A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.

Year: 2009
Director: Max Mannix
Genre: Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese / English
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Gary Oldman, Kippei Shiina, Kyoko Hasegawa, Misa Shimizu, Takumi Bando, Akira Emoto, Dirk Hunter
Runtime: 111 mins

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A convenience store is robbed by a man in mask, at all that chaotic moment, a customer is stabbed with a little table knife on his back and fell over?!

The robber is jolted and in a blaze, he hustles to run away. All of a sudden, his lookout is knocked down by a car, the lady deadly pours in a pool of blood…

Inside the car sits two young guys who should have got there to rob that convenience store in the first place, unfortunately they are impeded by a lady passed by while stealing the car… since then their plan have to be changed. Two guys are totally thunderstruck when they knock over the lady…

It is about the same time, a team of police comes coincidentally for an unrelated operation, all the things are uncovered and all the guys are arrested.

All the crazy things happen at one night, but none of the incidents are really coincident. It comes out like this is all because someone plays too BIG!!

Chinese Title: Kwan Yan Chut Si
Year: 2009
Director: Danny Pang Fat
Genre: Drama / Crime / Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English (idx/sub)
Cast: Elanne Kong, William Chan, Chrissie Chau, Jones Xu, Wylie Chiu, Pakho Chow, Siu Fei, James Ho, Stephanie Cheng
Runtime: 80 mins

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A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter’s family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia…

Year: 2009
Director: Johnnie To
Genre: Action / Crime / Thriller
Country: Hong Kong / French
Language: Cantonese / English / French
Subtitles: English / Chinese (srt/idx/sub)
Cast: Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Wong, Lam Suet, Gordon Lam Ka-Tung, Sylvie Testud, Simon Yam, Eddie Cheung, Felix Wong
Runtime: 109 mins
Awards: 1 nomination

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In a district within Hong Kong five gangs have an uneasy truce as they all work within the area. Chaos then ensues when triad leader Jimmy is shot. Jimmy’s wife Cheung Wah then appoints his bodyguard Bo as the temporary leader of the gang over Jimmy’s #2 man Blackie. Bo must now find the assassin, control the seething Blackie, and keep their rival gangs at bay before all hell breaks loose …

Chinese Title: Tung Moon
Year: 2009
Director: Herman Yau
Genre: Action / Crime / Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English / Chinese (srt/idx/sub)
Cast: Shawn Yue, Elanne Kong, Ada Choi, Chapman To, Conroy Chan, Paul Wong, Jun Kung
Runtime: 100 mins

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A maid-in-waiting hangs herself within the realms of the palace. But while performing an autopsy, palace medic Chunryung suspects murder and starts to investigate the case. With a sense of justice and full of wit, Chunryung bravely unmasks the deceptions, but soon confronts the veiled past, kept hidden by those that had far more power than she had expected.

Korean Title: Goongnyeo
Year: 2004
Director: Kim Mi-jeong
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Park Jin-hee, Yoon Se-ah, Seo Yeong-hee, Lim Jeong-eun, Jeon Hye-jin, Kim Seong-ryeong
Runtime: 113 mins
Awards: 1 win

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A small group of people lie battered and bound on the floor of a dirty slaughterhouse covered in blood. Scared and confused, they soon learn their captors are snuff film producers and plan to torture them as creatively and heinously as possible before brutally killing them off one-by-one. Each scene is shot from either the killer or victim’s point of view in order to fully capture the emotional torment of the prey and the unspeakable acts that will be perpetrated on their captive bodies.

Korean Title: Dosalja
Year: 2007
Director: Kim Jin-Won
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (idx/sub)
Cast: Kim Sung-Il, You Dong-Hun
Runtime: 75 mins

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Anna (Karena Lam) seems to have a great life for both love and career in Singapore. Until she has to move to Shanghai. There she meets her ex-boyfriend. Ouyang (Lu Yi) and his wife. Si Yu (Karena Lam) who looks exactly like her. Love for her ex-beau rekindles and she decides to switch identities with her doppelganger for a week. Si Yu then flies to Singapore where she lives with Billy (Tender Huang). Anna’s current boyfriend. Anna gradually realizes that Ouyang is no longer the man she used to love and desperately wants her old life in Singapore back, but her alternate self has plans of her own too….

Year: 2007
Director: Aubrey Lam
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Country: Singapore / China / Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese / Mandarin
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Karena Lam, Lu Yi, Tender Huang
Runtime: 91 mins

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One day, the only son of famous news anchor, Han Kyung-bae, disappeared without a trace. Soon, the kidnapper calls the nine-year-old boy’s mother, Oh Jisun, demanding $100,000 as ransom. The police assign veteran detective Kim Wook-jung to the case and assemble a top-notch task force under his command. However, the kidnapper constantly outwits the police traps and keeps calling the parents with yet another instruction for the money drop. The only clue the police and the parents have is the kidnapper’s voice recorded on the tape; his cultured, but emotionless voice, which often gives anyone who listens goose bumps. The parents become restless and angry as days turns into weeks, and one day, when the kidnapper calls Han Kyung-bae with another set of instructions, he turns the situation completely around and demands a direct confrontation. He starts giving instructions to the kidnapper, and…

Korean Title: Geu Nom Moksori
Year: 2007
Director: Park Jin-pyo
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Seol Kyeong-gu, Kim Nam-joo, Kim Young-cheol, Kang Dong-won, Song Yeong-chang, Go Soo-hee
Runtime: 125 mins
Awards: 1 nomination

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Based on an unsolved murder case at a hamburger chain in Seoul’s multicultural Itaewon district in 1997, “The Case of Itaewon Homicide” opens with a graphically brutal scene in which an innocent college student is stabbed to death by a stranger.

Two Korean-American teenagers, Pearson (Jang Geun-seok) and Alex (Sin Seung-hwan), are the prime suspects in custody, and each blames the other for the horrific crime. The suspects throw contradictory evidence at investigators, creating confusion about what actually happened, leaving prosecutor Park (Jeong Jin-yeong) to try to figure out the truth.

Korean Title: Itaewon Salinsageon
Other Title: Where The Truth Lies
Year: 2009
Director: Hong Ki-seon
Genre: Crime / Thriller / Mystery
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English / Korean (idx/sub)
Cast: Jeong Jin-yeong, Jang Geun-seok, Sin Seung-hwan, Oh Kwang-rok, Ko Chang-seok, Kim Joong-ki
Runtime: 99 mins

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The year is 1942, Nanjing (Nanking). This Blockbuster Movie follows a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of “cat and mouse” ensues as the Chinese code-breaker attempts to send out a crucial message while protecting his/her own identity.

Chinese Title: Feng Sheng
Year: 2009
Director: Chen Kuo-Fu, Gao Qunshu
Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller / War
Country: China
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: English / Chinese (idx/sub)
Cast: Zhou Xun, Li Bingbing, Zhang Hanyu, Huang Xiaoming, Wang Zhiwen, Alec Su, Ying Da, Ni Dahong, Duan Yihong
Runtime: 113 mins

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This is the story of Yan, a young woman haunted by fleeting images of what she believes to be dead people. Told that it is all in her mind by her psychologist Jim, Yan still cannot find any other explanations for her visions. Soon, her suspicions are confirmed when Jim begins seeing the same things she does and the two begin to unravel a mystery that leads to a forgotten past.

Chinese Title: Yee Do Hung Gaan
Year: 2002
Director: Bruce Law
Genre: Crime / Horror / Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Karena Lam, Waise Lee, Valerie Chow, Norman Tsui
Runtime: 100 mins
Awards: 2 wins & 5 nominations

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During fourth period, high schooler Da-jeong finds his classmate Tae-gyu dead in a classroom and Jeong-hun standing in front of him with blood on his clothes. In order to stop Jeong-hun from becoming the prime suspect, Da-jeong must help him find the real murderer, who is still inside the school building, under 40 minutes before period four ends.

