{"id":446,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T03:58:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:43","slug":"the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The 50 Best Hong Kong Films Since The 1997 Handover (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>When China took over Hong Kong\u2019s sovereignty from Britain in 1997, the former British colony was promised \u201c50 years unchanged\u201d under the framework of \u201cone country, two systems.\u201d Twenty years on, a lot has changed, including Hong Kong cinema. Ahead of the<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When China took over Hong Kong\u2019s sovereignty from Britain in 1997, the former British colony was promised \u201c50 years unchanged\u201d under the framework of \u201cone country, two systems.\u201d&nbsp;Twenty years on, a lot has changed, including Hong Kong cinema.&nbsp;Ahead of the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong\u2019s return to Chinese sovereignty, we revisit the greatest movies the city\u2019s cinema has produced in the past two decades.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#50\" title=\"50\">50<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#The_Postmodern_Life_of_My_Aunt\" title=\"The Postmodern Life of My Aunt&nbsp;\">The Postmodern Life of My Aunt&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#%E5%A7%A8%E5%A6%88%E7%9A%84%E5%90%8E%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB_2007\" title=\"\u59e8\u5988\u7684\u540e\u73b0\u4ee3\u751f\u6d3b (2007)&nbsp;\">\u59e8\u5988\u7684\u540e\u73b0\u4ee3\u751f\u6d3b (2007)&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#49\" title=\"49\">49<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Colour_of_the_Truth_%E9%BB%91%E7%99%BD%E6%A3%AE%E6%9E%97_2003\" title=\"Colour of the Truth&nbsp;\u9ed1\u767d\u68ee\u6797 (2003)\">Colour of the Truth&nbsp;\u9ed1\u767d\u68ee\u6797 (2003)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#48\" title=\"48\">48<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Echoes_of_the_Rainbow\" title=\"Echoes of the Rainbow\">Echoes of the Rainbow<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#%E5%B2%81%E6%9C%88%E7%A5%9E%E5%81%B7_2010\" title=\"\u5c81\u6708\u795e\u5077 (2010)\">\u5c81\u6708\u795e\u5077 (2010)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#47\" title=\"47\">47<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Bodyguards_and_Assassins\" title=\"Bodyguards and Assassins&nbsp;\">Bodyguards and Assassins&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#%E5%8D%81%E6%9C%88%E5%9B%B4%E5%9F%8E_2009\" title=\"\u5341\u6708\u56f4\u57ce (2009)\">\u5341\u6708\u56f4\u57ce (2009)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#46\" title=\"46\">46<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#The_Way_We_Dance_%E7%8B%82%E8%88%9E%E6%B4%BE_2013\" title=\"The Way We Dance \u72c2\u821e\u6d3e (2013)\">The Way We Dance \u72c2\u821e\u6d3e (2013)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#45\" title=\"45\">45<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Crazy_N_The_City_%E7%A5%9E%E7%BB%8F%E4%BE%A0%E4%BE%A3_2005\" title=\"Crazy N\u2019 The City \u795e\u7ecf\u4fa0\u4fa3 (2005)\">Crazy N\u2019 The City \u795e\u7ecf\u4fa0\u4fa3 (2005)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#44\" title=\"44\">44<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Hold_You_Tight_%E6%84%88%E5%BF%AB%E4%B9%90%E6%84%88%E5%A0%95%E8%90%BD_1998\" title=\"Hold You Tight &nbsp;\u6108\u5feb\u4e50\u6108\u5815\u843d (1998)\">Hold You Tight &nbsp;\u6108\u5feb\u4e50\u6108\u5815\u843d (1998)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#43\" title=\"43\">43<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Bullets_Over_Summer_%E7%88%86%E8%A3%82%E5%88%91%E8%AD%A6_1999\" title=\"Bullets Over Summer \u7206\u88c2\u5211\u8b66 (1999)\">Bullets Over Summer \u7206\u88c2\u5211\u8b66 (1999)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#42\" title=\"42\">42<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Soul_Mate_%E4%B8%83%E6%9C%88%E4%B8%8E%E5%AE%89%E7%94%9F_2016\" title=\"Soul Mate \u4e03\u6708\u4e0e\u5b89\u751f&nbsp;(2016)\">Soul Mate \u4e03\u6708\u4e0e\u5b89\u751f&nbsp;(2016)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#41\" title=\"41\">41<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Beast_Stalker_%E8%AF%81%E4%BA%BA_2008\" title=\"Beast Stalker \u8bc1\u4eba (2008)\">Beast Stalker \u8bc1\u4eba (2008)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#40\" title=\"40\">40<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#The_Golden_Era_%E9%BB%84%E9%87%91%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3_2014\" title=\"The Golden Era \u9ec4\u91d1\u65f6\u4ee3 (2014)\">The Golden Era \u9ec4\u91d1\u65f6\u4ee3 (2014)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#39\" title=\"39\">39<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Running_on_Karma_%E5%A4%A7%E5%8F%AA%E4%BD%AC_2003\" title=\"Running on Karma \u5927\u53ea\u4f6c (2003)\">Running on Karma \u5927\u53ea\u4f6c (2003)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-28\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#38\" title=\"38\">38<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-29\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Vulgaria_%E4%BD%8E%E4%BF%97%E5%96%9C%E5%89%A7_2012\" title=\"Vulgaria \u4f4e\u4fd7\u559c\u5267 (2012)\">Vulgaria \u4f4e\u4fd7\u559c\u5267 (2012)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-30\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#37\" title=\"37\">37<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-31\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Protege_%E9%97%A8%E5%BE%92_2007\" title=\"Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 \u95e8\u5f92 (2007)\">Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 \u95e8\u5f92 (2007)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-32\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#36\" title=\"36\">36<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-33\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Red_Cliff_II_%E8%B5%A4%E5%A3%812_2009\" title=\"Red Cliff II \u8d64\u58c12 (2009)\">Red Cliff II \u8d64\u58c12 (2009)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-34\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#35\" title=\"35\">35<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-35\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#The_Midnight_After\" title=\"The Midnight After&nbsp;\">The Midnight After&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-36\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#%E9%82%A3%E5%A4%9C%E5%87%8C%E6%99%A8%E6%88%91%E8%B5%B0%E4%B8%8A%E4%BA%86%E6%97%BA%E8%A7%92%E5%BC%80%E5%BE%80%E5%A4%A7%E5%9F%94%E7%9A%84%E7%BA%A2Van2014\" title=\"\u90a3\u591c\u51cc\u6668\u6211\u8d70\u4e0a\u4e86\u65fa\u89d2\u5f00\u5f80\u5927\u57d4\u7684\u7ea2Van(2014)\">\u90a3\u591c\u51cc\u6668\u6211\u8d70\u4e0a\u4e86\u65fa\u89d2\u5f00\u5f80\u5927\u57d4\u7684\u7ea2Van(2014)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-37\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#34\" title=\"34\">34<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-38\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Lost_in_Time_%E5%BF%98%E4%B8%8D%E4%BA%86_2003\" title=\"Lost in Time \u5fd8\u4e0d\u4e86 (2003)\">Lost in Time \u5fd8\u4e0d\u4e86 (2003)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-39\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#33\" title=\"33\">33<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-40\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Overheard_%E7%AA%83%E5%90%AC%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91_2009\" title=\"Overheard \u7a83\u542c\u98ce\u4e91 (2009)\">Overheard \u7a83\u542c\u98ce\u4e91 (2009)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-41\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#32\" title=\"32\">32<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-42\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#From_the_Queen_to_the_Chief_Executive_%E7%AD%89%E5%80%99%E8%91%A3%E5%BB%BA%E5%8D%8E%E5%8F%91%E8%90%BD_2001\" title=\"From the Queen to the Chief Executive \u7b49\u5019\u8463\u5efa\u534e\u53d1\u843d (2001)\">From the Queen to the Chief Executive \u7b49\u5019\u8463\u5efa\u534e\u53d1\u843d (2001)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-43\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#31\" title=\"31\">31<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-44\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Full_Alert_%E9%AB%98%E5%BA%A6%E6%88%92%E5%A4%87_1997\" title=\"Full Alert \u9ad8\u5ea6\u6212\u5907 (1997)\">Full Alert \u9ad8\u5ea6\u6212\u5907 (1997)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-45\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#30\" title=\"30\">30<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-46\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Gallants_%E6%89%93%E6%93%82%E5%8F%B0_2010\" title=\"Gallants \u6253\u64c2\u53f0 (2010)\">Gallants \u6253\u64c2\u53f0 (2010)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-47\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#29\" title=\"29\">29<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-48\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Dearest_%E4%BA%B2%E7%88%B1%E7%9A%84_2014\" title=\"Dearest \u4eb2\u7231\u7684 (2014)\">Dearest \u4eb2\u7231\u7684 (2014)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-49\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#28\" title=\"28\">28<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-50\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#KJ_%E9%9F%B3%E4%B9%90%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9FKJ2009\" title=\"KJ \u97f3\u4e50\u4eba\u751fKJ(2009)\">KJ \u97f3\u4e50\u4eba\u751fKJ(2009)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-51\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#27\" title=\"27\">27<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-52\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Durian_Durian_%E6%A6%B4%E8%8E%B2%E9%A3%98%E9%A3%98_2000\" title=\"Durian Durian \u69b4\u83b2\u98d8\u98d8&nbsp;(2000)\">Durian Durian \u69b4\u83b2\u98d8\u98d8&nbsp;(2000)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-53\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#26\" title=\"26\">26<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-54\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#Unbeatable_%E6%BF%80%E6%88%98_2013\" title=\"Unbeatable \u6fc0\u6218 (2013)\">Unbeatable \u6fc0\u6218 (2013)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-55\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-50-best-hong-kong-films-since-the-1997-handover-part-1\/#To_be_continued%E2%80%A6\" title=\"To be continued&#8230;\">To be continued&#8230;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"50\"><\/span>50<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Postmodern_Life_of_My_Aunt\"><\/span>The Postmodern Life of My Aunt&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E5%A7%A8%E5%A6%88%E7%9A%84%E5%90%8E%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB_2007\"><\/span>\u59e8\u5988\u7684\u540e\u73b0\u4ee3\u751f\u6d3b (2007)&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1dc660ad9bfeeaa532603e3977ce2487-sz_57249.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FmKXyLryXvEEhA9HKuIUcgIRIrAN?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Siqin Gaowa shines as a tough yet gullible woman in her 60s in Ann Hui On-wah\u2019s tragicomic tale of mid-life crisis, which finds heart-warming humanity even in a Shanghai full of swindlers. Chow Yun-fat nearly steals the show as a despicable tease.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"49\"><\/span>49<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Colour_of_the_Truth_%E9%BB%91%E7%99%BD%E6%A3%AE%E6%9E%97_2003\"><\/span>Colour of the Truth&nbsp;\u9ed1\u767d\u68ee\u6797 (2003)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"51c540c223fab78538db4e6c8ce7fdfe-sz_93294.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fv2syJuCCF6UjyfrhhhzFyB5yGfj?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"419\" height=\"584\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>When did the critically derided Wong Jing last direct an enjoyable film? A case could be made for this tightly scripted revenge thriller (co-directed by Marco Mak Chi-sin), which riffs on&nbsp;Infernal Affairs&nbsp;but stays respectable with its quality blend of action and drama.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"48\"><\/span>48<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Echoes_of_the_Rainbow\"><\/span>Echoes of the Rainbow<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E5%B2%81%E6%9C%88%E7%A5%9E%E5%81%B7_2010\"><\/span>\u5c81\u6708\u795e\u5077 (2010)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2154c01af71d9eda6b41d2bc218bfa14-sz_17524.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fu0tkkbfDadXFqvbS_FpVToTybmY?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"389\" height=\"220\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>An old-fashioned family melodrama set in a working-class neighbourhood in 1960s Hong Kong, Alex Law Kai-yui\u2019s tastefully presented weepie digs into the writer-director\u2019s own childhood to recall the tough old days through an affectionately nostalgic.