Infernal Affairs (2002)

Summary: Chen Wing Yan, a policeman, successfully infiltrates a gang while Lau Kin Ming, a tried member, becomes a mole in the police force. However, things change when both of them must seek each other out.

Release Date: December 12, 2002

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Directors: Wai Keung Lau

, Alan Mak

Writers: Alan Mak

, Felix Chong

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Media Asia Films, Basic Pictures

Distributor: Miramax, Dragon Dynasty, The Criterion Channel

Country: Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 6,428,966

Domestic: $ 169,659

International: $ 8,667,299

-100 - Metacritic % Gap

Election 2 (2006)

Summary: As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.

Release Date: April 27, 2006

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Johnnie To

Writers: Nai-Hoi Yau

, Tin-Shing Yip

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: China Star Entertainment, One Hundred Years of Film Company, Milky Way Image Company

Distributor: Celluloid Dreams, The Criterion Channel

Country: Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 55,758

International: $ 1,780,776

-100 - Metacritic % Gap

Running Out of Time (1999)

Summary: Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer-suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime Syndicates.

Release Date: September 23, 1999

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Johnnie To