Cinematography: Cheng Siu-Keung

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Cheng Siu-Keung. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Limbo

2021 · Movie · 118 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Soi Cheang

Cast Gordon Lam · Mason Lee · Hanna Chan · Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Synopsis Rookie policeman Will Ren and his partner, the veteran cop Cham Lau, are pursuing an obsessive and especially brutal murderer of women. To lure this “hand-fetish” ripper, they use the criminal Wong To, who needs to atone for causing an...

7.0

294 votes

7.0

294 votes

The Mission

1999 · Movie · 81 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Johnnie To

Cast Anthony Wong · Francis Ng · Jackie Lui · Roy Cheung

Synopsis Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assasination attempt hires the killers Curtis, James, Mike, Roy and Shin for his protection. Their grown solidarity is under compulsion when Lung orders Curtis to kill Shin in punishment...

6.9

762 votes

6.9

762 votes

Election 2

2006 · Movie · 95 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Johnnie To

Cast Simon Yam · Louis Koo · Nick Cheung · Gordon Lam

Synopsis In post-1997 Hong Kong, even the long-established “Wo Shing” Triad Society has to succumb to the power of China. The entrepreneurial sect leader Jimmy (Louis Koo) seems to be the perfect candidate to lead the Society into the new Millennium....

6.9

1K votes

6.9

1K votes

Sisterhood

2017 · Movie · 97 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Tracy Choi

Cast Gigi Leung · Fish Liew · Jennifer Yu · Stephanie Che

Synopsis Love intertwines at the wrong time. Sei and Ling, former masseuses in Macau, in retrospect, had the best time together. Decades after, Sei learns that her late best friend has kept a secret she never knew.

6.8

22 votes

6.8

22 votes

6.8

28 votes

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

2024 · Movie · 125 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Soi Cheang

Cast Raymond Lam · Sammo Hung · Louis Koo · Philip Ng

Synopsis In the 1980s, the only place in Hong Kong where British law did not apply was the dreaded Kowloon Walled City, an enclave given over to gangs and trafficking of all kinds. Fleeing the powerful boss of the Triads Mr....

6.8

288 votes

6.8

288 votes

Exiled

2006 · Movie · 98 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Johnnie To

Cast Anthony Wong · Francis Ng · Simon Yam · Nick Cheung

Synopsis Two hired killers, arriving from Macau to execute a colleague who is trying to start a new life, must face a dilemma when two other ex-partners try to disrupt their mission. Open to negotiating, a fifth assassin appears, endangering the...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Fulltime Killer

2001 · Movie · 100 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Johnnie To · Wai Ka-Fai

Cast Andy Lau · Teddy Lin · Takashi Sorimachi · Cherrie Ying

Synopsis For many years professional assassin O has resided in an isolated world of killing and loneliness, which only becomes worse after the death of his love, Nancy. But his life begins to change once he meets the innocent Chin. Chin,...

6.6

840 votes

6.6

840 votes

6.6

67 votes

Election

2005 · Movie · 101 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Johnnie To

Cast Simon Yam · Tony Leung Ka-Fai · Louis Koo · Gordon Lam

Synopsis The story takes place amid the Wo Shing, the most venerable triad of Hong Kong. The Uncles, the elders who rule the crime organization, are about to elect a new chief executive officer. Lok, who is wise and cautious, is...

6.6

3K votes

6.6

3K votes

Fat Choi Spirit

2002 · Movie · 96 min. · Hong Kong

6.6

30 votes

6.6

30 votes

Throw Down

2004 · Movie · 95 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Johnnie To

Cast Aaron Kwok · Louis Koo · Tony Leung Ka-Fai · Jordan Chan

Synopsis A former judo champion quits the tournament cirucit and runs a nightclub. However, when a new challenger appears as well as an old rival and a judo master in need of reviving his school, the young man must go back...

6.6

122 votes

6.6

122 votes

6.6

47 votes

6.6

131 votes

Life Without Principle

2011 · Movie · 107 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Johnnie To

Cast Denise Ho · Lau Ching-Wan · Richie Ren · Myolie Wu

Synopsis In his latest film, the undisputed master of the Cantonese thriller, Johnnie To, brings together three characters with a common interest in the loot from a robbery: a bank teller who sells high risk securities to her customers in order...

6.5

414 votes

6.5

414 votes

Running Out of Time

1999 · Movie · 93 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Johnnie To

Cast Andy Lau · Lau Ching-Wan · Yoyo Mung · Waise Lee

Synopsis Dying Wah has nothing to be afraid of anymore when he realizes that he has only 4 weeks to live, and he's determined to get revenge for his father. Later, when Wah successfully gets away in a robbery, detective San...

6.5

610 votes

6.5

610 votes

Mad detective

2007 · Movie · 89 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Johnnie To · Wai Ka-Fai

Cast Lau Ching-Wan · Andy On · Gordon Lam · Kelly Lin

Synopsis Cinematic action masters Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai return with the explosive MAD DETECTIVE, an incendiary adventure full of delightfully off-kilter events and a fascinating journey into the human psyche. When a missing detective’s gun is implicated in a recent...

6.5

725 votes

6.5

725 votes

Yesterday Once More

2004 · Movie · 98 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Johnnie To

Cast Andy Lau · Sammi Cheng · Jenny Hu · Carl Ng

Synopsis Yesterday Once More is a story about two thieves, played by Andy and Sammi, who end up divorcing when the wife refuses to share the loot fairly from a recent steal. Two years later, she is proposed to by the...

6.4

72 votes

6.4

72 votes

Breaking News

2004 · Movie · 89 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Johnnie To

Cast Richie Ren · Kelly Chen · Nick Cheung · Eddie Cheung

Synopsis A highly televised police bust of a bank heist results the criminals getting away and a lot of cops getting killed. In an effort to save face with the public, the police arrange to broadcast the pursuit and capture of...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

Ip Man 4, The Finale

2019 · Movie · 105 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Wilson Yip

Cast Donnie Yen · Scott Adkins · Danny Chan · Vanness Wu

Synopsis The Kung Fu master travels to the U.S. where his student has upset the local martial arts community by opening a Wing Chun school.

6.3

1K votes

6.3

1K votes