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"47\"><\/span>47<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bodyguards_and_Assassins\"><\/span>Bodyguards and Assassins&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E5%8D%81%E6%9C%88%E5%9B%B4%E5%9F%8E_2009\"><\/span>\u5341\u6708\u56f4\u57ce (2009)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"240987656e3bd536f72ca7721b0c4efd-sz_87944.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fp98MyEdx6mOMywL41-yp0XEk9t5?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"845\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><br \/><\/h4>\n<p>A fictional assassination attempt on revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen provides the excuse Teddy Chen Tak-sum needed to marry visceral violence with democratic ideals, the film culminating in nearly an hour of non-stop martial arts mayhem on the streets of turn-of-the-century Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"46\"><\/span>46<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Way_We_Dance_%E7%8B%82%E8%88%9E%E6%B4%BE_2013\"><\/span>The Way We Dance \u72c2\u821e\u6d3e (2013)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"eb48c7ab706bbd9479cdf27cd9a43d27-sz_286428.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FnaARMuHLaDbAxNEIv7SPQQwDe83?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Few street-dance films could serve up a cocktail as sweet, funny and engrossing as this low-budget crowd-pleaser by indie favourite Adam Wong Sau-ping, who avoids the clich\u00e9s of inspirational youth dramas in a film that launched the careers of Cherry Ngan Cheuk-ling and Babyjohn Choi Hon-yick.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"45\"><\/span>45<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Crazy_N_The_City_%E7%A5%9E%E7%BB%8F%E4%BE%A0%E4%BE%A3_2005\"><\/span>Crazy N\u2019 The City \u795e\u7ecf\u4fa0\u4fa3 (2005)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"14f83b3d0696f84f5c5321ceb8dfda0d-sz_1129324.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FvIz_zhBJ9clN7eMMo_9TWTGxy0d?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>A humane comedy featuring a serial murderer on the loose, this unclassifiable little film by veteran screenwriter James Yuen Sai-sang displays genuine affection for Hong Kong\u2019s older communities, while taking unexpected delight in Eason Chan Yik-shun\u2019s slacker policeman character.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"44\"><\/span>44<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hold_You_Tight_%E6%84%88%E5%BF%AB%E4%B9%90%E6%84%88%E5%A0%95%E8%90%BD_1998\"><\/span>Hold You Tight &nbsp;\u6108\u5feb\u4e50\u6108\u5815\u843d (1998)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5a154a124424b3fe4466c2e92b319e76-sz_568041.png\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fnr3wP0WVn3jxcdhzA_x_rNaVpKG?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"446\" height=\"566\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Having come out in his documentary&nbsp;Yang \u00b1 Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema, art-house veteran Stanley Kwan Kam-pang turned out this poignant portrait of loneliness, whose intertwined stories of three Chinese men coming to terms with their desires take liberties with chronology, locality and sexuality.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"43\"><\/span>43<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bullets_Over_Summer_%E7%88%86%E8%A3%82%E5%88%91%E8%AD%A6_1999\"><\/span>Bullets Over Summer \u7206\u88c2\u5211\u8b66 (1999)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"58c0a4ab2efbe5f039215fbc6e3f2c13-sz_183739.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FvsGxx8NVmwDhf3mzJgc2B7lbKej?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Equal parts crime thriller, buddy cop comedy and scrappy urban romance, Wilson Yip Wai-shun\u2019s schizophrenic farce sees Francis Ng Chun-yu and Louis Koo Tin-lok confront violent criminals in a surprisingly heartening Hong Kong neighbourhood story.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"42\"><\/span>42<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Soul_Mate_%E4%B8%83%E6%9C%88%E4%B8%8E%E5%AE%89%E7%94%9F_2016\"><\/span>Soul Mate \u4e03\u6708\u4e0e\u5b89\u751f&nbsp;(2016)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"d4ce0781aec75452b369a13b60639372-sz_115195.