Best Cantonese movies on Netflix in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
30 movies on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.4. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Infernal Affairs (2002)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 41m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.0 (1.4L votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detached
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.
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2. A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 39m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.8 (9.7K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedFunny
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.
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3. A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 28m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.5 (9.7K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedFunny
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.
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4. Infernal Affairs II (2003)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 59m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 7.2 (21.5K votes)
TwistyMatureEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
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.
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5. Election 2 (2006)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 32m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.4 (7.6K votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
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.
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6. Election (2005)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 41m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (12.6K votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
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.
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7. Love in a Puff (2010)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 44m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (3.1K votes)
FunnyLow-stakesSlow-burnHeartwarming
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.
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8. Infernal Affairs III (2003)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 58m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (16.0K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatMatureCold & detached
Triad gangster turned corrupt cop Lau Kin-ming goes to dangerous lengths to avoid detection.
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9. Love on Delivery (1994)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 37m · Comedy, Action · IMDb 6.9 (4.4K votes)
FunnyFast-pacedLight-hearted
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.
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10. Life Without Principle (2011)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 47m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.9 (3.1K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
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.
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12. Justice, My Foot! (1992)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 35m · Comedy, Action · IMDb 6.8 (3.5K votes)
FunnyFast-paced
An unscrupulous lawyer with an equally eccentric kung-fu sidekick wife tries to bring justice to the court.
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13. Accident (2009)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 29m · Action, Drama · IMDb 6.6 (4.2K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatMature
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.
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14. Zero to Hero (2021)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 42m · Drama · IMDb 6.7 (1.4K votes)
HeartwarmingFamily-friendlyStraightforward
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.
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15. Lifeline (1997)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 48m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 6.6 (973 votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-pacedStraightforward
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.
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16. Blind Detective (2013)
Movie · Cantonese · 2h 9m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.4 (4.0K votes)
TwistyFunnyFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
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.
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18. Casino Tycoon (1992)
Movie · Cantonese · 2h 13m · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 5.9 (557 votes)
Edge-of-seatCold & detachedDark & grittyMature
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
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19. The Mad Monk (1993)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 29m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 6.2 (2.5K votes)
FunnyVisually stunningFast-pacedLight-hearted
The gods in heaven complain to the Jade Emperor about the malicious practical jokes played on them by Dragon Fighter Lohan.
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20. Break Up 100 (2014)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 45m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 5.8 (324 votes)
FunnyLight-heartedLow-stakes
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
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21. Casino Tycoon II (1992)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 54m · Thriller, Mystery · IMDb 5.6 (393 votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & grittyVisually stunning
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.
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22. Once a Gangster (2010)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 35m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 5.7 (597 votes)
FunnyFast-pacedMatureTwisty
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
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23. Doubles Cause Troubles (1989)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 33m · Comedy · IMDb 5.4 (220 votes)
FunnyFast-paced
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
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24. Line Walker (2016)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 48m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.0 (1.8K votes)
Fast-pacedTwistyEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
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.
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25. Look Out, Officer! (1990)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 31m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 5.8 (1.2K votes)
FunnyFast-paced
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
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26. All's Well, Ends Well (2012)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 58m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 5.0 (400 votes)
FunnyHeartwarmingLight-heartedLow-stakes
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.
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27. Three (2016)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 28m · Action, Crime · IMDb 5.9 (2.3K votes)
Edge-of-seatCold & detachedFast-pacedMature
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
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28. All's Well, End's Well 2009 (2009)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 35m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 4.9 (553 votes)
FunnyLight-heartedHeartwarmingLow-stakes
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
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29. Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 45m · Drama, Action · IMDb 6.2 (11.6K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-pacedDark & gritty
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.
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30. Helios (2015)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 58m · Action, Mystery · IMDb 5.5 (1.5K votes)
Edge-of-seatFast-pacedCold & detachedVisually stunning
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
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