Top 100 Hong Kong Movies

[Misanthrope]

Time Out Hong Kong recently put together their top 100 HK movies and thought I'd share it.

I'm not a huge Asian cinephile, but I include Infernal Affairs amongst my favorite movies in the world and was a bit shocked by its relatively low placement. I clearly need to see the ones ranked higher.

Except for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Am I the only person who felt like it was nothing but cinematographer porn? Visually stunning, but entirely unsatisfying.

The list is here:
http://timeout.com.hk/film/features/47714/the-100-greatest-hong-kong-films.html

 

[OVP]

I'm waaay too lazy to look, but where does Game of Death rank ? Fists of Fury is the highest rated Bruce Lee film in that list but I've always loved Game of Death the most ... possibly could be the Vomit Norris factor

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

My favourites

The Killer
Gambler King
Master & The Flying Guillotine
Election 1 & 2
Hard Boiled
Bullet in the Head
City on Fire <----- Tarantino jacked this to make Reservoir Dogs
A Better Tomorrow
36th Chamber of Shaolin
One Armed Swordsman
Once Upon A Time in China
5 Deadly Venoms
5 Fingers of Death
Police Story 1-3

 

[WYD]

If you have a heart I don't know how you can dismiss Wong Kar-Wai films as "entirely unsatisfying", he's a romantic and master manipulator. I'm totally in love with his body of work, glad to see him get number one.

 

[WYD]

Floating Life (1996) is an interesting film, it got lost and didn't really find a market. Whether you want to consider it an Australian film, or Hong Kong film, it deserves to be considered among the best.

 

[Misanthrope]

If you have a heart I don't know how you can dismiss Wong Kar-Wai films as "entirely unsatisfying",

I said that the only other film on the list that I had seen - Crouching Tiger - is a grossly overrated piece of cinematic wank. I said nothing about Wong Kar-Wai's films.

 

[Generalzod]

Enter The Dragon

 

[WYD]

I said that the only other film on the list that I had seen - Crouching Tiger - is a grossly overrated piece of cinematic wank. I said nothing about Wong Kar-Wai's films.

Apologies, didn't read it properly.

Hong Kong has a very interesting cinematic history, I'm a fan of their New Wave movement.

 

[IanG]

No Erotic Ghost Story?