Hong Kong neo-noir films

Golden Job

Orphan Brothers • Imprisonment • Japan • Inner Mongolia • Jordan Chan • Loyalty

2018 • Movie • HK

S Storm

Corruption Exposed • Police Precincts • Crime Thwarted • Modern • Corruption Cover-Up

2016 • Movie • HK, CN

Firestorm

Self-Sacrifice • Urban Districts • Gangsters • Nonlinear • Moral Ambiguity • Asia Pacific Film Festival

2013 • Movie • HK, CN

Hex

Murder In The Pond • Victory • Abuse • Body Disposal • Melancholic • Hex

1980 • Movie • HK

The Brink

Gold Theft • Undercover Chase • 2010S • Manhunt • Jonathan Li • Criminal Underworld

2017 • Movie • HK, CN

City Under Siege

Hero Victory • Zombie Outbreak • Exposure To Gas • 2010S • Explosive Action

2010 • Movie • HK

Ten Years

Hong Kong • Protest Sites • Hopeful • Urban Dystopia • Award-Winning

2015 • Movie • HK

Out of the Dark

Ghostly Possession • Security Guards • Curious Girl • Haunting

1995 • Movie • HK

The Moss

Triad Boss • Survival • Kowloon • Dark • Thriller • The Moss

2008 • Movie • HK

Invisible Target

Funfair • Urban Environment • Hostage Situation • Thriller • Tragic Death • Armored Truck Attack

2007 • Movie • HK, CN

Motorway

Rookie • Mentor • Hong Kong • Police Pursuit • High-Speed Cinematography • Action

2012 • Movie • HK

Paradox

Gangster • Political Aide • Tragic • Best Actor (Louis Koo) • Crime Thriller Enthusiasts • Contemporary

2017 • Movie • HK, CN

Time

Elderly Clients • Urban Hong Kong • Ambiguous • Dark Comedy • Hyper-Stylized

2021 • Movie • HK

The Fatal Raid

Macao • Justice • Revenge Cycle • Modern Day • Non-Stop

2019 • Movie • HK, CN

Eye in the Sky

Robbery Pursuit • Mentor • Urban • Bittersweet • Surveillance-Tech • Modern

2007 • Movie • HK

The Shadow Whip

Avenging Father • Bandits • 1970S Martial Arts • Empowering • Weapon Combat • Murders

1971 • Movie • HK

The Green Hornet

Police Captain • Hong Kong • Masked Hero • Investigation • 1990S Hong Kong Cinema • Chin Kar-Lok

1994 • Movie • HK, CN

Boarding Gate

Open-Ended • Hong Kong • Bittersweet • Criminal • Non-Linear • Escape From Criminal Past

2006 • Movie

Xiao Wu, artisan pickpocket

Poor Neighborhood • Romantic Rejection • Arrest • Fenyang • Personal Discontent

1997 • Movie • CN, HK

Legendary Assassin

Stranded On Island • Crime Boss • Twist • Martial Artist • Action-Packed

2008 • Movie • HK

G Storm

Space Museum • Tsim Sha Tsui • Justice Served • Thrilling • Terrorist Leader

2021 • Movie • HK

Dragon

Detective • Rural China • Bittersweet • Tang Wei • Cannes • Corruption

2011 • Movie

Manhunt

Urban Japan • Modern Japan • Justice Achieved • Manhunt • Based On Novel • Climactic Fight

2017 • Movie • HK, CN

Hand Rolled Cigarette

1990S • Chungking Mansions • 1990S Hong Kong • Hong Kong Triads • Hong Kong 90S

2021 • Movie • HK

Special ID

Contemporary • Undercover Cop • Gang Infiltration • Undercover Mission • Donnie Yen • Undercover Identity

2013 • Movie • CN

Temptress Moon

Childhood Abuse • Symbolic • Opium Addicts • High-Budget • Chen Kaige • Adults

1996 • Movie • HK, CN

Flatfoot in Hong Kong

Mafia Member • Macau • Drug Lord Murder • Thailand • Corruption • Location Shots

1975 • Movie • IT

The Hidden Enforcers

Revenge Fulfilled • Drug Raid • Justice Served • Vigilante Hunting • Morality • Criminals

2002 • Movie

Red Nights

Dark • Contemporary • Woman Protagonist • Yellow • Slow-Paced • Stylized Lighting

2009 • Movie • BE, HK, FR

Shanghai Blues

Search For Aak-Syu • Now • War Outbreak • Social Class • Suzhou Bridge • Nostalgia

1984 • Movie • HK