slick, violent and pacey gangster thriller. find out more...
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ENCOUNTERS OF THE SPOOKY KIND (1980)
Certification18 Our Rating
Crazy kung-fu caper with more than a splattering of schlock horror comedy. Our hero (if you can call him that) is Cheung the Brave, a laid-back loser whose unfaithful wife becomes the least of his problems when he's caught between two evil wizards. Outrageously over-the-top special effects-fest. find out more...
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EXILED (2006)
Certification15 Our Rating

The time is 1998 and Macau is on the cusp of reverting back to Chinese rule. The colony’s population are all attempting to make a quick buck in the last throws of ‘free enterprise’ and Macau’s hit men are no different. Two of these killers are employed to take out a former associate, but theirs is a ruthless and over subscribed market and the men are frustrated by the increasing difficulty of their initially simple task. An action packed thriller from legendary Hong Ko find out more...

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FEARLESS (2006)
Certification15 Our Rating
Based on the real life legend Huo Yuanjia, this brutal martial arts epic focuses on his entrance into an international fighting tournaments for the honour of his motherland. Eventually he is challenged him to take on four foreign champions in a single evening; a British boxer, a German lancer, a Spanish fencer and a Japanese martial artist. However the only way to stop him is by poison, a fact that his honourable Japanese opponent recognises and cedes victory over. Starring Jet Li and choreograp find out more...
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FIST OF FURY (1979)
Certification18 Our Rating
Bruce Lee strutting his stuff in his next best movie after 'Enter The Dragon', with a series of spectacular fight routines, often filmed in slow motion - highly acrobatic and exciting. find out more...
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GORGEOUS (2000)
CertificationPG Our Rating
More high kicking comedy ballet from the master of the genre. In Gorgeous Jackie finds himself fighting not only for love but also to save his business...thats middle age for you, romance is all well and good but you've got to be practical too! find out more...
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HAPPY TOGETHER (1998)
Certification15 Our Rating
From the director of "Chungking Express", a powerful love story which, almost incidentally, centres on a gay couple. Lai, a down to earth kinda guy, and his neurotically selfish boyfriend Po are happy together, until they decamp to Argentina. There Lai struggles to rekindle the flames of passion as the love of his life slips ever further away from him. A sensitive and beautiful meditation on the meaning of partings, reunions, and attempts to start over. find out more...
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HARD BOILED (1992)
Certification18 Our Rating
A hard-boiled Hong Kong detective (Chow Yun-Fat), who lost his partner in a gunfight, teams up with an undercover cop (Tony Leung) to stop the mob smuggling guns and killing innocent people. Truly one of the most action-packed and hectic mayhem movies ever made and John Woo is as slick as they come when it comes to these. A body count in the thousands. find out more...
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IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000)
CertificationPG Our Rating
It is 1962 and a young newspaper editor, Chow, is finding his marital partner is rarely around to share his life; Lonely and lost Chow finds friendship with his neighbour, Li-zhen, whose husband is as absent as his wife. Into this increasingly charged relationship comes a discovery that could release the two of them, but may ironically part them forever. In The Mood For Love is a breathtakingly beautiful film, visually and emotionally faultless. find out more...
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INFERNAL AFFAIRS (2002)
Certification15 Our Rating
Ming is a sergeant in the Hong Kong police force, but his true colours lie with his Triad boss; Yan works for the same Triad boss but his real loyalties are with the police. Both men have spent years leading the same furtive and often fraught existence but for opposing sides, and it is only when a drugs bust goes spectacularly wrong that the two moles become aware of the other's existence, though not their identity. Infernal Affairs is a hard boiled character driven thriller that concentrates he find out more...
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INFERNAL AFFAIRS 2 (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
This second part of the Infernal Affairs trilogy is set ten years prior to the showdown witnessed in the first film. Here we find Yan and Ming at the very beginning of their careers, one a young police officer undercover with the triads, the other a triad infiltrating the cops. Infernal Affairs II is every bit as slick as the first, an intelligent action thriller that fleshes out the central characters' motivations and, in a pleasantly frustrating way, makes a second watching of Part One unavoid find out more...
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INFERNAL AFFAIRS 3 (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
The final part of the Chinese gangster epic in which our two protagonists finally come face to face. If you've seen parts 1 and 2 then watch this, if you haven't then watch them. find out more...
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IP MAN (2008)
Certification15 Our Rating
In 1930s Japanese occupied Foshan, independently minded Wing Chun fighter Yip soon finds himself helping train cotton mill workers to protect themselves from thieves and facing off with Japanese karate experts. Loosely based around the life of Bruce Lee's teacher, celebrated martial arts maestro, Yip Man, himself a pupil of the ageing Wing Chun maestro Chan Wah-Shun, this is both critically acclaimed and a box-office hit, with the real star being Sammo Hung's extraordinarily choreographed fight find out more...
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IP MAN 2 (2010)
Certification12 Our Rating
The sequel to the outstanding Ip Man centers on the protagonist's migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts. The film's fight choreography is again handled by the legendary Sammo Hung - he also now has a supporting role and incredibly shot his own fight scenes while recuperating from heart surgery - and that alone makes the film worth checking out. find out more...
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IP MAN 3 (2015)
Certification15 Our Rating

Ip Man movie series is the reason why we love Chinese martial art films. This elegant biographical film that focuses on Ip Man's humble personal life is charming and engaging. It is a lot of fun, has fascinating actions and bittersweet moments! Ip Man 3 is certainly a must watch if you love martial art film and Chinese culture! Additional notes for this mini review (since it does not meet minimum length on IMDb) 1. Quite balanced and culturally fair, sorry no spoiler find out more...

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IRON MONKEY (1993)
Certification12 Our Rating
The corrupt officials of a Chinese village are continually robbed by "Iron Monkey" a sort of Robin Hood masked bandit named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Govenor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit. The arrival of an evil Shaolin monk, brings the Physician and Iron Monkey together to battle the corrupt and barbaric government. Iron Monkey is a thoughtful and visually striking martial arts actioner from the action director behind the Matrix and Crouching Tige find out more...