THEME EXPLORATION

Hong Kong underworld

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bad Seed
Bad Seed
1934 · Billy Wilder
In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love
2000 · Wong Kar-wai
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Love is Colder Than Death
Love is Colder Than Death
1969 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Drive
Drive
2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn
The American Soldier
The American Soldier
1970 · Margarethe von Trotta & Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs
2002 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau & Alan Mak & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Casino
Casino
1995 · Martin Scorsese
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled
1992 · John Woo
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Bille Woodruff Hong Kong

Pioneered the heroic bloodshed genre with stylized gunplay and moral ambiguity in films like 'The Killer' and 'Hard Boiled' that define Hong Kong underworld cinema.

 Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai Hong Kong

Created the most sophisticated examinations of triad culture and criminal codes in modern Hong Kong through films like 'Election' and 'Exiled' with complex character studies.