Hong Kong Hits
8 Episodes
Hong Kong is home to one of the world’s most exciting pop-filmmaking traditions—and there’s no bigger event in its box-office calendar than Lunar New Year, typically reserved for the industry’s most crowd-pleasing releases. These genre-blending touchstones bring audiences together for an escape into romance, comedy, fantasy, and action, making them Asia’s answer to the summer blockbuster. Celebrate this year’s holiday with these favorites from some of Hong Kong’s biggest stars, including Jackie Chan (POLICE STORY), Sammo Hung (MY LUCKY STARS), and Michelle Yeoh (THE HEROIC TRIO).
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1:37:15Episode 1
My Lucky Stars
Episode 1
Directed by Sammo Hung • 1985 • Hong Kong
Starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen BiaoLongtime friends Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao—who had worked together since childhood as part of a Beijing opera troupe—join forces for this rollicking blend of action thrills and lunatic humor, which...
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1:40:50Episode 2
Police Story
Episode 2
Directed by Jackie Chan • 1985 • Hong Kong
Starring Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Maggie CheungThe jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in Jackie Chan’s breathtakingly inventive martial-arts comedy, a smash hit that made him a worldwide icon of daredevil action spectacle. The director/s...
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2:02:13Episode 3
Police Story 2
Episode 3
Directed by Jackie Chan • 1988 • Hong Kong
Starring Jackie Chan, Maggie CheungJackie Chan followed up the massive success of POLICE STORY with an even bigger box-office hit. Having been demoted to a lowly traffic cop for his, ahem, unorthodox policing methods, Chan’s go-it-alone officer Ka-K...
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1:43:17Episode 4
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Episode 4
Directed by Jeffrey Lau • 1993 • China
Starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Brigitte Lin, Leslie CheungA classic of Hong Kong “mo lei tau” (nonsense comedy) that blends slapstick hijinks, musical numbers, and zippy martial-arts wire work, Jeffrey Lau’s THE EAGLE SHOOTING HEROES launches an all-star ca...
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1:28:19Episode 5
The Heroic Trio
Episode 5
Directed by Johnnie To • 1993 • Hong Kong
Starring Anita Mui, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie CheungWith this outrageously entertaining cult favorite, director Johnnie To and his lineup of legendary stars gave Hong Kong cinema something new: its own homegrown superhero cinematic universe. Thief Catcher (...
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1:37:48Episode 6
Executioners
Episode 6
Directed by Johnnie To and Ching Siu-tung • 1993 • Hong Kong
Starring Anita Mui, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie CheungMaggie Cheung, Anita Mui, and Michelle Yeoh return in this gritty, postapocalyptic sequel to THE HEROIC TRIO. Following a devastating nuclear attack, Hong Kong’s supply of clean water ha...
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1:30:40Episode 7
Chinese Odyssey 2002
Episode 7
Directed by Jeffrey Lau • 2002 • China
Starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Wei ZhaoProduced by Wong Kar Wai—and featuring some of his most beloved stars—this irresistibly entertaining comic adventure giddily spoofs everything from classic Chinese musicals to wuxia epics to Wong’s own films...
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1:41:20Episode 8
Infernal Affairs
Episode 8
Directed by Andrew Lau Wai-keung and Alan Mak • 2002 • Hong Kong
Starring Andy Lau Tak-wah, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Wong Chau-sangTwo of Hong Kong cinema’s most iconic leading men, Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah, face off in the breathtaking thriller that revitalized the city-sta...