Best Cantonese movies to watch
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
The highest-rated Cantonese movies streaming in India right now, ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating. Every pick is on a subscription or free app today.
50 titles across 1 language, average IMDb rating 6.5.
1. Ip Man (2008)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 46m · Drama, Action · IMDb 8.0 (2.5L votes)
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the le
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + edge-of-seat suspense
2. In the Mood for Love (2000)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 39m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 8.0 (1.9L votes)
In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + mind-bending twists
3. Infernal Affairs (2002)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 41m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.0 (1.4L votes)
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + edge-of-seat suspense
4. Chungking Express (1994)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 42m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 7.9 (1.1L votes)
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-screen spectacle
5. Happy Together (1997)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 36m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.6 (39K votes)
A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + mind-bending twists
6. A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 39m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.8 (9.7K votes)
This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-screen spectacle
7. Fallen Angels (1995)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 38m · Action, Romance · IMDb 7.5 (62K votes)
An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-screen spectacle
8. Drunken Master (1978)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 51m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 7.4 (49K votes)
After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.
Feels like: sharp humour + breakneck pacing
9. A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 28m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.5 (9.7K votes)
When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-screen spectacle
10. Election 2 (2006)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 32m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.4 (7.6K votes)
As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
11. Infernal Affairs II (2003)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 59m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 7.2 (22K votes)
In 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.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + edge-of-seat suspense
12. Election (2005)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 41m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (13K votes)
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.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
13. Ip Man 3 (2015)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 45m · Action, Drama · IMDb 7.0 (66K votes)
When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + edge-of-seat suspense
14. Ashes of Time (1994)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 38m · Drama, Action · IMDb 7.0 (19K votes)
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.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-screen spectacle
15. Love in a Puff (2010)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 44m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (3.1K votes)
When the Hong Kong government enacts a ban on smoking cigarettes indoors, hard-core smokers are driven outside and a budding romance develops between two co-workers.
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
16. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)
Movie · Cantonese · 2h 6m · A · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.9 (13K votes)
In 1980s Hong Kong, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun, a mainland refugee, struggles to survive in the Kowloon Walled City by joining underground fights. Betrayed by crime boss Mr. Big while trying to buy a fake ID, he steals drugs from him and seeks refuge in the Walled City, where he encounters Cyclone, a compassionate ye
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + breakneck pacing
17. Love on Delivery (1994)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 37m · Comedy, Action · IMDb 6.9 (4.4K votes)
After being humiliated in front of a love interest, delivery boy Ho Kam-An seeks help from a retired martial arts master for self-improvement, unaware that he might actually be a fraud.
Feels like: sharp humour + breakneck pacing
18. Shanghai Blues (1984)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 43m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.3K votes)
In 1937 Shanghai, a soldier and a young woman have an awkward meet-cute in darkness under a bridge as they seek refuge during a bomb raid. Ten years later, the soldier, now a burgeoning songwriter and tuba player in a marching band, is back in town desperately searching for his would-be soulmate. As fate would have it,
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
19. Life Without Principle (2011)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 47m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.9 (3.1K votes)
A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
21. Infernal Affairs III (2003)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 58m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (16K votes)
Triad gangster turned corrupt cop Lau Kin-ming goes to dangerous lengths to avoid detection.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + edge-of-seat suspense
22. Justice, My Foot! (1992)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 35m · Comedy, Action · IMDb 6.8 (3.5K votes)
An unscrupulous lawyer with an equally eccentric kung-fu sidekick wife tries to bring justice to the court.