Korean Title: 4Gyoshi Churi Yeongyeok
Other Title: The Clue / Detectives In 40 Minutes / Fourth Period Murder Mystery
Year: 2009
Director: Lee Sang-yong
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English / Korean (srt/idx/sub)
Cast: Yoo Seung-ho, Kang So-ra, Jo Sang-geun, Jeon Joon-hong, Jeong Seok-yong, Park Cheol-min
Runtime: 86 mins

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Hitman Fai (Louis Koo) and his team of three engineer the perfect murders. Planning down to the last minute detail, they carefully choreograph their kills in obtuse manners to look like freak accidents. One botched mission, however, leaves a member dead and the team in disarray. Was it an accident, or has someone beat them at their own game? Smelling foul play, Fai suspects that he’s been set up by Chan (Richie Jen), a normal insurance executive who seems to be somehow connected to the incident. Slowly losing his cool and his mind, Fai becomes obsessed with cornering Chan.

Chinese Title: Am Saat / Yi Ngoi
Other Title: Accident
Year: 2009
Director: Soi Cheang
Genre: Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English / Chinese (srt/idx/sub)
Cast: Louis Koo, Richie Ren, Michelle Ye, Stanley Fung, Lam Suet, Alexander Chan, Monica Mok, Han Yuqin
Runtime: 87 mins
Awards: 2 nominations

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8 contestants compete for 10 billion wons ($1 Million USD) in a survival reality TV show. The challengers must spend 7 days in the Australian desert. On the second day, one contestant is found dead. The other contestants then find themselves in horrifying situations as they deal with each others’ lies and deceits.

Year: 2009
Director: Jo Min-ho
Genre: Adventure / Thriller
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English / Korean (srt/idx/sub)
Cast: Park Hae-il, Park Hee-soon, Sin Min-ah, Lee Min-ki, Jeong Yu-mi, Lee Cheon-hee
Runtime: 112 mins

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Hye-jin, a psychology major preparing for her graduate school exam, receives a surprise visit from Sun-ae, her college classmate. She is shocked at the sight of her friend, who is tormented by someone whom she explains is chasing her. Years earlier, Hye-jin and Sun-ae were members of a club called “A FEW GOOD MEN”. The seven members, all admired for their beauty and ambitions, were suddenly separated by causes which were ultimately never revealed. In order to discover the source of Sun-ae’s terror, Hye-jin investigates and realizes that each member seems to carry a secret that nobody dares to speak about. The members of A FEW GOOD MEN are slowly murdered one after another. Even Hye-jin cannot survive without disclosing the secret of that day when they were students.

Korean Title: Gawi
Year: 2005
Director: Ahn Byeong-ki
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Kim Gyoo-ri, Choi Jeong-yoon, Ha Ji-won, Yoo Ji-tae, Yoo Joon-sang, Jeong Joon
Runtime: 98 mins
Awards: 1 nomination

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Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. One involves a young athlete, one a groom at his wedding reception, and the third an elderly man celebrating his wife’s birthday. A middle aged detective investigating one of the cases begins to suspect a connection between the three when he discovers that each person mentioned a “green monkey” before they died. With the help of a young psychiatrist he formulates the theory that hypnosis is somehow involved. In the mean time other bizarre “suicides” are reported and the mystery intensifies. Who will be next? What is the truth? Can more deaths be prevented?

Japanese Title: Saimin
Year: 1996
Director: Masayuki Ochiai
Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Goro Inagaki, Miho Kanno, Takeshi Masu, Ken Utsui, Yuki Watanabe, Shigemitsu Ogi
Runtime: 109 mins
Awards: 2 wins

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Sin (Jang Dong Gun, who also played the lead role in “Friend”), a North Korean who as a child attempted to defect to the South with his family but was betrayed, resulting in the deaths of his parents. Plotting genocidal revenge, Sin takes up with a group of Thai pirates, and steals a U.S. ship carrying nuclear devices which have been secretly manufactured in Taiwan . He is pursued by Kang Se Jong (Lee Jeong Jae, also in the 2000 romantic hit “Il Mare”), a naval officer who attempts to bring Sin to justice, though who gradually comes to understand, and even sympathise with his foe.

