Hong Kong Cinema Classics

Friday, August 15 - Thursday, August 28, 2025

Discover the electrifying and profoundly influential films that launched Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Chiu-wa into international stardom. Spanning the boom years of Hong Kong cinema from the mid-80s through the early 90s, this series features 11 essential, long-unavailable works from legendary directors John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, and Ching Siu-tung, all presented in gorgeous new 4K restorations with new translations. These stories of cops and criminals, Chinese opera, and supernatural forces showcase one of the most explosively inventive eras in modern filmmaking.

The Hong Kong Cinema Classics program is presented by Shout! Factory and GKIDS.

August 15-21
PEKING OPERA BLUES (刀馬旦) – 1986, dir. Tsui Hark
A BETTER TOMORROW (英雄本色) – 1986, dir. John Woo
A BETTER TOMORROW II (英雄本色 II) – 1987, dir. John Woo
A BETTER TOMORROW III (英雄本色 III) – 1989, dir. Tsui Hark
CITY ON FIRE (龍虎風雲) – 1987, dir. Ringo Lam
THE KILLER (喋血雙雄) – 1989, dir. John Woo

August 22-28
A CHINESE GHOST STORY (倩女幽魂) – 1987, dir. Siu-Tung Ching
A CHINESE GHOST STORY II (倩女幽魂 II 人間道) – 1990, dir. Siu-Tung Ching
A CHINESE GHOST STORY III (倩女幽魂 III 道道道) – 1991, dirs. Siu-Tung Ching and Tsui Hark
BULLET IN THE HEAD (喋血街頭) – 1990, dir. John Woo
HARD BOILED (辣手神探) – 1992, dir. John Woo

See more and save! Get a Hong Kong Cinema Classics 3-Ticket Pack ($30 for IFC Center members and $45 for non-members). Ticket packs are good for any 3 shows in the retrospective.

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Series Films

Current and Upcoming Films