Feels like: sharp humour + breakneck pacing
23. Zero to Hero (2021)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 42m · Drama · IMDb 6.7 (1.4K votes)
Biopic tribute to So Wa Wai, Hong Kong's first Paralympic athlete to win gold. Even if you start at a disadvantage, you can still be first across the finish line.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
24. Shark Busters (2002)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 36m · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 5.8 (159 votes)
TC Lee, a senior policeman whose mounting debts are making headlines in the local press. Lee's not the only person in trouble at his police station, where a handful of colleagues are paying off the bank or worse, are becoming locked into repayments to gangland debt collectors. When Lee and his colleagues become caught
Feels like: sharp humour + edge-of-seat suspense
25. Lifeline (1997)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 48m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 6.6 (973 votes)
A heroic but cocky firefighter pays no regard to the dangers of the job but lacks the courage to face his personal demons. When faced with a giant and volatile inferno, he must put aside personal differences with his boss if they are both to survive.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + edge-of-seat suspense
28. Doubles Cause Troubles (1989)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 33m · Comedy · IMDb 5.4 (220 votes)
Nurse Liang Shanbo and Actress Zhu Yingtai are mismatched cousins who just inherited a rental home from their late relative. When they moved in, they discover that a room has been rented out to a man named Ben, who turns out to be a criminal gangster. One night, when Ben returns home, bloodied and injured, he collapses
Feels like: sharp humour + breakneck pacing
29. Break Up 100 (2014)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 45m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 5.8 (324 votes)
Sam and Barbara have been together for eight years, but the key to their relationship is breaking up. Each time Barbara threatens to leave, Sam would give in and beg her to come back, giving her an increasing upper hand. After their 99th breakup, the couple finally decides to stick through with their relationship and n
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
30. Hello Babies (2014)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 34m · Comedy · IMDb 4.7 (199 votes)
The rich merchant Lui Ming and a his old opponent Yeung Wai fight for everything for years. This time they compete for first to be grandpa! Yeung is going have a grandson from his son Alex and daughter in law Shan. Lui therefore threat his grandnephew couple Scallop and Snowy who live off his money to have baby, or wi
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
31. Casino Tycoon II (1992)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 54m · Thriller, Mystery · IMDb 5.6 (393 votes)
It is 20 years on and Ho Hsin is now the proud and powerful owner of a chain of casinos in Macau. Unfortunately, he is also the target of many enemies, some of whom are in dangerously close proximity to him. But Ho has faced adversity before and is not about to just roll over and die.
Feels like: edge-of-seat suspense + dark, gritty edges
32. Casino Tycoon (1992)
Movie · Cantonese · 2h 13m · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 5.9 (557 votes)
Set in World War II, Casino Tycoon chronicles the story of Benny, a young graduate, who flees Hong-Kong during the Japanese invasion and heads for gambling haven Macau. Once in Macau, he impresses a local business man who has ties to organised crime, he slowly builds his way up in the ranks of the Macau underworld whic
Feels like: edge-of-seat suspense + dark, gritty edges
33. Accident (2009)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 29m · Action, Drama · IMDb 6.6 (4.2K votes)
A self-styled accident choreographer, the Brain is a professional hitman who kills his victims by trapping them in well crafted accidents that look like unfortunate mishaps. When the team's next assignment goes disastrously wrong, Brain begins to suspect that someone else has planned an ‘accident’ on them.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + edge-of-seat suspense
34. The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell (2023)
Movie · Cantonese · 2h 5m · Action, Crime · IMDb 5.9 (720 votes)
An undercover cop who invade a drug cartel led by a notorious Thai drug lord. In classic heroic bloodshed fashion, the two develop a bond of brotherhood.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + edge-of-seat suspense
35. Once a Gangster (2010)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 35m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 5.7 (597 votes)
Roast Pork joins the triad as a young man and ends up becoming a trusted lieutenant of boss Kerosene. However, his true passion is in his successful chain of restaurants, his loving wife, and his two children. So when Kerosene wants to promote his trusted right hand man to the top of the organization as a way to take o
Feels like: sharp humour + breakneck pacing
36. Shock Wave 2 (2020)
Movie · Cantonese · 2h · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (3.4K votes)
After suffering life changing injuries in the line of duty, bomb disposal officer Fung turns his back on the police. But when a devastating series of bombings sweep Hong Kong, the police suspect their former ally may be involved after he is found unconscious at a crime scene. Now faced with memory loss and recalling on
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + mind-bending twists
37. All's Well, Ends Well (2012)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 58m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 5.0 (400 votes)
Romantic comedy following four couples who meet through a dating website. Four men go on a heroic mission to help four women and wind up experiencing a series of mishaps.