Korean Title: Tae-poong
Year: 2005
Director: Kwak Gyeong-taek
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Jang Dong-gun, Lee Jeong-jae, Lee Mi-yeon, Kim Kap-soo, David McInnis, Heo Wook
Runtime: 124 mins
Awards: 4 nominations

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A radical assault on the senses, Bullet in the Head portrays the distressing escapades of several friends cajoled, through a random act of violence, into sacrificing the idyllic innocence of youth to fanaticism and injustice of the Vietnam war.

Chinese Title: Die Xue Jie Tou
Year: 1990
Director: John Woo
Genre: Action / Crime / Drama / History / Thriller / War
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English (idx/sub)
Cast: Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam, Fennie Yuen, Yolinda Yan, Lam Chung, Chang Gan-Wing
Runtime: 126 mins
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

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It was an ordinary rescue mission for dam controller Togashi Teruo (Yuji Oda) and his colleague Yoshioka Kazushi as they set out to assist a few climbers who met an unexpected blizzard near the Okutowa Dam. Unfortunately, Yoshioka was injured while helping the others and Togashi had no choice but to seek help alone. Things got worst when WHITEOUT – a meteorological phenomenon appeared and Togashi lost his best friend forever.

Meanwhile, with the most advanced technology, Utsuki Hirotaka (Koichi Sato) and his group of terrorists blow up the only main road to Okutowa Dam, the largest dam in Japan. They take over the dam along with the workers as hostages. They demanded JPY$5 billion from the government with a 24 hours deadline. To let the government know that they meant business, they decided to kill the hostages one by one unless they hear a definite answer from the highest government official. Among the hostage is Hirakawa Chiaki (Nanako Matsushima), Yoshioka’s fiancée whom Togashi promised his best friend to take good care of if anything bad should happen to him.

To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out from the dam. Either the government pays the ransom or the dam will blow up along with the 200,000 residents living close to it. Fortunately, Togashi was not captured by the terrorists and he is now on his own to fight the well-equipped terrorists and to rescue both Hirakawa and the Okutowa Dam alone.

Japanese Title: Howaitoauto
Year: 2000
Director: Setsurou Wakamatsu
Genre: Action / Thriller
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Yuji Oda, Nanako Matsushima, Koichi, Sato, Ken Ishiguro, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Katsui Nakamura
Runtime: 129 mins
Runtime: 6 wins & 9 nominations

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An assassin wanted by both the police and the underground, Tae-soo is know simply as Soo. His one goal in life is to find his twin brother Tae-jin, who was separated from him at childhood. Young Tae-jin was taken away and raised by a gang boss, KU Yangwon, when Tae-soo got caught stealing from the boss. For 19 years, Tae-soo heard no word from his brother. After a long search, he finally meets his brother: only to see him shot to death right before his eyes. Tae-soo hides his brother’s body and decides to act as his brother to find the killer. NAM Dal-gu, the detective intent upon catching Taesoo, is hot on his trail, while Tae-jin’s fiancé, Mina is filled with doubts about Tae-soo’s identity. Finally, Tae-soo realizes it was KU, the same man who had taken his brother away from him 19 years ago, who was behind the murder of Tae-jin. Realizing this is a fight to the finish, Tae-soo begins his request for revenge.

Year: 2007
Director: Choi Yang-il
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Ji Jin-hee, Kang Seong-yeon, Moon Seong-geun, Lee Ki-young, Jo Kyeong-hwan, Oh Man-seok
Runtime: 123 mins

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A person’s birth is influenced by time, location, and the alignment of the earth’s magnetic fields. Because of these factors, there are those who have a unique resonance with their magnetic power. These humans were named the Chosen People. In the West, since the days of the Roman Empire, the Chosen people joined together to form the Brotherhood of Legio. Ever since, they have played a significant role in history. In 2006, the Chosen people made their quiet entrance into Taiwan, in search of new blood… A cold-blooded rebel, Xiao Lan, killed her entire family for the sake of an internet love affair. Ah Jian is a hot-blooded young man, and a paraplegic. Zhong Dao, is haunted by the violent death of his younger sister. Ren Fang is an energetic and passionate assistant professor, living with terminal illness. And then there’s the beautiful news anchor, Ya Zhu. They were all just ordinary individuals living in Taipei City, until the appearance of the Brotherhood of Legion. Faced by the Chosen people, the group of Taiwanese are forced to undertake their challenging test. So begins the intertwining of their fates, and the irreversible change of their lives…

