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Tony Leung Ka-fai has 23 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Shadow's Edge.
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Three... Extremes
2004 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%AMC+ · Included

Bruce Lee, My Brother
2010 · Movie · Actor
Top 21%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Election
2005 · Movie · Actor
Top 26%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Taking of Tiger Mountain
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 30%Prime Video · Included

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010 · Movie · Actor
Top 36%Prime Video · Included

The Lover
1992 · Movie · Actor
Top 38%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Macau Police brings the tracking expert police officer out of retirement to help catch a dangerous group of professional thieves.
Dir. Larry Yang · With Jackie Chan, Zhang Zifeng, Tony Leung Ka-fai

Features an anthology centred on the experiences of a witch doctor, a film-maker and a disgruntled extra determined to take revenge on him, and a novelist as well as her twin sister.
Dir. Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike, Park Chan-wook · With Kyoko Hasegawa, Atsuro Watabe, Mai Suzuki

During the Ming Dynasty, power-crazed eunuch Tso Siu Yan rules his desert region of China as if he were Emperor, ruthlessly thwarts plots against him and sets a trap for one of his enemies at the Dragon Gate Inn.
Dir. Raymond Lee Wai-Man · With Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Ka-fai

Aunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer, a fading actress, is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is.
Dir. Fruit Chan · With Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah, Bai Ling, Tony Leung Ka-fai

A power struggle between the Queen's treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, slapstick battles, and martial arts acrobatics.
Dir. Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai · With Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung

An action-dramatic biopic of the eponymous martial arts legend as told by his younger brother, Robert Lee. It revolves around Bruce Lee's life as a rebellious adolescent in Hong Kong before he sets off for the USA and conquers the world at the age of 18 with only $100 in his pocket.
Dir. Manfred Wong Man-Chun, Raymond Yip Wai-Man · With Aarif Rahman, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Christy Chung Lai-Tai

After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's authority.
Dir. Johnnie To · With Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Louis Koo

Yang Zirong disguises himself as a bandit to infiltrate and destroy a bandit group. He joins hands with a hostage, and together, they fight against the warlord, Hawk.
Dir. Tsui Hark · With Zhang Hanyu, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Tong Liya

Five police officers in Hong Kong are kidnapped. The police commissioner is on a business trip overseas. Two vice commissioners, Sean Rau and M.B. Lee, then take over the case. The two vice commissioners are rivals who both vie for the police commissioner seat. At first, M.B. Lee takes the lead in the case, but comes to a dead end. Sean Lau then takes the lead, but he falls into a trap. Both men are then investigated by the ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption).
Dir. Sunny Luk Kim-Ching, Leung Lok-Man · With Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei

Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. Throughout five seasons in exile, Ouyang spins tales of his clients' unrequited loves and unusual acts of bravery.
Dir. Wong Kar-Wai · With Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Ka-fai

Ko Chun, the God of Gamblers, vows to keep his identity hidden while looking for the gangsters who murdered his pregnant wife.
Dir. Wong Jing · With Chow Yun-Fat, Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien, Tony Leung Ka-fai

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When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
Dir. Tsui Hark · With Andy Lau, Li Bingbing, Deng Chao

A veteran inmate takes a newcomer under his wing as the pair confront both other violent inmates and the prison's corrupt wardens.
Dir. Ringo Lam Ling-Tung · With Tony Leung Ka-fai, Chow Yun-Fat, Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung

A poor French teenage girl engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir in 1920s Saigon. For the first time in her young life she has control, and she wields it deftly over her besotted lover throughout a series of clandestine meetings and torrid encounters.
Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Jane March, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Frédérique Meininger

When a fellow scientist asks for Jack's help in locating the mausoleum of China's first emperor, the past collides violently with the present as Jack discovers his amazing visions are based in fact.
Dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai · With Jackie Chan, Kim Hee-seon, Tony Leung Ka-fai

Before the events of A Better Tomorrow (1986), Mark 'Gor' Lee heads to Saigon during the Vietnam War to bring home his uncle and cousin, but his task becomes complicated when a well-known criminal tries to help him.
Dir. Tsui Hark · With Chow Yun-Fat, Anita Mui Yim-Fong, Tony Leung Ka-fai

A suspected criminal mastermind escapes from police custody, throwing the city into turmoil. With the police department now divided, rival police chiefs are forced to take their fight to the streets of Hong Kong with deadly consequences.
Dir. Leung Lok-Man, Sunny Luk Kim-Ching · With Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Chow Yun-Fat

In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-sen came to Hong Kong to meet revolutionary comrades. The Qing government sent a group of killers to murder him. Ordinary citizens from all walks of life joined together, blocking the streets and fighting off the assassins to keep Sun Yat-sen safe.
Dir. Teddy Chan Tak-Sam · With Wang Xueqi, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Hu Jun

Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
Dir. Kevin Chu · With Tony Leung Ka-fai, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Jackie Chan

A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.
Dir. Johnnie To · With Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Cherrie Ying Choi-Yi

In 1868 during the late Qing Dynasty, rampant corruption on the Imperial Court inflicts much suffering in people's lives. For years, the Black Tiger’s fearsome boss Lei Gong has been trying to get rid of the leader of the Northern Sea. One of his latest recruits is Fei, a fearless fighter who takes the Northern Sea leader’s head after a fierce fight. Just as Lei Gong believes he has total control of the port, a new gang called the Orphans rises in power. Led by Fei’s childhood friend Huo, the Orphans are out to eliminate all the criminal power from the port…
Dir. Roy Chow Hin-Yeung · With Eddie Peng Yu-Yan, AngelaBaby, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
During the reign of King Zhou, an official enters his bedchamber, and is devoured by the monstrous tails of Daji, his concubine. Outside their city, several warriors within a metal wagon discuss their strategies to free the Invisible People and their Chief, when Jiang Ziya appears to them. He tells them that when King Zhou was younger, he let himself become possessed by the Black Dragon for his quest for power.
Dir. Koan Hui · With Jet Li, Fan Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming

Set in Flower Capital, a land ruled by an Evil Queen. All men in the kingdom are slaves to women. However, a prophecy foretells that one day, the Star of Rex will find and wield a mythical sword, rise to power, overthrow the queen, and restore the balance of the two sexes.
Dir. Patrick Leung Pak-Kin, Corey Yuen · With Chen Bolin, Jaycee Chan, Gillian Chung
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