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FoH3jRVxSW5mkIjiAwVNgoxMqPbg?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"1040\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung exceeds all expectations with his solo directing debut, a China-set, female-centric friendship drama. While it helps to have Peter Chan Ho-sun as a producer, exquisite turns by Zhou Dongyu and Ma Sichun lend an emotional delicacy to this sentimental gem.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"41\"><\/span>41<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Beast_Stalker_%E8%AF%81%E4%BA%BA_2008\"><\/span>Beast Stalker \u8bc1\u4eba (2008)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dde557cd1a98d1a64835430be343d8c3-sz_117250.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FkwnxwOO1tCdv_9PKnj77weV3VkY?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"580\" height=\"347\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>After a decade of directing pop star vehicles, Dante Lam Chiu-yin took the first big step towards recognition as an action auteur with this slam-bang thriller, pitting Nicholas Tse Ting-fung against Nick Cheung Ka-fai in a cop-and-crime morality tale spliced with brutal twists of fate.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"40\"><\/span>40<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Golden_Era_%E9%BB%84%E9%87%91%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3_2014\"><\/span>The Golden Era \u9ec4\u91d1\u65f6\u4ee3 (2014)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"272ab41cb6284a92639022f1c26e26d7-sz_71300.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Frn4CUymNW3Zh_6bXVHuvEuoETD7?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>One of the most esoteric works in Ann Hui\u2019s career, this gorgeous yet enigmatic biopic of Chinese writer-activist Xiao Hong takes advantage of Tang Wei\u2019s understated charisma to fashion a deeply poetic and intellectually satisfying account of the second half of its oblique subject\u2019s short, tragic life.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"39\"><\/span>39<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Running_on_Karma_%E5%A4%A7%E5%8F%AA%E4%BD%AC_2003\"><\/span>Running on Karma \u5927\u53ea\u4f6c (2003)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"463675fdf84d3a9dc798b4c15fb5f82c-sz_30156.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlpKrOEgQ8rhUQQpXwewmcCn3WUi?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The genre offerings of Milkyway Image co-founders Johnnie To Kei-fung and Wai Ka-fai rarely get more high-concept than this deeply philosophical drama starring Andy Lau Tak-wah as a Buddhist monk turned bodybuilder, which takes the audience to unexpected places.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"38\"><\/span>38<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vulgaria_%E4%BD%8E%E4%BF%97%E5%96%9C%E5%89%A7_2012\"><\/span>Vulgaria \u4f4e\u4fd7\u559c\u5267 (2012)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"906db81ad8e45ae4d2c86d5fb2f82ca0-sz_202434.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FhyeqfXAPDmTb2XeK5pPzC4OzVwM?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The decline of the Hong Kong film business, the intricacies of Cantonese profanity and some extremely kinky sex all contribute to the hilarity of Pang Ho-cheung\u2019s irreverent showbiz satire, which wraps Chapman To Man-chat\u2019s downtrodden producer character in utterly vicious humour.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"37\"><\/span>37<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Protege_%E9%97%A8%E5%BE%92_2007\"><\/span>Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 \u95e8\u5f92 (2007)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"542bf0439371de0ea7c00e6f8868caea-sz_27540.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fi8lpdzpJq-eyu_wwM1rFFQ-dR51?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"500\" height=\"318\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Before he changed tack to make China-friendly films in the past few years, writer-director Derek Yee Tung-sing was on the verge of achieving greatness with a series of relentlessly bleak and intense crime sagas. This ultra-violent drug-trade thriller, boasting a surprisingly starry cast, is the best of the lot.