Chinese Title: Shen Xuan Zhe
Year: 2007
Director: Shao Li-shiou
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Bo-lin Chen, Ethan Ruan, Terri Kwan, Cheng-Lung Lan, Yi-Ching Lu
Runtime: 87 mins

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A world-weary yakuza in Tokyo is assigned to take his clan to Okinawa to help settle a dispute between two factions. He’s suspicious of the assignment, but he goes, and within a couple days, his role remains unclear and several of men are dead. He retreats to a house on a remote beach to wait. The first night there , he rescues a young woman from an assault, and they develop a playful relationship. Over time, it becomes clear he’s been set up, sent to Okinawa so that others can take over his lucrative territory. As his clan dwindles, he plans a revenge. But, what if he’s successful? What is there to life anyway?

Japanese Title: Kinema No Tenchi
Year: 1993
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Genre: Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe, Masanobu Katsumura, Susumu Terajima, Ren Osugi
Runtime: 94 mins
Awards: 3 wins

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Widowed for a long time, a mother lives alone with her only son. He is 28 years old, a shy and quiet young man.

One day there is a terrible murder, and the woman’s hopeless, helpless son becomes the prime suspect. There is no real evidence against him, but the police groundlessly suspect him almost instantly. The trouble is that there is no way he can prove his innocence.

Eager to close the case, the police are happy with their cursory investigation and they arrest the boy. His defense attorney turns out to be incompetent and unreliable and a conviction seems inevitable. So, faced with no other choice, his mother gets involved, determined to prove her son’s innocence.

Korean Title: Madeo
Year: 2009
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English / Korean (idx/sub)
Cast: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yoon Je-moon, Jeon Mi-seon, Song Sae-byeok
Runtime: 129 mins

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Byung-Gu, an ordinary young man living in Korea. He believes that all of the earth’s social ills are the evil doings of aliens. That’s why he knows that unless he can meet the prince from Andromeda before the total lunar eclipse, planet earth will be in grave danger.

In order to meet the prince, he must find an extraterrestrial living on earth. So Byung-Gu kidnaps the most logical suspect, KANG Man-Shik, the president and CEO of Yoojae Chemical Company. Thus starts the battle between Byung-Gu, who’s trying to uncover a secret alien plot to destroy the earth and CEO Kang Man-Shik, who thinks Byung-Gu’s nuts and is trying desperately to escape.

Only four hours until the total lunar eclipse. When the eclipse is over, the time will run out for planet earth. Can Byung-Gu singlehandedly save the planet?

Korean Title: Jigureul Jikyeora!
Year: 2003
Director: Jang Joon-hwan
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Sin Ha-gyoon, Baek Yoon-sik, Lee Jae-yong(a), Lee Joo-hyeon, Ki Joo-bong, Kim Dong-hyeon
Runtime: 117 mins
Awards: 9 wins & 1 nomination

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Toru Kihara has been sentenced to death for the murder of two senior citizens. The problem in this particular case is that Kihara does not remember a thing of what happened due to an amnesia inducing bike accident the same night of the murder. On the request of a nameless figure, Toru’s lawyer’s hire Shoji Nango, an old prison guard, to go back to the small town and investigate the case.

Nango eventually secures the help of Junichi Mikami, a young ex-con who was sentenced to three years in prison for the accidental killing of a man in a bar room brawl. Together, they will discover that some elements of the murder are connected in a strange way to Junichi’s own criminal record. What exactly does Junichi have to do with the Toru Kihara case? That is what Nango will try to solve within the short period allowed, as Kihara’s time of execution is quickly approaching.

