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Spy No. 13 (1964)
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Action, Thriller, Crime, War, Mystery

During World War II, spy Wu Lai-sheung is instructed by her superior Fan Yeung-shan to murder spy number 13 Cheung Chi-ping. While Wu establishes a...

A Lovely Girl's Lovely Dreams (1958)
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Drama, Romance

Songstress Mui Yee-wah falls head over heels for painter Wai Tik-fung despite their age difference. Because Wai is a married man, Mui's mother is...

The Secret Agent 303 (1966)
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Adventure, Action, Science Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Hong Kong's Ironman stepped up to the plate when Dr. No (1962) took the world by storm in the 1960s. Tso Tat-wah, the quintessential tough guy of...

Fires of Envy (1957)
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Drama

A dramatization of Canadian author W.O. Mitchell's penetrating story about the racial prejudice encountered by a Polish immigrant farmer in a rural...

Frankenstein's Master (2013)
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Horror, Drama

Driven to the wilderness to bury the key to a horrible secret, a harried scientist is confronted by his own gruesome creation. Based on excerpts from...

Sable Cicada (1938)
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Drama, Romance, War

Diaochan (aka Diau Charn and Sable Cicada), one of the Four Beauties of China, is supposed to be so stunningly lovely that the moon was shamed to...

Astons Stone (2007)
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Animation

The little puppy Aston finds a lonely a cold stone in the forrest a decides to bring it home a care for it. Based on the childrens bokk with the same...

Red Maid, the Matchmaker (1958)
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History, Music, Comedy

Production company Taoyuan chose for its inaugural film a comedy and Fong Yim-fun gets to take a break from playing long-suffering roles and showcase...

Working Class (2011)
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Documentary

Loosely based on Charles Dicken’s book “A Tale of Two Cities”, Working Class tells the tale of underground street artists Mike Giant and Mike...

The Extra Mortals (1964)
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Drama

In a hospital waiting room, a group of men arrive and meet one another. Choe, is the upbeat fellow who always thinks of the nation and its people....

All This Can Happen (2013)
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Documentary

A flickering dance of intriguing imagery brings to light the possibilities of ordinary movements from the everyday which appear, evolve and freeze...

Affliction (2021)
10 / 10

Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd (2017)
8 / 10

Music, Drama

On the Move (2018)
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Drama

A poor taxi driver offered a chance for a better financial future must weigh up the cost of walking away from what he most values. // In a world...

Confidences d'une femme mariée (2020)
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Drama, History, Romance

After ten years of marriage, a woman decides to tell her husband about her libertine past. A cascade of revelations follows, all as unexpected as...

Such A Girl Like Me (2012)
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Drama

'...is unsuitable for any man's love.' (Xi Xi, A Woman Like Me) Sum-yin patches up wounds, masks scars and performs other beautician services that,...

Flooding with Love for The Kid (2010)
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Action

A one-man adaptation of First Blood, filmed over the course of four months, entirely within a 220-sq. ft. apartment.

Birth of Melos (2023)
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Comedy, Drama

A new bold interpretation of the plot of the literary masterpiece "Running Melos", transferred to our days! A high-tension literary comedy from the...

Pilgrimage at Night (1959)
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Drama

Adapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a full-length novel of the same name published by Shiga Naoya...

Spring (1953)
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Drama

Ko Suk-ying is saddened over her arranged marriage as manipulated by her father Hak-ming. Ko Kok-sun's Cousin Chow Wai's spends the Mid-Autumn...