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"36\"><\/span>36<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Red_Cliff_II_%E8%B5%A4%E5%A3%812_2009\"><\/span>Red Cliff II \u8d64\u58c12 (2009)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"e750f55de6f4d7e14b6e3870a3b2b22c-sz_1090200.png\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FkrX2VCGrXdiFNM9Kq0vy-QUWRu1?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>John Woo Yu-sen makes his spectacular return to form after a Hollywood detour by taking on one of China\u2019s most fabled historical events. The no-nonsense second half of a five-hour war epic, this is sheer bombastic delight for both Three Kingdoms history nerds and fantasy action fans.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"35\"><\/span>35<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Midnight_After\"><\/span>The Midnight After&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E9%82%A3%E5%A4%9C%E5%87%8C%E6%99%A8%E6%88%91%E8%B5%B0%E4%B8%8A%E4%BA%86%E6%97%BA%E8%A7%92%E5%BC%80%E5%BE%80%E5%A4%A7%E5%9F%94%E7%9A%84%E7%BA%A2Van2014\"><\/span>\u90a3\u591c\u51cc\u6668\u6211\u8d70\u4e0a\u4e86\u65fa\u89d2\u5f00\u5f80\u5927\u57d4\u7684\u7ea2Van(2014)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"afcddf77a28c7e4629dfec776a156ff2-sz_515720.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fj-S6UEV_UMxmJeWoDLPCPgYb58m?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>A post-apocalyptic mystery that proved a prescient allegory for the anxiety that fuelled the Occupy protests just a few months later, Fruit Chan Gor\u2019s socially conscious adaptation of a hit online novel is also one of the best sci-fi-horror comedies that the city has produced.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"34\"><\/span>34<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lost_in_Time_%E5%BF%98%E4%B8%8D%E4%BA%86_2003\"><\/span>Lost in Time \u5fd8\u4e0d\u4e86 (2003)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"f929c3ca5b99cb0304266872578e03a8-sz_35598.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FhOskS6_O2w2ydqZCOARkfCont9F?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"500\" height=\"640\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi gives the performance of a lifetime as a grief-stricken woman looking to rebuild her life in this tear-jerking drama by Derek Yee, who again makes an unlikely romantic hero out of Lau Ching-wan after their collaboration in 1993\u2019s&nbsp;C\u2019est La Vie, Mon Ch\u00e9ri.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"33\"><\/span>33<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Overheard_%E7%AA%83%E5%90%AC%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91_2009\"><\/span>Overheard \u7a83\u542c\u98ce\u4e91 (2009)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"33ca35ca56ca6472f437cd2feae8c859-sz_84359.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FjRL6Ou0_4GCVlqUHb0LNrTG6hfS?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Alan Mak Siu-fai and Felix Chong Man-keung \u2013 two-thirds of the creative trio behind the&nbsp;Infernal Affairs&nbsp;trilogy \u2013 corner the crime thriller market with a surveillance-themed trilogy of their own. Financial crimes have seldom looked more thrilling than in this meticulously plotted first film.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"32\"><\/span>32<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_the_Queen_to_the_Chief_Executive_%E7%AD%89%E5%80%99%E8%91%A3%E5%BB%BA%E5%8D%8E%E5%8F%91%E8%90%BD_2001\"><\/span>From the Queen to the Chief Executive \u7b49\u5019\u8463\u5efa\u534e\u53d1\u843d (2001)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"7709d4449500961e7ad6b6d6448f9921-sz_418108.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FsDXb-0ngV64sSr0Q2BAsfB4_gmD?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"498\" height=\"351\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The prolific Herman Yau Lai-to lends a voice to the deprived in this protest drama, based on the real-life cases of juvenile criminals sentenced to indefinite imprisonment due to a legal loophole from the colonial era. An eloquent and powerful tirade against social injustice.