Japanese Title: 13 Kaidan
Year: 2003
Director: Masahiko Nagasawa
Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Takashi Sorimachi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kankuro Kudo, Shofukutei Tsurubei, Rena Tanaka, Tetsuya Bessho, Susumu Terajimi
Runtime: 122 mins
Awards: 2 wins

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A major stock exchange in the world, Hong Kong attracts not only money but any who try to manipulate the market. At the Hong Kong Police Force Commercial Crime Bureau, an operation is underway to infiltrate a trading company, Feng Hua International where a man, nicknamed “Boss” is the chief suspect.

The team, led by Inspector Leung (Lau Ching Wan) together with Yeung (Louis Koo) and Lam (Daniel Wu) install interception devices to monitor the company’s communications. When a crucial information on a surging share was intercepted, a moment of greed led the team in a cross fire between the Bureau and the boss.

Chinese Title: Qie Ting Feng Yun
Year: 2009
Director: Alan Mak, Felix Chong
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Lau Ching-Wan, Louis Koo, Daniel Wu, Alex Fong, Zhang Jingchu, Lam Ka-Wah, Michael Wong, Waise Lee, William Chan
Runtime: 98 mins

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Han Seok-Kyu plays a North Korean defector who crosses Checkpoint Charlie during the Cold War. After a brutal trip to Namsan Mountain (the South Korean CIA’s head office; “going to Namsan” used to be a euphemism for being tortured) his motives for defecting are deemed pure and he starts working for the South Korean Central Intelligence Agency. But is he a South Korean spy? A North Korean spy pretending to be a South Korean spy? Or a North Korean spy pretending to be a South Korean spy pretending to be…

Korean Title: Ijung Gancheob
Year: 2003
Director: Kim Hyeon-jeong
Genre: Action / Thriller
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Han Seok-Kyu, Ko So-young, Song Jae-ho, Cheon Ho-jin, Ryoo Seung-soo, Lee Byeong-wook
Runtime: 125 mins

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Detective Ha (Shu Qi) is trying to solve a rape/murder case but hasn’t got a whole lot to go on. She heads out to the forest where the girls were found killed to investigate and quickly realizes that there’s something mysterious about this forest. She gets in touch with Steven who has written a thesis that plants are sentient creatures. Could the trees be the answer to this case, or is there something even more absurd lurking in the deep forest?

Chinese Title: Sum Yuen
Year: 2007
Director: Danny Pang
Genre: Crime / Horror / Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Shu Qi, Ekin Cheng, Rain Li, Lau Siu-Ming, Lam Suet, Tommy Yuen, Lawrence Chou
Runtime: 98 mins

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Due to increasing triad crimes, police superintendant Wai assigns an unprecedented 1000 undercover police officers to infiltrate the gangs. But with 1000 police lives at stake, all it takes is one rat to cause a catastrophe of major proportions.

Chinese Title: Ngor Fu / Wu Ho
Other Title: Crouching Tiger
Year: 2006
Director: Marco Mak
Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English / Chinese (srt/idx/sub)
Cast: Eric Tsang, Francis Ng, Miu Kiu-Wai, Jordan Chan, Julian Cheung, Shawn Yue, Sonja Kwok, Kenny Wong
Runtime: 102 mins

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Lau Ching-wan plays a lawyer who dies in a car accident, leaving his daughter, Melody, blind and making his wife a widow. To cheer up her mom, Melody writes a book in which the family died but dad survived. And in her book, to cheer himself up, dad decides to write a book in which he died in the accident but his wife and daughter survived….and so it goes in an endlessly recursive loop as the dead are resurrected in fiction, which bleeds into reality, which turns into tragedy which sends the story spinning off into greater and grander realms of fantasy as mourning children and their parents attempt to have one more minute, just another thirty seconds, with their departed loved ones.

Other Title: Joi Sun Ho
Year: 2009
Director: Wai Ka-Fai
Genre: Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Lau Ching-Wan, Kelly Lin, Mia Yam, Zeng Qi Qi, Ching Ying-Kit, Yeung Shuk-Man, Bonnie Wong, Jo Koo
Runtime: 84 mins

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