The Best Crime Asian Films

Lam Chun-Kit (Ray Lui), a lieutenant in the triad, should be plenty content following his victory against a rival gang and the favor it has won him with his bosses. Though all is not well, as he has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, and with only a few months left to live, he decides to abandon life on the wild side and return to his family in Thailand to see his parents before he dies. Unfortunately, Kit receives a less than warm welcome from his brother Yan (Anthony Wong) who has...

Home of a Villain (2000)

Everyone has secrets they keep hidden, even from their loved ones. When Ouquan's wife gives birth to a child, Ouquan is certain the child is not his and suspects his wife of an affair. He discovers the other man is an unjustly imprisoned criminal, who is on the prowl for revenge and will stop at nothing to re-gain what he's lost.

Inside or Outside (2016)

A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother's plot to assassinate the Queen.

A Queen's Ransom (1976)

A man with no experience in the art of relationships, is encouraged by his friend to ask Lee Mina out on a date. Unexpectedly successful, he falls in love. When Lee Mina's ex-boyfriend shows up and ruins the new relationship, she takes matters into her own hands. A distraught Dae-Woo begins investigating Lee Mina's murky past and discovers a series of scary secrets.

My Scary Girl (2006)

Two men unexpectedly get a peculiar mission to take care of an 11-year-old kidnapped girl.

Voice of Silence (2020)

Busan in 1978. Gil-young, a veteran detective got the special request from the parents of a missing child, Eun-joo to investigate her case. As the clever kidnapper eludes the police, the case becomes more and more of a mystery. When Joong-san, the fortune-teller foretells Eun-joo’s whereabouts, people get to listen to what he says as the situation goes more despair with no remark on Eun-joo. He also tells that Gil-young is the only one who can save her. With no one to trust, Gil-yong and Joong-san come closing in around the kidnapper using any means possible. This movie is the record of 33 days of two men going through hell to find a missing girl and bring her back home alive.

The Classified File (2015)

After serving 10 years in prison due to a drug-induced assassination of a rival gang boss Tachibana (Ryo Ishibashi) enters a world that's nothing like it was when he went in. Once a respected and feared Yakuza mastermind, he now must try and adapt within the confines of the new generations vision of honor. As he still garners a somewhat decent amount of respect he just tries to get by. Hooking up with a prostitute he's been in passing by with he begins to feel some sense of comfort. Upon stumbling across her being beaten down by her pimp, Tachibana can't just sit by and do nothing. So he commences in putting down an old school Yakuza ass whipping, thus beginning a showdown with the "now" boss, Sato.

Another Lonely Hitman (1995)

The chief security officer at a top-secret medical facility finds himself caught in an explosive battle when a young thief and his accomplices steal a groundbreaking curative medicine. After discovering the true origins of the medicine, the officer must decide who he can trust to protect the cure from falling into the wrong hands, and prevent an all-out war from bringing the city to its knees.

Sky on Fire (2016)

The triangular relationship between Lap. Rick and Cheung is the backbone of this film. Lap's father was once a triad; he retired and opened a bar near seashore. Rick worked there and was a couple with Lap. Force by an old partner, Lap's father assisted in trafficking of his father, Lap became the mistress of Godfather Shen. Cheung was her driver and loved her deeply. Six years later, Rick became a professional assassin and returned to Hong Kong for a job. He met Lap, and Lap decided to leave Godfather Shen. Of course Godfather Shen wouldn't let his woman get away from him. Cheung helped them to exile. Lap, Rick and Cheung united to confront Godfather Shen and his followers. A bloody gun battle begin. Could every one survive at the end?

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)

Anthony Wong is a priest who helps teenagers suffering from drug addiction. One night, he receives a call that his daughter Mandy has died. All that is found is her pager, so he hits the nightclub circuit to try and find her. He discovers that she is with Hawk (Sam Lee), who runs with the triads. Now he must infiltrate the group and try and rescue the rest of the girls under Hawk's influence.

Heaven of Hope (1999)

A temporary worker at a company gets involved in a big case when her boyfriend leaves his smartphone in a taxi.

Stolen Identity (2018)

When a spate of eerie murders erupts across HK two troub/emaking cops are assigned to the case. Young maverick Wang and grizzled vet Huang who is fed up with his reckless younger partner always landing them in hot water. Reaching a dead end after discovering all the victims were former boyfriends of aspiring starlet Liu, the detectives must play a deadly game. One of them must go undercover as Liu’s lover to lure the killer out.

Badges of Fury (2013)