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
38. The Fatal Raid (2019)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 31m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 3.7 (235 votes)
An ultraviolent cops vs. gangsters bloodbath leaves casualties on both sides. Twenty years later, surviving team member Madam Fong leads a new squad in pursuit of reckless young anarchists terrorizing Macao.
Feels like: breakneck pacing + big-screen spectacle
39. The Prosecutor (2024)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 57m · Action, Drama · IMDb 6.5 (5.1K votes)
A poor young man is wrongly charged with drug trafficking after being deceived. An ex-prosecutor investigates the case, uncovers a corrupt lawyer team's scheme, and restores justice despite obstruction from evil forces.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
40. Blind Detective (2013)
Movie · Cantonese · 2h 9m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.4 (4K votes)
A brilliant detective is forced into early retirement after losing eyesight. Making ends meet by solving cold cases for reward money, he teams up with a rookie lady inspector to solve a case from her personal past.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + sharp humour
41. All's Well, End's Well 2009 (2009)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 35m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 4.9 (553 votes)
Kei's eldest sister Sandra is a hot-tempered magazine editor and her temperament has left her single all this while. One of the family rules is that none of the siblings could get married before their eldest sister. Kei seeks help from the famous Casanova, Koo Chai, to pretend to court his eldest sister and lure her in
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
42. Look Out, Officer! (1990)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 31m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 5.8 (1.2K votes)
After police officer Piao is murdered, his soul cannot be at rest for his murder has been written off as a suicide. Therefore the heavens send him back to Earth as a spirit to find his 'savior' who will help him clear his name. Hsing, a rookie officer, is the savior and in return for finding Piao's killer, Piao must ge
Feels like: sharp humour + breakneck pacing
43. The Mad Monk (1993)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 29m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 6.2 (2.5K votes)
The gods in heaven complain to the Jade Emperor about the malicious practical jokes played on them by Dragon Fighter Lohan.
Feels like: sharp humour + big-screen spectacle
44. Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 47m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (11K votes)
Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Kong, waiting tables at a bar that caters to expats. But it's not long before the mix of foreigners, money, and triad leaders draw him once again to the fight.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + dark, gritty edges
45. Line Walker (2016)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 48m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.0 (1.8K votes)
The details of undercover police officers are deleted from a police database and a senior officer is left struggling to know who are the undercover officers and who are the criminals.
Feels like: breakneck pacing + mind-bending twists
46. Initial D (2005)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 49m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.4 (11K votes)
After winning his first competition, Takumi focuses his attention on drift racing, a sport he has unknowingly perfected while delivering tofu in his father's Toyota AE86.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + breakneck pacing
47. Three (2016)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 28m · Action, Crime · IMDb 5.9 (2.3K votes)
Realising that he will be defeated in no time during a police showdown, a thug shoots himself to force the cops to cease fire and take him to the hospital. In the hospital, he claims human rights to refuse immediate treatment in order to buy time for his underlings to rescue him. The detective in charge sees through hi
Feels like: edge-of-seat suspense + breakneck pacing
48. Helios (2015)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 58m · Action, Mystery · IMDb 5.5 (1.5K votes)
Wanted criminal "Helios" and his assistant stole a quantity of uranium and plan to produce weapons of mass destruction. They are planning to trade with a terrorist organization in Hong Kong. Chief Inspector Lee Yinming and Inspector Fan Kaming lead the Counter Terrorism Response Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. Alon
Feels like: edge-of-seat suspense + breakneck pacing
49. Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 45m · Drama, Action · IMDb 6.2 (12K votes)
The Japanese forces occupy Shanghai and slowly start spreading terror in the city. Chen Zhen, who was presumed dead, returns to fight against the Japanese and put an end to their tyrannical rule.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + edge-of-seat suspense
50. The Adventurers (2017)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 48m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 5.6 (3.7K votes)
The world's top thieves join forces to pull off the heist of a lifetime. But when they find themselves pursued across Europe by a legendary French detective, they'll have to take their game to the next level.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + breakneck pacing
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