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"31\"><\/span>31<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Full_Alert_%E9%AB%98%E5%BA%A6%E6%88%92%E5%A4%87_1997\"><\/span>Full Alert \u9ad8\u5ea6\u6212\u5907 (1997)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"c5cd78341a9b28783098e128a893837f-sz_27978.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FtB8wET4c4l2OtxT3qi9m2KLn-8A?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"274\" height=\"350\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Lau Ching-wan and Francis Ng play cop and robber in action auteur Ringo Lam Ling-tung\u2019s deceptively frenetic riff on Michael Mann\u2019s&nbsp;Heat, even finding time to muse on the act of killing amid a cat-and-mouse game coloured by a heavy dash of pre-handover paranoia.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"30\"><\/span>30<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gallants_%E6%89%93%E6%93%82%E5%8F%B0_2010\"><\/span>Gallants \u6253\u64c2\u53f0 (2010)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4fa28e47178650a774d3f9f219557bcf-sz_49322.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FocfRvxbtIXdBWauuiZh9-u4Efmv?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>An underdog story both on and off screen, this energetic comedy by up-and-comers Derek Kwok Tsz-kin and Clement Cheng Sze-kit, while paying hilarious homage to the old martial arts genre, heralded a new generation of filmmakers with its best picture win at the Hong Kong Film Awards.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"29\"><\/span>29<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dearest_%E4%BA%B2%E7%88%B1%E7%9A%84_2014\"><\/span>Dearest \u4eb2\u7231\u7684 (2014)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"e0bb07a1c44b7859d9f04b48d242faf8-sz_15899.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fss4Jw8yYgu5PdPdADMpTmGplUoy?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>A real-life child abduction case sets the stage for Peter Chan\u2019s intelligent and emotionally trenchant melodrama. Zhao Wei\u2019s entrance as a suspected kidnapper midway through this morally ambiguous tale highlights both her compelling screen presence and the complexity of China\u2019s social problems.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"28\"><\/span>28<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"KJ_%E9%9F%B3%E4%B9%90%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9FKJ2009\"><\/span>KJ \u97f3\u4e50\u4eba\u751fKJ(2009)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"f5b456f30d1a912265370b7c59782010-sz_13542.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fnop8sJYTQaeAwEKM_X-EWs4Jhlt?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>While Hong Kong cinema isn\u2019t known for its documentary portraits, director Cheung King-wai\u2019s intimate account of the early life of music prodigy Wong Ka-jeng \u2013 touching on everything from the boy\u2019s ego to the culture of the city\u2019s elite schools \u2013 ranks as one of the most distinguished exceptions.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"27\"><\/span>27<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Durian_Durian_%E6%A6%B4%E8%8E%B2%E9%A3%98%E9%A3%98_2000\"><\/span>Durian Durian \u69b4\u83b2\u98d8\u98d8&nbsp;(2000)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a80ea833fa39719c412751c34a894ad0-sz_35459.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FncdhQ81AQiwoV3FooetUE-J62eV?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"482\" height=\"298\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>A quietly poignant story about underprivileged Chinese migrants in Hong Kong, the first film in Fruit Chan\u2019s \u201cprostitute trilogy\u201d considers the plight of a Chinese opera singer forced to sell her body, as well as a little girl with an expired visa, to reveal the intricacies of Hong Kong-China relations.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"26\"><\/span>26<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unbeatable_%E6%BF%80%E6%88%98_2013\"><\/span>Unbeatable \u6fc0\u6218 (2013)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6b2f737c6a195c01cb512210f3a751bf-sz_49245.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FmFfQR7gQD2myayxaZC2rikxs4PI?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The surprise blockbuster that cemented Nick Cheung\u2019s leading-man status and made male fitness all the rage in Hong Kong, director Dante 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