Movies Like Too Many Ways to Be No. 1
If you liked Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997), a action and crime movie directed by Wai Ka-fai, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Young and Dangerous 2 (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crimeChicken is back in exile. Hung Hing, a triad, is trying to ally with Chicken's new group, the Taiwanese triad San Luen. A contest is on in Hong Kong. The winner will head the Causeway Bay branch.
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Infernal Affairs II (2003)
★ 7.3/10Also action and crimeIn this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.
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Safe (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also action and crimeAfter a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and…
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Beast Cops (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and actionTung is a street cop in Hong Kong who's friends with a Triad named Fai. Fai hires a hit man to murder a business rival; the hit goes wrong and Fai, implicated in the incident, goes on the run.
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Born to Be King (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also action and crimeTriad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all…
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God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (1991)
★ 7/10Also action and comedyWhile battling a psychic gambler, Sing hurtles back in time to 1937 Shanghai. Now he must come to grips with his family history and get back to 1991.
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Fist of Fury 1991 (1991)
★ 6.4/10Also action and comedyLau Ching, a Mainlander with an incredibly powerful right arm, arrives in Hong Kong to find his cousin. He befriends with a drifter named Handsome, and a martial artist girl named Mandy. In order to woo her, Ching…
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The Legend (1993)
★ 7/10Also action and comedyThe secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile…
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Millionaires' Express (1986)
★ 6.8/10Also action and comedyWhat happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt…
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Project Gutenberg (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also action and crimeThe Hong Kong police is hunting a counterfeiting gang led by a mastermind code-named "Painter" . The gang possesses exceptional counterfeiting skills which makes it difficult to distinguish the authenticity of its…
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Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also action and crimeWith personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.
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See Spot Run (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and actionA drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible…
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Dragon Lord (1982)
★ 6.5/10Also action and comedyDragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's…
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Golden Job (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crimeA group of former mercenaries reunite to plan an epic heist: boosting a truck full of medicine held by a foreign intelligence agency to supply a refugee camp in need. But when they find the truck is actually filled…
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The Protector (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crimeBilly Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…
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Triad Wars (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crimeIn the midst of a violent gang war, a series of misfortunes threaten the fate of a gang boss and his mob.
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Double Threat (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also action and comedyWith ruthless mobsters on her tail, a young woman with a split personality becomes entangled with a man on a pilgrimage across the country to scatter his brother's ashes.
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Legend of the Dragon (1991)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and actionChow Siu-lung leaves his hometown in order to study kung fu in the city but ends up getting conned by his own uncle instead.
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The Legend II (1993)
★ 6.7/10Also action and comedyThe hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian emperor and re-establishing the Ming dynasty. The social upheaval is combined with Sai Yuk's…
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The Baytown Outlaws (2012)
★ 6/10Also action and comedyWhen three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters.