Direction: John Woo
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by John Woo. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
All the Invisible Children
2005 · Movie · 116 min. · Italy
Direction Mehdi Charef · Emir Kusturica · Spike Lee · Kátia Lund
Cast María Grazia Cucinotta · Jiang Wenli · Francisco Anawake · David Thewlis
Plot Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist. This film is a very special initiative. Three years ago, the project’s producers sought to...
7.3
1K votes
7.3
1K votes
The Killer
1989 · Movie · 111 min. · Hong Kong
Direction John Woo
Cast Chow Yun-Fat · Danny Lee · Sally Yeh · Paul Chu
Plot In this bloody tale of loyalty and friendship, Chow Yun-Fat is Jeffrey, an assassin who wishes to leave the business so he can take care of Jennie, the beautiful lounge...
7.0
5K votes
7.0
5K votes
Red Cliff: Part II
2009 · Movie · 142 min. · China
Direction John Woo
Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Takeshi Kaneshiro · Chang Chen · Shido Nakamura
Plot In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd PRIME MINISTER CAO CAO convinced the fickle EMPEROR HAN the only way to unite all of China was...
7.0
910 votes
7.0
910 votes
Hard Boiled
1992 · Movie · 127 min. · Hong Kong
Direction John Woo
Cast Chow Yun-Fat · Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Teresa Mo · Philip Kwok
Plot Mobsters are smuggling guns into Hong Kong. The police orchestrate a raid at a teahouse where the ace detective loses his partner. Meanwhile, the two main gun smugglers are having...
6.9
3K votes
6.9
3K votes
The Battle of Red Cliff
2008 · Movie · 140 min. · China
Direction John Woo
Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Zhao Wei · Takeshi Kaneshiro · Chang Chen
Plot Based on the events during the Three Kingdoms period in Ancient China in which specifically told in the title, The Battle of Red Cliffs.
6.8
1K votes
6.8
1K votes
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · Movie · 95 min. · Hong Kong
Direction John Woo
Cast Ti Lung · Chow Yun-Fat · Leslie Cheung · Emily Chu
Plot A death-hardened cop battles the Hong Kong underworld, including his own brother who joins the bad guys. This progenitor of Woos "heroic violence" films introduces the theme of loyalties between...
6.6
2K votes
6.6
2K votes
Bullet in the Head
1990 · Movie · 136 min. · Hong Kong
Direction John Woo
Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Jacky Cheung · Waise Lee · Simon Yam
Plot In 1967, on the way to the wedding of a friend a young man is accosted by a local gang member. Later, the three friends administer justice, in the process...
6.5
994 votes
6.5
994 votes
The Battle of Red Cliff (International Cut)
2009 · Movie · 148 min. · China
Direction John Woo
Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Takeshi Kaneshiro · Zhang Fengyi · Hu Jun
Plot Red Cliff is a Chinese epic film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs and events during the end of the Han Dynasty and immediately prior to the period of...
6.5
7K votes
6.5
7K votes
A Better Tomorrow II
1988 · Movie · 105 min. · Hong Kong
Direction John Woo
Cast Ti Lung · Chow Yun-Fat · Leslie Cheung · Dean Shek
Plot Several years after the events of 'A Better Tomorrow'. Sung Tse Ho (Ti Lung) and his brother Tse Kit (Leslie Cheung) are undercover police agents collecting evidence of the counterfeit...
6.4
968 votes
6.4
968 votes
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
1979 · Movie · 106 min. · Hong Kong
Direction John Woo
Cast Damian Lau · Wai Pak · Lau Kong · Bonnie Ngai
Plot A son tries to avenge his father, and gets two sword fighters to help him.
6.3
50 votes
6.3
50 votes
Just Heroes
1989 · Movie · 97 min. · Hong Kong
Cast Ti Lung · Danny Lee · Chen Kuan-Tai · Stephen Chow
Plot A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor.
6.2
33 votes
6.2
33 votes
Face/Off
1997 · Movie · 139 min. · United States
Direction John Woo
Cast John Travolta · Nicolas Cage · Joan Allen · Gina Gershon
Plot FBI agent Sean Archer (Travolta) knows how to stop elusive terrorist Castor Troy (Cage). He'll become him. Archer undergoes a futuristic surgery and has Troy's face mapped onto his, then...
6.1
93K votes
6.1
93K votes
The Hire: Hostage (S)
2002 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction John Woo
Cast Clive Owen · Maury Chaykin · Kathryn Morris · Darius McCrary
Plot The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and has hidden her, demanding $5,088,042. The Driver delivers the...
5.9
620 votes
5.9
620 votes
Windtalkers
2002 · Movie · 133 min. · United States
Direction John Woo
Cast Nicolas Cage · Adam Beach · Christian Slater · Peter Stormare
Plot During World War II, U.S. Marine Joe Enders (Cage) is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee (Beach) -- a Navajo code talker, the Marines' new secret weapon against the Japanese. Enders'...
5.7
26K votes
5.7
26K votes
Once a Thief
1991 · Movie · 108 min. · Hong Kong
Direction John Woo
Cast Chow Yun-Fat · Leslie Cheung · David Wu · Cherie Chung
Plot A romantic and action packed story of three best friends, a group of high end art thieves, who come into trouble when a love-triangle forms between them.
5.7
534 votes
5.7
534 votes
Paycheck
2003 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction John Woo
Cast Ben Affleck · Uma Thurman · Aaron Eckhart · Colm Feore
Plot Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) is a high-paid engineer who works on hush-hush computer inventions and technology for shady companies. Later, his memory is wiped clean, so he has no recollection...
5.7
23K votes
5.7
23K votes
The Crossing: Part 1
2014 · Movie · 129 min. · China
Direction John Woo
Cast Zhang Ziyi · Huang Xiaoming · Song Hye-kyo · Takeshi Kaneshiro
Plot The film is based on a real-life tragedy of the sinking of the steamer "Taiping" ferry in January, 1949. The incident led to the deaths of over 1,500 passengers and...
5.5
24 votes
5.5
24 votes
Hand of Death (Shao Lin men)
1976 · Movie · 95 min. · Hong Kong
Direction John Woo
Cast Jackie Chan · Kim Yeong-sook · Sammo Hung · Dorian Tan
Plot Yun Fei must avenge the name of the Shaolin Temple against rogue student turned Manchu rat Shih. After being defeated by Shih and escaping (barely) with his life, Yun Fei...
5.2
415 votes
5.2
415 votes
Heroes Shed No Tears (Blast Heroes)
1986 · Movie · 93 min. · Hong Kong
Direction John Woo
Cast Eddy Ko · Chin Yuet-Sang · Lam Ching-Ying · Pang Yun-Cheung
Plot A group of mercenaries, led by the tough-as-nails Chung, are sent into Thailand to capture a general, who also happens to be one of the Golden Triangle's biggest drug runners....
5.0
71 votes
5.0
71 votes
Manhunt
2017 · Movie · 106 min. · China
Direction John Woo
Cast Zhang Hanyu · Masaharu Fukuyama · Jun Kunimura · Tao Okamoto
Plot 'Manhunt' tells the story of international lawyer Du Qiu (Zhang Hanyu), who finds himself accused of murdering a female colleague following his farewell party. Detective Yamura (Masaharu Fukuyama) is summoned...
4.9
249 votes
4.9
249 votes